Early in the morning, Xu Qing and Li Changting got into the palace in a carriage. They went to the back palace to see Hui er. Xu Qing also brought him breakfast, including Li Tinghui's favorite roast wheat and chaos.
Li Tinghui didn't know that his parents would come, so he quickly asked his servants to take down the breakfast just delivered by the imperial dining room, and then let them make a pot of good tea.
"I'm not used to living in the palace." Xu Qing looked at Li Tinghui, who was eating chaos, and said, "endure these days. As soon as the matter of situ LAN is over, we can go back to Jizhou."
Li Tinghui nodded: "it's still delicious. I can't get used to the food in the palace."
Xu Qing: "if you can't get used to it, you can make some delicious food by yourself. Any gentleman's kitchen blisters are bullshit, and you can't eat anything comfortably. In fact, you're afraid you won't be able to marry a daughter-in-law who can cook for you. When you go back, you can learn some skills from me and make your own food."
The last eight words can be said to be the true meaning of Xu Qing's life.
Li Tinghui was puzzled: "of course I want to learn from my mother, but I have a very full schedule. I don't know if my master will agree."
Xu Qing: "I agree. If a man doesn't learn how to marry a daughter-in-law after two or three years, you will be a chef now."
Li Tinghui is not interested in the fact that the chef is not a chef. His attention is attracted by Xu Qing's sentence, "how can a man marry a daughter-in-law if he doesn't learn two skills". Of course, he doesn't plan to marry a daughter-in-law. He just thinks that if he has some skills of a mother, he can make many delicious food for his sister in the future.
Li Tinghui's heart melted at the thought of Ruan Ruan Tiantian's younger sister. How could there be such a lovely person in the world? He just wanted to hold all the good things in the world in front of her.
After breakfast, Li Tinghui went to the morning court. Xu Qing and Li Changting also went to the side hall and sat down behind the curtain, which was tightly covered but not soundproof.
Soon a maid in waiting brought a pot of tea and a few dishes of snacks.
Xu Qing and Li Changting did not know who was behind the servants, and they did not move.
With all the civil and military officials shouting long live, Li Tinghui's cold and tender voice echoed in the wide hall, which was more dignified than usual.
This morning, the official is also here. He belongs to a semi Expatriate Civil Servant. There is nothing he can do without. As soon as he comes, he must have something to play.
But now he didn't hurry to stand up, but wait for the punishment department to report the details of situ Lan's case and the expected disposal to the little emperor.
There is nothing to say about situ Lan's case. How to deal with it is to restore his freedom after being demoted to a civilian, or send him to a nunnery to eat fast and pray for the dead emperor and his princes.
Looking at the punishment Department throwing the pot to the little emperor and letting him make decisions, Fu Yin stood up at the right time and spoke out his prepared speech in a loud voice.
"I have the book to play! Early yesterday morning, two maids who had served situ LAN, the former imperial concubine, in the former Imperial Palace, came to the Yamen to report the case... "
When the testimonies of the two maids and the letters written by Li Tinghui's mother Bizhu were taken out, all the ministers of the imperial court were stunned. For a moment, the atmosphere did not dare to breathe. The hall was so quiet that they could hear a needle drop to the ground.
Looking at situ Xiao again, he was also shocked. His expression seemed to know that his son, who had been raised for more than ten years, was not his own, just like eating a fly alive.
Xu Qing covered his mouth with a dull smile. Situ Xiao's expression has made her happy for a year.
Finally, situ Xiao came back and gave the minister a look.
The Minister of justice of the Ministry of criminal justice immediately stood up and began to question the authenticity of the testimony and letters. He said that after so many years, the other party had not come early or late, but it was a bit tricky to report at this time.
There are a lot of excuses when you think about them. The official doesn't panic. Wait for the Minister of punishment to finish.
However, at this time, Yin Xiang turned to Li Tinghui on the throne: "Your Majesty, what do you think? Is it to call people into the temple for interrogation? "
The Minister of punishment said, "Your Majesty, I know that you have not grown up with the former imperial concubine since you were a child. You are not intimate with her, but she is your biological mother after all. You can't let people practice like this!"
Li Tinghui took a look at the Minister of punishment and said in a calm voice, "I'm not born of situ LAN. I've known this since I can remember it. Marshal situ told me personally."
People are silly. Situ Xiao shoots two rays from his eyes, pointing directly at the child in the constellation of dragon.
Li Tinghui then said, "it's true what the Fu Yin said. I was rescued from the palace by Marshal situ in exchange for the prince, and was raised outside by him. Marshal situ said in front of me that I was not his grandson. Although I was young, I remember that."
The Minister of the Ministry of punishment asked, "why didn't you say that at the beginning?"
Li Tinghui: "there is no evidence."
Situ Xiao was silent for a long time, and finally said: "I don't believe it!"
Then the official said, "do you know why Marshal situ rescued his majesty from the palace?"
The king of Beiling asked cooperatively, "why?"
Fu Yin: "because situ LAN wanted to kill her majesty who was still in her infancy at that time, maybe she wanted a child of her own. But in fact, before his Majesty was born, situ LAN accidentally drank a bowl of abortion medicine, which has the effect of sterilization, so situ LAN can't have children in his life. "Man Chao is in an uproar. No wonder situ LAN and the emperor had no children for so many years. It turned out that they were sterilized.
"No, didn't situ LAN have a child for the king of Yue, though the child died in the end." Questions were raised.
Fu Yin: "who knows if the child is real or not? Maybe it's situ LAN who has done the same thing again."
Situ Xiao said coldly, "these are your one-sided words."
Fu Yin saluted: "of course, there is evidence for the lower officials, but the evidence is put in front of the Lord, and the Lord does not admit it."
Situ Xiao: "don't talk nonsense. I want to see what kind of tongue those people chew. They dare to talk nonsense even if they are so rebellious!"
Li Tinghui looked at Zhang De, the eunuch general manager, and said, "Xuan witness and situ LAN entered the palace."
Zhang De saluted: "yes."
At this time, the king of Beiling stood up and said, "it's a coincidence that I have a witness here. To tell you the truth, after I came back to the capital, I also investigated his Majesty's life experience. However, I know that his majesty is indeed the crown prince, and I don't care about the rest. Now think about it, a clue I found before may be useful."
Then the king of Beiling saluted Li Tinghui: "please allow your majesty to send someone to bring the witness."
Li Tinghui: "yes."
It would be silly if situ Xiao didn't know that this group of people were prepared to come here early today. But now he is completely passive and has no defense. He can only watch that ten years ago, he didn't even know the truth of cruelty and was exposed a little bit.