Chapter 26 – So Brazen

Su Yan caged sleeves and stood outside the temple waiting for the decree, and suddenly heard two stern shouts from the temple, a “get out” is the bombardment of the Yu Wang, the second “roll in” is the summons to him.

Jinglong emperor has always been elegant, do not like to loudly rebuke, it seems that this is angry enough, Su Yan can not help but some of the heart drumming.

His afterglow caught a glimpse of the corners of his dark reddish-purple coiled dragon robe sweeping by, and he couldn’t help but glance up.

King Yu’s footsteps also paused slightly in front of him, and the two of them met squarely.

Su Yan pouted toward the hall: what did His Majesty ask, and how did you answer?

Yu Wang, however, half did not have the intention of oral confession with him, the corner of the eye to hide a smile, slightly pouting lips, made a spaced kiss flirtation, straight away.

Annoyed, Suyan chose PLAN B among the response options.

He decides to take the plunge and make a scene.

Lan Xi hurried out of the temple, in his ear whispered instructions “the emperor is angry, more obedience, do not disobey”, will lead him in, and closed the door to the temple retreat.

Su Yan see the palace of a servant of the palace also no, Jinglong emperor sitting at the window table, holding a yellow glazed teacup in his hand, the face is as heavy as water, scrutinizing his eyes deep and cold, as if back to the temple exams on that day for the first time in the face of the saints, without saying anything to beat him in the adversity of the court cane.

This kind of “momentary hand cheap delete archive, instantly back to the newbie village” the feeling of the dog …… Su Yan deep breath, steadily walked to the front of the gentleman, kneeling and saluting.

“Su Yan.” The emperor spoke coldly.

Not waiting for him to spit out the third word, Su Yan sank his breath into his dantian, his chest resonating, and grabbed the lead, “I have a book to present!”

The Emperor was slightly stunned.

“I am not a Kodo official, I know that I don’t have the right to advise and monitor, and my next words are also a violation of my superiority, but I have to say it even if I will be stripped of my post.” Su Yan unhurriedly removed his black hat and placed it on the ground beside him.

The emperor felt extremely familiar with this scene, is the words of the imperial historians from time to time to be staged in the courtroom theater. First, the official hat a pick to show that hard bones are not afraid of losing their heads, the next is to point to someone’s nose cursing a bloody head. As the son of heaven, he had to listen patiently, otherwise he would be accused of blocking the road of speech.

This kid, the official has not been a few days, but the Qingliu’s tricks learned very slippery. The emperor secretly annoyed, coldly laughed: “This stance, is to impeach who?”

Unexpectedly, Su Yan said, “No one is impeached. I am here to sue the imperial court as a victim.”

Emperor: “?”

“His Highness King Yu has molested my minister three times since the Enrong Banquet. He pinched my hand, touched my waist, and even kissed my mouth, his temper is very arrogant, it’s tolerable, and I ask Your Majesty to make a decision for me!” Su Yan had a face of grief and indignation.

Emperor: “……”

“King Yu is the royal family, noble status. But the minister is also a clean scholar, the family of books, the family style is chaste, if he wants to rely on the power of apolitical bullying, the minister is a head to die in front of the royal steps, also will not let him have his way!”

When the Emperor saw Su Yan’s expression of bitterness and hatred, looking from side to side, seemingly looking for a pillar suitable for crashing headlong to death, he could not help but feel his scalp tingling and sighed with his hand on his forehead.

“I know that you are holding back in your heart, but the routine of dying to show your will is spared.” The emperor said helplessly.

Su Yan did not comply, “Your majesty is suspecting me of putting on a show? Then, I will show my heart.” He got up, saw the emperor sitting next to the circle chair, rosewood plum blossom pattern square table that arm thick table legs, closed his eyes and rammed over.

The emperor, reaching out, easily pocketed his head and held it down on his lap, crying and laughing: “Alright, alright, don’t lose your temper. I am not well thought out, knowing that Yu Wang’s behavior is not good, but also allowed him to teach you archery, let you suffer.”

Su Yan obediently put his head on the emperor’s knee, hate to hold the dragon leg wooing a few times to strengthen the strength of the accusation, and finally still want to point face did not go out. He grunted and said, “I am aggrieved.”

“I know.” The emperor soothingly stroked the back of his head, to the young man’s delicate naivety and adoration is very popular, remembering the young He Lin under the knees, but also feel that it is a completely different situation. A bit of secret taboo pleasure, swimming silk floating like itchy heart.

Fingers can not help but along his temples down, pinch white-like earlobes gently rubbing. Fingertips feel soft and slippery, such as the first bloom of the begonia petals, freshly made ice pear soup, cold fragrance and sweet to the bone, bringing the son of heaven a kind of burning and swelling pain that has no place to be relieved.

Su Yan was so engrossed in his victim interpretation that he did not notice this little movement that was not in line with the etiquette of a ruler and his subjects.

“I’ve hit him in the face with a chessboard and missed.”

“When?”

“A few days after receiving the court cane, not quite able to move yet, in my yard.”

“Is he the one who took advantage of the fire? The smash.”

“I also threw up, in the woods behind the temple.”

“I know.”

“How does His Majesty know, does King Yu even have the face to mention this?”

Emperor Jinglong didn’t have the heart to say that he had arranged for the Jinyiwei spies to monitor the forest, and gave an inarticulate “hmm”.

Su Yan said angrily, “I’ve never seen such a brazen person!”

The emperor nodded: “This matter is he is wrong, guilty of you. I will order him to make amends to you to apologize, how much compensation, you look to be, don’t cheapen him. In addition I have also been severely admonished, told him to stay away from you in the future.”

Only then did Su Yan raise his head in satisfaction, getting up and taking a few steps back to thank him.

The emperor suddenly felt empty on his knees, missing a heart-warming dark fragrance and heat. He tried his best to press down, and only after his mind calmed down did he open his mouth, “Put your official hat on, I have something to ask you.”

Su Yan see good to end, put on the veil, rules and regulations, waiting for the emperor to ask.

The Emperor pointed to the side circle chair, signaling him to sit as well.

Su Yan sat down upright and heard the emperor ask: “Ye Donglou’s death, what do you think?”

For Jinglong emperor used to ask “what do you think”, Su Yan a little reflex alert, always suspect that the other side again in the set.

Besides, he didn’t study criminal investigation in his previous life, so what can he say? Only two famous lines in his memory: “After eliminating all the impossibilities, no matter how unbelievable the rest, that is the truth” and “no matter how seamless the crime, as long as it is man-made, there is no reason not to be able to solve it”.

However it didn’t work.

He flashed back quickly to the detective movies he had watched in his mind and deliberated before answering, “I don’t have much experience in solving crimes, but I have a humble opinion, and I hope Your Majesty will forgive me if I am wrong.”

The emperor wagged his finger, signaling him not to talk about platitudes and scenes and to get straight to the point.

“I only have two questions, first, who was missing from the willow shooting field moments before Ye Donglou fell off the building?” He smiled, “I won’t hide it from Your Majesty, I wasn’t present at that time, so I am supposedly also suspected.”

At that time, he was still listening to the wall corner of the Marquis of Feng An, as well as being held down on a pillar and forcibly kissed by the Thousandth member of the Brocade Guards. Of course, the inside story of this could never be confessed. When he planned to be asked about it, he would just push it off and say that he had gone to look for his belt.

“There are many people on the field, coming and going each manipulating their own business, who was missing at that time, it is really difficult to confirm at the moment.” Emperor Jinglong pondered, suddenly a light flashed under his eyes, and said offhandedly, “The courtyard painting.”

Palace Renzhi, Wuying two halls have a number of offerings to the inner court of the painter painter, weekdays paintings of emperors and ministers like, flowers and birds around the screen, Buddhist temple murals and whatnot, every important festival or large-scale activities, according to the customary will be the scene of the paintings for the record, known as the “courtyard paintings”.

This time the Dragon Boat Festival shooting willow, there are also inner court painters to accompany the Holy Spirit, there is more than one.

Ye Donglou fell down before the building, coinciding with the Prince won the championship, to the emperor to receive the reward to thank the grace, such an important link, is bound to be recorded on the spot, to take those paintings to look closely, may be able to find out who is missing from the field.

Of course, it’s possible to see nothing at all.

The murderer, if dressed as a chamberlain, a palace maid or a guard, I’m afraid he wouldn’t enter the paintings one by one, and even if he found out that one of the subordinates was missing, he wouldn’t know by whom he was instructed to do so.

But it’s always a breaking point.

“This little brain of yours is quite lucid.” The emperor used his finger to point to the corner of his forehead, unconsciously using too intimate tone, more and more not like a serious ruler and minister, but a bit like an immodest father and son.

Su Yan flattered, “It is Your Majesty who has a keen mind.”

“And a question?”

“Second, where is the murder weapon? The coroner said that Ye Langzhong had a sharp weapon wound in his abdomen caused by a short sword or dagger. I feel that it is unlikely that the murderer would have remained upstairs after stabbing him, as he would have had to use just half a quarter of an hour to flee the scene of the crime to avoid being surrounded by the guards.

This amount of time is not enough for him to leave too far away, and the area within the Long De Palace has been cordoned off after the crime, so he could be carrying bloody clothes and the murder weapon, and continue to blend into the crowd, trying to get a mudblood into the sea. It’s even more likely that the murder weapon and other evidence will be hidden in a remote place nearby, so as long as the auxiliary building is the center and the surrounding area is thoroughly searched, it’s possible to find the murder weapon.”

Emperor Jinglong nodded his head and asked, “If the murderer fled immediately after stabbing Ye Donglou, and if he fled immediately, how did he calculate the arrangement to make him fall exactly half a quarter of an hour later?”

Su Yan thought for a moment and said, “After Ye Donglou was seriously injured and unconscious, the murderer set him up on the edge of the fence, found a support point, and used a mechanism to connect to the timer …… But how did the murderer anticipate the exact moment when Your Highness walked to the bottom of the steps? This is something I can’t figure out.”

The Emperor stared at him, “Do you think that the real target of the murderer is not Ye Donglou, but Noble Consort Wei and the fetus in her womb?”

Su Yan shook his head: ”I can’t say. Perhaps there is no organ. Ye Donglou was seriously injured and hung on the fence, his limbs convulsed when he was semi-conscious and slid down on his own, accidentally startling Your Highness.”

The Emperor sipped a few mouthfuls of cold tea and was deep in thought.

At this time, there are palace people hurriedly rushed to pass the news. Blue happy to hear that this is a matter of great importance, busy into the temple report, said Wei Guifei successfully gave birth to a son, mother and child safe.

Since his marriage at the age of sixteen, Emperor Jinglong had only three daughters and one son. Crown Prince Zhu Hailin was born to the late Empress Zhang, and the remaining three princesses were all commoners.

The emperor is not keen on women’s color, the mind is not in the harem, resulting in a number of concubines, no very unique favorite. The throne was left vacant for several years, but there was no intention to establish a successor. The courtiers think that the king’s children are thin, not the country’s blessings, repeatedly advised him to more concubines, but so far no results.

Therefore, Wei Guifei new into the palace only two years, pregnant with a dragon heir, and quite a favor, is very much by the attention of the court down. And now a male, can imagine, those year after year urged the emperor to have more sons of the courtiers, how the ecstatic.

Su Yan couldn’t help but peek at the emperor’s face.

There was joy on the Emperor’s face, yet it was also limited and reserved, and compared to what he had seen in his previous life outside the hospital’s labor and delivery room, the new fathers who were so nervous, excited, and surprised that they were banging their heads against the wall, it could almost be considered cold.

This created the “Jinglong Zhongxing” “Xuanwu rule” of a generation of Mingjun …… will not be sexually frigid it? But I have not seen the history books said ah, I do not know if there is no gossip related to the wild history? Su Yan in the bottom of the heart of the big irreverent speculation.

Emperor Jinglong set aside his teacup and spoke to Su Yan, “I’ll go and take a look at Noble Consort Wei, you retire.”

Also turned his head and ordered blue Xi to go outside the temple, continue to blockade the scene, order brocade guards to auxiliary building as the center, thoroughly search the surrounding area, looking for the murder weapon. In addition to take the painters today all the courtyard paintings, sealed into the box, wait for him to visit the noble consort mother and son, and then open in public.

出了殿门，苏晏觌面便看见，掌印太监那张表情复杂的老脸，正叹为观止地注视着他。

After the two walked away a few steps, Lan Xi sighed: “Xian nephew good means of which! In front of the emperor, you can make a fool of yourself, in and out of the free, in addition to the little master, our family or the first time to see. No, even the little master is not as pure as this fire, admire admire admire.”

Su Yan’s ears are hot, remembering the situation, afterward embarrassed: “Little nephew childish and clumsy, let the world uncle laugh.”

“What’s there to laugh at, as long as you can coax the Imperial Master into trusting you and letting him look down on you, that’s the greatest mastery under the heavens.” Lan Xi looked at him with a smile, as if he was looking at a livable curiosity.

The two of them had just walked outside the hall when they saw Zhu Hailin striding towards them, his face unfavorable, so he must have received the news of the birth of the new prince as well.

Lan Xi is the palace cultivation thirty years of human essence, immediately saluted and said that the old slave to go to pass the decree, a sentence of nothing else and then retired, leaving Su Yan alone to face the crown prince master’s ignorance of the anger.