The fate was changed, the mistress of the Hou family was slapped in the face and made money to win

Chapter 500 Gu Qingyan's Daughter

The two voices seemed to overlap at this moment, causing Wei Yao to freeze in place until He Qingrui reached out to pull her back to her senses. "Wei Yao, Miss Lu, you guys go, I'm here with my sister. This matter has nothing to do with you, don't get involved." Jiang Mushi spoke seriously. Several people looked at Jiang Suining again, who was still beating the Dengwen drum again and again, as if everything around her had turned into nothingness. At this moment, there was only the drum in front of her, and in her heart, there was only the injustice of the past. In the Jinluan Palace. Emperor Xiao and the court officials were discussing matters. The drum sound, which had not been heard for four years, suddenly sounded, causing Emperor Xiao and many court officials to be dazed. Pei Zhaozhi was standing in the queue of officials. When he heard the drum sound, he was stunned at first, and then immediately turned his head to look at Shen Yanxi. Seeing that the other party's eyebrows were normal, without any surprise on his face, he immediately guessed who was beating the drum! The eunuch who checked the situation quickly reported to Emperor Xiao that Jiang Suining had beaten the drum at the palace gate and the grievances she had spoken out. As soon as these words came out, the whole hall was in an uproar. "Your Majesty, this is absolutely impossible, it's simply nonsense, it's ridiculous!" Liu Wenhong, a court official who had participated in the disaster relief case and is now the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, immediately stood up. "Your Majesty, the evidence of that incident is solid and there is absolutely no injustice. Such remarks are really ridiculous. The person who made the complaint has such ulterior motives, please order a severe punishment immediately!" Pei Zhaozhi sneered, "What Lord Liu said is interesting. When the drum is sounded, the person who made the complaint should be summoned to the palace for questioning, no matter how big or small the matter is, true or false. Why do you want to order a severe punishment directly when it comes to you?" "Lord Pei, what is there to question about this absurd false accusation!" "Is it absurd or true or not, can it be determined entirely by Lord Liu's mouth? If I remember correctly, In other words, Lord Liu was also involved in the disaster relief case in Songjiang Prefecture. Speaking of which, I'm afraid Lord Liu was also involved in the people Miss Jiang accused. " "What nonsense! Lord Pei, how can you slander me like this!" "I'm just talking about the facts, how can I slander you? Lord Liu's furious look seems to be very guilty. Could it be that because everything Miss Jiang accused is true, you don't want to let people see the emperor!" "You..." "Your Majesty, since the drum has been sounded, then I ask Your Majesty to summon people into the palace." Pei Zhaozhi directly retracted his gaze and knelt down in front of Emperor Xiao. "Your Majesty, you must not do this. The false accusations of the people have also implicated the third prince. If we continue to let the matter escalate, it may affect the face of the royal family. " "If we don't summon people into the palace and investigate it thoroughly, and let these news spread, it may affect the face of the royal family even more." Pei Zhaozhi retorted. Shen Yanxi walked out of the queue and knelt down in front of Emperor Xiao. "Your Majesty, I request that Your Majesty summon the person who filed the complaint into the palace." Shen Yanxi now has many followers in the court. When this was said, nearly one-third of the officials spoke up to agree. "Your Majesty, please summon someone into the palace to investigate this case." "Your Majesty, please summon someone into the palace to investigate this case." Emperor Xiao frowned and looked at Shen Yanxi, his eyes were heavy, and it was impossible to see what he was thinking at the moment. After a moment of silence, he glanced at the eunuch beside him. The latter understood and immediately led people to the palace gate. At the palace gate, Lu Yan and the others had temporarily left, leaving only Jiang Mushi and Xier there to accompany Jiang Suining. When Jiang Suining heard the summons, he put down the drumstick in his hand. "Sister, I will go in with you." "The emperor summoned the person who filed the complaint, and other irrelevant people are not allowed to enter the palace." The eunuch spoke in a shrill voice. "But..." "Don't worry, I'll be fine. You just wait for me here." Jiang Suining comforted Jiang Mushi, and then said to the eunuch, "Please lead the way." Entering the palace from Xuanwu Gate, because Emperor Xiao and the civil and military officials were still waiting in the Golden Palace, they walked quite fast along the way. Outside the Golden Palace, the eunuch stopped. "You wait here." Jiang Suining nodded and looked up at the magnificent building in front of him. Steps extended upwards, exquisite railings, pillars with dragons and phoenixes, four vertical ridges tilted to the four corners, and yellow glazed tiles shining in the sun, solemn and gorgeous. Standing in front of the Golden Palace, a person seemed to become extremely small, so small that he could easily be crushed by the huge building and powerful momentum in front of him. Even Jiang Suining couldn't help but feel timid, but this timidity dissipated in just a moment. Having come this far, no matter what the situation is next, there is no possibility of fear and retreat. As the summons sounded, Jiang Suining walked up the steps one by one until she stepped over the high threshold of the Golden Palace. Under the gaze of all the court officials, she walked to the middle and knelt down in front of Emperor Xiao. "I, Jiang Suining, greet the emperor. Long live the emperor." The calm salute and unhurried tone caused many court officials to secretly admire her. It was not easy for a weak woman to maintain such calmness when entering the Golden Palace to meet the emperor for the first time. No wonder she had the courage to beat the drum. As for Liu Wenhong, from the moment Jiang Suining came in, he wanted to cut her into pieces with his eyes. Emperor Xiao looked at Jiang Suining who was kneeling below. He was not unfamiliar with Jiang Suining. She was a merchant who had been rewarded by him, a female official in the palace, and the fiancée that Shen Yanxi personally asked for his imperial decree to marry. But he didn't expect that the other party now had another identity. "You said you are Gu Qingyan's daughter?" "Your Majesty, yes, my name was Gu Suining. After my father was unjustly killed, I was adopted by the Jiang family, so I changed my surname to Jiang." "Did Gu Qingyan have a daughter back then?" Emperor Xiao turned his eyes to the courtiers below. A courtier who knew the inside story immediately stepped forward and reported: "Your Majesty, Gu Qingyan did have two daughters. The whole family was originally going to be convicted, but because of the plea of ​​Lord Ren who had resigned, the emperor pardoned the rest of the Gu family and did not punish them." Liu Wenhong immediately said: "Your Majesty, even if this is the case, it cannot prove that Jiang Suining is Gu Qingyan's daughter. This identity is very suspicious..." "If I am not a daughter of the Gu family, why do you think I would cause trouble for myself and pretend to be someone else to make a complaint?" Jiang Suining asked back. Liu Wenhong frowned, and before he could speak, Emperor Xiao spoke again. "Do you know that no one has struck the Dengwen Drum for four years?" "Your Majesty, I know." "Then do you know what happened to the last person who struck the Dengwen Drum?" "I know that too." Emperor Xiao frowned, "Then you still dare to strike the drum, you are so brave!" As soon as the majestic words came out, the whole court fell silent. Liu Wenhong glanced at Jiang Suining with a gloating look, waiting for the other party to be scared out of his wits. However, Jiang Suining only looked up at Emperor Xiao, then lowered his eyes and said: "This Dengwen Drum is placed in front of the palace gate to redress grievances. No matter what the outcome of the person who struck the drum four years ago was, since the emperor has not ordered anyone to remove the Dengwen Drum in these four years, it means that it is still a way to redress grievances, so I dare to strike it."