Traveling through time and meeting fellow villagers, the secret code is right

"Even if I ignore your message now, you will tell me later. After all, this is related to Brother Mingzhe's innocence! However, since you want to hear it so much, I will say a few words to you! Uh-huh!" Yi Lei cleared his throat.

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"I'm so tired, you, pour me a cup of tea!" Yi Lei walked into the side hall of the Dragon Palace and asked a new eunuch to pour him some tea. Then, he sat down on the dragon throne, kicked off his shoes, and lay down comfortably, hiding behind the emperor who was also sitting on the dragon throne.

"What's the matter, little brat?" The emperor patted Yi Lei's calf gently with his left hand and asked with concern.

"It's your wife. She chatted with Brother Mingzhe all night yesterday and went to bed at daybreak. But she comes to bother us so early in the morning!" Yi Lei yawned and stretched lazily.

"The fewer people who know about Mingzhe's affairs in the palace, the better. Tomorrow is the deadline. Are you ready?"

"There's still one step left. It would be great if Lu Yunche could reveal the mastermind behind the scenes. However, in order to let that person protect him, he probably won't tell anyone!" Yi Lei rested his head on his hands and yawned loudly again.

"Well... let's see how the situation develops! If I really want to do something to the prince, I still can't bring myself to do it!" The emperor shook his head helplessly.

"Ah!" With a low cry of surprise, the young eunuch walked into the hall and was really frightened when he saw this scene. He had never seen anyone so bold as to act so presumptuous on the dragon throne.

However, he knew very well that those who could serve the emperor had all undergone rigorous training. He cherished the opportunity given to him by Eunuch Chang to go to the Longteng Palace and served him carefully.

He discovered that when there were no ministers present, the emperor was very easy-going and had no airs of an emperor at all... but... even the princes did not dare to behave like this, so how dare Prince Lei do this?

The young eunuch lowered his head, walked to the table with tea in his hand, glanced at Yi Lei secretly, and said softly: "Prince Lei, your tea is here!" After he finished speaking, without waiting for Yi Lei's response, he quickly retreated to the door and waited quietly.

"The tea is here, don't you want to drink it?" The emperor turned his head and chuckled helplessly, "This kid can actually fall asleep like this!"

The emperor stood up, walked to the couch on the left, picked up a quilt, and gently covered Yi Lei with it. He remembered that tomorrow was the deadline for the case, and he couldn't help but fall into deep thought...

The young eunuch secretly glanced at the emperor who was covering Yi Lei with a blanket...

The day before yesterday, Mingzhe mysteriously disappeared in prison. No one dared to ask whether he was murdered or taken away.

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Prince Li, Prince Liang, and Prince Su sat on the right side of the emperor, the retired emperor sat side by side with the emperor, and the empress dowager, concubine dowager, queen, and Princess Qinghuan sat on the left side...

The emperor's brothers... a group of princes sat below the princes... directly opposite, next to Princess Qing Huan sat the princes...

Today, most of the royal nobles gathered in the rear hall of the Qinzheng Hall...Except for festivals, perhaps today is the day when the most people come.

It turns out that the fifteen-day deadline has expired...

Prince Yan was a smart man. Although he was not directly involved in the investigation of the case, he was aware of Mingzhe's innocence, and he also understood that... his other son... might... be involved.

His clenched fists were almost bleeding, which showed everything. Yi Lei, who was sitting opposite him, looked at his third uncle with heartache.

This third uncle who held him on his knees and played with him since he was a child...

The third uncle who knew Mingzhe would become naughty because of him, but had no choice but to let him do it in order to give Yilei a playmate...

This third uncle who never showed displeasure to me and always smiled at me gently...

Yi Lei felt sorry for a moment... Hurting Lu Yunche would be like hurting his third uncle...

However, if Lu Yunche is not caught, who can clear Brother Mingzhe's name? In this way, Third Uncle will also be hurt...

"Yilei! Yilei!" The emperor's voice woke up Yilei, whose mind was in a mess.

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Yi Lei stood up, saluted the emperor, and then waved to Ah Fu who was waiting outside the back hall.

Ah Fu came in holding a tray, and the eunuch placed the tray on the table in front of the emperor...

Yi Lei walked forward and lifted the yellow silk on the tray...

"Dagger?" asked the Emperor.

"Yes, this is the murder weapon that killed Guo Jun!" Yi Lei answered, then turned to Princess Qing Huan and said, "At that time, Princess Si Jiao witnessed with her own eyes that Prince Zhe stabbed the dagger into Guo Jun's lower abdomen, and then Prince Yun Che came out, and he saw it as well, right?"

"Of course, they were witnesses at the time!" Princess Qinghuan nodded.

"Is that so?" Yi Lei turned around and asked Lu Yunche.

"Yes." Lu Yunche also nodded.

Yi Lei faced the Emperor and the Retired Emperor and continued, "But, apart from the two siblings, no one else saw Prince Zhe kill someone. Why is that? Why is there not even a single guard at the gate of Prince Yan's mansion?"

"Is it possible that we, my sister and I, are the only ones unable to testify?" Lu Yunche asked back, his tone full of dissatisfaction.

"Of course you can testify, but you must explain why there were no guards outside Prince Yan's mansion that day?" Yi Lei went straight to the point.

"The Prince of Yan's Mansion cannot be compared with the Yan Ming Mansion. It simply cannot afford so many guards. I dismissed some of them a few days before the accident!" After Lu Yunche said this, he did not forget to glance at the Prince of Yan. The implication of his words was self-evident. He was clearly accusing the Prince of Yan of being irresponsible to them, the siblings, and their mother.

The King of Yan closed his eyes and leaned back in his chair, as if he was asleep. He didn't say a word and didn't make any movement.

"What a coincidence? Isn't it intentional?" Yi Lei pressed further.

"What do you mean? Can you do it on purpose just because you can't afford to support guards?" Lu Yunche stood up suddenly.

"Then let me ask you, by whom did this dagger come out of Yanming Mansion before it came into the hands of Princess Sijiao?" Yi Lei did not give Lu Yunche any chance to breathe.

"Hmph, Prince Zhe's dagger was naturally brought out by himself. What does it have to do with Sister Sijiao?" Lu Yunche ignored the trap that Yi Lei had deliberately set.

"But is there anyone who can prove that this dagger was not carried by Prince Zhe, and that he was not the one who poisoned him." Yi Lei's voice was not loud, but it hit Lu Yunche's heart like a heavy hammer.

"Who?" Lu Yunche's heart tightened. He knew clearly that the girl had left Chang'an long ago and had been "dealt with" on the way. It was impossible for anyone to testify. But he still tried to remain calm and tried to cover up his inner uneasiness.

"What? Do you know who it is? Otherwise, why are you so nervous?" Yi Lei slowly approached Lu Yunche. He wanted to slow down his statement and must overcome Yunche's psychological defenses...