Jiang Xing held his chin in his hand and asked, "How can the princess be so sure that the emperor will make important use of Huang Zhiwang?"

Lu Xuan rolled his eyes at him and said, "Your Highness, do you think you are powerful in the eyes of the officials in the capital?"

Jiang Xing touched his nose: "Not really!"

"That's it!" Lu Xuan said calmly, "The Xie family should have been your support, but they've always listened to the emperor! After you returned to the capital, they even deliberately kept their distance from you. Aside from this matter where your life depended on it, they barely said a word for you!"

Jiang Xing: "The Xie family is not as smart as the Ji family. They are just old workhorses in the court, and they only care about official duties every day!"

Lu Xuan nodded. "No one is currently serving in the Duke's Mansion, and you only have the Empress Dowager behind you. You have a bad reputation, and even the Xie family won't approach you! And you married a peasant princess like me. So, in the eyes of the Emperor, isn't Huang Zhiwang, who helped you bring out Song Chushi and disobeyed Xu Jiusi, an upright, fair, and impartial person?"

"But more importantly, Your Majesty, you have planted the seed in the Emperor's mind that this man is a good official!"

Jiang Xing lowered his head and smiled, looking at her meaningfully: "It is my great fortune to have such a smart princess!"

He leaned on her right side, his posture casual, but his eyes seemed to want to embed themselves deeply into her.

……

After Lord Ji came out of the Dali Temple, he went straight to the palace in a threatening manner.

However, he didn't expect that as soon as he reached the palace gate, he was stopped by the Jinwu Guards and the Silijian.

He didn't appreciate it and directly lifted the Jinwu Guard's arm, "This Marquis demands to see the Emperor and the Empress! How dare you, the scoundrels, stop me!"

In the past, when he entered the palace, even the road to the harem was open to him.

When have you ever suffered the humiliation of having to wait and not being able to enter?

A familiar whistle sounded, and Ji Xiangli thought that the emperor had sent someone to pick him up, and his face lit up with joy.

However, he did not expect that more Jinwu guards would come and surround him.

He was so anxious that his hands began to shake with anger: "Rebellion! Rebellion!"

"Do you still remember who I am?! You are so reckless, who told you to do this?!"

Lord Ji had never been treated so badly by the palace guards, so naturally he had never been so angry.

The Jinwu Guards who stopped him naturally knew how powerful his status was, but they had to obey orders.

So for a while we could only remain in a stalemate, not knowing what to do next.

Fortunately, Xia Ming, the chief eunuch of the Imperial Household Department, came over soon.

Xia Ming put on a smiling face and said, "My Lord, without the emperor's order, how dare we do this!"

"The Emperor didn't say he wouldn't see you, but he has important matters to attend to right now. I'm afraid you'll have to wait two hours!"

Lord Ji blew his beard and glared: "What about the Queen? I want to see the Queen!"

Xia Ming was extremely respectful: "The Empress and His Royal Highness the Third Prince have been punished to face the wall and reflect on their mistakes for two months. I'm afraid they won't be able to come out for a while!"

What? ! !

Lord Ji's mind went blank, and he felt that things were developing too fast!

The emperor always listened to Jia Ru and would never reject her. How could it be possible... How could it be possible?!

There really is a problem in the palace!

Suddenly, he didn't want to enter the palace anymore.

The heart that was rushing forward recklessly suddenly calmed down.

He glanced at Xia Ming and the circle of Jinwu Guards in front of him, and flicked his sleeves, "I will not enter this palace today!"

The emperor has made up his mind to leave him out in the cold, but now the situation is probably not favorable.

If the emperor accidentally says something fatal, all these years will be wasted!

Moreover, he knew clearly that if he tried to bribe Huang Zhiwang, who was now appointed by the emperor, like he bribed Xu Jiusi, or threaten Huang Zhiwang, he would only give others something to talk about at this critical juncture.

Now the emperor and the entire court are watching, so I can only wait for two days and then find a way to send a letter to the queen, asking her to serve the emperor well!

……

Huang Zhiwang didn't expect that he was immediately locked up by the senior official Xu Jiusi and the Ji family after he secretly let Prince Jin take Song Chushi away yesterday.

What he didn't expect was that just when he thought it was all over, the princess sent someone to tell him to stay in prison and not move, saying that if he worked hard, he would be promoted!

So at this moment, when he saw Pei Fan reading the emperor's decree in the Dali Temple prison, Xu Jiusi was dismissed from his post and investigated, and he was responsible for the full investigation of the Ji family case, he was still a little confused.

Pei Fan raised his eyelids and glanced at him: "Sir Huang, the Emperor has personally decreed that you have full authority to deal with the matter. Please thank him!"

"Yes, yes!" He finally came back to his senses and quickly kowtowed and stood up from the ground: "Your humble servant accepts your order and thanks you!"

Huang Zhiwang was excited and nervous when he received the imperial edict.

There are two pieces of information in this. One is that Xu Jiusi, the Chief Justice of the Dali Temple who is very close to the Ji family and the high-ranking official he is afraid of, might be in trouble. Now he doesn't have to worry anymore.

Secondly, the emperor wanted him to conduct a thorough investigation. He was afraid that the Ji family would make trouble behind the scenes, so he had to seek help from the prince and princess!

Huang Zhiwang, the left assistant minister of Dali Temple, suddenly became the chief judge of the case of Ji family murdering Prince Jin, and he was appointed by the emperor!

If this happened in the past, who would believe it?

But that's what happened!

Everyone also vaguely saw the clues from this, this guy is probably going to be promoted!

As soon as Pei Fan left, Huang Zhiwang's small cell suddenly became lively.

All three Shaoqings of the Dali Temple came to pick him up!

"Sir Huang, I'm afraid Sir Xu's previous mistake was unintentional. Now that the Emperor has spoken personally, why are you still staying in our Dali Temple's prison? Get out immediately!"

"Yes, Mr. Huang, we are here to take you back to the yamen..."

Seeing his superiors, who were usually indifferent to him, being so respectful and polite to him, he felt it was unreal.

But as an official, who would complain about a high position?

Through this time, he also knew who he should follow!

After returning to the government office, Huang Zhiwang immediately wrote a letter and called his attendants: "Send this letter to Prince Jin's mansion!"

"Prince Jin's Mansion?"

The attendants were a little puzzled, wondering if the lord had gone crazy. Prince Jin had no power or influence, and was said to be an uneducated and uncultured playboy!

Wasn’t it because he insisted on bringing people out of prison that the lord put him in jail this time?

How can you still be so ignorant of your own life?

Huang Zhiwang knocked him on the head in a rage, but his eyes showed joy: "Hurry up and go!"

He has already planned his next step. Since the princess had sent a letter asking him to do a good job, the meaning was very clear!

Wouldn't it be stupid if you don't find a backer at this time?

Jiang Xing received Huang Zhiwang's letter and couldn't help but complain to Lu Xuan after reading it: "This Mr. Huang the princess found is really amazing!"

He handed her the letter and said, "The emperor asked me to investigate the Ji family case, but he didn't even bother to investigate. He first asked me what evidence I had found, and he would provide more information later!"

Lu Xuan couldn't help but laugh: "He's so smart! Isn't this tying the prince and him together in the same boat?"

Seeing her smile, Jiang Xing couldn't help but feel better too: "Of course I know this, but being so blatantly lazy is really audacious!"

He thought for a moment, "But Huang Zhiwang's guess is correct. The Ji family will definitely destroy the evidence now. It won't be easy to investigate this case!"

Lu Xuan: "He wants a promotion, and you need to be fair. It's a match made in heaven!"

Jiang Xing ordered Xuan Ge to write down the whole story and evidence of the case, and soon submitted it to the Dali Temple in secret.

He looked into the distance, his heart calming down: "In addition to destroying the evidence, the Ji family must have seen the situation clearly by now. They will not harm Huang Zhiwang anymore, and they should put all their chips on Queen Ji!"

Lu Xuan agreed with him: "Even if the pressure falls on Empress Ji, they will be calm for the next two days. After all, the Emperor is angry, and Empress Ji and the Third Prince won't be so stupid as to bring bad luck upon themselves! I can also spare some time to do my own things!"

Fei Xing, standing by, was puzzled: "We finally caught the prince's murderer. Why didn't we take advantage of these two days to cut the Gordian knot?"

Jiang Xing couldn't help but hit him: "Ji Cheng destroyed so much evidence. Huang Zhiwang is a god descended from heaven. He found out so quickly?! The faster it is, the more it looks like we are deliberately plotting to murder the Marquis Mansion. How impatient!"

But they didn't know that the Ji family had already made up their mind.

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