Looking at a large plate of fried flower petals, the corner of the concubine's mouth twitched slightly, "She is really capable of causing trouble."

Yan Yinyao took a piece of flower petal and put it in her bowl, and said with a smile: "Aunt, lotus nourishes the heart and calms the mind. My cousin has some good things and brings them over. This is to show my filial piety to you. Try it, it must taste good."

"You don't have to say good things to her, you are also a troublemaker." The concubine gave her a sideways look, "You picked the osmanthus trees in the garden after they only smelled their fragrance for a few days."

Yan Yinyao smiled and took a piece of flower petals to eat. The petals were covered with egg paste. They were crispy with a hint of sweetness and slight bitterness, which was very delicious.

In the Mirror Courtyard, Prince Jin, who had a conversation with his son, saw the mother and son holding flower petals and nibbling them with great concentration. He couldn't help but take a piece and nibbled on it.

King Jin's taste was not too strong, but the fried flower petals were too bland and had a hint of bitterness. He didn't like it very much. After eating one piece, he didn't eat any more.

That night, Jiang Changning put his son to sleep and was about to go to bed with King Jin to rest when Chang Youzhong said outside the house: "Your Majesty, Luo Chenhua has something to report."

King Jin fastened the belt he had just untied and said to Jiang Changning, "I'll be back as soon as I go. You don't have to wait for me. Go to sleep first."

"Don't be too late." Jiang Changning walked him to the door, watched him strode away, turned around, went back to his room, and went to bed to rest.

When Jiang Changning woke up early the next morning, King Jin had already left the mansion to go to court.

After everything was done, I took Xiao Ming to the Liuxuan Courtyard to pay my respects to the concubine, and asked Xiao Ming to accompany the concubine while she went to the auditorium to attend the meeting.

After a busy morning, I took a nap after lunch, and Yan Yinyao and I sat in the garden admiring the flowers and drinking afternoon tea. The Princess of Changshan suddenly came to visit.

Jiang Changning quickly changed his clothes and went out to meet the guests. The first words Princess Changshan said when she saw her were: "Something happened, something big happened."

"What happened?" Jiang Changning asked with a smile.

Princess Changshan's face was filled with excitement instead of panic. She knew that this matter had nothing to do with Prince Changshan's Palace or Prince Jin's Palace. Princess Changshan just came to her to gossip.

"This morning, my eldest son led people from the Jingzhao Guard Camp to surround the Nufang Department. It is said that the Nufang Department has a batch of crossbows for sale on the black market."

Jiang Changning raised his eyebrows. The matter of the crossbow was completely made public. Luo Chenhua came over last night and should have told the King of Jin to rescue the craftsman's family.

Her guess was correct. The craftsman's family was rescued, and the craftsman truthfully confessed what they knew about the situation. That's why Prince Changshan led his men to surround the Nufang Office today.

"It's a big deal, but it has nothing to do with us." Jiang Changning didn't quite understand why Princess Changshan made a special trip for this matter.

"Ning Ning, your prince is the Minister of the Ministry of War. If your prince hadn't discovered this matter first and dealt with it, and this matter came out, the imperial censor would definitely impeach your prince."

"You are right. Thanks to my prince who discovered this matter in advance and dealt with it in time, a catastrophe was avoided."

"Guess what my eldest son found in the Nufang Office?" Prince Changshan's Crown Princess pretended to be mysterious again.

Jiang Changning frowned, "In addition to crossbows, what else can be found in the Crossbow Office?"

"A secret passage."

Jiang Changning now knew how the crossbows were transported out of the crossbow workshop, "Where does the secret passage lead to?"

"It leads to an abandoned house. Do you know whose name the house is in?"

"You ask this, which means I know the owner of that house, who could it be?" Jiang Changning thought thoughtfully for a moment, "I can't believe who it is?"

Princess Changshan curled her lips and said, "You didn't think about it at all."

Jiang Changning smiled and pushed her gently, "Speak quickly."

"It's Princess Ding. No, she is no longer Princess Ding. She is Mrs. Weibo Ding."

Jiang Changning said in surprise: "Really?" She didn't know this situation.

"It's true, the Royal Forest Army has been dispatched."

"It's really a big death."

The Crown Princess of Changshan chuckled twice, "Now I can't even keep my position as earl."

"You still have to go to jail."

"By the way, in that abandoned house, two people were found who had committed suicide by hanging from a beam. One was Ai Wen, the supervisor of the Ordnance Supervision of the Ministry of War, and the other was Fang Dehai, the commander of the Nufang Department."

"They may not have committed suicide, they may have been silenced."

"Uncle Ding silenced them and wanted to clear up the relationship, but it was a pity that he failed."

"From your tone, you are gloating."

Princess Changshan picked up the cup, drank a few sips, and said with a smile: "You heard me right, I was just gloating about my misfortune."

Jiang Changning probably knew why Princess Changshan came here specially, "You are really interested."

"Life is all about eating, drinking and having fun." Princess Changshan said with a smile.

After chatting with Jiang Changning, the Crown Princess of Changshan left in a hurry, and she still wanted to share it with the Crown Princess of De.

A large number of crossbows flowed into the black market, the secret passage of the Crossbow Office, and the suicide of two officials caused an uproar in the court.

"Prince Jin is the Minister of the Ministry of War. Such a big thing happened in the Nufang Department. I believe that Prince Jin bears unshirkable responsibility." Prince Qing took the opportunity to move Prince Jin.

"Prince Qing, please don't forget that this matter was discovered by Prince Jin. This shows that Prince Jin is cleaning up and reorganizing the military department. Prince Jin did nothing wrong. He has made meritorious deeds and should be commended." Prince De held the opposite opinion.

The two factions argued endlessly over whether King Jin was guilty or meritorious. The little emperor saw them tense and frightened. He didn't know how to deal with this matter.

At the end of the matter, the Queen Mother was invited out. The Queen Mother said: "Crossbows are important weapons in the army. The people in the Crossbow Factory dared to smuggle out the unused bows and crossbows and sell them. They are so bold that they would not regret dying."

"This matter was discovered by King Jin. If the matter does not bother the two masters, King Jin will continue to investigate."

"Dali Temple and the Ministry of Punishment are not allowed to interfere."

"Prince Jin, I give you a five-day deadline to verify how many crossbows were smuggled out and recover all the crossbows on the market."

How easy is it to find out the truth within five days?

But the King of Jin did not refuse, "I accept the decree."

The two dead people, Aiwen and Fang Dehai, were definitely involved in this matter, so in addition to them, Ding Weibo was also involved.

But Ding Weibo always denied that he was involved in this matter, and the house was also given to his wife by a wealthy businessman.

The whereabouts of the wealthy businessman are unknown.

I asked other officials in the Ordnance Supervision, but they didn't know anything about it.

Apart from Ding Weibo, there are no other clues.

Although Ding Weibo could not withstand the severe punishment and offered help to several people, they were only low-level officials from the Ordnance Supervisor and the Nufang Department, and their role in this matter was limited.

These low-level officials were also arrested and tortured, and most of the confessions they gave were already known information.

There was no big progress on Su Quanfu's side. They only found out that he had been in contact with a wealthy businessman and that the wealthy businessman gave him five thousand taels of silver.

Five days passed quickly, and King Jin still had not found out the real person behind the scenes, so he had to plead guilty.

I didn't go to remove the honeycomb ash today. My teeth have been hurting since the afternoon. It hurts so much that I want to die.
Chapter completed!