A wonderful celebration party cannot be disturbed!
Emperor Sun Lue originally wanted to hand the case over to Dali Temple for retrial, but King Gui kept urging him to try it himself.
Forced by helplessness, Changsun Lue had no choice but to leave Queen Shen and the ministers at the banquet, and sent the relevant persons to the Qinzheng Palace for trial alone.
The imperial army quickly moved everything in the secret room of Shangguan Yuan's small private residence, and even the words carved on the wall were rubbed out with white cloth.
There were so many horrifying words for "kill" that everyone's expressions changed.
However, when Qianru confronted Shangguan's old lady Liu in front of the imperial court, Shangguan Liu said that this was just an excuse to beat the mandarin ducks.
"An Qianru is an abandoned woman, and she has fallen into a trap. She is not worthy of my Yuan'er. The old woman didn't want her to pester Yuan'er anymore, so she had no choice but to make up lies. If she is sincere to Yuan'er
Yes, she won't wait for him to come back and confront her. She is simply greedy for the old woman's thousand taels, obsessed with money, and unkind and unjust!"
"How do you explain the word 'an' on the altar table?"
Shangguan Liu said excitedly: "That's An Xingdao's An. What's engraved on this tablet are all the soldiers who died in vain in the battle of Gucheng! The old woman requested many times, but the late emperor was unwilling to thoroughly investigate the truth about the battle of Gucheng. Yuan'er
There is nowhere to vent the blood-soaked hatred."
"You lied. If An Xingdao is really Shangguan Yuan's father-killing enemy, why would he ask to marry An Xingdao's daughter?"
Gui Wang's eldest grandson Ji gloated: "Ah, I remember that the daughter of the sinful lord An Xingdao was also named An Qianru. Shangguan Yuan, you couldn't have done anything wrong, so you fell in love with a woman with the same name, right?"
Hu Yong interrupted and said, "Your Majesty, I think this case is most likely a misunderstanding. There is no need to continue the trial."
King Gui was not happy, "Antai died in Gui County, which is my fiefdom. There are rumors that I was afraid that he would find something in Gui County, so he sent someone to kill her. It happened that this woman filed a complaint against the emperor.
, I will take this opportunity to ask the emperor to retry the case and give me justice."
King Gui's words and deeds are really unexpected.
Regardless of whether he had other means, Qianru felt much happier that he could re-investigate this case thoroughly.
But Qianru didn't expect that Shangguan Yuan was extremely insistent on the marriage, and even went so far as to disobey his mother.
"Shangguanyuan, filial piety comes first, don't you regret it?"
"I will take the oath to Yushi An first, and my mother will beat the mandarin duck behind. I will abide by my oath and take care of Qianru for the rest of my life."
"I don't want you to take care of me. I can support myself."
"After you became Zhongliang, how could you be so willing to degenerate and wander around? If you don't think about yourself, don't you think about your brother Zhixuan as well?"
Hu Yong also came to persuade her, but Shangguan Liu kept using the thousand taels to ridicule her for being profit-seeking and unkind.
She was so distressed that she was driven to the extreme. She pulled out the hairpin from her head and wanted to commit suicide, but when she saw Shangguan Liu's hateful and contented face, she was unwilling to die like this.
So she closed her eyes, endured it again and again, and with tears in her eyes gave the hairpin to Shangguan Yuan as a token of love.
"If you make me your concubine, I will die in front of you immediately."
When Shangguan Liu saw her son nodding, he also pulled out his hairpin and committed suicide.
Changsunji was very happy when he saw this, "Shangguanyuan, you shouldn't hate An Xingdao, you should hate your mother. Look at her overbearing, arrogant and unreasonable look, what man can stand it?"
"Shut up! This is a family matter of my Shangguan family."
"But you turned it into a state matter." Chang Sunji adjusted his sleeves, walked up to Shangguan Yuan, and said jokingly: "The reason why the late emperor did not thoroughly investigate the Gucheng case was to save the face of your Shangguan family."
"Since this is something that the late emperor deliberately concealed, it would be best for your uncle not to continue talking about it."
"I didn't want to say it at first, but An Xingdao has already died. Who knows what day it will be my turn to suffer?"
"An Xingdao was arrested on suspicion of conspiracy."
However, the emperor's emphasis failed to stop King Gui.
He exposed the scandal of Shangguan family without any scruples.
"Shangguan Bo couldn't bear the tyranny of his wife Liu, so he had another woman outside and gave birth to an heir. This matter has been hidden from Liu for more than ten years. After the Dongchuang Incident, Shangguan Bo's outer concubine was killed inexplicably.
The couple parted ways for a while.
When Shangguan Bo was trapped in Gucheng, I was also besieged by the enemy. At that time, Liu was a female general and led troops to garrison in the east of Gucheng. I sent people to deliver letters three times, asking her to send troops for reinforcements first, but Liu didn't move her troops.
By the time the king broke through and arrived, Shangguan Bo had already died in the battle."
"Nonsense, I have never received a letter from you. You have always been at odds with your late husband. How could you know that in order to eliminate dissidents, you deliberately falsified the facts and delayed reinforcements? Moreover, An Xingdao and my late husband broke out at the same time, why did they come first?
My husband is under siege, but he is having a smooth sailing?"
"Afterwards, I handed over all the evidence and witnesses to the late emperor. The late emperor was merciful and did not expose you because of Shangguan Bo's great military achievements. But you deceived yourself and kept writing letters to the late emperor for a thorough investigation."
"Nonsense! That's not the case at all."
"From the day An Xingdao died, I knew that sooner or later, your Shangguan family would have to find me. Sure enough, I suffered a big disaster during the incident at Haitang Hall."
The eldest grandson was very prepared. Not only did he find the physical evidence of the message from the palace, but he also found the person who sent the message. The deceased also found his heir.
Among those people, some sent messages to Shangguan Liu on his behalf, and some sent messages to Shangguan Bo on his behalf.
Among the physical evidence found in the palace were several confessions, with signatures of relevant persons on them.
Shangguan Bo is a rough and tumble person. In order to prevent witnesses from passing away, he would not be able to defend himself in the future. He even recorded several more confessions twenty years ago for comparison.
The emperor sent officials from Dali Temple for verification.
Dali Temple officials made repeated confirmations and determined that it was completely consistent.
"According to the prince's words, the death of Sinhou An Xingdao is also an injustice?"
Qianru asked tentatively, but ended up in tears.
"Miss An, be careful." Hu Yong said, "An Xingdao suffered a genocide because his son An Jingheng robbed the imperial mausoleum. This case was supervised by King Luo, and the evidence is conclusive!"
"He is a good prince, with adequate food and clothing. Why is he digging up the emperor's tomb?"
"In order to save his sister by getting a box of miraculous medicine that was buried with the Queen Mother, she failed to save her and instead harmed the entire family!"
"Since it is his own fault, why would the prince think that An Xingdao's death was related to the Shangguan family?"
King Gui said: "The Queen Mother died suddenly in Fucheng. At that time, there was a war and chaos. It was Shangguan Liu who changed the Queen Mother's clothes and buried her. She knew best what was buried with her."
"False! The old woman was not the only one involved in the burial. Why did the old woman leak it? Besides, since Yuan'er abandoned the An family, our two families have become enemies. How could An Jingheng trust the Shangguan family's words?
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King Gui could not produce any definite evidence, so the two argued for a while. Although it ended without any resolution, it made everyone speculate about the hidden circumstances of the Anhou Mansion case again.
All these developments were in line with Qianru's wishes, but whenever she saw Changsun Ji's carefree smile, she couldn't help but feel uneasy and panicked.