Aunt Zhang was so frightened that she softened and knelt on the ground with a plop, "Your Majesty, please forgive me. I made a big mistake because of my son. I was confused for a moment.
I'm sorry, Your Majesty, I know I was wrong, I really know I was wrong!"
"Do you think I, the king, will forgive you if you just admit your mistake?
If you dare to take advantage of Nanfeng and cause him to almost get into trouble, I will kill you with a thousand knives!"
Chu Xuanchen said angrily.
Aunt Zhang was his servant, but she dared to betray him. Even being cut into pieces would not be enough to vent her anger.
Aunt Zhang hurriedly cried: "Your Majesty, I'm sorry, I didn't mean to betray you, I also have my own reasons.
Here's the thing.
My son Liu Cheng went to his friend Wei Lin’s house for a drink that day. After he got drunk, he accidentally killed Wei Lin’s wife Li.”
"What, your son killed someone?"
Yun Ruoyue was shocked.
Aunt Zhang nodded hurriedly, "Yes, yes, he was drunk and confused, and wanted to touch Mrs. Li.
When Li refused, he...he strangled Li to death.
Wei Lin took my son to the prison of the Ministry of Punishment that night. When Lord Geng found out about this, he wanted to sentence my son to beheading.
I was very anxious at the time and tried everywhere to save my son, but I didn't even see my son.
As a woman, I couldn't think of any way to save my son. Just when I was frowning, Su Changxiao came to me."
"Su Changxiao is looking for you?
How did she know this? It was such a coincidence that she found it!"
Yun Ruoyue said coldly.
When you meet Su Changxiao, you will definitely be deceived.
Aunt Zhang said: "I don't even know this.
One day when the slave went to cry outside the Ministry of Justice, she met Su Changxiao.
She told me that her father was the Zhongyong Gong Su Ming, and that everyone in the Ministry of Punishment was her father's family.
She said that as long as I was willing to do one thing for her, she would ask Master Geng to release my son."
"So, she asked you to take Nanfeng away while we weren't paying attention?"
Yun Ruoyue said coldly.
Aunt Zhang glanced at her timidly and nodded, "Yes, she said that as long as I take Nanfeng away, she will ask someone to let my son go.
My son committed a capital crime, and he is the only one in our Liu family.
I didn’t want him to die, and I didn’t want the Liu family to be extinct, so...that’s why I listened to Su Changxiao’s words."
"She asked you to take Nanfeng away today?"
Yun Ruoyue asked.
Aunt Zhang nodded, "Yes, she said today is the children's 100-day banquet, and there must be many guests.
If there are many people here, it will be easy to cause chaos, and it will be easier for me to take the child away.
She also said that she was going to use a strategy to lure the tiger away from the mountain. She would first go to the flower hall to talk to you to attract your attention, and then asked me to take the opportunity to take away Nanfeng.
I, I was also blinded by lard at that time, and I only wanted to save my son, so I committed such a wrong thing. I beg the prince and princess to spare my life!"
When Yun Ruoyue heard this, her face turned dark, "Your son has committed a crime, why didn't you come to the prince first, instead of listening to Su Changxiao and harming others?"
Aunt Zhang shrank and said: "Your Majesty has always been fair, strict and upright. If he knew that my son had killed someone, he would definitely deal with it according to the law and would never let my son go. How could I dare to tell the Prince.
Only Su Changxiao could ask the Ministry of Punishment to let my son go. In order to save my son, I did as she asked."
When Yun Ruoyue heard this, she already felt something was wrong, and she said: "This is all too coincidental, it seems to have been planned a long time ago.
Your Majesty, it seems that they are all going to be taken to the Criminal Department for interrogation."
"Of course, come here, take them all to the Criminal Department as soon as possible. I will interrogate them personally."