Ximen Xianchu stared at Su Ranhua who was tied up in the palace with burning eyes.
After killing Ximen Yi and injuring Ximen Hao, this woman desperately committed such a shocking crime as soon as she returned to the capital. What kind of force was she driven by?
"Your Majesty, this girl is a remnant of Suluo City, and she must have evil intentions. Sadly, King Nan tried his best to protect her, but in return he was killed with an ungrateful sword. I declare that this girl should be executed by Ling Chi!"
"Your Majesty, this woman killed the Queen of the South and then tried to kill the King of the North. This is a heinous crime that will shake the foundation of our dynasty. Please Your Majesty, sentence Ling Chi!"
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Su Ranhua listened to the voices in the hall that wanted to punish her, especially Hu Yingkui, who was particularly angry. Then he looked at Ximen Xianchu, who had slightly sunken eyelids and said nothing, and was filled with suspicion.
According to normal circumstances, if such an obvious thing as killing Ximen Yi happened, it would not be the officials' turn to be filled with indignation against her. As the emperor, Ximen Xianchu should be the first to question her.
But now he didn't show any sign, as if it was not his son who died, but he was just thinking about something that unexpectedly happened.
"Has anyone seen her commit the murder with her own hands?" While the ministers were waiting for Ximen Xianchu to express his position, Ximen Xianchu asked calmly.
"Back to the emperor," the subordinate who rushed to Ximen Yi immediately was also waiting in the palace and stepped forward, "When the subordinate rushed there, only Su Ranhua and King Nan were present. King Nan pointed out before he died
It’s her too.”
"That means you didn't see Su Ranhua take action, right?" Ximen Xianchu asked.
"Yes." The subordinate said unwillingly, "But Su Ran painted an assassination attempt on King Bei, and everyone in the street saw it."
"Yes, your Majesty." The general of the military guard who was ordered to capture Su Ranhua said, "We saw with our own eyes that Su Ranhua was stabbing King Bei. The golden needle went straight into King Bei's Zhuanzhong point. The attack was so cruel that King Bei was about to fall into coma.
Fall to the ground."
"Ah! Is there anything wrong with King Bei?" Bai Zhanfeng panicked when she heard this. She only heard that Ximen Hao was injured at first. Since he was injured, he could not die. But after hearing what the general said, Ximen Hao suffered
It was also a ruthless attack, and it seemed that the injury was not serious.
"Eunuch Liu, go to the North Prince's Mansion immediately." Ximen Xianchu ordered the eunuch beside him.
Bai Zhanfeng's face was livid, and she stared at Su Ranhua with hatred and said, "As the ministers said, even if Su Ranhua is Ling Chi, it is not enough to atone for his crime!"
"The matter of the Northern King has not yet been decided. There is no direct evidence of murder by Su Ranhua in the death of the Southern King. We, the Qingyuan Dynasty, cannot act rashly. We will first put Su Ranhua in the sky prison and make a detailed investigation before pronouncing the verdict.
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Ximen Xianchu's words shocked everyone present. It was his son, the dignified King Nan, who died. How could their emperor be so calm and normal?
"Your Majesty, it's not difficult to get evidence." The Southern King's subordinates said, "I found out from my humble position that Su Ranhua made a big move when he returned to the capital. He has always regarded the Northern King as his biggest enemy and caused a lot of harm to the Northern King's people.
There were casualties. If we check whether the marks on those dead people match the wounds of King Nan, we can know whether Su Ranhua is the murderer or not!"
"Oh? Has she ever done such a thing?" Ximen Xianchu looked at Su Ranhua with twinkling eyes.
"Yes, but this is related to Bei Wang's layout strategy, and it still needs Bei Wang's cooperation to verify." The subordinate continued.
"Well, I will ask personally when King Bei wakes up." Ximen Xianchu nodded.
"No need to ask, I killed King Nan." Su Ranhua said, who had remained silent.
Everyone did not expect that Su Ranhua would admit it so straightforwardly, and they were extremely angry at her arrogance that was not afraid of death.
"To be honest with you, I returned to Beijing this time just for revenge. Ximen Hao killed the child in my belly, Ximen Yi also had a hand in it, and Bai Yiyi, I won't let anyone go!" Su Ranhua said with hatred.
The way of hatred is that as long as the deceased child is mentioned, her hatred will arise from her heart.
Su Ranhua decided to confess to the assassination of Ximen Yi. Since Li Bing wanted her to take the blame, she confessed, which was an explanation of the short-term master-disciple relationship and a reward for Li Bing's life-saving grace in the past.
After that, the two parted ways and had nothing to do with each other.
"My son died. I am more sad than anyone else. However, I am not a foolish king. I will not make a judgment easily. You cannot make rash decisions just because it is my son who died. Even if you come to do it with strong hatred,
Something treacherous has happened, but I also want to find out the truth. Since you said it was you
The child's death contributed to your hatred today, so I must find out the root cause of everything and cannot jump to conclusions. Even if I want to grant you death, I must let you die clearly and let the world see a clear truth.
Facts." Ximen Xianchu's unbiased words made all the ministers admire him and nodded.
"Let Su Ranhua be sent to the prison first, and the Criminal Division will investigate the matter thoroughly," Ximen Xianchu said.
"emperor!"
Ximen Yi's accomplices, especially those from the Hu family, still wanted to start the memorial. According to them, including Bai Zhanfeng, who was sitting next to Ximen Xianchu, Su Ranhua should be executed immediately, without leaving a breath.
room.
"I know that you are loyal to our Qingyuan Dynasty, but you have to know that Yi'er's death, except his biological mother, Concubine Shu, no one can be more painful than me, my father!" Ximen Xianchu said.
Using a father's identity as a comparison makes everyone speechless.
All the ministers who spoke for Ximen Yi, including the subordinate who identified Su Ranhua as the murderer, were making a last ditch effort in despair.
Once Ximen Yi died, everything they had paid would be wasted. How could they be willing to do so?
In Yunxiao Garden, many courtiers after the dissolution of the dynasty gathered, and they all stood in front of Concubine Shu with serious expressions.
"Are you saying that the Emperor has no intention of giving Yi'er justice?" Concubine Shu swept away the crazy, bodyless, howling and crying look, and her charming face was pale and colorless. She wiped away the tears on her face, and powerful hatred replaced everything.
Her sadness shows her unwillingness to lose after years of planning and planning.
"The emperor delayed this case for the time to pronounce the verdict, which can't help but chill us. He wants to be a selfless emperor, and he doesn't want to use the life of his own prince to show off. The person who died was his own son. Even if he killed Su Ran regardless of the reason.
The people in the world will understand that if Hu immediately asks the crime, he will die even if there are ten thousand reasons for killing me, the prince of the Qingyuan Dynasty!" Hu Yingkui said angrily.
Concubine Shu glanced at her brother. How could she not understand the thoughts of this group of people? Like herself, they lost the cohesion point that could issue orders on their behalf with the death of Ximen Yi, and the power they had accumulated in the past would be greatly reduced.
It is about to fall apart, as if it is defeated without a fight, completely defeated!