The door to the heavenly prison opened, and the Imperial Guard shouted: "Go in!"
The prisoner stumbled in. Just yesterday, he was still cheering and cheering when he entered the sky jail. Today, he became a prisoner. Things in the world are really unpredictable.
In a single cell, Prince Duan, who was resting, opened his eyes and looked over in confusion.
This is a heavy prison with few people entering. Who committed the crime again?
When he saw the Minister of Dali Temple being pushed over, he couldn't hide the shock on his face.
"Master Zhang? This..."
The Minister of Dali Temple did not dare to look at him, and was pushed into the prison diagonally opposite with his head lowered.
Soon, the jailers came over and opened Prince Duan's room.
They said nothing and ignored King Duan. They just quickly put away all the things they had added earlier.
As a result, the prison quickly returned to its original bare appearance, except for the bed and only a toilet - even the thin quilt covering King Duan's body was taken away.
King Duan was shocked and realized that something was wrong.
This was not over yet. After a while, a more important prisoner came.
"Eunuch Zhang!"
Zhang Huaide looked very embarrassed at the moment. His hair was messy, his clothes were bloody, and there were even scars on his face. He had obviously been tortured!
King Duan's heart sank.
Something happened to the Minister of Dali Temple, which only made him feel bad. But something happened to Zhang Huaide, which meant that his trump card was taken away!
What happened outside? How did it get to this point?
The Imperial Guards who had brought the people into custody quickly left.
King Duan couldn't wait to ask: "Eunuch Zhang! What happened? Why are you here?"
"What happened? Shouldn't the prince know it well?" The Minister of Punishment strode in and glanced at the three of them coldly, "Zhang Huaide colluded with the prince, took bribes and perverted the law, and the criminal deceived the emperor! Your prince, your conspiracy has been exposed.
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It took King Duan some time to straighten things out, and he looked at Zhang Huaide in disbelief.
He never thought that Zhang Huaide would be exposed, how could this be possible? The emperor obviously had great trust in him, and with him around outside, he was full of confidence and always thought that he could get out smoothly.
These days, in addition to thinking about the other party's frame-up methods, he was also thinking about how to get revenge after the incident and how to make a comeback, but he never thought that he would actually fall here.
King Duan was really panicked.
He didn't panic when he was framed, and he didn't panic when he was imprisoned, but now he panics.
Without Zhang Huaide, he really wouldn't be able to get out!
"Eunuch Zhang, please speak!" King Duan urged urgently.
Zhang Huaide opened his eyes, looked at him, and smiled bitterly.
He was the eunuch of the inner court, and he always knew where the emperor's bottom line was. No matter how Prince Duan was convicted, Luerxiang was raided by troops sent by the emperor, and he was already dead anyway.
Eunuchs are no better than powerful ministers. Their power is actually an extension of the monarch's power and has no solid foundation. Once the emperor finds out and is determined to take back his authority, they will be quickly beaten back to their original form.
Nowadays, Zhang Huaide has not regretted anything. He has served the emperor for more than 20 years, accompanying him from the chaos in the green forest to today. It can be said that his hard work has made great achievements. As long as he does not betray, he will be a powerful chamberlain until Emperor Bintian.
The only reason is that he was dissatisfied. He noticed that the emperor's body was getting hollowed out day by day, and he was afraid that he would be exiled when the prince came to power. After Prince Duan showed his kindness many times, he thought wrongly and boarded the pirate ship.
If he didn't do this, given the prince's cowardly nature, how could he have a happy death?
It was too late to regret it now. He couldn't really complain about King Duan, but he just lost hope and was too lazy to deal with it.
"Your Majesty, I have nothing to say, I just wish you good luck."
After Zhang Huaide finished speaking, he closed his eyes.
King Duan's face suddenly turned pale.
The Minister of Punishment smiled coldly, turned around and went out.
He now has a lot of scattered clues at hand, and he has to work quickly while Dali Temple is leaderless. When the evidence is conclusive, King Duan will not be able to escape!
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The Minister of Punishment made an investigation and pulled out the carrots and brought out the mud, and the matter became more and more serious.
King Duan was famous for his love of elegance. Over the years, there were only a handful of officials who had not attended his banquets.
The emperor was so filled with hatred that he ordered two departments to search for the dead and not let anyone go.
For a time, the capital city was in a state of panic, causing people to panic.
The general was assassinated, King Duan was imprisoned, and then it turned into a major rebellion.
There were Imperial Guards coming and going on the streets all day long, and there was no telling which mansion would be raided, and everyone was in danger.
Yan Ling was relieved after being released from the palace. After things reached this point, Prince Duan could no longer be blamed, and the Duke of Zhao was completely removed.
After listening to Yan Ji's report, he turned around and said, "Okay, we can take a breather."
Xu Yin was at the tea table slowly washing the tea cup, his brows never loosening.
Yan Ling couldn't help but ask: "What's wrong? Do you have anything else to worry about?"
Xu Yin's mood at the moment was extremely complicated. In her previous life, she didn't know who her enemy was until her death. Only in her second life did she realize that it was King Duan who had harmed their family. It was ridiculous that the sisters had stayed with the enemy who killed their father, and even her sister had committed herself to him.
, accompany him to death.
She could not describe the hatred she had accumulated in these two lives. Now that revenge was right in front of her, she only hoped that things would go smoothly and that there would be no further setbacks.
"The matter is too big." Xu Yin said, "Yu Chong has just died and the successor has not yet been decided. Your Majesty is making such a big splash, I am afraid that the situation will be unstable."
Yan Ling nodded: "You are right to worry, but it's a pity that His Majesty is so angry. Think on the bright side and pull out Prince Duan's hidden stakes in one go, and you will be stable in the future."
Xu Yin nodded slowly, and now he could only think like this.
Under the secret promotion of the Duke of Zhao, the major case of Prince Duan's rebellion was quickly settled.
King Duan received the emperor's favor, colluded with the inner court, bribed officials, assassinated important ministers, disrupted the imperial court, and intended to rebel. The evidence of his crime is conclusive.
On the day the case was decided, Miss Yu spent a lot of money to enter the prison and see her enemy for the last time.
Seeing King Duan's embarrassed appearance, Yu Manqing felt both hatred and joy.
"My lord, do you regret it?"
The tortured King Duan raised his head with difficulty and looked at Yu Manqing in front of him. It took him a while to remember who she was.
"It turns out to be Miss Yu. This is not the place you should be."
"Whether I should come or not, I don't need to say anything from the prince." Yu Manqing was happy, but also filled with sadness, "If I don't come to see your miserable situation, how can I pay homage to my late father's spirit in heaven?"
The completely defeated King Duan was now in a calm mood and said: "I know you don't believe it, but your father's death really has nothing to do with me."
Yu Manqing looked at him coldly.
Prince Duan continued: "You said that I sent someone to kidnap you. Miss Yu, think about it carefully. If I had done this, would I have used my own name?"
Yu Manqing was stunned for a moment.
King Duan smiled: "Don't be taken advantage of. You don't even know who the enemy who killed your father is."
"Then who are you talking about?" Yu Manqing's heart moved and she grabbed the bars.
King Duan shook his head: "I don't know. How can I, a dying man, know?"
When Yu Manqing wanted to say more, the jailer who had collected her money came over to urge her.
"Miss Yu, someone from the Criminal Department is coming, please leave quickly!"
Yu Manqing had no choice but to get out of the prison first.
Her heart was heavy. It is said that when a person is about to die, his words are good. At this juncture, there seems to be no need for King Duan to lie, right?