Emperor Qing didn't know why, and pointed at the corpse in front of the palace, frowning, "Marquis Lin, don't be too sad, be careful with your body, and get up quickly to answer."
Marquis Lin got up from his son's body, wiped his eyes which were red from crying, and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty."
Seeing that his mood had softened, Emperor Qing asked again: "Marquis Lin, please tell me slowly, what happened?"
"Your Majesty, the old minister's son died so unjustly!" Marquis Lin, who was lying on the ground crying and wiping away his tears, suddenly glared at Gong Yun'ao, "Your Majesty, it was the prince who killed the old minister's son, you have to make the decision for the old minister!
"
What?
The prince killed someone? He was the youngest son of Marquis Nanyue? He was the one who wanted to be the hereditary marquis!
Although the title of Marquis of Nanyue was only a false position but no real power, it was also the grace given to Lin Jiaozhi by the late emperor.
Originally, he was not qualified. Because the emperor was in a good mood at that time and because he had achieved military exploits at that time, the emperor granted Lin Xiaozhi the title of Marquis of Nanyue.
At that time, Emperor Qing, in order to balance the power of the court, ennobled his son so that he could inherit it from generation to generation.
Gong Yunao stood under the imperial steps, looking coldly at everything in front of him, his face calm.
Hearing this, Liang Jinghuan stood up and asked: "Lin Hou, you said that the prince killed your son, do you have any evidence? In the main hall, in front of the emperor, you can't make random identifications."
Hearing this, Colonel Lin became angry and said, "Master Liang, what do you mean by this? Do you want to defend the prince? The injuries on my son's body are evidence, and the arrow in his chest is evidence. There are also witnesses. They should be blocked."
Shut your confusing mouth."
As soon as he finished speaking, King Yan pulled out the arrows from the corpse and handed it to the courtiers, saying: "Here is the evidence. My lords, look, there is the word "Yun" on the arrow. Isn't this Gong Yun?
The arrows that Ao often uses? The evidence is solid but you still want to deny it."
Then, King Yan pointed at the woman behind him and said, "This is a witness."
At this time, all the officials turned their attention to the woman behind King Yan. No wonder King Yan was so confident that he dared to bring a woman to the front of the palace.
The woman looked thin, and her eyebrows were full of charm. I wonder if she was a woman from a good family.
King Yan winked and said: "Rong'er, the emperor is here, why don't you tell me everything you saw?"
"Yes." The woman named Rong'er was startled by King Yan's serious voice.
She had never seen a big scene before, but when she saw the solemn gazes of the ministers and the majestic hall, she was suddenly frightened.
She knelt on the ground, her eyes lowered, not daring to look directly at the long face above her. "Back to the emperor, the daughter of the people is a dancing queen in heaven and on earth." She swallowed her saliva and whispered: "A month ago, the prince was here
Watching folk girls singing and dancing in heaven and on earth, they suddenly became excited and the prince actually drank too much."
"Seeing that there was no servant around him to wait on him, the daughter of the people thought of sending the prince off. Unexpectedly, as soon as she reached the door, the prince bumped into His Royal Highness."
Speaking of this, Rong'er quietly raised her head and glanced at Gong Yun'ao. Unexpectedly, this glance happened to meet his cold eyes, which made her shudder.
She timidly withdrew her gaze and said: "After that, His Highness the Crown Prince was very angry. He not only insulted the Crown Prince with words, but also hit the Crown Prince hard. The daughter of the people was frightened. Even if the Crown Prince hit the Crown Prince, it was because he was drunk.
Because of that.”
"I didn't expect... just yesterday, because she missed the prince, she wanted to secretly visit the prince at her residence. However, she never expected that at night, she saw a figure secretly appearing in the prince's mansion. That person,
Yes, it’s the prince…”
After Rong'er finished speaking, Principal Lin felt sad. For a moment, in the Jinluan Palace, which was completely silent, Principal Lin's sad and indignant cry suddenly sounded: "Your Majesty, the old minister's son died so unjustly!"
"It's just that my son was drunk and accidentally bumped into the prince. How can he punch and kick my son and finally kill him inhumanely?"
"Your Majesty, you have to make the decision for me... Your Majesty, he is so cruel... My poor son!" Marquis Lin's cries shook the sky, making the hall agitated.
this…?
Did the prince kill the young prince of the Hou family just because of this trivial matter?
Emperor Qing couldn't tell the truth for a moment. He looked at Gong Yun'ao, who looked calm and solemn, and asked: "Your Majesty, they accused you of killing the prince of the Hou Mansion. Is this true?"
Gong Yun proudly stood under the imperial steps, gave a nod, and solemnly said: "Father, my son did not kill the prince, and he will not recognize anything he has not done. Although the arrow with the name is the son of the prince,
The mark of the minister, but it is not difficult to fake this kind of thing..."
Hearing this, Colonel Lin was filled with anger and fear, "What did you say? It was obviously you who killed him, but you still want to deny it. You are the prince, why did you kill my son? Just because he bumped into you? His Royal Highness the prince also
It’s too cruel.”
"I have already said that your son was not killed by me. On the day of the incident, the truth was not the case. This woman was obviously lying. Instead of ranting here, why don't you think about what happened on the night of the prince's accident? So
You don’t know right from wrong, and you don’t even know you’re being taken advantage of.”
Gong Yun proudly pointed out something, but the old Lin Xiaozhi turned a deaf ear to it. All he could think about was that the prince had killed his son.
At this time, Ling Min, who had been promoted to imperial censor, said: "Your Highness, there is no need to be angry. Marquis Lin is old and it is no wonder that he cannot see the truth of the matter."
Seeing Ling Min slandering him like this, Lin Xiaozhi was not willing to be outdone. He pointed at Ling Min angrily and yelled: "What qualifications do you have to speak? He is not your son who died. Of course you are speaking lightly, you are
Those in the prince's group will naturally help the tyrants and speak to the prince."
Ling Min shook his head and said helplessly: "Humph! I won't care about your son's death. You'd better think about it yourself!"
At this time, King Yan glanced sideways at Dr. Guanglu, Lin Chong, who was standing in the crowd. This man was in his forties, with a thin face and long eyebrows. Although his eyes were small, they were full of energy.
The two people's eyes met. Although there were no words, they understood each other. Then, he took two steps forward and said to Qinghuang:
"Your Majesty, we cannot make a hasty decision on this matter. We still need to find out the truth. It is better to put the prince in confinement first. If it is found out and the murderer is really the prince, it will not be too late for the emperor to punish him."
Emperor Qing was pondering and undecided. At this time, under the instruction of King Yan, another wave of courtiers came out and denounced: "The prince is immoral and immoral. Let him be imprisoned first. It will not be too late to punish him after the truth is found out."
"Yes, the prince is immoral and immoral. Let's put him in solitary confinement first..."
Hearing these objections, Ling Tu suddenly felt something bad. He argued vigorously, "You mean solitary confinement? The merits need further investigation. How can we make a hasty decision?"
King Yan's eyes widened and he yelled angrily: "With all the personal and material evidence, how could he make a hasty decision? Master Ling, if the prince cannot prove his innocence, then it means he is guilty. How can a guilty person be established as the crown prince?"
Although these courtiers did not directly propose abolishing the reserve, their words were conclusive and their anger was approaching the edge of abolishing the reserve.
In an instant, the courtiers were on two sides. There were the arrogant courtiers who stepped down on the East Palace and denounced the crimes of the East Palace; there were also those who supported the East Palace and accused the case of being full of doubts and needing to be dealt with carefully.
"Shut up, everyone." Qinghuang shouted, which instantly silenced the courtiers. Qinghuang glanced at King Yan's party and said:
"Emperor's younger brother, Marquis Lin, I will investigate this matter clearly. I will definitely not let the crown prince die in vain, but I will not wrong the crown prince because of this." Finally, with the strong support of Emperor Qing, he suppressed everything or made it clear.
Or a dark voice of opposition.
"Wei Chen has something to say." At this time, Lang Lang's voice came from the hall.
Qinghuang looked at the speaker: "Liang Qing's family, you say."
"Wei Chen believes that the prince has been framed. The prince has a good reputation and will never do such a stupid thing." Liang Jinghuan's voice was sonorous and powerful, making King Yan and Xiao Lin angrily rebuke:
"Master Liang, what do you mean? What do you use to prove the prince's innocence? Do you rely on your sharp tongue to prove the prince's innocence? The witnesses and physical evidence are all available and it is difficult to refute. What else do you want to say?"
"This is ridiculous!" Liang Jinghuan denounced, and then said: "Your Majesty, please listen to me. There are two doubts about this matter. First, if I am a murderer and want to harm the prince, I will definitely not use myself openly.
The arrows were left as evidence for them;"
"Secondly, after the incident, the only so-called witness was Rong'er. Moreover, even she herself said it was a figure. How could she be sure that that person was His Royal Highness?"
"Moreover, she has never seen the process of the prince hurting the prince. Based on these two points, it would be too hasty to conclude that the prince is guilty."
At this time, Shu Shihuai, who was drowned in the crowd of ministers, spoke up at the right moment and said: "Your Majesty, please reconsider! What's more, as the prince, I don't believe that the prince would do such a sneaky thing. There must be some villain who framed me.
"
"You, you..." Lin Xiaozhi pointed at Shu Shihuai, his fingers trembling with anger, and finally he held his breath and said: "Shameless person, you are so clever with your words!"
At this time, Gong Yun'ao, who had been silent all this time, slowly approached King Yan. His dark eyes were like two bottomless pools.
"Fourth Uncle, you returned to Beijing secretly a month ago. The person I saw that day was you!"
King Yan was startled, could it be that he saw it that day?
Qinghuang's complexion gradually darkened. He actually returned to Beijing a month ago?
Wu Zhao secretly returned to Beijing. Did he want to rebel?
Opposite Lin Xiaozhi, Gong Yun'ao's thin lips outlined a cold arc: "Lin Hou, the conflict between the prince and the prince in heaven and earth was not only witnessed by Miss Rong'er..."
"There were so many guests at the entrance to the human world that day. I believe that more people will have seen it. Therefore, as long as we investigate in depth, the truth will come to light. The evidence you mentioned is simply untenable. Don't you think so?
?”
When the ministers heard this, it was indeed true, and the courtiers who supported the prince nodded.
Qinghuang nodded happily: "Liang Qing, I will leave this matter to you for trial. You must clear the prince's innocence and return the truth to Marquis Lin."