The emperor's eyes circled between the three princes and the two ministers on the left and right, and said slowly: "What are your opinions on the matter of the prince? I would like to hear your indirect opinions."
All the ministers: That's right. What's the use of them fighting harder? The representatives of the officials haven't spoken yet.
The upright faction and the peaceful and wealthy faction suddenly remembered another incident: the prince had not been punished yet, but the innocent princess had already been tortured for most of her life by the queen. When she heard that Mrs. Wei had entered the palace, she cried so hard that her heart broke.
I'm afraid the princess may not be able to become a princess...
Thinking of this, everyone's eyes fell on Wei Gong in unison, with complicated expressions in their eyes.
They never doubted Wei Gong's loyalty to Dayong and Ji, but what did such loyalty get in the end?
The prince acted ridiculously and brought shame on the Wei family. The only legitimate daughter of the Wei family was innocently implicated and her life was at stake... What did Duke Wei say?
Not only the officials in the palace, but also the two other princes standing with Duke Wei, as well as the two prime ministers on the left and right, also locked their eyes on Duke Wei, as if "only Duke Wei is interested, please express your opinion first"
meaning.
But this was originally very inappropriate.
It stands to reason that among the five people, Duke Wei is the one with the highest status, and Duke Wei should be the last to speak.
However, Wei Gong also has the important status of the prince's father-in-law. Since Wei Gong's opinion is the most important among the five, it would be better for Wei Gong to speak first.
In the midst of everyone's attention, Duke Wei finally spoke: "Your Majesty, I just heard the different opinions from all of you, but there is one thing I don't know: what mistake did the prince make? Since the Tingwei Mansion and the Longjing Mansion are responsible for finding out,
Could you please ask Zhou Tingwei to explain it to me?"
All the ministers were stunned: they had just been arguing for a long time, but they didn't even get to the point, which was "whether the prince made any mistakes and what mistakes he made."
It's really lonely...
Zhou Tingwei, who was named, came out of the queue and said loudly: "Reporting to Wei Gong, I have found out everything before and after the prince's incident. Yesterday, I submitted the general story to your majesty. Early this morning, I compiled several confessions as supplements.
"
The emperor frowned slightly. He was not sure what Duke Wei meant by asking this question. He originally didn't want to mention the prince's matter at the court meeting, but the officials were like firecrackers, exploding one after another, and he couldn't stop it in time.
I originally hoped to suppress the matter through the mouths of the three princes and the left and right ministers, but Wei Gong asked such a question and asked Zhou Tingwei, a famously selfless and selfless person in Longjing, to answer, what is this going to do?
He agreed to let Mrs. Wei enter the palace to accompany the Crown Princess as an appeasement. Duke Wei has always been loyal and should understand what he meant.
"Then please ask Zhou Tingwei to briefly explain what happened." Wei Gong said.
"Yes." Zhou Tingwei took out a stack of papers from his sleeve and pulled out the first one: "This is the confession of Zheng Rong, the director of Qunfang Pavilion. The confession said that the prince arrived at the hour of You, and then spent a thousand gold to bid for the oiran.
However, the prince did not have any money with him. The money was collected by the young masters around him, totaling 530 gold, and there was still a shortfall of 470 gold. The prince wrote an IOU and said he would pay it back within three days."
Zhou Tingwei pulled out a second piece of paper: "This is an IOU. Wei Chen has verified the handwriting and it is indeed written by the prince."
All the ministers were confused, thinking they heard wrongly: What?! The prince went to a prostitute, and he had to find someone to borrow the money?
