Chapter 281: Adding insult to injury to take advantage of victory
Just when the emperor was about to retire, Princess Maoling shouted loudly: "Your Majesty! This matter today is too strange! That Ge Qing is obviously pretending to be a ghost, and his words cannot be trusted!"
"Yes, Your Majesty, that Ge Qing knows the bone-shrinking skill," Yao Tai also said, "He can do things that ordinary people can't do, but you must not be deceived by him and let the real culprit go!"
"Your Majesty, I would also like to ask you to find out more about the matter in the palace." Concubine Fu also expressed her position, "I have been wronged and wronged. Even if there are gods and gods, there are still people who don't believe me. I beg your Majesty to protect me in front of all the civil and military officials.
Clear your name!”
"Ge Qing is dead, and the others have admitted to being false, so what else is going on?" The emperor was also very frustrated. He wanted Shang Qiyan to explain it clearly to him in private. After all, there were many things he really wanted to know about this matter.
I don't understand, "Which of you has the ability to revive Ge Qing, and I will continue the trial!"
"Your Majesty, this is clearly a trap prepared by Concubine Fu and others in advance. They discussed it with Ge Qing in advance, so that he could pretend to admit it first and get away with it.
Then, in the main hall, he pretended to be a ghost. This not only completely cleared his suspicions, but also laid a lead. From then on, everyone in the palace would definitely be wary and suspicious of each other." Princess Maoling said, "Otherwise, why didn't Ge Qing explain his instructions?
Who is his real culprit? Instead, he made such confusing remarks to confuse the public."
"Not only that, Ge Qing also used the mouth of gods to exempt others from the death penalty. This was clearly intentional.
Anyway, he himself cannot escape the death penalty. In this way, he can not only save his master, but also protect his family, and even get those witnesses to change their stories. It can be said that it kills multiple birds with one stone." Yao Tai and Princess Maoling are worthy of their reputation.
The couple sings and harmonizes, and they work together flawlessly.
"Father," the fifth prince who had been silent at this time stood up, "Princess Maoling and the uncle are so aggressive, but there is no conclusive evidence, and they just rely on guesswork to forcefully place such a stigma and serious crime on their mother.
As a son of a human being, I can’t bear it!
Why did Ge Qing initially say that he was instigated by my mother-in-law? He couldn’t have found those witnesses himself, right?!
Didn’t the person in charge of the trial go over it repeatedly to make sure it was correct? Or was it submitted to the father before the emperor because he was unable to determine whether it was true or not?
Regardless of whether Ge Qing is really possessed by the God of Japanese Travel or is pretending to be a ghost, why did all those people change their stories? Instead of sticking to their previous testimony and exposing Ge Qing?
Or think more deeply, why is my mother-in-law always being framed? One wave after another?
If Ge Qing was his mother's concubine, then he should have refused to say it was his mother's concubine who instigated him from the beginning to the end, so why bother going through such a circle?!
There was no doubt about the guilt, let alone the fact that all the witnesses have now confessed!"
The fifth prince really couldn't bear it anymore. The Yao family was too domineering, oppressing others, being unreasonable and unreasonable.
"Uncle, princess, no matter how much you feel sorry for your daughter, you still have to be reasonable." The emperor couldn't stand it anymore. "I'm not old and stupid. This matter has nothing to do with Concubine Fu! As for who really instigated Ge Qing,
I will send people to continue to investigate. But just for the sake of quick success, I can’t just accuse good people out of thin air.”
As soon as the emperor said this, it was hard for Yao Tai and his wife to make the same mistake again.
After all, all this arguing and arguing will ultimately lead to nothing.
The most important thing is that what Ge Qing does is really unpredictable.
You said that he and Concubine Fu are in the same group, so he can't commit the crime of recruiting Concubine Fu.
What's more, his family members were all outside the palace at that time, so they were not held hostage by Concubine Fu's people.
If they weren't from the same group, why did he save Concubine Fu in the end?
But why did those few also change their opinions at the same time?
Is it really the law of heaven and the possession of gods?
Everyone had doubts in their hearts, but no one could tell what was going on.
"That's it for now, let's disperse first!" The emperor unconsciously put his hands on his waist. He had been sitting for too long and his back was sore.
"Father, I still have something to report." The fifth prince crossed his arms and moved forward.
"Is there anything else?" The emperor's tone was somewhat impatient.
"Recently, rumors about the emperor's eldest grandson are spreading everywhere in the capital," the fifth prince said. "They are all untrue and ridiculous nonsense."
"What kind of big deal is this? Do you want you to mention it in court?" The emperor said after hearing this, "You don't need to say it, I already know it."
"Father, don't you think this is not a big deal?" the fifth prince asked.
"Rumors only stop at the wise. Those who spread these rumors are fools." The emperor chuckled, "Just take it as a joke."
"My son thinks so too, but some people don't think so. In the past two days, more than a dozen officials' families have come to my son's house for help..." the fifth prince said.
"Help? What can I ask for help?" The emperor frowned.
"Just because these officials were on the list, they were afraid of something unexpected, so they came to see Erchen. Erchen thought that no matter what, this was a rumor related to Lin'er after all, and it was related to the imperial court, so he couldn't ignore it, so he boldly
Report this matter to my father."
"What roster? Why did something unexpected happen? What is going on? Tell me in detail." The emperor immediately forgot about the pain in his back and asked the fifth prince to tell him in detail.
"Master Liu Mizhang Liu specially made a list of people who participated in spreading rumors related to Lin'er.
They also ranked their crimes from serious to light, and then wrote suggestions for how to deal with them, including dismissal from office, exile, demotion, transfer, etc.
Some people did spread the rumors, but some people did not. But regardless of whether they did or not, Master Liu's move seemed to be against the laws of the court and human ethics, and I thought it was extremely undesirable.
Not only that, but I heard that the Concubine Xian was doing the same thing in the palace. Now the people in the harem are in panic, and two timid palace servants even tried to commit suicide. Fortunately, they were saved."
The emperor was already very anxious. After hearing what the fifth prince said, he was almost fuming with anger. He asked in a deep voice: "Where is Liu Mizhang?! Who told you to do such a thing?! How dare you eat a bear's heart?"
Is the leopard so brave?!"
Liu Mizhang was so frightened that he knelt on the ground, kowtowed and said: "I deserve death for my crime!"
It's useless for him to deny it, because too many people know about it.
Besides, since the fifth prince dared to speak out about this matter in court, he must have conclusive evidence in hand. Without anything else, just the testimony of those on the list is enough.
He also regretted that this matter was done in a confidential manner.
But having said that, there are so many people involved in this matter that it is impossible for no news to leak out.
"Do you still know that you deserve to die?!" The emperor looked at him with a cold look in his eyes, "I love you so much!"
Then he said: "Concubine Xian! You really deserve the word Xian!"
At this time, everyone understood that what the emperor said was obviously irony.
