Chapter 413: The wise prince killed his relatives out of justice
There are two people, the queen and the tenth princess. One insists that he is innocent, and the other strongly proves that it is true.
The emperor also felt that the queen was not innocent, but she was the queen of a country, and the words of the ten princesses alone were not enough to convict her.
Ma Cairen saw the emperor's hesitation and stepped forward and said: "Your Majesty, I have a witness."
"There are still witnesses? Why didn't you tell me earlier?" The emperor asked, "Can that person be here?"
"Here," Ma Cairen said, turning his head and looking in the direction of Concubine Rong, "that's His Highness the Crown Prince."
The prince came here with Concubine Rong and others, and now he was standing behind Concubine Rong.
If the ten princesses came out to testify, everyone's jaws dropped. Then when the prince came out to testify, it was completely unbelievable.
Li Fei even pinched herself hard to make sure she was dreaming.
"Chong'er...what does he know as a child? He is younger than Qiong Ying!" The emperor couldn't help but frowned.
The prince was a few months younger than the eighth prince, who was only three years old when he was killed.
If the tenth princess can barely remember what happened back then, then it is impossible for the prince to remember it no matter what.
And the queen remembered clearly that when she was feeding the eighth prince some almond cheese, the prince was taking a nap elsewhere.
Under the complicated gazes of everyone, the prince stepped forward and knelt down. His face was even whiter than the moonlight outside.
"Chong'er, what's going on? Who coerced you?" The Queen was shocked, angry, hurt and suspicious, "Don't worry, tell me, Your Majesty will make the decision for you."
The prince raised his eyes and looked at the queen, with pain evident on his face: "Mother, no one is coercing me. Son, please plead guilty! I will ask my father to forgive me, and from now on we, mother and son, will depend on each other."
He no longer called Yao Ziyun his mother, and even asked her to confess directly.
"Wicked! Do you know what you are saying?! Who on earth bewitched you?!" the queen asked loudly, her eyebrows raised, "I know that you have always been simple-minded, and you believe whatever others say.
But why can’t you trust your biological mother alone?!”
By this time, the queen had determined that Ma Cairen and the others had deceived the prince with their rumors, and the prince's betrayal made her extremely angry.
"Mother, why do you pay homage to Brother Eight Emperors at night on the seventh day of June every year? Why do you kneel in front of his shrine and repent? Ask him to give birth to a child as soon as possible and stop pestering you?" The prince's eyes were empty and hurt.
, his voice was full of exhaustion and numbness, "Are you also having trouble with your conscience? When you dreamed back at midnight, you couldn't resist the guilt in your heart, so that's why you did this?
Do you know that every year on the seventh day of June, I dream of a boy about the same age as me who invites me to play with him?
Before moving to the East Palace, I would wake up on the night of the seventh day of June every year, and then quietly get out of bed to look for you.
Every time I see you repenting, praying, and even crying.
But I was so stupid, I never thought that you were the one who killed the Eighth Emperor brother with your own hands. I thought you just felt sorry for his premature death and just wanted him to be reincarnated as a human being as soon as possible.
Mother, if I had known that the road to the East Palace was paved with blood and human bones, then I would rather never be a prince..."
"You are talking nonsense! I have never done any of these things!" The queen looked at the prince as if he were a monster. "I know you have always hated me for forcing you to learn the art of the emperor. You like to play and be comfortable, and you don't want to be the prince.
.
I have really committed a sin by giving birth to such an unworthy creature like you!"
The queen said angrily and slapped the prince twice hard.
"Your Majesty, I can't ask about the affairs of this palace for a long time." Concubine Rong, who had been silent for a long time, spoke up, "The reason why I came here today is because Ma Cairen sued me and asked me to advocate for her.
Naturally, I didn't believe it at first, but Qiong Ying and the prince's words made me suspicious.
Although the matter has been going on for a long time, the truth must be investigated. It also concerns the blood of the emperor, and there is no room for carelessness."
"My dear concubine, you are too partial. I know that you have always been partial to Concubine Fu. Now that they see their mother and son in danger, you come up with such a trick to surround Wei and save Zhao." The queen sneered, "I have always respected you so much.
, I think you are the most fair and indifferent elder!"
"Shut up!" The emperor scolded Yao Ziyun, "Who forbids your disrespect to the concubine!"
Then he said to Concubine Rong: "Don't worry, Concubine Rong, I will definitely investigate this matter strictly."
The queen looked around, and everyone looked at her with cold eyes.
Ma Chunping, on the other hand, looked like she was going to cut her into pieces.
She couldn't help but feel flustered, but still refused to plead guilty, thinking about how to argue to make the emperor lean towards her.
At this time, the prince knelt down in front of the queen, hugged her legs, and cried: "Mother, please don't harm others anymore. I don't want to be this prince for a long time."
"You useless thing!" The queen slapped him hard again, trying to wake him up. "You are eating everything you want! You are so heartless! If you work with outsiders to frame me, you will be struck by lightning!"
"Mother, please beat me to death! After all, you have harmed so many people because of me." The prince had a dull face, as if he was looking forward to death. "But I can't let you harm others anymore. You did it for me."
Okay, but you are not a good mother, let alone a queen."
Even though Yao Ziyun was still holding on, every word the prince said was like a sharp sword, piercing deeply into her heart.
"Your Majesty, you have to believe me." Yao Ziyun knelt down and begged the emperor, "Chong'er is crazy! His words are all nonsense! Your Majesty, please don't believe it.
There are people with ulterior motives who are trying to destabilize the country. It is my Yao family who has suffered unjust injustice, and the bones of my two nephews are still cold..."
Although Yao Ziyun tried her best to defend herself, the emperor did not want to hear her: "Chong'er is indeed not smart enough, but he is not stupid enough to listen to other people's temptations and harm his biological mother!
After all, you still bear the title of queen, so you have to leave some dignity and respect for yourself."
The two things that happened today were enough to make the emperor suspicious of the queen.
Frankly speaking, the emperor knows that Yao Ziyun used tricks to become the queen.
I just didn't expect that she would be so vicious and evil.
"Rui'er! My Rui'er! You died so miserably!" Ma Cairen cried and fell to the ground, "Your Majesty taught you the poem, but you will memorize it after only three times. You are so sensible, and you don't care when you are sick.
Cry or not.
You are so small! Your feet are not as big as my palm. But every time you come back from playing outside, you will bring me a flower.
My Rui'er, how cruel does it take for someone to do something to you?!"
Ma Cairen's cry was heart-wrenching and caused many people to cry.