Chapter 344: A scholar who is full of five poisons 9
The staff wanted to give some more advice, but when they met Chu Ji's cold gaze that could not be ignored, they finally stopped talking, but there was inevitably a bit of regret in their eyes.
What a great opportunity.
Once the emperor died and Prime Minister Qiao died, how could the child whose gender was unknown in Concubine Qiao's belly be Chu Ji's opponent?
The right time, right place and right people make this the best time to secure the throne.
But Chu Ji himself refused.
Where can I reason from this?
The staff complained in their hearts, but their hand movements were not slow. They imitated Prime Minister Qiao's handwriting in a few seconds and wrote the letter Chu Ji wanted.
After forging evidence in the first half of the night, Chu Ji personally went into battle in the second half of the night, leading the imperial guards in the palace and directly surrounded the entire Prime Minister's Mansion.
The sound of horse hoofbeats echoed in the empty alley, making the courtiers living nearby nervous. Even if they were asleep, they were woken up and looked at the situation outside through the cracks in the door in fear.
"Xu~"
Chu Ji stopped his horse with one hand and looked at the Prime Minister's Mansion with jade inlays and carved railings in front of him, smiling with malice on his face.
He raised his hand and waved it down, "Surround the Prime Minister's Mansion and capture the rebellious ministers and traitors."
"yes."
The Imperial Guards quickly dispersed and surrounded the entire Prime Minister's Mansion.
With such a big posture, if Prime Minister Qiao could still sleep, he would no longer be Prime Minister Qiao.
Chu Ji had just led people into the Prime Minister's Mansion with his front legs, and then saw Prime Minister Qiao, who was dressed a little hastily, hurriedly walking from the backyard to the front yard.
Prime Minister Qiao didn't know what happened in the palace at all. When he saw Chu Ji leading his troops in such an upright manner, he couldn't help but frown, "Prince Su, what do you mean?"
"By order of the noble concubine, I have come to invite the Prime Minister to die."
Chu Ji said casually, and his contemptuous eyes fell on Prime Minister Qiao.
This is the person.
When he escaped from the palace privately and went to join his uncle in a military camp outside the Pass, under the banner of "finding the prince and bringing him back to the palace", he sent a large number of assassins along the way to assassinate him.
If he hadn't been cautious, he might have been on the road to escape for four to five months.
Prime Minister Qiao was stunned when he heard this, "What?"
On the orders of the noble concubine?
"Impossible! How could the imperial concubine give such an order? You don't want to pretend to convey the decree! Or, you are so ambitious that you use the imperial concubine's hand to exclude dissidents and try to coerce the emperor to order the princes!"
Prime Minister Qiao immediately slapped Chu Ji on his head and accused him of being accused.
Chu Ji just sneered, "I see, you, Prime Minister Qiao, are the ambitious ones who want to disrupt our Chu family. You are even more daring tonight, sending assassins to burn down the palace and take advantage of the chaos to seize the throne."
"Come here, capture this regicide, arrest all nine of his clans, and kill him without mercy!"
What the hell?
When did he send people to burn the palace and prepare to seize the throne?
"Chu Ji! You framed me!"
Prime Minister Qiao's eyes sharpened, "You say that I burned down the palace and committed regicide. Do you have any evidence?"
"Of course there is."
Chu Ji slowly took out a few letters from his arms, "These are the evidences intercepted by this king. During the Chou period, there was a fire in the palace, the emperor died, the imperial concubine was seriously injured, and the dragon in her belly almost miscarried."
"The palace guards caught the assassin and the eunuch who set fire, and they all confessed that it was you, Prime Minister Qiao, who ordered it. What else do you have to say?"
Prime Minister Qiao:!!!
He got it!
From the beginning, this was a conspiracy against him.
"If you want to incriminate yourself, why bother?"
Prime Minister Qiao sternly scolded, "Prince Su, you must have started the fire in the palace. You deliberately framed me and blamed me to clear the way for you to ascend the throne. The Queen Mother must have been harmed by you too! You killed your brother and your mother, and your crime is heinous."
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Chu Ji raised his eyebrows slightly, "I have never done this, and I have a clear conscience. Come and take me away!"
Hearing this, the Imperial Guards who followed into the Prime Minister's Mansion walked towards Prime Minister Qiao, wielding swords and dragging him out.
"What are you doing?"
"Stop! How dare you!"
"You are harming the virtuous and aiding the evil!"
Prime Minister Qiao reprimanded him sternly, but was eventually gagged and dragged out by the Imperial Guards. The entire Prime Minister's Mansion was also arrested and taken into Dali Temple overnight.
The Minister of Dali Temple was directly "invited" by Chu Ji to work overtime in the middle of the night.
Chu Ji accompanied the trial.
Three pushes and six questions, sticks and sticks are added to the body, the roots are traced, torture is used, and the beatings are used as tricks (crossed out)...
In short, after a night of hard work, Prime Minister Qiao's charges were finally confirmed.
The main focus is speed, which catches people off guard.
Prime Minister Qiao originally wanted to use this move against Chu Ji, but he didn't expect that Chu Ji would use this move against him in the end.
By the time the courtiers vaguely heard the news, Prime Minister Qiao and others had already been sentenced to Lingchi. Qiao killed the nine tribes, and with a wave of the butcher's knife, hundreds or even thousands of people died.
Chu Ji also thought that Qiao Jinhuan was praying for blessings for the fetus in her belly, so he released the married women from the three tribes, both Chinese and foreign.
The Qiao family committed the crime of regicide, so this kind of treatment can be considered very merciful.
As a result, the Qiao family cursed Prime Minister Qiao and quickly found someone to marry off their daughter in order to save her life.
But with the current situation of the Qiao family, who would dare to marry their daughter?
After the guilty minister, no one even dared to marry a daughter of the Qiao family for money, even if they were poor men in the capital. The Qiao family was so anxious that it was useless.
Only Qiao Yuan.
She was given the marriage gift by Qiao Jinhuan himself. Even if the Muyang Hou Mansion looked down on Qiao Yuan, they would still have to hold her nose to welcome her into the house.
What's more, although Xiao Jin is the eldest son, it is his stepmother who calls the shots in the house.
The stepmother wished that after Xiao Jin married a crotchless criminal, he would not get any help so that her son could take over the title of Marquis Muyang.
So the lady quickly took Qiao Yuan out of the cell.
Without completing the three letters and six etiquettes, he married the girl in a hasty and perfunctory manner and sent her to Xiao Jin's backyard.
Xiao Jin didn't want to see Qiao Yuan at all, not to mention her temperament as a young lady and her status as a criminal. Her face, which had been tortured these days and became increasingly haggard, was not liked by Xiao Jin, who loved beauty.
Therefore, one can imagine how miserable Qiao Yuan's life was in Qiao Jin's backyard.
It's too far gone.
At this time, everyone in the court came to their senses after being shocked by Prime Minister Qiao's rebellion and arrest.
Emma, it's over.
The emperor is dead!
Although Chu Heng is a fool and has been a puppet emperor for many years, there is still someone sitting on the dragon throne.
But now that he is dead and he still has no prince, what can he do?
Qiao Jinhuan has a child in her belly, but who knows if it is a boy or a girl. Is it possible that a fetus should inherit the throne?
This is too funny.
Ever since, the courtiers looked at Chu Ji.
As the only surviving son of the late emperor, he has military exploits and is not lacking in governance skills. If he does not succeed, who will succeed him?
Almost all the court officials felt that Chu Ji was definitely planning to ascend the throne.