King An almost fainted. He was 100% sure about participating in the performance today, but he didn't know that the Ministry of Punishment was so unreliable that he didn't even understand the file.
No, this was Yu Wenhao's deliberate action. He submitted several cases to confuse the situation. Since Taifu Wei was injured, he has never gone to court, but today he came to court and vigorously cooperated with the accusations. It can be seen that he has been there for a long time.
Planning.
Taifu Wei was so excited that he remonstrated with death just like last time. His old face turned red and purple, and he wheezed for a while, "Your Majesty, the Crown Prince's prestige cannot be shaken. If you shake the Crown Prince, it will be impossible."
The foundation of the country was shaken, and King An was determined to covet the position of the crown prince. If he persisted in his obsession, the brothers would turn against each other and kill each other, leading to the tragedy of the royal family.
I put my head on my neck and ask the emperor to investigate and punish me severely. Otherwise, I will bump my head to death in this hall."
Emperor Ming Yuan's scalp went numb when he heard these words. He was horrified when he remembered his desperate collision before.
Now his skull is as thin as an egg shell, but he can't withstand another collision. It doesn't matter whose blood this palace is stained with, but it cannot be stained with the blood of the Imperial Master during his reign.
He glanced at Prince An coldly, and seeing that his neck was red with anger, he asked sternly: "Are you coveting the position of prince?"
The eyes of all the officials in the palace were focused on King An. King An swallowed it hard in one breath and said: "Your Majesty, if I have such wolfish ambitions, I will die badly."
Emperor Ming Yuan said coldly: "Then you should explain, is it a coincidence that the twelve of you participated in the concert today or was it a private discussion?"
King An fell to the ground and said, "Returning to the emperor, I... I don't know that other adults are also participating in the performance."
Jing Jingyan came out and said calmly: "This is strange. Since the prince returned to Beijing, he has no official position. Even Jingzhao Mansion and Dali Temple have not learned about the affairs of the Ministry of Punishment. How did the prince know about it?
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And as soon as I found out, I read the book immediately. There is no bad blood between you brothers. According to common sense, you should go to the prince first and ask clearly. Why did you stab him in the back?
If it is unconvincing to say that His Royal Highness Prince An has no intention of harming the Crown Prince, it seems that the rumors circulating that the people in Prince An’s Mansion have hired killers from the Lenglang Clan to assassinate the Crown Princess are not groundless."
King An's eyes bulged with anger, he raised his head suddenly and glared at Ling Jingyan and said angrily: "Ling Jingyan, you have no real evidence for these baseless remarks, how dare you come to the palace to say it?
What kind of peace of mind do you have?
You are slandering the prince, which is a heinous crime!"
Calmly said calmly: "Your Highness Prince An, you have no real evidence, haven't you read the prince's book?
The crime of falsely accusing the prince is extremely heinous, but I don’t know what crime it is to falsely accuse the prince?”
"You..." An Wang was so angry that he couldn't speak. In terms of argument, he was far from being Liang Yan's opponent.
Emperor Ming Yuan looked at the two of them and asked, "What on earth is going on?
Why are you involved with the Crown Princess again?"
Calm Yan handed over his hand and reported, "Your Majesty, at the wedding banquet for His Royal Highness Prince An to marry his concubine, Princess Huai and your concubine had a dispute. During the argument, Princess Huai said that your concubine had gone to Lenglangmen to pay one hundred thousand taels of silver.
The assassination of the Crown Princess was not made up by me, there were many adults present in the court, and they all heard it with their own ears. If the Emperor does not believe it, you can ask."
Sun Shangshu knew that he was not rigorous enough and had harmed King An. Now that he heard what Princess Huai said calmly, he wanted to take away the blame and asked, "Master Leng, this is really nonsense, not to mention Princess Huai."
If you are accusing your concubine, you are really accusing His Highness King An, but why would His Highness King An do this?
What benefit will it bring to His Highness Prince An by killing the Crown Princess?"
When King An heard this, he was so angry that he rolled his eyes. This Sun Shangshu really succeeded more than failed.
"Good question!"
Ling Yan's eyes flashed, as if she was waiting for him to ask, "The Crown Princess went to Meizhuang half a month ago to study medical skills with Dr. Lin from Daxing Kingdom, and got a good prescription that can cure leprosy. Once this is done,
Leprosy was no longer a terminal illness or a serious disease in the Northern Tang Dynasty, and it had made great achievements for a long time. This achievement will naturally be recorded on the head of His Highness the Crown Prince. By then, the people's will will be the same, and the crown prince's position will be stable. If anyone wants to shake the crown prince's position again,
It’s just getting more difficult.”
Civil and military officials have heard more than once that the Crown Princess has a good medicine to cure leprosy. The first time they heard it, they thought it might be a guess, but now Chu Shoufu calmly said it with certainty. It seems that there is a strong possibility that it is possible.
Eighty-nine.
For a moment, the courtiers became a little excited. They asked Yu Wenhao one after another, regardless of the court, let alone questioning King An.
Although Taifu Wei didn't like to mention Leprous Mountain, after hearing Ling Yan say this, he also hoped that it would happen, so he didn't say anything to stop it.
Yu Wenhao was straightforward, rolled his eyes, and said very proudly: "This can be cured, otherwise why would the princess go to Leprosy Mountain again and again?
Doctor Lin came, but they just discussed with each other to improve the prescription and make the medicine more effective. Doctor Lin came for this reason.
There have been many speculations among the people before, saying that the Crown Princess went to Leprosy Mountain just for a show, and there was no guarantee of cure. The person who said this was stupid enough. Who would risk their own life for a show?
Moreover, this incident caused such a big riot among the people, and the princess was even attacked. If it can't be cured, who would be willing to take this risk?"
“That’s great!”
"Yes, if leprosy can be cured, it will really be a blessing for me in the Northern Tang Dynasty."
"Among the seven kingdoms, only I, the Northern Tang Dynasty, can cure leprosy. Although Daxing Kingdom has Dr. Lin, I heard that leprosy breaks out from time to time. People from Daxing Kingdom come here to learn from it. This shows that the Crown Princess is really sure."
The courtiers have always had double standards and acted according to the prevailing circumstances. No matter how fiercely they opposed Yuan Qing's attempt to go up the mountain before, but now that the wind is favoring the Crown Princess, and it really benefits the people, of course they have to agree.
King An knew that the situation was over today, so he remained silent with a sullen face. Now he was saying many things and making many mistakes. Yu Wenhao had clearly come prepared. It was in vain that he thought he could take part in his work today and remove him from the position of governor of Jingzhao Prefecture.
Yu Wenhao was usually cynical, but he didn't know how cunning he was hiding. This time he was not defeated, and it would be even harder to do so in the future.
Emperor Ming Yuan was aloof and, as always, said nothing when the courtiers were discussing. He only looked at the expressions of everyone below him with cold eyes.
Chu Shoufu also stood with his hands hanging down. In this court, no one could see it more clearly than the emperor. No one's thoughts could be hidden in their brows.
When the prince submitted the document to the Ministry of Punishment, the document must be incomplete, and he ordered someone to explain it, and it must be a directional guide, so that the Minister of Punishment could not wait to jump out and try to make a contribution to King An.
If the punishment department and An Wangruo grasped this point and kept an eye on the prince, they would not have been completely defeated and embarrassed. Unfortunately, the topic was quickly diverted by the minister of the household department, and then the prince made an excited speech. By now, it had completely deviated.
During the case, everyone only focused on leprosy and the assassination of the princess. Who still remembers the case?
Even the emperor was probably moved at this moment. After all, curing leprosy was something the emperor wanted to achieve in his dream, otherwise he would not have turned a blind eye to the Crown Princess going up the mountain in the first place.
Chu Shoufu sighed in his heart, in this round, the prince won a big victory!