Seeing the palace maid coming out with a dagger, Xiao Jiuan snorted mockingly.
In order to prove Ji Yunkai's crime and to disgrace the Yanbei Palace, the emperor would do anything.
It is really graceful for a majestic emperor to actually frame a woman.
"King Yanbei, do you have anything else to say?" The young emperor sat on the throne, calm and dignified, not angry or authoritative.
At this moment, the emperor's majesty was evident in every aspect.
Xiao Jiuan did not answer the emperor's words, but adjusted his posture and asked Ji Yunkai to face everyone: "Princess, have you seen this dagger?"
"No." Ji Yunkai could answer without looking at him.
Not to mention the dagger, even the porcelain pieces she didn't touch. The assassination scenes were all directed and acted by Concubine Jing.
After Ji Yunkai finished speaking, the old woman kneeling on the ground shouted excitedly: "Princess Yanbei is lying, Your Majesty...she is lying. Princess Yanbei used this knife to hurt the concubine."
She personally wounded the concubine with a knife. Now she can only survive if she completes what the emperor told her to do.
"Whether I lied or not is not your decision." Ji Yunkai had recovered some strength at this time and asked Xiao Jiu'an to put her on a chair aside.
"What she said does not count, and what you said does not count. Princess Yanbei, can you prove your innocence?" The emperor said calmly, with a notarized look.
However, the current situation is very unfavorable to Ji Yunkai, as there are both witnesses and physical evidence from Concubine Jing and her family.
But Ji Yunkai was not afraid at all: "I can." As long as the emperor is willing to give her a chance, she can prove her innocence.
It's a pity that Xiao Jiuan didn't come, and the emperor didn't even give her a chance.
"Oh, I will give you a chance. If you can't prove your innocence, I will hand you over to the Ministry of Punishment." The emperor's words seemed fair, but in fact they were unfair.
According to the Ministry of Criminal Justice's principles for handling cases, at this time it is not necessary to provide evidence to prove Ji Yunkai's innocence, but because there is not enough evidence to prove that it was Ji Yunkai who hurt others, so Ji Yunkai is innocent.
Obviously, the emperor would not follow the procedures of the Ministry of Justice, and Ji Yunkai did not expect that the emperor would act according to the rules.
"Thank you, Your Majesty." After Ji Yunkai thanked the Emperor, he pointed at the nanny kneeling on the ground and said, "Can I ask her a few questions?"
"Yes." The emperor did not think that anything could be changed by just asking a few words from Ji Yunkai, so he said very generously.
Of course, there was no room for him to be lax at this time. Xiao Jiuan was sitting beside him. Although he didn't say a word, his presence was not weak at all.
Ji Yunkai pressed his heart, took a breath and said, "How many people have touched that dagger? Have they ever wiped it?"
When the old mama heard that Ji Yunkai wanted to ask questions, she felt very nervous. But after hearing Ji Yunkai's question, she immediately felt at ease and said calmly: "Returning to Princess Yanbei, no one has touched her except the slaves.
It hasn't been wiped off either." The dagger was still stained with blood. If it was said that it had been wiped off, no one would believe it.
"Very good." Ji Yunkai smiled with satisfaction, then turned to Xiao Jiu'an and said, "Your Majesty, could you please ask someone to find some pieces of oil paper and a piece of dough for me?"
"What do you want that thing for?" Xiao Jiuan frowned, quite puzzled.
The emperor also looked at Ji Yunkai and frowned.
"Prove my innocence." No one can frame her for something she has never touched.
"Are you sure?" Xiao Jiuan asked.
Ji Yunkai nodded: "Ninety percent." Unless the person who did it was smart enough to erase all the fingerprints, even if they were completely erased, it would still prove her innocence, wouldn't it?
"Okay." Xiao Jiu'an nodded in agreement and turned to look at the emperor: "Your Majesty?"
"Go and get what Princess Yanbei wants." The emperor didn't know what kind of medicine Ji Yun was selling in the gourd. Although he wanted to stop it, Xiao Jiuan was sitting there, and it was hard for him to do some things too obviously.
The above sentence caused his leg to break. Soon the eunuch was panting and took out the oil paper and dough and presented them to the emperor: "Your Majesty."
The emperor didn't even look at it, so he asked the eunuch to throw the dough to Ji Yunkai: "Princess Yanbei, see if this is what you want."
"Thank you, Your Majesty." Ji Yunkai didn't touch it. He signaled the eunuch to put it down, and then asked someone to bring water to clean his hands. He didn't touch the dough the whole time. He picked a ball with a bamboo stick and placed it on the oil paper, then flattened it with the oil paper and pressed it.
Thin, then show the smooth side to the emperor for inspection.
"Your Majesty, are there any traces on the paper?" Ji Yunkai asked.
"No." I don't know how Ji Yunkai did it. The dough was very smooth without any traces.
"In that case, I will start to prove it." Ji Yunkai motioned to the palace maid to hold the dagger in front of her, held the sharp end and picked up the dagger. Then he took a greased paper with dough and covered it on the handle: "Your Majesty,
From beginning to end, I never directly touched the handle of the dagger."
"Really?" The emperor smiled noncommittally, with a flash of sarcasm in his eyes.
Ji Yunkai said there is no such thing as no one? He is naive!
Ji Yunkai knew what the emperor was thinking and didn't care. He just said: "I will prove to the emperor now that I never touched the handle of this dagger from beginning to end."
"How do you prove it?" The emperor couldn't help but sit up straight, feeling uneasy in his heart.
Ji Yunkai took off the oil paper covering the handle, unfolded it, and presented it to the emperor: "Your Majesty, look at this paper again. Are there any traces?"
Fingerprints have been reprinted on it and are very clear.
"What is this?" The emperor leaned forward involuntarily, his brows furrowed tightly.
Things seemed to be out of his control.
"This is the fingerprint of the person holding the dagger, which is also the fingerprint of the murderer. To identify the murderer, you only need to have someone press a fingerprint." Ji Yunkai sat in his original position without moving, and took out another piece of oil paper.
After smoothing the dough, he pressed the fingerprints of both hands: "Finding the murderer is not my business. I just need to prove my innocence now. The emperor can order someone to compare my fingerprints."
Ji Yunkai handed over two pieces of oil paper with fingerprints printed on them and continued to ask the young eunuch to present them to the emperor. Her eyes were calm, neither humble nor arrogant. There was no pride after fighting back, nor anger after being wronged. She just sat there, looking calmly.
Your Majesty, neither sad nor happy...
However, facing Ji Yun's calm eyes, the emperor felt inexplicably irritable. He felt that he was just a clown. No matter what he did, it was just a joke in Ji Yunkai's eyes.
"You... are very good!" The emperor used all his strength not to lose his composure and to restrain the urge to kick Ji Yunkai away.
Sure enough, it was right not to marry Ji Yunkai. Not to mention Ji Yunkai's face, he would never like Ji Yunkai's personality in his whole life.
He was the emperor, but Ji Yunkai didn't give him any face, and didn't take him as the emperor seriously! (To be continued)