At this time, King Cheng had no dignity as a royal family member, and he knelt tremblingly to plead his grievances.
"I have not rebelled," King Cheng said. "The manager of my family must have been bribed by King Jian a long time ago. King Jian saw that the court was investigating Huijing's case, so he resorted to a strategy of killing two birds with one stone. If Cui Zhao was arrested, the court would
I will only suspect you. I don’t want to flee the capital, I am just afraid..."
King Cheng paused slightly when he said this.
The door of the main hall opened, and Feng Shun came out and said: "Your Majesty, your Majesty, please come in and speak."
Some words cannot be heard by outsiders, especially now that King Cheng is crazy. If he says something that cannot be heard, it will be really troublesome. There are too many difficult things to do recently, and no one wants to
There will be more troubles.
Feng Shun helped Cheng Wang up, and Cheng Wang immediately walked to the hall as if he had been pardoned.
The palace door closed and King Cheng knelt down again.
The emperor's eyes were gloomy: "What did you want to say just now? You didn't want to leave the capital, so why did you sneak out of the palace? The court just sealed the palace and hasn't found out the case. You have nothing wrong with you, so why are you afraid?"
King Cheng was like a quail, wishing he could bury his head in his arms and not come out. After a while, he said: "The crime of rebellion is not a trivial matter. Many people have died due to rebellion in recent years. The court has not found any solid evidence. I do not blame the court."
I mean, I’m just scared because I’m confused for a moment, so I want to discuss it with Prince Ning, and ask Prince Ning to intercede for me, I’m willing..."
King Cheng swallowed and the words disappeared in his throat.
"What do you want?" The emperor vaguely guessed what King Cheng was going to say, and his eyes were full of anger.
King Cheng did not dare to speak again.
The eldest princess of Huayang said calmly: "I am willing to be removed from the royal family, demoted to a commoner, exiled for thousands of miles and never to come to Beijing again."
The emperor said coldly: "Is this how King Cheng thinks?"
King Cheng gritted his teeth and made up his mind and raised his head: "I think so. It is a serious crime to commit rebellion. As long as I can save my life, I would rather be a commoner. As long as I don't have the title of prince, I think the court will not be so suspicious of me."
The emperor looked at Cheng Wang and said that the court had many suspicions about him, which was clearly an accusation against him as the emperor.
"Send King Cheng to Zongzheng Temple," the emperor ordered Feng Shundao. "Prince Cheng is not allowed to leave Zongzheng Temple until the case is investigated." If this case hadn't involved too many royal family members, he would have punished King Cheng.
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Feng Shun was about to step forward.
King Cheng said again: "I am guilty. I am the minister of Zongzheng Temple. I knew that something was wrong, but I was afraid that the emperor would blame me, so I never made any suggestions to the emperor. Today's situation has occurred, and I cannot shirk my responsibility.
Since the case of King Wei, the Zhang family has brought trouble to the imperial court, and many people have died tragically in prison. No one in the imperial court dares to compete with them, for fear that one day they will be accused of treason. In the long run, the clan will only be filled with cowards and cowards.
It was precisely because the royal family members were so useless that King Jian was able to make waves in Beijing. Not only his ministers were used by King Jian, but also Prince Ning, Princess Huayang, Prince Shunyang, and Prince Zhaohuai were not toyed by King Jian.
In the midst of applause? Now it is the imperial court that discovered King Jian's plan in advance and was able to take control of the situation so quickly. If King Jian is left alone for a few more years, what will be the result when King Jian suddenly attacks?
At that time, who can come to save the country of Zhou?"
"Your Majesty," King Cheng said earnestly, "We can't go on like this. This will destroy the foundation of the Qi family. Your Majesty's order to investigate the case of King Wei is not a loss of face for the late Emperor, but the discovery of something else hidden."
Only then will the old matter be brought up again. If the late emperor knew about it, he would not blame him."
After King Cheng finished speaking, he knelt down again.
The emperor frowned in thought and waved his hand for a long time.
King Cheng said nothing more, stood up and left with Feng Shun.
The hall was quiet for a while.
After a while, the Queen Mother sighed: "Back then, Zhang Yuci fought with the late emperor. Both the late emperor and the Ai family thought he was a good talent, so the late emperor reused him. Unexpectedly, he became such a treacherous minister because of his interests.
, Zhang family..."
The Queen Mother did not continue speaking, but was helped to stand up. She took two steps forward before continuing: "The Zhang family please ask the emperor to deal with it. The Zhang family members are no longer relatives from now on. The Ai family does not recognize this."
"My mother's family." Although the Zhang family was trying to clean up King Wei's party for the late emperor, can they still put all the blame on the late emperor now?
What's more, after the death of the late emperor, the Zhang family had so many more lives on their hands. Now that they are all in front of everyone, how can they shirk them?
Now it seems that the re-investigation of King Wei's case is a foregone conclusion. Her protection of the Zhang family will only prove the truth. It is better to take a step back and just hope that the emperor thinks that the Zhang family is still useful and will be more liberal and let Zhang Yuchi go.
After saying this, the Queen Mother stood up and prepared to leave with the female officials. Before leaving, the Queen Mother glanced at the girl standing in the main hall. The Zhang family was destroyed by this woman. She had also underestimated the Anyi Marquis Mansion and Xu Qinghuan before.
Silence returned to the main hall, and the emperor looked at Xu Qinghuan: "What else do you have to say?"
Xu Qinghuan bowed and saluted: "The evidence of King Jian's rebellion is conclusive. If Prince Wei was framed by King Jian, he would definitely be able to find clues. My daughter's pursuit of the case is now considered complete. Now I just want to return home and ask for the emperor's permission."
The emperor looked at Xu Qinghuan. This woman was not afraid of death for the sake of King Jian's case before, but now she looks like an ordinary female family member... Could it be that she really wanted to investigate the case?
The emperor narrowed his eyes: "I'm sure."
Xu Qinghuan slowly exited the hall. To her, what the emperor thought of King Wei's case was not that important. What was important was that all members of the royal family knew that King Wei had been wronged, and people's wishes were more important than anything else.
Xu Qinghuan walked out of the palace. The matter was over. She breathed a long sigh of relief. She just wanted to see Song Chengxuan now.
…
Cheng Ruhai felt like he was in hell. The rebels were fighting like crazy with the imperial soldiers. He watched helplessly as one of the rebels had his stomach cut open, but he seemed to feel no pain and still held his hand.
The long knife slashed at him, and he was stunned for a moment. After a slight hesitation, he was stabbed hard on his arm. If someone hadn't pulled him to the side, he might have died.
What happened next was even more miserable. No one wrapped his wounds, and no one rushed out to protect him. He could only raise the sword in his hand to fight for his life against the rebels.
How could he, a dignified minister of the Ministry of Justice, have to go through this? Where does the natural justice come from?
The fighting finally ended. Cheng Ruhai was lying on the ground panting. Someone finally came to pull him, but half of his body could no longer move. His vision was blurry, as if he couldn't see anything clearly. In the haze, bursts of cheers came from his ears.
He reluctantly followed the sound and looked over, only to see a man on horseback being surrounded by people.
Wherever the man went, the team burst into excitement. He was the spirit of the team and their military spirit.
Cheng Ruhai knew that it was Song Chengxuan, and he felt a bit of resentment in his heart. The great credit would fall on Song Chengxuan again. The important thing was that Song Chengxuan didn't seem to be injured, but he might have lost his life.
He did not perform meritorious service in front of the emperor, and yet he became like this... He really lost his wife and lost his army. Thinking of this, Cheng Ruhai couldn't take a breath, his vision went black, and he finally fainted completely.
…
Song Chengxuan led the rebels back to the city. His lips were slightly pursed, his expression was indifferent, and his body was full of murderous intent. General Qiu looked at him, and his body became cold unconsciously. Could General Song be red-eyed with murder? He was filled with murderous intent.
Being too heavy is not a good thing.
General Qiu was thinking about how to talk to General Song when he saw a person riding a horse in the distance. It was a woman. Her light blue dress was like the sky after the rain, looking so bright.
It was like a breeze blowing away the bloody smell from their bodies.
The woman was coming this way, and General Qiu couldn't help but wonder, which family's female relatives would leave the city at such a time, and not avoid them when they saw them.
"It's Miss Xu." The voice of Prince Shunyang came.
General Qiu finally understood. He looked at Song Chengxuan again. At this moment, the frost on Song Chengxuan's face seemed to melt away.