Chapter 121 Checking the Relics
When Mr. Liang saw that Prince Li had arrived, he secretly let out a bad cry in his heart.
Prime Minister Xia asked Prince Li to sit down, Prince Li looked at the seat, and then looked at the old lady, "Old lady, the dignity is clear, although you are the old lady of the prime minister's mansion, but the princess is present, you must give up your seat. Princess sit."
The old lady's face was a little cold, but she couldn't help it. Aunt Cuiyu helped her up and asked Prime Minister Xia to stand up so that she could sit down.
However, Prince An pointed to Prime Minister Xia's seat and said, "Old lady, you can't sit here. This is the seat for the crown prince. Tai Tuo, move a little bit. This king has to sit here. Go over there."
It took a quarter of an hour for the pause to come down, no one refuted, the crown prince didn't sit down, but he had to sit tremblingly under his gaze, the pain made him burst into tears.
Seeing that Prince Li still wanted to criticize again, Liang Taifu said, "My lord, the matter is important, let's try the case first."
Prince Li said displeasedly: "Etiquette is the business, don't you have to follow the etiquette? Without the etiquette, there is no law. Heaven, earth, king, relatives and teachers, everything must be done according to this, just like..."
"Okay, my lord can make arrangements." Mrs. Liang turned green when she heard that he had to continue nagging, and hurriedly stopped him.
"It's like my little aunt is younger than the king, but her seniority is there, so there should be no confusion." Prince Li couldn't stop talking, and he had to finish what he wanted to say to be comfortable.
After finishing the arrangements, Prince Li looked at Mr. Liang who had already sat in the corner and said, "Mr. Liang, how is the trial going?"
Lord Liang then said all that Mrs. Linglong said just now, and concluded: "My lord, you have always paid attention to etiquette. Although Mrs. Linglong is the concubine of the young lady, she is still an elder. Why don't you poison me like this for no reason? Outrageous?"
Prince Li looked at Xia Wan'er while listening, and when Mrs. Liang finished speaking, he said to Xia Wan'er: "You turned your face away, you only hurt one side, and the other side is good, this king feels uncomfortable."
Xia Wan'er was startled, not knowing what Prince Li meant.
Prime Minister Xia knew his temperament and didn't want to make any troubles, so he said to Xia Wan'er: "You go into the inner hall, and you only come out when you need to testify."
Zi'an watched Prince Li calmly, and left Xia Wan'er and Mrs. Linglong.
If the two of them cannot cooperate to testify, once Mrs. Linglong's confession is broken, Xia Wan'er will not be able to match up when she comes out to testify again.
She had heard about this prince's temperament when she was in Xiaotuo's courtyard in the suburbs of Beijing, so she thought of asking him to help.
When they went to find him, the two talked in the mansion for about half an hour. During this half an hour, Zian told Prince Li the main points. Only Prince Li could do this to snatch the right to ask questions.
It's not that the Eldest Princess can't help, but she's not familiar with the laws and etiquette, so she's easily led away by them. In the end, instead of being able to help, things will go wrong.
After Xia Wan'er entered, Prince Li looked at Mr. Liang and said, "Well, keep talking."
Mr. Liang was startled, "This, the officer is finished."
Prince Li looked at him in astonishment, "It's over? You're talking about the family's confession, so what about Yuan's and Xia Zi'an's confession? And the confession of Princess Dachang and the guards? What happened when the carriage was intercepted and returned to the hospital?" What about the matter?"
Mr. Liang said embarrassingly: "Well, according to the inference of the lower officials, nothing happened to the section of the road that was intercepted except for meeting the prince."
"Inference? Did you rely on inference in handling cases in the past?" Prince Li looked very angry, "Then you infer that Yuan Shi was able to stand up when she fell into the carriage and was not blind. Why did she hurt her forehead and become blind later?" ?”
Master Liang wiped the sweat from his forehead, "This, this..."
Taifu Liang replied on his behalf, "My lord, when Yuan Shi jumped off the carriage, she said that she would frame Chen Shi for murdering the mistress. She must have done it herself."
"Where's the evidence?" Prince Li asked Liang Taifu.
"Evidence? She hit it herself, who can see it?" Mrs. Liang sneered.
"No one has seen you speak with certainty, as if it were true? Taifu, you are also a first-rank official in the imperial court after all, and it's nothing more than being involved in the family affairs of the prime minister's mansion. Now you are still guessing this and that like a fool. Where is your wisdom? Could it be that you failed tonight and found a weak woman to vent your anger."
Prince Li spoke very seriously, not satirizing Mr. Liang, he was telling the truth, what he thought was the truth, he said it so seriously.
It would be better if he was being sarcastic, but it was not natural, and Taifu Liang's face was livid, so he just waved his hand, "Okay, continue the interrogation, continue to ask."
Prince Li looked at Mr. Liang, and seeing Mr. Liang was also looking at him, he said, "What are you doing looking at this king? This king is not the presiding judge. Ask, ask."
Mr. Liang could only look at Zi'an, "Xia Zian, I want to ask you, you said Yuan Shi was pushed down by them, do you have evidence?"
Zi'an said: "My lord, the carriage that the princess and I were riding in was always behind their carriage. When my mother fell off, she was almost run over by our carriage. Fortunately, the coachman found out quickly. Stop the carriage in time, and we got off. When the carriage went to rescue people, my mother was unconscious. She didn’t fall to the ground, but the left side first, and her forehead on the left side hit the gap in the floor, causing heavy bleeding. From the posture of landing, it can be inferred that she was killed Your Excellency has handled cases for many years, and you should know that if you jumped off the carriage, my mother would definitely fall forward."
Master Liang was speechless.
Mr. Liang said: "I need to send the coachman in to ask about this point."
Zi'an said indifferently: "Have you forgotten, my lord? The driver's statement has been overturned before, and his statement is not credible."
Only then did Madam Linglong understand what Xia Zian had been leading her around in circles before, instead of just refuting her words.
"Okay, even if the coachman's statement is not credible, now that Mrs. Yuan and Mrs. Chen insist on their own opinions, they cannot provide evidence." Mr. Liang said humanely.
Prince Li then spoke, "Well, the two insist on their own opinions. No one has any evidence, and no one is willing to check the physical evidence. Who should I trust?"
Mr. Liang didn't make a sound, but his forehead was sweating all the time. He was also duped, no one testified, and everyone insisted on their own words. Under this situation, the Yamen must first believe Yuan's words.
Mr. Liang looked at Prime Minister Xia. Prime Minister Xia had no expression on his face. In fact, from the moment Prince Li came, he knew that this matter should not bring down Xia Zian.
However, he was still dying, "In that case, let's examine the physical evidence, Mr. Liang, and send someone to check on the carriage. If my wife was pushed down by Mrs. Chen, there will definitely be traces left."
He still hoped that if he could manipulate the physical evidence, if Xia Zi'an and Yuan Shi were allowed to escape today, they would be even more unable to suppress them in the mansion in the future.
Prince Li said indifferently: "This king will order people to investigate. As for Mr. Liang, we should continue to interrogate. This king is suspicious of Chen's statement of what happened in the carriage. If it is proved that Chen is lying, he will lose his money." Yuan's motive for jumping off the carriage."