Chapter 382 Trial
The Queen said: "King Bao'an is right. I was indeed biased in handling this matter. However, I did not intend to be partial. After understanding the cause and effect, I learned that it was Wang Yi'er who deliberately provoked the Crown Prince first, and the Crown Prince was furious. I didn't intend to hurt her when I arrested her, but I just wanted to warn her, otherwise, I wouldn't have taken her to the Huangsi. There are many eminent monks in the Huangsi. The prince just saw that Wang Yier was really arrogant, so he took her to the Huangsi to listen. Buddha Yin is very restrained, although he made a mistake, he did not make a big mistake, and afterward, the King of Liang beat him up because of this matter, so this Palace believes that the punishment of three-month confinement is not selfish."
She first admitted that she was biased, and then said that she was not biased. Although she reversed the front and back, she gave people the illusion of humility.
The queen's words have been approved by many ministers. Indeed, if she is just a venomous civilian girl who has spoken provocatively to His Highness the current Crown Prince, then the Crown Prince will punish her. Moreover, as the queen said, this civilian girl was never injured, let alone suffered any loss, she was just brought to the Buddhist gate to listen to the Buddha's voice purely.
Therefore, King Bao'an also said: "If it is true what the queen said, then it is not enough to judge the crime."
Murong Jie sneered, "Yes, if it is true as the queen said, it is indeed not enough to justify the crime, but is this really the case? This Wang Yi'er is the daughter of Prince Liang, the princess of Liang State. She went to the Princess Mansion , is here to provide the whereabouts of the blood antelope horn, how to provoke the prince? The king asked the people in the princess mansion, this so-called provocation does not exist, the reason is that the prince had a personal grievance with the king of Liang, and he learned that the king of Liang Zhongyi County The lord felt revengeful, and ordered someone to take her hostage to the imperial temple, where she was imprisoned in the firewood room, and ordered her attendants to offend the princess. This king's concubine Xia Zi'an and all the monks in the imperial temple can testify to this. "
Murong Jie's words shocked everyone present, and even the empress dowager was furious. She knew Murong Jie's temperament and would not frame the prince. If he said it with certainty, it must be the truth. Not only Xia Zi'an testified, but also monks from the Huangsi Temple.
The queen laughed wildly, "I know that the prince has always disliked the prince, and I have threatened this palace in the past to depose the prince. Since the emperor has given you this power, if you want to depose the prince, you must do so. Why tell such a big lie? He also said that Wang Yi'er is the princess of the Liang Kingdom, which is simply absurd. As for the monks to testify, the prince came prepared, fearing that the monks would also succumb to the prince's majesty and prestige, and just fulfill the lie for the prince."
"Whether it's a big lie or the truth, you'll know later," he ordered, "Come on, please come out, Prince."
The queen stopped and said: "My lord, the prince is injured, so I'm afraid it's not suitable to attend. Although the prince is not talented, he can't bear his uncle's frame-up. If he is stimulated and his injury gets worse, how can the lord bear it? The lord is his Uncle Huang, why are you in such a rush?"
Murong Jie said: "Since it is a crime, he must be present. This is also an opportunity for him to defend himself. If the queen gives up this opportunity instead of him, I don't care."
The queen gritted her teeth secretly, and said: "The prince is aggressive, have you already convicted the prince? He is still innocent if he has not been convicted for a day. The prince is so harsh on him in front of so many clan ministers. I doubt that, Even if the prince really interrogates this matter, it will be unfair."
Murong Jie lowered his face, "Empress, this is a court discussion, the harem should not interfere at all, if the empress has any objections, she can raise them to the king afterwards."
After finishing speaking, he ordered: "I pass on the king's order to ask the prince to come up. If the prince can't walk, he will be carried up."
The palace guard had to leave.
The queen's face was ashen, "The prince is too arrogant, and the empress dowager is here, so can't even the empress dowager intervene?"
Murong Jie turned to look at the Empress Dowager, "Is the empress mother here to listen?"
Seeing that he didn't say anything about Concubine Yi, the empress dowager felt relieved a lot, she felt that she was a little reckless just now, and she actually suspected him, and when she heard him ask, the empress dowager said: "If it's an important matter for the court, I'm sorry Those who are not in the family's control should not attend, but I heard that it is related to the prince, so the grandmother of the Ai family came to listen, but the Ai family didn't make any suggestions."
"Mother!" The queen did not expect the empress dowager to speak like this, and she resented her partiality in her heart. She was so nervous about Xin'er, but she ignored the prince.
The Taifu gave her a warning look, signaling her not to say any more, now that the trial of the crime has not yet begun, she is against this and that, which is not good.
Seeing her father's gaze, the empress regained her composure, looked around the crowd and said, "Empress mother is right, I shouldn't interfere."
Prince Murong Qiao was brought up. He was carried up by someone, and he looked very weak. His face was pale and bloodless, and his eyes no longer had the arrogance of the past. He looked very guilty and uneasy.
The prince looked around the crowd in fear, lowered his head and said, "Uncle Huang, I know I was wrong. I shouldn't have ordered someone to kidnap Wang Yi'er just because of a few words of provocation, but I didn't know beforehand that it was the woman the emperor liked. Hit me too, I know I was wrong."
The prince has always been aloof in the past, and everyone has never seen him like this. How can he still have the demeanor of a prince now? It makes people think that he is just a little boy who has been punished for doing something wrong. This appearance makes the royal family feel distressed.
Murong Jie didn't buy it at all, and said in a cold voice: "Let's put this matter aside for the time being and wait for the witnesses to enter the palace before questioning. Now this king is asking you, did you order Ren Yue to come to the inn to steal it today?" The blood antelope horns of the moon."
The prince looked blank, "Blood antelope horn? I don't have one. I don't even know what a blood antelope horn is."
"Really?" Murong Jie sneered, "I don't know, do you? Come on, bring someone up."
Everyone could see that the Imperial Army escorted two people in, one was Eunuch Quan, the eunuch next to the prince, and the other seemed to have been tortured and was dragged in.
"Zhang Qi, who ordered you to steal the blood antelope horn?"
Liang Taifu suddenly stood up, "My lord, you just mentioned the two crimes of the prince. You only said that he captured the daughters of the people and was unkind and unfilial to the eldest princess. Now there is another charge of thief. It seems that the lord intends to depose him." The crown prince, but, if you want to commit a crime, why is there no excuse?"
Murong Jie didn't even look at him, let alone respond, and continued to interrogate Zhang Qi, "Say, who ordered you to steal the blood antelope horn?"
Taifu Liang was so angry that he was even more angry with the crown prince, what Murong Jie said probably wasn't a false accusation, that bastard really did something, but he didn't mention it when I asked him just now.
Zhang Qi, a man of the market, used to bully and dominate the market among the people, but in the palace, facing Murong Jie's majesty, how can he still have the slightest prestige?
He pointed at Eunuch Quan, and said with trembling lips: "If you go back to the lord, it was the villain's cousin who ordered the villain to steal it."
Zhang Quanlong was furious and said sharply: "You are talking nonsense, when did I order you to steal blood antelope horns? Who ordered you to talk nonsense here to frame the crown prince? How many lives do you have?"