readytorunbook Chapter 825: Identifying Old 9, Shu Yue also testifies
Chapter 825: Identifying Old 9, Shu Yue also testifies
A voice was heard again from outside the hall, but this voice was obviously weak and a little hoarse and unpleasant.
"Who is this? How dare he enter the palace to meet the emperor wearing a veiled hat?"
Everyone turned around and saw a woman in plain clothes and a white veiled hat that wrapped her whole body tightly.
A little maid stood next to her, holding her arm, as if giving her strength to support her body that was unable to stand.
"How dare you! Wearing a veil in front of His Majesty is a crime of disrespect! Why don't you take off the veil and declare your identity?!"
She walked in and knelt before the emperor, "I, your concubine Fu Qingrong, pay my respects to the emperor!"
Fu Qingrong?
Baili Moyan's face changed. Wasn't she burned to death? How could she appear here?
Could it be that the information he received was wrong?
"Fu Qingrong? Daughter of the Left Prime Minister, and concubine of the Fourth Prince?"
"Isn't she imprisoned? Why is she here?"
After hearing this, Baili Moqing stepped forward and explained, "Father, the Fourth Princess said she had something important to report to you. I was afraid of delaying something important, so I brought her over."
"The Fourth Emperor's wife is injured, and I'm afraid she might alarm Father, so I asked her to dress like this. I hope Father won't mind!"
Emperor Qiwen snorted in his heart, but said nothing, and didn't even want to look at him.
He was afraid that if he looked at him for even a second longer, he would be so angry that he would pass out! !
Baili Moqing didn't care. Since he didn't say anything, he just assumed that he didn't blame him.
"Fourth Royal Sister-in-law, you just said that you can prove that Fourth Brother murdered Second Brother on the orders of the Emperor? Do you have any evidence?"
Fu Qingrong nodded and took out a letter from her arms.
This was what Baili Moyin left for her before he rebelled. Along with the letter, there was also the Di Ting dagger.
He said that these two things could keep her and Zizhan alive.
For safety reasons and to have something in reserve that day, she only brought a dagger to the Left Prime Minister's residence; she originally wanted to ask her father to send the dagger to the palace to use as a bargaining chip in negotiations with the emperor.
Unexpectedly, the Fourth Prince rebelled and the Left Prime Minister did not dare to have any contact with her for fear of being implicated.
She was completely disheartened, and when she came back, Shu Yuanqi took revenge on her and burned her alive.
She had experienced the most painful pain and torture in the world and had long lost the will to live, but for the sake of her son, she had to stand up again.
"This is my husband's self-introduction. It records in detail my husband's planning, cause, process, and confession regarding the Second Prince's death..."
"If Your Majesty and the others do not believe me, you can retrieve the documents written by my husband from the Fourth Prince's residence and compare their handwriting."
Emperor Qiwen's face was gloomy. He had never expected that the fourth prince would actually have such a trick up his sleeve! No wonder he said that day, "The truth cannot be hidden."
Baili Moyan stepped forward and wanted to take the self-report, but Baili Moqing next to him got it first.
"Master Zhu, you and the other masters should first check whether it is true or not. If you think it is okay, then submit it to the emperor for his review."
After hearing this, Emperor Qiwen clenched his fists until they crackled.
Lao Qi's move clearly left him with no way out! !
Baili Moqing opened the document and read it over, then personally handed it to Zhu Guangzheng. As soon as he received it, he heard the emperor speak coldly.
"Liu Qin, present your self-introduction statement!"
Zhu Guangzheng's expression changed slightly, and the other officials looked at each other in confusion, seeing the confusion and suspicion in each other's eyes.
When Liu Qin came down, Zhu Guangzheng took the opportunity to close the document and glance at the contents inside.
When I saw those key words, the expression on my face became difficult to control.
Emperor Qiwen took the self-report from Liu Qin's hand and looked at it. There was silence below, and no one dared to breathe.
After reading those words coldly, he shook his hands and his statement immediately broke into two pieces.
"What nonsense!!!" He was furious, his eyes cold.
All the officials knelt down again and shouted, "Your Majesty, please calm down!"
Zhu Guangzheng was looking at the destroyed document, his mood had sunk to the bottom.
It seems that what was said in the document is true, otherwise the emperor would not be so excited.
He could never have imagined that Emperor Qiwen, who always claimed to be a wise ruler, would do such a heartless thing!
In the hall, the cheers were followed by a deathly silence, because almost everyone guessed the reason for the emperor's rage, but no one dared to say it out loud.
But even if everyone knelt on the ground, there were always a few people standing in the hall.
A queen, Baili Moqing, Murong Lian, Shu He, and Concubine Qing, who was having a hard time and was supported by Shu He.
She feared the pressure from Emperor Qiwen, but her son was wronged, and those around her who were seeking justice for her son were still standing and resisting. How could she kneel? How could she surrender?
They were like a few bright lights in the darkness, with firm beliefs, trying and struggling to break the thick and heavy black fog that trapped everyone.
Baili Moqing spoke again, "So, Father thinks that what Fourth Brother said is all nonsense?"
"Isn't that so?" Emperor Qiwen had already lost his composure. He forced himself to remain calm and subconsciously defended himself, "The Fourth Prince is rebellious and ruthless, with wolfish ambitions. He truly has the nature of a jackal! How can one trust the words of such a person?"
"So, Father acknowledges Fourth Brother's confession, in which he identified you as the mastermind behind the incident, correct?"
Baili Moqing just wanted him to admit it.
Seeing him pressing forward, Baili Moyan quickly said, "Seventh Brother, don't you understand what Father is saying? This is pure nonsense!"
"Nonsense? Then what about my ninth brother is nonsense?"
This old man, who keeps interrupting from time to time, is really annoying.
Baili Moqing looked at Fu Qingrong, as if hinting at something.
Fu Qingrong immediately shouted, "I still have something to say!"
"I intend to sue the Ninth Prince, alleging that I drugged the Seventh Prince at the Prime Minister's banquet five years ago and sent the 'ugliest woman' of Kyoto to his bed. This act is solely to bring disgrace upon the Seventh Prince, a man of such illustrious military achievements, and to destroy his reputation and the people's support!"
"Later, after the Seventh Prince was imprisoned in the Dali Temple, the Ninth Prince colluded with the Northern Di royal family and obtained the Northern Di's most potent poison, the 'Wujihan Poison,' and force-fed it to the Seventh Prince. He was then severely poisoned and suffered four years of agony, nearly dying!"
As soon as these words came out, Baili Moyan's face suddenly changed, and even his breathing became disordered, "Fu Qingrong! What nonsense are you talking about?!"
"Your Majesty, I'm not lying! Back then, the Ninth Prince was afraid that the prince, with his profound inner strength, wouldn't be able to be poisoned, so he gave him three packets of special cartilage powder until the prince lost consciousness!"
"I participated in this matter throughout and was complicit in it!"
"To be absolutely sure, the Ninth Prince wanted the Shu family to give him some medicine as well! But the Seventh Prince was still conscious at the time and spilled the medicine! In the end, it was the Ninth Prince himself who made it happen, and gave the Seventh Prince two more cups of Cartilage Powder!"
"Shu Yue was present at the time, and she can also prove it!"