On the eve of her wedding, an urgent report arrived from the border, and the Marquis of Pingyang led his army to battle. To show appreciation and importance, the Crown Prince personally officiated ...
The Sixth Prince is innocent and simple. Things that seem to be unknown to many people are already known to the world, but he still doesn't know it.
Xie Qing leaned over and touched his head, then smiled and said, "I was injured a little, so I didn't have time to show you your flowers and plants. I'm sorry."
The Sixth Prince was startled and jumped up and down while clinging to the sedan chair: "Brother, are you injured? Where is he injured? Is it serious? Brother, why don't you get off? Are you unable to move from now on? Wuuwuwu..."
The Sixth Prince was so frightened by his own imagination that he cried loudly. Xie Qing said with a smile: "I just hurt my leg, it's okay."
The eldest prince stepped forward with a look of concern on his face: "Prince, is your leg really okay?"
The Third Prince waved his folding fan, his eyes constantly scanning Xie Qing's legs. "Are you really alright? I heard from the Imperial Hospital that it's very serious."
Xie Qing immediately put on a look of sorrow: "Alas, my third brother found out after all. In that case, I won't hide it from you brothers. We are all family, so you won't tell anyone, right?"
Upon hearing this, the Third Prince couldn't hide his joy: "Will you really be unable to walk in the future?"
The Fifth Prince was standing behind the other princes, his eyes obscure. When he met Xie Qing's gaze, he stepped forward with his eyelids lowered, feeling guilty, and said, "Your Highness the Crown Prince."
"Fifth brother is still polite." Xie Qing looked at the Fifth Prince with a smile, then pointed at the Fourth Prince and said, "Look at you, you are a few years older than me, but you are not as polite as my fifth brother."
The Fourth Prince's face turned pale. Why didn't the assassin kill the Crown Prince with one blow? At the very least, the poison could have rendered him mute!
Xie Qing looked at his younger brothers. Only the sixth brother seemed to be pleasing to his eyes. As for the others, well, he wanted to continue firing, but he heard the sound of a whip. It was time to go to court. He closed his mouth with regret.
Xie Qing followed the court officials to court. As he was injured, he was given a chair and sat in front of the court officials.
After the court officials paid their respects, Eunuch Zhang chanted as usual: "If you have something to report, please proceed. If not, please dismiss the court!"
"Your Majesty, I have a memorial to report!"
An official stepped out. It was the fat official who had followed Cao Guojiu to kick open the door of the glass workshop last night.
The fat official, with dark circles under his eyes, excitedly stepped out and presented his memorial: "I impeach the Crown Prince for secretly leaving the relief team during the disaster relief period and secretly meeting with the eldest daughter of the Qin family! The Crown Prince has failed to live up to Your Majesty's trust! I also believe that the Shenyang disaster relief was the work of the Shenyang prefect, and Your Highness the Crown Prince secretly left the team and claimed the credit!"
Hey! Are you trying to kill yourself?
The court officials looked at the fat official in shock.
The other princes looked at the Fifth Prince in admiration. "What a brave boy!" they said. "Come on, get rid of the Crown Prince! We'll get you!"
The emperor squinted at the fat official's memorial, then looked at Xie Qing: "Prince, do you have any explanation?"
Xie Qing bowed to the emperor and said, "Father, I, your son, have also submitted a memorial. I impeach the Fifth Prince, his concubine Ru, the prefect of Shenyang, and the provincial governor for corruption and abuse of power, and for assassinating the current crown prince!"
Xie Qing did not list too many charges, only two, which were enough to convict him.
The Fifth Prince walked out of the group at a leisurely pace. It was too late to panic now, so he could only calm himself down: "Father, I am innocent. I beg you to investigate!"
The fat official pointed at Xie Qing with a scowl on his face. "Your Majesty! I, the Crown Prince, am shameless! I'm trying to monopolize the credit for disaster relief efforts, claiming the work of the Shenyang prefect as my own. Now, I'm trying to turn the tables and hold the meritorious official accountable!"
The emperor looked at the fat official with great interest: "Oh? Do you have any evidence to support your claim?"
Seeing the emperor's interest, the fat official was immediately excited. He excitedly produced the so-called evidence: "This is a blood letter from the people in Shenyang who participated in the disaster relief and dam construction! Please review it, Your Majesty!"
The fat official took out a piece of paper from his sleeve and unfolded it carefully. He said he wanted to show it to the emperor, but he held up the paper and turned it around in place so that all the officials could see it clearly. Then he handed it to the young eunuch to present it to the emperor.
Qin Sheng was in the queue and happened to see the so-called blood letter clearly. The front of the "blood letter" contained only a few words, crying out for justice, and the back was filled with signatures and fingerprints.
Lord Chen, the Chief Censor, was particularly skilled in calligraphy. He spotted something fishy and stepped forward, saying, "Your Majesty, this blood letter is clearly a forgery. Putting aside the question of whether the common people could read or write their own names, the words alone don't appear to have been written by just one person, but were likely the work of two or three!"
The fat official glared angrily: "Master Chen, do you dare to take responsibility for what you say?"
Lord Chen said confidently, "If Your Majesty allowed me to take a closer look, I could even tell if the words were written by the same person. I could even tell if the handprints were from one person, or from multiple fingers."
The fat official's face changed slightly. They certainly did not have a blood letter signed by ten thousand people, and this blood letter did not come from Shenyang, but was made by themselves in the capital.
The servants in his own house each pressed ten fingerprints, who would look carefully? Unexpectedly, he actually encountered such a serious Censor Chen!
Xie Qing glanced at the fat official and the fifth prince with a smile, then bowed to the emperor and said, "Father, I have witnesses and evidence, and I am waiting outside the palace."
The Fifth Prince was startled when he heard this, his feet staggered, and cold sweat broke out on his forehead.
The fat official couldn't help but sit down on the ground.
Lord Chen pretended to be surprised: "Are you feeling well? Why are you sitting on the ground? It's so cold, get up quickly."
Lord Chen even kindly asked his friendly officials to come forward to help him up, but they couldn't help him up no matter what they did. He could only sigh and say, "You have lost your manners in front of the palace. I can't protect you."
The emperor glanced at them, lowered his eyelids, and said lightly: "Announce."
"Xuan!"
As the calls for people to enter the hall spread, more and more sweat formed on the Fifth Prince's forehead.
The Sixth Prince sighed, looked around, and seeing that no one was paying attention to him, he quietly moved behind the Fifth Prince, poked him on the back, and handed him a handkerchief: "Fifth brother, wipe your sweat."
The Fifth Prince slapped the Sixth Prince's hand away and glared at him again. If it weren't for the Queen's meddling, he could have found the Crown Prince first, and then...
A hint of murderous intent flashed in his eyes, but he was secretly annoyed and regretful. It was just one step, just one step!
As long as the prince is dead! No one will care how he died. They will only remember the prefect and governor of Shenyang who made great efforts in the disaster relief in Shenyang.
By then, he would have the powerful support of his uncle's family, so why would he be afraid of failing in his great cause?
The fifth prince closed his eyes as he watched the group of people being brought into the palace.
Some of these people were sent back to the capital at the beginning, and they had evidence of collusion between the prefect and the governor of Shenyang. Some also had evidence of their corruption and abuse of power in Shenyang. There were also witnesses who had evidence that when the disaster struck, they did not think about disaster relief, but instead took the opportunity to make a fortune!
Furthermore, when the Crown Prince arrived, there were assassins who tried to kill him! And there were more than one group! They also included officials under the command of the Shenyang Governor!