Chapter 130 It’s you, the witch, who wronged my son!

Seeing the emperor and Xu Miaoyan walking in one after another, always keeping their distance, Lu Changqing felt a little relieved.

Fang Qianxue's heart sank. Just when the Yongwang case had reached the most critical moment, Xu Miaoyan suddenly attached herself to the emperor. This was not a good sign.

"I thought about it all night last night. Although the letter of repentance was forged, there is Wei Zhenglin's blood letter as evidence. It is a foregone conclusion that the Fang family colluded with Prince Yong to plot a reaction." Sure enough, as soon as the old emperor opened his mouth, he favored Xu Miaoyan and would not allow the Fang family to escape punishment.

"Your Majesty!" Fang Qianxue immediately raised an objection. "Wei Zhenglin's blood letter is questionable. If it is true, why didn't he say it a year ago, but only now? I'm afraid he wrote the letter of accusation under duress. How can it be taken seriously?"

Emperor Ming glanced at her unhappily, then looked at the dishevelled man in prison uniform below: "Wei Zhenglin, tell me, were you coerced into writing that blood letter?"

The middle-aged man's face changed, and he gritted his teeth and said, "I was not coerced by anyone, but because of the relationship between master and disciple, I didn't say it before..."

"You are slandering me!" Fang Jue said angrily, "My grandfather was incorruptible and never thought of treason!"

Wei Zhenglin kept silent and let him curse. After Fang Jue finished cursing, he sighed and said, "Young Master Fang, if you have any grudges, just take them out on me. But it is a fact that Grand Tutor Fang colluded with the rebels. Everything I wrote is true."

"There are only witnesses, no physical evidence." Fang Qianxue clenched her hands in her sleeves, the feeling of oppression almost made her breathless.

She was probably going to lose.

The emperor judged the case based on his own preferences. Even if she was right, what would it matter? No one cared about the lives of the Fang family members. Just like the hundreds of people in the Yongwang Mansion, they were all traitors in the eyes of future generations.

Lu Changqing looked at her with a gloating look: "Princess, what you said is wrong. The Yong Law Commentary states that if the testimonies of witnesses can corroborate each other, a conviction can be made without physical evidence."

"There are still doubts in the Yongwang case itself." Fang Qianxue blurted out.

Prime Minister Yang hurriedly said, "Your Majesty, the case of Prince Yong's rebellion could have been concluded long ago. Why is there still a need for trial? Lord Xu, don't you agree?"

Xu Miaoyan nodded desperately: "Your Majesty, I...I heard it with my own ears, Prince Yong is planning a rebellion."

"Okay, I believe you." Emperor Ming held Xu Miaoyan's hand and rubbed it gently twice.

"Your Majesty!" Fang Qianxue looked up at the majestic man sitting above her. She was stung by the cold murderous intent in his eyes and subconsciously closed her eyes.

All the blood in her body rushed to her brain, her eyes were filled with blood, and she could hardly think.

"Princess Beining, I understand your feelings. I was also heartbroken when I learned that my own son was rebelling, but..."

Suddenly, there was a sound of hurried footsteps coming from outside the door.

"Who dares to break into the court?" Dali Temple Minister Zhuang Yucheng asked loudly.

"Your Majesty!" A bailiff came in and reported, "It was Liaoyuan Marquis Jiang Tianxing. He said he had important evidence to present to Your Majesty."

"Marquis Liaoyuan?! He actually came to Shangjing?" Who doesn't know that His Majesty is afraid of the Jiang family? After ascending the throne, the Marquis Liaoyuan of all generations never entered the territory of Shangjing, and would not even cross the Yao River.

Now he actually came to Beijing in person and put himself in danger. It is really hard to understand.

Everyone was still in shock when they heard the bailiff say, "There is also the Prince of Beining. He said he is worried about the Princess of Beining and wants to come in to attend the trial."

When Fang Qianxue heard the words "King of Beining", she immediately looked outside the door and saw Xiao Mingzhe standing next to a middle-aged man, followed by a dozen fully armed guards.

How could this be a trial? It was more like a prison break.

Xiao Mingzhe still had an icy face and no expression could be seen.

Emperor Ming took a deep breath and wondered why these two people came at the same time?

"Please come in."

A middle-aged man in a dark blue brocade robe walked into the court, bowed to Emperor Ming and said, "Your Majesty, I, Jiang Tianxing, greet you."

Jiang Tianxing, Marquis of Liaoyuan, was about fifty years old, and looked about sixty percent similar to Jiang Xu, except that a hideous scar running from behind his ear across his right cheek overshadowed his handsome features, revealing a ferocious and resolute aura.

"It's been a long time since we last met, and Marquis Liaoyuan is still as dignified as ever!" Emperor Ming had murderous intent in his heart, but he still managed a smile, "I am very pleased."

"Brother Emperor," Xiao Mingzhe said, "The Marquis is here today regarding Prince Yong's case."

Xu Miaoyan was so frightened that she didn't dare to speak.

"Oh?" Emperor Ming was surprised. "What is the relationship between Liaoyuan Hou and Yong Wang's rebellion?"

"Your Majesty, His Royal Highness Prince Yong has never had the intention of rebellion. He purchased the war horses privately in order to support the war in the southern border. The first batch of war horses were all handed over to me to be used in the attack on the Minyue Kingdom." Jiang Tianxing took out several opened letters from his lapel. "These are the letters between me and Prince Yong regarding war horses. Please have a look, Your Majesty."

Everyone present was stunned. No one dared to move for a moment. It was Xiao Mingzhe who signaled the bailiff to present the evidence.

"Your Majesty!" After seeing the evidence, Zhuang Yucheng immediately walked down the stairs and knelt on the ground, "Your Highness Prince Yong is innocent!"

Yan Fenghua and the clerks and runners of the Ministry of Justice immediately knelt down before the emperor and said in unison: "Your Majesty, His Royal Highness Prince Yong is innocent!"

"Royal brother, Xiao Chi was wrongly accused, and the so-called treason is completely false," Xiao Mingzhe glanced at everyone and clasped his fists towards Emperor Ming, "If we don't give him justice today, all the loyal officials in the court will be heartbroken!"

Yang Shijun saw that the situation was not good, and quickly knelt down: "Your Majesty, if it is true as the Marquis said, then His Royal Highness Prince Yong is indeed wronged."

So what if he was wronged? He was dead anyway, and he was no threat to the Yang family.

"You... cough cough cough!" Emperor Ming stared at everyone blankly, not knowing how to react for a moment, and covered his chest and coughed loudly.

So angry.

Xiao Chi was his biological son, and he was unwilling to believe that he was plotting a rebellion, but... where did things go wrong?

"Pa!" A hard slap hit Xu Miaoyan's face.

"It is you, this evil woman, who has wronged my son!" The emperor's eyes were bloodshot.

"Your Majesty, please forgive me! I... I don't know..." Xu Miaoyan knelt down with a plop and shook her head desperately, "I know nothing!"

"You don't know?" Xiao Mingzhe winked at the guards outside the door, and Xuelang immediately pushed a man and a woman in.

When Lu Changqing saw this, his head exploded and he almost fainted.

"Brother, these two are Xu's parents," Xiao Mingzhe said, "They can prove that Xu Miaoyan knew on the day Prince Yong died that she had misheard the beast's language and had taken his words out of context, causing a horrible disaster!"

The man and woman didn't know what kind of coercion Xiao Mingzhe had put them under, so they immediately knelt down and begged for mercy.

The woman said, "Your Majesty, please spare me! Miaoyan knows she was wrong. On the day Prince Yong's Mansion was exterminated, she locked herself in her room and kept muttering 'I'm sorry' to herself. She also said that she didn't hear the last sentence clearly and didn't know that the war horses were given to the Liaoyuan Marquis Mansion."