Chapter 95 Today I will let you die knowingly

It's not just Uncle Chen.

The faces of all those who had previously asked the emperor to search and punish the princess changed.

They knew very well that if they couldn't find the princess after searching Wanhua Tower, they could say that Uncle Chen and his men had found the wrong location, and the princess quietly left while everyone was there.

But now, the princess was seen walking out of Wufangzhai!

Uncle Chen had been blocking the street with a lot of people, and later on, because the emperor arrived, the imperial guards closed the entire street!

Then there is only one possibility.

The princess has been in the dim sum shop Wufangzhai all the time!

The way everyone looked at Chen Guojiu had changed.

In the silence of the whole place, Yun Qingqing glanced at Xiao Changheng.

Meeting his deep black eyes.

She tightened her fingers under her sleeves and turned her eyes away silently.

She looked at the emperor with an even more surprised expression, and quickly stepped forward to greet him:

"Your Majesty, I don't know what has happened to alarm you, and why... you have come here with such a grand ceremony?"

The emperor's expression was somewhat unpredictable:

"You have been in this shop all this time, but you don't know what happened?"

Yun Qingqing smiled sheepishly and pointed at the food box in Qiao'er's hand:

"Your Majesty, I ordered a complicated pastry from the pastry chef here. Since it takes a long time to make, I went to the private room to wait and fell asleep without noticing."

emperor:……

Everyone: ...

You slept soundly, but did you know that your prince almost lost his military command?

Yun Qingqing had no awareness of being the center of attention, and said with a smile:

"It seems that your majesty and the others must have something very important to do. I will not disturb you and will take my leave now!"

After saying this, he bowed and was about to leave.

"Wait a minute!" The emperor stroked his forehead and quickly called her.

"Ah?" A certain woman blinked her big eyes innocently.

Xiao Changheng laughed softly and stretched out his hand to her:

"Qingqing, come here to me."

Yun Qingqing's eyes moved slightly as she stared at the cause and effect line on his body that flickered and pointed to her, and she hesitated for a moment.

Due to the occasion, he didn't say anything else and just walked away.

She lowered her eyes and walked towards him. When she raised her eyes, she looked at him innocently:

"My Lord, is there anything else?"

"This matter has a great bearing on you. I'm afraid you can't leave." Xiao Changheng smiled coldly, stretched out his hand and pulled her to his side, facing the officials.

When he looked at everyone, his voice had turned cold:

"Uncle Chen has accused you of entering a brothel, and the Imperial Censor has led a group of officials to accuse you of insulting the dignity of the state. They are all waiting for you to give an explanation!"

"What? A brothel?" Yun Qingqing covered her mouth and exclaimed, "Why would the uncle of the emperor frame me like this...ah! Could it be..."

She suddenly widened her eyes, as if she had just remembered something, and said with a frown:

"Could it be that the uncle of the king mistook me for a commoner and wanted to take me back to be his concubine last time we met on the street, and he was beaten by the prince and he is holding a grudge against me, so he did this?"

As soon as she said this, everyone present exploded with excitement.

"What! I was wondering why Uncle Chen had to make such a big fuss. It turns out he coveted the Regent Princess but got punished instead, so he's holding a grudge!"

"Do you think she's a commoner and you want to rob her in the street? That's simply the behavior of an animal!"

"It turns out that he hit a wall and had his legs broken by the Regent, so he used such vicious means to slander the princess. It really opened my eyes!"

"He wants to file a complaint with the emperor? This is clearly a crime of deceiving the emperor!"

The censors, led by the Grand Censor, were also dumbfounded. They had previously spoken with certainty in support of Chen Guojiu!

Now everyone will suffer!

Uncle Chen turned pale and denied it with gritted teeth:

"Princess Regent, please stop talking nonsense. When have I ever been disrespectful to you? You need evidence when you speak!"

Xiao Changheng sneered:

"Evidence? I will make you die knowingly today!"

"Nanzheng, bring everyone up!"

Nan Zheng immediately waved his hand, and the palace guards behind him brought up a few people, who knelt in a row in front of the emperor and paid their respects in unison.

The emperor wondered:

"Royal brother, who are these people? Do you mean they can prove what the princess just said?"

Xiao Changheng nodded and said to those people:

"Tell me what you saw that day truthfully. If you tell me even a single lie, you'll be committing the crime of deceiving the king!"

Several people timidly responded, and the first person pointed at Zuixianlou and said:

"I am a waiter in this restaurant. When the uncle of the king and the princess had a conflict that day, I watched from the door and heard the uncle of the king say...say..."

He suddenly stopped talking.

The emperor said impatiently:

"What did he say? He might as well tell the truth!"

The waiter shrank his neck tremblingly:

"He told his men to drag the woman to the street and to...kill her there..."

"How dare you!" The emperor was furious and slapped the armrest of the dragon chariot hard.

The waiter kowtowed repeatedly in fear:

"Your Majesty, spare me! No, I didn't say that. These are all the words of the King's uncle! I wasn't the only one who heard it. Zhao Dahai, Luo Baogui and others were with me at the time. If you don't believe me, ask them!"

The two people beside him immediately echoed:

"Your Majesty, calm down. What Wang Er said is absolutely true. We were all working at Zuixianlou and we heard it clearly at the door at that time!"

"Many people in the neighborhood have seen this incident. Your Majesty, you will know the truth once you investigate! We dare not lie!"

"What nonsense..." Uncle Chen wanted to struggle.

However, a woman wearing a veil and cloth clothes beside Wang Er and others suddenly took off her veil, knocked her head to the ground, and said loudly:

"I, Yu Zhenzhen, beg Your Majesty to make the decision!"

Uncle Chen's face turned pale and he said in shock:

"You, what are you doing here! Go back home!"

Yu Zhenzhen glanced at him hatefully, then turned around and said:

"I have been married to my husband Zhang Erniu for more than two years, but Uncle Chen spotted me on the street and took me back to his mansion to be his concubine!"

"My husband came to the mansion and begged him to let me go, but he ordered the servants to beat him to death!"

Yu Zhenzhen cried bitterly, almost breaking her teeth, and banged her head heavily on the ground.

"There are many women like me in the Prince's Mansion, all poor people who were raped and abused by him. I beg the Emperor to make a decision for us and seek justice for my husband!"

The emperor said angrily:

"Commander Yan, immediately take people to thoroughly investigate the Chen Mansion and see if it is true as this woman said, that he, as a member of the royal family, actually abducted a commoner woman and took her life!"

Yan Ning immediately took the order and left.

Uncle Chen turned pale, and fell to the ground again with a plop:

"Your Majesty, please spare my life! I was confused for a moment, I won't dare to do it again! I won't dare to do it again! Please, for the sake of the Queen being my elder sister..."

"That's enough!" The emperor was so angry that he waved his hand and said, "Come here, shut his mouth and take him away for trial!"

When Chen Guojiu's mouth was blocked, he still pleaded with the queen with his eyes, hoping that she could say a few words for him.

However, the Queen, facing the Emperor's displeased gaze, wished she could tear Uncle Chen's mouth apart!

This good-for-nothing who is always causing trouble has done so many stupid things in private, not only giving himself up to others, but he even still cannot see the situation clearly!

He actually asked her, the mother of a country, to be partial and plead for him in public!

Is this idiot going to drag her into this trouble?

The Queen gritted her teeth and ignored Uncle Chen.

When the emperor saw that she did not plead for her brother, his expression eased a little.

He coughed heavily a few times, looked at Yun Qingqing, and said tiredly:

"It was the Regent Princess who was wronged today. Don't worry, I will punish the culprit severely!"

"Your Majesty is wise!" Yun Qingqing bowed with a smile and said innocently.

"However, I just heard from the prince that many ministers have impeached me for insulting the dignity of the state. They spread rumors about me, the princess, based on hearsay. Your Majesty is so wise and powerful that he will not let them off easily, right?"