88 Go to the palace to plead guilty (asking for votes~)
"Mother, Doctor Du killed someone and has been sentenced to death. I can't let him go."
Old Mrs. Guo's eyes were red and moist, "My dear Qing'er, it was mother who harmed you! Mother is so sorry for you."
Guo Qing knelt beside the bed in a daze, looking at his crying mother, unable to understand what was wrong with the old lady.
When Mrs. Guo's crying slowly stopped, she looked at Guo Qing with grief in her eyes: "Princess Chong'an presented evidence to the Dali Temple's Shaoqing, Doctor Du's case will soon be overturned. I'm afraid we can no longer hide what we did."
When Guo Qing heard this, he felt as if all his strength had been drained away from him, and he collapsed to the ground.
"How could this happen? How could this happen?"
He suddenly got up, grabbed Old Lady Guo's arm, and asked, "Mother, how did Princess Chong'an get involved in this matter?"
Old Lady Guo closed her eyes and said in despair, "Doctor Du once prescribed several prescriptions for Princess Chong'an's mother."
Guo Qing found it very funny and he laughed too.
"Are you kidding me, mother? Princess Chong'an wants to get involved just because of those medicines? Although Prince Chong'an is favored by His Majesty, he will not survive this winter! As a woman, she doesn't want to think about what to do in the future, but dares to offend us?!"
Old Lady Guo's lips trembled. "You also said that Prince Chong'an is still alive! The Prince Chong'an's Palace is still protected by His Majesty. In terms of closeness and distance, what is there about us that she should be afraid of?"
Guo Qing's face suddenly became depressed, and he murmured, "Yes! Mother, what should we do? What should we do now?"
Old Lady Guo closed her eyes and said, "Fortunately Doctor Du is still alive. There is still room for improvement. You should go to His Majesty and explain it clearly. This is just a small matter. His Majesty will not blame you. But when you go to ask for forgiveness, you must be sincere."
Guo Qing nodded and straightened his back again.
"Okay, I'll listen to mother and go to the palace now. I have devoted myself to your majesty for a long time, and I believe your majesty will not blame me."
Old Lady Guo sighed, "After this incident, I'm afraid you will be tarnished in His Majesty's heart. I'm afraid His Majesty will not use you again."
Guo Qing looked bitter, "Let's save my life first. If my career as an official becomes difficult in the future, I can just resign and live in seclusion in the countryside."
Old Mrs. Guo turned her head and said after a long while, "You go."
Guo Qing's steps were unsteady, probably because he had been kneeling for too long, and he walked unsteadily.
He asked his servants to arrange a carriage and galloped all the way to the palace gate.
As usual, he handed the audience card to the palace.
According to the previous time, he would have to wait half an hour.
But this time, within a quarter of an hour, a young eunuch hurried to the palace gate and said to him, "Master Guo, the emperor wants to see you, please follow me."
Guo Qing suddenly felt something was wrong. He took out ten taels of silver from his sleeve and quietly stuffed it into the pocket of the young eunuch.
But the young eunuch dodged to the side and whispered, "Sir, this is not allowed."
Guo Qing wanted to give more, but the young eunuch had already distanced himself from him.
A dark light flashed across his eyes.
What if he doesn't know!
Didn’t these eunuchs receive enough money from him in the past?
Now that there is just a little rumor in the palace, these people are avoiding him as if they were avoiding some monster!
He calmed himself down, put the silver away, and walked forward slowly.
He believed that His Majesty would not blame him for such a small matter.
Xuanzheng Hall.
Guo Qing knelt on the ground respectfully and kowtowed firmly to Emperor Fu Ming.
"Your humble servant Guo Qing pays homage to His Majesty. Long live His Majesty!"
Fu Ming, who was sitting on the first seat, looked at the person kneeling below with a gloomy look.
Before Gong Qi submitted the memorial, he always thought that Guo Qing was a loyal and upright person.
After all, Guo Qing had always behaved very uprightly in front of him, and the people in the city also praised him for being fair and just, and being the people's father and mother official.
But now, the evidence of those unjust, false and wrongful convictions was firmly laid out on the table in front of him!
One of the cases was the beginning of Guo Qing's fame in the city.
But now, the evidence before him told him.
In that case that was praised by everyone, Guo Qing, for the sake of his own reputation, not only fabricated facts and wrongly accused people who should have been innocent, but also killed all the people involved in the case afterwards.
Oh, that’s not right!
The unjust guy who was sent to prison is still alive, but unfortunately he has been tortured to insanity.
When Fu Ming thought that the victim was Guo Qing's brother-in-law, he felt upset again.
Guo Qing is truly a talented person. He is reluctant to part with his wife's support behind him, and also reluctant to part with his beautiful childhood sweetheart.
In order to make the Yue family support him wholeheartedly, he killed the only son of the Yue family.
In order to prevent his wife from becoming suspicious, he brought the beautiful bride into his house as his distant widowed cousin and had an affair with her.
These are just what they found out. Fu Ming doesn’t dare to think about what role Guo Qing played in other cases.
Can Guo Qing really achieve fairness and justice?
Fu Ming didn't dare to think further.
While Guo Qing was feeling uneasy, Fu Ming's voice came from right in front of him.
"Stand up."
Guo Qing did not hear the surprise and anger in Fu Ming's words. He breathed a sigh of relief, but did not stand up, nor even raise his head. He continued to kneel on the ground.
"I dare not. I feel ashamed of your grace, and I come here today to apologize to your majesty."
Fu Ming narrowed his eyes slightly, his face was as calm as water, but it concealed a storm that was about to erupt.
"Oh? What crime have you committed? Tell me in detail."
Guo Qing still didn't hear anything wrong with Fu Ming's tone.
He was delighted and felt that the emperor still loved and respected him.
But thinking of what his mother had said about asking him to be sincere, Guo Qing tried hard to squeeze out a few tears, and his words were choked with sobs.
"Your Majesty, I am ashamed of my position as the prefect of Shuntian Prefecture. Some time ago, I made a wrong judgment in a case, causing an innocent person to be wrongfully imprisoned and sentenced to execution in the autumn. Fortunately, it is still early in the autumn, and the man has not been executed yet. But when I think of my mistake and the serious consequences it has caused to innocent people, I feel uneasy and can't eat or sleep well!!"
After he finished speaking, he kowtowed heavily to the ground, "Your Majesty, please punish me! I am willing to die to atone for my crime!"
Fu Ming asked grimly, "Are you here to apologize to me just for this matter?"
Guo Qing thought to himself that His Majesty really thought this matter was too small and not worth his apology.
But he said with a sad face: "I dare not hide this matter from Your Majesty."
Fu Ming looked at the pile of evidence on the table and asked again, "My dear, do you have anything else to say?"
"I am willing to die as an apology for my crime. I hope Your Majesty will grant my wish."
"You really deserve to die!"
Fu Ming's face was terribly gloomy.
Guo Qing subconsciously replied: "Your Majesty, please allow me to die."
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