Chapter 96: Drag this evil creature out and beat him to death!
The emperor waved his hands irritably, signaling for him to come in.
He wanted to hear what was so important that he had to say it now!
When the eldest prince came in and saw the scene in the hall, he was stunned for a moment before he bowed and greeted the emperor.
"If you have something important to say, tell me."
The eldest prince was embarrassed: "...Can you please let the queen and two sisters go out first?"
"No need, just say it!"
The eldest prince: “…”
The eldest prince knelt and presented the evidence he had found: "Your son discovered that your fifth brother was secretly hiding weapons and armor, and he had rebellious intentions..."
emperor:"……"
He silently picked up the evidence presented by the eldest prince, and his mood was already very bad.
He thought that Lao Wu was stupid, but he didn't expect him to be so stupid. Even though he had five hundred assassins, he could still be exposed!
He also didn't expect that the sixth brother was so heartless. He looked well-behaved and kind on weekdays and almost deceived him. He didn't expect that once he caught the handle, he wanted to kill his brother directly!
The eldest prince was impulsive and upright, and the emperor felt that the handle was also handed to him by the sixth prince.
As for Shang Xi, he was never even considered.
A girl who was brought up in pampered condition, with a domineering personality and a little cleverness.
The emperor has already closed the logical loop of this matter. He only thinks that the sixth prince plotted against Shang Xi and the eldest prince, and used them to put the fifth prince to death, while he himself remained perfectly invisible and reaped the benefits.
Humph, he had a good plan, but unfortunately he didn't expect that he had planted people in the princess's mansion and discovered his plan.
He usually doesn't care about it. Does he really think he is blind and deaf?
Which of his good sons doesn’t have people under his command?
They all came from the prince, he knew it very well but never pointed it out.
It would be fine if they were just minor fights on weekdays, but now they are plotting against him!
The poor Sixth Prince had no idea that the Emperor had already taken a heavy toll on him. Upon hearing that Shang Xi had gone to the palace today, he was happily feeding the fish, waiting for the moment when the Fifth Prince would be sentenced to punishment.
The evidence in the Long case included the same pattern as that on the assassin's body.
When the emperor picked it up, Shang Xi took a deep breath, straightened up, and pointed at the pattern, saying, "Your Majesty, Duan Hui has seen this pattern before. When Duan Hui's maid Furong was seriously injured, assassins went to kill her but were caught. They had this pattern on their bodies..."
emperor:"……"
Now he was truly convinced by the Fifth Prince.
What a bunch of useless people you have. They can even be caught for killing a maid.
Shang Xi continued, "Furong reported this matter to the Ministry of Justice for investigation, but the Ministry of Justice has not responded yet..."
The emperor lowered his eyes and said to the eunuch, "Summon the Fifth Prince to the throne."
"yes……"
Soon the fifth prince was brought in.
On the way here, he saw that the eunuch looked solemn, so he paid with silver to ask about it. The eunuch just said that the emperor was angry and asked him to take care of himself.
But when he entered the hall and saw the scene, he knew that the truth was revealed.
But why is the eldest prince also involved?
The fifth prince first knelt down and paid his respects to the emperor.
He knew that if this incident was exposed, the emperor would punish him, but he was his biological son after all.
No matter how favored Shang Xi was, she was still only the daughter of the late emperor. It was Shang Xi who didn't give him face first, and there was nothing wrong with him wanting to avenge his previous humiliation.
But he was still a little nervous, after all, the power of heaven was unpredictable...
"I wonder why the Emperor summoned me here today..."
The fifth prince asked nervously, his voice tense and trembling.
"You still have the nerve to ask?"
The emperor shouted coldly, raised his hand, and all the evidence on the dragon case fell in front of the fifth prince.
The fifth prince's pupils suddenly shrank when he looked at these things.
I thought I was being cautious...
But how did they find these...
"What else do you have to say?"
The emperor asked in a deep voice.
"Your son, your son..."
He wanted to deny it, but in the face of such irrefutable evidence, it seemed that nothing he said would be of any use.
His face was pale as he looked towards the emperor.
The emperor looked at his cowardly appearance and his face turned even worse.
You can't even argue a few words, yet you dare to commit murder. What a waste!
These two sons are more useless than each other!
No, those kneeling here are all useless. They are being played around by the sixth brother and the little one!
Since the Fifth Prince didn't argue, the Emperor closed his eyes and looked at Shang Xi. "Duan Hui, tell me, what do you want to do with your Fifth Brother?"
Shang Xi: “…”
He raised his eyes and looked at the emperor with aggrieved look, tears still hanging in the corners of his eyes: "Everything is up to your majesty..."
Her eyes were sincere and sad, and she looked like she completely trusted the emperor.
The emperor was silent.
He looked at the eldest prince, "Boss, what do you say?"
The eldest prince: “…”
What did he say?
What should we do with Lao Wu?
If you ask him, then of course he would kill Dang, and he would also have one less competitor.
But he didn't dare say this in front of the emperor.
The eldest prince said, "It's all up to my father!"
He didn't ask for any affection at all.
The emperor was heartbroken.
This is the good son he raised!
All they do all day is fight among themselves, no brotherhood at all!
If you can stab your brother twice now, then won’t you be able to stab me twice in the future?
It has to be said that Shang Xi's psychological strategy was successful, and the emperor was indeed annoyed by these sons.
He said in a deep voice, "The Fifth Prince Shang Hui privately raised soldiers and murdered the princess. He is unkind and unfraternal. He is truly a man without moral integrity. I hereby decree that the Fifth Prince Shang Hui be demoted to a commoner and ordered to guard the imperial mausoleum for life!"
As soon as these words fell, the fifth prince suddenly looked up at the emperor.
"Father, you are going to dethrone me... and make me a commoner? Just for the sake of an orphan left by the late emperor?"
"Why? It was obviously her...she was the one who insulted me first! I'm a prince, but I just casually teased her a few times, and she slapped me in public!"
"Isn't my son able to take revenge? Just for her, you are going to destroy me..."
"You care about her so much, could it be true, as the outside world has said, that she is the one having an affair with Concubine Rong..."
"presumptuous!"
A loud shout interrupted him.
The emperor's face turned ashen, and veins bulged on his forehead.
He grabbed the inkstone on the dragon table and smashed it hard at the fifth prince.
The inkstone hit the fifth prince's shoulder, causing him to stagger backward and fall to the ground.
He looked at the emperor and sneered, "What's wrong? Did your son come true? Father, you even forced the emperor to abdicate and rebelled, and you still think your son is unkind and unfilial? Compared to you, your son is far inferior..."
When these words were spoken, the emperor was really furious. What he hated most in his life was people saying that he forced the emperor to abdicate and rebelled, and that his access to the throne was not legitimate.
"Come here! Drag this evil creature out and beat him to death!"
As soon as the words "beaten to death" were uttered, everyone in the place was shocked and fell to their knees.
Hua Xun was so frightened that his legs went weak and he fell to the ground, his shoulders shaking and trembling.
The eldest prince lowered his head, knelt on the ground, and pressed his forehead tightly against the ground.
Although he wanted to kill the fifth prince, if the emperor really wanted to sentence him to death, or to caning, as a brother, he couldn't help but feel sad.
The beautiful imperial concubine knelt beside the dragon table, feeling that if she discovered something like this, not only would she lose the emperor's favor, but she would also be afraid of losing her life...
Her legs were trembling, beads of sweat dripped from her forehead to the ground, and she didn't dare raise her hand to wipe them.
The other eunuchs and palace maids were even worse.
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