Chapter 290 A love letter
Yang Shun opened the brocade bag, took out the letter inside, and began to read: "It has been more than three months since I last saw you. I am so sad that I cannot help but miss you. This book is full of love poems..."
The more Yang Shun read, the more he felt something was wrong. The emperor also heard something and looked at Yang Shun, asking, "What are you reading?"
Yang Shun knelt down and replied, "Your Majesty, what's in this brocade bag looks like a love poem."
The emperor didn't quite believe it and said coldly, "Show it to me, let me see it!"
"Your Majesty, you still don't want to read it?" Su Bowen's tone was almost pleading.
The more he did this, the more curious the emperor became. He took the letter and read it himself.
The more the emperor looked at it, the worse his face became. Finally, he placed the letter heavily on the table and said angrily, "Lin Feng, is this the evidence you found of Su Bowen's treason?"
Lin Feng hurriedly explained, "Your Majesty, when this brocade bag was found in the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion, Su Bohao, the second master of the Su family, said that this was the evidence of Prince Su's treason.
I wanted to check it, but Prince Su repeatedly stopped me, saying that it was just a personal property. I couldn't make up my mind, so after discussing it with Lord Zhou, I brought the brocade bag here and asked Your Majesty to seize it!" After hearing
the words read by Eunuch Yang, Zhou Shi'an knew that the letter had been swapped. He was thinking of disassociating himself from the matter, but was pulled out by Lin Feng.
After listening to Lin Feng's words, Su Bowen cried out that he was wronged. He said somewhat embarrassedly: "I fully cooperated with Commander Lin to search the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion. However, this golden bag was a letter I wrote to my wife. It would not be good for others to read it, so I tried my best to stop it. Lord Zhou insisted on accusing me of treason. I am wronged!"
The emperor frowned: "My dear Su, it's just a family letter. Why are you so nervous!"
Su Changhe asked tentatively: "Your Majesty, you haven't finished reading it yet?"
The emperor really didn't finish reading it. It was such a long letter, full of love between men and women. Even if he wanted to eat melons, he was embarrassed to keep reading in front of so many people.
The emperor picked up the letter again and asked: "Why, is there another mystery in this letter?"
The emperor now read it with good reason, and the more he read, the more he couldn't suppress the corners of his mouth.
Finally, he burst into laughter: "Hahaha, my dear Su, I didn't expect you to be such a person in private, hahaha..."
The emperor made everyone laugh inexplicably. They all wanted to know what was written in the letter and listened to the emperor's revelations with their ears tilted.
Su Bowen was embarrassed and looked at the emperor helplessly.
But the emperor continued: "I didn't expect that the majestic General Su was so afraid of his own family, hahaha!"
Afraid of his own family? Everyone present was stunned.
Su Bowen saw that the emperor had exposed all his secrets, so he didn't try to hide it and said, "I'm not afraid of the concubine, I'm the favorite lady!"
The emperor saw that he was eloquent and said, "If that's the case, why do you worry so much about being seen by others?"
Su Bowen: "After all, I am a man who has led troops in battles. If this word gets out, I won't be able to hold my head up in front of my comrades. I just want to save some face, how can I be regarded as a traitor? Your Majesty, although I am not talented, I have no second thoughts towards Your Majesty and Da Shuo. I beg Your Majesty to give me justice!"
Every word Su Bowen said was full of dissatisfaction, and the emperor knew that he was angry. As soon as someone reported him, he sent Lin Feng to investigate. Anyone would be dissatisfied.
He had no choice but to smooth things over and said, "Of course I know you are loyal. I let Lin Feng go because I knew he knew the importance of the matter. Now that we have investigated the matter, we can stop everyone from talking nonsense.
Don't worry, I won't let you suffer in vain, Su Bohao. At that time, you spoke very clearly, saying that there was evidence that Su Bowen intended to rebel. What do you want to say now?"
Su Bohao was already confused. He put the letter on
his armor. The emperor had a stern face, and he was intimidating without being angry. Su Bohao was usually careless and unruly, but when it came to the critical moment, he was already scared out of his wits.
Hearing the emperor's question, he knelt down with a thud, and said incoherently: "I don't know either. This is not what I wrote when I put it in!"
Zhou Shian really wanted to die. This Su Bohao was really incapable of doing anything but causing trouble. Isn't this just confessing himself?
The emperor was so angry when he heard what he said. He actually believed such a stupid person and made Su Bowen feel cold.
Su Bowen was already furious. He stared at Su Bohao viciously and questioned, "Second brother, although we are not born of the same mother, we grew up together. No matter how ridiculous your mother was, I never left you. Your sister-in-law didn't treat your wife and children badly during the years you were away from home. Why do you want to harm me? The Su family is finished. Can you still keep yourself out of it?"
Faced with Su Bowen's questioning, Su Bohao became more and more flustered.
The emperor was furious and shouted, "Su Bohao, what's going on? Tell me clearly!"
Zhou Shi'an was afraid that Su Bohao would reveal himself, so he said, "Your Majesty, in my humble opinion, Su Bohao is a man with evil intentions. Just now at the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion, Commander Lin found evidence in his room that he was a deserter.
Deserting from the battlefield is already a serious crime, and now he has framed his brother. This is really an aggravated crime. I beg Your Majesty to punish him directly to serve as a warning to others!"
Su Bohao looked at Zhou Shi'an in disbelief and stammered, "Mr. Zhou, you are really not a loyal person. , I have heard of people crossing a river and then dismantling the bridge, but I have never seen one dismantled so quickly. "
After saying that, he immediately defended himself, "Your Majesty, I confessed, I confessed everything. It was indeed me who put the brocade bag in my eldest brother's study, but it was Zhou Shian and Cai Zhenlin who asked me to do it."
Zhou Shian naturally refused to admit it, "Don't slander me, Prince Su has said that the brocade bag is his own personal property. I just said a few fair words, are you going to bite me like a mad dog?"
Zhou Shian dared to betray Su Bohao directly because the things in the brocade bag were swapped.
The emperor was suspicious, and Su Bowen would never dare to take out those things, otherwise he would have no way to explain himself.
Even if Su Bohao pointed out himself, he had no basis for doing so. Although he didn't know where the problem lay, they could only live in peace if Su Bohao was gone.
The emperor looked at Zhou Shian and then at Su Bohao leisurely, and asked, "Since you didn't put this thing there, what was written in the brocade bag where you put it?"
Su Bohao learned to be smart and said ambiguously, "I haven't seen the things inside, but Zhou Shian told me to hide the things and report my elder brother. In this way, my elder brother will never be able to turn over, and the Duke of Zhenguo Mansion will be mine!"
Su Bowen heard this and said with great sorrow, "It's for this title again. Isn't your mother's sin enough? You are also like this. If you care so much, how about asking the emperor to give you the position of the prince in front of the emperor today?"