"I will make the decision for General Yao."
The emperor said this and looked at the ministers who were silent.
"I know what you're thinking. You're just trying to use the incident with Prince Yueqing to delay the assessment. I can tell you clearly that's impossible."
"By the way," the Emperor looked at Eunuch Cao, "show them the evidence that Prince Yueqing intended to instigate Yao Kang to rebel."
When these words were spoken, everyone looked at each other in surprise. After reading the secret letter, they realized the seriousness of the matter.
No wonder the emperor scolded them. If Prince Yueqing really succeeded, they would probably lose their lives, let alone pass the assessment.
Thinking about it this way, everyone suddenly felt that the assessment was not so scary.
"Your Majesty, please forgive me."
Everyone knelt on the ground in unison.
"Okay, go back to reading."
After waving away everyone, he listened to Lord Du's request for an audience.
"explain."
Lord Du came in and after paying his respects, the emperor spoke concisely.
[Prince Yueqing can't stay any longer, probably because he is annoyed by Shen Yu and wants to leave the prison to slap the tyrant in the face.]
"I want to interrogate the Prince of Yueqing, but he has the late emperor's will in his hands. Not only that, he also has your letter of commitment. This letter of commitment is in duplicate, and I don't know who has the other copy."
Lord Du looked embarrassed. No wonder Prince Yueqing looked so confident.
[Good fellow, the late emperor was really good at tricking his son. He was worried that the tyrant would not obey or destroy the Prince of Yueqing's will, so he left a backup plan for the Prince of Yueqing.]
His heart was truly pounding. If he knew his adoring little son wanted the throne, he'd probably crawl out of his mausoleum.
The emperor had a gloomy face. He didn't care about his father's love for Prince Yueqing, but he never thought that his father would be so wary of him.
General Yao next to him looked at the emperor when he heard this.
Prince Yueqing has a will that says the emperor cannot do anything to him, so who can seek justice for Xuan'er?
"Let's not try him for now, just keep an eye on him."
What's the point of interrogating him if he can't be executed? It would be better to have Shuyan go to Fengyue Tower to find the boss, the madam.
…
Lord Du returned home feeling aggrieved. He drank several cups of tea in succession and slammed the cups on the table.
"What's going on?"
Madam Du asked in confusion, "Is it that Prince Yueqing's affairs are not going smoothly?"
Du Shuyan pricked up his ears. The Prince of Yueqing had been imprisoned in the Dali Temple. What else could go wrong?
"The Prince of Yueqing has the late emperor's will in his hand."
Lord Du frowned, "Let alone touching him, even trying him is difficult. The late emperor's edict is simply a life-saving talisman."
Seeing Yao Xuan being tortured like that, he wanted to cut Prince Yueqing into pieces, but because of the late emperor's will, he was restricted in everything he could do.
What made him feel aggrieved was that their Dali Temple was supposed to help people get to the bottom of things, but now that the truth was right in front of them, they had no way to deal with the culprit.
"Even the emperor's decree cannot touch Prince Yueqing?" Du Shuyan asked the question in her heart. According to the emperor's temperament, it is impossible for him to let Prince Yueqing live freely outside.
"The imperial family's ancestral teachings cannot be violated. Anyone who violates them will be punished."
No wonder the emperor didn't dare to touch Prince Yueqing.
"Then there is no other way?"
Lord Du shook his head. The late emperor really understood the emperor. He knew that the emperor probably would not follow the ancestral teachings, so he had a backup plan.
I guess the late emperor didn't expect Prince Yueqing to be so cruel. After all, he disguised himself so well.
Otherwise, the late emperor would not have left him this life-saving talisman because he was worried that the emperor would become suspicious and get rid of him.
"Grandpa and grandma, I'm going out for a while."
Du Shuyan left this sentence and stood up to leave the house to see Shen Yu. When she arrived at the door of the house, she saw a familiar maid walking towards her.
"Miss, Mom asked you to go to Fengyue Tower to reminisce about the past."
The person who came was the maid who took care of her when she was in Fengyue Tower.
"good."
Du Shuyan changed her mind and went to Fengyue Tower with her maid.
Since returning to the Du Mansion, she has indeed not come back to see the madam.
Thinking of this, Du Shuyan felt a little guilty and couldn't help but quicken his pace.
Entering the madam's room, Du Shuyan pushed open the door and looked at the madam sitting by the window.
She stood straight with her back to Du Shuyan, holding a cup of tea and looking out the window, which was the direction of the imperial palace.
In fact, Du Shuyan has always been curious about the identity of the madam. Although she is old, her demeanor and appearance show that she was definitely a beauty when she was young.
"Yan'er is here," the madam heard the voice, put down the tea in her hand, turned around and looked at Du Shuyan who came in with a smile.
She called Du Shuyan's real name. Du Shuyan didn't react for a moment before she pulled her to sit in front of the window.
"Mom, I'm sorry. I was busy and forgot to come back to see you."
The madam shook her head nonchalantly and poured her a cup of tea. "I know you should return to your normal life now. You shouldn't come back to this place in the first place."
Seeing that Du Shuyan looked worried, the madam looked at her with a smile, "Are you worried?"
"Mom should have heard about what's going on outside," Du Shuyan put down her tea. "Regarding the matter of Prince Yueqing, we originally thought he would be convicted once he was sent to the Dali Temple, but in the end..."
The madam put away her smile and asked, "Has something changed?"
If the rumors spread by the people are true, then the King of Yueqing really deserves his punishment.
Du Shuyan recounted what he knew and sighed, "I heard from my grandfather that the young lady of the Yao family is now neither human nor ghost."
"How foolish."
Du Shuyan was slightly startled by the madam's angry tone.
Realizing she had overreacted, the madam cleared her throat and said, "I wasn't scolding you, I was scolding the late emperor. You don't know how to judge people."
Du Shuyan: “…”
"Yan'er," the madam stared at Du Shuyan seriously, "Go back now and tell your grandfather or ask to see the emperor and have him interrogate the Prince of Yueqing in front of all the civil and military officials."
"But……"
"Just do what I say, and don't worry about the rest."
…
Du Shuyan returned to the Du Mansion full of doubts. Before she even had time to tell Mr. Du what the madam had said, she saw the servant leading Eunuch Cao in.
"Miss Du, the emperor has asked you to come to the palace to meet him. Please come with me now."
Sitting in the carriage, Du Shuyan thought about what the madam had told her, and soon the carriage arrived at the palace gate.
"Miss Du is here."
After coming to his senses, Du Shuyan got off the carriage and went to the imperial study with Eunuch Cao.
Mom is not the kind of person who jokes. Could she have a way to deal with King Yueqing?
If that's the case, that would be great.
"Miss Du, please come in."
When the emperor saw Du Shuyan come in, he put down the memorial in his hand.
"Your Majesty, long live the Emperor."
"Get up."
"Thank you, Your Majesty," Du Shuyan stood up and said after a moment of hesitation, "Your Majesty, I have a favor to ask."
The emperor raised his eyebrows. Before he started asking, Du Shuyan started talking first.
"explain."
"Your Majesty, in front of all the civil and military officials, would like to ask the Emperor to conduct an interrogation of the Prince of Yueqing and seek justice for Miss Yao."
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