"What? Are you mute? Where is the person who just spoke?" Emperor Donglin glanced at the people kneeling on the ground below, with a playful sneer on his face, "Who spoke just now? I'll find it!"
The minister who just spoke, "…" Don't point at me! Don't point at me!
Several people were praying silently in their hearts. After all, it wasn't just one person who said it just now, so they just hoped that Emperor Donglin would only catch one or two of them to take the blame.
Emperor Donglin originally wanted to use someone to take the blame, and he kept circling around those people.
Finally, his eyes fell on Pingyang Hou, who spoke first.
"Marquis Pingyang, you said that just now, right?"
The son of Marquis Pingyang once bullied a woman in the street and was beaten by the son of Tan Xu, so Marquis Pingyang held a grudge against him and went to the General's Mansion to defend the country.
From then on, the two sides disliked each other, and Pingyang Hou always targeted the general in the court.
Pingyang Hou, who was pulled out for surgery, trembled all over and began to regret being the first to stand up.
Pingyang Hou knelt on the ground with his hands on his back, his eyes rolling around, his voice trembling, "Yes... I... I, your humble servant!"
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Emperor Donglin nodded and asked Marquis Pingyang, "Marquis Pingyang, do you have any evidence?"
"No...I don't have it!"
Marquis Pingyang cursed in his heart, how could he have that?
If he had known this moment would come, he would have fabricated some evidence of his crime, perhaps he could have gotten away with it, or put that rough guy Tan Xu in jail.
"Bang!"
Emperor Donglin angrily slapped the armrest of the dragon throne, "No?"
Pingyang Hou was frightened again and his whole body trembled. He knelt on the ground and knocked his head on the ground. "I...I think it is better to kill the wrong person than to let him go! I believe there will be evidence!"
"I think that you don't have evidence of treason, but there may be evidence of your guilt! We can arrest you and interrogate you first!"
Marquis Pingyang looked confused and shocked. How did he have evidence of his guilt?
He didn't do anything against the law!
Yes, he didn’t do it, but his son did it and helped cover it up!
This is also what he did! If a father fails to teach his child, it is his fault. If he hides the truth for his child, it is a big mistake!
Emperor Donglin sneered and said sarcastically, "The General Guarding the Nation is the general of Donglin. You asked me to put him in prison. Do you want to weaken the fighting power of Donglin and give other countries the opportunity to capture my country? Tell me, are you a spy from another country, deliberately slandering the General Guarding the Nation!"
Emperor Donglin did not believe the charges that Marquis Pingyang put upon him, but instead, Emperor Donglin put charges upon him. Tan Xu was so happy that he could not describe it.
Emperor Donglin's crime is much more serious than that of his son!
The slightest carelessness could lead to the annihilation of the entire family, no, the entire clan.
Marquis Pingyang wanted to destroy their general's mansion, and now Emperor Donglin is going to destroy their mansion!
In the future, he must be loyal to the little princess, the emperor, and the Donglin Kingdom and not let them down!
At this moment, Xiao Ruoyi didn't know that she had inadvertently recovered a great general. Now, Xiao Ruoyi looked at Emperor Donglin in surprise and confusion.
[This Pingyang Hou is a very good guy. Does he have any fatal crime? ]
Pingyang Hou was so scared that he immediately knelt on the ground and swore, "Your Majesty, I am loyal to Donglin Kingdom! I will never do anything to betray Donglin Kingdom!"
Xiao Ruoyi rolled her eyes and secretly despised him, "Yes, yes, you didn't betray Donglin Country, but you gave birth to a rubbish son. He took advantage of his father's status as Pingyang Marquis to bully people and men and women. He beat many servants to death and raped many girls, but they were all suppressed by him. Many girls' parents died violently, all because of Pingyang Marquis' wife!"
Emperor Donglin's eyes were cold, and his gaze at Marquis Pingyang was filled with murderous intent.
"Then Marquis Pingyang... I wonder how your son is doing recently?"
The ministers who had participated in the incident involving the son of Marquis Pingyang all looked terrified and began to become uneasy.
"How did the Emperor know? When did the Emperor know?"
They don’t think that the emperor mentioned the son of Marquis Pingyang on purpose. Could it be that the emperor knew what the son of Marquis Pingyang had done?
Although what the son of Marquis Pingyang did was actually nothing to Emperor Donglin, and this kind of thing is actually very common, but speaking about it now at this time is somewhat thought-provoking.
The other ministers turned their eyes away silently. Everyone just kept the matter of Pingyang Marquis's son a secret.
Now that Emperor Donglin wanted to target them and their son, they naturally didn't dare to say anything.
The person involved, Pingyang Hou, trembled and cold sweat broke out on his back.
I was unconsciously panicking. Why did the emperor suddenly ask about his son? Did the emperor know something?
In fact, he knew what his wife and son had done, but he pretended not to see it and let them do whatever they wanted. If anything really happened, he would just come out and use his connections.
"Your Majesty, your humble son is uneducated and idle at home every day!"
"oh!"
Emperor Donglin nodded, his voice drawn out, and Marquis Pingyang's heart seemed to jump out of his throat, and he didn't even dare to breathe deeply.
The entire hall was silent, with only the sound of everyone's breathing. Many people felt that they could hear the thumping of their own hearts.
This feeling is so uncomfortable. I have never attended such a stuffy and chaotic morning court.
Emperor Donglin sneered and slapped the armrest of the dragon throne fiercely. "Your son has clearly relied on the Pingyang Marquis's mansion to bully men and women. I don't know how many women he has killed. And you still say you are idle at home?"
Since Marquis Pingyang feels bored, let him be busy recently and run more around for his son, and see if he dares to speak nonsense again in the future.
Unexpectedly, the emperor really knew it!
Pingyang Hou suddenly felt his penis swell up, and he was so frightened that he prostrated himself on the ground, his voice trembling, "Your Majesty... Your Majesty... Your humble servant... Your humble servant is innocent!"
Emperor Donglin was immediately furious and yelled, "Humph, unjust? You don't even have evidence to prove that the general was collaborating with the enemy and selling out the country, but I have evidence that your son committed a crime! You still dare to say that I wronged you!"
Evidence? He had none!
But it’s not easy to get evidence!
I believe someone will hand over the evidence of Pingyang Hou’s son!
"This, this, this..." Pingyang Hou was speechless for a moment, feeling extremely panicked.
Emperor Donglin snorted coldly and ordered directly, "Where is the Dali Temple Minister?"
"I'm here!" The Chief Justice of the Dali Temple stepped out immediately, lowering his head with a very ugly expression.
He also knew what the son of Marquis Pingyang had done, and was bribed by the Marquis Pingyang and his wife to help solve some problems. However, he did not expect that the matter would be exposed and even came to the attention of Emperor Donglin.
He knew that this matter could not end well.
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