"Father," Xiao Chuji spoke first, "Looking at Doctor Zhang's appearance, it's clear that he's been tortured. Moreover, Doctor Zhang has been missing for so long, and now he's reappearing, it's clear that he's trying to frame me. Father, please understand!"
"Second Prince, what you said is ridiculous," Jiang Zhiyu looked at him. "Doctor Zhang doesn't have any wounds on his body. How can that be considered torture? He's just lost some weight. He poisoned and murdered my brother. If I don't feed him enough, that's considered torture?"
Xiao Chuji was suddenly speechless.
[It's hilarious! If I have a wound, I'll give you something to hold against me.]
[I have many methods that don't involve bloodshed.]
The emperor sighed softly: "Tell me, were you two instructed by the Second Prince?"
Doctor Zhang was hunched over with his eyes wide open. He shrank as he looked at the emperor, then at Xiao Chuji. Just as he was about to speak, a strange "gurgling" sound came from his throat, and then he spat out a mouthful of black blood!
!!!
Everyone couldn't help but take a step back. Even the emperor's eyes widened. Fu Ping stood in front of the emperor and shouted loudly: "Imperial Physician! Call the Imperial Physician!"
After he finished shouting, he saw Jiang Zhiyu had already squatted next to Doctor Zhang, and his eyes suddenly paused.
The emperor pushed him away.
After smearing the blood, Doctor Zhang did not collapse as everyone expected. Instead, he looked more energetic than before.
Xiao Chuji's pupils shrank into needles in an instant.
How is that possible!
[Poisoning in public, how crazy. ]
【But I had predicted it a long time ago, you didn't expect it. 】
Jiang Zhiyu raised an eyebrow at him.
Imperial Physician Zhang had naturally seen Xiao Chuji's abilities, and seeing that he was determined to silence him, he no longer hesitated. Although his voice was low, it was clear: "Your Majesty, I was indeed instructed by the Second Prince to stay in the Prime Minister's Residence. Under the guise of treating Young Master Jiang, I actually fed him the poison sent by the Second Prince."
"I initially refused, but the Second Prince threatened the lives of my wife and daughter. I had no choice, Your Majesty!"
Doctor Zhang burst into tears.
The ministers around him kept talking. Xiao Chuji's face was extremely ugly. The emperor coughed lightly and looked at Wuming again: "What about you?"
After witnessing Xiao Chuji's treatment of Imperial Physician Zhang, Wuming didn't dare delay and spoke quickly, "Your Majesty, it's just as she said. Everything I did was ordered by him."
Xiao Chuji almost bit his teeth to pieces.
Ever since I rescued this man, I have treated him with the highest courtesy in everything. He didn't like people, so I built a dungeon specifically for him. He loved making perfumes, so I filled the dungeon with exotic flowers and plants, and even people.
But he betrayed himself so thoroughly!
Xiao Chuji's chest heaved violently, but he knew now was not the time to get angry. His mind raced wildly as he sobbed, "Father, I do harbor resentment towards Jiang Kang'an, and I did send someone to poison him, but other than that, I have absolutely never done anything like human trafficking or raising private soldiers!"
"Rebellious son!" the emperor shouted. "Jiang Kang'an is an important official in our court. He has made great military achievements for Tianqi. Why did you poison him and put him to death?!"
"He killed my son's wife!" Xiao Chuji gritted his teeth and said, "I will take his life to pay for it!"
The Second Prince's principal wife? If they remembered correctly, the Second Prince had never married before?
Everyone's eyes were filled with confusion, and the emperor also asked, "Your principal wife?"
"Exactly. Her name was Yurong, and she died at the hands of Jiang Kang'an's sword!"
Xiao Chuji's eyes were red.
[My eldest brother's ordinary life was made so prosperous by rumors!]
Jiang Zhiyu stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, the Second Prince's statement is wrong. Yurong was killed by bandits, not by your brother's sword."
"Nonsense, I saw it with my own eyes!"
"Saw it with your own eyes? Did you see the whole thing? You clearly only saw the sword wound on her neck and my brother's sword."
Jiang Zhiyu looked at him with disdain: "The sword wound was just caused by my brother killing the bandits. It's not fatal. The real fatal thing is the dagger that the bandits stuck in her chest."
"You were blocked by someone at the time and didn't see anything. Then you simply assumed it was my brother who did it, without verifying anything!"
"impossible!"
Xiao Chuji roared, his eyes were red and full of anger, the corners of his mouth twitched, his eyes were dry, and he felt a salty and fishy liquid gushing out of his throat and dripping from the corners of his mouth.
Then he fell straight down.
Everyone couldn't help but exclaimed. Jiang Zhiyu frowned and stuffed a pill into his mouth.
"It's poison, but it's been cured. Just wake him up and everything will be fine."
The emperor nodded and ordered people to carry Xiao Chuji to the inner room.
The ministers were talking about it, most of them were discussing who poisoned him and the so-called prince's wife.
"Everyone, the so-called romantic affairs are nothing but the Second Prince's conjecture. The most important thing is that the Second Prince is trafficking in human beings and privately raising elite soldiers."
Jiang Zhiyu's tone was extremely calm, yet one could vaguely hear an innate majesty in it, the commanding tone that people in high positions unconsciously revealed in their words.
It makes people subconsciously want to follow her orders.
[Who poisoned him? Of course he did it himself.]
【It's just a delay.】
The emperor sighed softly. All the ministers were gathered here waiting for an answer. Of course, he couldn't just dismiss the matter perfunctorily like he had dismissed the others. He tapped the table lightly and said, "The royal father and son, the emperor and his subjects first, the father and his son second. The persecution of loyal and good people is an indisputable fact. First, strip him of his surname and demote him to a commoner. If the other two items are proven to be his fault..."
Although the emperor did not say it explicitly, everyone could understand what he meant.
The palace was completely silent. The emperor beckoned, "Prime Minister, I'll leave the investigation of Yuyang to you personally."
Shang Yizhi took a step forward and said, "I obey your command."
"If there's nothing else, then disperse."
Everyone retreated one by one, and finally only Jiang Zhiyu was left.
The emperor sighed softly, "I don't trust the elite troops to be left in the hands of others. Tell Yan Ting to capture him alive."
Jiang Zhiyu replied yes.
"Your Majesty, please ask Brother Xuanchen to come over. It's time to explain what happened just now to the Second Prince."
[If I don't, I'll turn into a ghost and have to go find fault in my big brother's dreams.]
The emperor sighed softly: "Xuan Xuan Xuan."
Wuming and Doctor Zhang were still kneeling on the ground. The emperor waved his hand, and everyone knew that the matter was resolved.
"Wait, leave him here first."
Jiang Zhiyu pointed at Wuming.
[Don't even think about dealing with this kid. He might even try to run away.]
Running away? Apart from the mask on his face, this person looks ordinary.
The emperor looked at him with interest.
An incense stick of time later, Jiang Kangan rushed over from the East Palace.
He had heard the news along the way. When he entered the imperial study, the emperor waved his hand, and Jiang Zhiyu pulled Jiang Kang'an into the inner room.
The emperor continued to look at Wuming.
Wuming was at a loss: "..."
Help, or take him in too!
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