Chapter 13 The Betrayal of the Prince Consort
In the dark and quiet study room——
"Everything has really been arranged. You won't find out about me, right?" Jiang Xingbang narrowed his eyes and looked at Jiang Hu.
Jiang Hu lowered his head and looked at his toes and replied, "Don't worry, sir, everything has been arranged. Even if Prince Jing and the newly appointed Dali Temple Shaoqing find out something, the evidence will only point to the young master.
As long as we pin these crimes on the young master, and let the Princess cry bitterly in front of His Majesty and the Queen Mother, and you can then join in the apology, we will be able to save the young master's life. ”
Xiao Jinyi and Shen Shixu hid outside the door and eavesdropped on the conversation between the two. After hearing what Jiang Hu said, Shen Shixu couldn't help but raise his eyebrows. He asked Xiao Jinyi with his eyes, "If you and I don't get involved, the final result of the matter will not really be the same as what Jiang Hu said, big things will become small, small things will be nothing!"
Xiao Jinyi wanted to tell him with his eyes that it was impossible, but after thinking about it, if he hadn't gotten involved, he would have dragged Shen Shixu into it.
If someone else were to investigate, they might not even get to this point. They would be distracted by the people sent by Jiang Xingbang and make the wrong judgment.
In this way, even the shadow of Jiang Xingbang won’t appear.
When Shen Shixu saw that Xiao Jinyi didn't respond at all, he understood what he meant. He didn't say anything and continued to listen to the conversation inside.
Jiang Xingbang was still relieved about him. "That's good. Go pack up and we'll go back home later. I'm sure Prince Jing will talk about this matter at the morning court tomorrow. I have to go back and prepare."
Shen Shixu felt that now was a good opportunity to catch the man red-handed, so he winked at Xiao Jinyi and signaled him to go in and arrest him.
Xiao Jinyi stood up straight, straightened the wrinkles on his clothes, then kicked open the door of the study. Jiang Xingbang was about to scold the insolent servant, but he unexpectedly saw Xiao Jinyi's cold face. This scared him so much that he sat down on the chair behind him.
When Jiang Xingbang saw Xiao Jinyi appear, he didn't have the slightest thought of resisting, let alone wanting to take Xiao Jinyi down.
As his uncle who was close to him before, he had seen with his own eyes how powerful Xiao Jinyi's martial arts were.
So let alone sending someone to capture Xiao Jinyi, he didn't even have the thought of escaping.
Jiang Xingbang followed Xiao Jinyi with a dejected look on his face. Seeing that the two men didn't seem to notice him, Jiang Hu wanted to sneak out through the back door.
As soon as he turned around, he was kicked in the knee and fell to his knees.
Jiang Hu endured the pain and stood up, half bent over and covered his knee, while raising his head to see who had kicked him.
Chen Shixu folded his arms and looked at him coldly. Although it was the first time that Jiang Hu met Chen Shixu, he guessed his identity when he thought that he and Xiao Jinyi came together and his unforgettable appearance: the newly appointed Shaoqing of Dali Temple - Chen Shixu.
This time he couldn't run away.
Princess Kangning and Jiang Bin were not informed about Jiang Xingbang being taken away. Xiao Jinyi just sent someone to tell them to go to the Qianqing Palace for the morning court tomorrow.
Shen Shixu returned to the Dali Temple and took some memorials written by the previous Shaoqing of the Dali Temple for reference. After figuring out how to write memorials, he ground the ink, picked up a purple bamboo wolf-hair brush, found a blank memorial book, and began to write eloquently.
On the second morning, Shen Shixu put on the light red court robe that had just been delivered the night before, and came to the Qianqing Palace with the memorial he had written overnight.
When Quan Xi announced the start of the morning court and asked all ministers to report anything, he stood out with the memorial in his hand.
"Your Majesty, I have a report to make. Minister of Personnel Jiang Xingbang built an underground palace for his own selfish desires to imprison young women, forcing them to become prostitutes for his own personal gain. A few days ago, a woman tried her best to escape, but died of her injuries.
Several women were left with lifelong disabilities and more than a dozen others suffered mental problems, not to mention the other women who were killed or injured during the years when he was making profits.
Moreover, when I and His Royal Highness Prince Jing were investigating the truth, he deliberately pinned the clues on Jiang Bin, the son of him and the eldest princess. These crimes are heinous. Please make a judgment, Your Majesty. ”
Shen Shixu's words made the originally quiet court suddenly noisy, and everyone expressed their opinions around Shen Shixu's words, and most of them did not believe that Jiang Xingbang really did such a thing.
But when they thought about what they had heard from Shen Shixu two days ago, none of them dared to question it.
Xiao Jinyi had already gone to the palace and told Emperor Wu'an about Jiang Xingbang's matter yesterday afternoon, but hearing Shen Shixu repeat it at this time still made him angry.
"This matter shall be handled according to the laws of the Danggan region. He is abducting and trafficking people, forcing women into prostitution, and framing members of the royal family. For all these crimes combined, he shall be sentenced to death in the autumn!"
Princess Kangning and Jiang Bin were also in the hall at this time. The mother and son had not yet come to their senses until Emperor Wu'an said that he would sentence Jiang Xingbang to death. Only then did they react.
Princess Kang Ning shouted out loud, her face full of disbelief, "How is this possible? How could Xingbang do such a thing? He even framed Bin'er, who is his own child. Even a tiger won't eat its own cubs, how could he do this?"
Shen Shixu was also unable to answer Princess Kang Ning's question. Xiao Jinyi had asked him this question when he interrogated Jiang Xingbang yesterday, but he refused to answer.
Everything was explained very clearly before, even how to get someone around Jiang Bin to lure him into buying the house in Qiuyuan Hutong.
The only thing he insisted on was framing Jiang Bin, saying that if Jiang Bin made a mistake, Princess Kangning would not take his life, which was why he came up with the idea of letting Jiang Bin take the blame.
This is not consistent with Jiang Xingbang's character of loving his son, and he only has this one son. Even if Jiang Bin doesn't die in the end, he will definitely end up being exiled three thousand miles away. How could he bear to do that? So Jiang Xingbang must have some secrets.
Just when everyone was feeling strange, 011 suddenly popped up and said, "Brother, I know what's going on. Jiang Xingbang had betrayed the eldest princess long ago, and he did not have only one child, Jiang Bin. He also has a daughter and a son, and the princess has met both of these children. 】
Princess Kang Ning didn't know what was in Shen Shixu's mind. She suddenly heard a voice she had never heard before, and what it said was so explosive that she couldn't bear it for a while and fell into Jiang Bin's arms.
Jiang Bin was also stunned. He looked around the hall vigilantly and didn't find anyone suspicious. However, he noticed that the ministers had expressions as if they had heard the voice again.
Before he could figure it out, 011's voice continued to ring, "Jiang Xingbang has been cheating on Princess Kang Ning for a long time, and he was so bold as to bring the woman he cheated on and the child she gave birth to in front of the princess. 】
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