Chapter 226: The Injustice of the Minister
The prince was filled with rage. He suddenly shouted this and looked at Pei Zhi with a murderous look.
For a moment, everyone's eyes fell on Pei Zhi.
Even His Majesty is no exception.
His Majesty narrowed his eyes slightly and looked at Pei Zhi intently with an unfathomable look in his eyes.
Could it be that the Crown Prince's forcing the emperor to abdicate is really related to Pei Zhi?
All the civil and military officials were puzzled.
Under the watchful eyes of the crowd, Pei Zhi remained calm. Dressed in crimson official uniform, he stepped before His Majesty, kneeling on the ground with his back straight. "Your Majesty, I am wronged. I have been unwell for the past two days and returned home to rest immediately after attending the morning court today. The Second Prince is imprisoned in the Eastern Palace, and I have not seen him for several days. I truly do not know why he would wrongly accuse me. Please, Your Majesty, help me."
He looked innocent and kept asking His Majesty to make the decision for him.
The prince was really angry.
Oh, no, now we can only call him the Second Prince.
Just now, the second prince only suspected Pei Zhi, but now he can conclude that it was Pei Zhi who betrayed him.
He looked at Pei Zhi in rage and said sternly, "Pei Zhi, how dare you deceive the emperor? It was you who, after the morning court session today, managed to sneak into the Eastern Palace and told me that the emperor had ordered someone to draft an edict to depose the crown prince and would announce it to the world tomorrow."
"At this point, I only have one option left, and that is to force the emperor to abdicate."
"You were afraid that I wouldn't do this, and you even told me that my mother didn't die suddenly from illness, but was strangled to death by my father. He also suspected that I wasn't his blood."
When he said this, all the civil and military officials were shocked.
What, what?
The Queen was strangled to death by His Majesty himself?
The second prince is not your majesty's bloodline?
How come they don't know about this?
Are they too ignorant?
His Majesty flew into a rage. "You rebellious son! Your talk is pure nonsense. The Empress clearly died suddenly of illness. I have been deeply distressed for a long time. The Imperial Hospital has the pulse records as proof. And when have I ever doubted your bloodline? My willingness to appoint you as Crown Prince speaks volumes."
He was shocked.
This was a royal secret, and everyone who knew about it was killed by him.
How did Pei Zhi know?
Who told this rebellious son these nonsense?
Could it be that... there were still some fish that slipped through the net back then?
A smile flashed in Pei Zhi's eyes. He had to thank the Second Prince for clearing his name.
"Your Majesty, upon hearing such groundless claims, I have only one thought: they are complete nonsense. I only know that Your Majesty and the Empress are deeply in love."
As he spoke, he looked at the Second Prince and said, "Since the Second Prince has insisted that it was me, Your Highness, please produce the evidence. If I really went to the Eastern Palace and participated in the abdication, then many people must have seen me."
"As long as someone stands up to testify against me, I will be willing to die to prove my guilt."
The second prince was about to speak when he suddenly thought of something. His lips moved a few times and he couldn't say a word.
Except for him and Pei Zhi, all those who participated in forcing the emperor to abdicate have died. How could he have any witnesses?
"Why is the Second Prince silent? Is it because the Second Prince once tried to win me over, and I refused to join a clique for personal gain, that the Second Prince is slandering me like this?"
The second prince, "..."
Still unwilling to form a clique for personal gain?
Hasn't he done enough to form cliques and engage in personal gain over the years?
It's just that he was cautious and didn't leave any evidence.
He was blind and wrongly trusted Pei Zhi!
But he really couldn't understand why Pei Zhi betrayed him?
"Your Majesty, I believe in Lord Pei. Lord Pei is an upright official and has a reputation for being incorruptible. I absolutely do not believe that Lord Pei would do such a treasonous act."
"I am willing to guarantee for Lord Pei that this matter has absolutely nothing to do with Lord Pei."
"And I am also willing to guarantee for Master Pei!"
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Among the civil and military officials, many people stood up to vouch for Pei Zhi.
His Majesty lowered his eyes to look at Pei Zhi. He had no wife, no children, and no family. It could be said that he had no worries at all.
That's why.
Only then would he appoint Pei Zhi as the Minister of Punishment.
A person like Pei Zhi died without even a funeral procession, so why would he participate in a rebellion?
Do you think you are dying too slowly?
He then looked at the Crown Prince and said expressionlessly, "Take this rebellious son away. I never want to see him again."
Then he looked at Pei Zhi and said, "Pei Aiqing, please stand up quickly. I know Pei Aiqing's character very well, so I naturally have no doubts about him."
"Thank you, Your Majesty." Pei Zhi looked grateful and then slowly stood up.
The second prince turned his head to look at His Majesty and Pei Zhi, and suddenly laughed out loud towards the sky.
"Hahaha..." He once trusted Pei Zhi so much, but what was the result?
Pei Zhi betrayed him without blinking.
He is the lesson for his father!
As soon as the second prince was taken away, people from Chaoyun Palace arrived.
"Please, Your Majesty, please go and see Concubine Qi!"
His Majesty waved his hand to dismiss all the civil and military officials and immediately went to Chaoyun Palace.
When he stepped out of the palace gate, Pei Zhi looked back with a faint smile on his face.
Naturally, it was the Second Prince who had Concubine Qi's face destroyed.
Really, thank you for the hard work, Second Prince!
If he wasn't the Second Prince, how could he have rescued Zhuzhu so easily?
Chaoyun Palace.
Concubine Qi has fainted.
The first time His Majesty saw her, he almost vomited.
Concubine Qi's face and neck were a bloody mess, her nose and mouth were deformed, and there was not a single hair left on her head, which was also bloody.
How does he look like a human being?
She is simply a monster.
"Is this really Concubine Qi?" His Majesty couldn't help but take two steps back.
After getting a positive answer, His Majesty couldn't help but scold the Second Prince.
Concubine Qi has become like this, what else can he do?
The only thing he could do was to ask the imperial physician to do his best to treat Concubine Qi.
His Majesty stayed only for a moment and then left in a hurry.
Everyone in Chaoyun Palace was filled with gloom.
Everyone knows that Concubine Qi has completely fallen out of favor, and I'm afraid His Majesty will never set foot in Chaoyun Palace again.
Even if the Fourth Prince came back, nothing would change.
When the princess learned that the prince was forcing the emperor to abdicate, she couldn't help but laugh out loud, "The prince is such a fool."
Nanny Wei smiled and said, "Your Highness thinks too highly of him. There's no such thing as a crown prince these days."
She paused, "Empress Qi is so unlucky."
Hearing this, the princess' smile widened. "Yes! She is indeed unlucky."
Concubine Qi was really lucky.
Even in this situation, he is still alive.
She said that Concubine Qi would be better off dead!
Once Concubine Qi died, she was the only one the Fourth Prince could rely on.
The Fourth Prince naturally also received this news.
What made him happy was that the prince actually sought his own death.
What he was worried about was naturally Concubine Qi's situation.
So he didn't bother to pretend to be sick and immediately asked people to work day and night.
The next day, before dawn, Chen Yubai went for a stroll to Ye Zhonglin's place.
After having breakfast and paying his respects to Xie Changning, Ye Zhonglin took his men out.
He had just stepped out of the door.
Xie Changning ordered someone to capture Ye Zhonglin's mother.
Shen Yubai excitedly asked for the person to come over.
Over there, the Fourth Prince, exhausted from all the travel, was stopped just as he was leading everyone into Kyoto.
"Excuse me, is that the Fourth Prince in the carriage?"
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