Chapter 156: Things That Happened Forty Years Ago

As soon as Luo Jin'an finished speaking, all the ministers looked at the Duke of Wei in front of them in shock. If they said that the Duke of Wei was corrupt and monopolistic, they would not be so shocked, but how could they be so shocked if he was treasonous? You have to know that the Duke of Wei's mansion is now second to none in the prosperous dynasty.

Duke Wei's face turned pale and blue, he knelt in the hall with his eyes wide open, and looked up at the emperor with a trembling voice.

"Your Majesty, please make the decision for me. Don't you see how loyal I have been to Your Majesty and the court for so many years? Moreover, Your Majesty has been very kind to my Wen family. Why would I make such a loss-making deal?"

Emperor Renhe rubbed his temples which felt like they were being pricked by needles, and lowered his voice as he looked at Luo Jinan.

"Crown Prince - the line of Duke Wei has contributed a lot to the court. Moreover, you should not forget that Xiaoliu of the Wen family died at your hands, but Duke Wei never pursued the matter. As the crown prince, you should not be narrow-minded and only take revenge on personal grudges."

Luo Jin'an lowered his head and smiled sarcastically. He was right. It was not so easy to overthrow the lineage of Duke Wei. Unfortunately, with Nian Nian's "Heavenly Book", he wanted to see whether His Majesty wanted the world or his mother's family.

He raised his head with a puzzled look on his face, "I don't understand what your majesty means. Duke Wei and I have never had any personal grudges, so how can we talk about revenge? Besides, Wen Shaoxuan, he openly visited prostitutes in front of the camp and shook the morale of the soldiers. As the commander-in-chief, why can't I kill him?"

"Your Highness is just talking to himself. Who can testify to this?"

Luo Jinan turned around and saw that the person who was speaking was the Minister of Revenue, and smiled brilliantly, "I'm afraid I'm going to disappoint Lord Dong. I not only have evidence that Wen Shaoxuan visited prostitutes in front of the camp, but also evidence that Duke Wei was colluding with the enemy and committing treason. Lord Dong, would you like to see it?"

The Minister of Revenue looked at the Crown Prince who was smiling like a fox, and felt uneasy. Although he was from the Duke of Wei's faction, he was not aware of the Duke of Wei's collusion with the Second Prince of Yanyang.

Seeing the prince's firm words, the ministers did not dare to step forward to plead for mercy. Although most of them had some connection with the Duke of Wei, they did not dare to talk about the crime of treason. After all, once this crime was confirmed, even His Majesty, who favored the Wen family, would not let it go easily.

Seeing that no one dared to step forward to argue with the prince, Duke Wei could only continue to appeal to the emperor above him.

Emperor Renhe looked very unhappy. He didn't believe in his heart that the Weiguo Guild would do such a thing. He firmly believed that this was a means for the crown prince to seize power.

"Since the prince says there is evidence, then show it to the ministers."

Luo Jin'an ignored the angry voice of Emperor Renhe and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, please wait a moment. Before I present the evidence, I hope you can listen to a little story first."

The ministers who were originally half-believing and half-doubting were shaken when they saw the prince actually telling a story. Could it be that the prince had no evidence at all? Even the Duke of Wei, who had been tense, couldn't help but relax.

Luo Jinan ignored everyone's reactions and the flaming gaze from his superiors, and gave Duke Wei a wicked smile as he relaxed.

"Forty years ago, the Emperor of Yanyang took his favorite concubine and the daughter of the late Emperor and Empress, Princess Leli, out of the palace for a tour. On the way back to the palace, they were assassinated. During the escape, Princess Leli was separated from everyone else, and was accompanied only by the nanny left behind by the late Emperor and Empress.

Princess Leli originally wanted to return to the palace by herself, but three days later, news came out that the third princess of the Yanyang royal family was assassinated, and someone had been chasing her relentlessly, so she had to flee with her nanny under a false name.

She fled to the border, and it happened that Sheng Dynasty and Yanyang were at war at that time. She rescued the prince of Weiguo who was seriously injured in the battle. When she learned the identity of the person she rescued, she decided to go to Sheng Dynasty, because only by going to another country could she save her life.

The prince of Weiguo at that time did not disappoint her. He changed her identity and brought her back to the barracks as a female doctor. Finally, he brought her back to Shengdu and married her in the name of repaying a favor.

In the end, one became the Duke of Wei, who held absolute power, and the other became the wife of the Duke of Wei, who was famous for her virtue. Unfortunately, how could human desire stop at love? In order to make her daughter the queen, the wife of the Duke of Wei, oh no, it was the third princess of Yanyang, who concocted the secret medicine of the Yanyang royal family, the Tianshan Snow Poison, and put it in the tea of ​​the then third prince's wife, now the Princess of Zhenbei.

Unfortunately, her daughter died before her husband ascended the throne. So they set their sights on the only child left by their daughter. As long as they could support the child in their granddaughter's belly to ascend the throne, the Wen family could control the court forever, and Princess Leli could use the royal family of Sheng Dynasty to avenge her past grudges.

Duke Wei, did I miss anything in this story? "

Luo Jin'an looked at the man whose hands were already shaking, and added, "Oh, by the way, I heard that the Second Prince Yanyang and Princess Leli are siblings from the same mother. Is that true? How about Duke Wei help us identify them?"

"Your Majesty, I am innocent." Duke Wei covered his trembling hands and thought about what to do next. He secretly hated himself for being too confident and spreading the Wen family's nephews and nieces everywhere, which led to the current situation where no one can help him. He would never admit that he made this arrangement because he was afraid that his children and grandchildren would seize power.

Emperor Renhe's eyes were lifeless as he looked at the person kneeling below in tears. If all this was true, then he had been aiding and abetting Zhou's atrocities for so many years on the throne. How would history books record him as a king, and how would future generations view him?

Everyone in the hall lowered their heads and looked at each other, only Shen Qingsong looked at the emperor on the dragon throne with his burning eyes.

Emperor Renhe's chest heaved, and he suddenly leaned forward and spat out a large mouthful of blood, then his eyes closed and he passed out.

The chief eunuch hurried forward to support the emperor's body and said urgently: "Imperial Physician, quickly call the imperial physician—" For a moment, the whole hall was in chaos.

Duke Wei was also forcibly imprisoned in the Sky Prison by Luo Jin'an, and the Black Armored Army surrounded the Duke Wei's mansion.

Luo Jinan originally thought that he could directly convict the Wen family today, but who could have thought that His Majesty would be so unable to handle the situation.

The news that Emperor Renhe vomited blood and fainted in the previous dynasty soon spread to the harem. Before Concubine Zhen could go to the emperor's bedroom, her Chaolu Palace was surrounded by the empress and her men.

"Your Majesty, what do you mean by this? Aren't you afraid of being punished by the Emperor for surrounding my Chaolu Palace without any reason?"

The queen who used to be weak and yielding is very tough today.

"It would be better for Concubine Zhen to stay in Chaolu Palace obediently. After all, we don't know whether the emperor will punish me or you when he wakes up."

The empress came and left in a hurry. The palace maids and eunuchs who originally served in Chaolu Palace were also transferred out of Chaolu Palace by the nanny beside the empress.

Concubine Zhen looked at the Empress's commotion and wondered what had happened. Could it be that the fact that she had given the Emperor medicine had been discovered?