Chapter 427 Look at Yourself Now
Ye Cangling moved his nose perfunctorily and said, "Hmm," "I think I've smelled it somewhere before."
"It's on my eldest brother." Ye Jingzhen directly expressed the doubts in his heart.
Ye Jinghua, who was standing next to him, turned pale and staggered back a few times involuntarily.
"you……!"
Ye Jingzhen didn't wait for his reaction, quickly grabbed his arm and pulled his sleeve in front of Ye Cangling.
"Father, why not take a sniff and see if these two scents are the same?"
Ye Cangling's fat nose moved, and after a moment he nodded: "Indeed, it's the same."
Seeing him admit it, Ye Jingzhen felt a little relieved.
Ye Jinghua also took the opportunity to break free from his shackles and glared at him angrily: "Fifth brother, what do you mean by this?!"
"Are you trying to frame me for murdering my siblings?!"
Ye Jingzhen took out a handkerchief from his sleeve, wiped his hand that had just touched Ye Jinghua, and then threw the handkerchief on the ground in disgust.
Then he said: "This is the fact, why should I frame you?"
"It's just the same scent, how can that be considered evidence!" Ye Jinghua clenched his fists, cold sweat breaking out on his back.
Ye Cangling, who was sitting behind the desk, had a gloomy expression on his face.
He held the arrow feather in his hand and played with it over and over again without saying a word, just listening to his two sons arguing in front of him.
Ye Jinghua finally lost his patience. He fell to his knees with a thud, banging his head against the ground and saying, "Your Majesty, please understand! The fragrance on the arrow feathers is definitely a fraud, meant to frame me! I truly have never had such malicious thoughts!"
"Besides, our Great Kang Kingdom has tens of millions of different kinds of incense. It's no surprise that we have the same scent. Father, you must trust me!"
Ye Jingzhen never knelt, but just looked coldly at Ye Jinghua who was kneeling beside him and crying bitterly, acting very realistically, and Ye Cangling who had a sullen face and did not express his opinion behind the desk.
He was gambling on how this father, blinded by love and the pain of losing his wife, would choose between evidence and personal feelings.
"Indeed," Ye Cangling put down the arrow in his hand and spoke slowly, "Jinghua is right. The same scent alone doesn't mean anything. Jingzhen, do you have any other evidence?"
Ye Jingzhen felt a chill in his heart, but he still said, "Father, this fragrance is not something that can be developed from the common spices of our Great Kang Kingdom. It is a kind of poisonous incense from the Wudu tribe."
When he said this, Ye Jinghua and Ye Cangling were both stunned for a moment.
"Go on." Ye Cangling said.
Ye Jinghua secretly clenched his fists and clenched his teeth together.
"This kind of poison is quite common. Only people of the Wudu tribe know how to mix it, and only people of the Wudu tribe carry it with them for self-defense.
It seems that there is such a guest from the Wudu tribe in the residence of the eldest brother. The eldest brother stays with this guest every day, so naturally he has been stained with this fragrance. "
"Father, since I dare to testify, I must have made sufficient preparations. If you don't believe me, I have witnesses to bring with me."
Ye Cangling suddenly clenched his fists, and his hawk-like eyes stared at Ye Jingzhen fiercely.
He never liked this son.
They are obviously his and Nian Nian's flesh and blood. Ye Jingtian not only looks like Jiang Nian, but also has the same temperament and personality.
But what about Ye Jingzhen? He doesn't look like Jiang Nian, or even much like him. He also has a hard and stubborn temper. I really don't know who he takes after!
"You've found out everything clearly." Ye Cangling snorted and threw the half-broken arrow to the ground.
"In this matter, you two have your own reasons, but in my opinion, let it go! You are all my sons, and I hold you in my arms. Since you and Ranran are both fine, let's just let it go!"
After Ye Cangling finished speaking, a barely perceptible smile appeared on the corner of Ye Jinghua's mouth.
He knew that even if his father didn't like him very much, he would still protect him in front of Ye Jingzhen, whom he hated the most.
Just to make Ye Jingzhen feel humiliated and unhappy.
"Thank you, father. Your Majesty is so wise!" Ye Jinghua kowtowed a few more times on the ground.
Ye Cangling waved his hands impatiently: "Get up, I still have to go chant sutras and meditate later, you all go down."
Ye Jinghua brushed his clothes, stood up, turned around and was about to leave.
Ye Jingzhen didn't move. The veins on his clenched fists bulged. He took a step forward, stood in front of Ye Cangling, and glared at him.
"Father, what does this mean?!"
"Ran Ran and I were assassinated, but luckily escaped. So, that's enough?! Even though I've already investigated the person behind it, even though I've piled up all the evidence in front of you?!"
"Ye Jingzhen!"
"Who taught you to talk to me like that?"
Ye Cangling was also angry. He slammed the table and waved his wide sleeves, sweeping all the pens, ink, paper and inkstone on the table to the ground.
The crashing sound of breaking things resounded throughout the imperial study. Ye Jingtian, who had already walked to the door, was startled, but he immediately straightened his back and raised the corners of his mouth again.
Fight, fight. The more Ye Cangling hates Ye Jingzhen, the better it will be for him.
In the imperial study, Ye Jingzhen was not afraid at all. He leaned his hands on the desk and glared at Ye Cangling condescendingly.
"Father, for the sake of my mother, I will call you Father."
"My mother had a difficult childbirth, and you've always thought I was the one who killed her. You've ignored me for so many years. Fine, I accept it.
I left the palace when I was five years old and have been wandering around ever since. You never cared about me and let me fend for myself. I didn't care.
But now, I am not the only one involved in this matter. If you hate me, you can just find a crime and have me dragged out and hacked to pieces. Why would you become a tyrant just because of this personal grudge?
"Can you be true to your conscience, to the people of Dakang, and to... my mother?"
"Asshole! Shut up!"
Ye Cangling's furious roar was heard, and Anji, who was guarding the door, was so scared that his legs went limp and he fell to his knees with a thud.
Ye Jinghua, who had been gloating just now, quickly walked out of the imperial study and stood outside the window, eavesdropping on the wall, his heart beating violently.
It has to be said that although he has many strategies, he does not dare to anger Ye Cangling, the moody madman, like Ye Jingzhen did.
"Father, look at yourself now."
In the imperial study, Ye Jingzhen looked calmly at Ye Cangling in front of him, whose face had become hideous and horrible due to anger and hatred.
He stepped back a few steps, took out a bronze mirror and placed it in front of Ye Cangling.
Then he said coldly, "Tell me, if the Queen Mother saw you like this, would she still love you?"
Ye Cangling was suddenly stunned, staring at his own angry and distorted face in the bronze mirror in disbelief.
He was shaking with fear. He grabbed the mirror and was about to smash it to the ground.
But at the last moment, he stopped.
Ye Jingzhen just stood there quietly, looking at him with a cold expression, feeling both ridiculous and pathetic.
After a moment, Ye Cangling sighed and said, "I was confused..."
"I hereby declare that Prince Heshun has evil intentions and is plotting to harm his brothers. I hereby order him to resign from his military command, confine him to his palace, and study a book to reflect on his mistakes! Without my permission, he is not allowed to leave the palace!"
Outside the imperial study, Ye Jinghua, who had been so complacent just now, turned pale in an instant.
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