Chapter 108 Taking the Blame
The person in charge of searching the Third Prince's mansion quickly returned to the Dali Temple to report the results.
"Third Prince, do you recognize it now? Is there anything else you want to explain about this secret room?" The Chief Justice of the Dali Temple looked at the Third Prince seriously and asked.
At this moment, the Third Prince showed a look of surprise on his face, and said innocently, "This is impossible. I didn't even know that there was a dark room in my study. How could there be a dark room?"
The Dali Temple Minister had another lantern presented to him, and said, "Third Prince, after careful study, I found that this lantern in your house is made of human skin. The women in the hall all testified that they saw with their own eyes that you ordered people to torture and kill and skin the women, and there are also two recently dead corpses as evidence."
"What did you say? Human...human skin? These lanterns were purchased by my princess consort. I didn't know about this!" The third prince took a step back in panic, his face revealing fear and disgust.
After seeing the series of reactions from the Third Prince, Xu Qingyan couldn't help but sigh in her heart: [Oh my God! This Third Prince is not going to push the blame on the Third Prince's wife! If he pushes it on the Third Prince's wife, it does make sense! After all, they all live in the same house. The Third Prince's wife did all kinds of bad things behind his back and in his name. In the end, he pretended to be deceived, so he could get away with it, right? Even if the emperor is angry, he can only accuse him of harboring or negligence. He is a typical case of abandoning the car to save the king! ]
When Pei Jingchuan heard this, his brows twisted instantly, and he thought: Qingyan is right, it seems that the Third Prince is planning to push all of this onto the Third Prince's wife, and he may be able to save his own life. After all, they missed this step.
Upon hearing this, the Dali Temple Minister frowned and looked at the Third Prince, saying, "Third Prince, do you mean that all this was done by the Third Prince's wife?"
"I don't know about that, but the power to manage my house is in the hands of my wife, and she is responsible for the purchase of all things in the house. As for this human skin lantern that your Excellency mentioned, this prince is indeed unaware of it. If I knew what this thing was like, why would I hang it in my house? Wouldn't that be scary?" The third prince looked innocent and explained to the Chief Justice of the Dali Temple.
After hearing what the Third Prince said, Xu Qingyan couldn't help but complain angrily in her heart: "You devil, what you like most is to see others suffer and be afraid. You still find it creepy, which is really a joke!"
"Someone, go and invite the Third Prince's wife!" Seeing that the Third Prince kept denying, the Chief Justice of the Dali Temple ordered to summon the Third Prince's wife.
When the Third Prince's wife was brought to the Dali Temple, she was completely stunned. Until she saw Xu Qingyan and Pei Jingchuan standing by, she immediately pointed at her and shouted angrily: "Xu Qingyan, are you here to frame me and the Third Prince again? I have been very low-key recently and have not caused any trouble for you. Why do you frame us so frequently?"
Hearing this, Xu Qingyan raised her eyebrows slightly and smiled faintly, "I didn't ask anyone to invite the Third Prince's wife, but your husband. He insisted that the human skin lanterns in your house were purchased by you!"
When the Third Prince's wife heard what Xu Qingyan said, she was so frightened that her face turned pale. She was stunned and thought: What? Human... human skin lanterns? Those lanterns hanging in her house are all made of human skin? How could this be?
At this moment, the Third Prince looked at her with an accusing gaze and said, "Yao Fu, I didn't expect you to be so perverted that you actually used human skin to make lanterns! No wonder you lied to me before and said that the feng shui of my study was not good and you wanted to rearrange the layout of my study. It turns out that you actually did such a disgusting thing!"
"Your Highness, what are you talking about? What secret room? What does this mean?" Upon hearing this, the Third Prince's wife looked at him in surprise. She couldn't figure out the cause and effect of the matter for a while.
But the Third Prince held on to her, with a look of surprise and pain. He pointed at the Third Prince's wife and revealed her crimes bit by bit, saying, "These women said that I arrested them and abused them, but this prince never knew them. They were all locked up in the dark room in my study. I only found out today that there was a dark room in my study. Two years ago, you redecorated my study, and now I finally know why you wore men's clothes and disguised yourself as me last time. It turns out that you were doing some evil things in my name! Yao Fu, you are really a vicious woman! How could I marry a vicious woman like you! My lord, please arrest this vicious woman, I will never protect her!"
"Your Highness, what nonsense are you talking about? I don't know anything about these women, and I have never known them. Why are you accusing me like this?" Upon hearing this, the Third Prince's wife became panicked and anxious. Now she finally understood that the Third Prince wanted to kill her!
Hiding a woman and abusing her, making human skin lanterns, these are all heinous evil deeds, and the Third Prince actually wants to push all of this onto her! She has never done it, so naturally she will not admit it.
"Sir, we have never seen the Third Prince's wife. All this was done by the Third Prince. The Third Prince wanted to harm us. I met the Third Prince before I was arrested. The Third Prince once proposed to take me as his concubine, but I refused. That's why the Third Prince became angry and arrested me!" At this time, the daughter of the Xicheng County magistrate who was being persecuted came out and pointed out the Third Prince.
This time, they can't let the third prince get away.
The Third Prince turned to look at the woman after hearing this. After thinking for a moment, he said, "So, you are the daughter of the county magistrate. I did think you were pretty and wanted to take you as my concubine. But after I went back, my wife was very opposed to it. She told me that you were engaged to someone else, so I gave up. I didn't expect that you were locked up in my mansion. Miss, I'm really sorry. It's all my fault that I indulged my wife too much. She is jealous and vicious to this extent!"
"You are talking nonsense, it's not like that, it's you who harmed me!" The woman didn't expect the third prince to be so shameless, and she cursed angrily.
Not only did he harm them, but now he is even making up excuses and putting the blame on his wife.
Next, the Third Prince talked about many things about how the Third Prince’s wife targeted the woman he liked because of jealousy, and even told about the murder of his concubine yesterday.
Everyone listened and felt that everything seemed to make sense. The Third Prince's wife was jealous, so she tortured the women that the Third Prince liked. The only thing that couldn't be explained was that the victims in the hall all insisted that it was the Third Prince.
The Third Prince's wife naturally refused to take the blame, and tried her best to argue that she was wronged, and even quarreled with the Third Prince. She didn't love the Third Prince, so why should she take the blame for him! The Third Prince did all this, and she didn't expect that the Third Prince was so perverted!
The two of them accused each other, and the Dali Temple Minister was also troubled by what he heard. In the end, he could only temporarily adjourn the case and imprison the Third Prince and his wife separately. The matter became more and more serious, and naturally it was impossible to convict them in one trial.
Soon, the news reached the palace. Mr. Qi sent a letter to the harem, proposing to discuss with Concubine Chun a plan to save the third prince.
Now, the third prince is in prison, and in order to save him, Concubine Chun naturally has to appear.
"Empress Chun, the Third Prince's wife is now not only disfigured, but also has a broken arm. Such a woman will definitely not be worthy of the Third Prince in the future. This time, we must make the Third Prince's wife admit everything."
In the backyard of the imperial palace, Concubine Chun dismissed everyone in the palace and stood opposite Mr. Qi, who was dressed in eunuch's clothes.
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