Chapter 172 Their wish was fulfilled.
It was the fourth day after Lord Shangguan died in the Ministry of Justice prison.
The people of the capital have already accepted this matter, and now everyone is waiting to see how the imperial family will deal with the King of Wu.
From being demoted to a commoner, everyone discussed it thoroughly.
No one believed that the imperial family would take the life of the King of Wu...
After all, he is a prince, of royal blood; how could they possibly take his life!
But at that moment, some dissenting voices emerged.
"Actually, the King of Wu did these things for the King of Zhao."
"No way! King Zhao is far away in the north. He's accompanying His Majesty on his personal campaign and has accumulated a great deal of merit. Why would he need to do something like this?"
“What’s impossible? No matter how great his achievements are, he’s not the late empress’s child, so he can only look on for the position of crown prince.”
As long as the Crown Prince maintains the current situation, he can still secure his position.
He would only have a chance if the Crown Prince's side fell into disarray or if something major happened.
What you said seems to make some sense.
According to what you said, the previous incident of privately making dragon robes must have been orchestrated by the King of Zhao to frame the Crown Prince.
But isn't this matter under the jurisdiction of the King of Wu?
"Are you stupid? King Wu must have done this on the orders of King Zhao!"
Think about it, even though King Wu is a prince, he only has a few men under his command!
The Ruan family was impeached by the Censorate again, and all those with official positions were dismissed. Who would bother with these kinds of things now?
It was all the people left behind by the King of Zhao who helped the King of Wu with these things.
On the very first day the case of the privately made dragon robe came to light, weren't all the scholars who talked about it the most in teahouses and taverns on good terms with the Prince of Zhao's family?
They're all swarming in, trying to pin the blame on the Crown Prince!
"That's really true! Those people all seem to be on good terms with the King of Zhao."
The Crown Prince focused on handling state affairs and rarely interacted with the candidates from outside the palace, nor did he host banquets for them.
Those who couldn't get close to the Crown Prince, naturally turned their attention to the King of Zhao.
"Ah, those scholars..."
...
Song Zhimian listened calmly as the wind outside suddenly shifted dramatically.
Princess Yongxin was not in a hurry.
The situation unfolded exactly as Song Zhimin had predicted.
After the prison guards from the Ministry of Justice were all protected, Ruan Xingzhi indeed chose to drag King Zhao into the mess.
"He's really ruthless! He saved the King of Wu by dragging the King of Zhao down with him."
This must be a classic case of "besieging Wei to rescue Zhao"!
"I really didn't realize that Ruan Xingzhi is so loyal to the King of Wu!" Princess Yongxin exclaimed.
Song Zhimian chuckled.
loyalty?
He had no choice but to do it; he was a member of the Ruan family and had no choice but to stay on the Wu King's broken ship.
Given time, if the King of Wu's ship were to sink, he would surely run away faster than anyone else!
"You think this is ruthless already? Princess, Ruan Xingzhi's plans are definitely much more extensive than this," Song Zhimian said with a smile.
Princess Yongxin was taken aback.
What else does he want to do?
Song Zhimian pushed the window of the private room open a little wider so that she could see the people in the hall better.
“Those scholars…enjoy these last few good days!” Song Zhimian said softly.
Princess Yongxin...
"They...would Ruan Xingzhi target them?"
"Why not? When the matter was exposed, King Zhao, in order to cover up the truth and to silence the witnesses, eliminated all the candidates who had falsely accused the crown prince."
Isn't this the best reason?
In that case, wouldn't everyone be even more convinced that King Zhao did these things?
And these next few, don't let their current antics fool you!
Once they leave the gates of Chunbuwan, somewhere no one will be watching, someone will take care of them just the same way.
"Princess, do you know why this is?" Song Zhimian looked at Princess Yongxin.
Princess Yongxin understood the reasoning behind this after a little thought.
"Ruan Xingzhi had them killed so that everyone would believe that these people were killed by the King of Zhao."
Who told them to speak ill of the King of Zhao!
Ruan Xingzhi's move was truly killing two birds with one stone.
Song Zhimian nodded, "That's exactly the point."
If she hadn't known that these people were actually Ruan Xingzhi's men, she would never have imagined that Ruan Xingzhi would do such a thing.
Ruan Xingzhi...
A true viper, in his eyes, will not hesitate to discard anyone who hinders his interests, no matter who they are.
Given time, if the King of Wu becomes incapacitated, he will definitely be the first to leave the King of Wu without hesitation.
"Zhimian, down there...you're not going to save those people, are you?" Princess Yongxin looked at the scholars below, who were talking animatedly, and felt a little disgusted.
Song Zhimian chuckled twice.
"Why should I save them? I don't know them, and they haven't done me any favors!"
Why should I save them?
They were trying to outmaneuver a tiger, hoping to secure a better future for themselves.
This is the path they chose to take; what business is it of ours? Whether they live or die, what does it have to do with us?
Song Zhimian's words made Princess Yongxin feel much better.
The King of Wu was not a good person, Ruan Xingzhi was not a good person either, and those who spoke up for the King of Wu and smeared the Crown Prince were even worse people.
These are all petty people...
"So what's next? Just watch them drag King Zhao down with them?" Princess Yongxin was still a little unwilling.
"They dragged King Zhao into this mess because they thought that King Zhao was currently in a position of great power and that His Majesty was reluctant to punish him."
Regardless of the facts, if His Majesty does not punish the King of Zhao, he will also treat the King of Wu leniently.
But now...
They were the ones who brought down King Zhao.
What if it were discovered at this time that both the King of Zhao and the King of Wu had done something shameful!
That would be great!
Let them have their fun for a couple of days! We can just sit back and watch the show.
"Let's see who has the last laugh in seven days," Song Zhimian said.
Lord Ye said that she only needs seven days.
Since Ruan Xingzhi had shifted the blame to the King of Zhao, it actually made things easier for them.
Let's see how they make this fire burn even brighter over the next two days!
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That very evening, the Ministry of Justice received a report that dozens of scholars had been poisoned and died in a courtyard in the north of the city.
In another house not far from this courtyard, the three scholars who had been chatting eloquently in the teahouse during the day had their throats slit.
The death of thirteen candidates who were to take the imperial examinations the following year sent chills down the spine of the Minister of Justice.
The teahouses and taverns in the capital city were suddenly bustling with excitement again.
Almost everyone is saying that the King of Zhao's men killed the candidates.
It was all to silence them...
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In the palace, Consort Wu smashed countless things.
She couldn't understand why, out of nowhere, everyone had started cursing at King Zhao yesterday!
"Was it you who did this?" Consort Wu stared fiercely at Ruan Ronghua, who was kneeling in front of her.
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