Chapter 151 Do you dare?
Yang Zhengtong raised his head with difficulty, glanced at the King of Wu, and gave him a disdainful look.
Upon seeing this, the Right Vice Minister of the Ministry of Justice immediately went up to kick Yang Zhengtong.
"Still acting arrogantly here? Do they think this is the Crown Prince's residence or the Eastern Palace?"
King Wu, however, grabbed Yang Zhengtong.
"Why bother with a dying, blindly loyal man?"
Yang Zhengtong looked at the King of Wu and snorted coldly again.
"Like grasshoppers in autumn, how much longer can you keep hopping around?"
Upon hearing this, the Right Vice Minister of the Ministry of Justice immediately kicked Yang Zhengtong, and the kick landed squarely on Yang's wound.
Yang Zhengtong immediately broke out in a cold sweat from the pain, but no matter how much it hurt, he gritted his teeth and endured it.
What the King of Wu loved most was seeing people in extreme pain but unable to utter a sound.
Seeing Yang Zhengtong like this, the King of Wu squatted down.
"Yang Zhanshi, don't hold a grudge against me. It's just that the rumors outside are unpleasant!"
Making dragon robes without permission is a crime of treason. Even if you are the Grand Tutor of the Crown Prince's Palace, you will still be punished if you are implicated in this case.
I know what you're thinking.
At worst, I could just die, but is it worth it?
You still have a wife and children, and your mother is still alive. If you were to…” King Wu did not finish his sentence, but looked at Yang Zhengtong.
He had just noticed a hint of pain in Yang Zhengtong's eyes when he spoke of his elderly mother...
The King of Wu quickly figured out what was going on.
When Yang Zhengtong was young, his father died early, and his relatives drove the orphan and widow out of their original house and seized their property.
After Yang Zhengtong's mother left home, she went to the yamen (government office) to register a female household and changed Yang Zhengtong's surname to her own.
Later, Yang Zhengtong's mother entered the Crown Prince's villa with her excellent cooking skills, and she also brought Yang Zhengtong with her.
When the Crown Prince was young, he was in poor health, and the Empress often took him to stay at the Crown Prince's villa, which is how she became acquainted with Yang Zhengtong.
And then...
Grandma Yang can be said to have raised Yang Zhengtong to adulthood.
Now that this has happened, Yang Zhengtong might resent his wife. If it weren't for his brother-in-law, he wouldn't be in this predicament.
But right now, what Yang Zhengtong misses most is his elderly mother.
Yang Zhengtong was famously filial...
A thought flashed through the King of Wu's mind: perhaps...
"Yang Zhengtong, I know you don't have the guts to do this yourself."
Who instructed you to do this? If you tell me, I will immediately submit a memorial to the Emperor, though it will not save you from the death penalty.
"But as for your mother... I can take care of her." King Wu lowered his voice.
Yang Zhengtong didn't speak, he just looked at the King of Wu.
What? You don't believe me?
I know that you are prepared to die.
But have you ever thought that if you die, the charge of treason will weigh heavily on your head?
Now that things have come to this, I will not hide it from you: the Crown Prince is not going to fall from power.
The Emperor doted on this eldest son, so even if he knew the Crown Prince was responsible, he couldn't punish him.
However, someone has to take the blame for making dragon robes in public.
Are you content to be this kind of person?
Most importantly, even if you die, you will die with the charge of treason.
Needless to say, your wife and children will definitely be demoted to commoners and will never be able to hold office again.
What about your mother? Your mother will become the mother of a traitor, and she will never be able to hold her head high again.
The person you want to protect may have told you that they will protect your mother.
But even if they manage to keep it, what then? Aren't they still traitors and rebels?
Yang Zhengtong, are you worth it?
If you reveal the person who ordered you to do the thing, that person will take the blame, and your crime will be lighter.
Perhaps, because that person is of high status, this matter can be resolved peacefully!
You wouldn't have to die then; at most, you'd just be a commoner.
But at least you won't have to bear the charge of treason anymore, and you can still take good care of your mother, right?
"Think about it carefully, isn't this the truth?" King Wu slowly advised.
Yang Zhengtong listened to every word the King of Wu said.
After saying all this, King Wu stood up and looked down at Yang Zhengtong.
"I've already made myself clear to you! Whether you can seize the opportunity is up to you."
Think about it carefully!
If possible, I will come to see you off on your final journey tomorrow morning; that will be your chance.
If that doesn't work... I'll let you choose a comfortable way to die, considering your filial piety.
Anyway, I already anticipated how this would end up.
After the King of Wu finished speaking, he turned to leave.
"Wait a minute!" Yang Zhengtong suddenly spoke up.
King Wu was overjoyed and immediately turned to look at Yang Zhengtong, who was still lying on the ground.
"What? Have you figured it out?" King Wu looked at Yang Zhengtong.
Yang Zhengtong stared intently at the King of Wu.
"If I tell you, would you dare to arrest me?"
The King of Wu chuckled.
"Yang Zhengtong, don't forget that I am a first-rank prince personally appointed by His Majesty. With such a big incident in the capital, I must submit a memorial to my father."
Let me tell you the truth!
In the capital, besides the Crown Prince and those few old men, who is there that I cannot arrest?
I was sent to the Ministry of Justice on a mission ordered by my father, the Emperor.
Tell me, who is there that I cannot arrest!
You don't mean to say it's the crown prince, do you?
"I cannot arrest the Crown Prince, but you must write a confession, and I will send it along with the memorial to the Emperor." The King of Wu remained relaxed.
Yang Zhengtong stared intently at the King of Wu.
"I don't trust you!"
“It’s alright, I can invite Minister Ye and Vice Minister Zuo as well. You can wait for them to arrive and talk to them; it will be the same,” King Wu said immediately.
Yang Zhengtong nodded.
"Alright, then please invite Minister Ye and Vice Minister Zuo!"
...
The King of Wu immediately sent someone to invite Minister Ye and the Left Vice Minister.
The Left Vice Minister arrived very quickly.
Minister Ye was summoned by Prime Minister Lin and has not returned home yet...
After waiting patiently for a while, the King of Wu looked at Yang Zhengtong again.
“Yang Zhengtong, look… Minister Ye is busy right now, and Vice Minister Zuo is here. No matter what you say, Vice Minister Zuo will definitely tell Minister Ye.”
or……"
Yang Zhengtong thought for a moment and then slowly nodded.
The King of Wu and the two vice ministers of the Ministry of Justice immediately perked up their ears.
"Your Highness, the person who ordered me to do this was... Lord Shangguan!"
"So? Do you dare to arrest them? Do you dare to interrogate that old man?" Yang Zhengtong said with a relaxed expression.
King of Wu...
He never expected that the person Yang Zhengtong vomited up was Lord Shangguan.
His original idea was to let Yang Zhengtong implicate anyone of high status, so that the matter could be blown out of proportion...
Now……
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