Chapter 385 The Emperor's Angry
The people from the Jade Appraisal Bureau didn't dare to say a word and checked it twice more.
The same result occurred three times in a row. The eunuch in charge knelt on the ground with shaking legs.
Emperor Mingpei sneered, "Really, really... this is outrageous!! Absurd!! Who can tell me what is going on?!"
The fake prince finally realized something was wrong, and he knelt on the ground with shaking legs, and cried with his mouth wide open: "Father, what is going on? I really don't know anything! I didn't do anything!!"
The key point is that he cried in the way a child would cry, sitting on the ground with legs crossed!! He still couldn’t find the point until this time, and he shirked responsibility first!! Emperor Mingpei was disgusted! He was shaking with disgust, and even wanted to tear down this hall and rebuild it!! He said directly: "Drag it away! Drag it away! Drag it away!! Hurry up and drag this disgusting thing away for me!"
The imperial guards had already rushed up and covered his mouth. The fake prince stared anxiously and struggled desperately, but the man simply knocked him out with a palm.
It took four imperial guards to carry away such a huge mountain of flesh! !
Emperor Mingpei gritted his teeth, calmed down, and then asked: "Who can tell me what is going on?"
His eyes swept across the faces of several princes one by one, and he said, "We are father and son, this is the last chance I will give you!! I remind you, Tang Erhe!!"
These words were extremely harsh.
It was obvious that if they didn't say it, they would no longer be father and son. What did it mean to no longer be father and son? The best they could do was to be adopted into the royal family, and even being demoted to a commoner was not surprising! !
Among them, the third prince is twenty-three this year, the fifth prince is seventeen, the sixth prince is fifteen, the eighth prince is thirteen, and the ninth prince is only eight years old.
Among them, only two, three, and five others had done the job, but the fifth prince's Yue family did not have such great ability, so the person who could have done this could only be the second or third prince.
But the unfortunate second prince really knew nothing!
The third prince was so frightened that his face turned pale, but he didn't say anything.
Of course, Emperor Mingpei didn't expect him to say anything. After all, he still had to go back and "ask for instructions" from Duke Qing! The reason why he gave him this chance was to make him regret it in the future! Emperor Mingpei waited for half a quarter of an hour before sneering, "Get out! Everyone is under house arrest. No one is allowed to leave without an imperial decree! Anyone who violates the rules will be removed from the Jade Plate!"
Everyone was trembling all over.
Emperor Mingpei turned away, and everyone looked at each other and left silently.
A quarter of an hour later, a team of imperial guards left the capital on horseback and headed for Jiangyou Province.
Another night later, Emperor Mingpei summoned the princes and courtiers again, and also summoned the "bedridden" Duke Qing.
In just half a month, the powerful Duke Qing was deserted by his friends and family and turned into a psychotic patient.
His eyes were red, his face was sallow, he looked extremely tired, and his hair was almost completely white. He was completely different from the general who walked like a dragon and a tiger.
When Emperor Mingpei saw him coming, he just said, "I heard that you have nightmares every night. Is this true?"
Duke Qing had a splitting headache and was still struggling to survive. He forced a smile and said, "Your Majesty, I am only suffering from a minor illness. How dare I trouble Your Majesty to worry about me?"
Emperor Mingpei said: "I don't know what nightmare you had that made you keep yelling, 'The old Zhu family doesn't have nine clans to be killed, and those who are afraid of you are not heroes'?"
Duke Qing's face changed drastically at that moment.
As I said, when a person has a nightmare, he will definitely dream about what he fears the most. If he doesn't dream about it today, he will dream about it tomorrow. What is he most afraid of? Even if the prince's affair was not exposed before, it was exposed after yesterday!
Emperor Mingpei raised his hand, and an old servant was brought up. Someone actually recognized him. He was indeed the attendant of Duke Qing.
Emperor Mingpei said: "Speak!"
The servant said tremblingly: "Your servant... Your servant was on guard at night. The Duke had nightmares again and again, and he often cried out, sometimes saying, 'Your Majesty, please spare me! Your Majesty, please spare me!' Sometimes he said, 'If a man does not take care of himself, he will be punished by heaven and earth', and he would also say, 'I have shown mercy by not killing him', and 'The Zhu family does not have nine clans to be killed, so if you are afraid of you, you are not a good man'"
Duke Qing's eyes were as big as copper bells, and it seemed as if fire was about to burst from his eyes.
If he was calm, he would never dare to act rashly, but he hadn't slept much for more than half a month, and he was almost going crazy. He rushed forward and grabbed the servant's neck: "How dare you betray me! How dare you betray me!!"
What he said was how dare you betray me, not how dare you frame me.
All the ministers who heard this were secretly horrified.
Even the elder was shocked.
There is no way that Duke Qing would risk having his entire clan executed just to cooperate in the play, so, is there really a divine man in golden armor?
Someone had already rushed in to grab him. Duke Qing struggled desperately, waving his hands around, really like a madman.
The third prince knelt down hurriedly and said, "Father, grandpa is sick and confused, talking nonsense! He is hysterical! "
He crawled on his knees and wanted to hug him: "Grandpa, Grandpa, wake up! Father will find out everything..."
Before he could finish his sentence, Duke Qing kicked out, catching the Third Prince off guard. He was kicked several steps away and sat on the ground, unable to get up for a while due to the pain.
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Duke Qing paused, forced himself to speak, and said, "Your Highness?"
He shook his head vigorously, his eyes glued together: "Your Highness, are you okay?"
At this moment, someone outside suddenly said, "Empress Zhu wants to see you."
Emperor Mingpei said angrily: "What is she doing here!!"
The young eunuch said, "The queen said she wanted to talk about Duke Qing..."
Emperor Mingpei frowned, and after a long while he said, "Announce."
After a while, a woman in palace dress walked in slowly.
In fact, many court officials had met Concubine Zhu. After all, there was no queen in the harem, and the imperial concubine often had to represent the queen.
But every time I see her, I still feel amazed. Concubine Zhu is over 50 years old. Anyone else would have been an old woman at this age. However, although Concubine Zhu can still see the fine lines at the corners of her eyes, her features are still beautiful and charming. Even though she looks haggard now, she is still the most beautiful among all the beauties.
Emperor Mingpei only said: "Are you going to...kill your relatives for the sake of justice?"
“Your Majesty!” Concubine Zhu knelt down and cried, “I know my father’s crime is unforgivable. I only ask that he leave his body intact…”
The servant from the Duke of Qing's mansion suddenly said, "Miss! The Duke forced you to do this! I know it was all the Duke who forced you to do this!!"
Concubine Zhu shook her head sadly: "As a child, how can we blame our father?"
As she said this, she kowtowed, and then she explained the crimes of Duke Qing in a very mournful and clear manner... including but not limited to, the Tang Erhe incident, the Li Guanjia incident, Lord X, General X...
Of course, this Concubine Zhu was pretended to be Hao Huashi.
He finally got his wish and met the legendary beauty who brought disaster.
His comment was "This is the most time-consuming mask I have ever made! It took me three hours!!"
Anyway, even Emperor Mingpei knew it was him, but couldn't find any flaws. The Third Prince was completely dumbfounded and had no idea what to do. Duke Qing didn't even react at all. Everyone took a closer look... and found that he had fallen asleep again.
(End of this chapter)