Upon hearing this, the Minister of the Court of Judicial Review immediately became tense: "What did Your Highness say?"
Sun Zhao went to his house early this morning and woke him up.
He was filled with righteous indignation, saying that the Fourth Prince had detained fifty disciples of the Huashan Sect without cause, and asked him to come and uphold justice.
But now, the prince is injured like this, and it is said that Sun Zhao sent someone to assassinate him.
The Chief Justice of the Court of Judicial Review couldn't immediately determine right from wrong, so he took a deep breath and decisively helped Si Jin to sit down in a chair.
The prince is, after all, the emperor's own son; we must not let him get hurt under any circumstances.
Si Jin sat back in her chair for a moment before she could catch her breath.
He repeated what he had just said: "I say that I want to sue Sun Zhao, the Minister of Revenue, for premeditated assassination."
Sun Zhao's eyes changed, and his face was full of profanities.
However, considering Si Jin's status as a prince, he didn't dare to curse him out directly.
Instead, he placed his hand to his lips, coughed lightly, and reminded the Minister of the Court of Judicial Review.
The Minister of the Court of Judicial Review turned his head, looked at Sun Zhao, whose face was dark with anger, and asked, "Your Highness, but Minister Sun said that those fifty disciples of the Huashan Sect were out playing at night and were detained by you without cause..."
"Nonsense!" Si Jin picked up the teacup on the table and smashed it on Sun Zhao, soaking his newly made brocade clothes. She then began to recount the "truth" in a fragile yet indignant manner.
“Yesterday, those Huashan Sect disciples failed to kill me and were imprisoned in the Prince’s Mansion’s secret dungeon by Ning Jue. Then, they actually used their status to threaten Ning Jue. Ning Jue, considering the prestige of the Huashan Sect, released them.”
"But they don't know what's good for them and tried to assassinate me again. Not only did they injure me, but they also tried to steal the credit for assassinating me!"
"And the result? Dozens of people fought to the death for the credit, and in the end, only one thin, small person survived..."
As he spoke, he ordered Ning Jue and Beitang Linyuan, who were guarding outside, to bring the person up.
The young assassin knelt down, trembling, and subconsciously glanced at Sun Zhao.
As Sun Zhao patted the still-steaming tea stains off his clothes, he glanced at the little assassin.
He had trained all these people, and he knew their personalities better than anyone.
They helped him eliminate more than a dozen political enemies in the court, carrying out their missions without hesitation.
Despite being arrested, he was able to escape unscathed because of his status.
How could they suddenly turn on each other to steal credit?
Sun Zhao thought: Ning Sijin must have killed someone and deliberately lied, wanting to keep this little assassin as a false witness to overturn the truth.
But Ning Sijin was thinking too simply; he was the senior disciple of the Huashan Sect!
If he says one thing, would the disciple dare to disobey?
Sun Zhao lowered his head and mouthed the order to the little assassin to "take down Ning Sijin".
The little assassin was deathly pale, already writhing in pain.
Although he hesitated upon seeing Sun Zhao, he desired the antidote in Beitang Linyuan's possession even more.
This is worse than death, it's unbearable!
With difficulty, he looked away from Sun Zhao and knelt before the Minister of the Court of Judicial Review: "Your Excellency! Minister Sun harbors resentment because the Prince sent his son Sun Hong to the Court of Judicial Review. Therefore, he sent us to assassinate him and warned us that we could act recklessly because of our status!"
"Please, Your Excellency, investigate this matter thoroughly!"
Upon hearing this, Sun Zhao's expression immediately froze.
What is this??
The young disciple he trained ignored his instructions and turned around to speak up for Ning Sijin!
Once he opens his mouth, how can he possibly clear his name?
The Minister of the Court of Judicial Review's expression immediately changed: "Minister Sun, Sun Hong has been arrested more than once or twice for frequenting brothels. He should have been dismissed from office long ago, but you have promoted him time and time again. Now you're blaming the Prince?!"
"His Highness has always been upright; how could he possibly lead your son to such a place?!"
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