Chapter 673: The Deposed Princess Strikes Back at the Female General 120
Commander Luo wants to curse!
Being a official is already annoying, and now I have to deal with such an emperor!
If the emperor had not transferred the Northern Border Army away, the Temple of Heaven would have been impregnable and the assassin would not have been able to get in at all. The assassin must have sneaked in during the handover between the two sides.
The emperor was assassinated. Doesn't he have any responsibility at all?
Commander Luo stood up expressionlessly, "I accept your order. Thank you, Your Majesty, for your grace."
The assassin was dead, and King Rui breathed a sigh of relief. Although there were some minor flaws, they did not affect the overall situation. Dead people were the safest.
He stepped forward and kicked the assassin hard, angrily saying, "He deserves to die! He died so easily, it's too easy for such a villain. He dared to assassinate my father, he should be tortured by the Ministry of Justice."
"Don't think that just because someone is dead, I won't be able to find the mastermind behind this."
Prince Rui's gaze fell on Yuwen Yi, suggesting that Prince Yi was the murderer.
Yuwen Yi remained unmoved and said calmly: "Then let the Ministry of Justice examine the body and find out where the poison came from. Find out where the sleeve arrow came from, and there will naturally be clues."
King Rui said, "Why bother? The identity of the assassin is already clear. I have seen the list of the delegation. She is Igor's daughter, the princess of the Qiner tribe. She assassinated the emperor because the Qiner tribe had evil ambitions and wanted to plunge Chen into chaos. They wanted to unite the twenty-eight tribes and take the opportunity to attack the Central Plains!"
Igor had been escorted out by the Imperial Guards and was forced to kneel on the ground.
He could not understand why his daughter wanted to assassinate the emperor. His eyes were red and he had not yet recovered from the grief of losing his daughter. Ina was the apple of his eye, and she died after coming to the capital. How could he accept this?
"No way! Ina is the most gentle girl in Qiner Grassland. She doesn't even dare to kill a chicken. She must be possessed by evil spirits! Someone has used evil magic to control my Ina. Who on earth wants to harm my Ina, my Ina..."
In his grief, Igor spoke his native language, which no one could understand.
Among the envoys of the Qiner tribe, there was one who could speak the Chen language and immediately said, "Your Majesty, calm down! This is simply nonsense!"
"Our Qiner tribe is indeed the largest tribe on the Qiner grassland, but other tribes do not listen to us, and there is also the Wujin Kingdom between the Qiner grassland and the Chen Kingdom. How can we invade the Central Plains?"
"If we talk about sending troops to the Central Plains, the Wujin Kingdom has the best timing and location. When Yamud attacked Jiayuguan, the Qiner tribe did not follow him, which shows that we yearn for peace."
Igor first suspected Wujin Kingdom. He said in Chen language: "It must be you! It's you who killed my Ina! You want to use Emperor Chen's hand to weaken the power of the twenty-eight tribes. You want to annex Qiner Grassland!"
"What kind of evil magic did you use? You are even more sinister and vicious than your brother. I will fight you to the death for my daughter's murder!"
Igor rushed towards King Wu Jin, but was pinned to the ground by the Royal Guards. He had no weapon, and the Royal Guards were well-equipped. With a knife at his neck, he could not break free and could only curse at King Wu Jin.
King Wu Jin was particularly calm. He had already made all necessary precautions to ensure that the cunning Chen people would not take advantage of any loopholes. It was all Igor's own fault that he was stupid and didn't even know that his daughter had been replaced. How stupid!
"Your Majesty, I didn't do anything. He is slandering me! The things that happened in the Twenty-Eight Departments have nothing to do with me."
King Wu Jin had nothing to do with the matter, but the twenty-eight tribes were arguing with each other, fearing that they would be implicated by Igor.
There was a lot of chattering in the hall, with various languages mixed together, making it as lively as a vegetable market.
King Rui couldn't help but smile. He only needed to use a little trick to easily break up the alliance of the northern countries.
Of course, this is not enough. He doesn't take these small countries seriously at all. His goal is to kill Yuwen Yi!
"Enough!" The emperor slammed the table in anger and shouted, "How can you make noise in the palace? I will decide who is right and who is wrong!"
Under the swords of the Royal Guards, the hall soon became quiet.
Yuwen Yi said the same thing, "There are doubts about this matter. Please ask your father to order someone to perform an autopsy."
The Minister of Justice is already eager to try. Whenever he sees a case, he wants to investigate it. It has become an occupational disease.
Prince Rui was confident and said loudly, "Father, there is no need to perform an autopsy. I have already found out everything."
"A northern tribe certainly doesn't have the ability to attack the territory of Chen State, but what if they have internal support? If something happens to my father, they can join forces from inside and outside, enter from Jiayu Pass, drive all the way into the country, and divide up the territory of Chen State as easily as taking something out of a sack!"
Igor looked confused. "What are you talking about? We never thought about fighting."
Prince Rui pulled off the sachet from Igor's waist and said, "It doesn't matter if you don't admit it. This is physical evidence!"
Igor said angrily: "What nonsense are you talking about? It's just a sachet, why do you want to start a war?"
Prince Rui presented the sachet to the emperor, "Father, take a closer look. Does it look familiar to you? I couldn't believe it when I saw it, but it is indeed the embroidery of Concubine Jiang, and the silk used is also from the palace's weaving department. Now I understand why they took the risk to assassinate you, father."
The emperor was wearing the sachet given by Concubine Jiang, with apricot flowers embroidered on it, which looked exactly the same at first glance.
The only difference is that the silk given to the emperor was made of golden dragon silk, while the silk given to Igor was made of ordinary silk.
The emperor swept the two sachets to the ground, slammed the table, and stood up, furious.
"Come here, capture Concubine Jiang and Yuwen Yi! I have treated you well, making you kings and consorts, and this is how you repay me?"
"You have colluded with foreign enemies to assassinate me. Will you start a rebellion next, kill your father and brother, and seize my throne?"
The emperor had been suspicious of Prince Yi for more than a day or two. This sachet was like a spark that ignited all the suspicion and uneasiness in the emperor's heart.
When the emperor was angry, the officials in the hall knelt on the ground and shouted together, "Your Majesty, please calm down."
The Minister of Justice also knelt down. He had wanted to check the body, but he had to put it off for the time being.
The queen lifted her skirt, knelt down and began to plead for mercy. She was the queen and the mother of all the princes. No matter who made a mistake, she should plead for mercy. It would be fake to say nothing.
"Your Majesty, please have mercy. It's just a sachet. It's not enough to convict him. Prince Yi is a prince, and Concubine Jiang is the head of a palace. It's really inappropriate to convict him so rashly."
Prince Rui knew that the Queen would plead for mercy. He could not let the Emperor calm down and think carefully, so he continued to add fuel to the fire:
"I think what the Queen said makes sense. The matter of treason is another matter, but it is a fact that Concubine Jiang and Igor are having an affair."
"They had a love affair when they were in Jiangnan. When they met again after a long separation, they couldn't help but give each other a sachet. When Concubine Jiang entered the palace, she was already pregnant. Father did favor Concubine Jiang in Jiangnan, but after all, she was not favored in the palace. There were no palace rules to control her, and there was no record in the history books. Therefore, the identity of the eighth prince is indeed questionable."
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