Chapter 197 It's fake
The prince said, "Uncle Xuan, I think you are confused. How could I forge an imperial edict under such circumstances? This imperial edict was personally handed to me by Wu Gonggong, the eunuch who is close to my father. Just call him over and ask him and you will know." As soon as
he finished speaking, the ministers, whose eyes were originally wavering, suddenly felt their hearts sink.
Since it was personally handed to the prince by the late emperor's people, it should not be fake.
Moreover, they saw the imperial edict with their own eyes just now. Whether it was the handwriting or the material of the imperial edict, there was no problem.
It was definitely written by the late emperor.
However, someone beside the prince whispered in his ear, "Your Highness, Wu Gonggong is missing, and the bedroom where the emperor lived yesterday also caught fire."
Hearing this, the prince's eyes suddenly turned cold.
He said angrily to Ling Fengxun: "Uncle Xian, I never thought you were so cruel and ruthless that you would kill people to silence them!"
Ling Fengxun raised his eyebrows slightly, but he did not refute the prince's words.
Instead, he said: "Take out the imperial edict you just wrote and show it to me."
The prince sneered: "Do you think I will be fooled?"
Ling Fengxun narrowed his eyes, and then took out another imperial edict from the case.
This imperial edict was written by the previous emperor and has been placed in the case. It is not an important content, so it doesn't matter if someone sees it.
He opened the imperial edict and placed it on the case.
Then he turned sideways and looked at Lord Yu Shi.
"Come here."
The Yu Shi shuddered slightly, facing the pressure from the regent king, he was obviously a little scared.
He walked forward worriedly, "I wonder what else the prince can say to quibble?"
Ling Fengxun raised the corner of his lips and showed a sneer on his face.
"Come and take a look, is this imperial edict the same as the one in the prince's hand?"
Upon hearing this, Yu Shi walked forward calmly, took a look at the imperial edict and said, "It's exactly the same, the handwriting and the imperial edict are both real."
Ling Fengxun stared at him, with a hint of murderous intent in his eyes.
"Take a closer look."
Yu Shi took another look and gave the same answer.
"Regent King, no matter how many times you look at it, the imperial edict of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is real."
Ling Fengxun raised his lips, "Then dare you guarantee it with your life?"
Yu Shi was stunned, and almost subconsciously looked at the prince.
The prince nodded to him, his eyes determined.
Yu Shi then patted his chest with confidence.
"I guarantee with my life that the decree of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is true!"
Ling Fengxun laughed, quite satisfied with the other party's answer.
Then he walked to his side, put one hand behind his back, and patted his shoulder gently with the other hand.
His voice was very pleasant, steady and measured, "Lord Yu Shi is loyal and willing to sacrifice his life for the Crown Prince. It's really a pity."
Yu Shi listened in a daze.
What a pity? What a pity.
His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is the crown prince, and he is upholding the orthodoxy! His Royal Highness
the Crown Prince said that the decree in his hand is true, so it must be true.
Ling Fengxun asked the Minister of Revenue again.
He had some connections with this Lord Lu. After all, he was the father of Lu Xuan'er, one of the beauties in the palace's beauty pageant.
"Lord Lu, the Minister of Revenue, tell me if you are willing to use your life to guarantee that the prince has the real imperial edict in his hand?"
The pupils of the Minister of Revenue shrank suddenly.
He was still smart. He
didn't respond directly like Yu Shi.
Instead, he whispered, "Your Highness, can you let me take a look at the imperial edict on the table first?"
Ling Fengxun leaned to the side and made a gesture.
"Please."
The Minister of Revenue saw the displeasure on the prince's face and immediately felt sweat on his forehead.
He was really a little scared of this deep-minded regent. He always felt that there was something fishy going on here.
For the sake of his own life, Lord Lu did not answer Ling Fengxun directly. After he asked to see the imperial edict, he immediately came to the side of the case and observed it carefully.
He had seen the imperial edict written by the emperor.
So after seeing the imperial edict that the prince took out, he judged that it was the original.
The emperor's handwriting was very obvious and could be easily recognized.
After reading the imperial edict, he did not see anything unusual.
Obviously, the two imperial edicts were the same in every way.
The pen strokes, the materials of the imperial edicts, were exactly the same, and there was also the seal of the imperial seal .
Wait!
The Minister of Revenue seemed to have noticed something.
He immediately lowered his head to see the position of the seal.
The seal of the imperial seal is very clear and complex. Even the most skilled craftsman would find it difficult to make it exactly the same.
His eyes widened, and he stared at the place where the imperial seal was stamped for a long, long time.
It was so long that the prince was getting impatient.
"Lord Lu, I wonder if you can see anything strange?"
The face of the Minister of Revenue was completely pale.
He had seen the imperial edict before, so he naturally remembered some details. At first, he didn't pay attention, but after a secret comparison in his mind, the Minister of Revenue found a problem.
That is, there are some slight differences between the imperial seal used by the prince and the original imperial edict he saw now.
The difference is not very obvious, and few people pay attention to this position. Everyone focuses on the handwriting, so some problems are ignored.
Now that he remembered, he also noticed something strange. Looking at Ling Fengxun's calm and composed appearance, he suddenly realized that
they had fallen into a trap!
"Your Highness!"
After Lord Lu discovered the truth, he immediately turned to look at the Crown Prince.
He was loyal to the Crown Prince and wanted to tell him the secret immediately.
But Ling Fengxun blocked him and prevented him from getting close to the Crown Prince.
"Regent, what are you doing? Get out of the way!"
Ling Fengxun's eyes were cold, blocking the other party's way, narrowing his eyes and asking again: "You can pass in front of me, but please tell me now whether you want to guarantee the Crown Prince with your life?" Lord
Lu's face was pale.
His pupils trembled violently, looking at the faint smile on the corner of Ling Fengxun's mouth in front of him, a strong sense of fear emerged in his mind.
His teeth chattered: "Your humble servant, your humble servant."
The prince shouted angrily: "Lord Lu, what are you still hesitating about? Tell Uncle Huang, so that he can give up sooner!"
His imperial edict was originally real, how could it be fake?
At first, he was even worried that the imperial edict would fall into the hands of others, and then he would be finished. As a result, the person who is finished now should be Ling Fengxun!
Lord Lu's mouth trembled, and he lowered his head and did not dare to look into the eyes of the prince.
Now no matter what he said, he was afraid that he would not survive
. His heart had fallen to the bottom, and Lord Lu's eyes were full of despair, but in order to survive, he still spoke: "Your humble servant is sure that the imperial edict in the hands of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is fake!"