Chapter 758 The controlled court!
"Mother... Queen Mother..." His lips trembled and his voice was as thin as a mosquito.
Qi Jing stepped on the finger of the broken arm without any hesitation. With a little force, the jade ring on the finger shattered.
The inner circle of the ring is engraved with the words "Yongshou", which was a birthday gift given by Emperor Mingde to Concubine Zhong on her 30th birthday.
Qi Jing kicked the ring towards the crying Concubine Zhong, and the broken pieces of jade hit her wide-open mouth.
"Your Highness the Concubine may not know that the will that you've been thinking about so much..." He pulled out a bright yellow silk book from his sleeve and shook it at her.
“Here it is!”
Concubine Zhong spat out the ring with a few "Puh" sounds. The severe pain in her broken arm made her face even more distorted.
But when she saw the familiar handwriting on the silk book, her pupils suddenly contracted: "No... Impossible... The late emperor clearly..."
"Mingming what?" Qi Jing squatted down and tapped her face with the silk book.
"Did he clearly promise to make Qi Ren the crown prince? Or did he clearly tell you by your pillow that he would make you the queen?"
Concubine Zhong suddenly stopped screaming. She stared at Qi Jing's eyes, which were so close to her, and saw her own miserable reflection in them.
A terrible realization appeared on her bloodstained face: "You...you already knew...the will in my hand is a fake..."
Qi Jing stood up with a smile, took out a silk handkerchief embroidered with a dragon pattern, and slowly wiped the blood off his face.
“Not only that, I also know how you used the mandala to confuse the late emperor and how you made him depose me and make your useless son the crown prince.
I also know how you put drugs in the ginseng soup to make the queen and concubines miscarry, and how you smothered Concubine Yuan's sixth prince to death with your own hands..."
As he spoke, he leaned over and whispered in her ear, "And how you and Qi Ren used the hands of the Yigui people to kill the late emperor..."
Concubine Zhong felt like she was struck by lightning. All the secrets buried deep in her heart were now being revealed one by one by Qi Jing in a gentle tone.
"They deserve to die, damn it. My son is the emperor. No one can snatch my son from him..."
She suddenly laughed wildly, and the blood from her broken arm splattered even more violently with her laughter.
Wherever he looked, the ministers lowered their heads.
"Hahaha... Great! Very good, Qi Jing. Do you think you won?"
Her bloodshot eyes swept across the entire court, and Concubine Zhong turned and stared at Qi Jing: "Sooner or later, this day will come for you, I will definitely see it with my own eyes..."
As if his sore spot had been touched, Qi Jing frowned subconsciously, and murderous intent flashed in his eyes.
Xiang Cheng noticed this and kicked Concubine Zhong in the mouth, causing her two front teeth to fly out with blood foam.
Concubine Zhong fell on her back, but was still smiling. Tears of blood flowed from the corners of her eyes, leaving two clear marks on her face.
"Drag him away." Qi Jing waved his hand wearily.
"Don't dirty this throne room!"
When the Black Feather Guards came forward to drag the man away, Concubine Zhong used her remaining left arm to hold on tightly to the gap between the floor tiles, and even when her nails broke, she refused to let go.
When he was dragged out of the hall, five shocking bloodstains were left on the gold brick.
"Qi Jing..." Qi Ren looked at the person on the steps, struggling to get down from the dragon throne and trying to catch Concubine Zhong.
But then he was held down by the Black Feather Guards.
"Someone come quickly, someone come!"
The voice echoed in the Golden Palace, and no one dared to step forward.
"How dare you...you also plot...rebellion..."
Qi Jing sneered and slowly walked down the stairs.
The sound of the boot soles hitting the gold bricks was particularly harsh in the silent hall. He walked up to Qi Ren and suddenly reached out to help him tidy up his messy clothes.
"My dear brother...it is unbecoming of you to attend court like this!"
Qi Ren was stunned, then his expression suddenly changed: "Are you going to force the emperor to abdicate in front of all the ministers?"
"Shh..."
Qi Jing put his index finger to his lips, his eyes were frighteningly cold: "The court officials are watching!"
Qi Ren trembled and looked at the civil and military officials standing in the hall. They stood on both sides with their heads lowered and no one spoke.
The old minister Zhao Ge Lao exchanged glances with the Minister of War and quickly lowered his head.
"My dear ministers!" Qi Ren suddenly struggled, his voice hoarse.
"Qi Jing is plotting a rebellion! Quickly send the Imperial Guards to protect the emperor! Protect the emperor!"
However, the only response he got was deathly silence. Qi Jing chuckled softly, suddenly grabbed Qi Ren by the collar, dragged him up the jade steps, and pressed him roughly onto the dragon throne.
"Your Majesty is tired."
Qi Jing turned to the ministers, and his voice suddenly turned cold: "Today's morning court session will be presided over by this prince."
Concubine Zhong, who had been dragged to the unknown gate, suddenly broke free and rushed towards Qi Jing: "Beast! How dare you..."
In a flash, Xiangcheng sword flashed, and Concubine Zhong's right arm flew out again!
Blood splattered on the official uniforms of several ministers who were closest to him. No one dared to move, but everyone was shaking violently.
"Mother!" Qi Ren screamed like a pig being slaughtered. He wanted to get up but was pushed back by Qi Jing.
Qi Jing turned around slowly and said, "Actually, there is no need to panic, my lords. I asked you all to come here today to uncover an old case."
He clapped his hands, and two black-feathered guards walked into the hall with a hunchbacked old eunuch.
"Li Dequan?" Qi Ren widened his eyes, memories flooded into his mind, and at that moment he almost fell to his knees.
"Haven't you already..."
Li Dequan raised his head, deep hatred bursting out from his cloudy eyes: "I am not dead, which disappoints Your Majesty."
Li Dequan emphasized the word "Your Majesty" very heavily.
"The late emperor did not die because he was brutally murdered by the Yigui people. It was you who killed the late emperor with a long sword that night!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the whole court was in an uproar.
Qi Jing looked at the shocked expressions of the ministers with satisfaction, and took out a blood-stained silk scroll from his sleeve: "This is the blood edict of the late emperor before his death. It clearly states that Qi Ren murdered the emperor and usurped the throne."
The last sentence was like a thunderclap, Qi Ren's face turned pale, but Qi Jing suddenly burst into laughter.
Then, in the shocked gaze of everyone, he took the brocade box from the Black Feather Guard.
The silk book he took out had a pale yellow hue under the candlelight. He gently stroked the dragon pattern on it with his slender fingers, with a smile of confidence on his lips.
"My dear ministers, please read carefully..." He shook his wrist, and the silk book unfolded.
"It is stamped with the Imperial Seal, written by the late emperor himself, passing the throne to the eldest prince Qi Jing, who is this prince!"
"Moreover, I have direct evidence that Qi Ren and his mother poisoned the late emperor, thereby deceiving him into making Qi Ren the crown prince..."
There was a dead silence in the court. Several ministers could not help but take a step forward and squint their dim eyes to try to make out the handwriting.
Qi Ren slumped on the dragon chair, his lips trembling but unable to speak, he could only make "ho ho" panting sounds.
At this moment, a sneer suddenly came from the civil servants' queue.
"That's ridiculous!"
Although the voice was old, it was full of energy. Qi Jing's fingers trembled subconsciously because he recognized the owner of the voice.
I saw Lord Zhao walking out slowly, his snow-white hair and beard shining like silver threads in the morning light.
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