"I understand. What you mean is that even if your men touched the Regent, it was your order, but so what? If you knew that person was the Regent, you wouldn't have let them do it. But they did it, and it was really their blindness that made them lose their sense of justice. You can't blame them, right?"
Ni Yueshan's gaze fell on Miao Li, with a cold and sarcastic look in his eyes.
Miao Li clenched his fists, looking down on Ni Yueshan's condescending attitude. He gritted his teeth and said, "Yes! Yes!"
Miao Qinghua frowned and coughed, signaling Miao Li not to talk nonsense. Miao Li heard Miao Qinghua's signal and said nothing.
At this time, Kang Xueyi's eyes fell on another man: "What did you see and hear that day? Tell me!"
"Reporting to the Lord, I was on the other side that day, so I saw everything downstairs clearly..."
As he spoke, he secretly glanced at Miao Li. Miao Li looked fierce and fierce, as if he wanted to eat someone. Then he looked at Ni Yueshan. Although his aura was cold, he didn't look like he wanted to eat anyone.
He swallowed and continued, "I saw it with my own eyes. When General Miao passed by the Regent, he struck him with a palm... and then the Regent's face changed! Before he could even walk out the door, the Regent fainted!"
Miao Li could never have imagined that someone would dare to slander him like this. He immediately said angrily, "You're talking nonsense! Who gave you the courage to slander this general? Believe it or not, this general will twist your head off!"
Kang Xueyi looked at Miao Li awkwardly. He wanted to clap the gavel in his hand to ask for silence, but Miao Qinghua was there, so he finally held back.
The man who had just spoken backed away in fear: "Everything I said is true. I dare not lie!"
Then he looked at Kang Xueyi and asked for help: "Sir, please be more discerning!"
As he said this, he kowtowed heavily with a look of extreme panic.
Ni Yueshan just watched quietly from the side without saying a word. She was surprised that this person spoke for Jing Yuchen.
Miao Qinghua's face also turned gloomy. Miao Li was about to be acquitted, so why was this guy so troublesome?
She asked coldly, "If you saw General Miao strike the Regent with your own eyes, why didn't the Regent scream in pain and was still flirting with the princess?"
The man looked puzzled. "I only reported what I saw with my own eyes. As for the sound, I was too far away to hear it clearly. But the gesture was unmistakable. He definitely struck out with a palm as he passed by the Regent!"
Hearing his affirmative tone, Miao Qinghua's face darkened, while Miao Li angrily said, "How could you slander me like this? What benefits did the Prince Regent's Palace give you? I, Miao Li, can give you ten times as much!"
As he said this, he was about to pounce forward and tear the man in front of him to pieces.
Ni Yueshan frowned and said, "General Miao, when no one accused you of wounding anyone, you kept quiet. But when someone did, you started to speak out like this. If I weren't here right now, I'm afraid you would have torn this innocent passerby to pieces, right?"
"You are so arrogant and lawless, trying to intimidate witnesses. Your subordinates are also innocent, but you have used them as scapegoats. How can you lead troops in battle with your character?" Ni Yueshan said, looking at Kang Xueyi: "Sir, I suggest that someone gag him to prevent him from making any more threats and affecting the witnesses' testimony."
Kang Xueyi looked at Miao Qinghua somewhat awkwardly. He didn't dare to give this order in front of Miao Qinghua. "Get out!"
Ni Yueshan raised her lips and said, "Queen Dowager, don't you think Miao Li has been hindering the normal progress of the trial? Only when he is quiet can the Minister of the Temple properly try the case!"
Miao Qinghua just felt a headache. Miao Li’s temper was indeed too impulsive!
"There's no need to gag!" she said, looking at Miao Li: "From now on, you are not allowed to speak unless asked!"
Miao Li felt aggrieved, but he finally endured it and said honestly, "Yes."
Miao Qinghua finally revealed a satisfied expression. She looked at the man kneeling on the ground and said, "You said you saw him injuring the Regent with your own eyes. Is that true?"
Miao Qinghua had a gloomy face and looked very stern. Moreover, from the words spoken by the witnesses during the trial, it was not difficult to hear that Miao Qinghua was 100% on Miao Li's side.
But he remained firm and said, "Yes, I'm not lying. It was definitely him who did it!"
Miao Li wanted to roar again, but Miao Qinghua glared at him.
Miao Li was extremely angry and knelt down obediently.
Miao Qinghua looked at Ni Yueshan this time and questioned, "Princess, I wonder if you, who were so close, saw with your own eyes that General Miao personally injured the Regent?"
Ni Yueshan chuckled, "If I had seen it with my own eyes, I would have chased Miao Li and beaten him up. Miao Li was passing by at the time, but I didn't look at the prince and Miao Li. I was simply watching the people coming down from the upstairs. That's why I shouted in surprise when the prince fainted..."
"So from the beginning to the end, I, who stood beside the prince, never once accused General Miao Li of injuring the prince. I witnessed it with my own eyes!" Ni Yueshan said, his eyes shifting to focus on Miao Li. "Now that there's evidence, I believe General Miao is convinced."
Miao Li was naturally not convinced. He glanced at Miao Qinghua, whose face was gloomy. Now that there was someone who served as a favorable witness, how would she defend Miao Li?
The atmosphere was quiet for a moment when a voice rang out from outside the door: "It's so lively here!"
The people present looked outside and saw the person coming. He was wearing a blue shirt and holding a tooth pick in his mouth. As he walked slowly, he looked quite nonchalant and dandy.
"Prince?" Kang Xueyi stood up in surprise and called out.
Shao Lecheng just smiled lightly: "Master Temple Minister, there is no need to be so polite. I am here as a witness!"
Hearing this, Kang Xueyi looked at him in surprise. As a witness?
No one invited Shao Lecheng as a witness, right?
Under the strange gazes of the people present, Shao Lecheng bowed respectfully in the direction of Miao Qinghua, and then said, "Greetings to the Queen Mother!"
Miao Qinghua looked at him intently, asking curiously, "Why do you claim to be a witness?"
Shao Lecheng took the tooth pick in his hand and explained with a smile: "Because I happened to be having dinner at that restaurant that day!"
With just one sentence, everyone present suddenly understood. So that's how it was...
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