Chapter 109 Song Family Crimes

The daughters of these two men are in the emperor's harem, and it is not necessarily that they framed him for favor.

So, having a father who is too wise and powerful is not a good thing. Prime Minister Song has not yet reacted. It is not Jiang Yankun and Jiang Hewei who want him dead, but the emperor.

"There are witnesses and evidences. Even those officials who have been imprisoned have confessed that it was the Song family who instructed them to do evil. Do you still dare to quibble?"

Emperor Xuanwu said this very skillfully. He did not say that it was Prime Minister Song who instructed them, let alone Prime Minister Song.

Anyway, in the end, whether Prime Minister Song took the blame on himself in order to clear the Song family, or Prime Minister Song sacrificed himself to save his son, the emperor made a fortune.

In fact, the person Emperor Xuanwu wanted to deal with most was not his son, but his father.

Song Jiangming is just an obedient puppet under the training of Prime Minister Song. He can become the prime minister of this dynasty because he has a good father.

Although he has no great talent, he has no ambition. He does whatever Prime Minister Song says. He is gentle and obedient, so he can sit firmly on the position of prime minister for decades.

As long as Prime Minister Song falls, the Song family has nothing to fear.

Song Jiangming really doesn't understand. Obviously, what his father did was very covert. How did Jiang Yankun and Jiang Hewei find out?

He looked at Jiang Yanxi, who was huddled in the corner, with resentful eyes. It was all because of this nosy person. If he hadn't reported the corruption of the prefect of Qinzhou, how could the emperor follow the clues and find out the Song family?

Jiang Yanxi still felt that he was wronged!

He had just accidentally discovered that the prefect was secretly buying and selling places in the summer palace. He thought that after reporting it to the court, he might be rewarded by the superiors. In this way, he would be able to make great contributions and it would be easier for him to be promoted in the future.

He used some caution and mixed the report letter with the letter that the prefect was sending to the capital. It was also his luck. The servant of the Song family who was sorting the letters was not feeling well that day, and he was so dizzy that he mistook the report letter as a "recommendation letter."

There were two ways to become an official in the Great Yan Dynasty, one was the imperial examination, which was a long and arduous task, and the other was a shortcut recommended by ministers of civil and military affairs of fourth rank and above.

The servants of the Song family directly regarded the report letter as a recommendation letter and compiled it into a memorial to the emperor.

The emperor was very diligent in handling government affairs. Chengqian Palace and Yu's study were both his offices. In both places, eunuchs and palace maids arranged by Wang Dequan sorted out the documents that the emperor had to read every day.

As soon as the report appeared, the eunuch reported it to Wang Dequan. Wang Dequan did not dare to delay and immediately presented it to the emperor.

This led to a series of charges against the Song family, such as corruption, selling official positions, and murder, which shocked the entire Great Yan Dynasty.

On the way to the capital, Jiang Yanxi encountered several rounds of assassination. Fortunately, the emperor knew that the matter was of great importance and arranged dozens of masters and secret guards to escort him, which saved him from death.

But he did not believe that the emperor would deal with the Song family. He was afraid that he would encounter the poisonous hands of Concubine Li as soon as he entered the palace, so he proposed to go to his cousin's house to sort it out first.

The emperor saw that he was going to the Jiang family and knew what he was worried about, so he used Jiang Xinyue's mouth to promise that as long as he testified to frame... no... to tell all the things that the emperor knew the Song family had done. If

there is no evidence, they can fabricate evidence. If there are no witnesses, they can coerce and bribe to turn criminals into tainted witnesses and accuse the Song family of crimes.

Aren't there both human and material evidence now?

When Song Jiangming was taken to the prison of the Dali Temple, Prime Minister Song was still convening all the people of the Song family to hold a family meeting.

Everyone was persuading him to abandon his son and to consider the overall situation. He should not destroy the Song family's huge foundation because of a descendant.

However, he only has Song Jiangming as his own son, and the other descendants are all clan members in the clan, and their blood relationship with him is weak.

Those people kept asking him to give up his own son for the sake of his family, but when he proposed to use any of their bastards to take the blame, they all refused with high-sounding reasons.

"Our Sheng'er is just a bastard from a side branch. You let him take the blame. Even I don't believe it. Don't you think the emperor is a fool?"

"Our useless one can't do that either! He is a seventh-rank official. How can he command so many people? Uncle, the only way out is to let the prime minister admit the crime."

"Yes, yes, uncle, you are the pillar of our Song family. Don't do stupid things and run to the emperor to confess your guilt!"

Prime Minister Song's spirit seemed to be drained away in an instant, and most of his hair turned white: "Ni'er is still in the palace. If Jiang Ming gets into trouble, her position as a noble concubine will be over. All these years...how much good has she done for you? Ask yourself. If her father committed the crime of murder, will those ladies in the palace turn against him?"

"The emperor likes Concubine Li, so at most he will demote her. Her life will not be in danger. He may even pity Concubine Li because of this and compensate our Song family more."

"I blame Jiang Yanxi from the Jiang family for this. I have never heard of this person before. He suddenly showed up this time. It must be Jiang Yankun who ordered him to do this. I heard that when his daughter entered the palace, Concubine Li punished her, and the two of them became enemies because of this."

"Ni'er has made many enemies in the palace in the past few years. She doesn't know how to hold back her edge. She has offended so many people. Now she has hit a wall! I said at the beginning that her personality is not suitable for entering the palace. It is better to let my daughter go. She is very cautious and will never make enemies everywhere."

Before Li Guifei fell, someone was thinking about replacing her, and this person was from her own family.

Prime Minister Song smiled coldly, straightened his clothes, and stood up from the armchair: "Okay, then I will go to the Dali Temple and persuade Jiang Ming to plead guilty and be executed."

Everyone present breathed a sigh of relief.

If Song Jiangming was sentenced to death, the position of prime minister would be vacant. With the ability of their clan leader, the prime minister must be a member of their Song family, and then everyone of them would have a chance.

"Your Majesty! Your Majesty! Something terrible has happened!"

For the first time, Xia He acted so unruly that she rushed into the bedroom of Concubine Li.

Concubine Li frowned fiercely. There was still a sweet seedless watermelon in the ice basin in front of Concubine Li's bed. She stood up impatiently: "What are you doing so rashly?"

Xia He's face was full of panic: "The Prime Minister... the Prime Minister, was... no... the Prime Minister... no, no, the Prime Minister was arrested by Jiang Honglu and Minister Jiang of the Ministry of Personnel. In order to save the Prime Minister, the Prime Minister is now taking off his hat in the Dali Temple to confess his guilt."

"They dare?"

Concubine Li stood up from the Concubine Li's bed and ran out barefoot. Xia He quickly chased after him,

holding up her pair of embroidered shoes inlaid with South China Sea pearls.

As soon as Concubine Shu got off the sedan chair, she was pushed back by a slender figure: "Get out of the way!"

Concubine Li Gui didn't even look at the person, she just pushed him away and quickly disappeared from everyone's sight.