If Feng He was really innocent and had not assassinated the eldest prince, then why did his brother Feng She bribe Lian Yushi to force him to hit his head against the wall? The Feng family took the initiative because they were guilty!
The tense atmosphere continued, and the parrot on the bird stand suddenly screamed, "Unfair! Unfair!"
Madam Gu was startled. She had been kneeling for a long time, her knees were numb, her neck was heavy, and she couldn't help shaking her body.
"Do you all think that the eldest prince has framed Feng He?" The emperor spoke even slower, his face as gloomy as water, full of majesty.
The emperor has always had a good temper, but as the saying goes, even a rabbit will bite when it is cornered. At this moment, the thundering and furious dragon power around the emperor was released without any concealment or suppression.
The emperor's majesty is so great that no one dares to look at him directly.
Those important officials who attended the morning court every day were still relatively calm, but Feng She, Madam Gu, the clan leader and others had been frightened by the emperor's aura and were sweating profusely.
Prime Minister Xiao quickly gave Feng She a wink.
Feng She felt uneasy, but he still gritted his teeth, looked at the emperor with red eyes, and choked up and said, "Your Majesty, my brother's death was really unjust."
"My brother is just a weak scholar. Even if he does something inappropriate or abrupt, the eldest prince only needs to take him down."
"I guarantee with my life that my brother will never assassinate the Crown Prince."
As he spoke, Feng She pulled out a plain white handkerchief embroidered with scroll patterns from his sleeve pocket and wiped his tears. He straightened his back and shot an indignant look at Chu Yi who was not far away. He asked sternly, "Your Highness, you said that my brother was the assassin. Where is the evidence?!"
His last sentence was unusually high-pitched and sharp, pointing the finger directly at Chu Yi.
Prime Minister Xiao and the Minister of Revenue Wang Kangyin exchanged glances without revealing their feelings, and were confident of victory.
Thanks to Madam Gu, Gu Yuan was convicted of murdering Jingzhao Yin Feng He without any reason.
Then, the eldest prince had only two choices. Either he put all the blame on Gu Yuan and let Gu Yuan take the blame; or he admitted that he handled the matter improperly and Gu Yuan was just following orders.
No matter which one it is, the eldest prince lost.
After this incident, who would be willing to be loyal to the eldest prince in the future? !
Prime Minister Xiao sneered secretly and watched coldly. Then he saw Third Master Feng also stood up and excitedly supported Feng She, saying, "Your Highness, the First Prince, you have no evidence and just said that my second brother was assassinated. This is ridiculous!"
"My second brother died under Gu Yuan's knife. My Feng family has been accused of assassinating the prince. We must give justice to the Feng family!"
The two brothers of the Feng family pressed forward step by step, almost pinning the label of tyranny and cruelty on Chu Yi.
Gu Jian gradually calmed down, and the look he gave Gu Yuan was as if he was looking at a discarded pawn.
It's really pitiful. One can imagine what the eldest prince will choose.
This rascal Gu Yuan is destined to be abandoned by the eldest prince. What awaits Gu Yuan next is not only dismissal from his post, but also imprisonment.
There was a hint of pity and contempt in Gu Jian's eyes.
Instead of being a good son of a marquis, he insisted on giving up literature and embracing martial arts!
Since he has entered the Xishan Camp, he should calm down and slowly gain experience. Why does he have to get involved with the Imperial Guard and the Crown Prince? To put it bluntly, Gu Yuan just wants to stand out and suppress himself like his father did.
Gu Jian lowered his eyes and looked at Madam Gu who was kneeling on the ground, and the corners of his lips curled up.
Both mother and son began to relax and wait and see.
The road has been paved. Now it depends on the Feng family and Prime Minister Xiao.
Listening to the Feng family members targeting Chu Yi in every word, the emperor's eyes burned with anger. He had already raised his right palm and was about to slam the table, but he saw his son push the box of fish food towards him.
This small action was like a bucket of cold water that extinguished the emperor's anger. He remembered that when his son first returned to Beijing, he jokingly said to his son: "Now that you are back, I can enjoy my old age, feed the fish and play with the birds when I have nothing to do."
The next day, there were hundreds of carp in the lake of the imperial garden.
Well, he just feeds the fish. The emperor almost clapped his hands but instead grabbed a handful of fish food from the box and generously scattered the fish food.
In the lake, more fish swam towards us from all directions, wagging their tails.
No matter how angry the two Feng brothers were, Chu Yi remained calm and said calmly, "Feng He had ulterior motives and was bold enough to assassinate us. Gu Yuan did a great job in protecting us."
The smile on Prime Minister Xiao's lips froze, his jaw was clenched tightly, and even his goatee was frozen.
Prime Minister Xiao frowned and met Chu Yi's gaze. The handsome young man slowly said, "I am still injured. This is the evidence."
The eldest prince was injured in the assassination attempt, so he naturally asked imperial physicians to see him several times afterwards, including Imperial Physician Yan. Prince Kang asked Imperial Physician Yan to confirm again and again that the eldest prince was indeed injured in the shoulder.
However, it is hard to say how the eldest prince got this injury.
There were some things that Xiao Shoufu was not comfortable saying, as saying them would be considered slandering the royal family. However, Feng She, as the deceased's elder brother, had the position to defend his deceased brother: "Your Highness, was your injury really caused by my brother?"
Third Master Feng sighed and joined in, "Second brother is dead, and he can't defend himself. Was he framed, or was there another hidden story... Now there is no evidence."
The implication is that the eldest prince deliberately injured himself to frame Feng He.
Xiao Shoufu secretly thought that the brothers were right. He stroked his beard without showing any emotion and said, "This... is not impossible."
Chu Yi smiled slightly, not even looking at the Feng family, but staring into Prime Minister Xiao's eyes, and said slowly: "According to Prime Minister, if someone wants to assassinate me, what I say cannot be taken seriously, and my injuries cannot be taken seriously either. We must first understand the assassin's motives, and then hand it over to the three courts for trial, before it counts?"
As he spoke, he picked up a black piece from the chess box and rubbed it between his fingertips.
The afternoon sun shone obliquely from the window onto his face, making his features hazy and outlining a kind of handsomeness that was blurred by light and shadow.
The young man in front of him had a gentle and harmless smile on his lips, but Prime Minister Xiao's hair stood on end for some reason.
Suppressing the inexplicable emotions in his heart, Xiao Shoufu stood up straight, nodded righteously and said, "That's what we should do."
The black piece in Chu Yi's hand slipped into the chess box. The pieces collided gently, making a crisp "pop" sound, which seemed to echo the sound of fish leaping outside the window.
Just as Prime Minister Xiao was about to say something else, his eyes suddenly blurred and a dazzling silver light pierced into the corner of his eyes from the right front.
He squinted uncomfortably and subconsciously looked in the direction of the light source.
He saw a young eunuch in blue clothes jumping out from behind a large vase as tall as a person in front of him on the right, and rushing towards him quickly. There was a flash of silver light in the wide sleeves of the other party, and a gleaming dagger was pointed at him.
“…” Prime Minister Xiao’s eyes suddenly widened, his pupils shrank into a point, and he froze in shock.
In this critical moment, he felt that his limbs did not seem to belong to him. He wanted to hide, but his body could not move; he wanted to shout, but no sound came out of his throat.
He only felt his eyes darken, and a powerful force rushed towards him. His thin body was pounced on by the little eunuch who rushed towards him like a mad bull, and he staggered backwards. A cold light was aimed at his neck...
No! Xiao Shoufu's eyes were almost wide open, and fear filled his heart.
He doesn't want to die!
Xiao Shoufu staggered and fell, struggling desperately, but still felt a chill on his neck.
While struggling, Xiao Shoufu's left arm hit the flower table next to him. The high-legged flower table swayed twice, and a potted asparagus fern fell from the table.
"Bang!"
The potted plant fell heavily to the ground with a particularly harsh sound. The blue and white porcelain pot was broken into pieces, and mud and broken porcelain pieces splashed everywhere, making a mess on the ground.
At the same time, Prime Minister Xiao and the young eunuch also fell to the ground together, making heavy groans.
This scene happened so fast that no one else in the water pavilion could react. They could only watch as the young eunuch rushed forward and knocked Prime Minister Xiao to the ground.
Everyone was dumbfounded. The flying porcelain pieces splashed on several people. The worst hit was Madam Gu. She was kneeling on the ground and was hit on the forehead by a piece of flying porcelain pieces. Her forehead was red and swollen and she screamed in pain.
Gu Yuan, who was kneeling beside her, did not move at all, as still as a mountain or a river.
"Help!" Xiao Shoufu, who had fallen to the ground, screamed in panic. He felt a pain in his neck which had just been scratched by the dagger. His whole body was cold and a terrible thought came to his mind: Is he going to die?
The parrot on the aviary was also frightened. It flapped its wings and tried to escape, but one of its claws was caught on the aviary by a golden chain, so it could not fly away. It cried hysterically from its tender yellow beak, "Help! Help!"
The sharp bird calls destroyed the tense atmosphere and added a sense of comedy to this scene that should have been extremely thrilling.
Amid the parrot's repeated screams, the young eunuch in blue who was pressing on Prime Minister Xiao climbed up from the ground, took two steps back, lowered his head and brushed the dust off his sleeves.
Several officials around hurried to help Xiao Shoufu who was lying on the ground, only to see a one and a half inch long bloodstain on Xiao Shoufu's neck, bright red and glaring, and the blood had dyed his collar red.
(End of this chapter)
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