Chapter 231 Divorce
Wei Wanyi knelt down with a plop, "Your Majesty, please help me."
The emperor nodded and said, "Tell me now."
"On my way back to the capital, I was assassinated. Fortunately, I was saved by a chivalrous man from the Jianghu. Later, I met Yan Lan and his men who were going to Yongzhou to bury Yan Qing's bones. With their protection, I finally arrived safely in the capital.
The one who wanted to kill me and my child was my husband, Prince Jing. I dared not return to Yongzhou and asked for a divorce, but he disagreed. In order to warn me, he viciously attacked my nephew.
Your Majesty, King Jing first assassinated me and my children, and then attempted to murder Gong Jin. He disregarded human life and ignored the law. I really don’t dare to think about how he will treat me and my children if we return to him.
I beg Your Majesty to save me, my two children, and allow me to divorce King Jing with my two children."
Before coming, the emperor asked her not to mention the matter between Prince Jing and Madam Wei.
Wei Wanyi didn't understand the emperor's intention, but she also didn't want her father's reputation to be tarnished after his death, so she didn't mention a word about their affair.
Miss Chang also told her some things and promised her that she would help her fulfill her wish today.
However, she was worried. Could she really get divorced with her two children today?
Sure enough, the voice of opposition was still that of Lord Liu. He said seriously, "Since the assassination happened on the princess's way back to the capital, why did you wait so long to bring it up?
Even a tiger will not eat its own cubs. The late emperor was kind and the prince he taught would certainly not be such a vicious person. This old minister thinks there may be a misunderstanding in this matter.
Furthermore, the two children are of royal blood. Even if the princess really wants to divorce Prince Jing, there is no reason to take away the royal blood."
Wei Wanyi looked at Lord Liu and said coldly, "Because family disgrace should not be made public, I don't want the two children to know that their father wants to kill them.
If it was Lord Liu who encountered this incident, would Lord Liu be willing to spread the news?"
Lord Liu choked.
Gong Mingcheng said, "Your Majesty, when I arrived at the west of the city last night, I heard people talking about how the guards from Prince Jing's mansion, while fighting with my son, had spoken of Prince Jing's warning, which was consistent with what the Princess of Jing said."
He finally understood why Wei Qingyan wanted Gong Jin to perform that act in the courtyard west of the city.
This was to help both Jin'er and Wei Wanyi. As long as it was proven that Prince Jing had murderous intentions towards the two children, the emperor would allow them to follow their mother and leave Prince Jing for the sake of their lives.
It can even win praise from the people for the emperor.
King Jing intended to kill his wife and children, but the emperor did not shield or cover up the crime. The people would certainly think that the emperor was a wise ruler and would support the court even more.
What Gong Mingcheng thought was indeed what Wei Qingyan intended.
If he could understand it, how could the emperor not understand it? After being moved in the morning, the old father made up his mind in his heart that just for his daughter's intention, he had to fulfill Wei Wanyi's wish.
With a light cough, the emperor said, "Master Liu is not without reason. What was the reason for King Jing to kill you and the child?"
Wei Wanyi recalled what Wei Qingyan had taught her and lowered her head, saying, "This subject once suspected that he was not the real King Jing."
"What does this mean?"
Wei Wanyi kowtowed and said, "Your Majesty, this is how I feel. Although he looks the same as before, we are husband and wife, and I can sense his difference.
"In the past two years, he seems to have become a different person. I once tested him, and perhaps it was this test that made him want to kill me and my child."
King Jing should not bear the bad reputation for the evil done by the little ghost. The time of King Jing's change was changed because the real King Jing was possessed by someone else after she became pregnant with her son.
She became pregnant with her daughter after a little ghost took over her body, but the body the little ghost used was still King Jing's.
Wei Wanyi couldn't tell whether the child belonged to the little ghost or to King Jing.
But no matter who the child belongs to, it is her child, and the child is innocent. No matter what punishment the kid receives in the future, her daughter should not be implicated.
"If he wasn't the real King Jing, then killing the two children would make sense."
An elderly official murmured, "When King Jing was in the capital, I had the honor of meeting him several times. It's not an exaggeration to say that he was a modest gentleman.
Therefore, I just couldn't imagine that he would do such a wicked thing. But if this man isn't King Jing... then who is he? Your Majesty, please investigate."
The emperor's eyes were gloomy. "We should investigate."
He asked Wei Wanyi, "You said he sent someone to assassinate you. Do you have any witnesses?"
Wei Wanyi hurriedly said, "Yes, we captured the guards around King Jing alive. Please allow him to testify in court."
The emperor nodded and said, "Permitted. Please invite Prince Jing to the palace as well."
A eunuch hurriedly took the order and left.
The witness was brought up quickly. This guard was an ordinary guard. He only knew that he was indeed going to hunt down Princess Jing that day.
However, before he could do anything, he was captured alive by Shi Yu and his group. Therefore, the leader of the team did not have time to tell his subordinates that Prince Jing intended to intimidate Princess Jing.
The guard naturally did not know King Jing's true intention. After being trapped for such a long time and now in front of the emperor, the emperor did not ask him many questions before he admitted that King Jing wanted to kill Princess Jing.
With Wei Wanyi's previous statement that King Jing seemed to have become a different person, and with the guards' testimony, everyone had already vaguely believed that it was indeed King Jing who wanted to kill his wife and slaughter his children.
So, when the half-dead little ghost was carried into the council hall, and everyone saw his expression as if he wanted to eat Wei Wanyi, their guess became more certain.
Official Yu and Lord Liu, who had previously spoken on behalf of King Jing, complained in their hearts.
The little ghost didn't care about the two people's feelings. He only knew that on the way here, the eunuch in the palace told him that Wei Wanyi actually dared to accuse him during the morning court.
He just wanted to scare her. He didn't believe that Wei Wanyi didn't know about it, but she put such a big accusation on him of murdering his wife and said that he was not the real King Jing.
This bitch, she had pretended to be so good in Yongzhou before, but now she is so arrogant behind his back and even dares to mention divorce.
He would take her back to the palace later and see how he would deal with her. He didn't believe that the emperor would really agree to their divorce and let her take away the royal bloodline.
The royal family has never been divorced, unless the emperor no longer wants the royal family's reputation.
Thinking of this, he glared at Wei Wanyi fiercely.
King Jing Shiqian originally had a gentle appearance, but he had been possessed by a little ghost for many years, and his facial features had long since changed. When he glared at people, his hostility could not be concealed. Wei Wanyi was so scared that she trembled.
She was really scared.
Before the emperor went to court, he ordered the eunuchs to tell the little devil what happened in the morning court in order to anger him. Unexpectedly, the effect was better than expected.
He frowned, "Prince Jing, were you the one who ordered the assassin that Princess Jing encountered on her way back to the capital?"
When the little ghost saw the guard, he knew he could not deny it and nodded, but after nodding, he tried hard to gesture something to the emperor.
He wanted to explain to the emperor that it was just a threat and he didn't really want to kill her, and there was nothing to do with the child.
But Wei Qingyan had given him a mute potion and he could not speak, and his right hand was broken by Gong Jin, so he had only his left hand to dance around with difficulty.
Coupled with his ferocious face, it seemed to everyone that he was extremely dissatisfied with the emperor.
Seeing him nod, the emperor took it as an admission and angrily slammed the dragon throne, "You are so bold! When I saw Princess Jing asking for a divorce, I just thought she was being willful, so I summoned you back to the capital to let you and your wife talk it out face to face.
I didn't expect that you would be so vicious and attack your own wife and children. Even for the sake of General Wei, I will not tolerate you bullying the daughter of the Wei family like this.
Prepare the paper and ink. I will personally draft the divorce agreement for you today. Since you have no fatherly love for the two children, let them live with their mother.
But they are the blood of my Shi family after all, and cannot be left outside. So I conferred the title of Prince of Lu on the eldest son of King Jing and gave him a prince's mansion.
From now on, the three of them, mother and son, will reside in the Prince of Lu's mansion. No one is allowed to bully them, or I will punish them severely."
After the emperor finished speaking, Wei Wanyi finally felt relieved and bowed to express her gratitude.
Hot tears dripped onto the ground and slowly spread out.
Miss Chang, no, it was her brother. Although her brother did not recognize her, he had planned everything for her. She had fulfilled her promise that she would protect her, and she was still protecting her.
But what could she give in return for her brother? Wei Wanyi cried and then laughed.
The little devil was so anxious that he wanted to get up from the stretcher, but he couldn't, so he could only become more aggressive, causing the officials to frown.
How could the person in front of me be even a shadow of the former King Jing?
Therefore, the old minister who had previously had an acquaintance with King Jing said again, "Your Majesty, I think this man does not look like King Jing. Please investigate thoroughly."
The emperor nodded and gestured to Feng Ruobao, "Go take a closer look. Are there any traces of human skin masks or anything like that?"
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