"Your Highness, Consort Deng, I have a petition here accusing you of disregarding human life and having the Prince of Qin's men beat two women to death in the street. Do you plead guilty?"
Upon hearing this, Consort Deng hurriedly spoke up:
"That's not true!"
She thought to herself, "I'll just deny it."
But Prince Zhu Shuang of Qin glared fiercely at Consort Deng and said:
"If you did it, you did it. What's there to be ashamed of?"
He said this because he knew that it was useless for Consort Deng not to admit it.
Zhu Yunwen had the Embroidered Uniform Guard under his command, so investigating would be a piece of cake.
If one does not acknowledge it, one will fall to a lower level.
Since Princess Consort Deng of Qin had already said so, she had no choice but to speak again:
"Okay, that's true."
Zhu Yunwen said, "Since you have confessed, then I, Your Highness, sentence you to death."
Upon hearing this, not only were the King of Qin and Consort Deng stunned, but everyone in the hall was also stunned.
No one expected that Zhu Yunwen would be so ruthless this time, actually sentencing Consort Deng to death.
It should be noted that, under normal circumstances, Zhu Yunwen would not have had such a right.
Even if Consort Deng committed some heinous crime deserving of death, it should have been handed over to the Imperial Clan Court for trial, and ultimately, Zhu Yuanzhang himself should have made the final decision.
However, if Zhu Yunwen takes a firm stance and Consort Deng is indeed guilty of a capital offense, he may have the right to sentence Consort Deng to death directly.
However, generally speaking, neither the crown prince nor the grandson of the crown prince would dare to break ties with their brothers or uncles.
However, Zhu Yunwen was not afraid of breaking ties with Prince Qin, Zhu Shuang, so he directly adopted a tough stance, intending to make Consort Deng pay a heavy price.
Zhu Shuang looked at Zhu Yunwen and said:
"Zhu Yunwen, what exactly are you trying to do?"
Zhu Yunwen sat above, calmly saying:
“A life for a life. I have five or six indictments here just concerning Consort Deng. Each one is enough to warrant the death penalty. I can’t sentence you, Prince Qin Zhu Shuang, to death, but do you think I can’t touch your mere concubine?”
Today, I, the Empress Dowager, sentence Consort Deng to death. The execution will take place tomorrow afternoon at the execution grounds in Chang'an Prefecture. There must be no delay.
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