Chapter 597 Sang Zhi wakes up
"Your Majesty, I have been in the palace for many years. I have never fought or competed, but I am not blind. I do not care about other matters, but for today's matter, I must seek justice for my eldest grandson." Concubine Zhan was not afraid at all. She stared at Emperor Beili with her beautiful eyes without blinking: "If the person who made the mistake is not punished, how many people will be disappointed if the rumor gets out. Do you really not care at all?"
Emperor Beili suddenly thought of Zhan Chi's words, and with a wave of emotion, he said, "Withdraw. I will carefully consider your Highness's words."
"I beg the emperor to execute Yuan Yintang and thoroughly investigate Concubine Yuan." Concubine Yuan knelt on the ground again.
"I said I would think about it carefully. Come, take the imperial concubine away." The Emperor of Beili was completely upset.
The imperial guards came over, two of them held the imperial concubine on the left and the other on the right, and took her away.
Concubine Zhan did not struggle, her heart was dead.
When Concubine Yuan saw this scene from afar, she couldn't help but feel a little more happy.
The Zhan family is nothing compared to their immense wealth. Although she did not get rid of someone as she wished, she was still very happy to see Concubine Zhan like this.
"Your Majesty, Dean Chen, Zhan Yi requests an audience." The guard reported.
Emperor Beili was very annoyed: "No."
"Your Majesty, Dean Chen said that if Your Majesty does not want to see it, he will hand this item to Your Majesty. Please review it and make sure to give justice to the deceased." The guard handed over the bundle in his hand.
Emperor Beili was calm. The teacher had calculated that he would not be summoned, and it turned out that he knew him very well.
He took it, walked into the hall, put the bundle on the table, opened it and found some testimonies and some keepsakes. He flipped through them casually and found that they recorded what happened in Sifang Mountain two days ago.
Princess Dongyi has been hiding in Sifang Mountain for more than a month. She was able to trick Sang Zhi out of the palace. There must be an insider in the palace. Is Concubine Yuan colluding with Princess Dongyi?
The reason why the eighth prince left the palace was also clearly recorded. The teacher's hands were indeed quick.
Since the teacher knows him well, how could he not imagine what he would do after seeing this?
It seems that the teacher is trying to force him!
"Your Majesty." Yuan Yintang changed his voice.
Emperor Beili threw the booklet to him and asked: "Are the Sifang Mountain bandits?"
Yuan Yintang lowered his head and saw the words on the booklet. He immediately knelt down in panic and said, "Your Majesty, I am innocent."
"Unjust? Someone, go and thoroughly investigate the matter in the book. I want to know the truth within an hour."
"yes."
"Your Majesty, I admit my crime. Please punish me severely." Yuan Yintang was terrified.
"Do you know your crime? Colluding with Dongyi is a serious crime of treason. Come, call Concubine Yuan." Emperor Beili could tolerate her making mistakes, but he absolutely could not tolerate collusion with foreign enemies.
"Your Majesty, this must be a false accusation. It is impossible for Concubine Yuan to help Dongyi kidnap the Eighth Prince." Yuan Yintang said anxiously.
Emperor Beili snorted coldly but said nothing.
"Your Majesty, Concubine Yuan has arrived."
"Let her in."
Concubine Yuan walked in dressed in her palace attire, her eyes secretly scanning the hall to take in the situation: "Your Highness."
Emperor Beili lowered his eyes and stared at her.
Concubine Yuan waited for a long time, but the emperor didn't speak. She looked up suspiciously and met the inquiring gaze of Emperor Beili. Her heart sank suddenly, and she forced a smile: "Your Majesty?"
"Why did the eighth prince leave the palace?" asked Emperor Beili.
Concubine Yuan's smile faltered. "Didn't Miss Xiang and the Eighth Prince agree on this?"
"Nonsense." Emperor Beili suddenly scolded.
Concubine Yuan was startled.
"It was the eunuch in your palace who delivered the letter to the Eighth Prince. How dare you collude with Dongyi to murder the prince." Emperor Beili was filled with rage when he thought that Sang Zhi was almost taken away by the Dongyi people, and he kicked Concubine Yuan in the chest.
Concubine Yuan was hit in the chest without noticing it, and her body fell backwards. She felt a burning pain in her heart, and a mouthful of fishy and sweet food spurted out of her mouth.
"Junior sister." Yuan Yintang was shocked.
Concubine Yuan wasn't good at fighting, but she was skilled in medicine. She knew very well how angry Emperor Beili was, and there was disbelief in her eyes: "Your Majesty, you actually hit me?"
"As a noble concubine, you have committed a heinous crime by murdering the heir of the royal family. Do you think your life is too long by colluding with Princess Dongyi?"
"I didn't intend to murder the Eighth Prince."
"The evidence is irrefutable, yet you still want to quibble." Emperor Beili looked at Yuan Yintang angrily and said, "Show her the booklet."
"I did send a message to the Eighth Prince to trick him out of the city, but I never thought of murdering him. It was Princess Dongyi who begged me and said that the Eighth Prince's grandmother wanted to see her relatives, but due to her status she couldn't enter Kyoto, so she wanted me to help take people out of the city. How could I have imagined that Princess Dongyi had such a vicious heart." Concubine Yuan fell to the ground and screamed, her eyes full of grievance, and she changed the word "your concubine" to "I".
Emperor Beili was very angry at her words. He raised his finger and pointed at her for a long time without saying a word.
"That day I deliberately mentioned Ye Qianning and misled the emperor. I just wanted Ye Qianning to die. How could she, a country girl from Nanyuan, be worthy of the prince? The emperor should have sent people to Nanyuan to investigate her mother. How could she, a bastard born to a prostitute, be worthy of the position of the crown princess?" Concubine Yuan did not hide her dissatisfaction with Ye Qianning.
The anger on Emperor Beili's face after hearing this was very helpless: "Did you shoot Ye Qianning?"
"I was the one who ordered the action, and I was the one who ordered the mountain to be burned. However, I swear I absolutely did not intend to kill the Eighth Prince. There is a cave in Sifang Mountain where people can take shelter, and the fire could not reach the cave. But I did not expect Ye Qianning to escape the fire and come down alive... It was also because I begged for help from my senior brother before he left the palace that he ordered people to block the way." Concubine Yuan personally carried the tray out, but she hid her ambition to kill the Eighth Prince.
Yuan Yintang didn't expect his junior sister to be so direct. He was nervous and secretly observed the expression of Emperor Beili.
Emperor Beili looked at Concubine Yuan. Her beautiful face, with stubbornness and a hint of cruelty, caught his eye. Thinking back to when he was seriously injured and surrounded by people, she had the same look on her face when she protected him and faced the enemy. He could not forget it for a long time.
In the eyes of Emperor Beili, Concubine Yuan's ruthlessness is a sign of courage.
"Didn't I tell you about this? The prince is still young and there is still a lot of time. Why can't you be patient?" After the anger, there was more helplessness.
Yuan Yintang finally felt relieved after hearing this. It seemed that Emperor Beili was indeed deeply in love with his junior sister. No wonder his father supported Emperor Beili so much.
"The prince is still young, but the affairs of Ye Qianning's mother will be known sooner or later. It may be next year, the year after, or even in an instant. I cannot let the prince take the risk of being laughed at since childhood. If the prince finds out that the person he is going to marry is the daughter of a prostitute, how can he hold his head up? I will never let my son bear this. Whether it is the Zhan family or the Xiang family, no matter whose family it is, if they want justice, I can at most give her my life as compensation, one life for another." Concubine Yuan stood up from the ground with a look of risking her life.
(End of this chapter)
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