"Your Majesty, whether Princess Qu Ling is Prince Rong's biological daughter or not, she has violated the law. Such disregard for human life and treating the people like beasts must be severely punished!"
"Your Majesty, murderers must pay with their lives! If not, then please issue an imperial edict to abolish this law!"
"Your Majesty, General Chu has fought for the country for more than ten years, yet his own mother was killed by Princess Qu Ling, who has never contributed anything to the country! If we don't kill Princess Qu Ling, we will not be able to appease public anger, and it will also chill the hearts of the soldiers fighting on the battlefield!"
Most of the officials in the court demanded that Princess Qu Ling be killed.
After all, who doesn't know how arrogant Princess Qu Ling is?
But she has repeatedly circumvented the law by relying on Prince Rong, which is really going too far!
The Emperor was in a precarious position; if he didn't heed the advice of his ministers and kill Princess Qu Ling, things might very well...
"Your Highness, what do you think?"
The Emperor then passed the question to Mo Lan'an.
After all, Princess Qu Ling is Mo Lan'an's fiancée, so it's normal for His Majesty to ask for the Crown Prince's opinion.
Mo Lan'an calmly said, "Your Majesty, I also have some evidence of Princess Qu Ling's crimes."
"What?"
"Evidence that Princess Quling killed the former crown prince eight years ago."
Mo Lan'an calmly unleashed this earth-shattering bombshell.
Mo Lan'an was Empress Huimin's only son, but Empress Huimin was not His Majesty's first wife.
Your Majesty's first wife, the Empress, passed away due to illness when Your Majesty ascended the throne. At that time, she had already given birth to Your Majesty's eldest son.
His Majesty posthumously honored his first wife as Empress, and the eldest son became the legitimate heir. As both the eldest son and the legitimate heir, the eldest son was thus made Crown Prince.
Later, His Majesty married Empress Huimin, but it took Empress Huimin five years after their marriage to give birth to Mo Lan'an.
Empress Huimin also treated the eldest prince as her own son.
Unexpectedly, eight years ago, the eldest prince accidentally fell into the water and drowned. Empress Huimin was heartbroken and passed away after two years of illness.
Later, His Majesty did not appoint another Empress, but instead appointed an Imperial Noble Consort to manage the harem.
Princess Qu Ling often visited the palace when she was young and was greatly favored by the Imperial Noble Consort.
Later, it was through the matchmaking of the Imperial Noble Consort that Princess Quling and Mo Lan'an became engaged.
"How could this be? I had someone examine it carefully back then, and it was indeed an accidental drowning."
The emperor was greatly shocked.
Some ministers said, "Eight years ago? Wasn't Princess Qu Ling only five years old? How could a five-year-old child kill someone? Moreover, the eldest prince is older than Princess Qu Ling."
Mo Lan'an: "His Majesty once told Prince Rong that he wanted the two families to form a marriage alliance. So my elder brother thought that he would marry Princess Qu Ling in the future, and he has been very good to Princess Qu Ling since childhood."
"Back then, who didn't know that the eldest brother would give Princess Qu Ling anything she wanted? Later, it was Princess Qu Ling who secretly arranged to meet the eldest brother by the lake, then drugged him and pushed him into the lake."
"These are the evidence of the personal maid who served Princess Quling back then and the evidence of the imperial physician's false testimony. Your Majesty, please take a look."
In fact, Mo Lan'an had not expected that there was such a thing behind this.
He was just worried that because of Prince Rong, Princess Quling would escape death again, so he went to great lengths to collect evidence of Princess Quling's crimes over the years.
But to everyone's surprise, after finding Liuzhu, she would reveal this shocking secret in exchange for her own safety.
After all, Liu Zhu's visit to the Rong Prince's Mansion proved that Princess Qu Ling would never let her go.
That's why Liu Zhu revealed this secret in exchange for Mo Lan'an's protection.
Dark blue euphoria was terrified.
The death of her eldest brother caused her mother great pain, which is why she passed away at such a young age.
I thought it was an accident, that he had no family ties.
But now it seems that may not be the case!
"Bring it here!"
The Emperor seemed impatient; he stood up, his dark eyes filled with gloom.
At this moment, all the court officials, except for Mo Lan'an, bowed their heads and dared not raise them.
The saying "When an emperor is enraged, millions will die" is no exaggeration.
The eunuch hurriedly presented the evidence.
As the silence spread, the atmosphere in the hall grew increasingly eerie, and the ministers felt as if they were sitting on pins and needles, their backs trembling with unease.
This is such a big deal, it's likely something terrible is about to happen.
No matter how shocked everyone was, they couldn't believe that the death of the eldest prince was caused by Princess Qu Ling, who was only four years old at the time.
"...Good, very good indeed. What a fine Princess Qu Ling is, excellent!"
The emperor slammed his hand on the table, stood up, and laughed loudly.
He had been in power for nearly twenty years and had never been so thoroughly mocked!
They actually killed his crown prince!
Later, it even led to the death of his empress!
She's just a four-year-old girl?
He's really blind!
"Your Highness, bring up everyone involved in this matter! And... bring up Princess Qu Ling as well! I want to interrogate her in public!"
The emperor's eyes were bloodshot, and he was almost going mad.
Mo Lan'an immediately took care of it.
The remaining ministers all wanted to leave first, but none of them dared to move.
Just then, the Emperor said calmly, "General Chu, please rise. I will definitely give you an explanation regarding your mother's matter."
"Issued an imperial decree to posthumously confer upon General Chu's mother the title of Lady Shuyi, a second-rank official, and to award her one hundred taels of gold, to comfort her spirit in heaven."
As for Chu Yaya and Princess Qu Ling, the Emperor did not mention either of them.
Everyone knows that at this moment, the Emperor is waiting for the matter concerning the eldest prince to be investigated thoroughly.
Chu Chunsheng wasn't stupid, so naturally he wouldn't press the emperor for answers at this time.
"Thank you for your great kindness, Your Majesty!"
Chu Chunsheng kowtowed to express his gratitude.
The things my mother did before her death are already irreparable regrets.
To receive such a posthumous honor is already a great favor from His Majesty, so he naturally has no complaints.
Then, His Highness fell into a long silence.
The ministers, who had never had the urge to urinate before, all clenched their legs and turned red in the face.
Yet they dared not disturb His Majesty with matters like offering sacrifices at this time, and could only endure it like quails.
Fortunately, Mo Lan'an was quite efficient and quickly brought everyone over, including Princess Qu Ling!
At first, Princess Qu Ling was confused and didn't know why she had been brought to the main hall.
But seeing those people gave her a bad feeling.
Under Mo Lan'an's interrogation, those people, bearing the Emperor's wrath, the threat of their entire clan, and with irrefutable evidence, dared not utter a word.
So, things quickly became clear.
All the witness testimonies and evidence point to Princess Qu Ling!
Princess Quling was so frightened by His Majesty's glance that she collapsed to the ground, too afraid to look up.
"Qu Ling, I ask you, why? Why did you do this? The First Prince treated you so well, and he is the Crown Prince. Once he marries you, you will be the Crown Princess, the future Empress. What are you dissatisfied with? Why did you kill my First Prince!"
The emperor was completely baffled.
There always needs to be a reason to kill someone.
From any perspective, Princess Qu Ling had no reason to risk killing the eldest prince.
One wrong move and you could face the death penalty of having your entire family executed!
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