Chapter 95 Today I will let you die with a clear conscience
It's not just Chen Guojiu.
The expressions of all those who had previously asked the emperor to search and punish the princess changed.
They knew very well that if they couldn't find the princess after searching Wanhua Tower, they could say that Chen Guojiu and his men had found the wrong place, and the princess had quietly left while everyone was there.
But now, the princess was seen walking out of Wufangzhai!
Chen Guojiu had been blocking the street with a lot of people, and later on, because the emperor arrived, the imperial guards blocked the entire street!
Then there is only one possibility.
The princess has been in the dim sum shop Wufangzhai all the time!
The way everyone looked at Chen Guojiu had changed.
In the silence of the whole room, Yun Qingqing glanced at Xiao Changheng.
Meeting his deep black eyes.
She tightened her fingers under her sleeves and turned her eyes away silently.
She looked at the emperor with an even more surprised expression, and quickly stepped forward to greet him:
"Your Majesty, I wonder what has alarmed your majesty that you have come here with such a grand ceremony?"
The emperor's expression was somewhat unpredictable:
"You've been in this shop all this time, but you don't know what's going on?"
Yun Qingqing smiled sheepishly and pointed at the food box in Qiao'er's hand:
"Your Majesty, I ordered a rather complicated pastry from this pastry chef. Since it takes quite a while to make, I went to wait in the private room and fell asleep without realizing it."
emperor:……
Everyone: ...
You slept soundly, but did you know that your prince almost lost his military command?
Yun Qingqing had no awareness of being the center of attention and said with a smile:
"It seems that Your Majesty and the others must have something very important to attend to. I will not disturb you and will take my leave now!"
After saying this, he bowed and was about to leave.
"Wait a minute!" The emperor stroked his forehead and quickly called her.
"Ah?" A certain woman blinked her big eyes innocently.
Xiao Changheng chuckled softly and extended his hand towards her:
"Qingqing, come here."
Yun Qingqing's eyes moved slightly as she stared at the causal line on his body that flickered and pointed to her, and hesitated for a moment.
Due to the occasion, he didn't say anything else and just walked over.
She walked up to him with her eyes lowered, and when she raised her eyes, she looked at him innocently:
"My Lord, is there anything else?"
"This matter has a great deal to do with you. I'm afraid you can't leave." Xiao Changheng smiled coldly, stretched out his hand and pulled her to his side, facing the officials.
When he looked at everyone, his voice had turned cold:
"Uncle Chen has accused you of entering a brothel, and the Imperial Censor has led a group of officials to accuse you of insulting the dignity of the state. They're all waiting for an explanation from you!"
"What? A brothel?" Yun Qingqing exclaimed, covering her mouth. "Why would the uncle of the emperor frame me like this... Ah! Could it be..."
She suddenly widened her eyes, as if she had just remembered something, and said with a frown:
"Could it be that the uncle of the king mistook me for a commoner and took me back to be his concubine when we met on the street last time? As a result, he was beaten by the prince and he holds a grudge against me, so he did this?"
As soon as she said this, everyone present exploded with excitement.
"What! I was wondering why Uncle Chen had to make such a big deal out of this. Turns out he coveted the Regent Princess and got punished, so he's holding a grudge!"
"You think she's a commoner, so you're going to rape her in the street? That's simply the behavior of an animal!"
"So, he hit a wall, had his legs broken by the Regent, and yet he resorted to such vicious means to slander the princess. This really opened my eyes!"
"He wants to file a complaint with the emperor? This is clearly a crime of deceiving the emperor!"
The censors, led by the Grand Censor, were also dumbfounded. They had previously spoken with certainty in support of Chen Guojiu!
Now everyone will suffer!
Uncle Chen's face turned pale, he gritted his teeth and denied:
"Princess Regent, please stop talking nonsense. When have I ever treated you unfairly? Prove what you say!"
Xiao Changheng sneered:
"Evidence? I'll make you die knowing the truth today!"
"Nanzheng, bring everyone up!"
Nan Zheng immediately waved his hand, and the guards behind him brought up a few people, who knelt in a row in front of the emperor and paid their respects in unison.
The emperor asked doubtfully:
"Royal brother, who are these people? Are you saying they can prove what the princess just said?"
Xiao Changheng nodded and said to those people:
"Tell me what you saw that day truthfully. If you tell even a single lie, you'll be committing the crime of deceiving the king!"
Several people timidly responded, and the first one pointed at Zuixianlou and said:
"I'm a waiter at this restaurant. When the uncle of the king and the princess had a conflict that day, I watched from the doorway. I heard the uncle of the king say... say..."
He suddenly stopped talking.
The emperor said impatiently:
"What did he say? He might as well tell the truth!"
The waiter shrank his neck tremblingly:
"He told his men to drag the woman out onto the street and kill her there..."
"How dare you!" The emperor was furious and slapped the armrest of the dragon chariot hard.
The waiter kowtowed repeatedly in fear:
"Your Majesty, spare me! No, I didn't say that. These are all the words of the King's uncle! I wasn't the only one who heard it. Zhao Dahai, Luo Baogui and others were with me at the time. If you don't believe me, ask them!"
The two people beside him immediately echoed:
"Your Majesty, calm down. What Wang Er said is absolutely true. We were all working at Zuixianlou and heard it clearly at the door!"
"Many people in the neighborhood have witnessed this incident. Your Majesty, you will know the truth once you investigate! We dare not lie!"
"What nonsense..." Uncle Chen wanted to struggle.
However, a woman wearing a veil and cloth clothes beside Wang Er and others suddenly took off her veil, knocked her head to the ground, and shouted:
"I, Yu Zhenzhen, beg Your Majesty to make the decision!"
Uncle Chen's face turned pale and he exclaimed in shock:
"W-What are you doing here? Go back home!"
Yu Zhenzhen glanced at him hatefully, then turned and said:
"I had been married to my husband, Zhang Erniu, for over two years, but Uncle Chen spotted me on the street and forcibly abducted me back to his mansion to be his concubine!"
"My husband went to the mansion and begged him to let me go, but he ordered the servants to beat him to death!"
Yu Zhenzhen cried bitterly, almost gnashing her teeth and banging her head heavily on the ground.
"There are many women like me in the Prince's Mansion, all pitiful souls who were raped and abused by him. I beg Your Majesty to intervene for us and seek justice for my husband!"
The emperor said angrily:
"Commander Yan, immediately lead a thorough investigation of the Chen Mansion to see if it is true, as this woman claims, that he, a member of the royal family, actually abducted a commoner woman and took her life!"
Yan Ning immediately took the order and left.
Uncle Chen's face turned pale, and he fell to the ground again with a thud:
"Your Majesty, please spare my life! I was confused for a moment, and I will never dare to do it again! I will never dare to do it again! Please, for the sake of the Empress being my elder sister..."
"Enough!" The emperor was furious and waved his hand, "Come here, gag him and take him away for trial!"
When Chen Guojiu's mouth was blocked, he still pleaded with the queen with his eyes, hoping that she could say a few words for him.
However, the Queen, facing the Emperor's displeased gaze, wished she could tear Uncle Chen's mouth apart!
This good-for-nothing who only makes things worse has actually done so many stupid things in private, not only giving others a handle to use against him, but he even still can't see the situation clearly!
He actually asked her, the mother of a country, to show favoritism and plead for him in public!
Is this idiot going to drag her down with him?
The queen gritted her teeth and ignored Uncle Chen.
When the emperor saw that she did not plead for her brother, his expression eased a little.
He coughed heavily a few times, looked at Yun Qingqing, and said tiredly:
"It was the Regent Princess who was wronged today. Don't worry, I will punish the culprit severely!"
"Your Majesty is wise!" Yun Qingqing bowed with a smile and said innocently.
"However, I just heard from the prince that many ministers have impeached me for insulting the dignity of the state. They are spreading rumors about me, the princess, based solely on hearsay. Your Majesty is so wise and powerful, he will surely not let them off easily, right?"
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