Chapter 123 The Emperor Laughed in Anger
The emperor looked at Wen Yao, who was kneeling behind the Prince of Qi, with a sullen face, and said in an angry voice: "The second young lady of the Wen family speaks with such a loud tone. I don't know who gave her the courage."
The emperor's pressure was not just talk. Wen Yao was stared at by the emperor and was so scared that she broke out in a cold sweat.
She only felt a little scared now.
But this is also her fault. It was Wen Ling who treated her like that yesterday, causing her to be slapped by the eldest princess and lose face.
She just wanted to teach Wen Ling a lesson, to humiliate her and ruin her reputation.
Besides, the one who died was just a little palace maid, a lowly slave.
This lowly slave has already taken the money once, and he still wants to use it to threaten her and ask for money again and again. He deserves to die, so is it necessary to mobilize such a large force?
The incident even reached the emperor, and Wen Ling was still pretending to be pitiful with Prince Chen. It was obvious that she did it on purpose!
Wen Yao knew that she could not admit the guilt no matter what, otherwise she would be finished.
So she kowtowed and began to cry: "Your Majesty, please look carefully. I was indeed slandered. In the afternoon, Princess Chen and her friends always sided with her and forced me to admit my guilt.
I was bullied so badly that I lost my mind in anger, so I said those words in anger.
Those were all said by me under duress! Your Majesty, please look into this clearly, ah..."
Wen Yao seemed unable to bear this kind of slander. After a scream, she covered her chest and fell down softly.
She got the angle and timing just right and fell into the King of Qi's arms, where he caught her steadily.
The King of Qi hugged Wen Yao and shouted anxiously, "Yao'er, what's wrong with you? Are you okay? You have been in poor health since childhood, so you can't get too emotional. Yao'er, don't scare me. Call the imperial physician, call the imperial physician quickly!"
Concubine Hua couldn't bear to watch it any longer. She scolded him harshly, "Aqi, calm down. The timing of her fainting was so coincidental. Don't you think it's suspicious?!"
When the King of Qi heard this, his eyes turned bloodshot, and he shouted angrily like a trapped beast: "Mother, Yao'er is already like this, do you still want to force her to death?!"
What a pair of ill-fated lovers who are forced by everyone, their feelings are so firm that even if the whole world opposes them, they will stay together forever, and depend on each other for life and death!
If Wen Ling wasn't still being held tightly by Gu Chenran to act, she would have been afraid that she would not be able to hold back her laughter.
Concubine Hua was so angry that her chest hurt. If there weren't so many people around and she had to consider her son's face, she really wanted to rush over and slap the King of Qi to make him calm down.
The emperor was so angry that he laughed. He looked at Concubine Hua and said in a rare serious tone: "Your son seems to be crazy."
Concubine Hua: “…” She really couldn’t refute.
She took a deep breath and bowed deeply to the emperor: "Your Majesty, please make the decision today. It is right to give Xiao Qi a chance to wake up and make him pay a price."
The Emperor looked at Concubine Hua with approval. Compared with Concubine Shu next to her, the two ways of educating their sons were really very different.
The emperor has already felt a little regretful. If he had known earlier, he would have handed Gu Chenran over to Concubine Hua to raise.
Sure enough, just as the Emperor had this thought, Concubine Shu beside him spoke softly again: "Your Majesty, Xiao Ran is a sensitive child. Don't let him hurt the harmony between the two princes."
The emperor finally couldn't stand it anymore, he asked Concubine Shu directly: "Whose mother are you? Do you treat Xiao Si as your own child?"
Concubine Shu was stunned for a moment, and then her eyes turned red: "Your Majesty, I have sacrificed so much for Chen Ran over the years, and I even neglected my own son. How dare you question me like this?"
The emperor used to feel distressed when he saw her eyes turn red, but now he just felt annoyed: "Okay, if you don't understand the situation, don't talk. Talking about things you don't understand will only make people feel annoyed!"
Concubine Shu stopped talking to the emperor, but looked at Gu Chenran and Wen Ling with even more resentment and disgust.
It seemed as if Gu Chenran and Wen Ling were the ones who caused her to be scolded.
The emperor finally talked about the case itself.
He was decisive and straightforward, without any hesitation: "There is physical evidence to prove this matter, and the evidence is conclusive. It is obvious that the second young lady of the Wen family ordered her personal maid to kill the palace maid who had bribed and slandered Princess Chen, and then framed Princess Chen.
Moreover, the second young lady of the Wen family showed no intention of repentance, and she spoke nonsense to the public without caring about the reputation of the royal family.
How should one be sentenced for instigating murder, framing others, committing multiple crimes, and being punished together? Minister of the Dali Temple, I don't need to teach you, right? ”
The Dali Temple Minister bowed quickly and said, "I obey your orders!"
The King of Qi looked up in shock. He wanted to say something angrily, but before he could finish his words, the eunuch sent by Concubine Hua covered his mouth tightly.
The eunuch was a martial artist with great strength. The King of Qi's mouth was covered and he was unable to break free for a while. He could only pry the eunuch's hands apart, making a humming sound and constantly warning the eunuch with his eyes.
The eunuch apologized and said, "Please calm down, Prince Qi. It was the Imperial Concubine who asked me to come here. She is doing this for your own good. Please just bear with it!"
The King of Qi looked at Concubine Hua, his eyes full of pleading, begging Concubine Hua to speak for Wen Yao.
Concubine Hua was so angry that she didn't even look at him, but just gave him a huge eye roll.
The Dali Temple Chief Justice waved his hand, and his men came up and lifted Wen Yao up.
Wen Yao, who was pretending to be unconscious, had to "slowly wake up".
She tugged at the sleeve of the King of Qi in fear, and refused to be taken away, shouting, "Brother Qi, save me, save Yao'er..."
The officers and soldiers did not dare to drag Wen Yao away for fear of hurting the King of Qi.
Concubine Hua immediately gave the eunuch a look, and the eunuch understood and kicked Wen Yao's hand that was holding Prince Qi's sleeve.
He kicked with so much force that he almost broke Wen Yao's wrist.
Wen Yao cried out in pain and loosened her hands, then was carried away by the soldiers. Her cries for help gradually faded away.
The Emperor turned to the King of Qi and said, "As for the King of Qi, he is unable to recognize reality, only listens to one side and believes what is said. His virtue is not worthy of his position. I will deduct his salary for one year and confine him to his home for three months to reflect on his mistakes behind closed doors!"
After the emperor had dealt with the matter, the imperial physician arrived late.
After coming in, he immediately took the pulse of Gu Chenran who was sitting in a wheelchair and diagnosed him.
Gu Chenran already had heart problems. With two hearts in his body, it would be strange if he could take a good pulse.
As expected, the imperial physician frowned tightly. "The prince is so angry that he has a heart attack. He already has a heart disease. He should be more careful in the future and avoid getting too emotional. Don't be too sad or too angry. Otherwise... the consequences will be very serious. You may not be able to wait until the doctors arrive to treat you."
The emperor looked at the thin Gu Chenran with a very complicated expression.
He loved his smartest son the most, but God was jealous of his talent...
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