The emperor's eyes suddenly became sharp and he glanced at Cang Boyi with a bit of gloom.
Cang Boyi said calmly: "I am the regent king, with the duty of supervising the court and the princes. Prince Mo almost killed Princess Mo with a sword in front of everyone in Fengyue Tower. Everyone in Fengyue Tower saw it clearly.
"I advised you at that time, but you didn't listen and really killed Princess Mo. If the people knew that Prince Mo didn't repent and killed his wife with his own hands, would such a cruel and bloody person one day kill the king or bully the people?"
The emperor's brows furrowed a little, and his anger changed direction.
Cang Tingchen, who was originally very proud, heard the last sentence and his face changed drastically: "Uncle, stop exaggerating. I have never thought of killing the king and oppressing the people."
"It doesn't matter whether you want to or not. What matters is what His Majesty thinks and what the people think. After all, everyone saw with their own eyes that Prince Mo used a sword to kill the princess he had beaten. He could even kill his own princess without any scruples. He is so cold-blooded and cruel. Is there anything you can't do?" Regent Cang Boyi asked back.
Cang Tingchen looked at his father's cold eyes, and was so scared that he knelt on the ground: "Father, calm down, please don't be fooled by the emperor's uncle. Is he deliberately trying to sow discord and slander me?"
"If you don't have such thoughts, why fear slander!" The emperor was furious.
Emperors are the most suspicious. The emperor would naturally not have thought that his most beloved son would be so cold-blooded and cruel.
Who knows, one day, he might really take action against himself or other princes.
Cang Tingchen was so scared that he trembled all over: "I respect you the most, father. I have never dared to have such thoughts. I hope you will understand."
Eunuch Wu walked in and whispered, "Your Majesty, the young master of the Zhenguo Mansion wants to see you. He said he is here to testify."
Cang Tingchen's face turned cold: "Father, Yan Tianming and Ye Xingchen are in the same group, he will definitely speak for Ye Xingchen."
Originally the emperor did not want to summon witnesses, but after hearing what the regent said just now, he said that Prince Mo was indeed too complacent recently, and he had been very active in the court recently and had won over several ministers. It was indeed time to give him a warning.
"Let him in!" the emperor snorted coldly.
"Yes." Eunuch Wu immediately announced the decree.
Yan Tianming walked in from outside the hall, followed by several people, both men and women, as well as Tang Yu and Tang Feng.
Everyone immediately knelt down and saluted: "Your Majesty, long live your Majesty!"
The emperor looked over coldly: "Yan Tianming, who are these people?"
"Your Majesty, they are all here to testify. They were with me in Fengyue Tower yesterday and saw with their own eyes Prince Mo chopping Princess Mo with his sword. If the Regent had not passed by and rescued her, Princess Mo would have been chopped into meat paste on the spot!" Yan Tianming explained immediately.
"Your Majesty, I can testify that Prince Mo really wants to kill Princess Mo." A young man spoke up. It was Zhou Cai, the son of the Minister of Rites and also Yan Tianming's buddy.
"I can also testify." Others echoed.
"Your Majesty, I am a servant in the courtyard of Princess Mo. Princess Mo just returned home tonight, and Prince Mo first humiliated her with words, and then killed her with a palm. Your Majesty, please take charge of my princess!" Tang Yu said while kowtowing.
The emperor's expression was extremely grim, but his reason kept him calm: "Although Prince Mo doesn't like Princess Mo, he wouldn't kill her. What's the hidden story?"
Cang Boyi raised his eyebrows. The emperor was worthy of being the emperor. He was indeed shrewd, but he did not say anything.
The emperor wanted to kill me in every possible way. If he knew that I cared about Ye Xingchen, Ye Xingchen would definitely die.
"Your Majesty, this incident was caused by the 100,000 taels that the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion gave to Princess Mo. A few days ago during the Ghost Festival, the wife of the Duke of Zhenguo suddenly went to the palace in the middle of the night and begged my princess to save her life.
Later, the princess went there and saved Master Yan's life. Then the Duke of Zhenguo and his wife gave the princess one hundred thousand taels as a reward.
The prince said in front of the wife of the Duke of Zhenguo that the 100,000 taels belonged to my princess and he would never interfere and let the princess handle it herself.
As a result, when the princess came back today, the prince had a big fight with her because of the 100,000 taels, and even killed her. Your Majesty, please look into this matter carefully!" Tang Feng explained word by word in a clear and logical manner.
The emperor was furious: "Prince Mo, did you kill Ye Xingchen just for these 100,000 taels?"
"Father, please calm down. I didn't do this for the one hundred thousand taels. It's because Ye Xingchen used the one hundred thousand taels to buy the top prostitute in Fengyue Tower, and that top prostitute is a man. I am the dignified King Mo, how can I tolerate such a thing? That's why I used more force, but I never thought of killing Ye Xingchen." Cang Tingchen explained.
"Cang Tingchen, you are so shameless. You dare to do things but not to take responsibility. Now that people are dead, you are still shirking responsibility. I really look down on you." Yan Tianming retorted immediately.
Father Ye's mouth twitched. One hundred thousand taels to buy a top-notch man. Did this girl Xingchen get kicked in the head by a donkey?
Ye's mother didn't think much of it. "Since ancient times, men have had three wives and four concubines. Why can't women do the same? The prince asked my daughter to be a widow for three years. She just went to listen to music and didn't do anything excessive. Why is that wrong?"
[As expected of my mother, this idea is really ahead of its time. 】
[Dad, you should report King Mo directly. The emperor sent silver to Henan for disaster relief two years ago, but King Mo embezzled half of it and had people melt it into silver ingots and hide it in a cave in the back mountain three miles away from the eastern suburbs.]
[Also, last year, the reason why so many soldiers at the border froze to death was because King Mo embezzled the soldiers' winter military supplies and replaced cotton with reed fluff, so the soldiers couldn't stand the winter.]
[This year, the money for repairing the riverbank was handled by Prince Mo again. He embezzled a lot of it and changed it all into banknotes and hid it in Jufeng Bank.]
Ye's father was shocked. These were serious crimes punishable by confiscation of property and extermination of the entire family. How could Xingchen know all this?
"Nonsense, women should follow the three obediences and four virtues, and obey their husbands after marriage. Madam Ye is really a case of the upper beam being crooked and the lower beam being crooked." Cang Tingchen snorted coldly.
Now that they have fallen out, there is nothing else for him to worry about.
Seeing his wife being humiliated, Ye's father was immediately furious: "Your Majesty, I want to report Prince Mo for embezzling money!"
When these words came out, the emperor was extremely shocked: "Ye Qing, what did you say?"
"Ye Yongcheng, stop framing me!" Cang Tingchen was furious.
"Your Majesty, the year before last, the silver you sent to Henan for disaster relief was embezzled by Prince Mo half. He had the silver melted into silver ingots and hid them in a cave in the back mountain three miles away from the eastern suburbs. If Your Majesty does not believe it, you can send someone to investigate!" Ye's father said sternly.
Cang Tingchen was completely shocked. He looked at Ye's father in disbelief. How could he know that he had embezzled money and where he had hidden the money?
The emperor's face was iron-black, and the aura around him was filled with danger and coldness. His sharp black pupils flashed with cold light: "Ye Qing, if what you said is true, you should know the crime of deceiving the emperor!"
The voice was cold and full of pressure.
"Your Majesty, I am willing to guarantee with my life and property that every word I say is true." Father Ye said solemnly.
My daughter, please don't let your father down. I have risked my life for you.
Cang Tingchen had cold sweat on his back. He absolutely could not admit it, not even if he was beaten to death. He raised his head and glanced at a young eunuch in the corner. The eunuch winked at him, and the young eunuch was about to retreat quietly.
Cang Boyi saw all of this and asked, "Who are you going to secretly inform?"
The cold voice echoed throughout the hall.