Chapter 491: Excuses are useless

Min lowered her eyes and said, "The Queen Mother promised me that if I succeeded in this matter, she would order me to return to my parents' home after the mourning period was over, and she would find a good marriage for me in the future. Moreover, she would promote my father and brother, so that the Min family would prosper and grow."

Everyone understood what she meant when they heard this.

Although the Min family is also a family of officials, the highest official in the family is only a fourth-rank official, and it is a nominal position.

Moreover, there are no talented people among the younger generations of the Min family. It is difficult for them to make a name for themselves by relying on the imperial examinations.

If things continue like this, the Min family will gradually decline.

If they can get the promotion of the Queen Mother, it will be different.

Then, Yue Haoyun took out a small cloth bag from his sleeve and opened it for everyone to see. "Please look, everyone, this is the poison that I found in Min's room."

"It was also found on my pillow."

With the evidence, everyone was convinced and had no doubts.

"Queen Mother Zhu, you are so cruel and have poisoned the prince many times, you vicious woman!" Meng Yong, who was standing in the front row, said angrily.

He pulled the handkerchief out of Zhu Ling's mouth, "Zhu, tell me, do you plead guilty?"

Zhu Ling glared at Yue Haoyun and the ministers fiercely, and then laughed sinisterly.

Then, she said in a stern voice: "Yue Haoyun, stop trying

to gain sympathy here! I want to kill you!" "But I have no choice but to kill you!"

"You are older than the emperor and have always been ambitious for the throne. In order for my son to sit firmly on the throne, I have no choice but to kill you!"

"And you, your actions today, just show that you have always had a rebellious heart, you want to rebel, you want to sit on the throne!"

Xia Miaoyuan got goosebumps after hearing Zhu Ling's words, [Oh my God, this Zhu Ling is really good at making excuses, what is she saying! ? 】

At this time, King Shen opened his mouth and shouted, "Zhu Ling, you are talking nonsense!"

"Throughout the dynasties, if the king discovered that his subjects had rebellious intentions, if he could find evidence, he could justifiably convict the person of treason and punish him according to the law."

"Your Majesty, there is no evidence of treason. You just speculate that he has rebellious intentions and want to harm him. Isn't that unreasonable?"

"Let me ask you, if a commoner suspects that his neighbor wants to steal his property, he kills his neighbor, is this reasonable and legal?" As soon as

King Shen said this, everyone couldn't help but agree.

"Yes, Zhu Ling is making excuses!"

"According to what she said, if we see any prince or minister who has a disloyal heart, we will kill them. Wouldn't that make the country in chaos?"

"Yes, in history, only tyrants would act like this."

Meng Yong glared at Zhu Ling and said, "Zhu Ling, you are so cruel and shameless. According to the laws of Dai Viet, you should be punished!"

Han Lie, who was standing next to Lin Xiang, also trembled and said, "Zhu Ling should be punished!"

Zhu Ling glared at Han Lie angrily, "Lord Han, you have the nerve to say this to me?!"

Han Lie looked away with a guilty conscience.

The two palace maids who were holding Zhu Ling saw that she was not honest, and twisted her arms with their hands, and she immediately became so painful that she couldn't speak.

At this time, Yue Haoyun continued, "Please be patient, I haven't finished speaking yet."

As he spoke, he took out a jade ring from his arms and showed it to everyone.

"Please look, do you recognize this jade ring?"

Everyone present stood on tiptoe and looked at the jade ring.

Han Lie looked at the jade ring in astonishment, looking at it again and again in disbelief, as if he didn't believe his eyes. He rubbed his eyes and continued to look carefully.

Then, his lips trembled, and he looked at Yue Haoyun in astonishment, but he couldn't say a word.

Prime Minister Lin was the first to say, "Is this the jade ring of the late emperor?!"

Then, several old ministers also said with certainty, "This is the

jade ring of the late emperor." An old official said, "This is the jade ring passed down from our royal family of Great Vietnam. Whenever the old emperor is seriously ill and will soon die, he will pass this jade ring to the new emperor before he dies."

"It can be said that this ring represents the dignity of the emperor. May I ask, Your Majesty, why is such an important ring in your hand?"

When everyone heard this, they all looked at Yue Haoyun in disbelief.

Zhu Ling raised her head with great effort and saw the ring clearly. Despair filled her eyes.

She shouted unconvinced, "That ring is fake! The ring of the late emperor was buried with the late emperor!"

Zhu Ling's words seemed pale and powerless.

Why would an ancestral token representing the throne of the emperor suddenly cease to be passed down and be used as a burial object? Isn't this very unreasonable?

At first, after the death of the previous emperor, Zhu Ling searched for the ring but could not find it. In desperation, he could only tell others that the little emperor was too young to wear the ring, so he kept it as a treasure.

The little emperor would wear it when he grew up.

In fact, Zhu Ling wanted to wait ten or twenty years, find a piece of jade with a similar color, and then have a craftsman carve a ring.

By then, because of the long time, everyone would have forgotten what the ancestral ring looked like.

Minister Lin said sternly, "Queen Mother Zhu, you clearly said at the beginning that the ring was too big and His Majesty was too young to wear it, so you kept it as a treasure. Why are you saying today that the ring was buried with the late emperor? How could an ancestral treasure, something passed down from generation to generation, be buried with the emperor?"

"You are lying!"

Zhu Ling was speechless.

Yue Haoyun's voice continued, "Everyone, I want you to see someone. When you meet him, you will understand the origin of this ring."

He then gave Xifeng a wink, and Xifeng immediately brought a eunuch from behind.

"Everyone, please take a good look at this eunuch." Yue Haoyun said.

Han Lie forced himself to look at the eunuch, and the moment he saw the eunuch's face clearly, Han Lie's legs softened and he almost fell to the ground.

Fortunately, Minister Lin supported him.

Zhu Ling stared at the eunuch's face, and her whole body froze, and then she became like a deflated ball, lifeless.

"Why does this eunuch look so familiar!" Meng Yong spoke first.

"You are... the one who served the late emperor?!" Lin Xiang said in surprise.

At this time, the eunuch bowed to everyone and said respectfully: "My lords and nobles, my humble name is Zhou Daqian. In the past, I was a young eunuch serving the late emperor."

At this time, someone in the crowd said: "It's Zhou Daqian, I was wondering why he looks so familiar!"

Someone else said: "When the late emperor passed away, didn't he say that the young eunuchs around him were willing to be buried with him? Eunuch Zhou, why are you still..."

Zhou Daqian said seriously, "My lords, please listen to my story."