A pebble hit Li Heng, and someone cursed, "That scoundrel skins the people to weave brocade for himself, and sucks their blood to fatten himself up. If we don't kill this bastard today, his knife will cut down all the roads to survival in the world in the future!"
The second stone fell, and it was a handsome scholar. "I remember now, the teacher who encouraged me to stand up for him was a student of Lin Hanlin."
Lin Hanlin is still lying in the dark study. He and Li Heng are in cahoots. The gathering of students to give lectures was planned by Li Heng and his group. We were all fooled by him.
When someone brought it up, the students gradually remembered it as well. In an instant, the students were filled with righteous indignation. Several large bumps appeared intermittently on Li Heng's head, which had been doused with excrement.
With the Imperial Guards present, the servants of the Prime Minister's residence dared not kill anyone in public, only belatedly trying to shield Li Heng.
Some of the martial arts masters that Li Heng had hired at high prices, seeing this, concluded that Li Heng's power was waning and did not want to oppose the imperial court, so they secretly left.
The person Chen Banjun had ordered to fetch water finally arrived, and the icy cold water poured over Li Heng, making him shiver uncontrollably.
But his injuries prevented him from walking, so he could only close his eyes in anger.
He comforted himself, thinking that Chen Banjun and the others wouldn't dare to take his life in public. He still had to meet the emperor, and Chen Banjun wouldn't dare to let him enter the palace in such a disheveled state.
If he can just endure this, he will have clean clothes, and he will try to make himself presentable again.
He was also relieved that he had written to his son Chengye, telling him not to come to Beijing.
As long as his son and the people he secretly supported remained, they would eventually have a chance to turn their lives around.
Just as I was thinking this, I saw Ye Zhen dragging a woman over.
“Eunuch Chen, this person is a servant of the Lady of Pingchang. She has reported that the Lady of Pingchang is not a citizen of our Dayuan.”
While keeping an eye on the Pingchang Marquis's residence, Ye Zhen noticed the unusual behavior of the Pingchang Marquis's wife, so he tied up the old servant's grandson and used her to expose the incident.
The old servant's most precious grandson was in Ye Zhen's hands, so he dared not cause any trouble. He knelt down with a thud and said, "Reporting to Your Excellency, the lady often comes into contact with the Prime Minister. This old servant overheard her mentioning to the Prime Minister that she misses her hometown and wants to return to her roots after she dies."
The prime minister promised her that he would bring her back to his dynasty while she was still alive.
Lady Pingchang Marquis even allowed Li Heng to open a secret study in her own home, so their relationship was naturally extraordinary.
Upon thinking of the totem, Chen Banjun immediately ordered someone to inform the emperor and sent people to thoroughly search the Pingchang Marquis's residence.
Upon learning of the situation, the emperor said to the empress, "I wish to leave the palace in person."
Shi Yan and Ye Zhen have laid out the evidence in front of him, yet he's still waiting in the palace for someone to come in and explain.
The emperor was angered by the words of the pregnant woman who had insulted him. He was an emperor, yet he was being insulted by a mere woman.
However, it must be admitted that he did indeed mismanage people, which harmed that woman's family and many innocent people.
Therefore, he did not want to hide in the palace while the people were judging Li Heng.
Hearing that Li Heng had been splashed with excrement, he didn't want him to go to the palace. After the trial, he was sent directly to prison so that Li Heng could suffer hunger and cold.
The Prime Minister's mansion alone has dozens of chests of gold and silver, and over the years it has sucked the blood and sweat of countless people.
The Empress forced herself to stay alert and nodded.
She was heartbroken by the death of the Prince of Yun. She heard that his body was twisted, his fingers gripping the ground like eagle claws, as if he had tried to escape when the fire was raging.
But with his legs crippled, he couldn't escape and was burned to death.
That was her son, her own flesh and blood, who died so tragically.
As the emperor was leaving, she finally managed to say, "Your Majesty, could it be Ye Zhen who burned Yun'er to death?"
She hadn't suspected anything before, but the Imperial Guards captured Li Heng's men at the Prince Yun's residence, and coincidentally, Shi Yan opened the secret study in search of his daughter. Ye Zhen also discovered that the identity of the Lady of Pingchang Marquis was questionable.
It looks like a premeditated scheme.
The emperor sighed, "If the second son behaves himself, who can scheme against him? Even if Ye Zhen kills him, she is still willing to come to the palace to put on this show with us, which shows that she does not want to break ties with us."
Ye Zhen and the others did so much afterward, they probably didn't expect us to suspect her, but she still exposed Li Heng.
Aside from her personal grudge against Li Heng, she wasn't entirely without intention to help us. She's a righteous child, far superior to the second son.
Your Majesty, Prince Yun is our son, and Ye Zhen is Shi Yan's daughter. Shi Yan did not kill Prince Yun in front of you and me, which is already giving us enough face.
The reason he did this was simply because Ye Zhen cared about the Crown Prince and he couldn't bear to put his daughter in a difficult position.
We also care about the Crown Prince and don't want to lose him because of a conflict with Ye Zhen. Let's leave it at that. It's not that we didn't give him a chance; the Second Prince's current predicament is entirely his own fault.
"I know."
The Empress burst into tears, "I just can't accept it right now, my second son is gone."
The thought of the suffering he might have endured before his death made the Queen feel terribly distressed.
The emperor knew her thoughts all too well, and as her father, he was equally distressed.
But since things had already come to this, pretending not to hear was the best option. After comforting the Empress with a few more words, the Emperor rode in a sedan chair to the Prime Minister's residence in person...
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