Shang Changge sneered inwardly. She hadn't expected that even in death, Shang Ye could still outmaneuver them.
And then there's Shang Le, the princess's younger sister who's always been rather dim-witted, who really made her look at her in a new light.
"Greetings, Your Majesty." "Your daughter greets Your Majesty."
Shang Changge bowed to Empress Dowager Shang Changze before rising and taking her seat.
His sharp gaze pierced the abbot, who was the leader of eight or nine monks. He took the initiative, arguing forcefully and speaking calmly yet compellingly.
"My beloved younger sister, who had only been at Lingyin Temple for a few days, is suddenly gone? Abbot!"
You keep saying that my fifth sister committed suicide to seek justice for our father, mother, and two brothers, but that's just empty talk. What proof do you have?
The abbot clasped his hands together and chanted Amitabha: "Your Highness, Princess Anle's nanny and maid, as well as the monks of this temple, are all witnesses."
As for the physical evidence, I have already presented it all to His Majesty. If the Princess wishes to see it, she may request it from His Majesty.
Without Shang Changge needing to speak, Shang Changze instructed the eunuch beside him to deliver the so-called physical evidence mentioned by the abbot to Shang Changge.
Shang Changge glanced at it casually, and it was the same as what the beautiful younger brother had said in his message; it was all evidence that Shang Ye had collected before.
Some evidence is sufficient to prove that the people who staged the coup that night were her and the concubine's younger brother, as well as the main ministers involved.
For example, the Murong family, who benefited both the mother and grandfather of the deceased, and Xiao Ji and others.
Oh, and there's also Shang Le's suicide note.
She wrote about why she wanted to commit suicide, what the purpose of her suicide was, and how unjustly her father, mother, and two brothers were treated.
She knew the truth but was powerless to clear the names of her father, mother, and two brothers, feeling utterly helpless and in pain. She could only turn to the abbot of Lingyin Temple, hoping the truth would come to light.
but……
She admitted that most of what was said in the letter was true, but what was this nonsense about the beautiful younger brother instigating Shang Ye and Shang Rui to force the two brothers to kill each other? It was utterly fabricated!
On second thought, it becomes clear.
Indeed, if Shang Ye hadn't brainwashed Shang Le like this, how could he have made Shang Le's hatred for them soar to the maximum, and how could he have made Shang Le have the courage to give up her life?
Shang Le risked his life to have the monks of Lingyin Temple seek justice for them; how could they allow the world to know that they had committed the crime of forcing the emperor to abdicate?
Shang Ye is willing to use any means to achieve his goals, even using his own sister's life as a weapon, showing no regard for her life whatsoever.
However, this plan is truly ingenious. It seems that Shang Ye also knew that they would most likely take him down on the day he led his troops to confront Shang Rui, which is why he left such a trick.
However, knowing there was a high probability he would be killed by Ga, he still insisted on personally killing Shang Rui.
This hatred... tsk... what an extreme and madman.
Unfortunately, Shang Ye's plan is likely to fail.
With a flick of his wrist, Shang Changge released his grip, and the so-called physical evidence flew off the platform and crashed to the ground.
The abbot and the other monks' expressions changed immediately. The abbot stopped spinning the prayer beads in his hand, looked up at Shang Changge, and asked.
"What does the Eldest Princess mean by this?"
Shang Changge chuckled, her haughty laughter mocking Leng Lie, a gesture befitting a princess:
"What do you mean? I'd like to ask the abbot what you mean. You said that the maids and servants who serve the Fifth Princess and the monks in your temple can all be witnesses, and I also said that you are in cahoots."
You say these tattered papers are physical evidence? I'll say the evidence is fake, merely a copy of what Prince Ye and his fifth sister wrote."
The abbot, witnessing Shang Changge's despicable skills for the first time, could not believe that such a person could so distort right and wrong, and wanted to argue:
"Your Highness, how can you, as the eldest princess of Qingyan, do such a thing..."
Shang Changge didn't give the abbot and the others a chance to argue, directly interrupting them and going even further to pin the charges on them:
"In my opinion, you were simply failing to take good care of my fifth sister, which led to her death, and you fear the royal family's wrath and punishment."
He devised this scheme based on the recent widespread rumor that the emperor's coup attempt was not carried out by the Third Prince but by the emperor himself.
Instead, they tried to shift the blame for the fifth princess's death back onto the royal family in an attempt to exonerate themselves, and the evidence they presented was…
Shang Changge raised the only piece of evidence she hadn't thrown away, and with a slight movement of her luscious red lips, she spoke words that were both factual and substantiated:
"This document says that His Majesty instigated a conflict between Prince Ye and the Third Prince, forcing the two brothers to kill each other."
Which of the civil and military officials in the court didn't know that Prince Ye wished he could kill his elder brother, the Third Prince, as soon as possible?
How could the Emperor be sowing discord? The letter is utterly absurd, laughable, and utterly nonsensical!
It doesn't matter if her evidence isn't convincing enough; how convincing is the abbot's and others' evidence when she presents such a well-reasoned and logical distortion of the truth?
The evidence is mutual.
But power is at its zenith for the royal family!
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