NOVEL NEXT Chapter 56 - kneel down
Gu Xingyun asked Wei Feng to bring He Songfa to the palace.
“Prince, where is Hao Jinping? Don’t you have to wait to be summoned?” Wei Feng reminded.
“No, let’s go.”
Gu Xingyun still wanted to let He Songfa go.
Originally, I thought that He Songfa would obliterate humanity and would resist death. That’s when Hao Jinping was arrested, and he planned to confront him. Now that he has recognized it. Let this crime of theft be exposed…
In the Qingxin Hall, the emperor was horrified after hearing He Songfa’s testimony. His face was gloomy and he was shocked. This kind of murder was unheard of.
“Do you have evidence?” the emperor asked He Songfa.
“The villain doesn’t. However, it is indeed what the villain saw with his own eyes. The villain is willing to confront Concubine Wei and Tian Yuchen.”
The emperor pondered for a moment, and still summoned Wei Yuanyuan, the concubine of the Huiwang Mansion, and Tian Yuchen, a guest, to enter the palace.
Three quarters of an hour later, Wei Yuanyuan came from outside the hall with an elegant and dignified body. Behind him, Tian Yuchen followed.
“Xuan.” Eunuch Li’s unique voice sounded sharply.
The two entered the hall and paid homage to the emperor.
“Concubine Wei, He Songfa, the former steward of Prince Hui’s Mansion, came before me and sued you and Tian Yuchen for murdering Prince Hui, can you plead guilty?”
“The courtier does not recognize it.”
“Your Majesty, the villain did see Concubine Wei covering Prince Hui’s mouth with his own eyes, and Tian Yuchen used incense to burn the tail of a small snake in a bamboo tube. The snake then slid into Prince Hui’s anus.” He Songfa pointed to Wei Yuanyuan was hoarse.
“Butler He, did you really see me at night?” Wei Yuanyuan turned around, walked in front of He Songfa, and asked with her right hand over herself.
He Songfa watched Wei Yuanyuan come step by step, her hand covering her heart. Inadvertently, he scratched the longevity lock on his chest. He Songfa’s complexion changed greatly, his eyes widened in anger, his mouth opened, and he looked at Wei Yuanyuan in horror.
Wei Yuanyuan approached again, her eyes were full of sinister colors, and she asked sharply, “I’ll ask you again, Steward He, did you really see me covering Prince Hui’s mouth at night?”
Gu Xingyun felt that something was wrong and was about to speak. But he heard He Song’s trembling voice coming from his ear.
“no.”
Wei Yuanyuan snorted coldly and bowed to the emperor.
“Bold He Songfa, you dare to deceive the emperor?” The emperor was furious.
“Your Majesty, how could He Songfa, a former steward of the palace, dare to come here to deceive the king for no reason? It must be the prince who promised him a favor and came to frame me.”
After Wei Yuanyuan asked, she turned to look at He Songfa, with a humiliated and heartbroken expression. His right hand touched his heart again, and after passing the longevity lock again, he asked in a seductive voice, “Yes or not?”
“Yes.” He Songfa was already paralyzed on the ground, looking like a life without love.
“Prince? What do you have to say?” The emperor asked Gu Xingyun, looking at him.
Gu Xingyun was shocked at why He Songfa was talking nonsense, and he didn’t know why he temporarily objected.
“Your Majesty, I want to summon Hao Jinping.”
“who?”
“The shopkeeper of the Wushuang pawnshop is related to this case.”
“Summon Hao Jinping.” The emperor allowed.
When Hao Jinping entered the hall, Gu Xingyun told the whole story one by one, pointing out that He Songfa had stolen the palace utensils for ten years and sold them to the Wushuang pawnshop. That night, it was because he was going to steal that he witnessed the truth of Prince Hui’s death with his own eyes.
“What the prince said is true.” The emperor looked at Hao Jinping and asked.
“It’s true.” Hao Jinping replied.
“He Songfa, can you plead guilty?”
However, He Songfa suddenly changed the way he was unlovable just now, knelt down and replied, “The villain doesn’t recognize it.”
Gu Xingyun looked at Hao Jinping, and Hao Jinping immediately said, “There are still a few items left in the Caomin shop that He Songfa stole from the palace.”
“Then maybe, it was given to you by the prince.” Wei Yuanyuan suddenly sneered.
Gu Xingyun sneered and said, “Everyone knows about the lost things in the palace, just ask them.”
Wei Yuanyuan was teased for a while, and replied unwillingly: “It is also possible that the prince caught He Songfa’s handle and forced him to frame me.”
“You!” Gu Xingyun got angry.
“Enough, take Hao Jinping and He Songfa to the Heavenly Prison, and hand them over to Hu Yingmao, the minister of Dali Temple, for trial.” The emperor gave an order with a headache, and the two were detained.
“You guys go down first, and wait for the results of Dali Temple.” The emperor waved his hand.
Wei Yuanyuan and Tian Yuchen replied yes and retired.
Gu Xingyun still didn’t leave, and called out, “Your Majesty.”
“Of course I believe you. However, there is no evidence, and it is useless to say anything more realistic.” The emperor looked at him and sighed.
“Your Majesty, I have evidence.”
The emperor looked at Gu Xingyun.
“What evidence do you have?”
“This minister asks the emperor for an decree to conduct an anatomy for my father to collect evidence.”
Gu Xingyun knelt down on one knee and arched his fists with both hands. What he did was a military salute, not a princely salute.
This ceremony means that he is not only the heir of Prince Hui’s Mansion. He was also the emperor’s general. His father, Prince Hui, who once fought with him on the battlefield. And he, Gu Xingyun, is General Yun Hui who is now fighting for him on the battlefield!
The emperor’s eyes narrowed.
He once fought with King Hui, and the pictures of the iron clothes in the battle are still vivid in my mind. Brotherly love, rhetoric is still in my ears. He is moving.
However, Gu Xingyun’s ceremony not only reminded the emperor of the days when they showed each other with sincerity, but also challenged the emperor’s rebellious scale.
He was very dissatisfied with Gu Xingyun’s behavior of challenging his bottom line with his identity.
“You go back first, let me think about it.”
“Your Majesty.” Gu Xingyun still couldn’t afford it.
Seeing him being so stubborn, the emperor could not help but get angry, let him kneel, and left the Qingxin Hall with his sleeves.
In the Xiahou Mansion at dusk, Cong Ting was reporting to Lord Hou.
“After Gu Shizi entered the palace in the afternoon, he has been kneeling in the Qingxin Hall until now.”
The Hou Ye frowned and asked, “The emperor asked him to kneel?”
“No, he refuses to leave, and the emperor is also angry.”
“Do you know why?”
“It should be the matter of Prince Hui. In the afternoon, Concubine Wei and the housekeeper were also reported.”
“Go and call Su Qian’an.”
“Yes.”
Due to Xia Chu’s relationship, Hou Ye is now paying more attention to the news in the palace. The most concerned are the Seventh Highness and Bingwen. He remembered that Cong Ting seemed to have said a few days ago that Bingwen and Gu Shizi had met. Therefore, he asked Qian An. Gu Shizi entered the palace today, whether it has anything to do with Bingwen.
Su Qian’an happened to have just returned to the house when Cong Ting pulled him to Hengwu Courtyard.
Hou Ye met Su Qian’an and asked straight to the point, “Did Bingwen sell the news to Gu Shizi?”
Su Qianan looked a little embarrassed, and kept pinching the corner of her clothes, but refused to speak.
The Hou Ye was angrily laughed, and said feigning anger, “It’s okay for you to say that something happened to Gu Shizi in the palace. I’m asking you to see if I need to help Bingwen.”
Su Qianan’s face was twisted, and her facial features were a little distorted, and her heart was also very tangled. He secretly raised his head and glanced at Lord Hou, and saw that he was looking at him patiently.
Su Qianan seemed to have made a big decision, nodded heavily, and covered her face in shame.
Hou Ye was really happy this time, he smiled and said to him: “Young master won’t blame you, if you don’t believe me, go ask Bingwen.”
Su Qian’an felt a little relieved when she heard the words, and then went back down.
“Enter the palace.” Lord Hou instructed Cong Ting.
“Yes.” Cong Ting Ying went to prepare a carriage.
In the Yongning Hall, the attendant Xin Ya said to Xiao Zimu, “Master Xiahou has just entered the palace.”
“For Gu Shizi?” Xiao Zimu asked frowning.
“probably.”
“You go there and wait, if Lord Xiahou comes out, ask if you need help.” Xiao Zimu ordered.
“Yes.”
After about an hour and a half, Xin Ya came back to report.
“My subordinates have been waiting outside the Changqiu Palace. Lord Xiahou came out in about an hour, and my subordinates wanted to go forward to ask questions. But seeing that it was sent by Eunuch Li himself, it was not convenient to go forward and ask. I followed Master Xiahou out of the palace all the way, pretended to meet Eunuch Li by chance, and talked to Eunuch Li. I heard that Master Hou seems to be here to speak for Gu Shizi.”
“You are cautious.”
Xiao Zimu’s words, for a while, could not tell whether it was a compliment or a derogation.
“His Royal Highness now has a reputation for keeping himself clean and never being selfish, so it’s better for your subordinates to be more cautious?” Xin Ya asked tentatively.
“Well, it doesn’t make sense. You go down.”
“Yes.” Seeing that Xiao Zimu didn’t blame him, Xin Ya felt relieved and retired.