Chapter 167
“What are you babbling about?” The Duke of England glanced anxiously at the Emperor, his face unhappy.
Rong Xiangmian stood up and sat on the footrest beside the bed, taking Zhou Xianyang’s hand, silently weeping, “Only when he dies can those people outside shut their stinking mouths. Only by dying can he prove his innocence!” The Emperor realized that the Princess was also a part of the family.
The emperor realized that the princess had also heard the views of some ministers. The emperor’s heart was indeed shaken. But after hearing her say so, he also came back to his senses. This kind of suspicion was undoubtedly a secondary injury to Xian Yang, who had been seriously injured in order to save the Emperor’s life.
The Emperor said, “Consort Yu, there are indeed some rumors out there, and you are a child with a strong temperament. When I get to the bottom of this, I’ll be able to clear Yang’s name. Until then, all sorts of speculations are unavoidable, so don’t take it too personally.”
Seeing tears hanging from the corners of his eyes, Rong Xiangxian smiled sadly and said, “The person who sacrificed his life to save the Emperor’s life will have to be questioned about his loyalty to you, but what about those who questioned Xian Yang, how much of their loyalty is true? Yü Wang’s loyalty is expressed with his own life and blood, so why should it be measured by their foul mouths? Have they ever shed their blood for His Majesty or sold their lives for the dynasty?
Father, I feel chilled, I am chilled for Xian Yang …… If he wakes up and faces this kind of situation, I would rather he sleeps forever.”
“See each other!” The British Duke was anxious, not expecting his daughter to actually contradict the emperor in public. But on second thought, suddenly realized that Xiangmian, why suddenly so domineering.
The rumors in the palace are all heartbreaking. If this case can not be clarified, this shadow will always hang in the heart of the emperor.
Just as Xiang Xiang said, Yü Wang can only prove that he didn’t manipulate the accident to take credit by dying.
Poor Yü Wang is in a coma and is unable to defend himself. So at this moment, Consort Yü Wang’s attitude is particularly important. If she was vague, it would inevitably make people feel guilty in their hearts, and the more intense her attitude was, the more she appeared to have a clear conscience.
Sure enough, rong xiang see after a ruthless venting, the emperor not only did not angry, but instead immediately issued a decree, rewarded the royal historian within, several officials of the court cane. Reprimanded them at the time of Yup King’s serious injury, malicious speculation rumor slander, inhumane. This calmed the rumors and showed the emperor’s trust.
Rong Xiangmian immediately fell to the ground in obeisance, ”Many thanks to Father Emperor for administering justice! As long as Father Emperor believes in Yu Wang, we have no complaints even if we are broken to pieces.”
The Emperor nods and raises his hand to signal her to get up, “It is also a blessing for Xian Yang to have a wife like you who is dedicated to him.”
Rong Xiangmian returned, “Since I was a child, my father has taught my brothers the four words of loyalty to the king and love for the people, and although Xiangmian is a girl, she understands them. Yü Wang is His Majesty’s child, so naturally he understands these four words even better. Yuhuang’s loyalty, how can we allow those villains to slander it!”
The Emperor pondered, “In the past in the palace, I didn’t realize this rigid nature of yours.”
“In the past, when I accompanied the Sixth Princess, I was taken care of by the Emperor, Empress, and Mothers, and I was as carefree as a child. However, this Jinling City is so sinister, with deep malice towards the Yulin Royal House, there is no longer any way for me to act like a child and be protected by adults in everything.” Saying this, Rong Xiangmian probed Xian Yang’s breathing again to confirm that he was still alive, “He’s not well, I have to protect him.”
The thousand year ginseng was quickly sent over from Ci Ning Palace. The Empress Dowager’s side naturally couldn’t hide it.
“Xian Yang, my good grandson, my heart’s liver yo……” From a long way away, the Empress Dowager cried all the way to the Chong Hua Palace, “My poor son, how could you be so miserable… …”
At that scene, everyone present was moved to tears.
The Emperor comforted the Empress Mother, and the Imperial Doctors also cooperated, trying their best to make King Yu’s injuries sound optimistic.
Rong Xiangmian kowtowed and thanked his grandmother for Zhou Xian Yang, saying, ”With the thousand year ginseng in his medicine, His Highness will surely get well very quickly. When he wakes up, he will definitely kowtow and thank you in person.”
A group of people, with kind words and persuasion, finally coaxed the old man to get well.
The empress dowager eased her sadness, busy instructing the emperor: “This matter, must be investigated clearly. The Emperor’s safety is jeopardized, and must not be tolerated.”
The emperor nodded. This morning, the Department of Penal Precepts came to report, to Shi Feng used torture, he is still the same, sometimes crazy sometimes awake, does not seem to be able to pretend to look.
On the side of the schoolyard, there is no progress yet. At this time, the palace people to report, Qi old general to see, said there are important matters to report.
The emperor thought it must be related to the school field, busy to the main hall, summoned him in.
Shi old general with a raw-faced doctor came in, “Your Majesty, I went back the day before yesterday, I have always felt that Shi Feng’s illness is strange, so I went to the house of the doctor who diagnosed Shi Feng to ask for advice. The doctor went with the old minister to Shi Feng’s house to check, and found that there is something wrong.”
“What’s wrong?”
Imperial Doctor Wu busily said, “Your Majesty, Shi Feng’s home, especially the bedroom, there is a faint lingering tranquilizing fragrance.”
“Tranquil fragrance?” The emperor was puzzled, although the emperor had imperial spices, he had heard of the tranquilizing incense, “Isn’t this for tranquilizing the mind?”
The Imperial Doctor said, “Tranquilizing Incense, when lit, does have the effect of tranquilizing the mind to help one sleep and dream. However, for a patient like Shi Feng who is insane, if a large amount of tranquilizing incense is burned for a long period of time, it will easily aggravate his condition, causing him to be unable to distinguish between reality and dreams.”
The people present understood as soon as they heard this, and the emperor immediately asked, “You should have instructed him not to use incense.”
“Yes.”
Elder General Qi returned, “Your Majesty, this tranquilizing incense residue is so faint that if it wasn’t for the Imperial Physician’s visit, even the old minister wouldn’t be able to detect it. In my opinion, it’s very likely that the incense was lit when he fell asleep and then removed before dawn. The purpose is to stimulate him to have an attack. What’s even more strange is that all the incense burners up and down the Shi family were actually emptied cleanly, not even a bit of spice, really wanting to cover it up.”
“Do you have any clues as to who did this?”
“Shi Feng and Shi Wei, father and son, each live in different courtyards. Shi Feng’s side, now there is only a concubine, is to enter the capital, someone offered to him, care of his living. If someone can light incense during the night and still remove it in time, this woman, must not be left unchecked.”
The Emperor immediately ordered the Department of Penal Precepts to go and bring up the person.
Elder General Shi added, “According to the Shi family’s subordinates, this woman lied about being out on the day of the incident and has yet to return.”
Fortunately, soon after, Shi Wei and Rong Xiangwang sought an audience outside, saying that the person had been brought.
Rong Xiangwang escorted the person and reported to the emperor: “The day before yesterday, the school accident, I ordered to strictly guard the nine gates, twelve hours a day, regardless of the entry and exit must have paperwork, and in the city to strengthen the search for suspicious people. This woman the night before last, carrying gold, silver and soft, suspicious, was a group of bandits chased, I will save her down. Last night Shi Wei came to me and asked me to help find his family’s missing concubine, and I realized that this woman was none other than a member of the Shi family.”
The emperor saw the woman, kneeling on the ground and shivering, so he said, “Raise your head.”
The woman looked like she wanted to cry, so scared that she went soft: “Emperor, I’m innocent.”
“Didn’t do anything wrong, what are you running in the middle of the night?”
“My wife is afraid. The men in my family have committed a great crime, I am afraid of being killed, I just want to seek a way out. I really didn’t know about this.”
“You don’t know?” Shi Wei said angrily, “If you didn’t know, why would someone silence you? Had I known that you were so stubborn, General Xiao Rong should not have saved you.”
“What’s going on here?” The emperor had a premonition in his heart when he heard him say that an official of the court was involved.
Shi Wei pushed her angrily, “Why don’t you still tell the truth?”
The woman was lying on the ground and deflated her mouth, “The folk woman is afraid that if she says it, she will really die …… The folk woman is just a poor person who was sold into a brothel and was bought and sent to the Shi family. As ordered to serve the general, and was ordered to light incense only, and did not do anything treacherous ah ……”
Said, tears flowed down.
“Who ordered you to do things? You tell the truth, I spare you from death.”
“The people’s wife, only know that he is surnamed pipe, the other one does not know.”
“This can be fresh, only one surname, and it could be a fake. Such a person, you even dare to work for him?”
“It doesn’t matter what his surname is. Anyway, can away from that fire pit, have silver collection, is.”
The woman really a sentence, but the emperor amused, followed by asking: “How did you enter the Shi family?”
Shi Wei immediately answered for her, “It was given to my father by Song Yu of the Ministry of Rites.”
Shi Feng received an idle position in the Ministry of Rites, but was one rank higher than Song Yu. Song Yu knew that Shi Feng was alone, so he enthusiastically arranged a concubine for him.
At this moment, Song Yu is in the front court to draw up the statute to Yuhang to register the Prince, was urgently summoned to, as soon as he heard that the person he arranged to break into a big trouble, immediately kneeled down and kowtowed, and tried his best to skim off the top.
“This woman, is from Full Moon House. That day, the micro-chen and a few friends were drinking together, and met her playing the qin, during which she talked about her life, and wanted to have something to rely on. I thought, Shi Feng is all alone, if someone to take care of good, so I had the intention to do this matchmaking. Later, I found an opportunity for Shi Feng to meet her. Both of them were interested in each other, so the match was made. I just care about my colleagues, I don’t know anything! Your Majesty is clear about this!”
The emperor immediately asked, “Who were the people who were at the same table when they drank wine that day?”
Song Yu recalled them one by one, during which he mentioned a name that made the emperor’s face sink, “Guan Ning.”
Everyone was shocked.
Guan Ning, a person from the Imperial Historian’s Office, had just been rewarded with the court cane. Now it seemed that the claim that King Yu had manipulated Shi Feng to create chaos and seek credit for saving the Emperor’s life was not just a speculation of a sinister heart, but an intentional spreading of rumors.
Soon enough, Guan Ning was quietly thrown into the Criminal Preceptor’s prison for interrogation.
On the other side of the schoolyard, progress was also made.
Xiao Gong from the Department of Penal Precepts came to report, “The scene of the incident was chaotic, and there was no time to protect it. When I went there, there was no obvious physical evidence. However, microchen still found some loopholes.”
The emperor’s heart sank, “What loopholes?”
“Weichen found some footprints and traces of trampling tens of feet to the northeast outside the rehearsal ground of the Company Crossbow Battalion.”
“What can this mean?”
“Your Majesty, the targets of the Company Crossbow Battalion are all inside the field, and if you want to test fire the □□, the □□ landing point should be facing west. Other than Shi Feng’s madness, no one would shoot the □□ so far and so far to the northeast. There shouldn’t be any footprints there, someone should have taken advantage of the chaos to retrieve the arrows afterward and stepped off the traces.”
“Are you saying that Shi Feng’s arrows were not shot towards the schoolyard’s stands at all. Someone planted it?”