The Crown Prince had never expected that the people from the justice courts would suddenly come up with such conclusive evidence.
He was so frightened that he started to shiver. He looked at the palace atlas and did not know how to explain before kneeling on the ground with a "putong" sound, "Father, this wasn't built by this son … Someone had deliberately set me up! royal father is enlightened! "
"A trap?" Feng Ningyan could not help but sneer, "Who would use several tens of millions to build an imperial palace to frame you? Other than the crown prince who can cover the sky with one hand, who else would be able to offer such a huge amount of cream? "
The crown prince fiercely stared at Feng Ningyan, but he could not find any words to refute her.
Shen Youhuang knew in her heart that the crown prince was finished.
He was still holding onto his blade and was preparing to kill his father for the crown prince. Who knew that before they even got close to the Emperor, the situation would already have completely reversed in an instant.
In the end, how did he lose the evidence, and how did he get to the justice courts? This matter seems to be related to Shen Lingjue.
Seeing that the vice minister of the Board of Justice still had a document in his sleeve, how could Shen You Huang not know that they had already made all the necessary preparations today. Even if the crown prince hadn't rebelled, he wouldn't have been able to escape this "heavenly tribulation".
Shen Youhuang suddenly realized that the once indifferent Shen Lingjue had completely changed.
Ever since the day of his wedding, when he used his life and royal family's identity to guarantee that Feng Ningyan and the Feng family would never rebel against him, he became a completely different person.
He was a man with a deep mind and had considered every possibility. He was a man who could shake the universe with no change in his expression or in his expression.
Shen Youhuang clenched her teeth tightly and hid her sabre behind her back, quietly observing the current situation.
Just then, the Vice Minister of the Ministry of Justice, Xiao Lingshui, handed over another thick stack of books.
"Your majesty, this is the evidence that Prince Yu and his imperial concubine risked their lives to enter the southern border and find the crown prince's killer." There are more than two thousand names on the killer's list, as well as the letter personally written by the crown prince ordering the assassins to ambush the wangfei and to kill Imperial Physician Li Yu. "
The Emperor couldn't believe it, so he took the register and looked at it. He was so angry that he coughed non-stop, and finally spat out a mouthful of blood and phlegm.
He gasped for breath, pointed at the Crown Prince and said, "Shen Di..." My good crown prince! Raising two thousand assassins, what are you doing?! His rebellious nature was as clear as day … If I knew this would happen, I would have crippled you long ago! "
When the Crown Prince heard the emperor say that he should have been crippled a long time ago, his eyes suddenly turned violent. He stood up from the ground and shouted, "Dumb Monarch! You dare to cripple my sect, I'll send you to the west first! " As he spoke, he thrust his sword towards the Emperor.
Shen Lingjue was shocked. He had no time to pick up the weapon he just threw at his feet. He could only pull the jade pendant from his waist and strike it towards the crown prince's wrist.
The Crown Prince was in so much pain that he felt as if his right hand had been cut off from his wrist.
At this moment, Shen Youhuang was the closest to the Crown Prince as she quickly slashed at his shoulder.
The steel knife cut through the metal like mud. The crown prince's arm was immediately cut off and fell to the ground. Fresh blood splattered and his shoulder was badly mutilated.
The Crown Prince roared miserably, "Shen You Huang! You actually dared to harm me! "
He rammed his head into Shen You Huang as he spoke, his left hand viciously strangling the other's neck.
Du Kai shouted, "Protect the sacred carriage!" At the same time, he ordered the Imperial Guards to capture the crown prince.
The crown prince struggled and cursed while shouting miserably.
Feng Ningyan and Shen Ling Jue looked at this scene coldly. They had no sympathy for Shen Di, who had committed so many evil deeds.
At this moment, the emperor discovered that Imperial Concubine Su's back had been cut by a knife.
He was frightened repeatedly and almost got killed by the crown prince. When he saw that Imperial Concubine Fu's clothes had been dyed red with blood, his soul had long since left his body.
Shen Ling Jue hurriedly helped the emperor up.
At this moment, the scattered assassins all gathered around and brought the dragon chariot over to help the emperor and Imperial Consort Su up. Wu Nian En quickly sent orders back to Chen Ming Palace.
When the Emperor saw that the Vice Minister of the Ministry of Justice and the Right Prime Minister were both present, he turned around and looked at the crown prince, whose eyes were bloodshot and who was struggling on his knees, and said with hatred,
"Send my decree that the Crown Prince, Shen Di, is to rebel and commit a crime worthy of death! Immediately deposed the position of crown prince, demoted to a commoner, and sent to the extreme northern region of Jizhou to become a civilian of the country. The children of the family shall not be allowed to return to the Central Plains for generations! "
With that, he lost all his strength and fell on the Dragon Carriage exhausted.
"Father …" Shen Ling Jue stood beside the Dragon Carriage and immediately held onto the Emperor's hand.
The emperor slowly opened his eyes and said sorrowfully, "Ling Jue, royal father is old, he's really old …"
Seeing the Emperor in this state, Feng Ningyan could feel how pained and desperate he was.
It was a good thing that apart from the crown prince, he had other children by his side. Otherwise, how could he withstand such a blow?
"Father, this son will send you back to the palace."
Shen Ling Jue couldn't bear it any longer. Seeing the emperor holding onto his hand, he called Feng Ning Yan and the dragon chariot, heading towards Chen Ming Palace.
Feng Ning Yan stood on the other side of the dragon chariot, supporting the injured Imperial Concubine Su.
Shen You Huang looked coldly at the crown prince and followed the emperor's lead.
The Crown Prince's roar was slowly becoming audible as the court officials and the Imperial Guards all retreated from the fake mountains.
At this moment, Hua Ruyu appeared from a crack in the rock beside her.
When she met the assassin just now, she was scared out of her wits. She ran away from the palace maids and hid in the crevice.
She saw that the Emperor was almost assassinated and was still angered by the crown prince to the point where he only had half his life left. She couldn't help but think of what Feng Ningyan had said …
"What should I do …" "Tomorrow is the talent show ceremony, so I definitely can't stay in the palace. If I don't, then I'll have to die with my front legs …"
She hurried after him and blended into the crowd of palace maids behind the holy carriage.
Although the crown prince's conspiracy was quickly suppressed, it happened in the imperial garden and the nearby palaces all received the news at the first moment.
The imperial harem was thrown into chaos. All of the imperial concubines were frightened. Some of them shut their doors in fear, while others rushed towards Chen Ming Palace to visit the Emperor and Imperial Concubine Fu.
Even the empress dowager was alarmed and urged the palace people to carry the palanquin to send her to Chen Ming Palace.
When the imperial physician arrived, he saw the emperor's heart ache and quickly fed him a pill.
Imperial Concubine Su had been stabbed. In order to not worry the Emperor, she had endured until now. Only after using the anesthetic did she lie on the bed and pass out.
Feng Ning Yan stepped forward to carefully examine the wound, but it did not injure her muscles or bones. However, the imperial physicians at the palace were all very particular about sewing needles, so she was at ease.
The empress dowager leaned on her walking stick as she walked in. She first looked at Imperial Concubine Fu's injuries and asked the imperial physician for some details. Only with the support of Feng Ningyan did she walk over to the emperor's soft couch and sit down.
The empress dowager rejoiced that the emperor's state of mind had been damaged after the shock. However, when she thought of the crown prince, she couldn't help but let out a long sigh.
"The Emperor needn't be too sad. Shen Di's ambitions were hidden too deeply. No one had expected such a disaster. "His end is to seek his own fault. Let the Emperor treat it as if he had never given birth to such an unfilial child."
The emperor shook his head as he recalled the actions of the crown prince, "Who would have thought this? No, I only thought that he had gotten what he wanted, so I was careless. Fortunately, there are still people around us who have a good grasp of the situation. They have long noticed that the crown prince has malicious intentions and wants to kill the monarch. "
The empress dowager cast a glance at Shen Lingjue and Shen Youhuang, not understanding who the emperor was referring to.
Shen Youhuang thought that since she cut off Shen Di's arm, everyone present could see that the Emperor must have approved of her.
He then hurriedly took a step forward and said, "This son dares not praise royal father too much."