C229 impeachment

"The more you talk, the more you make this official feel dizzy — why are you implicating your side in miscarriage?"

"Then the crime Hui Qiao admitted to was not only to be ordered by Lady Cheng to kill Ming Zhu. The other was to cut open the Second Prince's rope, causing the concubine to miscarry! Milord, although this matter may seem like it was done by a jealous woman, it's actually extremely stupid. Think about it, finding someone to impersonate Jinshu is only to abort the side concubine. Since it's jealousy and hatred, why not do something else and let her die? "

"That's not easy, is it?"

"No, because what Hui Qiao wants to do is not to abort the side concubine, that's just a coincidence! In fact, Hui Qiao wanted to release the Second Prince! Maybe there is still someone else who helped her with this matter. Ming Zhu was accidentally involved in this and was killed off. Thus, she decided to hang herself by Lady Wu's bedside to create the false image of Lady Cheng as the culprit! "

"Release the Second Prince? I heard that he has... "Crazy, what's the use of letting him go?"

"It's useless to others, but it might not be useless to Minister Xin. After all, he's his nephew."

"Shut up!" Zhang Rui's face turned green.

The words stabbed at Zhang Rui, and his face changed. That's right, Wu Changqing's conjecture sounded plausible, but if he were to continue on, then what was involved would be his mentor, who was also his backing.

Zhang Rui's hands shook, and he felt a gap in the fog. If the prisoners were changed at the execution ground, why did the Prince order him to investigate the matter and not report it? The presence of Prince Mo could be explained as the service of the corpse of his concubine. Even if there was something fishy about it, it was still reasonable. It was obvious that the appearance of Prince Li was unreasonable.

Turning to look at Wu Changqing, Zhang Rui saw a bottomless trap in his eyes.

This was clearly digging a hole for him to jump into! Zhang Rui was not stupid. He quickly figured out his own situation — should he betray his teacher to protect him, or should he continue to side with Xin Yingning, waiting for them to eradicate him?

This thought only circulated a few times in his mind before he came to a conclusion.

The prince was the emperor's own younger brother. He was the most important minister in the imperial court. When Xiao Lingbin was serving as the head of the Ministry of Justice, he was already a very influential figure in the imperial court, even Prime Minister Gu Chaoran had been his subordinate. Later on, he and Xin Yining were transferred to each other, and he also served as the Military Minister. In fact, he already had the right to take Xin Yining's participation in the army.

Sure enough, in less than a month after Xin Yingning took office as the Board of Justice's president, she had yet to completely sort out the Ministry's affairs and structure, and had already started taking action against him …

"Wu Changqing!" Zhang Rui spoke word by word as he glared at him, "Are you trying to help me?"

Wu Changqing took a step back. His attitude was respectful, but his face was expressionless. "This official is helping you. If a person does not walk a path of survival, even an immortal cannot help."

Zhang Rui suddenly became discouraged and said dejectedly, "Alright, let's investigate this thoroughly …" The whereabouts of the President and the people who came and went, are there any suspicions? "

As long as they obtained the throne room to discuss any case, they would absolutely not be ordinary people.

For example, the previous case of the Crimson Yue Chamber of Commerce involving Xiao Yixiu suing the prince, and the case of Cheng Ying's murder that Zhang Rui had investigated, also involved the prince.

However, Xiao Yi Bei wasn't the main character.

When the emperor was in the morning court, he had listened to Zhang Rui's investigation and found out that this was the evidence against his superior. His face was calm and unperturbed. His usual majesty had been fixed on Zhang Rui's face as he calmly listened.

Zhang Rui's tone was full of helplessness. After all, the highest judicial authority in the dynasty was the Supreme Court official and the Chief Justice of the Ministry of Justice. Even if he told Dong Zhang En about the evidence, based on rank, he had no right to take down the Chief Justice of the Ministry of Justice.

Xin Yingning's face turned ashen as she listened to her favorite student incriminating him:

First,

Buying the Cheng Residence's maidservant, Hui Ying, sneaking into Prince Mo's Residence to release the crippled Crown Prince Xiao Yi Bei.

Second,

The act of murder was discovered by Wu's servant Ming Zhu, killing them to silence them.

Third,

Using the name of jealousy as a concealment of the fact, he would then kill Hui Ying to silence her.

Of course, Zhang Rui would not use his white teeth to impeach him, so there was naturally evidence. The witness was Cheng Ying's confession. The steward of the Xin Residence admitted that he had been ordered to bribe her family.

He had received a large amount of silver before he testified. Physical evidence included the corpse of Hui Fu and the corpses of the two prisoners who had stolen the pillars on the court.

Qin Bi finished reading out the contents of the book. He looked at Xin Yingning with a smile that did not reach his eyes, "Does Minister Xin have any arguments against this matter?"

Xin Yingning gritted her teeth and said with hatred, "The evidence is so conclusive, and you still want to know what's wrong with me?"

He turned to the emperor, "Your majesty, this subject has only asked one question. The second prince has lost his will, and this subject has set his heart on robbing him of his presence. But why?"

The emperor indifferently glanced at him and said, "I did not say that Zhang Rui impeached all these facts. In the end, there was a Ministry of Justice for investigating cases, and a Supreme Court for legislating. Since you were the head of the Ministry of Justice, you had to be represented by someone else. "As of today, this case shall be thoroughly investigated by Prince Li and shall be heard by the Supreme Court and the Imperial Historians."

The Emperor did not answer Xin Yingning directly. Instead, he handed the matter over to Prince Li, Dong Changen, and Doctor Yu Shi, Zhang Dancheng. This clearly prevented Xin Yingning from explaining anything to him.

Xin Yingning's face twitched. To live to his age and to her level, how could she not understand the meaning behind the Emperor's move? The Xin family's tree was about to fall. Once he lost, the empress would no longer have any backup. With the remaining power of the Xin family, it would no longer be possible to cause a storm.

This matter was probably due to Xiao Yi Bei being crippled and Xiao Yi Yan leaving, leaving the Queen powerless to reverse the situation.

Xiao Lingbin cupped his hands in greeting and looked at Xin Yining with a cordial smile.

In mid-October, the case was thoroughly investigated. Xin Yingning attempted to rescue the former Crown Prince, Xiao Yi Bei, which resulted in a chain of murder.

As for the matter of Cheng Ying He standing in the court and testifying, Dong Chang'en had long suspected that there was something fishy about this case. He wanted justice and truth to be exchanged for a death sentence in order to obtain justice.

Of course, such a thing could only be said by the officials and commoners of the court. In front of the emperor, it was impossible to pass.

As a result, after Xin Yingning had stripped the family of her position, Xiao Yijin was still called to the Town Hall to scold him.

The emperor looked at him coldly, clearly disbelieving the official's words.

Cold sweat dripped down Xiao Yi Jin's collar. He knelt on the ground and didn't even dare to breathe. The words he had originally wanted to say completely vanished under the Emperor's long silence. It had already been less than an hour since he was called here. He was just kneeling there. The Emperor did not say a single word, nor did he make him speak. He only stared at him coldly.

This move was indeed more effective than any forced confession or evidence. Xiao Yijin's confidence at the beginning and panic later on gradually changed from lacking in confidence to being extremely confused. He didn't know how much evidence the emperor had on hand.

Up until now, the previous fight between the five kings had turned into the current Xiao Yi Bei losing his mind, Xiao Yi Yan leaving, and Xiao Yi Mo being suppressed. Xiao Yi Xiu might be the opponent he feared the most, but the poison in his body had yet to heal.