0p0 Chapter 117 Exploded
Chapter 117 Exploded
This is a serious crime punishable by the extermination of nine generations of the family. It doesn't matter if he dies alone, but if he confesses, the whole Su family will be in trouble, and he confessed just like that.
Zhai Yun and Feng Chenyi were also quite surprised. Zhai Yun's mind went blank in an instant. Su Beiqian confessed his guilt just like that. But he just confessed his guilt like that, so what about the people behind him?
Zhai Yun understood something instantly. The reason why Su Beiqian confessed his guilt so readily and put his entire family at risk was to protect the people behind him.
Zhai Yun couldn't help but look back at the third prince, only to see the eldest prince looking down at her with a smug look in his eyes.
"Your Majesty, Lord Su is just a small official. How dare he commit such a heinous crime? He must have been instructed by someone. Please investigate thoroughly." Zhai Yun was a little impatient.
They were assassinated along the way and their arrows were switched during the confrontation between the generals. Many lives were lost. How could it end before the culprit was caught?
This result is not what General Shi wants to see.
The Third Prince suddenly spoke up, "Guard Zhai! Lord Su has already confessed his guilt. Are you kidding me about punishing all nine generations of his family? You said there was a mastermind behind this. Why don't you show me the evidence? How dare a mere guard discuss state affairs?"
"The Third Prince finished speaking, bowed to Emperor Xing'an and said, "Father, please do not tolerate this. This will break the ancestral system. If even a small guard can discuss state affairs, the world will be in chaos!"
"Third brother." Feng Chenyi shouted, slowly standing up, his eyes dark. "You are so afraid of a guard, have you done something shameful?"
Zhai Yun was surprised. When did Feng Chenyi learn to speak so harshly? She was afraid that he would suffer losses, so she always protected him. She didn't expect that he would become more authoritative when he spoke harshly.
The third prince was stunned by Feng Chenyi's retort, and looked at Feng Chenyi with a guilty look. At this moment, Feng Chenyi seemed to be able to see through him, and the words coming out of his mouth seemed to be intimidating.
Su Beiqian, kneeling on the ground, spoke slowly, "Your Majesty, the Third Prince is right. A mere guard dares to discuss state affairs so recklessly. He has no respect for his dignity. If this gets out, the royal family of Fengli Kingdom will be disgraced. He must be punished to serve as a warning to others."
Su Beiqian was already a criminal, yet he dared to speak at this time. Regardless of his loyalty, some people in the court suspected that he was being wronged.
Ministers said one after another, "A mere guard actually caused Prince Rui to squander his wealth, and even blatantly killed the Emperor's guards for him. He's like a beauty that brings disaster. Furthermore, the mere guard relied on Prince Rui's status to look down on everyone. He truly deserves punishment! Where would the royal family's reputation be if he wasn't punished?"
The Third Prince and Su Beiqian clearly wanted to find someone to take the blame for Feng Chenyi's actions, so that Emperor Xing'an could punish Zhai Yun and dampen Feng Chenyi's arrogance. Zhai Yun was Feng Chenyi's savior, and Feng Chenyi regarded Zhai Yun as extremely important. If Feng Chenyi disagreed with the punishment of Zhai Yun, he would do something out of control again.
They can use this incident to make Feng Chenyi bear the blame.
Listening to the discussions all around, Zhai Yun suddenly accepted her fate. In her previous life, she was still a concubine, but she was controlled by these rules and etiquette and was played around by these so-called royal children.
Now she is just a small guard, and she really cannot let Feng Chenyi offend more people. As for the Third Prince, he can think of another way, but there is no need to fight to the death in front of so many civil and military officials.
Zhai Yun didn't say anything else. She pulled Feng Chenyi beside her and signaled Feng Chenyi not to speak for her anymore.
As long as Emperor Xing'an can deal with Su Beiqian, the Third Prince will lose his right-hand man and his downfall will only be a matter of time.
Feng Chenyi glanced at Zhai Yun, as if to appease her. He bowed to Emperor Xing'an and said, "Your Majesty, I would like to ask you, Father. Compared to Zhai Yun's ignorance of etiquette, her confusion of the royal bloodline, and her allowing the son of a commoner to disrupt the court, which crime is greater?"
As soon as Feng Chenyi said this, the entire court hall sighed. What does Prince Rui mean by confusing the royal bloodline and allowing the son of a commoner to stir up trouble in the court?
No one dared to speak, staring blankly at Feng Chenyi who was speaking. Even Emperor Xing'an was shocked.
Zhai Yun wasn't much better off. She had a vague premonition: What did Feng Chenyi know? What was he planning to do?
Did he want to expose the Third Prince's background in front of all the civil and military officials? How did he know?
Zhai Yun looked at Feng Chenyi with puzzled eyes. Feng Chenyi didn't look at him at all. Amidst the shocked gazes of the crowd, he slowly spoke again, "Noble Concubine Su was banished to the cold palace. No one knows why. But father, Noble Concubine Su committed such a heinous act. Have you never doubted my third brother or his son's identity?"
Everyone noticed that Feng Chenyi no longer called him the third brother, but instead called him Concubine Su's son. Emperor Xing'an's eyes were filled with anger, and he looked at Feng Chenyi with eyes that were about to spit fire.
This matter has always been a thorn in his heart and a shame!
He had already ordered that no rumor should be spread in the palace, but Prince Rui actually wanted to discuss the matter again in public and suspected that Feng Chenmu was not his son.
Emperor Xing'an directly snatched the teacup beside him and threw it at Feng Chenyi. Feng Chenyi did not dodge or evade, but stopped Zhai Yun who was about to step forward to block him with one hand, and the teacup smashed on his door.
The tea leaves stained his clothes and splashed a lot of tea on his stunning face. Blood mixed with tea flowed down his jade-white face, looking extremely glaring on his face.
Zhai Yun was terrified and quickly took out her handkerchief to cover Feng Chenyi's forehead. Feng Chenyi remained expressionless as he looked at Emperor Xing'an and continued to speak word by word, "Is it that compared to my father's reputation, confusing the royal bloodline is unimportant?"
Xing An was so angry that he stood up from the dragon throne and looked at Feng Chenyi angrily, "Rebellious son! Shut up!"
The Third Prince, with a sullen face, looked at Feng Chenyi in disbelief. "Second brother, you are so cruel! In order to sow discord between my father and me, you even fabricated the charge of confusing the royal bloodline. Second brother, do you know what this means? Where do you put my father?"
Su Beiqian, who was kneeling on the ground, looked even paler. It was originally just a matter of privately casting weapons, and he had already taken responsibility.
But! Who could have thought that Prince Rui was so cruel!
The ministers who had recovered and those on the Third Prince's side were all in an uproar.
"I never thought that Prince Rui would slander the prince for a mere guard. He truly has no bottom line!"
"Prince Rui has relied on his military achievements and has been calling a black cat a white cat since returning to the imperial city. He has been doing whatever he wants. What's ridiculous is that the entire Fengli Kingdom can't do anything about a small prince, allowing him to cause chaos in the court!"
"Is there any justice in the world?"
The cry of injustice resounded throughout the entire imperial palace. Even Lord Lu, who had always stood on Feng Chenyi's side, was speechless this time.