Rebirth as Princess Jin again

Chapter 391 Chen Xiao takes the blame

"Kong Wencai, you committed a serious crime that killed the nine tribes. Now you are not alone. You still have a shadow. Do you really want to die that much?"

Kong Wencai knelt on the ground and straightened his body stubbornly: "This matter was done by me alone. I am willing to bear all the responsibilities. Muying is the personal guard of His Highness the Crown Prince. I believe that His Highness will find a way to protect him."

As he said that, he smiled provocatively at Situ Jin.

Situ Jin spoke again: "You lied. Not to mention that you can't handle this matter alone. Even if you did the poppy matter, how do you explain why the income was included in the accounts of Prince Yu's Mansion?"

Kong Wencai looked at him with cold eyes: "In order to take revenge, I entered Prince Yu's Mansion and became his bodyguard, and I gained Prince Yu's trust. Naturally, he would leave such trivial matters as managing accounts to me. Isn't it strange? It’s a chess piece, and King Yu is my chess piece.”

Situ Jin asked back: "In the case of Gold, how dare your accomplices listen to you and risk their lives to commit such a serious crime? Do you have any kindness to them? Those people are all dead soldiers. Where did you get the financial resources?" Recruit them?”

Kong Wencai was at a loss for words and didn't know how to deal with it. He thought that Situ Jin would imprison him in the mansion yesterday because he didn't get the answer he wanted to know from him. He would definitely find a chance to escape by then.

But he didn't expect that Situ Jin would bring him to the palace early this morning. He was now at a loss for words and couldn't think of any reason to cover up the matter for Situ Yu.

His Majesty was silent for a moment, when no one dared to make a sound.

Chen Xiao suddenly knelt down: "Your Majesty, I plead guilty! These things were all done by me alone."

Situ Yu looked at his grandfather in disbelief, and even Situ Lin looked at him in surprise.

This Chen Xiao has always been cautious in his words and deeds. Why did he act like this today? Could it be just to protect the third prince.

Chen Xiao walked to the center of the hall, lifted up his robe, knelt down, put his head on the ground and said:

"Your Majesty, I did it all. Kong Zhen saved my life back then. Later, by chance, King Yu rescued Kong Wencai. I was overjoyed to learn that he was the benefactor's child."

"The minister's daughter is a noble concubine, but the emperor did not make the vassal's daughter the queen, but made the concubine Shu the concubine. The minister was dissatisfied and felt that the emperor had done this unfairly, but he did not expect that the emperor would also designate the seventh prince as the concubine. Prince, I am even more dissatisfied."

"My daughter gave birth to two princes and a princess. She should have been the most noble woman in the harem, but now she has to take second place. I am not willing to accept it."

"Later, when the King of Jin returned to the capital, I accidentally saw Mu Ying, and I could tell at a glance that he was Kong Zhen's second son. That's why today I used Kong Wencai and Mu Ying's identities to steal the five stones again. The San Yi case happened again, and Su Chonglai, the second master of the Su family, was chosen as the shopkeeper to bring the Su family into trouble. As for the dead men who stole the gold, those people were all trained by me."

"All of this was done by me and has nothing to do with King Yu. King Yu didn't know about all this, not even Concubine Chen knew about it. He still asked the emperor to punish me alone and spare King Yu and the concubine. !”

When Situ Yu saw that his grandfather had taken all the blame, he immediately stared at Chen Xiao lying on the ground with mixed feelings in his heart.

Su Quan glanced at Chen Xiao who was lying on the ground and snorted coldly: "Chen Shilang must think clearly. Framing the prince of the dynasty is a major crime against the nine clans. Is Chen Shilang really going to take the blame?"

Chen Xiao was calm and kowtowed to Situ Lin again: "Prince Yu has no knowledge of what I have done. In recent days, Prince Yu has been running around day and night for these two cases, and he has withstood the pressure to investigate the case all night long. It is all because of me." Misleading him and drawing his attention to the East Palace, he targeted the East Palace. As an elder brother, he has always cared for his brothers. These emperors have seen it. When he was a child, he also treated His Seventh Prince. So. Please see the emperor for the sake of my loyalty to the court. Please give me a lighter sentence and let my family go. I will bear all the blame alone."

Chen Xiao removed Situ Yu completely and reminded Situ Lin that although Situ Yu made mistakes, he was the emperor's son after all. He hoped that Situ Rin could see that Situ Yu was his biological son. For my sake, I can spare him this time.

How could Situ Lin not know what he meant by these words? He looked at Chen Xiao who was lying on the ground with gray hair on his temples. He recalled the scene when the two of them had a drink together in his house when they were both still young. , with revenge in his heart, but Chen Xiao has always been a cautious person. He knew that he sent his daughter to him that night just to consolidate his position.

But now that so many years have passed, the friendship they had when they were young is no longer worth mentioning in the face of power. I don’t know when it started. They are just monarchs and ministers.

"As an official of the imperial court, Chen Xiao used opium poppies to seek huge profits, indirectly harmed the people, caused turmoil in the capital, and framed the prince. He committed a heinous crime. He is now dismissed from the post of minister and beheaded at the Meridian Gate three days later. I remember that during his tenure as an official, he did his best and was not guilty. His family’s property was confiscated to compensate the people injured in this turmoil.”

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Chen Xiao breathed a sigh of relief when he heard that his family and Situ Yu were finally saved.

"The suspect Kong Wencai and a group of others, who do not distinguish between right and wrong, aided Zhou in his abuses, should have been executed. Since they were deceived by Chen Xiao, the punishment will be lenient. Now, a group of them will be brought under the command of the prince. If they can change their ways, they will be allowed to join the army. If they can change their ways, they will be allowed to join the army. If not, it will be handled by the prince."

After Kong Wencai heard the verdict, he was stunned. He didn't expect that he had committed such a serious crime, but the leader was still willing to give them a chance to reform. He was so shocked that he unconsciously raised his eyes to look up. man of.

But he saw Situ Lin just looking at him indifferently, not taking his shock into consideration at all.

Situ Yu thought that Situ Lin had let him go, and heard that the emperor severely punished his grandfather, but let Kong Wencai and his party go. However, if Kong Wencai joined the prince, this would not give Situ Jin a handle on him. Could it be that his father wanted to use Kong Wencai to contain him? This was a disguised warning to himself that his leverage was already in the hands of the prince.

Once Kong Wencai was tamed by the prince and exposed what he had done, he would not have to be punished. He did not want to live in such a fearful life. Just when he was about to ask Situ Lin to execute Kong Wencai, he heard Situ Lin again said:

"The third prince, Situ Yu, has a poor understanding of people and allows his subordinates to make mistakes. According to my decree, he is imprisoned in the house and cannot leave the house without an edict."

Just when Situ Yu was about to beg for mercy, his eyes touched Situ Lin's see-through eyes, his heart trembled, and he swallowed the words.