Chapter 22: The Surprising Truth

"The emperor is decided! The courtiers did not lie, the names of the courtiers were true, and if they did, the courtiers were willing to go to hell and suffer the pain of dissection. Leng Youjun, who was in doubt, was busy begging the old emperor for mercy and declared that he was not lying.

The old emperor shook his dragon sleeves angrily and shouted angrily, "You didn't lie, did you mean that the eldest princess was lying?" ”

"The emperor, the courtiers, the courtiers......" The six gods of the cold monarch have no master, and they are completely dumb.

Leng Manyan stood up at the right time, "Your Majesty, please allow Manyan to say a few words?" ”

"Say, you can tell me well, I want to hear what you have broken." The old emperor looked at Leng Manyan angrily.

"Your Majesty, before Manyan said it, I still want to ask the emperor to forgive Manyan's crimes, if Manyan concludes that there is anything insulting to the royal reputation, I hope the emperor will forgive Manyan for the death penalty." Leng Manyan clenched his fists and asked the old emperor for a decree.

Ah! When everyone in the hall heard Leng Manyan's words, they frowned on the spot, this question is not a place!

Leng Manyan only asked three questions per person, and what did he conclude that could not be done? At this moment, everyone turned their eyes to Leng Manyan, but they wanted to hear what Leng Manyan had come up with?

The old emperor had a gloomy face, glanced at Long Qiuting who was tired on the bed, and after a struggle in his heart, he nodded towards Leng Manyan without hesitation.

With the approval of the old emperor, Leng Manyan had the courage and confidence.

"Your Majesty, just now Manyan asked the eldest princess and Leng Youjun three questions, which made Manyan discover three suspicious points:

First, Leng Youjun said that the last time he met Manyan was at the end of yesterday, which proves that Manyan could not appear in Breaking Wind Mountain at three o'clock in the afternoon, so how could he have a quarrel with the eldest princess? It is even more impossible to poison the eldest princess at that time.

Second, the eldest princess clearly said that Commander Zhao was with her throughout the whole process and would not leave an inch, but Leng Youjun said that Commander Zhao did not accompany her throughout the whole process, does this mean that there are some ulterior secrets between the eldest princess and Commander Zhao, and Leng Youjun is trying his best to help the eldest princess hide the truth.

Third, Commander Zhao was obviously waiting outside the Changting Pavilion of Broken Wind Mountain, but he knew that Manyan had a quarrel with the eldest princess in the mountain, and said that he had seen it with his own eyes, so this is ironclad that Commander Zhao was lying. At the end of Leng Man's words, his tone suddenly became cold.

The old emperor turned his head and glared at Zhao Changfeng, who was standing behind the crowd with a vicious gaze.

Zhao Changfeng's knees weakened, and he fell to the ground with a thud.

"Your Majesty, the ministers deserve death."

"Commander Zhao, I want to know, what crime have you committed! Why do you want to plead with me? The old emperor's eyes were blank, and he glanced at Zhao Changfeng, who was kneeling on the ground.

At this moment, Zhao Changfeng was completely like a frosted eggplant, completely soft on the ground, and in the face of the old emperor's questioning, Zhao Changfeng just stuck his head on the bottom and didn't dare to say a word.

On the contrary, it was Long Qiuting, who was tired and cowering on the bed, nervously rushed out of bed, grabbed the old emperor's arm, and shouted, "Brother Huang, Leng Manyan is obviously talking nonsense, these words of hers are unreasonable, Brother Huang must not believe her, I am the sister of Brother Huang, Brother Huang should believe me!" ”

"Believe you, how do you want me to believe you? In front of the civil and military officials, the three of you have different words and many suspicions, even if I want to favor you, then there must be evidence, right? Where's the evidence? You put the evidence on me. The old emperor shook the dragon's sleeves violently and lifted Long Qiuting to the side.

Long Xiaofeng, who had stood and watched for a long time, had never spoken, stood up at this time, "Father, the son also has something to play." ”

"Say ......"

"Actually, yesterday's three guards of Erchen were also carrying out the task of capturing the dragon fox beast in the Breaking Wind Mountain, but the capture failed, but they happened to meet the third miss and were rescued by the third miss......" As soon as Long Xiaofeng said this, it was not a bombshell.

Zhao Changfeng, who was kneeling over there, immediately trembled with fright after hearing Long Xiaofeng's words, and fainted on the spot.

Long Qiuting never expected that her dirty things yesterday were touched by her eldest nephew's subordinates, no wonder, when she was secretly having fun with Zhao Changfeng yesterday, she always felt like a pair of eyes were staring at her, yesterday she was still puzzled, I don't know why, but now, Long Qiuting completely understands that her sixth sense is not wrong.

At this point, everyone may understand.

It turns out that Long Qiuting and Zhao Changfeng have an adulterous affair, and why did they frame Leng Manyan so much?

"Go on, what did your three subordinates see yesterday, what did you say to me, don't hide it." When the old emperor saw that Long Xiaofeng was halfway through his words, he stopped talking, and he screamed angrily.

The old emperor hadn't thought about this matter so obscenely, he naturally wouldn't suspect that his own sister would do such a reckless thing behind the royal reputation.

Long Xiaofeng was deliberately paused, and said, "Father, you should ask the third lady about this matter!" The third lady may be clearer, but the son is not easy to say. ”

"Humph! You all want to be angry? Leng Manyan, you say, tell me about this matter clearly. The old emperor understood the concealment in Long Xiaofeng's eyes, and deliberately flicked the dragon's sleeves angrily, turning the conversation to Leng Manyan.

Leng Manyan's brain suddenly hurt.

The memory before she fell into a coma yesterday, no matter how she thought about it, she couldn't remember it, when she thought of that part of the memory, Leng Manyan's brain was in great pain, she reached out to hold her head, squatted on the ground and kept shaking her head, and cold sweat broke out on Leng Manyan's painful forehead.

"Your Majesty, Manyan ...... Manyan really can't remember, Manyan's brain hurts, and the emperor forgives his sins......" Severe headache, the pain of Leng Manyan cried out intermittently.

The old emperor felt more and more uncomfortable, did things have to settle down in such a situation?

But at this moment, an unexpected scene appeared.

I saw that Zhao Changfeng, who was originally kneeling there with a pale face, suddenly tightened his mouth, and then, he spurted out a mouthful of blood, bit his tongue and committed suicide, and fell to the ground, and all the ministers in the hall were extremely flustered.

"What the hell is going on? Why did Zhao Changfeng also bite his tongue and commit suicide? The old emperor was stunned, and hurriedly ran over, turning Zhao Changfeng, who had long been out of breath, up from the ground.

Long Xiaofeng glanced at Zhao Changfeng coldly, and his eyes were filled with disdain.

"Father, the truth of this matter is related to the royal reputation, let's dismiss the hundred officials first, and wait for the father to return to the imperial study for a second trial!" Long Xiaofeng walked into the old emperor's ear and muttered in the old emperor's ear.

When the old emperor heard this, the anger in his heart immediately suppressed.

Ordered the eunuchs in the palace to come in and take away the bodies of the old imperial doctor and Zhao Changfeng who died in the main hall, and the old emperor waved his hand and shouted to the hundreds of civil and military officials, "Everyone, please leave!" It's my family affair, and I handle it myself. ”

"Long live my emperor, long live, long live." A group of civil and military officials hurriedly saluted respectfully, and after finishing their work, Fei also fled from the eldest princess's mansion.

On the surface, this matter is just a simple poisoning case, but in fact, it contains many hidden secrets, and it is impossible for smart civil and military officials not to understand this, even if it is a royal matter, it is not easy for them to follow and mix blindly, so as not to get into trouble.

A group of civil and military officials left, and the old emperor called Leng Manyan and Long Xiaofeng to the imperial study separately to inquire.

"Now there are no outsiders, the two of you will tell me what happened yesterday, and the prince will tell you first." The old emperor sat behind the imperial desk and swept his gaze to Long Xiaofeng.

Long Xiaofeng thought in his heart for a while, and then he spoke, "Father, here's the thing, yesterday Jin Ke, a knife, three people in red, was ordered by his son to go to Breaking Wind Mountain to capture the dragon fox beast, just happened to meet the imperial aunt dancing in the Breaking Wind Pavilion, and at that time, in the Breaking Wind Pavilion, there was only Commander Zhao, and there was no one else. ”

"Prince, what do you mean......" The old emperor gradually understood, but the next words, he was not ashamed to speak.

Leng Manyan stood aside, listening, the pain in her brain suddenly stopped, Long Xiaofeng's words were like a fuse, igniting the lost memory bomb in her brain, and in an instant, the memory lost yesterday immediately spread in Leng Manyan's brain.

At this moment, Leng Manyan completely remembered what happened yesterday.

It turned out that Leng Manyan yesterday was fighting with Leng Youjun, so he wanted to design a villain Leng Youjun in Breaking Wind Mountain, but because of this, Leng Manyan actually ran into a scene of cheating between the eldest princess and Zhao Changfeng in the Broken Wind Pavilion yesterday, but she was not able to leave safely in the end, but was discovered by the two, and the two of them had murderous intentions towards Leng Manyan, killed Leng Manyan, and abandoned the body by the barren pond behind the mountain behind Broken Wind Mountain.

The two thought that it would be okay like this, but who knew that Leng Manyan came back to life again.

No, Long Qiuting, who jumped off the wall in a hurry, had to use this trick and wanted to kill Leng Manyan again, but who knows, Leng Manyan's power of insight and reasoning suddenly became beyond ordinary people, and this is the scene in the main hall of the Changgong Mansion.

Thinking of the cause and effect of the whole thing, the corners of Leng Manyan's lips hooked up with a sneer.

"Your Majesty, even if the eldest princess has nothing to do, and Commander Zhao also committed suicide in fear of sin, then according to Manyan, this matter might as well be like this! The emperor doesn't have to continue to entangle. Taking advantage of the old emperor's thoughts, Leng Manyan suddenly spoke, and actually begged Long Qiuting for mercy unusually.

The old emperor was stunned.

"What do you mean by that?"

"Your Majesty, this matter is not big, it is not small, if the emperor continues to dig deeper, it will not be as simple as whether to poison the eldest princess, and please ask the emperor to think twice before acting, so as not to implicate the emperor's reputation." Leng Manyan didn't think about helping Long Qiuting at all, she said this just for the sake of the royal reputation.

Just imagine, if Long Qiuting's cheating is found out and shaken out, where will there be light on the old emperor's face?