Hu Guifei had a calm face: "You are talking nonsense, my father must have been wronged by you and forced to sign and draw, you said that he was voluntary, he was voluntary?" What is the evidence? ”

"Your Majesty, the confession is in the Criminal Department, Your Majesty asked people to bring it, whether it is a trick or not, you can know at a glance!" Chen Xiao said.

The emperor took a deep breath and said with a cold face: "Come on, let the criminal department be the secretary and bring the confession of Hu Guifei's father!" ”

The eunuch went immediately, and the atmosphere in the imperial study was quiet.

The emperor squinted at Chen Xiao, and Chen Xiao squinted at Hu Guifei.

Hu Guifei looked indifferent.

Time passed minute by minute, and the atmosphere in the imperial study was a little depressing.

After a short time, the Shangshu of the Criminal Department hurriedly entered the imperial study, bowed and saluted, and said, "See Your Majesty's ......"

"Confession, brought it?"

"Back to Your Majesty, bring it, please look at it Your Majesty" The Shangshu of the Criminal Department handed out the confession, and the old eunuch took it and gave it to ......the emperor.

The emperor looked at it and saw that on the confession, the crimes of Hu Tianyou that Chen Xiao had said were clearly and neatly written.

The confession is very clean, without a trace of dirt and blood, and on it, Hu Tianyou's signature is also upright and clear, as if it was written very seriously.

Including his handprints, they are not lightly pressed, clearly visible, and very neat.

This is like a confession, this is clearly like a deed, and the person who signed the mortgage took it too seriously.

You must know that it is very difficult to get criminals to sign and confess their guilt on weekdays.

Once pleaded guilty, it meant a sentence.

Therefore, the criminals generally sign and draw the charge in two situations, either they are unable to justify, the evidence is conclusive, and they sign and draw the charge reluctantly.

Either they were tortured to extract confessions, and they couldn't stand the criminal law and signed and detained.

This kind of person is generally guilty, there may be blood on the body, and the injury may be very serious, so it is very difficult to sign and draw, so the signature will be scribbled and the fingerprint will be blurred.

Even the confession was dirty.

Among them, being forced to sign and draw a pledge is extremely uncooperative, not to mention the handprints of the signatures.

Therefore, from the confession, we can see to some extent the state of the signing and drawing.

Needless to say, this Hu Tianyou's confession looks like the kind that people are very willing to sign and draw.

Not to mention any persecution.

The emperor said: "Well, it seems that Chen Xiao is telling the truth, there is indeed no torture to extract confessions. ”

Chen Xiao smiled, there is no forced confession, there is still severe punishment.

At that time, Hu Tianyou was tortured by Chen Xiao in various ways, and he was not in a hurry to let him sign and draw the detention, Hu Tianyou was in a hurry, so he signed and pressed his handprint seriously.

He was afraid that Chen Xiao would say that his signature was irregular, and then continue to torture him on the grounds that he did not want to admit his guilt.

"Your Majesty, this Hu Tianyou himself has pleaded guilty, so it is not too much for the minister to sentence him to death, right? Therefore, I also ask Your Majesty to make a holy judgment...... With the might of the law! ”

What Chen Xiao said was reasonable, reasonable, and the emperor was speechless for a while.

That Hu Guifei immediately opened her mouth to refute Chen Xiao and said:

"Lord Chen, you keep saying that my father is guilty, but no matter how guilty he is, he is also a relative of the emperor, as long as it is not heinous, then the crime will not lead to death.

But you directly sentenced my father to death in this confession, what are your intentions? Could it be that the relatives of the emperor are so unbearable in your eyes? ”

Chen Xiao said lightly: "Since you are a relative of the emperor and the country, you should set an example for Your Majesty, for the court, and maintain the law and discipline." Guifei Niangniang, you are Your Majesty's woman and the noble concubine of the royal family.

Let me ask, is it beneficial for your father to be so domineering outside, ignoring the law, bullying men and women, and causing infamy? For Your Majesty, is it beneficial? ”

"You ......" Hu Guifei said angrily: "If you make a mistake for a while, why is this so?" If a person is not a sage, who can be infallible? ”

Chen Xiao said with a cold face: "Ridiculous, this is your reason?" If today, it was me Chen Xiao who broke the law, would you think so? Besides, your dad just made a mistake? As a relative of the emperor, he does not know the inspection, and he is not the face of the royal family.

But on the contrary, he bullied men and women on the street, beat and arrested quickly, even though his subordinates besieged me, the court official. Which of these is not a capital offense? Which one can you exonerate your concubine? ”

Hu Guifei was stunned, she stared at Chen Xiao with a pair of eyes, and for a while, she didn't know how to refute.

I had to look at the emperor and say, "Your Majesty...... The concubine's father is indeed at fault, but after all, he is a relative of the emperor, Chen Xiao's move is clearly to slap our royal family in the face with the law......"

The emperor was expressionless, looked at the Shangshu of the Criminal Department, and said, "You are in charge of criminal law, you talk about it, what else should you do?" ”

Shangshu of the Criminal Department smiled bitterly, what did he say about this?

According to the perspective of the law, he must have felt that Chen Xiao was still reasonable.

However, what Hu Guifei said also has a certain truth, the emperor's relatives are not ordinary people, and many times, the emperor's relatives have privileges.

This privilege is difficult to define, but it is indeed a light offense.

What's more, it's still the father of a noble concubine?

In fact, this matter mainly depends on the emperor.

The emperor said to punish the crime, then the crime was punished.

The emperor said pardon, and he wanted to give the emperor's relatives this privilege, what can you do?

So, the Shangshu of the Criminal Department said, "Your Majesty, this ...... The minister couldn't make up his mind for a while......"

"Hmph, as the secretary of the Criminal Department, you can't make up your mind?" The emperor said angrily.

He also wanted to throw this pot to the Shangshu of the Criminal Department, who knows, the position of the Shangshu of the Criminal Department is not firm.

To tell the truth, the emperor is very entangled, why is he not as entangled as the Shangshu of the Criminal Department?

He didn't know what to do either.

You said, if it is another person, even if it is some other imperial relatives, even if it is the nephew of the concubine, or the elder brother and brother of the concubine, then the emperor can directly punish the crime.

However, this is the concubine's father, in a sense, one of his many fathers-in-law.

So it's not easy for him to deal with it.

Really killed? How sad is his concubine? After all, it's my own woman.

Don't kill it, he did break the law, but he was still caught by Chen Xiao, a stubborn cow, and he also had a headache.

Taking a deep breath, the emperor said, "That...... That's the question...... I...... I think it'......"

The so-called clean officials are difficult to cut off family affairs!

He's the emperor, how not.

Now, the tangled ones can't work.

"That...... Chen Xiao, ah......"

Chen Xiao said: "Your Majesty, the law of the country is not merciful, please Your Majesty will judge ......."

The emperor's words were instantly blocked, and he said, "I know ......"

"Your Majesty...... The concubine is just this one father, my mother died early, and one father pulled me up...... What if my dad is gone...... The concubine doesn't want to live anymore......" Hu Guifei cried.

The emperor was stunned, and hurriedly said, "I also know...... Don't worry......"

Seeing this scene, Shangshu of the Criminal Department was surprised.

I thought that Your Majesty, who usually makes decisive decisions in the court and acts domineeringly, is really in trouble this time......

He couldn't help but glance at Chen Xiao and thought, you really have a kind.

Last time, His Majesty's son was rectified, and this time he directly provoked His Majesty's woman. hasn't been a son-in-law yet, but he's already hung like this?

If you become someone's son-in-law, you still have it?