Chapter 601: Facing the Court
Besides, what they were going to say was the truth, not a fabrication, and they were very happy to help Chu Qing leave them.
Just as Xiao Pan said, Chu Qing didn't wait long from them when there was movement outside, led by the eunuchs beside the emperor, followed by a team of people.
"Let's go with us, the emperor is invited." The old eunuch walked up to Chu Qingli and the others and said.
Chu Qingli and the others stepped forward together, and when they passed by Zhao Huanting, they saw Zhao Huanting glaring at her viciously. Chu Qing sneered in his centrifugation, but he didn't take Zhao Huanting in his eyes, this Miss Zhao has a bad heart, but she doesn't have that brain, the means of framing people are too tender, not to be afraid, and it can only be Shen Qiurong to worry about.
After a while, a group of people arrived in the main hall, the emperor was already sitting on the dragon chair waiting, and there were only Shangshu of the Criminal Department with two attendants in the hall, as well as Commander Zhao.
Chu Qingli was still thinking about whether Shen Qiurong would come, and if she came, it would be more difficult to deal with, but then she thought that Shen Qiurong was probably still pretending to be seriously injured and couldn't get up, although the real situation was that she had just broken a shallow hole at all.
Shen Qiurong didn't expect that in the end, it was this layer that dragged her back, she was originally coming, but the emperor took pity on her serious injury, and refused to let her get up, Shen Qiurong had no choice but to continue to lie down, and then thought that Commander Zhao was there, so he called Commander Zhao and ordered a lot more carefully, so he really rested his thoughts.
These are things that Chu Qingli doesn't know, but Chu Qingli can probably guess it, besides, even if Shen Qiurong doesn't tell Commander Zhao, Commander Zhao won't let Chu Qingli go, after all, as soon as Chu Qingli saw it, Commander Zhao's unkind eyes swept over.
Chu Qingli didn't see it, but secretly exchanged eyes with Shangshu of the Criminal Department, and after seeing the affirmation in Shangshu's eyes of the Criminal Department, he felt that it would not be too difficult today, and it was estimated that those ladies would be able to send it back, and after they went back, they would have to say that they would move their husbands to make it clear for her, so that it would be difficult for Shen Qiurong to convict her, and the emperor would always have to consider what those officials said.
However, these are the best developments in Chu Qingli's plan, and now I can only hope that what I have done in the past few days has not been in vain, and those ladies can remember her well.
After Chu Qingli retracted his thoughts, he looked at the emperor on the dragon chair, and the emperor was also looking at her, that gaze was indeed not good, with anger and shallow killing intent.
Chu Qing sighed, it seemed that Shen Qiurong had indeed blown a lot of wind in front of the emperor.
"Chu Qingli! You are guilty! The Emperor asked angrily.
Chu Qing replied without humility or arrogance: "The emperor's courtiers don't know what crime they have committed. ”
"After Concubine Rong woke up, her words were consistent with what Zhao Huanting said, what else do you have to say, in my opinion, I'm afraid that you have a grudge and want to take the opportunity to harm Concubine Rong?" The emperor asked with a gloomy face when he thought of Shen Qiurong's fragile appearance.
"Your Majesty, the courtiers were wronged, and the courtiers' rhetoric was still the same as that day." Chu Qingli looked at the emperor with an indifferent expression.
"You! Come on, two lovers! "The emperor saw that Chu Qing was not allowed to enter the oil and salt, so he planned to pull Commander Zhao and the criminal department Shangshu together, if it weren't for Xiao Pan's face, the emperor would definitely let Chu Qingli eat the board.
Seeing that the emperor had an order, Commander Zhao hurriedly came out and took out a blank piece of paper from his arms, Chu Qing was far away from the station, and he didn't see anything written on it.
"Your Majesty, this is the confession that the minister collected from the servants in the minister's house, and they were all the words of the maids present at the time." Saying that, Commander Zhao asked the old eunuch who had just led Chu Qing away to present it to the emperor.
The emperor took a brief look and angrily threw the paper on the imperial table: "Chu Qingli, it's all about seeing your hand on Concubine Rong first!" What else do you have to say! ”
Chu Qingli disagreed: "Your Majesty, these people are all minions in Commander Zhao's mansion, and Commander Zhao is their master, that is, Commander Zhao asked them to identify me as assassinating you, I'm afraid they will also identify you." ”
"You! Chu Qing doesn't want to spew blood from you, those maids have been pressed to the prison of the Criminal Department, and they are all detained by the Criminal Department, I went to the prison to ask, is it possible that you are saying that the Shangshu of the Criminal Department is colluding with me! "Commander Zhao wants to pull the criminal department secretary to get off the horse together, and wants the criminal department secretary to turn against him.
But the Shangshu of the Criminal Department didn't eat this: "Commander Zhao doesn't have to be angry, I don't know if I think Princess Mu said it, you are angry." ”
"You!" Commander Zhao stretched out his finger and pointed at the Shangshu of the Criminal Department, as if he wanted to do it, but it was just because of the wrong occasion.
Seeing this, Chu Qingli immediately said: "Why is Commander Zhao planning to kill his mouth?" ”
The emperor also followed Chu Qingli's words and looked at Commander Zhao, who did look angry and a little unnatural.
Commander Zhao noticed the emperor's gaze and immediately calmed down, and stood back in place: "Your Majesty, you want to be the master of your ministers, they are spewing blood!" ”
When the emperor saw that Commander Zhao was back to normal, he withdrew his gaze and looked at Chu Qingli again: "Chu Qingli, are you going to be a thief and catch a thief!" ”
Chu Qing sneered, it was indeed a thief shouting to catch a thief, but this "thief" had reversed.
Seeing that Chu Qingli had been accused by the emperor again, the ladies behind him planned to stand out for Chu Qingli one by one.
"The emperor's courtiers have a word."
"Your Majesty, the courtiers also have a word."
"Your Majesty, I also have something to say."
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For a while, many ladies stood up to speak for Chu Qingli, but what they said was the same as what Chu Qingli said that day.
"It was Miss Zhao who found Princess Mu for trouble, and on the way, the concubine Niangniang came out for Miss Zhao, and before the incident, it was Miss Zhao who went towards Princess Mu with a menacing face, and it was also the concubine Niangniang who first started to hold Princess Mu, Princess Mu wanted to resist, and the maids of the Zhao Mansion behind her all stepped forward to attack Princess Mu!"
Although the people are different, but the words are almost the same, if you say something to me, that is, if the emperor believes what Shen Qiurong said, then he has to consider that so many ladies speak for Chu Qingli, they are all the wives of his courtiers, so naturally they will not give perjury, and they are not the names of the family.
Commander Zhao and Zhao Huanting's faces were very ugly, Commander Zhao looked at his daughter frequently, his eyes were full of questions, why did his confessions have all changed in the past few days, except for those ladies who are on the same rope as her, they didn't say it, everything else was said.
And the ladies who did not speak tried in vain to refute, but they were weak, and their voices were already drowned out in the crowd.
"Your Majesty! I can't believe it, maybe they made a good confession! Seeing that the questioning expression on the emperor's face was getting bigger and bigger, Commander Zhao hurriedly said. But when he said this, Commander Zhao himself felt that there was no point in trusting him.