Chapter 475: The Privilege of Being a Prince
After the emperor turned around and left, King Rui was just about to leave, when a little eunuch blocked the way, "Lord, the emperor is waiting for you in the imperial study, saying that he wants to play chess with you." ”
King Rui understands that his father is looking for him to play chess, and he just wants to see what he will do.
When he came to the imperial study, the emperor was already sitting at the table and leisurely drinking tea. Seeing King Rui coming in, he immediately beckoned, "Yi'er, come here." ”
King Rui walked over in response and sat opposite the emperor, in the bamboo basket on the upper right side of the emperor, there was a black chess piece, King Rui glanced at it lightly, didn't say anything, and sat down.
"Father, I like to play chess, why don't you look for Mrs. Gu or others?" Rui Wang said lightly.
"Gu Mingyuan, that guy, always secretly let me go every time he plays chess, and every time he loses a son and a half. I thought I was a good chess player, so I don't want to play chess with him. The emperor said with a childlike look.
"The skill of the sons and daughters in playing chess is not as good as that of Mrs. Gu, if they lose, the father should not say that the sons let him." Rui Wang said lightly.
"Well, if you can win me, I won't ask you what you want to do privately, how about it?" The emperor has a good time.
Is this a temptation from my father? Or what? The Sacred Heart is unpredictable, but he has to figure it out.
Even if the person his father loves the most is him, then he must be cautious, otherwise, when he wears out the little love that his father has for him, he will not have the advantage he has now.
"What does my father want his sons to do?" King Rui was silent for a moment and then said lightly.
"Yi'er, you know, my father has always wanted you to inherit the throne, as the king of a country, when you are ruthless, you will never be soft, the king is self-inflicted, you can watch and deal with it yourself!" The emperor said slowly.
first said that as the king of a country, he could not be soft when he was ruthless, and then said that the king was self-inflicted. It seems that my father wants to test himself!
Thinking of this, King Rui said lightly: "Father, Erchen will not let him go this time, he has been given a chance before, if he continues to indulge, Erchen will not know if he can see his father again next time, not to mention, Erchen still has wives and children, and he must also worry about their safety." The sixth and ninth brothers have already started to investigate, and everything is handled in accordance with the laws of the country, and the sons have no objections. ”
After listening to King Rui's statement, the emperor immediately breathed a sigh of relief, "Okay, just deal with it according to what you said and in accordance with the laws of the country." ”
On the other hand, King Huai and King Hui have launched an investigation into this matter, and the progress of the investigation is very smooth, what evidence does King Huai and King Hui need, this evidence seems to have grown feet in front of them.
After seven or eight days of painstaking investigation, King Huai and others finally collected all the evidence.
On the day of the trial, the officials of the three legal divisions all arrived at the criminal department in advance, and among the officials of the three legal divisions, one remained neutral, one was a princeling, and the other was a party of Dingwang, and the princelings naturally put all the charges on the head of Dingwang as much as possible, and the Dingwang party could only pray that they would not find evidence so quickly.
"Lord Zhai, you said that this King Ding is really vicious, how can you say that King Rui is his own brother, he assassinated King Rui for the throne, such a person is to harm the peace of the Great Zhou." Lord Fan of Dali Temple said lightly.
"Lord Fan, we only need to do things according to the evidence, and for other things, as long as there is no evidence, we can't draw conclusions casually, not to mention, the other party is the king, even if the trial results are announced, we have to wait for the emperor's instructions." Lord Zhai said expressionlessly.
As an inspector, Zuodu Yushi, as long as he does his duty. As for partisanship, for someone like him, he is not interested at all.
"Lord Zhai, the queen mother said that if you are biased towards the crown prince this time, after overthrowing King Ding, you can ensure that your son's official fortune is prosperous, if not, then Ling Lang's career will be hindered." Master Fan pouted.
In the eyes of Lord Fan, the left capital of the Inspectorate is the stone in the pit that smells bad and hard, and King Ding is clearly the general trend has gone, and he has offended King Rui now, King Rui made a move, can King Ding still live?
"Master Fan, are you trying to threaten this official? Also, according to the law of the Great Zhou, the harem is not allowed to interfere in politics, and if the queen wants to threaten the future of the dog, then the official can't do it. Lord Zhai looked at Master Fan with cold eyes.
"What you said, this official is all for your good. Besides, this official also hopes that you can ...... Lord Zhai."
Before he finished speaking, he saw Master Zhu from the Criminal Department walking in with a sad face.
"The two adults came so early, Lord Zhai, you can't be partial." Master Zhu raised his eyebrows slightly.
As soon as he came in just now, he saw Master Fan and Lord Zhai talking, he wouldn't be stupid enough to think that they were gossiping, and they must be thinking about how to join forces to deal with King Ding.
Fang Cai Lin Xiang has already said that no matter what, he will keep King Ding, if King Ding can't keep it, then the things he did will also be turned out.
Even if it is not for the sake of the king, for the sake of his own future, he must find a way to resolve these charges one by one.
As the chief judges, King Huai and King Hui naturally have to sit in the first place, and the officials of the Three Law Divisions put the case at the head of King Huai and King Hui.
"Come on, bring King Zhao Feng to the hall." King Huai slapped the startled wooden road on the table.
Immediately, someone responded and brought King Ding to the court, King Ding walked in, looked around, and snorted disdainfully, "Dog things with no eyes, don't you know how to move a chair for this king to sit down?" ”
As soon as these words came out, the surrounding officials looked at me, I looked at you, and no one knew whether to move the chair for the king.
The two presiding judges are the prince, and the one on trial is also the prince, and they are all characters they can't afford to offend.
"Fool, don't give the king a seat soon, as long as the prince is not convicted for a day, then he is still the prince." Master Zhu of the Criminal Department said angrily.
King Huai and King Hui glanced at each other, no one had the intention of stopping them, Lord Zhu was right, today is just a trial, as long as there is no conclusion, King Ding still has the title in his body, and he has the glory that the prince deserves.
The official quickly moved a Taishi chair and put it behind King Ding, King Ding took his robe and sat on the chair, and then the master of the criminal department sent a cup of hot tea, and King Huai couldn't help frowning slightly.
If this is to be concerned about the identity of the king, let him sit and ask questions, and then he will be served tea, won't he have to send snacks later? Where is this still a trial, it's just nonsense.
"This prince is the prince, you can sit and be tried in the trial, and you can drink tea." Among the onlookers, some pouted.
"Then what's the solution, who makes the family a royal family and noble, how can we ordinary people compare." Another onlooker sighed.
Seeing this, Lord Zhu knew that if he didn't suppress these people now, he would be in big trouble later.
"Shut up to the official, and if you dare to talk nonsense about the royal family, the official will immediately put him in prison and beheaded." Master Zhu said sharply.
As soon as these words came out, no one in the onlookers dared to say a word anymore, and no one would send themselves to prison for the sake of a momentary pleasure.
King Ding glanced back at the people watching behind him, and saw that they didn't dare to say anything more, so he smiled evilly, "Sixth, ninth, this king advises you to go through the motions, don't take it too seriously." ”
"Brother Dingwang, since my father handed it over to us to preside over the trial, we will definitely not let go of the guilty person easily." King Huai said coldly.
"Guilty people? Do you mean this king? Even if this king admitted it before, but now that this king has repented, as long as there is no confession drawn by the king, what can you do with this king? King Ding said proudly.
"The guilty are, of course, subject to the law of the land. Brother Dingwang, do you really think that you have no evidence left? King Huai said coldly.
"What evidence? Take it out? King Ding said arrogantly.
Many things he did through Xiao Ziming, including the killing of King Rui, besides, hasn't the Flying Eagle Gang been killed? So what else does he have to worry about?
As the saying goes, there is no proof of death, not to mention that the people of the Flying Eagle Gang are already dead, even if they are alive, don't worry, anyway, the person who connects is not him.
Looking at King Ding's arrogant appearance, King Huai really wanted to step forward and beat him severely, but what the fifth brother wanted was to publicize King Ding's crime openly, and he could only suppress the anger in his heart.
"King Ding, don't be complacent, and see what this is first." King Huai shook a confession in his hand.
King Ding glanced at the confession in King Huai's hand lightly, and smiled coldly with disdain, this King Huai was still too tender, and he used a forged confession to deceive himself, if it was before last night, he was afraid that he would really believe it.
But now, these tricks of Huai can't deceive him at all, as long as he refuses to admit anything, King Huai doesn't have the courage to put things without evidence on a prince.
"Since Brother Dingwang believes that this is a fraud against you, then you might as well take a look for yourself and identify whether this is fake or not." After finishing speaking, King Huai handed over the confession in his hand to my clerk.
The clerk stepped forward to take the confession, stepped to the king, and respectfully handed the confession to the king.
King Ding lazily took the confession from the hand of the clerk, opened it and looked at it, his brows became more and more wrinkled, how is this possible, he clearly did this very cleanly, and he handled it personally, how could it be......
What's wrong with this, is it King Rui? Or is it King Huai or King Hui?
No, it won't be theirs, if King Rui had already had this, he would definitely not wait for the day when he would deal with him. As for King Huai and King Hui, these two are simply King Rui's followers, how could they get these things.
Could it be that it is really the father? When he wanted to rebel, his father spared him, and even his uncle was reinstated.
What's the problem? How is he going to deal with it now? The more King Ding thought about it, the more confused his heart became, and then he looked at Lin Xiang who was sitting on the side.