Chapter IV: Fornication with the enemy
Night slowly fell, and the whole land was shrouded in darkness, and even the golden palace seemed a little dim at the moment, as if to indicate that a shocking conspiracy was about to be staged here.
"Father, my son has something very important to report to you." After coming to the emperor's bedroom, Nangong Ye couldn't wait to say to the emperor, although he also knew that now was the wrong time, but in order to make his plot succeed, he had to do it.
"Ye'er, what is the reason for coming to see my father so late?" The emperor, who was already preparing to go to bed, was suddenly disturbed by Nangong Ye, and he was very unhappy in his heart, and there was a bit of reproach in his tone.
"Father, if someone in the palace fornicates with the enemy country, should he be severely punished?" Nangong Ye did not answer the emperor's question, but asked such words first, and he was planning step by step to realize his conspiracy.
"Why does Ye'er have such doubts? Fornicating with the enemy is a grave sin, and of course it must be punished severely. A trace of doubt flashed in the emperor's eyes, and he didn't know what Nangong Ye wanted to say, but if there was really someone in the palace who fornicated with the enemy country, he would not spare it.
The Southern Spirit Kingdom and the Northern Cloud Kingdom have been grudges for many years, and he will never allow the people of his country to have any contact with the people of the Northern Cloud Kingdom, let alone the people in the palace.
"Then if that person has an extraordinary status, will he also be treated equally?" Nangong Ye was still not at ease, so he continued to ask, what he wanted was foolproof.
"Even if the Son of Heaven commits a crime, he is guilty of the same crime as the common people, and as long as he violates the law, he should be punished, and it has nothing to do with his identity." Although the emperor didn't know who Nangong Ye was talking about, he thought that no matter who it was, as long as he broke the law, he should pay the due price.
"The son knows that there are people in the palace who are fornicating with the enemy country, and he also asks his father to punish him." After Nangong Ye listened to the emperor's words, an imperceptible smile quickly flashed on his face, as long as he had the emperor's words, he would be relieved.
"Who is the person who Ye'er is talking about? Do you have proof? "Fornicating with the enemy country is not a trivial matter, so the emperor is also a little cautious, and he is a little more confused about the person Nangong Ye said.
"What Erchen is talking about is no one else, it is the third emperor's younger brother - Nangong Yi." The reason why Nangong Ye didn't say Nangong Yi's name at the beginning was because he was worried that the emperor would deliberately defend him, and now the emperor has said that fornicating with the enemy country must be severely punished, no matter what the identity of that person is, so he can say Nangong Yi's name with confidence.
"What? You said that the person who fornicated with the enemy country turned out to be Yi'er? How is this possible? The emperor's face changed suddenly, no matter what, he never thought that the person Nangong Ye said would be Nangong Yi.
Nangong Yi has always been his favorite son, and he is also the most suitable candidate for the crown prince in his mind, and he is the heir to the throne that he has already decided, how could he fornicate with the enemy country?
"Father, what the son said is true, and there is no lie." The emperor's reaction was expected by Nangong Ye, but he would definitely do everything he could to convince him.
"You said that Yi'er fornicated with the enemy, is there any evidence?" The emperor never believed that Nangong Yi would do anything to fornicate with the enemy, so he wanted to see if Nangong Ye had any evidence.
If he can't produce reasonable evidence, then all this is nothing more than his conspiracy; If he can produce evidence, that's a different story.
"Yes, there are witnesses." After Nangong Ye finished speaking, he looked at Ling Yufei and motioned to her, because the witness he was talking about was her.
"Back to my father, Fei'er has seen Prince Yi and Yan Zimo, the crown prince of Beiyun Kingdom, communicate privately many times, and they have always had a good relationship with each other, and they are very good friends and brothers." Ling Yufei had already discussed it with Nangong Ye before, so as soon as she saw his eyes, she understood what to say.
"How do you know who the crown prince of Beiyun Kingdom is?" The emperor frowned slightly, and his heart was quickly analyzing the truth of what Ling Yufei said, even he didn't know who the crown prince of Beiyun Kingdom was, how could Ling Yufei know?
"Father, Fei'er also overheard it, but Yan Zimo is really the crown prince of Beiyun Kingdom." Ling Yufei didn't dare to say that she overheard it in the Prime Minister's Mansion, in that case, the Prime Minister's Mansion would also be implicated, and her daughter as the Prime Minister's daughter would not be able to get out of it.
"Maybe Yi'er doesn't know that Yan Zimo is the crown prince of Beiyun Kingdom?" The emperor thinks that this is completely possible, the so-called ignorant is not guilty, if Nangong Yi does not know that Yan Zimo is the crown prince of Beiyun Kingdom, then even if they have private contacts, it is forgivable.
"How could the Third Emperor Brother not know? If he didn't know, he wouldn't have gone to the country of Beiyun. Nangong Ye had already seen that the emperor wanted to protect Nangong Yi, but he would not give him such a chance.
"You said Yi'er went to Beiyun Country? When did this happen? This time, the emperor could no longer be calm, he also knew that Nangong Yi was not in the palace these days, but he thought that he was going to look for Ling Yuwei, and he never thought that he would go to Beiyun Kingdom.
In fact, Nangong Yi went to Beiyun Kingdom to find Ling Yuwei, but the emperor didn't know this.
"It's been a few days, my father must not have thought of it, right?" In fact, Nangong Ye knew very well why Nangong Yi went to Beiyun Kingdom, but he didn't explain it, just to make the emperor think that Nangong Yi went to Beiyun Kingdom for another purpose.
"I don't believe it, Yi'er has other things to do these days, and she doesn't have time to go to Beiyun Country at all." The emperor thought about it carefully, and felt that it was impossible for Nangong Yi to do such a thing, and he didn't know that Nangong Ye and they already knew that Ling Yuwei was not in Yiwang's mansion, so they were still deliberately concealing it.
"Father, are you looking for Princess Yi in the other things you said?" Nangong Ye had long known that Ling Yuwei was not in the Yi Palace, and judging from the emperor's words just now, the emperor should also know, it seems that he has been protecting Nangong Yi, and even helped him in this matter.
"You also know about Princess Yi's disappearance?" Nangong Ye surprised the emperor too much today, and the emperor didn't expect Nangong Ye to know about it at all.
"Erchen not only knows about Princess Yi's disappearance, but Erchen also knows where Princess Yi has gone." Nangong Ye's heart was a little excited, because soon a better drama would be staged.
"Then where did you say Princess Yi went?" The emperor didn't ask Nangong Ye why he knew about Ling Yuwei's disappearance, what he wanted to know more now was where she was.
"Princess Yi went to Beiyun Kingdom, because her real identity is not the daughter of the Prime Minister's Mansion, but the seventh princess of Beiyun Kingdom." While saying this, Nangong Ye observed the emperor's reaction with the corner of his eye, and he believed that this matter would definitely surprise the emperor.