Chapter 167: Superb acting
Zhou Jingrong was so shocked by the sudden situation in front of her that she couldn't close her mouth, and was deeply impressed by the superb acting skills of the five princesses.
Now, if Zhou Jingrong can't see what the Fifth Princess wants to do, she will despise her IQ.
"My son!"
When the mother of the fifth princess saw her describe her haggard like this in the morning, she had already tightened her heart, and when she heard her pleading, she couldn't help crying.
The fifth prince was a little flustered: "Hui'er, what are you talking about?" Are you too tired, let's go back. ”
The five princes wanted to take the five princesses away, but the father and brother of the five princesses stepped forward at this time, blocked the way of the five princes, and looked at him blankly and defensively.
The emperor was in a very bad mood affected by this farce, and the emperor's face was even more pale, and he wanted to ask them to go home and solve the housework of his son and daughter-in-law.
The father of the fifth princess suddenly turned around and knelt on the ground, pleading: "Holy Lord, Queen Mother, please make the decision for the little girl!" ”
The emperor was about to get angry, but was appeased by the queen: "Your Majesty, the matter has come to this, just listen to what they have to say!" ”
The matter has already made a big fuss, and the jokes of the emperor's family affairs are destined to be seen by hundreds of officials, and if they are not properly resolved, the royal face may be even more irretrievable.
The emperor had to endure his anger and apologize to the queen: "Today is your birthday, but I was disturbed by these two ignorant people......
The queen smiled softly: "Your Majesty, it's out of the way." ”
The emperor patted the empress's hand to show appeasement, and then turned to the palace and said majestically: "Say! ”
The five princesses came to the hall with the support of their father and brother, bowed and knelt on the ground, the words were heavy, as if they had exhausted all their strength: "Your Majesty, the courtiers want to expose the five princes Pei Yu, who committed the rebellion of assassinating the holy driver on the way to the hot spring palace in Yixian County in the month of last year!" ”
As soon as the five princesses' voices fell, the four were in an uproar.
Zhou Jingrong didn't expect that the five princesses had been planning for a long time, and finally exposed the assassination of the five princes.
Previously, Fu Yunshen also said that Zhou Jingrong's cartoons were to do things, and it was the Fifth Princesses who really did things, okay, she was holding high the banner of righteous annihilation!
If she really doesn't make a move, she will put the five princes to death as soon as she makes a move.
It seems that she really hates the five princes.
The fifth prince was shocked, ignoring the loss of honor in front of the emperor, and shouted: "Hui'er! What nonsense are you talking about? ”
The father and brother of the five princesses were also shocked, and protected the five princesses behind him, preventing the five princesses from having any contact with her, and looked at him vigilantly and resentfully.
The Emperor angrily rebuked: "Shut up! ”
The fifth prince hurriedly knelt down and begged for mercy: "Father, the mother concubine has been punished for the assassination, and the sons really don't know about it!" Even if the son has the courage to assassinate his father? The son is wronged, please ask your father to see it! ”
The emperor glanced at the five princes and said lightly: "I have my own judgment. ”
Then, the emperor turned to the fifth princess and said, "You go on, but if you have half a lie, slandering the prince and despising the power of heaven, it is also a crime of rebellion, and your family will be implicated in it, do you know?" ”
The five princesses kowtowed again, their tone was firm, and they had the potential to break the cauldron: "Your Majesty, what the courtiers say is true, if there is any nonsense, they will be thundered by the sky!" ”
The oath of the five princesses can be described as vicious, and it is not moving.
The ancients believed in and respected the ghosts and gods, and if they dared to swear a poisonous oath against the heavens and the earth, what they said was basically true.
The emperor's face became even more gloomy: "Do you have any evidence?" ”
The Fifth Imperial Concubine replied: "Back to the Emperor, the concubine inadvertently bumped into the Fifth Prince's burning of correspondence with his mother and the assassins, and discovered his secret, only to be beaten and intimidated by him many times, so that I was not allowed to tell the matter, and he was placed under house arrest in the palace, unable to get in touch with the outside world. But all the letters that could be used as evidence were burned, and the courtiers only secretly hid a little. ”
When the fifth prince heard this, he immediately became angry, hated and afraid, gritted his teeth and said: "You are obviously bedridden due to illness and can't avoid guests, how did you become under my house arrest?" What is your intention in slandering me so much? ”
The five princes couldn't hold back their emotions and interrupted several times, and the emperor's heart had gradually favored the five princesses who were neither humble nor arrogant, and his anger loomed.
The ministers buried their heads in the shape of quails, and they didn't even dare to come out of the atmosphere.
There was silence in the hall, and the fifth prince also realized that his behavior was inappropriate, and quickly shut up, but his face was pale and pale.
However, after seeing the evidence presented by the five princesses, the five princes breathed a sigh of relief.
The five princesses took out some burnt notes, but there were only some words left on them, although they aroused suspicion, but they could not be used as real evidence.
Despite this, Zhou Jingrong still felt that the Fifth Princess's trick was very clever and deeply admired.
As the saying goes, seeing is believing, hearing is false, and what everyone sees is the tortured inhuman concubine of the Five Princes, and the letters that were burned by the Five Princes as she said.
When everyone thinks about it, they can get a glimpse of the whole picture, and the image of a miserable woman who was under house arrest, abuse, and intimidation because she discovered the secret of her husband's rebellion immediately appeared in front of them.
Not only will they believe her words, but they will also be extremely sympathetic to her plight, and because of this sympathy, her voice as a weak person will be even more outrageous and supportive.
Therefore, although the evidence presented by the five princesses is incomplete, it is more real and powerful.
On the contrary, if the evidence presented by the five princesses was complete and perfect, it might arouse the emperor's suspicions.
Zhou Jingrong looked at the Fifth Princess, who had ruthlessly ruined herself into such a look, and once again sighed at her meticulous thinking and superb acting skills.
At this time, she understood why the Fifth Imperial Concubine used the Fifth Imperial Princess's assassination to make him fatal with one blow.
A woman can even do it herself, what is a man who has failed her?
Zhou Jingrong wanted to get what the fifth prince naturally understood, so he did not take it lightly, but took the opportunity to try to flip everyone's impression and public opinion.
He showed an expression of love and couldn't bear to be harsh, and said bitterly: "Hui'er, I'm sorry for you." I know that you are very disappointed in me, and even resentful, because I love the outer chamber. But you have been married to me for many years and have no children, so I have a mind and want to have a child, is there anything wrong with this? Besides, you've already knocked out her child, don't you think it's enough? I have treated you well all these years, you have no heirs, and I have never had a word of complaint. How is it that out of jealousy, thou hast slandered me for the great sin of treason, and put me to death? You shouldn't have involved your father and committed such a disrespectful sin! Father, it was the son who was unfilial, did not handle the family affairs well, disturbed the father and mother, and asked the father to surrender! ”
The five princes originally wanted to label the five princesses as childless but jealous, and they didn't know what was going on, and pushed the fault on her, making people think that she was really jealous of love, so she slandered him, but the reaction of the five princesses was unexpected.
The body of the fifth princess, who was originally kneeling, trembled suddenly, fell to the ground, and looked at the fifth prince in disbelief: "What did you say?" You kept the outer room secret from me? ”
The five princes were stunned, they never expected that the five princesses would deny it, he was about to say something more, but the five princesses rolled their eyes and fainted because of "excessive sadness".
The mother of the fifth princess suddenly burst into tears, "My son, my son" and kept crying.
The fifth prince didn't have a chance to defend himself, Zhou Jingrong looked at his deflated expression and couldn't help but want to laugh.
They hit him on the left cheek, and he rushed to send his right cheek forward, which was the first time she had seen such a thing.
There is nothing wrong with the fifth princess flatly denying this, after all, now that Qi Ruyan is missing, there is no evidence, she said that she doesn't know, she doesn't know.
The emperor felt upset when he heard their noisy shouting, waved his hand, left a sentence and left angrily: "Imperial Doctor Xuan, treat the fifth princess, and when she wakes up, I will ask questions." ”
As a result, the comatose five princesses were transferred to the side hall, where they were personally cared for by the queen and followed by their mother.
The five princes also wanted to follow, but were stopped by the father and brother of the five princesses.
The rest of the ministers didn't get the holy edict and didn't know where to stay, originally they were all headed by Ling Xie, but at this time, the five princes took the lead in walking towards him, and everyone didn't step forward again to avoid suspicion.
After some deliberation among themselves, they finally decided to wait together in the palace and wait for the emperor to summon them at any time.
The emperor left in a bad mood, and Zhou Jingrong guessed that he was probably suspicious of the five princes.
Cheng Fei's previous testimony may have made the emperor suspicious, but now, as the pillow person of the five princes, the five princesses' testimony, the words "the five princes have different hearts" have been hammered to death.
Even if there is no proof of this matter in the end, and the five princes cannot be convicted, a seed of doubt has been planted in the emperor's heart.
With this seed of doubt, no matter whether the Fifth Prince can escape this catastrophe this time, he has lost his Sacred Heart, and his life will not be easy in the future.
Zhou Jingrong was wandering in thought, and Fu Yunshen suddenly reached out and poked her face.
Zhou Jingrong came back to her senses, looked at him and asked, "What's wrong?" ”
Fu Yunshen glanced in the direction of the fifth prince and replied, "Shangfeng has something to do with me, I'll go out, you go and sit with Deyin." ”
Zhou Jingrong was a little strange, but considering that it was related to Fu Yunshen's work secrets, he didn't ask too much, and obediently went to Pei Deyin.
Not long after, Zhou Jingrong was talking to Pei Deyin, when she suddenly heard a terrible wail from the side hall: "Ah! ”
It's the Five Princesses!
Zhou Jingrong glanced at Pei Deyin for some reason, and both of them nervously held each other's hands.
The mother of the fifth princess stumbled out of the side hall, burst into tears, ran to the five princes regardless of the image, grabbed him and asked, "Your Royal Highness the Fifth Prince!" Where is my daughter sorry for you? You gave her a curtain! Husband and wife, how can you be so vicious? You're going to kill her! ”