Chapter 400: Bringing Down the Wu Family

Listening to the words of the eldest prince, Wu Shangshu's cold eyes looked coldly towards the eldest prince, which made the eldest prince shudder, and he didn't know why, but a trace of uneasiness suddenly appeared in his heart.

Li Yue looked at Wu Shangshu's vicious expression, and guessed in her heart, this Wu Shangshu seems to be about to break the jar? Is this going to bite the eldest prince back? Li Yue looked at the Wu Shangshu with an expectant expression.

Sure enough, Li Yue was not disappointed, this Wu Shangshu's cold eyes glared at the eldest prince, and in the uneasiness that emerged in the eldest prince's group, he gritted his teeth and said, "What does Your Highness mean by saying this, can't you put the relationship aside?" ”

The eldest prince replied with a hard face, "Of course, the evidence is conclusive, although the third brother is the son of the royal family, he can't ignore the royal law and do whatever he wants. ”

Wu Shangshu snorted coldly, his cold gaze finally turned away from the eldest prince, looked up at King Yan, who was sitting in the first place and did not speak, and said with a fist, "Your Majesty, this assassination of the county lord of Chang'an and Li Yun Gongzi is not only the person who is guilty, the guilty minister has evidence in his hand, and the eldest prince has also sent assassins. ”

Listening to Wu Shangshu's sudden words, the eldest prince said in a slightly flustered manner, "Bold Wuyin, it's really a death and a casual bite, father, he must have bitten back and framed his son because he found out the evidence that he assassinated the county lord and Li Yun." ”

Wu Shangshu sneered and said, "Is it a bite back to frame His Highness, I believe that after the king has seen the evidence, he has his own decision, Fourth Highness, the evidence handed over to you by the criminal minister, you don't have to worry about brotherhood to hide it, or hand it over." ”

The fourth prince saw that the general trend of Wu Shangshu was gone, and he originally did not plan to meddle in this matter again, and to protect himself, as for the eldest prince and concubine's participation in the assassination, he could keep it in his hands, and he could use it as a handle to threaten the eldest prince at that time, but now Wu Shangshu, who listened to it, said it like this, it seems that he is going to fight with the eldest prince to break the net, and after thinking about it for a while, it is not bad to bring down their eldest brother, so he stood up.

The fourth prince stood up, clasped his fists and saluted the first king, and said with a sad face, "Father, the assassination case originally involved the third brother, and the son was very sad, when Wu Shangshu sent evidence of the eldest brother's participation, the son thought that the third brother had already been involved, if the eldest brother was also involved...... They are all sons and daughters, and sons do not intend to protect the eldest brother and ask their father to forgive their sins. ”

After the fourth prince finished speaking, he finally took out an envelope from his arms and raised it with both hands towards the first Yan King.

Regarding the eldest prince's brotherly remarks, King Yan did not express his position, there was no excessive expression on his face, he looked at the fourth prince with a faint look, and said to Guan Hai on the side, "Go and present the evidence to the widow." ”

The eldest prince was so frightened that he finally stepped forward and knelt on the ground, and said, "Father, Erchen has never done this at this time, and besides, Erchen has a good relationship with the county lord and Li Yungongzi, how could they send assassins to assassinate them, this is definitely what they want to frame Erchen." ”

Listening to the eldest prince's self-justification, King Yan didn't seem to hear it at all, and was not affected at all, but just watched Guan Hai go down and took the envelope in the fourth prince's hand, then took it and handed it to him, and then unfolded it and looked at it, after reading it, he unceremoniously threw it towards the eldest prince, and said coldly, "See for yourself, the evidence is conclusive, and it is stamped with your seal." ”

The eldest prince pretended not to know and picked up the letter, and after reading it, he said, "Father, this is not Erchen's handwriting, this is definitely not done by Erchen, someone must have stolen the letter written by Erchen's seal, fourth brother, everyone knows that you are close to the third brother and the Wu family, are you going to unite with Wu Shangshu to frame the eldest brother?" ”

The fourth prince looked at the eldest prince with a disappointed face, "Big brother, the fourth brother is afraid of brotherhood to protect the eldest brother, I didn't expect the eldest brother to wronged the fourth brother like this, even if this is the case, the fourth brother will convince the eldest brother, father, can you let the son-in-law summon a witness?" ”

After getting the head of the first Yan King, the fourth prince turned his head to the deputy sect leader of the Imperial Forest Army at the door and said, "Trouble to bring someone to the card." ”

Immediately, the deputy sect leader Chen went down, and after a while, he brought a little girl, and came up to the court tremblingly.

Li Yue couldn't help sneering in her heart, this is obviously that the witnesses are ready, and what kind of brotherhood is deep, wanting to protect the eldest brother, and acting is not a little distracted, it is really ridiculous.

It wasn't until the little maid trembled and knelt down to salute the first king of Yan that the fourth prince spoke, "Tell me who you are, and what you know about the assassination of the county lord of Chang'an." ”

The little maid knelt on the ground with a trembling voice, and said cautiously, "The slave and maid are the eldest maids next to the eldest prince and concubine, and the letter and letter are passed on by the slave and maid, and the lady said, saying that Li Yun and Li Gongzi are better with the Ninth Highness and the Thirteenth Highness, and they will and will block the way of the Great Highness, and they must be eliminated." ”

The eldest prince looked at the little maid, a trace of gloom flashed in his eyes, and then he said with a surprised face, "What you said is true?" ”

The little maid glanced at the eldest prince timidly, but thinking about what would happen if she didn't tell the truth, she finally turned her eyes away, and then nodded quickly.

Of course, the eldest prince knows this girl, he has been married to the eldest prince and concubine for several years, this is the girl who often comes in and out of the eldest prince's concubine's side, no matter what, he has an impression, looking at the little maid without looking at himself, it seems that this little maid is completely bought, the eldest prince turned his head to the first Yan Wang and said aggrievedly, "Father, the retainer really doesn't know about this matter, this must be Yan Xue's unauthorized knowledge, and it has nothing to do with the retainer." ”

Wu Shangshu, who was kneeling on the side, said coldly, "Your Highness is really good at talking, such a big thing, the eldest prince and concubine will do it without permission?" No one will believe it, but I didn't expect His Highness to be really ruthless, something happened, but he put all the responsibility on his wife. ”

Listening to Wu Shangshu's words, King Yan's eyes became a little colder when he looked at the eldest prince, but the eldest prince turned his head to Li Yun and Li Yue, and said, "County Lord, Brother Li, you know, this matter was all done by Zhou Yanxue, and it has nothing to do with His Royal Highness." ”

Li Yun's eyes swept over the eldest prince lightly, and said, "Your Highness is laughing, how can Yue'er and I know who did it?" ”

The eldest prince finally understood at this time, even if this matter was really not his own doing, he was now unreasonable, because Zhou Yanxue was his wife, they were one, no one would believe that he was innocent, looking at the disdainful eyes in the eyes of many people, he knew that he said that Zhou Yanxue did it, but everyone pushed the responsibility on Zhou Yanxue without taking responsibility as Wu Shangshu said.

The eldest prince pinned all his hopes on King Yan, who was sitting in the first place, and said very aggrievedly, "Father, you have to believe the son-in-law, this matter is really not the son-in-law's doing, it is all Zhou Yanxue's own opinion. ”

King Yan looked coldly at the eldest son kneeling below, and King Yan, who originally didn't like the eldest prince, looked at him with a little colder eyes at this time, and said coldly, "Yan Xue is the wife you insisted on marrying the widow back then, and this kind of behavior at this time really makes the widow feel cold." ”

The eldest prince, who originally still had a glimmer of hope, listened to King Yan's words, and finally understood that no one would believe him, the eldest prince at this time was eager to cramp and peel Zhou Yanxue, the original good situation was completely ruined by Zhou Yanxue, and at this time, the eldest prince's party in the court, which was only co-opted by the eldest prince, was originally a newly established relationship, and it was ultimately fragile and vulnerable, and no one would stand up to defend the eldest prince at this time.

The eldest prince finally spoke with a trembling voice, "It was the son-in-law who was not good at disciplining, so let Yan Xue do this kind of thing, please punish my father." ”

The reason why his voice trembled was not because he was afraid, but because of anger and unwillingness, he had brought down the Wu family when he saw it, but because of Zhou Yanxue, he also got into it inexplicably, and the eldest prince always felt in his heart that there seemed to be an invisible hand that controlled everything.

King Yan said coldly, "You are also like the third child, stay at home and reflect on it, and wait for the widow to fall." ”

The eldest prince looked up at King Yan, and saw the cold light in King Yan's eyes, disgust and dissatisfaction, all along, his father's scenes of himself began to echo in his mind, his father never liked himself, he didn't want to look at himself more, even if he looked at himself, he was always full of disgust, he was obviously the eldest son, the boss, everything in this big Yan should have belonged to him, but he had to keep fighting, and he could also win the little bit of King Yan's gaze on himself.

Maybe all this is controlled by the father behind his back, the father has always only been thirteen in his eyes, it must be the father, the eldest prince lowered his head, and on his face that no one could see, he was full of hatred, and secretly made up his mind that it was his, and he must take it all back.

King Yan didn't hear the answer of the eldest prince below, and said coldly again, "What? Is there any dissatisfaction? ”

The eldest prince finally came back to his senses from his thoughts, and his tone of voice did not fluctuate, and he said lightly, "The son is guilty and let his father punish him." After saying that, he stood up, stood in his place in an orderly manner, and stopped talking, as if he had truly repented.

Seeing that the eldest prince was not shirking his responsibility, King Yan was finally satisfied, turned his head to look at Wu Shangshu, who was still kneeling below, and said, "Wu Yin, the widow thought that you were the widow's father-in-law, so he was lightly punished, confiscated the family property, and the Wu clan was demoted to the common people, and the border was distributed, and the other people were handed over to the criminal department and punished according to the crime. ”

Listening to King Yan's words, Wu Shangshu paused, and then answered, "Thank you for your grace." ”

Yan Dynasty said to Lord Xu of the Criminal Department on the side, "Xu Aiqing, this matter will be handed over to you." ”

Lord Xu of the Criminal Department, who was named, stood up and responded, "No." ”