Chapter XXVIII
Above the court.
In today's public trial, all the ministers of the DPRK and China were present, and there was silence in the court for a while.
Emperor Jin Yuan sat on the dragon chair, his eyes scanning everyone, his face pale.
"Bring the Seventh Prince Sima Huan up!" Emperor Jin Yuan shouted.
"Yes!" One of the guards took the order, escorting a young man in prison uniform, with long hair and a haggard face to the temple.
"Father!" The young man, who had been escorted by the guards, fell to his knees.
With his head lowered, his hands clenched, his whole body trembling, his eyes hollow, and his whole person seemed to have lost his soul.
Emperor Jin Yuan's eyebrows furrowed: "Huan'er, are you guilty?" "
The Seventh Prince raised his head, staring at Emperor Jin Yuan with a pair of eyes, and a wry smile appeared on the corner of his mouth: "Erchen has never sent an assassin to assassinate the eldest brother. It is a misservice to add to it! "
"Bastard, I ask you if you are guilty?" Emperor Jin Yuan said angrily.
"Erchen didn't do anything wrong, why should he confess!" The Seventh Prince said stubbornly.
"Hmph, then you tell me why your token is on the assassins, and if it weren't for you, how could they have it!" Emperor Jin Yuan asked in a cold voice.
"Erchen really doesn't know, the token has been lost for several days, and Erchen has never found it."
"Presumptuous!"
Emperor Jin Yuan shouted angrily: "If it weren't for your eldest brother who had already noticed it, I'm afraid it would have been gone at this time, you bastard, you are simply bullying the king, and you dare to quibble!" "
"Erchen didn't lie." The Seventh Prince replied through gritted teeth.
"Erchen has never thought of harming any of his brothers, let alone harming his eldest brother, please ask my father to find out!" Sima Huan hissed and shouted.
Emperor Jin Yuan looked at Sima Huan with a gloomy expression: "Okay, good, since you are so stubborn, then don't blame me for not thinking about family affection!" "
"Come, bring people." Emperor Jin Yuan shouted to the guards outside the palace.
After a while, the guards entered the main hall with the people of the first palace, and everyone's eyes looked there, and so did Sima Huan.
The palace people were escorted up by the guards and knelt in the hall.
I saw the palace people cowering and kneeling in the center of the main hall.
"I ask you, is the token of the Seven Princes in your care?" Emperor Jin Yuan looked majestically at the palace people kneeling below.
"Yes, the token of the Seventh Highness has always been kept by the minions."
The palace people were already frightened when they heard the voice of Emperor Jin Yuan, and replied tremblingly.
"The Seventh Prince said that this token was lost a few days ago, so you stole the token and found someone to commit murder?"
"Your Majesty Mingjian, give the minions ten dares, and the minions don't dare to murder the prince." As soon as the palace people heard Emperor Jin Yuan ask this, their hearts trembled even more, this is a great crime of extermination, how dare he.
"What a sharp mouth, you dare to quibble, come and take him down." Emperor Jin Yuan waved his robe and ordered in a cold voice.
The palace people were frightened, kneeling on the ground, trembling: "Your Majesty, the token is, it is ......"
"What is it?" Emperor Jin Yuan asked.
The palace man lay on the ground and didn't know what to do, and secretly looked up at Sima Chong. I saw Sima Chong standing there looking at him with a deep face.
Turning his head to look at Sima Huan, this is the master he has been serving...
However, he had no choice.
"Say! What is it. Emperor Jin Yuan saw that the palace people had not spoken for a long time, and asked in a deep voice.
"Tokens... The token is, it's the Seven Highnesses... Give it to the minions, let the minions..."The palace man closed his eyes tightly and said the most disobedient words in his life.
"His Royal Highness the Seventh confessed that he wanted to kill the eldest young master, and let the minions take this opportunity to kill him, and the minions would not dare to disobey."
The words of the palace people stunned all the ministers in the court, everyone look at me, I look at you, all with a look of disbelieving.
"Ridiculous! Run off at the mouth! Sima Huan couldn't believe it when he heard him say that.
This is his henchman, how can he betray him like this, how can he gang up with others to frame him!
"Father, he's lying." Sima Chang shouted at Emperor Jin Yuan.
"Bastard, shut up! I asked, where is your turn to interject. Emperor Jin Yuan rebuked angrily.
"Now that there is human and material evidence, you still dare to quibble, rebel!"
Emperor Jin Yuan was extremely angry, pointing at Sima Huan, his whole body trembled with anger, his face was flushed, the green tendons on his forehead were bursting out, and his eyes were red, as if they were about to burst out.
"Come on, drag this palace person out and beat him to death. As for the Seven Princes. ”
Emperor Jin Yuan looked at this youngest son, and his heart was desolate: "Drag it down, and it will be executed after the autumn." ”
When Sima Huan heard this, he looked at his father, who had doted on him since childhood, on the high platform, with his eyes full of despair.
"Father, slow down."
Sima Shao hurriedly pleaded: "The son has a few words to say to his father. "
"Do you have anything to say?" Emperor Jin Yuan glared at Sima Shao suspiciously.
"Father, the son has always been a little puzzled about this, regardless of whether the seventh brother is really the mastermind, but after all, the seventh brother is also a royal bloodline, so don't be impulsive." Sima Shao said eagerly.
When Emperor Jin Yuan heard Sima Shao's words, he was stunned in his heart and looked at him carefully.
Emperor Jin Yuan was silent for a moment.
At this time, the waiter of the Criminal Department stood up and said: "Qiqi Sheng, although the Seventh Prince is at fault, but after all, he is the identity of the prince, and I hope that the Holy Net will open up and forgive him for his crimes." "
Hearing the words of the servant of the Criminal Department, Emperor Jin Yuan frowned: "What does Aiqing mean by this?" "
"Weichen believes that the Seven Princes should be severely punished, after all, as a royal bloodline, he does not care about his identity and etiquette, and it is really detrimental to the Holy Ming to do such things that insult the dignity of the royal family." The squire of the criminal department said respectfully.
"Then according to Aiqing's meaning, what should I do." Emperor Jin Yuan squinted his eyes at him.
"Weichen believes that the Seven Princes are indeed a big crime, but there is no doubt about the royal bloodline, and the Seven Princes can be stripped of their royal powers, thrown into the cold palace, and they will meditate on themselves for the rest of their lives." The squire of the criminal department said.
After listening to Lord Liu's suggestion, Emperor Jin Yuan immediately fell into deep thought.
At this time, I could only hear the ministers in the court arch their hands one by one: "The minister seconded the proposal." ”
"The minister seconded the proposal!"
"Father, my son thinks this proposal is acceptable." Sima Shao saw that his father was also a little shaken, and immediately spoke up.
"Okay, since all Aiqing agrees, then I will strip Sima Huan of his imperial power, put him in the cold palace, and meditate on his own mistakes." Emperor Jin Yuan asked coldly.
"Your Majesty is wise."
"Take it down." Emperor Jin Yuan waved his sleeves and commanded.
Soon, the guards came to the main hall and escorted Sima Huan, the seventh prince, to the prison.
Seeing this scene, the ministers of the court shook their heads and sighed.
Sima Shao looked at Sima Huan who was taken away, and he couldn't bear it, but he couldn't help it.
"Seventh brother, the eldest brother swears that one day the eldest brother will help you rehabilitate, as long as you live, there is hope, I have wronged you for a while."
Sima Shao looked at Sima Huan's departing figure, his eyes were red, and he secretly swore in his heart.