Chapter 214: The two of them really tore their faces
When Zhao Liuyin saw these people, although his face did not change and he pretended to be calm, he couldn't hold back in his heart and was nervous.
In order to threaten them not to confess themselves, Zhao Liuyin glanced at them, but several people should not be able to see it, after all, telling the truth at this time to save their lives is the most important thing.
The emperor looked at a few people and asked, "Do you know about the poisoning of the food in the imperial dining room at the palace banquet yesterday?" Think before you speak, if you don't tell the truth, I won't let you go!"
Because this was a threat from the emperor, several people did not dare to lie, and when one of them was about to tell the truth, the queen mother interrupted at an inopportune time: "Your Majesty, if you want to go to court. Why don't you bring the Geng family woman from yesterday, wouldn't this be a very small investigation?"
There is some truth in saying this, so the emperor asked people to bring Geng Lanyin, and it was accurate to bring people in, after all, yesterday's *** board was really enough for her to bear.
"Your Majesty, the courtiers have been wronged." As soon as Geng Lanyin entered the palace, he began to shout grievances, but the truth had not yet been investigated at this time, so the emperor didn't want to listen to her nonsense, so he spoke directly: "Regent, tell me about the clues you found."
Ji Changye glanced at Changfeng, and Changfeng came out and replied respectfully: "Back to Your Majesty, my subordinates are the personal guards of the prince. Yesterday, his subordinates suddenly felt unwell and wanted to go out, but the palace got lost for a while, and unknowingly came to the imperial dining room, and happened to bump into this person poisoning the dishes at the palace banquet. The subordinates were afraid that something would really happen to them, especially if they damaged the dragon's body, so they first destroyed this dish with a trick, and they thought about telling Your Majesty yesterday, but they didn't expect their subordinates to suddenly faint with a sudden illness, and they hurriedly came to report when they woke up today, and hoped that Your Majesty would forgive their sins."
After that, Changfeng pretended to cough twice.
He Yujin on the side was full of admiration for Changfeng in his heart, after all, they didn't teach Changfeng to say this, he was really clever.
The subordinate who was identified by Changfeng was startled, and subconsciously blurted out: "It turns out that that person is you!" After realizing that he had missed his mouth, the subordinate hurriedly closed his mouth.
At this time, Zhao Liuyin clenched his sleeves, thinking that these people were unreliable.
The emperor did not doubt whether what Changfeng said was true or false, and said with concern: "You are loyal to the Prince Regent, in order to protect the Prince Regent from fear of life and death, these are all clear, and then let the Imperial Hospital prescribe you a few pairs of medicine to recuperate, so that you can better protect the Lord Regent."
After hearing this, Changfeng hurriedly thanked him, but he didn't expect that there would be an unexpected gain.
After hearing this, a few people on the side couldn't help but think to themselves, it seems that now is not the time to talk about this matter.
The emperor also reacted, and hurriedly disguised himself and said, "How many of you can confess?"
The subordinate knew that he had no turning back to go, no matter how he said it, it was a dead end, so he simply planned to tell the truth, after all, he could pull a few more people into the water, but he didn't expect that when he unintentionally looked at Zhao Liuyin, the other party's threatening eyes made him stop talking.
After all, the lives of her family are still in her hands, if she really told the truth, she would be imprisoned or lose her life, and Zhao Liuyin would not be punished very badly.
But his family may not be able to tell.
Thinking of this, several people involved looked at each other, as if they already had an answer in each other's hearts.
Ji Changye sensed the hesitation between them, and hinted, "Your Majesty has asked you to tell the truth, so no matter what you should do, the rest of the people who are not involved will be fine. But if you don't tell the truth, you are guilty of deceit, which is a grave sin."
After that, Ji Changye looked at Zhao Liuyin.
Zhao Liuyin immediately put away his threatening eyes, hooked the corners of his lips in a cover-up manner, and looked at him with gentle eyes, but Ji Changye did not react, and was full of suspicion,
This made Zhao Liuyin's heart angry, but he could only endure it silently, otherwise all the previous efforts would be wasted.
Fortunately, after a while, Ji Changye looked away.
The crime of bullying the king is to lose their heads, which makes them who are greedy for life and afraid of death suddenly shake, and hesitate to tell the truth again.
The Queen Mother suddenly spoke: "Ye'er must have misremembered, this crime of bullying the monarch is to punish the nine clans, even if His Majesty is merciful and only punishes a few of them, but how much better can the family become?" Isn't it poked in the backbone every day? Therefore, it is better for people to keep to themselves, especially not to touch or move things that do not belong to them, otherwise they will not be able to bear it."
If you tell the truth, your family will be easily implicated, but if you follow what Zhao Liuyin told, even if something happens to them, the family will be better.
So several people hesitated for a moment and made up their minds.
They did not confess Zhao Liuyin, but pulled out Geng Lanyin, who had already been punished.
"Your Majesty, these things were all done by Miss Geng for the minions. If you don't do this, you will be threatened by Miss Geng. The little ones are all children from poor families, and they finally came to the imperial capital to enter the palace to glorify their ancestors, and the family pointed to the small ones to feed. If you are accidentally kicked out of the palace or even lose your life, what can the slave family do? So I had to obey Miss Geng's orders to poison and frame Song Niangzi. Please also ask Your Majesty to forgive your sins, the slave really knows that he is wrong."
When the others saw him say this, they knelt down and kowtowed.
Zhao Liuyin breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this.
Geng Lanyin was very incomprehensible when she was innocently involved on the side, and she angrily looked at the few people who lied and accused: "You guys have noses and eyes to tell lies, but they are all talking nonsense! What evidence do you have to prove that I did this, or that you were instructed by someone else? You want to come and frame me?"
She didn't know about this matter at all, and Zhao Liuyin even wanted to put this matter on her, so she naturally couldn't bear it.
Ji Changye and He Yujin didn't expect that a few people would be threatened by Zhao Liuyin to such an extent, which was different from what they thought at first, so they were about to explain to the emperor.
Geng Lanyin suddenly saw Zhao Liuyin with a smug face, and immediately couldn't hold back his anger, and said to several people: "Obviously Zhao Liuyin is the initiator of this matter, why don't you expose her to frame me and deceive everyone!" At this time, Geng Lanyin couldn't control his temper, and rushed to Zhao Liuyin regardless of the pain in his body, not even caring that there was the Queen Mother next to her.
Because now she wholeheartedly wants to reveal the true face of Zhao Liuyin, who used herself, and return her innocence.
Zhao Liuyin immediately pretended to be scared, but she didn't expect to be grabbed by Geng Lanyin's arm and beat her without paying attention, and heard her say angrily, "Don't you want me to be your back, why do you want me to help you bear the infamy for those unsightly things? What the hell is going on in this matter, you can tell everyone clearly! Restore my innocence."
"I know that you are angry in your heart when you make a mistake and are punished, but you can't come to me in such disregard for the rules now! You are disrespectful to Your Majesty and the Queen Mother! Do you want to disgrace the Geng family again?" Zhao Liuyin pretended to be innocent and concerned and said loudly, in fact, he was talking to the emperor and the queen mother.
The Queen Mother's expression was faintly satisfied, and now it can be said that Geng Lanyin was angry because he was exposed, and Zhao Liuyin was framed, so that Zhao Liuyin's suspicion can be cleared, and it is really effortless.
He Yujin came to Ji Changye's side and whispered, "Brother Ji, are they making a show? Or did the two really tear their faces? Wouldn't it be impossible to see and expose Zhao Liuyin in this way?" So what is the use of the bureau they are doing when they come here today?
But the current situation is like this, Ji Changye sighed helplessly.
The emperor was very dissatisfied with their fighting, and couldn't bear to open his mouth and scolded: "Above the main hall, what kind of system have you become like this, don't you stop quickly!" After that, he also asked his men to pull the two apart.
Geng Lanyin's strength was surprisingly great, and he didn't give up wanting to teach Zhao Liuyin a lesson when he was pulled away.
Zhao Liuyin immediately pretended to be pitiful and slandered, knelt down and said to the emperor and a few people, "Your Majesty, the courtiers don't know what she did, let alone her accomplices. Geng Lanyin must have been angry because he was exposed, and wanted to pull the courtiers into the water. Return
Please let Your Majesty see what is going on and return the innocence of your courtiers."
What she said was as if it were true, and the emperor almost believed it immediately.
Ji Changye was afraid of this, so he comforted, "Your Majesty, this matter still needs to be investigated, and you can't rush to conclusions. Chen thought that if Geng Lanyin insisted on not admitting his guilt, maybe there was something wrong with it, and it would not hinder a careful investigation, and he would not miss any opportunity."
Zhao Liuyin became worried after hearing this, so he looked at the Queen Mother and asked her to do a good job.
The Queen Mother had no choice but to speak, "Your Majesty, since the human and physical evidence has pointed out that the murderer is Geng Lanyin, don't bother to investigate. Otherwise, it will be bad if this matter spreads out and makes a big fuss. In any case, you still have to worry about the royal face."
The emperor was in a dilemma, and after a moment everyone stared at the emperor and waited for his decision.
Since there was no definite evidence to prove whether any of them were true or false, the Emperor could only find a reason to delay and say, "There are many, many places that need to be investigated in this matter, and I will send someone to investigate it next. Passing on my will, Miss Geng will continue to be confined in Geng's Mansion, and Miss Zhao must cooperate with the investigation before the matter is investigated, and must not collude with outsiders."
Some people are happy about this decision, and some people are sad.
Zhao Liuyin was happy that his punishment was very light, and he Yujin was worried about Zhao Sorrow, but he was able to get out of it peacefully.
Geng Lanyin was taken down by the guards again, and he still shouted in his mouth, "Zhao Liuyin, you will definitely be punished!"
This farce finally stopped, and the Queen Mother didn't want to stay too long, so she got up and walked out directly, and motioned with her eyes to let Zhao Liuyin follow her.
He Yujin immediately made an anxious accusation: "Your Majesty, this matter can't be so simple, someone must be planning behind it."
The Emperor raised his hand and interrupted He Yujin's words, "I know what you want to say, and I also know that this matter cannot be done by Geng Lanyin alone, and must be complicit. But there is no evidence at the moment, those witnesses are all Geng Lanyin alone, and the Queen Mother intends to defend Zhao Liuyin, if she is rashly arrested or convicted, I am afraid that it will cause unnecessary trouble, and even Song Niangzi will be pushed to the forefront at that time. I don't think that's what we want to see."
What the emperor said made sense, and Ji Changye said helplessly: "Your Majesty is still thoughtful, this matter is indeed not suitable for too deep investigation."