Chapter 271: The Ambition of the Nine Emperor Princes

Tu Ren gritted his teeth and said as if he had made a huge decision, "Naturally, I know what Your Majesty wants to do with me? If you want to kill or chop, listen to it." He was single-handedly raised by Ji Qirui and his party, and this life was naturally in their hands, so they could only sacrifice themselves to protect them, and also to protect their families.

Listening to Tu Ren's words, the officials who came to ask for the crime naturally didn't believe it, so they threatened: "It's not a trivial crime to frame the royal family and conceal the honor, you have thought clearly about what to say. Let me ask you again, what is the instigator and ins and outs of these things? If you tell the truth, Your Majesty can read this and give you a chance to make amends, but don't blame us if you deliberately conceal it."

"What truth do you want to hear? I'm telling the truth. All of this is done by me alone for the sake of glory and wealth to protect myself, and I have nothing to do with anyone else, so if you want to be tortured or do anything, I will never say anything." He cautiously looked at the place where the masked man had disappeared, hoping that he could hear what he was saying, so that he could give himself the antidote and save himself.

The official spat out a turbid breath, looked at Tu Ren with a serious face helplessly, his eyebrows and eyes provoked a little anger, and then said to the subordinate beside him, "Torture." He didn't believe that Tu Ren would refuse to tell the truth.

Soon Tu Ren's heart-rending wails sounded in the prison, which made people shudder.

Looking at Tu Ren, who was covered in blood and was close to fainting, the official came over and put the charge in front of him and said, "Have you figured it out? Did someone instruct you to do this, or did you do it voluntarily? If so, who is that person?" The emperor had clearly instructed him to ask from Tu Ren's mouth whether these things had anything to do with Ji Qirui, so he would not give up until he reached his goal.

Tu Ren didn't say anything, but trembled and stretched out his hand, and used the blood stains on it to press his handprint fiercely at the place where the charge was filed, admitting the evidence of his crime.

The official looked at him and sighed helplessly, so he said, "I didn't expect you to be very loyal." But this charge is just a false statement, he will take it back to the emperor to see, and in the end, the emperor will decide Tu Ren's life and death, after all, this charge involves many people.

When the emperor got this charge, he was a little surprised that Tu Ren would confess so easily, but he was still a little glad in his heart, maybe this matter really had nothing to do with Ji Qirui.

Then the emperor said to the officials, "Deal with it according to the law."

"Yes."

At the same time, Tu Ren was still waiting for the masked man to come and give him the antidote, and save himself back, and finally waited for the masked man in the middle of the night, and when he was thinking about it, the other party did not take out the antidote for him.

"The antidote." Tu Ren asked anxiously, worried that the other party wanted to go back on his word, so he hurriedly stepped forward and rummaged through his body.

Then I heard the masked man say, "What I gave you is not a poison, but just an ordinary pill."

At this time, Tu Ren reacted, it turned out that he was teased by him, and he said those words just to scare himself, but he had already signed the charge and confessed his guilt, and it was too late to say anything.

"It's all a lie! Let me go now, or I'll go to Your Majesty and tell you what happened, and you'll all be done by then!" Tu Ren threatened him in turn.

But the masked man was unmoved, but said, "Of course you can tell Your Majesty these things, but do you think that if you tell Your Majesty, you will still be alive? Even if you are lucky enough to survive in this prison, what will your family do? At this time, they should be waiting for you to go back at home. Now that you have signed the charge, make a good atonement for yourself." With that, he turned and left, leaving Tu Ren, who was very regretful, to let out a wail in prison.

It was precisely because of these threats from the masked man that Tu Ren finally chose to hide the truth, and he accepted the punishment of the law and was locked up in prison for the rest of his life.

And Ji Qirui, who is the real culprit of all this, is only accused of careless employment

and was punished for thinking about it behind closed doors.

Ji Qimu, who was far away in exile, guessed that this matter must be Ji Qirui behind the scenes, and was indignant that his plan was broken like this, so he came to Ji Changye with great annoyance and told him the ins and outs of this matter.

Ji Changye was a little surprised when he heard this, because he didn't expect this matter to develop to such a point, and because he and Song Qian reached an agreement not to participate too much in the battle for the throne between them, so as not to ignite the fire, so he said: "The prince is powerful, and you don't have full evidence, this time you should teach a lesson, don't think about this matter anymore." He can only say this, wanting to perfunctory the past.

Unexpectedly, Ji Qimu suddenly looked at him with a serious expression and asked, "Second brother, if one day I want to go toe-for-tat with the crown prince, you and Ah Jin will stand on my side and help me, right?" His attitude changed from before, and he faintly showed a bit of ambition, and it seemed that he was ready to completely tear his face with Ji Qirui and want to fight.

Ji Changye also knows very well that Ji Qimu is definitely not as indisputable and thick as in the eyes of the outside world, he is smarter than Ji Qirui, brave and resourceful, and knows how to make friends, and he has lived a peaceful life like his mother for so many years, in order to let those people relax their vigilance, and when the time comes, they can get what they want by surprise, because they know their purpose from the beginning.

An inexplicable aura of danger permeated Ji Changye's surroundings, and Ji Qimu's eyes were staring at him tightly, forcing him to make his own choice of his own camp to see whose subordinate he would be in the future battle for succession.

"Lao Jiu, this kind of thing can't be talked about, besides, now that Your Majesty is here, how can Your Majesty not see the open and secret battle between you and the crown prince? You can't do everything, otherwise what should you do if you are misunderstood by Your Majesty? At that time, even if the crown prince doesn't count you, Your Majesty will have a dislike for you." Ji Changye looked at him, wanting to wake him up, not to let him be carried away by a moment of desire and do something impulsive, and also to test him, after all, what he said at this time was basically what he really thought in his own heart.

Ji Qimu suddenly burst into a sneer when he heard his words: "Second brother, you want to say that you want to stand on the side of the prince, right? But after such a long friendship between us, you can't bear to be my enemy? And how can the prince be forgiven for doing so many wrong things? Have you forgotten how he calculated you, me and my second sister-in-law? Forgot what he did to me during the plague? Don't I need to talk more about those things in the previous court? Isn't the prince's party seriously suppressing you and me? You still want to speak for the prince, why?" He held back his anger and pressed Ji Changye's shoulder and asked.

This also made Ji Changye completely understand his thoughts, so he said, "What you are angry about is not that the prince has done these things, but just because the prince can do these things unscrupulously, but you have to worry a lot about not being able to be free. What you want is not for the prince to be punished and to restore everything that was destroyed, all you want is to become like the prince, or to get rid of him completely, and destroy this person who you are afraid of and jealous in your heart. Even if it is difficult for the crown prince to inherit the throne in the future, you are the most likely to win among the princes, but according to your current thinking, can you become a qualified monarch? Is it possible to sacrifice oneself for the sake of the people and forgive one's siblings? Can you do it?"

Ji Changye looked at him with a little disappointment, he had always thought that Ji Qimu's vigilance was just because he was not favored and was afraid of being framed for self-preservation, but he didn't expect that it was just his meager ambition to show his edge, and he couldn't imagine what Ji Qimu's heart was like. So he dismantled him, wanting to wake him up, come back from the chaos of greed and jealousy, and stop listening to the wrong thoughts in his heart, which made a big mistake.

At this time, Ji Qimu, who was exposed, finally calmed down, thinking about what he said just now, as well as Ji Changye's words that said from the bottom of his heart, and defended himself in a panic: "I just can't get used to the prince's domineering style, how can I want to become a person like him. And I'm the one who was framed twice by him, can't I even say these words to express my anger?"

His pale and feeble explanation made Ji Changye frown, and when he saw that he was still obsessed, he retorted, "Only you know what you think in your own heart

Dao, others can't control anything and can't suspect anything. But I still want to say that it is difficult for a person to succeed only with jealousy and revenge. Why did Your Majesty ascend to the throne? You should learn from his forbearance and generosity. It's not entirely wrong to retaliate, but you have to be calm."

How could the emperor not know about the affairs of the previous dynasty and the feud between the princely party and them? Moreover, the prince's party is now covering the world with one hand, which has threatened the emperor's rule, but the emperor is still unfazed, and has no idea of punishing them now, in order to endure to a certain limit and grasp more evidence to be able to accurately attack them and catch them all. But neither Ji Qirui nor Ji Qimu Ji inherited the emperor, which is really embarrassing.

Seeing that Ji Qimu fell into deep thought, Ji Changye took advantage of the victory and said, "Only by being a good monarch and official can the people of the world live a good life, and your rule and position can be carried out smoothly. Don't you even understand such a simple truth? This time you are really too impulsive, I and Song Niangzi have already told you, this kind of thing is not urgent, but you do act impulsively because of a little jealousy in your heart, and now the crown prince has no effect at all, but it makes Your Majesty feel that you are deliberately slandering, do you think that you want to use this to compete for the throne, will Your Majesty consider a person who only knows revenge?"

"Second brother......" Ji Qimu wanted to speak and stopped, as if he had been said to his heart, because what Ji Changye said was indeed right, so Ji Qimu was really obedient and began to reflect on what he had done.

Under Ji Changye's expectant eyes, he lowered his eyes and turned around to leave a sentence..."I know, I will think about this matter for a long time. I'm bothering the second brother today, and I hope that the second brother won't take it to heart, and don't let others hear these words."

At this time, he happened to come from outside the courtyard with Yu Jin and Changfeng, passed by Ji Qimu, and Yu Jin greeted him and ignored him, which made He Yu Jin a little confused.

"Brother Jiu, what's wrong?"