"Xiao Mu is your own uncle, he has secretly had money dealings with Zhang Zhiwei for many years, don't you know?" The emperor asked rhetorically.

"I ......"

Li Haoxin moved his lips, unable to say a word to defend himself.

Xiao Mu often visited Concubine Xiao in the palace, and he would tell Concubine Xiao about his affairs in Fengdu, and he couldn't be more clear about Xiao Mu's affairs.

The emperor was angry and made Li Lin tremble in his voice, and he didn't dare to continue to beat the emperor's shoulder.

Ah Yao didn't give Li Hao a chance to breathe, and continued: "The eldest prince not only has dealings with Zhang Zhiwei, but also with Fang Xu. ”

After speaking, Ah Yao turned her head to look at Cheng Binyu, "Master Cheng, where is the person you are looking for?" ”

"Wait outside the palace gate."

"The Emperor's ......"

The emperor waved his hand, "Feng Hai, bring in all the witnesses." ”

"Yes."

A moment later, Feng Hai entered the imperial study with a beggar.

It was the first time for the beggar to enter the palace to see the emperor, and they knelt down and saluted.

The emperor looked at the beggar and asked Ah Yao, "Are they human witnesses?" ”

"Exactly."

Ah Yao walked up to the beggar and said, "Tell the emperor what you see truthfully, and don't tell half a lie." ”

"Yes."

"A few of us begged around the city every day, and that day we happened to see the eldest prince and Boss Fang, sneakily talking together, and we went up to listen to a few ears when we had nothing to do.

Hearing that the eldest prince asked Fang Xu to find someone to teach a girl named Ah Yao, we immediately stepped forward to take over the job, and I happened to have a stomach upset that day to teach Ah Yao, so I didn't go with them. ”

He never saw him again in the city later, and the companions who went to teach Ah Yao a lesson vaguely guessed that something had happened to them.

He was afraid that the matter would implicate him, so he hid, but he didn't expect to hide from Cheng Binyu's investigation.

"How do you know the identity of the eldest prince?" The emperor asked.

The beggar stared at Li Hao and said, "I heard Boss Fang shouting that he was coming from the eldest prince, if it weren't for the eldest prince, a few of us wouldn't dare to go up to take care of things." ”

I didn't covet that little bit of money if I had known.

The beggar has no remorse.

After listening to the beggar's words, the emperor's face darkened even more.

Li Hao hurriedly defended himself, "Slander, they are all slandering me, father, you have to believe me!" I've never done any of these things. ”

"The eldest prince saw Fang Xu in prison, and was afraid that he would be implicated, so he secretly went to find Zhang Zhiwei, let Zhang Zhiwei sneak into prison, and killed Fang Xu.

In order to make people suspicious of me, Zhang Zhiwei deliberately chose to sneak into the prison and kill Fang Xu after I went to see Fang Xu, right? Yao asked.

Zhang Zhiwei hurriedly kowtowed to the emperor and defended himself, "The minister is wronged!" The minister has never done these things at all, and the minister and the prince have not been like she said, and they ask the emperor to see it! ”

Li Hao looked at Ah Yao coldly, "You said that I instructed Fang Xu to find someone to harm you, so why are you speechless and have nothing to do?" Where did the beggars who killed you go? ”

"Because ......"

Ah Yao glanced at Li Lin with her spare eyes, and changed the words that came to her lips to, "Because of my strong martial arts, those beggars can't hurt me at all, and those beggars have been killed by me and thrown into the wilderness!" ”

The emperor didn't react much to this.

Anyone who dares to hurt Ah Yao, even if he is not killed by Ah Yao, will be cut by him with a thousand knives.

Li Hao snorted coldly, "What nonsense! You are a woman, how strong can you be in martial arts? Can it be the match of a few strong men? ”

"Why don't you try my skills?"

Ah Yao walked up to him, grabbed him by the neck with one hand, and lifted him up.

With his feet off the ground, the feeling of suddenly losing his center of gravity frightened Li Hao's eyes tightly.

"You...... Father, save me! ”

The emperor didn't react at all.

"Father, save me! She's really going to kill me. ”

As soon as the emperor was about to speak, he saw Concubine Xiao and the fifth prince Li Yun coming.

Concubine Xiao shouted: "Let go of the eldest prince." ”

Concubine Xiao rushed to protect her son!

Ah Yao was reluctant to let go of Li Hao.

Li Hao fell to the ground in embarrassment, his face pale and clutching his chest, taking a big breath of fresh air.

Li Yun hurriedly approached Li Hao and whispered with concern: "Big brother, are you okay?" ”

"I didn't, why did the concubine come?"

"I learned that something happened to you, so I immediately invited Xiao Niangniang here."

Li Hao patted Li Yun's shoulder, "Old Five, thanks to you today." ”

Li Yun helped Li Hao up and stood beside Concubine Xiao.

Concubine Xiao raised her eyes to look at the emperor and said, "The concubine sees the emperor." ”

"You're here too."

"Your Majesty, the concubines think that there are many doubts about this matter, and Hao'er was framed by someone."

The emperor frowned slightly, "Why did you say this?" ”

Concubine Xiao turned her head to look at Ah Yao, "Ah Yao said that Hao'er instructed Fang Xu to find someone to teach her a lesson, she was strong in martial arts and killed those people, but after all, her fists were hard to match four hands, she was a weak little girl, if she wanted to kill a few strong men, there should always be some traces of fighting on her body, right?"

But when we take a closer look at Ah Yao, there are no scars on her body at all, as if nothing has happened. ”

Everyone in the imperial study looked at Ah Yao, and they really didn't see any injuries on her body.

Li Lin, who was standing beside the emperor, unconsciously clenched her hands and looked at Ah Yao nervously.

She had forgotten about those things and was going to look forward.

But they had to hold on to those things, they had to uncover her scars and embarrass her over and over again.

Seeing that Ah Yao didn't speak, Concubine Xiao asked proudly, "Ah Yao explain this matter, right?" ”

"I don't have anything to explain, I have all the witnesses, Concubine Xiao still wants to exonerate the eldest prince?" Ah Yao said.

Concubine Xiao hooked her lips coldly, "This witness may have been arranged by you, and we can't trust what he said as a beggar." ”

"The villain didn't lie, what the villain said was true." The beggar hurriedly answered.

Concubine Xiao coldly reprimanded the beggar, "Do you know what the crime of framing the prince is?" ”

"The villain really didn't lie."

"What benefits did they give you? Let you help them like this? ”

"The villain really doesn't."

Ah Yao answered with a smile, "Concubine Xiao don't scare a beggar, after Zhang Zhiwei left the prison, he couldn't wait to see the eldest prince, and the two of them said everything that should be said and shouldn't be said together, Cheng Binyu, the fourth princess and Feng Hai all heard it with their own ears." ”

Concubine Xiao looked at Cheng Binyu, "What did Master Cheng hear?" ”

"Xiaguan and the fourth princess, and Gonggong Feng heard it with their own ears, Zhang Zhiwei thanked the eldest prince for his rescue and allowed him to escape from the prison smoothly, and they also mentioned getting rid of Fang Xu's scourge."

"Then have you heard the eldest prince admit that he instructed all this?" Concubine Xiao asked rhetorically.

"This ......"

Cheng Binyu shook his head truthfully, "It's really not." ”

Concubine Xiao was very satisfied with Cheng Binyu's answer, and looked at the emperor again, "The emperor heard it clearly, right?" The concubine suspected that they instructed Fang Xu to find someone to harm A-Yao, and that they instructed Zhang Zhiwei to make up and frame Hao'er. ”

Ah Yao looked at Cheng Binyu, and Cheng Binyu also looked helpless.

They were at the scene that night, and from what they heard, although Li Hao did not admit it in person, he also acquiesced in doing those things, but was rejected by Concubine Xiao in a few words.

"Your Majesty, Hao'er is innocent, and I ask the emperor to return Hao'er's innocence, and rule the person who maliciously framed the prince to the death penalty." Concubine Xiao said.

The beggar was afraid to kowtow, "The emperor spares his life!" The villain really didn't lie. ”

Seeing that Li Hao was about to turn over and become a victim, Li Lin suddenly stood up.

"Father, the son has something to say."

Everyone looked at Li Lin.

Ah Yao moved her lips, "Fourth princess......"

Li Lin smiled at her, "You've protected me for so long, it's my turn to protect you." ”

Li Lin walked up to the emperor with a smile and said respectfully: "Father, A-Yao didn't lie, there was really a beggar who wanted to harm her, but she was bumped into by me." ”

"What do you mean by that?" The emperor hurriedly asked.

"I happened to go to find A-Yao that day, and those beggars took me away as A-Yao, so I was the one who was hurt."

After speaking, she showed the scars on her shoulders in front of everyone.

Cheng Binyu and the others lowered their heads one after another.

"This ......"

The emperor was furious.

"In order to avenge me, Ah Yao found Fang Xu's head, she just sent Fang Xu to prison, Fang Xu died, Ah Yao was involved in these things for me."

The emperor stood up suddenly, "So you committed suicide before, because of these things?" ”

"Hmm."

Li Lin nodded with tears in her eyes.

The emperor's eyes were full of distress, "My good boy, you ......"

Li Lin suddenly knelt down, "Father, Fang Xu did instruct someone to hurt me, and later died in the prison at the hands of Zhang Zhiwei, and the eldest prince met with Zhang Zhiwei in private at this time, and this matter is absolutely inseparable from the eldest prince." ”

"Hurry up."

Li Lin got up.

The emperor closed his eyes and took a deep breath, and slowly looked at Li Hao, "What else do you have to say?" ”

"Father's ......"

Ah Yao hurriedly interrupted Li Hao, "Your Majesty, we still have one last witness. ”

"Who?"

"It was a jailer in the government prison named Xiao Lin, and it was this person who moved his hands and feet in the eating and drinking of Wei Ming, the cell leader on duty that night, that gave Zhang Zhiwei the opportunity to take advantage of the situation."

"Call this person for questioning."

Ah Yao bowed to the emperor, "Your Majesty, I have a request." ”

"You say."

"Let the eldest prince and Zhang Zhiwei avoid it and interrogate Xiaolin alone."

Xiao Lin is a little jailer, and with a little trickery, he can confess truthfully.

The reason why she didn't let Wei Ming bring Xiao Lin in was to let Li Hao and Zhang Zhiwei finish what they had to say, and then bring Xiao Lin to expose them, slap them in the face, and make them have nothing to say.

"Do as you say." The emperor said.

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

The emperor motioned for Feng Hai to take Li Hao and Zhang Zhiwei away.

Ah Yao looked at Concubine Xiao and Li Yun again, "Please ask Concubine Xiao and the Fifth Prince to move behind the screen for the time being, so as not to interfere with the witnesses." ”

"You ......"

"Go ahead!" The emperor spoke again.

Concubine Xiao and Li Yun looked at the emperor at the same time, "Yes." ”

When the two of them moved behind the screen, Ah Yao turned her head to look at Cheng Binyu, "Master Cheng, let Wei Ming bring people in!" ”

"Okay."

Not long after, Wei Ming took Xiao Lin to the imperial study.