Seeing that everyone had already sat down in order, Zhu Qiyu asked Zhu Qizhen with a smile on his face, "Big brother, why don't we start." ”

Zhu Qizhen nodded: "Everything is arranged by my younger brother." ”

Zhu Qiyu gave Chen Xun a look, and Chen Xun stood up and shouted loudly: "Please Ding Xiang Bo Guo Deng come forward to accept the questioning of your relatives." ”

Guo Deng hurriedly came to the bottom of the stairs from the auditorium and saluted the emperor and the emperor.

Zhu Qiyu nodded.

Chen Xun then guided Guo Deng to the south side of the long table, facing the two saints and the three Zongzheng on the other side of the long table.

King Min was old and frail, and the king of Dongwu County was imprisoned for a long time and was not good at words, so the king of Zhengqin was responsible for questioning.

King Qin also signaled to Chen Xun first, and Chen Xun handed Sun Zhong's suicide note to Guo Deng.

King Qin asked: "This is the suicide note of Sun Zhong, Marquis of Huichang, which lists the seven major crimes of the empress dowager. Please Ding Xiangbo carefully confirm it, and then give an explanation of the crime that Sun Zhong has identified.

Sun Zhong said that the concubine Niangniang had an affair with Xuanmiao before entering the palace and gave birth to a son, but what happened?

When Sun Zhong said that the queen mother was still a concubine, she took the son of the national concubine and thought it was her own son, but what happened?

The two saints are here and the royal relatives are here, please answer truthfully, don't make mistakes. ”

Guo Deng carefully read Sun Zhong's suicide note again, confirmed that it was Sun Zhong's own handwriting, frowned and thought for a moment before replying:

"The queen mother's heirs were difficult, and she married Xuanmiao for eight years before giving birth to Princess Changde. And when she gave birth to Princess Changde, she hurt her body.

By the time Emperor Gongrang was born, the Empress Dowager was already nine out of twenty. For the next eight years, until the death of Xuanmiao, the queen mother had no children.

And in the second year of Xuande, that is, the year when Emperor Gongrang was born, the national concubine Niangniang and Xuanmiao got along in private, and it was true. The national concubine is pregnant and gives birth to a child, and there is also a matter.

The Marquis of Huichang was instructed by the Empress Dowager to take the son of the national concubine into the palace for adoption, and it was also a matter of fact.

Since then, the concubine has been depressed, and in less than three months, she became ill and seriously ill.

At the beginning of March of the third year of Xuande, Xuanmiao included the national concubine Niangniang into the palace, and only 20 days later, the national concubine Niangniang died suddenly. ”

Speaking of emotion, Guo Deng, who is nearly half a hundred years old, is no longer crying.

King Qin looked around at the relatives and nobles present, and when he saw that no one raised objections, he had to sigh.

Guo Deng has made it very clear that the Empress Dowager did not give birth eight years before marrying Xuanmiao, and she did not give birth for eight years after marrying Xuanmiao, which is a fact.

And it happened to be around February of the second year of Xuande to conceive Emperor Gongrang, and in the third year of Xuande, he hurriedly abolished Empress Hu. If you don't have a child early, you won't have a child later, and it just so happens that Xuanmiao ascended the throne and you also gave birth to a child, which makes people have to associate with it.

With Sun Zhong's handwritten suicide note, plus Guo Deng's testimony, plus the timeline, motives, and supporting evidence are all matched, in fact, the case can already be decided.

As for the specific details of the private meeting between the national concubine Niangniang and the Xuanmiao, everyone will definitely not dare to delve into it.

Half of the relatives present were the emperor's people, and half were some vassal kings who had just followed the rebellion and whose life and death were in the hands of the emperor, and they had no motivation to overturn the conclusion in front of them.

However, someone in the spectator stood up, and Lin Cong, the right middle of the right Chunfang, came to Guo Deng's side, bowed to the emperor and the emperor, and saluted to the three Zongzheng, and then asked:

"The three Zongzheng, Weichen do not agree with Ding Xiangbo's words, the so-called national concubine Niangniang and Xuanmiao have a private affair, and then give birth to a child, but it is just the words of Dingxiangbo's family, there is no physical evidence, how can it be easily accepted."

Hearing this, King Qin reprimanded: "First, this is not the words of Dingxiangbo's family, but the testimony of the Marquis of Huichang and Dingxiangbo.

Second, 20 years have passed, and if you have to ask for physical evidence, isn't it difficult for a strong man.

Third, today is a meeting of the relatives, and you can only sit in on it, but you don't need to make a comment. ”

At this time, Ye Sheng, Li Kan, and Zhu Ying stood up again and supported Lin Cong together. Ye Sheng took the lead in retorting: "Today is indeed a meeting of relatives, but it is a matter involving the queen mother, and the matter involves the origin of the emperor, which is not only a matter of the royal family, but also a matter of the imperial court."

Is there any reason why court officials are not allowed to speak? Isn't this disregard for the law of the land? ”

King Qin was just about to speak, but Zhu Qiyu replied above: "Ye Aiqing's words are reasonable, the matter involves the queen mother and the eldest brother, there is no reason not to let the hundred officials speak."

Then the three priests will continue to call witnesses. ”

Wang Wen got up to receive the order, and ordered the prisoner Jin Ying to be taken.

It's okay now, it's okay that Lin Cong and Ye Sheng don't dig into the roots, Jin Ying came up, poured beans into the bamboo tube, and explained everything.

There is not only the confession of the Empress Dowager Sun to seize the son of the national concubine, but also how the Empress Dowager Sun conspired and calculated, and how she arranged to poison the two princes of the Emperor Gongrang, in order to blame the emperor and divert attention, so as to save the Sun family. Jin Ying explained all this clearly.

At this time, Lin Cong, Ye Sheng and others completely scratched their heads: Empress Dowager Sun instructed Jin Ying to poison the prince and blame the emperor, and in the end, everyone was in trouble, and the human and physical evidence was complete, which was absolutely undeniable.

Everyone present is not stupid, with the emperor's current authority, this crime alone is actually enough to depose the queen mother, and there is really no need to deliberately frame and frame her.

And this is also evidence that the emperor is not the queen mother's biological son: the emperor is not the queen mother's biological son, so the emperor's two sons are not the queen mother's own grandsons, so the queen mother does not have to take into account family affection and instructed Jin Ying to poison the two princes.

Then everything makes sense.

And most importantly, in Sun Zhong's suicide note, the seven major crimes of the Queen Mother are listed. The first of them, the queen mother colluded with Sanyang, and after the conspiracy was abolished, everyone knew it, which was a fact.

Fourth, the queen mother attacked the concubines of Xuanmiao, so that they could not give birth to heirs. Although only Jin Ying confessed to this, everyone also knows it.

There are so many concubines in Xuanmiao Palace, only Queen Hu and Empress Dowager Sun have children. The emperor in front of him was born outside the palace by Concubine Wu.

Xuanmiao from marriage to death, a total of nineteen years, can only let two women in the palace give birth, to say that there is no problem, then there is a ghost.

Fifth, Empress Dowager Sun instructed the imperial physician to poison Empress Hu and Princess Shunde. Judging from the strange death time of Queen Hu and Princess Shunde, eight or nine are not far from ten. Besides, the poisoning of Princess Shunde by the concubine Shi Jing has been conclusive, and he has already been sentenced by the emperor to Ling Chi.

As for whether Shi Jing's poisoning of Princess Shunde was instructed by Empress Dowager Sun, it is difficult to say.

Sixth, it is also difficult to say that Empress Dowager Sun colluded with King Yu to abolish the concubine Wang, intending to cut off the emperor's heirs.

Seventh, Empress Dowager Sun colluded with the Sun brothers and participated in launching a mutiny to force the palace, this matter really can't be true, and there is no need to refute it.

King Qin took Sun Zhong's suicide note and recited it aloud in front of everyone, and everyone stopped speaking at this time.

Most of the seven crimes listed by Sun Zhong are not problematic, enough to depose the empress dowager several times, and there is really no need to plant blame again.

At this moment, Jin Yiwei commanded Lu Gao to stand up, kneel in front of the emperor, and held up a testimony: "Your Majesty, the last general will be guilty."

Before that, he was ordered to try the case of Shi Jing, the commander of the horses, who poisoned Princess Shunde. In fact, Shi Jing had already confessed that he was instructed by the Empress Dowager, but the last general felt that the matter was very important and chose to hide it selfishly.

Now Shi Jing's complete confession is here, please let Your Majesty know it. In the end, he will be guilty, and he will receive a heavy punishment. ”

Ruan Xi took the confession and presented it to Zhu Qiyu.

Zhu Qiyu pretended to take a closer look. In fact, this confession Lu Gao had already submitted it truthfully at that time, and he kept it all the time, patiently waiting for the day when it would play its role.

Sure enough, the idle chess hand that was in ambush back then now plays a key role. Just today, Shi Jing's confession became the last straw that broke the camel's back.

After Zhu Qiyu read it, he respectfully handed the confession to Zhu Qizhen: "The younger brother is not familiar with Shi Jing, but I heard that the queen mother and the eldest brother have always admired Shi Jing very much and have close contacts.

Shi Jing is also famous, he loves to write, write and paint everywhere, I think the eldest brother knows Shi Jing's handwriting, right? Please also ask the eldest brother to know the truth. ”

What Zhu Qiyu said is also true, Shi Jing is the concubine of Queen Hu's biological daughter, but he is very valued and loved by the Sun family and Zhu Qizhen, and there are problems when he looks at it from afar.

Zhu Qizhen took the confession and only glanced at it, and his heart was cold: this is really Shi Jing's handwriting, and it can't be faked at all. Shi Jing is not only chic and handsome, but also very elegant. I have a close relationship with him, can I not recognize his handwriting?

When everyone below saw Emperor Gongrang's reaction, they knew that this confession was indeed written by Shi Jing.

In this way, they are all right: in the past, the queen mother instructed the concubine Shi Jing to poison Princess Shunde, and the queen mother instructed the queen mother to give the emperor sterilization medicine to the concubine Wang, and then the queen mother instructed the great eunuch Jin Ying to poison the two princes.

It's over, there's no room for argument anymore.

Even Lin Cong, Ye Sheng, Li Kan, and Zhu Ying, who firmly sympathized with the Empress Dowager and respectfully made the emperor, had nothing to say.

With so much evidence on the table, if you insist on it, it will be pure raising the bar.

Zhu Qiyu also suspected that the case was not handled enough, and ordered: "The Queen Mother was assassinated by the palace people, and now she is seriously injured and bedridden and can't get up.

Presenting the evidence to the Queen Mother, we should still listen to what the Queen Mother herself has to say. ”

(End of chapter)