I married the crippled queen and became the most favored queen in the capital

As she said this, she knelt on her knees again and raised the jade pendant high above her head.

Lin Ming stepped forward and brought the jade pendant to the emperor. The emperor looked at the jade pendant, exhaled a few times, and suddenly raised his voice and shouted angrily:

"This is outrageous and shocking. I never thought that such a thing would happen in my Chang'an City, Liang Shigao..."

As soon as he finished speaking, Liang Shigao, who had already lost his soul in fear and was in the shadow of death, felt his legs soften and he knelt on the spot. Then he sank to the ground, whimpering.

"Your Majesty, I am guilty. I deserve death. I deserve death."

The emperor's eyes flashed with fire, and he roared like a roaring lion.

"Liang Shigao deliberately shielded the crimes of Wang Wu and others, allowing the murderer to harm the people. This is a heinous crime, and death is not enough to appease the anger. Come, drag him away, confiscate his property and execute him immediately, and exile all his family members to the border. His descendants will never be allowed to serve as officials in Chang'an City."

Upon hearing this, Liang Shigao fainted immediately. Two guards came forward and dragged him out like a dead pig.

The emperor looked at Wang Wu, who was already frightened out of his wits.

"Your crimes are already clear to all. I don't want to say more. Just drag them away and execute them to comfort the souls of the dead."

Hearing this, Wang Wu stared at Concubine Rong.

"Aunt, save me. Aunt, save me."

Concubine Rong mercilessly turned her face away. Seeing that his request to beg Concubine Rong failed, he looked at Leng Yicheng again.

"Cousin, please save me. You have to save me. I am doing this for Shangpintang..."

"Shut up."

Leng Yicheng was afraid that he would say something he shouldn't, so he yelled at him, raised his hand, slapped him on the face, and then shouted,

"You really won't repent even if you die. What you did is simply insane. It's not too much to kill you a hundred times. Just drag it on."

Seeing that he was about to be executed, Leng Yicheng refused to say a word for him. When he was dragged to the door by the guards, he suddenly roared,

"Your Majesty, I was allowed to do all these things by the Crown Prince. The money given to Liang Shigao was also sent by him. Please look into this matter, please look into this matter."

Although his voice was loud and everyone present heard it, the emperor did not ask him to stop.

It was not until he was dragged away that Leng Yicheng knelt on the ground, shaking his head.

"Father, he is trying to drag me down with him before he dies. Father, please don't believe him. He is a murderer and a heinous criminal. Please order him to be executed immediately."

The emperor looked at him with half-closed eyes, his eyes full of disappointment.

Leng Yiyan turned his head and looked at him with cold eyes, then snorted coldly.

"Leng Yicheng, now that Wang Wu and Liang Shicheng have both finished their work, it's your turn."

Hearing this, Leng Yicheng immediately looked at him with gritted teeth.

"Leng Yiyan, I know that you have always disliked me and you have always been unwilling to accept it. You are the queen's son, so why should I be the crown prince? That's why you always oppose me. But today, I will not yield to you, and I will not plead guilty. Don't try to put the blame on me..."

"Hahaha……"

Leng Yiyan suddenly laughed out loud.

"I originally thought that I could use Wang Wu's incident to expose your ugly face, but then I thought that this incident was too small to prove your guilt. Leng Yicheng, I'm going to call someone out now and see if you recognize him."

After saying that, he waved his hand, and a man wearing a bamboo hat limped in.

Leng Yicheng half-closed his eyes and looked carefully. When he saw the face under the bamboo hat, he opened his mouth in surprise.

"Ghost, why are you here?"

The ghost ignored him and walked straight to the emperor, threw off his clothes, and knelt on the ground with difficulty.

"The ghost of a criminal kowtows to the emperor."

Ghost?

The emperor frowned and looked at Leng Yiyan.

"Is he the assassin ghost who is known as the dragon that can't be seen from head to tail?"

"Exactly."

"What did you ask him to do?"

Leng Yiyan turned to look at Xu Mingjun who was sitting on the side, and explained in a raised voice:

"The person who hurt Xu Mingjun was him."

After saying this, Leng Jin suddenly rushed to him, grabbed his collar with one hand, and asked through gritted teeth,

"Why did you do this? Who told you to do this?"

The ghost's eyes sank, and he replied directly:

"It was His Royal Highness the Crown Prince who asked me to kill Xu Mingjun and take back the evidence from him."

As soon as these words came out, Concubine Rong's face turned pale in an instant, and Leng Yicheng shook his head in horror.

"Father, that's not the case. Leng Yiyan must have told him to say that. Please help me, Father!"

The ghost turned to look at him, pulled the corner of his mouth, and snorted coldly.

"Leng Yicheng, you used me and now you want to destroy me. You are so despicable. If I hadn't discovered your despicable behavior, how could I have the chance to expose you in front of the emperor at this moment?"

"Ghost Shadow, don't talk nonsense. If you dare to talk nonsense in front of my father, I will not let you off easily."

"Oh, you have been threatening me with my family. In order to protect my family, I have repeatedly followed your instructions to kill Prince Yan."

At this point, he looked at the emperor with cold eyes.

"Your Majesty, it was Crown Prince Leng Yicheng who hired me at a high price. During the war between Prince Yan and Northern Chu, he asked me to lure Prince Yan away from the battlefield and take the opportunity to secretly kill him and cut his tendons. It was also Leng Yicheng who asked me to sneak into Prince Yan's mansion several times to assassinate Prince Yan. Please investigate..."

As soon as these words were spoken, Leng Yicheng's face turned as pale as paper in an instant, and Concubine Rong also opened her eyes wide in shock and kept shaking her head.

The emperor half-closed his eyes and pondered for a while as if he didn't understand.

Suddenly, he took a few deep breaths and shouted:

"Leng Yicheng, is this true?"

"Father..."

Leng Yicheng was so frightened that he dropped to the ground.

"Father, this ghost is a killer. His words cannot be trusted. Please help me and clear my name."

Seeing that he was still quibbling at this time, Leng Yiyan snorted lightly.

"Leng Yicheng, if you don't admit this, I'll call another person out and see how you can argue."

After saying that, he waved to the outside, and Jiang Hai walked in with Butler Lu.

The moment he saw Butler Lu, Leng Yicheng's brows instantly twisted into a knot.

The emperor looked at him in surprise.

"Butler Lu from Prince Yan's Mansion?"

Upon hearing this, Steward Lu lowered his head and knelt on the ground. Leng Yiyan took two steps forward, pointed at him, and explained:

"Father, he is not only the steward of Prince Yan's Mansion, but also a spy sent by Leng Yicheng to Prince Yan's Mansion."

Hearing this, Leng Yicheng was so frightened that he collapsed on the ground again, and Steward Lu nodded and replied:

"Your Majesty, the prince promised me that as long as I tell him about Prince Yan, he will never treat me badly. This is indeed the case. In the past few years, the prince has given me many benefits."

Having said this, he turned to look at Leng Yicheng.

"Your Highness, you promised me that you would let me leave Prince Yan's Mansion as soon as possible. But after Prince Yan recovered, I sensed danger and asked to return to the Prince's Mansion to serve, but you still refused and threatened me with my family, asking me to continue to tip you off. In fact, I guessed at that time that you wanted to abandon me as a chess piece. Your Majesty, I can testify that Prince Yan was stabbed. It was the Prince who did it. The Prince Yan's Mansion was attacked several times, and it was all done by the Prince. The assassination of Princess Yan in the street was also done by me after I informed the Prince of Princess Yan's whereabouts, and the Prince ordered someone to do it..."