My Lord, please respect yourself. I am the wife of a marquis.

Chapter 112 His good wife really played a good chess game

After the eldest prince communicated with his close ministers through eye contact, he wanted to see how the Empress Dowager had fabricated his story. To assassinate the king, there must be evidence.

"Feng Kingdom and Yun Dynasty live next to each other. Every year, Feng Kingdom sends troops first and Yun Dynasty defends and resists. Do you know, my lords, why Yun Dynasty suddenly invaded this year and took two cities of our country?" The Imperial Concubine threw out the question and the ministers discussed it.

"Indeed! Yun Dynasty has never taken the initiative to attack Feng Kingdom."

"Is there really some conspiracy?"

"Can the Imperial Concubine help us solve this puzzle?"

Seeing that the court officials were about to fall into chaos, the eldest prince was furious. "What nonsense, Queen Dowager, please stop spreading rumors. When two countries go to war, how can only one country attack and the other defend? Yun Dynasty is vast and has abundant resources, which is an advantage over us. How can they tolerate our country's invasion every year?"

The eldest prince's words suppressed a part of the ministers. It was true. They provoked others every year and did not allow others to fight back. When a dog is cornered, it will jump over the wall; when a rabbit is cornered, it will bite. The Yun Dynasty was rich in resources, so it was not a bad idea to kill their prestige.

Everyone was silent, but Lord Feng stood up and said, "My Lady Imperial Concubine, we old ministers all respect you, but words alone are not enough. You can't slander the Crown Prince with an imperial edict."

The eldest prince frowned. Feng An's words seemed to be spoken for him, but his purpose was to remind the Empress Dowager to produce evidence. The eldest prince had not done it, so he was not afraid. However, he had to guard against the term "frame-up".

The Imperial Concubine obviously understood Master Feng's intentions. She took out a letter from her bosom and said, "This is a letter of treason. It says that General Qi conspired with a minister of the Yun Dynasty to send troops to disrupt the border city and transfer Prince Jingnan."

"Impossible?" Qi Wu was the first to say no before the eldest prince got angry. "What nonsense! I, Qi, have been guarding the border town for many years. How could I possibly communicate with foreign enemies?" He stepped forward to snatch the letter, but the imperial concubine gave it to Feng An. "Please ask Lord Feng to check it for me!"

"Not only do I have Qiwu's letters of collusion with the enemy, I also have Qiwu's correspondence with the eldest prince. They describe in detail how to assassinate the king, how to transfer Prince Jingnan, and how to control the court."

The Queen Mother looked at Qiwu, then at the eldest prince, and finally at the court officials. "On the eve of the king's funeral, they gathered together to drink and chat happily. The king and his officials called out, saying treason, patricide, disloyalty, injustice and unfilial piety."

Then the Imperial Concubine took out several more letters and handed them to Lord Feng one by one. Feng An's hands were shaking as he received the letters. It would be fine if there was only one letter, but when there were so many letters, it seemed too deliberate and he was a little unsure.

He simply didn't hide it and gave it directly to several adults, and also gave one to Qiwu.

Qiwu took a look and found that it was indeed his handwriting, but he had never written these. He thought of the letter in his study.

"It's ridiculous. The general and the king are uncle and nephew. We see each other every day. Why should we keep evidence and write these false words?" Qi Wu threw the letter away. "It's just someone forged it to frame me."

"The king has never made any mistakes. Even if the old king doesn't like it, there are still the second and third princes who can succeed to the throne. Why would he pass the throne to the fourth prince? How can a young boy convince the public? Could it be that the Empress Dowager still wants to rule the country from behind the curtain?"

A new emperor appoints his own ministers. Even if he is a veteran of two dynasties, the eldest prince will not use him and will just give him up as a tribute. But it is different for the fourth prince. He is too young and needs someone to assist him. If he helps the imperial concubine today, he will be the prime minister who will shock the whole court tomorrow.

But Qiwu's words really touched Feng An's heart. If these letters were all fake, then he would have angered the emperor and would have no choice but to retire and return to his hometown, where he would have to live on.

Feng An was considering whether he could overthrow the eldest prince and how he would give up. Qiwu's 200,000 troops were not in the capital. If the eldest prince could not succeed to the throne, how would they attack in return? Prince Jingnan was still fighting the enemy in the border town.

"I am a lowly person and my words carry no weight. The Fourth Prince is still young and has never dreamed of the throne. I came here alone today, regardless of my own life, just to seek justice for the King." The Imperial Concubine saw Feng An's thoughts and brought up the most important thing for today. "I have just made it clear that it was the First Prince who sent someone to assassinate the King."

This statement really attracted the attention of all the ministers. Seeing how tough the Empress Dowager was, Feng An had already made up his mind and immediately asked, "Words are not enough. Where is the evidence?"

"The evidence is the Royal Guard General and the assassins we surrounded yesterday."

"Hahaha..." The eldest prince sneered, "Empress Dowager, do you mean that I arranged the assassin myself?"

"No, the assassin was arranged by me," the Imperial Concubine knew what effect this would have, but she was not afraid at all. "The assassin who assassinated the king was the one next to you. He was a martial arts expert, and he could enter the palace alone as if there was no one there. But there were too many people who fought with him that night, so someone would definitely recognize him."

"This is ridiculous. You are the thief crying thief. In my opinion, you must have staged this yourself, murdering my father, obtaining the imperial edict, and plotting something bad." The eldest prince waved his sleeves and shouted, "Come here, arrest the murderer who assassinated the king and me."

The Royal Guards arrived, carrying weapons into the hall, but they did not follow the eldest prince's orders to arrest the Imperial Concubine. Instead, they protected her and faced the eldest prince, as if to force him to abdicate.

"They are rebelling. You are really rebelling. Are you trying to force me to abdicate?" The eldest prince said, "Qiwu, protect me. Arrest all these rebels for me."

Because he was afraid of assassins, the eldest prince surrounded himself with his own personal guards, led by Qi Wu.

Qi Wu also knew that this was premeditated, and immediately gestured for the assigned people to come up, but no one came for a long time.

Qi Wu panicked, the eldest prince panicked too, and Xiao Yunjin stood up.

He stood in front of the eldest prince and drew his sword. At this point, he had already guessed the outcome. His good wife had played a very good game. His business of more than a year was ruined and he might even lose his life. She sent her husband to the guillotine, but she didn't even blink an eye.

The eldest prince didn't know what he was thinking, he just thought he had found his backbone, "Mr. Xue, what should we do?" Even the address changed, which showed that the eldest prince was frightened.

The general of the imperial guard stepped out and waved his hand. Dozens of corpses were carried up. "This is the body of the assassin from yesterday. This is the body of the imperial guard on the day the king was killed. The coroner verified that the wounds were caused by the same person."

After these words came out, the eldest prince also flinched. Xiao Yunjin felt it, but he did not comfort him. "Assassinating the king, forcing the emperor to revolt, all the evidence is out in the open."

Xiao Yunjin drew out the sword from his waist with a thud, "You framed the king, but you left several speechless corpses. The court officials are still not blind. How can you convince the public with such behavior?"

"Commendants of the court, it is time to protect the king and kill the traitors."

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