The substitute prince: Reported the emperor's brother at the beginning

He executed a third-rank official on the spot without authorization, and even told the court that it was too late to kill him.

Such behavior is enough to be labeled as treason.

The Sixth Prince was scolded by a group of civil servants, who wanted to kill him as soon as possible.

The Sixth Prince said that his father was the common ruler of the world and naturally had the power of life and death over anyone.

This made Emperor Wu feel a little better, but he was quite dissatisfied with the Sixth Prince's behavior.

"Sixth Brother, if that's the case, why are you still so arrogant?"

Ning Yi bowed and said, "Father, I beheaded Wang Kui because he deserves death."

"Ridiculous." The first inspector to step forward was the first to speak out: "What crime has Lord Wang committed?"

Ning Yi glanced indifferently at the official who had stepped forward. "He embezzled state treasury grain, resold wine, and harmed the people of Jiangdong. He disregarded the law."

"Now, disasters are constantly occurring in various parts of the Great Wu Nation, and food is urgently needed. If there is no disaster relief food, countless people will starve to death in the wilderness, and then there will be war everywhere."

"It will shake the foundation of our Great Wu Nation. And this prince personally went to the grain storage department to ask for grain, but not only did they not give us a single grain, there is even conclusive evidence that they are frantically reselling the people's life-saving grain. How can such behavior be compared to selling out the country?"

This caused many ministers present to whisper to each other.

Logically speaking, Wang Kui's behavior would be normal under normal circumstances.

Among the many ministers present, who among them has not embezzled the court’s benefits in private?

But now there are disasters everywhere, especially in Jiangdong, where there are already millions of victims. Wang Kui still does this, and there is solid evidence that he has been caught by the Sixth Prince. He really deserves to be killed.

The Minister of Rites stepped forward and said, "Sixth Prince, regardless of whether Wang Kui committed a crime or not, even if it was a grave offense, he should be tried by the Dali Temple, the Ministry of Justice, and the Supervisory Office. This is not a reason for you to execute him privately on the spot."

"That's right," the Inspector Censor said immediately, "Wang Kui was a third-rank official. He should never have been killed in this way. Sixth Prince, by doing this, you are treating the laws of the Great Wu Kingdom as if they were all correct. Do you think you are above the law?"

This sentence is quite vicious. In the entire Dawu Kingdom, only the emperor can be above the law. Of course, if the emperor wants to kill someone, there must be evidence of that person's guilt.

Otherwise, if the emperor kills anyone he dislikes, who in the court would dare to follow him?

This sentence also means that the Sixth Prince thinks he is more powerful than the emperor?

Another Minister of Revenue also stepped forward and said leisurely, "Sixth Prince, you are only a prince, and the Emperor only put you in charge of disaster relief, not criminal law, and certainly not the executioner of the Great Wu Kingdom."

The Shangshu's words only aggravated the Sixth Prince's guilt and made him even more vicious.

The emperor's words are the imperial edict. The emperor asked you to provide disaster relief, but did not ask you to be in charge of criminal law. You rashly killed people. Don't you take the emperor's words seriously?

He even thinks of himself as the God of Death of the Dawu Kingdom?

Just kill whoever you want?

Do you take the emperor seriously? Do you take the law seriously?

Sure enough, Emperor Wu began to stare at Ning Yi dangerously.

Emperor Wu is already in poor health, so he is prone to become suspicious at this time.

After being teased by someone for a few words, he thought that Lao Liu was too aggressive and didn't take him seriously.

No matter how arrogant and domineering Old Six was in the past, no one dared to disobey him. As long as the Emperor Wu said a word, Old Six would immediately behave himself.

But now, Emperor Wu felt that the Sixth Prince was disobedient.

Ning Yi glanced coldly at the ministers who were leading the charge. He understood the meaning of their words very well.

He was not moved at all and said loudly: "The reason why this prince wants to kill Wang Kui is naturally to maintain the dignity of my father."

"Nonsense," the Inspector-General retorted, "Sixth Prince, please stop lying. How has he undermined the Emperor's dignity?"

"Sixth Prince, you are deliberately framing me." The Minister of Revenue also refused to give in: "Wang Kui is only a third-rank official. How dare he offend the emperor's majesty?"

"Sixth Prince, you know the law but you broke it, how can you deny it? But here you are slandering the officials who died tragically. Such a shameless act is really unbearable."

"Such behavior is a disgrace to the royal family. Sixth Prince, you are trying to undermine the emperor's dignity."

A group of civil servants were shouting and making the whole hall look like a vegetable market.

The fourth prince was watching the fun in the crowd with a happy smile on his face. He was laughing in his heart. The sixth prince was trying to make a last-ditch effort and even said that it was for the sake of his father's dignity. Could you find another excuse?

These civil servants who talk big are not so easy to deal with. One mouthful of spit from each of them can drown you and let you know the horror of a vast ocean war.

The second prince frowned. He could also see that the sixth prince was struggling to survive and did not want to see this scene. After all, if the sixth prince fell, he would have to face the tough fourth prince himself.

But now, the Second Prince really has no way to come forward. He can only wait for Emperor Wu to make the final decision and then stand up and plead for mercy.

One is to show his family care and concern for his brother, and the other is to send a signal to let his group know that he does not want Lao Liu to fall soon, and to let everyone see his kindness.

Ning Yi was yelled at by such a group of civil servants, and he knew that it was meaningless to argue with them.

He simply ignored them and bowed to Emperor Wu, shouting, "Father, please allow me to finish my story."

Emperor Wu's expression was cold, showing no emotion, but he finally spoke: "I'll give you a chance, and see what you have to say."

As soon as the emperor opened his mouth, the civil servants who had been noisy just now immediately shut up.

Even if they wanted to deal with Ning Yi now, they would not dare to argue with the Emperor Wu, whose majesty remained undiminished. A single word of disrespect from the Emperor Wu was enough to have their property confiscated and their entire family destroyed.

Ning Yi's expression remained calm as he said calmly, "I went to the grain storage office to confront Wang Kui and asked him to take grain for disaster relief."

"Not only did Wang Kui stubbornly refuse to agree, he even threatened that he had someone behind the scenes in the court who was forcing him not to give out a single grain of grain for disaster relief. I have no way to deal with him."

"Hmm?" The Emperor's eyes flashed with danger. "Did he tell me who's behind this?"

Ning Yi just glanced at the Fourth Prince in the crowd behind him.

Just this one glance scared the Fourth Prince to death.

The person who instructed Wang Kui behind the scenes was the Fourth Prince. His heart was pounding. He thought, "Sixth Prince, don't bring him up at this time."

The second prince's eyes flashed, thinking that the sixth prince wanted to bite someone. He glanced at the anxious fourth prince beside him and suddenly felt happy.

If the sixth brother revealed the fourth brother at this time, he would be imprisoned in the Heavenly Prison for killing a third-rank official.

The fourth brother secretly instructed officials not to provide disaster relief, resold government grain, and even colluded with officials. All these crimes added up to be enough to make him pay for it.

Wouldn't these two guys fall together?

The second prince immediately gave an official a look.

The official understood and immediately stepped forward to question, "Sixth Prince, who is the person behind this? Tell us in public."