Prosperous advisors

Chapter 468 Confrontation in the Golden Palace (3)
Prime Minister Zhou knelt down in the hall and said loudly: "Old minister, sue... King Zhuang for killing Prince Mourning Gong!"

As soon as these words came out, the court was shocked.The crime of murdering Prince Gong Gong is not the same as the various crimes of various sizes that the two gangs of people were arguing with each other a few days ago. If it is verified, it will be a felony for the Zhu Jiu Clan.Of course, King Zhuang was born in the royal family, and the nine clans would definitely not be able to punish him, but Prince Zhuang's mansion and even the Nangong family might be ruined.

Sure enough, as soon as Prime Minister Zhou finished speaking, Nangong Jue stood up and scolded angrily, "Zhou Wenbin, don't spout blood!"

At this point, either you die or I die. Naturally, no one will back down.Prime Minister Zhou said proudly: "It is up to His Majesty to decide whether it is bloody or not."

Emperor Xiyue frowned, coughed lightly and asked in a deep voice: "What evidence do you have for saying that King Zhuang murdered Prince Mourning Gong?"

Prime Minister Zhou took out a copy from his sleeve, and presented it respectfully, "This is the evidence that I sent people to Pengcheng secretly, please take a look at it. On that day, although all the guards around Prince Gonggong died loyally, but The people in Pengcheng are not dead yet, so they will naturally leave clues, presumably King Zhuang doesn't have the ability to wipe out all the people in Pengcheng!"

Rong Xuan's face was gloomy, but he didn't open his mouth to defend.Behind Emperor Xiyue, Jiang Bin carefully walked down the palace steps, took the booklet from Prime Minister Zhou and walked quickly back to Emperor Xiyue.Emperor Xiyue took the booklet and glanced at it, and the expression on his face became even more gloomy.Glancing at Rong Xuan indifferently, he said, "Prince Zhuang, what explanation do you have?"

Rong Xuan only felt a chill in his heart, lowered his eyes and said: "My son is wronged, please look into it clearly."

"Injustice?" Emperor Xiyue snorted coldly and said, "Prince Mourning Gong already got Jiuxiao Xianzhi before he passed away, and he is going to return to Beijing in secret, right?"

Rong Xuan said, "I don't know."

"Well, I don't know." Emperor Xiyue stared at His Highness Rong Xuan indifferently, and said in a deep voice: "Since Prince Gong Gong intends to bring someone back to Beijing alone, why did you encounter assassination with him?" As for Rong Huang It is not surprising that Emperor Xiyue returned to Beijing alone after obtaining Jiuxiao Xianzhi.Now that he has obtained Jiuxiao Xianzhi, of course Rong Huang wants to enjoy the credit all to himself, why would he be willing to let Rong Xuan take a share?

Rong Xuan raised his head, looked at Emperor Xiyue and said, "Father...are you also suspecting that your minister killed eldest brother?"

Emperor Xiyue was indifferent and speechless.Rong Xuan felt his heart sinking, maybe he had the intention to kill Rong Huang, but Rong Huang really wasn't killed by him.However, his father was not willing to believe his words.

"Your Majesty, His Highness King Zhuang has always been sincere and filial, and would never do such a rebellious thing. Please be aware of it." Everyone in King Zhuang's lineage knew that if King Zhuang was unlucky today, none of them would be well off, so they hurriedly Said in unison.

The other princes present, no matter those who had a good relationship with Rong Xuan or those who had a bad relationship with Rong Xuan, also followed suit, "I beg your father to investigate clearly." Only Rong Huai, who is the king of Qin, filled his face with righteous indignation, and also raised the hem of his clothes. Kneeling down on the ground, "Grandfather, please be the master of the father!"

Listening to the noise of the hall, Emperor Xiyue frowned a little tiredly.After all, he is already an old man in his seventies, and his spirit has not been very good for the past two days. When he was disturbed by this loud and noisy voice, he felt even more dizzy and upset.

"Shut up!" Emperor Xiyue reprimanded in a deep voice, staring at Prime Minister Zhou and said, "Although what is said in this paper makes sense, it is mostly speculation. Where is the evidence?" Prime Minister Zhou gritted his teeth and said, "Although I have not found any Physical evidence, but human evidence!"

There was another exclamation in the main hall, only to hear Prime Minister Zhou say: "Prince Mourning Gong's guards are all dead, but there are still a few guards of His Highness King Zhuang alive. One person fled because he was afraid of being silenced by King Zhuang, and he was desperate. Then I voted in the old minister's mansion, please Your Majesty make the decision."

Emperor Xiyue said in a deep voice, "Let him come up to the palace."

"Yes, Your Majesty." Prime Minister Zhou was overjoyed.If it wasn't for such a trump card, how dare he rashly sue Zhuang Wang for murdering the prince in the hall?You know, murdering the prince is an unforgivable crime, but the crime of framing the prince is also not light.

Not long after, a young man in unusual clothes was brought up by the palace guards.The expressions of Nangong Yi and Nangong Jue changed slightly, obviously they also knew this young man.

"Who is Your Highness?" Emperor Xiyue asked with narrowed eyes.

The young man was a little terrified and forgot to glance at the people in the hall, and shrank slightly when he saw Rong Xuan who was standing aside with downcast eyes.Hearing Emperor Xiyue's voice, he knelt on the ground with a plop and said, "The villain...the villain Fan Gao, was originally the guard of His Royal Highness Zhuang Wang's residence."

Emperor Xiyue squinted his eyes and said, "The guards at Prince Zhuang's mansion? Then why are you here?"

The young man said in a trembling voice: "Your Majesty, please forgive me. The villain... the villain hid in Prime Minister Zhou's mansion to avoid the pursuit of His Highness Zhuang Wang. Prime Minister Zhou said that as long as he revealed the crimes of Zhuang Wang , the small ones can save their lives. Therefore, the small ones..."

"What crime do you want to expose King Zhuang?" Emperor Xiyue asked.

The young man said in a trembling voice: "Last year, the villain went to Pengcheng with His Royal Highness Prince Zhuang. The night Prince Mourning Gong died...His Royal Highness Zhuang led us to intercept Prince Mourning Gong who was about to return to Beijing in a forest. Then... King Zhuang started arguing with Crown Prince Mourning Gong. In the end, they started fighting... Everyone fought into a ball, and then...then..."

"Then Rong Xuan killed my father, didn't he!" Rong Huai couldn't help standing up, staring at the young man and sternly said.The young man trembled slightly, he couldn't open Rong Huai's eyes, and said in a low voice: "Then... Prince Gong Gong died..."

Although he didn't directly say that it was King Zhuang who killed Prince Mourning Gong, but everyone heard the same thing.

"Blood!" Nangong Yi couldn't help standing up, and said in a deep voice: "You are the guard of Prince Zhuang's mansion, and King Zhuang treats you well, but you bite him back in the court hall and want to trap King Zhuang to death. How can you trust the words of an ungrateful person? Your Majesty, please be aware that the words of this person who betrayed the Lord are not trustworthy at all."

Prime Minister Zhou sneered and said: "Ants are greedy for life, and King Zhuang wants to kill people for doing such a rebellious thing, so why not allow others to survive?"

"Silence?" Nangong Yi raised his eyebrows and said, "Who will silence? Only three or four guards brought by King Zhuang survived and returned to the capital. Now, except for this slave who betrayed the master, they are all staying in Prince Zhuang's mansion. Prime Minister Zhou's red lips and white teeth falsely accused King Zhuang of killing him, isn't it because he wants to put King Zhuang to death?"

Prince Zhuang's mansion is slightly different from other palaces. Rong Xuan's bodyguards are all the most reliable personal soldiers of the Nangong family selected by Nangong Jue, and it is almost impossible to betray Rong Xuan.What's more, everyone is responsible for Rong Huang's death, so if any news that is not good for Rong Xuan is spread, it will not be good for them.Therefore, Rong Xuan naturally would not do the kind of thing that silenced him after the fact, causing suspicion and chilling the people around him.

(End of this chapter)