Chapter 233: Spoiler

Concubine Xian's request made Man Chao whisper.

The Prince Regent definitely objected, saying that Concubine Xian was poisoned suddenly, what did she know? If you knew it, you must have told the emperor after you woke up, right? But during this period of time, I haven't heard of Chunjia's additional evidence, so it can be seen that she didn't know about it. So now she comes to the temple, isn't this adding to the chaos!

The courtiers in the Chunjia camp were quite moved, because they still trusted the fighting power of the concubine Xian, and this concubine was notoriously shrewd and easy to tear, so how could she make such a request if she was not sure?

The two sides could not settle down for a while, and the neutral one hesitated.

On the one hand, they didn't trust Yun Fenghuang very much, and were worried that she would throw stones at the Eldest Princess and kill Xiaozong's flesh and blood; on the other hand, they didn't like the regent's way of blatantly pointing out that the Eldest Princess was the culprit.

This group of people actually accounted for the majority at the moment, including the courtiers on Chunjia's side, such as Yi Guogong and Ouyang Yanran, who actually hated the regent for pulling Princess Minghui out as a shield.

Regardless of whether Princess Minghui is the real murderer or not, according to the rules of taboo for the venerable, she should not be publicly accused.

Even if the evidence is solid, the tacit understanding should be to drag a steward next to the princess, saying that the steward pretends to do such evil things in the name of the princess, and then arranges for the concubine Xian to come out and have a kiss with the eldest princess to express that she completely believes that the eldest princess is not wrong. He will do things to murder himself, and he must take care of the face of the royal family, right?

So the vast majority of people looked at Chunjia's face. They didn't believe in Yun Fenghuang, but they still believed in Chunjia... This is not to say that they believed in Chunjia's promise and character, but believed in the emperor's balance of pros and cons .

As Xiaozong's heir, he is the most inconvenient to confront Xiaozong's flesh and blood.

If the eldest princess Minghui is charged with such a crime, even if Chunjia shows a tolerant attitude at the moment and doesn't care about it, in the future, if the eldest princess has any troubles, it will be easy to be suspected of murdering him secretly.

Who told him that he had a criminal record of slaughtering Ji's entire family in a hurry?

However, Chunjia was also a little dazed.

He didn't know that Yun Fenghuang would come out like this... He hesitated for a moment, and then said: "Concubine Xian is still recovering from her illness. I think she is still recuperating these days, so I didn't say much. She came here on purpose today, so I don't think so." It will be aimless, and let her come in together."

When the regent saw this, he suspected that he had arranged it in advance, so he was very opposed.

But it is very difficult for them to object to this matter, so Chunjia said: "Concubine Xian is the person involved, if even she can't go to the court to confront her in person, why call other people? It was you who did it, so you know better than Concubine Xian that the truth can be revealed without her being present?"

Because Yun Fenghuang was waiting outside according to the time, Lu Chuncao who was waiting outside the palace gate and Princess Minghui who came from Yaoyu Palace didn't arrive at all. After performing the state ceremony, Chunjia said that she was here to help Princess Minghui clarify: "From the time I entered the palace, I was favored by His Royal Highness Princess Minghui, and was able to go to the previous court to serve Your Majesty. At that time, there were many concubines in the harem. There are countless people whose beauty and family background are better than those of concubines, and the eldest princess has chosen the concubine's support alone. The concubine has five feelings, and she will never sit back and watch the eldest princess be defiled by a treacherous villain. Let me explain! Since the princess has great love for the concubine, how can she poison the concubine, and it is even more absurd to say that the so-called eldest princess poisoned the concubine for the sake of the common man Ji Sheng!"

"As we all know, the common man Ji Sheng was abolished because he murdered the heirs of the present emperor and Emperor Xiaozong!"

"That's all for now, Emperor Xiaozong is the biological father of the eldest princess! Father is more important than mother, and His Royal Highness the eldest princess grew up in the palace. This is the most well-regulated place in the world, don't you understand this truth?"

"Even though she has a deep affection with Ji Cheng, the mother and daughter, how can the eldest princess complain about the present because of the grievances of the late Emperor Xiaozong? You must know that the present and the present were in a dilemma at the beginning, and they couldn't bear it in every way. This was the result of the clan's joint discussion. In doing so, shouldn't the Eldest Princess target the clan first?"

"As Her Highness the eldest princess, who can resist against the clan?! But why bother to vent your anger on the concubine as a woman!"

"Therefore, what the regent said about the eldest princess is a real murder, and 110,000 concubines don't believe it!"

"This must be caused by villains, slandering golden branches and jade leaves!"

The Prince Regent had a headache when he saw her coming in, and it was even worse after hearing these words. Immediately, a courtier who looked like an admonisher stood up and said, "Your Majesty has always said that she has a deep affection for His Royal Highness Princess Ming Hui, but according to the minister As we all know, the empress has repeatedly refused the visit of His Royal Highness the eldest princess..."

"Who did you listen to? Who told you?" Yun Fenghuang frowned, and scolded unceremoniously, "My palace has lived in the palace, and you, a foreign minister, can inquire about the news at will? But Dachao, why are you making nonsense with hearsay news? You simply don’t know what it means!”

"Your Majesty, why bother to cover it up? Your Royal Highness is young, and it is inevitable to make mistakes. These are all based on evidence, and I am very sad about such a result, but..."

"What do you mean by being young? Mistakes are inevitable? I think you are old and confused! Your Majesty is also very young, but you are young and promising! You treat everyone like you, and you have reached this age Are you still confused, and you still take your stupidity when you were young as the reason for being young? Your Royal Highness is from the blood of Emperor Xiaozong, and my father-in-law is a daughter of the Xiang family. She is naturally intelligent, quick-witted, and talented, which is comparable to you, an old man?"

Because Yun Fenghuang has not personally seen the evidence of both parties, she is not sure how far the regent has done it, so when others tell her that there is evidence, she talks about the upbringing and lineage of the royal princess; Bian also admitted it, otherwise it wouldn't be revealed in the temple, she said, how could a daughter with such a famous name as Xiaozong do such a thing and then openly admit it, isn't this deliberately slapping Xiaozong in the face? She absolutely did not believe that Princess Minghui would be such an unfilial person!

That's all for the first time, but the complexion of most of the courtiers changed after the latter remark: This is forcing Princess Minghui to die!

No, it should be said that the Prince Regent was forced to choose: should he lose this game, or should he be charged with forcing to death his brother Emperor Xiaozong's only daughter who had been so kind to him?

Because Yun Fenghuang has already delineated the scope of this matter: First, Princess Minghui did not do anything to murder her, so well, as long as the real murderer is not the princess, Chunjia will not be restrained, and in a short time, the regent I can find a second scapegoat here, is it suitable to pick Lu Chuncao out?

The second is that Princess Minghui did this. Indeed, as an imperial concubine, especially the concubine of Emperor Xiaozong's heir, it is impossible for her to make Princess Minghui lose her life. Even if she is Chunjia, it is impossible for Princess Minghui to suffer Any substantive punishment, even for the sake of public opinion, you have to appease Princess Yourong Minghui.

But Yun Fenghuang raised a question: Princess Ming Hui, it's okay for you to murder me, but if you do this, I'm sorry for your own father, Emperor Xiaozong!

Your own father used "filial piety" as his posthumous title, but it turned out to be good for you. Is it in line with filial piety to kill your brother's concubine and elder nephew's adoptive mother? Is this in line with the law of the country? Is this ethical?

Isn't this discrediting Xiaozong?

For those who have done things that insulted their ancestors these days, isn't suicide apology a basic operation?

Especially for the royal children who have humiliated the late emperor's reputation, they will earn money if they die in a good way.

Of course, Princess Minghui might not go to a dead end, but since this point of view has been brought up, quite a few people will definitely criticize Princess Minghui in this way.

Everyone, including the clan's relatives, definitely hoped that she would die so as not to hurt Xiaozong's reputation.

No matter what the outcome is, the regent will not be able to escape being scolded anyway: because it was he who proposed that Princess Minghui was the murderer.

So Chunjia will be praised for saying that Lu Chuncao is the real murderer. After all, although everyone knows that his move is to weaken the regent, but he abides by the rules among nobles!

He didn't rely on his status as the son of heaven to directly point his sword at the prince regent, the uncle, nor did he involve other time-honored nobles or clan relatives, but directly mentioned an eunuch... It doesn't matter whether Lu Chuncao was once a marquis or not, and it didn't matter how much he had done for Xiaozong. He was a eunuch only in exchange for a title, and this alone is enough to be hated by the world.

So there is nothing wrong with Chunjia taking him as a scapegoat. Everyone will only think that the emperor is particular.

As for Lu Chuncao being the regent's father-in-law with a lot of power, the regent can only be blamed. Who told him to find such a father-in-law?

…For a moment, the faces of all the ministers in the temple were different. They were surprised that the situation had turned upside down before Lu Chuncao and Princess Minghui arrived, and they were also chilled by whether the concubine Xian's move was ordered by the emperor?

If so, does it mean that the emperor doesn't care about Princess Minghui's life at all?

As mentioned earlier, although Xiaozong failed to fight against the Ji family, his reputation as a monarch is not bad, and most people in the ruling and opposition parties actually sympathize with him and even approve him.

Moreover, after the Ji family was destroyed, the real Ji family's ironclads have been taken care of long ago. Now the three factions in the temple are the Regent, Chunjia and Zhongli. Of course, there is also the thought of taking care of me.

"Your Majesty, my lords, His Royal Highness Princess Minghui has come to see you outside the hall." Just as everyone was thinking, a palace official came in to report.

Of course Chunjia ordered: "Please."

A moment later, Princess Minghui came in with a veiled hat, which surprised everyone, because according to the rules, the face cannot be covered.

In addition, the atmosphere of the country is not particularly harsh. The concubine Yun Fenghuang always comes directly into the palace after dressing up, and there are even fewer restrictions on the eldest princess.

"I'm still sick, I'm afraid I'll give you the sickness, so I haven't taken off the hat." After saluting to Chunjia, Minghui seemed to be aware of everyone's thoughts, and explained in a hoarse voice, "Brother, please help me."

Chunjia never bothered with the three imperial sisters on such trivial matters, she nodded her head in agreement, and asked someone to set up a seat for her under Dan Chi, so that she would not get tired of standing while "unhealed".

Seeing this, the few courtiers who sympathized with Princess Minghui breathed a sigh of relief. Regardless of whether the emperor valued Xiaozong's flesh and blood in private, at least his attitude was very correct.

Everyone knew that the emperor favored the concubine Xian, and the concubine Xian hadn't recovered yet. She had been in the palace for so long, and the emperor had never said to give her a seat.

After Minghui sat down, Chunjia first asked some questions about the exhaustion of the journey, diagnosis and treatment, and even asked a few words about the current situation of the empress dowager. A few days ago, Concubine Xian was suddenly poisoned, and she almost survived! At that time, the eldest prince and Zhaoqing were both next door, and it is very dangerous to think about it. I called Huangcheng Si to investigate, and suspected that Uncle Wang's father-in-law, Lu Chuncao, was the culprit. But Uncle Wang said, "You did this, but you don't know, is it true or not?"