Phi-Fic Chapter 652: Killing relatives for justice
Chapter 652: Killing relatives for justice
Lu Yan's words made Lu Wenshi's face turn pale.
Although he had anticipated something bad, he still felt dizzy, shocked and angry for a moment when he heard Lu Yan expose him with his own ears.
Crazy, absolutely crazy. This bastard Lu Yan actually exposed himself in front of the emperor and all the civil and military officials in the court. Does he want to kill the entire Lu family?
"Your Majesty, Ah Yan must have gone insane due to excessive grief over her father's death. Please do not believe her nonsense. I have never done such a thing."
Lu Wenshi knelt down in front of Emperor Xiao, his heart almost jumping out of his chest. After he finished speaking, he quickly spoke to the servants who were still standing there in a daze.
"Are you deaf? Take the young lady away immediately. If you let her talk nonsense and disturb His Majesty again, I will not forgive you!"
"Wait!" Emperor Xiao said with a stern face, calling for a stop.
The servants who were scolded were about to step forward, but when they heard what Emperor Xiao said, they froze in place for a moment, not daring to make the slightest unnecessary movement.
"emperor……"
Lu Wenshi wanted to speak again, but when Emperor Xiao glanced at him, he broke out in a cold sweat and almost didn't have the strength to speak.
"Lv Yan, what do you mean by what you just said?" Emperor Xiao looked at Lv Yan.
Lu Wenshi had a stiff face and kept winking at Lu Yan, hoping that she would not say anything else.
However, Lu Yan had already made up her mind when she knelt here today. She ignored Lu Wenshi's eyes, kowtowed to Emperor Xiao again, and told him everything that had happened before.
Pei Zhaozhi was also present. When he learned about this matter from Li Zheng's mother and son, he had already prepared his confession in private. He only wanted to find a chance to report to Emperor Xiao after everything was settled. However, he did not expect that Lu Yan would actually kill her own relatives in public today.
After thinking for a moment, Pei Zhaozhi said nothing. It was good for Lu Yan to reveal the matter. If he turned himself in voluntarily, he could be given a lighter sentence or not implicate other members of the Lu family.
"Your Majesty, everything I said is true. It was my fault for not reporting it before. My grandfather has always been fair and just. If he hadn't had a stroke, he would have gone to the Golden Palace to reveal the matter himself. I know that it is unfilial for a girl to report her father, but I don't want to continue hiding it for my father, nor do I want my grandfather to be restless in his grave. Whatever your majesty wants to do, I will accept it."
After saying all this, Lu Yan kowtowed again, and when she stood up, she glanced at Pei Zhaozhi calmly.
Sui Ning had told her before that Pei Zhaozhi had already obtained the confessions of Li Zheng and his mother, but had not reported it to the emperor yet.
Now that the matter of the Fourth Prince has been resolved and the New Year has passed, I think it won't be long before Pei Zhaozhi reports the whole matter to the Emperor. In this case, it would be better to confess and reveal everything before the other party reports.
Lu Yan's words caused the entire front yard to fall into silence. However, rather than being surprised at Lu Wenshi's disruption of the fairness of the imperial examination, what really surprised them was that Lu Yan personally reported her own father.
Several officials secretly looked at Lu Yan, and felt that it was obvious that she was ruthless enough to do this.
I have to say that Lady Official Lu is quite a character. If it were an ordinary person, who would dare to do this? Grand Tutor Lu has just passed away, and if Lu Wenshi falls again, the Lu family will be completely finished.
For a moment, many people looked at Lu Yan with complicated expressions.
But what concerned them more was Emperor Xiao's reaction to this matter.
"Lv Wenshi, is what Lu Yan said true?" Emperor Xiao looked at Lv Wenshi coldly, with anger clearly visible in his eyes. Although he was asking, he had already determined in his heart that this matter was the truth.
After all, Lu Yan had no reason to falsely accuse her own father.
When Lu Wenshi was listening to Lu Yan's account of everything that had happened before, he knew in his heart that he was finished. He fell to the ground and trembled like a sieve.
"Your Majesty, I was deceived and confused at the time. I beg Your Majesty to spare my life and the Lu family's life for the sake of my many years of service in the court. No, I beg Your Majesty to spare my life and the Lu family's life for the sake of my father's hard work for the court!"
Lu Wenshi almost fell to the ground, begging for mercy.
How could he have given birth to such a rebellious girl? If he had known this, he should have had someone give her a bowl of mute medicine yesterday. No, not only should he have given her the mute medicine, he should have beaten her to death!
Lu Wenshi was filled with extreme fear and resentment.
Lu Yan knelt aside, looking at her father like this, closed her eyes in pain, and looked away, not wanting to look at him again.
She knew very well that by doing this she was pushing her father into a desperate situation, but if she didn't do this, this matter would be revealed sooner or later.
not to mention……
Lu Yan looked straight in the direction of the mourning hall, as if she could see through the layers of obstructions and see the coffin that was currently in the mourning hall.
"Father, I know that I am sorry for what I have done to you, but you were the one who made the mistake first. If it weren't for you, Grandfather wouldn't have been so angry that he had a stroke, and now..."
Lu Yan took a deep breath, did not look at Lu Wenshi, and continued to speak word by word.
"In short, if you do something wrong, you have to pay the price. Even if my daughter is criticized by thousands of people, I will never regret what I said today."
"You rebellious girl!" Lu Wenshi was furious, his anger rushed up and almost instantly burned out his last bit of rationality. He turned around abruptly, grabbed Lu Yan who was kneeling not far away, raised his hand and slapped her hard.
Lu Yan fell to the ground after being beaten, but Lu Wenshi still felt unhappy and wanted to continue fighting.
Jiang Suining frowned and glanced quickly at Shen Yanxi, who immediately said.
"How can you do this in front of the emperor? Come, arrest Lord Lu."
Lu Wenshi was pulled away, and Lu Yan covered her face with slap marks and knelt on the ground again.
"Lv Wenshi, you are really brave. You dare to take action in front of me. It seems that you don't take me seriously." There was only majesty and coldness in Emperor Xiao's tone.
If he was not only angry but also a little surprised and hesitant just now, then at this moment, when looking at Lu Wenshi, Emperor Xiao was left with only dissatisfaction in his heart.
Although Lu Yannu sued her father, it could be considered as a matter of justice and was worthy of praise to a certain extent. Naturally, she could not allow Lu Wenshi to beat her like that.
"Pass on my order to put Lü Wenshi in jail and conduct a thorough investigation into the imperial examination. Once the facts are verified, he will be severely punished! As for his daughter Lü Yan..."
Emperor Xiao paused for a moment before continuing.
"Considering that he is willing to expose the truth and has sacrificed his own family for the greater good, and that Grand Tutor Lu has just passed away, the affairs of the mansion still need someone to take care of them, he will be detained in the Lu Mansion for the time being and is not allowed to go out. Once everything is verified, we will deal with the group of people."