Chapter 302 Private Seal
Chapter 302 Private Seal
The crisis in Liuzhou has settled, but the storm in Yanjing is about to come, and undercurrents are already surging in the imperial city.
Emperor Jingsheng pressed his brows, feeling exhausted all over.
The border wars and the epidemic in Liuzhou in recent days have already exhausted him. If he had not heard the good news from Liuzhou a few days ago, he would have been seriously ill.
Emperor Jingsheng clenched his fist and coughed a few times. He glanced at the officials who were eager to make a move under the imperial desk and said, "Tell me, what happened again?"
Duke Zhou glanced at Censor Liu behind him.
Censor Liu understood and immediately stepped forward, holding the tablet in his hand and speaking in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, these days I have been ordered to investigate the disappearance of the Crown Prince. I never thought that before we found the Crown Prince, we found evidence of his 'rebellion'!"
He deliberately emphasized the word "treason".
"what?!"
All the ministers in the hall were terrified when they heard this, especially several ministers under Jiang Hong. Their faces suddenly changed. They looked at each other and said with great sorrow: "Liu Yushi, you can't say such treasonous words. Do you have evidence? If not, at the very least, you failed to investigate clearly and were guilty of dereliction of duty. At the worst, you will be accused of insulting the dignity of the royal family and deliberately sowing discord!"
Censor Liu glanced at them with contempt, snorted coldly, and looked at the high seat with unusual determination: "Your Majesty, since I dare to say this, I must have prepared the evidence."
He pulled out a book from his sleeve and presented it with both hands: "Your Majesty, this book contains detailed records of the various evidences of the Crown Prince's conspiracy to mine and forge weapons in Liuzhou. Most importantly, during the period when the Crown Prince was privately forging weapons, he had frequent exchanges with the Zhenguo Mansion. I believe that the two have already colluded and are in cahoots with each other, intending to commit treason!"
Emperor Jingsheng's face turned terrifyingly pale.
Eunuch Li looked at the book in front of him and didn't dare to take it. It was not until Emperor Jingsheng raised his hand that he carefully presented it and said, "Your Majesty..."
Ning, the governor of Jiang Hong's school, immediately became anxious and stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, this book must be fake. The prince is loyal and righteous, and has a kind heart. He would never do such a treasonous thing. There must be a villain who is plotting against him!"
"Yes, Your Majesty... I also think there must be a misunderstanding..."
Emperor Jingsheng, who had remained silent all this time, finally raised his hand at this moment.
The hall was completely silent. All the court officials exchanged knowing glances, waiting for the decision of Emperor Jingsheng on the dragon throne.
Emperor Jingsheng frowned and scanned the book carefully. Suddenly, his eyes widened slightly and his expression changed obviously.
"How can it be……"
He muttered, his fingers trembling as he traced a private seal.
That is Jiang Hong’s private seal.
This private seal was made by him while he was with the young Jiang Hong.
He remembered clearly that the young Jiang Hong was carving the seal with great interest, but he sneezed at the last moment, leaving a small imperfect mark in the lower right corner.
At that time, he couldn't help laughing out loud, which made Jiang Hong burst into tears. It was not until he comforted Jiang Hong and said that the mark looked like a dragon's tail and was a good omen that God would bless his son that Jiang Hong sobbed and laughed again.
This unique mark has since become a secret between father and son, which cannot be known by outsiders or imitated.
In other words, the evidence in this book cannot be false.
His heart suddenly felt a sharp pain, anger and disappointment intertwined together. Emperor Jingsheng covered his chest with his hands, his face pale, and he vomited blood in anger.
"emperor!"
"Father!"
Eunuch Li and Jiang Chen both looked pale and shouted in unison.
"Someone, come quickly, call the imperial physician, quickly!"
Eunuch Li's voice became even shriller with anxiety: "What are you guys still standing there for? Hurry up and help the emperor back to the palace. The adults, please stop standing there and go away!"
Emperor Jingsheng vomited blood on the spot and retired from court due to illness. This also shows from another perspective that the evidence recorded in the book was not false.
The Crown Prince's conspiracy to rebel has been completely confirmed.
"This, this, how could this happen..." Governor Ning and several other ministers looked at each other, their faces full of dejection.
The Liuzhou incident had clearly been stopped at Jiang Hong's instruction. How could it be discovered? How did the so-called evidence get into the hands of Censor Liu?
They had hoped to become successful overnight by following Jiang Hong, but now their dreams are shattered. It's over, everything is over.
Censor Liu glanced at them smugly and shouted, "The Crown Prince has long harbored the intention of rebellion. I'm afraid he didn't go to Liuzhou to investigate the sudden death plague this time. The so-called disappearance is even more nonsense. I'm afraid he took advantage of this opportunity to secretly dispatch troops to Liuzhou. For the sake of our country, we should immediately send someone to stop the Crown Prince from returning to the capital and arrest the traitor."
He glanced at the ministers in the palace, bowed to one of them and said, "This important task can only be undertaken by His Royal Highness Prince Chen!"
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