Chapter 310: Consequences, early conflict
Early in the morning, as Xiao Tianyao expected, the palace was extremely lively. An impeachment was put forward due to the Crown Prince misconduct. He doesn’t respect his elders. He doesn’t have the dignity of a real monarch. A few palace officials opened their mouth and mentioned every small mistake made by the Crown Prince. After all, every mistake he did can be written in their country’s history.
The civil servant’s sword was their pen. They only need a pen to write a bad evaluation of the crown prince as part of history.
In order to impeach the crown prince, the palace officials mention again the crown prince’s arrogance from before. He did not only created difficulties to his Imperial Aunt Lin Chujiu at the capital’s gate but also in front of the palace gate on the day she visited the palace. The palace officials condemned and blamed the crown prince because of these.
“Can we call it an accident, if the crown prince collides with Xiao w.a.n.gfei twice? Some things are self-explanatory. The Crown Prince is no longer a child. He is our country’s future emperor. Huangshang, you shouldn’t condone the crown prince. Siding with him will only harm him.” A silver-haired veteran palace official pleaded to the emperor to teach the crown prince a lesson. So that, he won’t make the same mistake again in the future.
If it weren’t for the emperor’s punishment before, everyone will think that the emperor was pampering the crown prince.
Some palace official started an argument, while the others only followed. Prime Minister Lin was about to intercede. However, how can Prime Minister You’s faction let him seize an opportunity?
Due to Xiao w.a.n.gye’s threat, they didn’t dare to look fault at Xiao w.a.n.gfei.
The Emperor didn’t say anything since the beginning. The palace officials thought that he haven’t made a decision. And so, the two factions arguments became more and more fierce. They disregarded the emperor presence. With all the noise, the imperial palace hall became like a marketplace.
Prime Minister You’s faction, who accused the crown prince of disrespecting his elder, firmly believed that he must be severely punished.
After all, there was conclusive evidence. Prime Minister Lin’s faction, however, stayed sophisticated. Who will believe civilians mouth? Can they really get useful information from those people’s mouth?
Prime Minister Lin’s faction, who was forced to protect the crown prince, had no choice but to bring back the topic towards the event that happened in the capital’s gate.
There was even an official who was incited by the heated moment and said: “Xiao w.a.n.gfei has lost her credibility. Her behavior must be checked. She was arguing with the people at the capital’s gate, she made the imperial family lose a face. The Crown Prince was only protecting the imperial family’s face. Is that wrong?”
When those words fell, the hall immediately had quiet down. Prime Minister You’s faction didn’t answer at all, they only stood in the same place.
They were waiting for Prime Minister Lin to speak.
Prime Minister You took a glanced at Prime Minister Lin. He looked at him with an unpredictable smile. After a moment of silence, Prime Minister You came forward and said: “Huangshang, it hasn’t been long since Xiao w.a.n.gfei married into the imperial family. I’m afraid that Xiao w.a.n.gfei hasn’t learned much rules. This behavior of her has nothing to do with the imperial family. It must be related to her family’s teaching.”
Prime Minister Lin’s faction was not afraid of Xiao Tianyao and was not afraid to mention bad things about Lin Chujiu. On the other hand, Prime Minister You was afraid of Xiao Tianyao, but his tongue was itching to speak.
Of course, Prime Minister You understood very clearly that he mustn’t drag down Xiao w.a.n.gye into this matter. He only tainted Xiao w.a.n.gfu a bit to give some problem to Lin Xiang.
Lin Xiang wanted to refute, but he has to accept this black pot. He had to be loyal to the imperial family. It’s just, he didn’t expect Prime Minister You will use this trick. Lin Xiang couldn’t help but cursed Lin Chujiu inside his heart. She failed to bring benefits to the family, but still repeatedly add chaos.
Prime Minister Lin came forward and said defenselessly: “This minister is lawless and harm the crown prince. This minister will accept any punishment.”
In order to save the crown prince, Lin Xiang didn’t hesitate to carry all the mistake on his shoulders. Prime Minister You couldn’t help but shook his head: Sure enough, if the foundation is shallow, the knowledge will be less.
The emperor was still young, but Lin Xiang was so desperate to protect the crown prince. Will the emperor be happy with this?
Of course, the emperor will not be happy, but Lin Xiang was a good chess piece in his hands. So, he will not give up Lin Xiang before the others.
Besides, Lin Xiang’s desperation to protect the crown prince was not because of the crown prince himself, but because of Lin Wanting. As long as Lin Wanting became the future crown princess. This savvy and sn.o.b Prime Minister You will be nothing to him.
The Emperor reprimanded Lin Xiang with a few sentences. After that, he punished the crown prince with house arrest for half a month to reflect, then he put the matter down.
Although Prime Minister You’s faction was not really satisfied, they also put down the matter. They knew the emperor still relies on Lin Xiang. He was still teaching the crown prince. So pulling down Lin Xiang was almost next to impossible.
The Emperor has already punished the Crown Prince and Lin Xiang, which indicated that they won the battle. Prime Minister You was quite satisfied. Besides, today’s focus was not about the crown prince and Xiao w.a.n.gfei. The focus of today’s meeting is Xiao w.a.n.gye!
Some people may not speak of it, but a well-informed person like Prime Minister You already knew the news. He was now only waiting for the good show.
The person who partic.i.p.ated in Xiao w.a.n.gye’s case was no other than the emperor’s confidant, Zhou Daren.
Zhou Daren’s words have always been sharp. This personality of him was the reason he was appointed to Xiao w.a.n.gye’s case. He accused Xiao w.a.n.gye of being so violent, for being unjust and killing innocent people, for flaunting his martial arts skills and murdering people in the middle of the night. He was simply lawless. He doesn’t put the law in his eyes.
Zhou Daren was the emperor’s confidant palace minister. Although he usually doesn’t interfere in the court affairs. He was like a ticking bomb. The emperor gave him the power to impeach anyone. He was like the emperor’s mouth, which made him think that he can say anything that the emperor cannot say one by one.
Zhou Daren’s meaning was the meaning of the emperor. Prime Minister Lin and Prime Minister You was fighting earlier. But this time, they had a tacit understanding. They must cooperate with each other. Zhou Daren’s words were the emperor’s words, they must not question him.
“Huangshang, at the foot of your imperial palace, a killing event happened in the middle of the night. Xiao w.a.n.gye must face his crime just like what Zhou Daren had spoken of. This minister asked huangshang to thoroughly investigate the matter. ” Prime Minister Lin and Prime Minister You came forward and spoke with obvious meaning.
“No matter who, no matter what the ident.i.ty, whoever dare to murder in the middle of the night must be severely punished.”
Prime Minister Lin and Prime Minister You spoke in unison. The emperor followed the suggestion of his two officials and summon Xiao Tianyao into the palace to be questioned.
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The imperial decree was pa.s.sed to Xiao w.a.n.gfu. When Lin Chujiu heard about it, Xiao Tianyao was already on his way to the palace. Su Cha went to find Lin Chujiu. When he entered the door, he comforted her by saying: “w.a.n.gfei, you don’t have to worry, nothing will happen to w.a.n.gye.”
“I ‘m not worried.” Lin Chujiu looked up at Su Cha. Her face doesn’t have any trace of worry.
She’s not really worried?
“w.a.n.gfei, w.a.n.gye killed the emperor’s confidant, are you really not worried about him?” He killed that person for you.
“Why should I worry? Before w.a.n.gye killed that person, didn’t he think about the consequences?” Lin Chujiu didn’t answer Su Cha’s question. Su Cha was speechless… …
Before w.a.n.gye murdered that person, didn’t he think about the consequences?
He should be… …