Descending Phoenix- To be Emperor - C300

The various officials argued back and forth, but most of them were waiting for Shen Youhuang’s attitude.

At this moment, the official who spoke first asked Shen Youhuang again: “Your Highness Prince Cheng, can you tell this subject and the others about the assassination attempt?”

Shen Youhuang calmly sat down, raised his hand to signal for the officials to be quiet, and said:

“If Brother King Yu is lucky enough to survive, this duke truly feels that it is a great blessing, so I would rather believe that this rumor is true. Back then, there were some people who personally saw them get poisoned after being heavily injured, and together with their war horses, they fell down several tens of zhang into the waterfall.

“Therefore, even though we did not find the corpses of brother King Yu and his wife at that time, this king still hoped that they would be able to escape from death, so we already gave orders to all the counties to search for the whereabouts of brother King Yu and his wife with all our might. Once we did, we would immediately send the best doctors to treat brother King Yu’s wounds and report to this king.”

As soon as his voice fell, two county lords walked out from the back of the queue, bowed towards Shen Youhuang, and said, “This official can testify, on that day I did receive the order to look for someone from the Prince Cheng, and am still looking for him.”

“Yes, according to this official, the neighboring prefectures received the same order. This official had also sent people to search for it, but I never found any clues.”

With these two local officials as witnesses, the skeptical ministers were left speechless.

If Shen Youhuang really ordered his men to search, then under the situation where he had been unable to find the King Yu for many days, it was normal for him to guess that the killer had killed him.

However, when Shen Youhuang had reported the news of King Yu’s death, he had said it with complete certainty and without the slightest intention of guessing.

The entire palace fell into silence for a while, the expressions of the various officials were indecisive, many of them thinking about why Shen Youhuang had announced the news of King Yu’s death at the time.

Shen Youhuang looked around at the crowd, and a cold smile appeared on his face.

Just as everyone was hesitating, the sound of hurried footsteps came from outside the hall. A young eunuch ran in quickly and reported, “Reporting to Your Highness Prince Cheng, Jing Zhaoyin has an important meeting.”

Shen Youhuang raised his voice and said, “Announce him to the palace.”

He then saw Jing Zhao Yin, Qin Huai Nan walk in, lifting up his robe as he knelt and said: “Reporting to Prince Cheng, this humble subject has just received the report that the Chief Eunuch of Qianyuan Palace, Wu Nianen, committed suicide in a private house in the western suburbs of the capital …”

“Wu Nianen?” Shen Youhuang was shocked and hurriedly asked, “Manager Wu is my royal father’s most trusted close eunuch, and has served my father loyally for many years. This person is always open-minded, why would he suddenly commit suicide today?”

That Jing Zhaoyin carefully took out a letter from his chest, and carefully said, “Prince Cheng, this subject has found a will in the room where Wu Nianen committed suicide. The contents on it are …”

“Why are you hesitating? “Read it!”

Shen Youhuang asked, his expression seemingly anxious, but his eyes flashed with a cold light that was hard to detect.

Jing Zhaoyin opened the letter, and the eyes of countless ministers fell on the brand-new letter in his hand.

Qin Huai Nan then recited, “This old servant Wu Nianen, thanks to the Emperor’s trust in you for many years, but was muddle-headed and committed a heinous crime in the blink of an eye. Thus, Su Ye was deeply ashamed and fearful, and deeply ashamed of the Emperor and of Da Yue.

After saying this, everyone held their breath as they waited for the content behind the will.

Qin Huai Nan continued to recite, “This old servant was tempted by the King Yu’s high price and served him with my life. It was the old servant who instigated Shen Di to rebel and send assassins to kill him. Afterwards, he secretly sent a letter to the Southern Frontier crown prince, saying that the emperor had the intention to go on a conquest in the south, and had the Southern Frontier crown prince cooperate with the King Yu, in order to fake war, so that the King Yu and Feng Family could seize military merits and the emperor could appoint him as the crown prince … ”

Recently, there have been a lot of incidents of plague in the outskirts of the capital city. It was also under the orders of the King Yu. The old servant felt extremely regretful that he was unable to bear the pestilence, and that the emperor was also suffering from an illness caused by the pestilence. Today, he understood his own life, and was unwilling to be the enemy of the tiger. “The Wishing the Emperor and the commoners will no longer suffer an undeserved calamity because of the King Yu’s personal affairs …

After he finished reading the will, the hall fell into a deathly silence.

The officials who were loyal to Shen Lingjue all looked furious, they did not believe the words in the will at all, one of them spoke out, “What will, it’s just nonsense!”

“That’s right, I don’t even know if this will was written by Manager Wu himself, how can he blame it on this His Highness King Yu who has yet to be decided!”

Even the ministers from the neutral parties revealed a look of disbelief. The contents of the will were way too different from what King Yu Shen Lingjue had looked like in the past, making them unable to believe it.

Some of the court officials said: “This Wu Nianen cannot commit suicide, right? He had to investigate the reason behind this. If the King Yu was innocent, then even if the lords did not defend him, they would still be innocent. On the other hand, no matter how many excuses there are, they cannot be used to conceal the truth. ”

Jing Zhao Yin Qin Huai Nan knew that no one believed him, so he took out a register of house deeds, opened it and handed it over with both hands.

“Reporting to the Prince Cheng, there is the register of deeds of the mansion where Wu Nianen died. This mansion was originally under the name of the King Yu, but since Wu Nianen is inside, maybe this mansion is the King Yu’s bribe.”

Shen Youhuang revealed a sorrowful expression, “Since young, this duke has set Brother King Yu as a role model, but I never expected that he would actually commit such an outrageous act! Where are our Inspection Department? ”

Inspection Department Qing, Shaoqing and the rest hurriedly walked out of the line: “This subject is here.”

“This King orders all of you to immediately investigate this matter thoroughly!” Shen Youhuang’s expression was a mixture of grief and anger, “We must uncover the truth of the matter. Even if Brother King Yu returns to the capital, we must still conduct ourselves in public, and give royal father and the people of the world an explanation!”

“Your subject obeys the decree.”

was also among them. From the moment Qin Huai Nan revealed the news of Wu Nianen’s death, he had been frowning, because this matter seemed to be too unusual.

He probably had to report this to Shen Lingjue as soon as possible so he could have a plan.

After the imperial court, Shen Youhuang sat in the carriage and returned to the residence, the more he thought about it, the more pleased he was with himself: Shen Lingjue, you stalked cicadas on mantis, this king was at the back, Wu Nianen died with no proof, all the crimes are on you, let’s see how you will escape!

Returning to the residence, Hua Ruoyu saw that Shen Youhuang’s expression was cheerful, she knew that everything would go smoothly at the morning assembly.

She offered him hot tea and said in a gentle voice, “Prince, chenqie has just developed a new dance. Would you like to take a look?”

“How can This King not appreciate the efforts of my beloved concubine?”

Shen Youhuang caressed her smooth and smooth face. The two of them sat on the luxurious bed, and the servants began to serve them delicious food and wine.

Hua Ruoyu changed into dance attire, lightly moved his footsteps, and walked to the center of the hall.

The sound of the silk bamboo was soft and seductive while Hua Ruoyu’s pink dancing dress fluttered down with the wind as if it was blooming layers of petals.

A vague fragrance drifted over with the wind, as Hua Ruoyu lightly waved her sleeves. Her charming face appeared and disappeared, and when she looked back, she gave a sweet smile that shook her heart.