Chapter 76 Take it easy
Chu Qinglan said: "Father, the reason why you believe in Prime Minister Zuo's collusion with the enemy and treason is because you saw the letters written by Prime Minister Zuo to the treacherous ministers of Beiyi, but what you don't know is that these letters are fake at all. To be precise, someone deliberately forged it to frame Zuo Xiang. I also ask my father to learn from this matter, and don’t wrongly accuse Zuo Xiang!"

After the waist card incident just now, the emperor's original anger and injustice had gradually settled down, so when he heard her say that at this time, he immediately asked patiently: "You said these letters were forged, so what do you think?" evidence?"

"Of course!" Chu Qinglan responded, suddenly raised her palm and patted it three times.

Following the applause, the guards outside the imperial study quickly escorted the two men inside.

The emperor looked at it strangely, and quickly asked: "Who are these two people, and why did you bring them here?"

Chu Qinglan: "Father, please be at ease and don't be impatient. These two are respectively a literary craftsman at Haoxuan Pavilion on the outskirts of the capital, and a street gangster with nothing to do."

"Let's talk about this Haoxuan Pavilion writer first." Chu Qinglan pointed at the man in gray. "He is very good at imitating other people's handwriting. The letters you got in your hand about the leftist collaborating with the enemy and betraying the country were forged by this person."

As she spoke, she pointed to the man in dark blue shorts and said: "As for this guy, he is only in charge of communicating inside and outside the palace, and disseminating news of the treason of the Left Prime Minister everywhere."

"What do you mean by spreading it everywhere?" the emperor asked.

"Father, you don't know anything about the ceremony of Zuo Xiang collaborating with the enemy and betraying the country, not only in these letters, but now there are people outside the palace spreading about it. Dali Temple has not made a conclusion, and this matter is handled in secret , even most of the nobles and courtiers in the palace don’t know about this matter, but it’s rumored outside, Father, don’t you think this matter is very strange?”

After being told by her, the emperor inevitably had some doubts.

But he didn't fully listen to what her family said, but hurriedly sent Eunuch De out to check whether the matter was really what she said.

Three quarters of an hour later, Eunuch De came back quickly.

The news brought back was: "What the eldest princess said is indeed true, and now there are rumors of treason by the leftist everywhere in the capital."

The emperor's expression changed upon hearing this.

Proof of innocence is still ongoing.

Chu Qinglan knew that no matter how much she said, it was only a family opinion. If she wanted to completely convince others, it was best to let the witness speak for herself.

Fortunately, she had already arranged everything before returning to the palace, so at this moment, she was not afraid that the two witnesses in front of her would not tell the truth.

Soon, the literary craftsman and the gangster told the ins and outs of the matter one by one, including who found them and asked them to forge letters and spread rumors, and how much money they paid to bribe them, etc.

The emperor was furious when he heard that, and was about to ask the painter to draw the portrait of the murderer according to the description, and then took the portrait to arrest the murderer.

At this time, Chu Qinglan suddenly said: "Father, I have already asked the painter in the palace to paint the portrait of the murderer."

"Since it has been drawn, why not arrest that man?"

Chu Qinglan didn't answer right away, but looked up at Concubine Shu intentionally or unintentionally, and then said lightly: "It's not that I don't want people to catch the murderer, but that person is under the concubine's hands." It is because I dare not overstep the rules, so I have to ask my father to be the master!"

Upon hearing the words, the emperor immediately turned his head to look at Concubine Shu: "Concubine, is there such a thing?"

Concubine Shu said without changing her expression: "Your Majesty, the concubine has no idea what the eldest princess is talking about. Since the eldest princess said that person is a slave under the concubine's hands, please show the portrait to everyone now." Look, after all, who can say that they can’t?”

Chu Qinglan laughed, she had already expected that the imperial concubine would not admit it, so she had people prepare the portrait long ago.

At this moment, when she heard Concubine Shu's words, she asked someone to take out the portrait.

Once the portrait was taken out, everyone quickly recognized that it was Wei Xiu who was drawn on the paper.

However, Concubine Shu refused to admit it, and Wei Xiu also refused to admit it.

Even in order to escape the crime, Wei Xiu, who was escorted for questioning later, claimed in public that Chu Qinglan was trying to help Mo Beiyu escape the crime of beheading, so she deliberately found someone to act to frame him.He also claimed that he had never done anything, and that the letters in the hands of the emperor were absolutely not forged, they were written by Mo Beiyu himself to the treacherous officials of Beiyi.

Now the public says that the public is right, and the mother-in-law says that the mother-in-law is right, so that the emperor doesn't know who to believe for a while.

Seeing this, Concubine Shu quickly put on a pitiful appearance of being innocent and suffering all kinds of grievances, pretending to wipe away her tears with a handkerchief, and said: "Your Majesty, my concubine has nothing. I did it, but I saw that Wei Xiu was a clever person, so I kindly kept him by my concubine's side, so it was nothing if I didn't get the consent of the emperor, you and the eldest princess. The eldest princess did it for a A traitor, he did not hesitate to pour all the dirty water on the concubine's head, the concubine is really sad."

"Although the concubine is not the birth mother of the eldest princess, the concubine treats the concubine as her own. The concubine treats the concubine like this, which really makes the concubine feel cold. Huh..."

As she spoke, Concubine Shu pretended to wipe away her tears again, secretly not forgetting to signal Yuluo who was still kneeling on the ground with her eyes.

Although Yuluo is not as smart as Concubine Shu, her reaction is still fast enough, so when she saw Concubine Shu's eyes at this time, she immediately started crying, and kept echoing: "Your Majesty, Sister Concubine is so kind, can you help me?" It can't really make her feel cold."

"Eldest princess, don't blame me for saying you, the concubine sister is so kind to you, it's okay to be ungrateful, how could you frame the concubine sister for the sake of a traitor? Doesn't your conscience hurt when you do this?"

The emperor was still vacillating in the middle, but at this time when the two of them said this, the weight in his heart slowly began to lean towards the two of them.

Chu Qinglan watched silently, neither anxious nor angry, but took all this as a scene, and when the scene was almost sung and the effect she wanted was achieved, she opened her mouth and said a few words : "You two acted pretty well, but unfortunately, after all your calculations, you missed a step."

As she said that, she suddenly took out a letter written by Mo Beiyu from her arms.

"Father, this is a letter written by Zuo Xiang before. Although the handwriting on this letter looks very similar to those on those letters, it is not difficult to find the difference if you look carefully. Please identify it!"

The emperor took it immediately after hearing the words, and then compared the different attributes one by one.

Then I found that although the handwriting on the two letters looks very similar, the turning points of the pauses are quite different. The important thing is that the overall style of one is weak, and the other is full of strength. Obviously, they are not written by the same person. of!

Upon seeing this, the emperor immediately asked Eunuch De to take over the letter Mo Beiyu had written to him before, and after comparing it, he confirmed that the letter of collaborating with the enemy and traitorous country was a forgery.

The truth has been revealed so far.

The emperor, who suddenly discovered the truth, couldn't help being furious again, and yelled at Concubine Shu and the others, "Chen Yunshu, what else do you have to say!"

Concubine Shu knew that the situation was extremely unfavorable to her. In order to avoid losing all her efforts, she had no choice but to put all the responsibilities on Wei Xiu alone.

Said: "Your Majesty, it's all because of my concubine's ignorance that I let this villain be deceived, and almost wronged the prime minister. Please blame me. But, please understand when your majesty blames. After all, my concubine The reason for doing this is all for the sake of His Majesty's Jiangshan Sheji!"

Seeing this, Yuluo immediately interceded: "Yes, yes, the concubine's sister is just soft-hearted, she just listened to the bad guys' slander, and she didn't actually do anything. I'm sorry for the prime minister's business, isn't it? So I ask the emperor to forgive me." ,Please do not--"

"Shut up!" The emperor didn't listen at all, and said angrily, "Whether you intend to or not, this can't cover up what you have done. Fortunately, Lan'er tried her best to turn the tide, so she didn't wrong the prime minister. Otherwise, today's matter would not be so simple!"

(End of this chapter)

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