Jingtai Fengyun: The First Absurd Emperor of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 472
Seeing that everyone had sat down in order, Zhu Qiyu asked Zhu Qizhen with a smile on his face: "Brother, how about we start."

Zhu Qizhen nodded: "Everything is arranged by my brother."

Zhu Qiyu gave Chen Xun a look, and Chen Xun stood up and shouted loudly: "Please ask Uncle Xiang Guo to come up and accept questions from relatives."

Guo Deng hurriedly came to the steps from the auditorium, and saluted the emperor and the emperor respectfully.

Zhu Qiyu nodded.

Chen Xun guided Guo Deng to the south side of the long table, and stood facing the two saints and the three Zongzheng on the opposite side of the long table.

The king of Min was old and frail, and the king of Soochow County had been imprisoned for a long time and was not good at speaking, so You Zongzheng, the king of Qin, was in charge of questioning.

The King of Qin also signaled to Chen Xun first, and Chen Xun handed the original of Sun Zhong's suicide note to Guo Deng.

The King of Qin asked: "This is the suicide note of Huichang Marquis Sun Zhong, which lists the empress dowager's seven major crimes. Please Ding Xiangbo confirm it carefully, and then give an explanation for the crimes Sun Zhong identified.

Sun Zhong said that the imperial concubine had already had an affair with Xuanmiao and gave birth to a son before she entered the palace.

Sun Zhong said that when the empress dowager was still a noble concubine, she secretly took the son of the imperial concubine and regarded it as her own son.

The two saints are here in person, and all the relatives of the royal family are here. Please Ding Xiangbo answer truthfully, and don't make mistakes. "

Guo Deng carefully read the original suicide note of Sun Zhong again, and confirmed that it was Sun Zhong's own handwriting. He frowned and thought for a moment before replying:
"The empress dowager has a difficult heir. She was married to Xuanmiao for eight years before she gave birth to Princess Changde. And when she gave birth to Princess Changde, she hurt her body.

By the time Emperor Gongrang was born, the Empress Dowager was already twenty-nine.In the next eight years, until the death of Xuanmiao, the empress dowager had no children.

In the second year of Xuande, that is, the year when Emperor Gongrang was born, it was true that the imperial concubine and Xuanmiao had a private relationship.There are also things about concubines and empresses who conceive and give birth.

It is also true that the Marquis of Huichang was instructed by the Empress Dowager to take the son of the imperial concubine into the palace for adoption.

From then on, the imperial concubine and empress were depressed, and within three months, she became sick from worry and couldn't afford to be seriously ill.

At the beginning of March in the third year of Xuande, Xuanmiao brought the concubine and empress of the state into the palace. After only [-] days, the empress of the state of concubine died suddenly. "

When it comes to emotion, Guo Deng, who is nearly half a century old, is already crying.

Qin Wang looked around the relatives and nobles present, and saw that no one raised any objections, so he could only let out a long sigh.

Guo Deng has already made it very clear that the Empress Dowager did not have children in the first eight years of her marriage to Xuanmiao, and she did not have children in the next eight years. This is a fact.

And it happened that Emperor Gongrang was conceived around February of the second year of Xuande, and in the third year of Xuande, Queen Hu was hurriedly abolished.If you don't have a child early, you don't have a child later, it just so happens that you will have a child after Xuanmiao ascends the throne, which makes people have to associate it.

With Sun Zhong's autographed suicide note, coupled with Guo Deng's testimony, coupled with the fact that the timeline, motivation, and supporting evidence are all correct, the case can actually be finalized.

As for the details of the private meeting between the imperial concubine and the Xuanmiao, no one dared to delve into it.

Among the relatives present, half were the emperor's people, and half were part of the vassals who had just followed up the rebellion, and their life and death were pinched in the hands of the emperor, and they had no motivation to overthrow the conclusion before them.

On the contrary, someone stood up from the spectator seats. Youchunfang Youzhongyun Lincong came to Guo Deng's side, bowed his hands to the emperor, the emperor Gongrang, and saluted the three Zongzhengs. Then he asked:
"The three Zongzhengs and my ministers do not agree with Ding Xiangbo's words. The so-called imperial concubine had an affair with Xuanmiao and then gave birth to a child. It is just the words of Ding Xiangbo's family. There is no physical evidence, so how can you easily believe it?"

Upon hearing the words, the King of Qin reprimanded: "First, this is not the words of Dingxiangbo's family, but the testimony of Huichanghou and Dingxiangbo.

Second, 20 years have passed, and if you insist on physical evidence, isn't it difficult for others.

Third, today is the meeting of relatives, and you can only observe, but there is no need to make comments. "

At this time, Ye Sheng, Li Kan, and Zhu Ying stood up again to support Lin Cong.Ye Sheng was the first to retort: ​​"Today is indeed a meeting of relatives, but it is only about the Empress Dowager and the birth of the Emperor Gong Rang, it is not only a matter of the royal family, but also a matter of the court.

Is there any reason not to allow court officials to speak?Doesn't this disregard the laws of the country? "

King Qin was about to speak, but Zhu Qiyu replied from above: "Ye Aiqing's words are reasonable, since the empress dowager and elder brother are involved, there is no reason not to let the officials speak.

Let the three judges continue to call witnesses. "

Wang Wen got up to receive the order, and ordered the prisoner Jin Ying to be taken.

Now it's all right, it's good that Lin Cong and Ye Sheng didn't get to the bottom of it, when Jin Ying came up, she confessed everything like beans in a bamboo tube.

Not only is there the confession of the Empress Dowager Sun taking the son of the imperial concubine, but also how the Empress Dowager Sun conspired and plotted, and how she arranged to poison the two princes of the Emperor Gongrang in order to blame the Emperor and divert attention, so as to keep the Sun family.Jin Ying explained everything clearly.

Now Lin Cong, Ye Sheng and the others were completely scratching their heads: Empress Dowager Sun ordered Jin Ying to poison the prince and frame the emperor. In the end, all the stolen goods were blamed.

The people present were not stupid. With the emperor's current authority, this crime alone was enough to depose the Queen Mother. There was no need to deliberately frame her up.

And this is also evidence that the Emperor Gongrang was not the empress dowager's own birth: the emperor Gongrang was not the empress dowager's own birth, so the two princes of the emperor Gongrang were not the empress dowager's grandchildren, so the empress dowager did not have to care about family affection and ordered Jin Ying to send the two sons to the empress dowager. A prince was poisoned.

So everything makes sense.

And the most important thing is that in Sun Zhong's suicide note, the Empress Dowager was listed with seven crimes.The first one is that the empress dowager colluded with San Yang to conspire to abolish the empress, and everyone knows it well. This is a fact.

Article [-]: The empress dowager attacked the concubines of the Xuanmiao, making it impossible for them to have children.Although this point is only confessed by Jin Ying, everyone knows it well.

There are so many concubines in Xuanmiao Palace, only Queen Hu and Queen Mother Sun gave birth to heirs.The emperor in front of him was born outside the palace by Concubine Wu.

From getting married to passing away in Xuanmiao, a total of 19 years, only two women in the palace could give birth. If there is no problem in this, it is simply a ghost.

Article [-], Empress Dowager Sun ordered the imperial physician to poison Queen Hu and Princess Shunde.Judging from the strange death times of Empress Hu and Princess Shunde, it is almost inseparable.Besides, Shi Jing, the son-in-law, poisoned Princess Shunde, the evidence is conclusive, and the emperor sentenced him to Ling Chi long ago.

As for whether Shi Jing's poisonous killing of Princess Shunde was instigated by Queen Mother Sun, it's hard to say.

Article [-], Queen Mother Sun colluded with King Yi to abolish the concubine Wang family, intending to prescribe drugs to cut off the emperor's heirs, which is also difficult to say.

Article [-]. The Empress Dowager Sun colluded with the Sun brothers and participated in the mutiny to force the palace. This matter can no longer be true, and there is no need to refute it.

The king of Qin took Sun Zhong's suicide note and recited it aloud in front of everyone, and everyone fell silent at this time.

Most of the seven crimes listed by Sun Zhong are not problematic, enough to depose the empress dowager several times, there is really no need to frame the crime again.

At this moment, Lu Gao, the commander of Jin Yiwei, stood up, knelt in front of the emperor, and held up a testimony: "Report to Your Majesty, the general will be guilty.

At the end of the day, he was ordered to try the case of the son-in-law captain Shi Jing poisoning the princess of Shunde.In fact, Shi Jing had already admitted that he was instigated by the empress dowager, but in the end he felt that the matter was of great importance, so he chose to hide it for himself.

Now Shi Jing's complete confession is here, please learn from Your Majesty.In the end, he will be guilty and willing to receive a heavy punishment. "

Ruan Xi took the confession and presented it to Zhu Qiyu.

Zhu Qiyu pretended to read it carefully.In fact, this confession had already been truthfully submitted to Lu Gao at that time, and he kept it all the time, waiting patiently for the day when it would play a role.

Sure enough, the idle chess that was ambushed back then played a key role now.Just today, Shi Jing's confession became the last straw that broke the camel's back.

After Zhu Qiyu finished reading it, he handed the confession to Zhu Qizhen respectfully: "My brother is not familiar with Shi Jing, but I heard that the empress dowager and elder brother have always admired Shi Jing very much and have close contacts.

Shi Jing is also known for his talent, and he loves to write and draw to show off everywhere. I think the eldest brother knows Shi Jing's handwriting, right?Also please brother Mingjian. "

What Zhu Qiyu said is also true, Shi Jing is the son-in-law of Empress Hu's own daughter, but he is highly valued and loved by the Sun family and Zhu Qizhen.

Zhu Qizhen took the confession and only glanced at it, and his heart sank: This is really Shi Jing's handwriting, it cannot be faked at all.Not only is Shi Jing handsome and handsome, but he is also proficient in playing piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, which is extremely elegant.I have a close relationship with him, can I not recognize his handwriting?

Seeing Emperor Gong Rang's reaction, everyone below knew that this confession was indeed written by Shi Jing.

In this way, they all match up: the former empress dowager ordered her son-in-law Shi Jing to poison the princess of Shunde; Poisoning and killing the two princes, these things are in the same line, they are all habitual offenders.

It's over, now there is no room for rebuttal.

Even Lin Cong, Ye Sheng, Li Kan, and Zhu Ying, the civil servants who firmly sympathized with the empress dowager and courted the emperor, had nothing to say.

With so much evidence on the table, if you insist on it, it will be pure argument.

Zhu Qiyu also thought the case was not strong enough, so he ordered: "The queen mother was assassinated by the palace servants, and now she is seriously injured and cannot get up from the bed, please three Zongzhengs, go to the Yinghua Palace with the chief officials of the Sanfa Department.

To present the evidence to the empress dowager, we should listen to what the empress dowager herself said. "

(End of this chapter)