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Chapter 248 The prince must be deliberately slandering

Xiao Rongxuan glanced at the Minister of Dali Temple bitterly, "Who doesn't know that Dali Temple is under the jurisdiction of the emperor's brother? What is the purpose of making up random things and slandering this prince without any evidence!"

Before the Dali Temple Minister could speak, Xiao Jinzhi smiled.

"Third brother, please don't talk nonsense. Although Dali Temple was entrusted to Gu by my father, Gu will never interfere with their trial. If you think that as long as you are responsible for the jurisdiction, you are colluding with each other, does that mean that the people under your jurisdiction are in charge? All those departments in your office have already obeyed you, and they can even ignore the law and the duties of courtiers?"

"You..." Xiao Rongxuan frowned, "Brother, don't talk nonsense. My loyalty to the court and my father is as clear as the sun and the moon, and I have never done anything to collude with you."

"Then how did the third brother decide that Gu is not loyal to his father? Or do you think that his father is old and cannot recognize people well, and can't even understand this?" Xiao Jinzhi chuckled. Continue to ask questions.

Xiao Rongxuan's face turned ugly for a moment, and he immediately looked at Emperor Xiao, "Father, I definitely don't mean this!"

"Okay, I didn't ask you to come here today just to listen to the two of you arguing with each other here. The matter of poisoning the victims and soldiers is not a trivial matter. If it can't be investigated, the truth will be revealed. I'm afraid even the royal majesty will be damaged."

Emperor Xiao said sternly with a hint of irritation in his tone.

"If you are really related to this matter, call us immediately!"

"Father, I am truly wronged!"

"Third brother keeps saying that you are wronged, but what evidence is there to prove your innocence?" Xiao Jinzhi raised his eyebrows and asked.

"This makes no sense." Queen Wei said in a deep voice, "Your Majesty, since the Crown Prince suspects Xuan'er, he should provide evidence to prove it. Why do you ask Xuan'er for evidence instead?"

"What the Queen Mother said is right." Xiao Rongxuan immediately responded and looked at Xiao Jinzhi fiercely, "Since the imperial brother doubts my brother, I can provide evidence. If I can't, it will be a false accusation!"

"Heh." Xiao Jinzhi smiled, "There are so many courtiers standing in the imperial study, and it's not like they summoned the third brother alone. Why are the queen mother and the third brother so nervous about me?"

"I heard that you interrogated the government official who poisoned him, and he signed a signature to reveal the person behind the scenes. Is this true or false?" Queen Wei stared at Xiao Jinzhi, not wanting to miss his face. any expression on.

"Where did the Queen Mother get this news?" Xiao Jinzhi asked in response to Queen Wei's gaze.

Although he did let people spread the news, there were overwhelming rumors about Xiao Rongxuan sending people to silence him, and the previous events were almost quickly suppressed.

In this palace, Queen Wei was able to get this news so quickly, which means that she must have sent someone to inquire carefully.

"Your Highness, do you really have a confession?" a courtier asked quickly.

How come he didn't hear about this?
By the way, the news that the third prince sent someone to kill him must have spread. There was so much excitement that other news was ignored.

Xiao Jinzhi frowned slightly and was silent for a while before he looked back and said, "It doesn't matter."

After hearing this, the expressions on the faces of Queen Wei and Xiao Rongxuan clearly relaxed a lot.

Queen Wei, in particular, breathed a huge sigh of relief.

Then, with a sneer, Queen Wei continued to speak.

"That's strange. Since there was no such thing from beginning to end, why did such news spread? After all, it is the prince's residence, and the news was spread in a decent manner. It doesn't look like ordinary people spreading rumors. Could it be you, the prince... "

Empress Wei paused for a moment, her eyes were very sharp, and she slowly uttered four words, "Intentional slander!" "Mother, these four words are really heavy, and I can't bear it."

"If you can't afford it, don't do such despicable methods behind your back."

Queen Wei sneered again and again, and continued before Xiao Jinzhi could speak.

"Prince, I know that you have been worried about the epidemic recently, and you have issued a military order. You may be eager to divert trouble to the east and get rid of the trouble, but in any case, you should not slander your own brother so viciously. Like this How can you be worthy of the position of Crown Prince with your behavior!"

Queen Wei's sharp words almost instantly gained the upper hand, pushing Xiao Jinzhi into a dilemma of framing his own brother.

Dali Si frowned slightly and wanted to defend Xiao Jinzhi, but for a moment he didn't know what to say.
As for the other courtiers, although they were suspicious in their hearts and felt that His Highness the Crown Prince was not like this, they had to admit that what Queen Wei said was reasonable. The previous rumors were too clear. If they did not come from the Crown Prince's Mansion, it would be difficult to Imagine who else would start such a rumor.

But unfortunately, His Highness the Crown Prince denied the confession again...

Xiao Rongxuan felt very happy when he saw that Xiao Jinzhi was silent and even showed a faint look of embarrassment.

"Father, what the queen said is right. The emperor must have wanted to frame my son for this matter. Please ask my father to uphold justice, restore my son's innocence, and at the same time severely punish those who spread rumors!"

Oh, I didn’t expect Xiao Jinzhi to be unable to give a confession. He was simply asking for death!

Emperor Xiao glanced at Queen Wei, with a hint of displeasure in his eyes.

Feeling this gaze, Queen Wei trembled slightly. She also knew that the words she just said would most likely anger Emperor Xiao.

After all, in Xiao Di's view, this royal study was never a place where a woman like him could dictate, but for Xuan'er, she didn't care much at this moment.

After stabilizing her figure, Queen Wei bowed to Emperor Xiao and said, "Your Majesty, I am a little unbecoming of a concubine, but I just want to ask for the truth and justice. Please forgive me."

"Mother, do you really want to seek truth and justice? Or are you just trying to protect your third brother?" Xiao Jinzhi said in a low tone.

"Prince, you and Xuan'er are both from this palace. Naturally, I will not favor one over the other. But if you do such a wrong thing, there is really no way for me to favor you." Queen Wei spoke without hesitation.

Xiao Jinzhi looked at her and smiled bitterly after a while.

"My son is no longer an ignorant child, and he can see many things clearly. Although my son has always told me that even if my mother loves my third brother, she will naturally have the same mother-child love for my son. But after listening to what my mother said just now... ...Only then did I realize that I was wrong, and how wrong I was."

Queen Wei frowned, "Prince, what you are saying now has no meaning. If you hadn't deliberately framed me and done something wrong, I wouldn't have..."

"My son indeed did something wrong."

Xiao Jinzhi interrupted Queen Wei's words, sighed heavily, and knelt down in front of Emperor Xiao.

"Father, I made a mistake. I should not have ignored the law and deliberately concealed it just because I cared about the relationship between mother and son. Please forgive me, Father!"

Emperor Xiao looked at Xiao Jinzhi suspiciously, "Prince, what do you mean by this?"

Xiao Jinzhi took out the paper from his sleeve and said, "For the record, father, this is the criminal's confession."

(End of this chapter)