The mistress of the Hou family went crazy after doting on concubines and killing their wives.

Chapter 247 Putting the Blame on Duke Qin

The chief doctor wiped his sweat and hurried over: "Your Majesty, the wound is too deep, I dare not pull out the dagger, we have to carry the patient to a quiet and safe place."

"Then carry it to the side hall of Zichen Palace where I usually rest. Go quickly."

Xie Zhiyan was carried away, and Qin Wan followed closely behind.

Emperor Heng looked at Li Haochuan coldly: "Come here, take him to jail!"

Li Haochuan was anxious: "Father, I didn't kill anyone. I was just testing him. He already had a knife wound on his chest, and I just poked it with chopsticks."

Feng Wenjun hurriedly said, "Your Majesty, we cannot wrongly accuse the eldest prince. Why not send someone to find out who the dagger belongs to."

Emperor Heng nodded upon hearing this: "The Queen is indeed very thoughtful. You go."

He spoke to the eunuch he trusted most who was standing beside him.

The chief eunuch agreed and left.

After a while, the person came back.

"Your Majesty, the dagger does belong to the Crown Prince, and it was given to him by Your Majesty on his birthday last year."

Li Haochuan was stunned: "I lost this dagger a long time ago. Someone framed me!"

Lu Chongshan stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, no one saw whether the dagger was brought by the eldest prince or was framed by someone. We must not wrongly accuse the eldest prince."

Jin Yuxian happened to be standing next to him and snorted, "Marquis Wenxin means that Lord Xie just escaped death and wanted to kill himself with a dagger?"

"What wouldn't he do to frame the eldest prince?" Lu Chongshan said coldly.

Tang Qijun entered the palace with his father and sister. He was following not far behind Xie Zhiyan. When he rushed forward, he saw the dagger stuck in Xie Zhiyan's chest. He regretted it very much.

Hearing that Lu Chongshan was so shameless and rude, he stood up and said angrily: "Why did he frame the eldest prince? Could it be that the eldest prince was possessed by a demon? It seems that everyone says that Lord Yan and Lord Xie are the same person? It's so funny. We have been colleagues with Lord Xie for so many years. Although Yan Yunhe is not familiar with him, the two are simply naturally different. One is ruthless and the other is gentle. The eldest prince is crazy about eliminating dissidents!"

It happened that Tang Qijun was Xie Zhiyan's subordinate before.

"I personally saw the eldest prince holding something in his hand and stabbing it towards Lord Xie's chest."

"I have seen it too."

Some people stood up one after another.

Emperor Heng looked at Li Haoyu and asked, "You were standing with them just now. What did you hear and see?"

Li Haoyu bowed and said, "Father, I dare not speak because Lord Xie is my tutor and we have a close relationship. I am afraid that he will use it as an excuse to accuse me of framing my eldest brother."

"Just say what I tell you to say!" Emperor Heng's face turned cold.

"Yes. Just now, when I saw my eldest brother pulling out the dagger, I wanted to stop him, but it was too late when I rushed over. Lord Xie grabbed my eldest brother's hand and tried to stop him, but Lord Xie was a civil official, so he was powerless and could not resist my eldest brother. Madam Xie also rushed over like me at that time, and she saw it with her own eyes."

The Minister of Justice frowned and said, "Your Majesty, today is the palace banquet. Why don't you take the eldest prince away for the time being and ask him about it tomorrow?"

"Your Majesty!" Qin Wan suddenly came over quickly, lifting her skirt, and knelt on the ground with tears on her face.

"I just saw it with my own eyes. The eldest prince wanted to kill Lord Yan and me, and he wanted to kill the ministers in court. Your Majesty, if such evil deeds are not dealt with severely, how can people in the world believe in the imperial power again?"

"Qin Wan, don't be so rude! His Majesty is the one who makes the decisions here. When is it your turn as a woman to speak nonsense here?" "What's wrong with being a woman? Are women not human beings? Should we allow you to bully us?" Li Yuyi stood up and looked coldly at Duke Sun who had spoken.

Duke Sun choked.

Feng Wenjun said calmly, "Men are allowed to kill, but women are not allowed to cry out for justice. Is this what Lord Sun meant?"

"Your Majesty, I believe that all other women have the right to appeal for justice, except Qin Wan. This is because Duke Qin's mansion is guilty of corruption, treason and betrayal!"

Shen Zhang suddenly stood up.

Qin Wan turned her head and looked at him in astonishment: "Master Shen, what did you say?"

She suddenly felt like she was struck by lightning. It turned out that this was the reason why her uncle was killed in her previous life.

Shen Zhang, why is it Shen Zhang?

The whole hall was filled with exclamations, followed by a flurry of discussions.

Emperor Heng frowned: "Master Shen, you think the matter is not big enough, right? How can you talk about such a thing casually?"

Shen Zhang pulled out a note from his sleeve and said, "Your Majesty, this is the note I found that Duke Qin's mansion was reselling military rations to the northern border. It has all the evidence and witnesses."

Emperor Heng looked extremely ugly.

But my heart was churning.

The Duke of Qin was the only person with the highest status left among those who supported him in seizing power, and he also held military power.

He had long wanted to find an opportunity to eliminate the Qin Guogong Mansion.

"Father, this must be a false accusation!" Li Haoyu couldn't help it. This was too ridiculous.

"Why? Reporting to Duke Qin's Mansion is a false accusation. Saying that Xie Zhiyan framed the eldest prince is also a false accusation. Is Your Highness the Crown Prince just trying to protect his own shortcomings?"

Lu Qiankun stood up and snorted, "Your Majesty, please allow me to report. Lord Shen had already found out the clues and had discussed it with my father. My father felt sorry for Duke Qin who had left an orphan and a widow, and Qin Wan married a dead man, so he postponed reporting it. Who knew that Xie Zhiyan, in order to help the Qin family, would divert the blame and plant the evidence on other ministers. We could no longer tolerate it and made the truth public."

There were voices of discussion in the hall.

Nowadays, eighty percent of the officials above the third rank who can hold office in the court are from noble families or their children. For a time, all the voices were directed against the Qin Mansion.

Qin Wan stood up suddenly and turned around to face the crowd who were criticizing her. She was burning with anger and resentment like a storm, and she could no longer bear it.

She glared at him and said coldly, "Why don't you ask, among the martyrs of my Qin family and the Qin family army, which one of them sacrificed his life for military merit before dying in battle?! At the gate of Jiyang City, there stands a stone tablet eight feet high, engraved with names. Which one of them died for wealth and glory?! My cousins ​​died when they were less than fifteen years old. Did they die for trivial interests?! They died for the peace and prosperity of our country! For justice!"

"How much silver can a mere ration be exchanged for? My Qin Army's millions of heroes will bow to the northern Tartars for a mere ration! You are insulting my Qin Army's millions of dead souls, and even more so, your Majesty's heart to protect the country! You, you are the ones with wolfish ambitions and ulterior motives!"

"And I, Qin Wan, am just a woman. I don't want wealth or titles. I just want my grandfather, my uncles and aunts, my cousins, and the Qin family soldiers who died unjustly to live! Silver and money are shit!"

"Only people like you who are obsessed with profit would resort to sinister and despicable means for the sake of so-called merit and money. You only know how to poison and stab people from behind! People like you will go to the eighteenth level of hell after you die, and you will never be able to be reborn!"

Lu Qiankun was forced to retreat step by step by the girl, his face pale.

There was dead silence all around.