He was furious, but he did not feel guilty. He obviously thought this was a pure frame-up. He gritted his teeth and looked at Emperor Yuanfeng. He tried to hold back but couldn't: "Your Majesty, I have never commented on the princes. I know I am not qualified to do so. I did the same to the crown prince back then. But now..."
Emperor Yuanfeng looked at him with interest and asked, "How is it now?"
"Now I have to complain. I feel that today's incident was directed at our Song family. I don't know how we have offended His Royal Highness Prince Zhuang or the Qin family to the point that they put the blame on us for murdering the heir to the throne!" He simply said it, obviously furious: "Even if it's not Prince Zhuang, there must be someone who wants to use this to frame us! And I don't believe that the person who can do such a curse in Prince Zhuang's mansion can hide it from His Royal Highness Prince Zhuang. I don't know about others, but my family has never had any dealings with Lai Bin, let alone any collusion with Tie Cong. I just think all these things are traps dug by others, just waiting for us to fall into them!"
The two people next to him were surprised that he would point his finger at King Zhuang, and they were stunned and frightened.
Emperor Yuanfeng was not angry. He nodded meaningfully and said, "Uncle, there is no need to be so angry. I will make a fair judgment on right and wrong. I will give you an explanation later."
Song Heng also looked at the two people coldly, and said in a light but indifferent tone: "If it is confirmed that it is a false accusation, I will definitely skin them alive!"
The two men couldn't help but shudder. Who didn't know that Song Heng had really skinned Xu Rui? They were a little panicked, but when they thought of Chen Haohui, they calmed down.
It has been planned for a long time, and with the interconnected evidence and witnesses, Chen Haohui is now able to make the final decision. As long as Chen Haohui comes, the matter will be a done deal.
I just don’t know why the jade pendant was replaced
Chen Haohui clearly said that he exchanged it through someone close to Song Heng, so it should have been done without anyone knowing.
This still made them a little uneasy.
Moreover, the emperor's reaction was not right. Logically speaking, the play had already gone to this extent, and he should have been furious - after all, the matter of the former crown prince had always been a huge taboo for him, not to mention witchcraft.
Now that he has lost his grandson, is under a witchcraft curse, and the former crown prince's orphan is suspected to be raised by the Song family, his reaction is too indifferent.
Emperor Yuanfeng was indeed not in a hurry, but Concubine Li, who was waiting in Jiqing Palace, was so worried that she couldn't eat. She pushed away the bird's nest porridge brought by the servants and anxiously asked her son for assurance again: "Are you sure everything is arranged? This is not a joke. If there is anything wrong, we will be finished."
Seeing her panic, King Zhuang smiled indifferently and said, "Mother, why are you still so worried?"
Just then, a young eunuch ran in and whispered, "Your Highness, Taiji Hall has summoned Chen Haohui."
Prince Zhuang immediately looked at Concubine Li with pride, waved his hand to let the eunuch leave, took the bowl from the palace servant and served Concubine Li himself, and raised his eyebrows with a smile: "Look, the final trump card has come, the good show is almost over."
Concubine Li had also heard of Chen Haohui. She hesitated and took a mouthful of bird's nest, a little incredulous: "When did you bribe him?"
He is Song Che's adopted son. Everyone in the capital knows that he is Song Che's confidant and is loyal to him.
If he stood up, the meaning would certainly be different.
Concubine Li's mood finally improved a lot. It was better for her son to know what was going on than to act rashly. She coughed for a while and leaned against the pillow with some worry: "If this thing succeeds, your life will be better."
King Zhuang smiled and replied, "Yes, the reason why the child could not be saved was because the former crown prince's family was resentful and deliberately cursed. Father, of course, must pity me, an innocent person implicated. In addition, I have been working hard as an assistant in the Ministry of Works during this period, and I have done a good job in repairing the palace. Both publicly and privately, it is time for me to step forward."
It was rare for the mother and son to speak so clearly. Concubine Li knew that he was really confident, so she frowned and said, "Even if it is so, don't be arrogant. You still have a long way to go, and there is still the fifth prince in front of you."
Speaking of the fifth prince, King Zhuang sneered: "With a person like him, what can he accomplish?"
He is just a child whose hair has not even fully grown. Concubine Pang is too cautious and tries too hard to please his father, but ends up raising the Fifth Prince to be ignorant of everything. Such a person can only be a rich and idle person.
Could it be that the emperor doesn't know what's going on
He really doesn't take the Fifth Prince seriously.
Concubine Li frowned, thinking that he was a little too proud, but thinking of the current situation, she didn't say anything, just said: "I don't know what the Imperial Study said."
In the imperial study, Chen Haohui knelt down as soon as he came in.
Emperor Yuanfeng waved his hand and asked him to stand up. He did not talk about business first, but just asked him: "I heard that your eldest grandson is having his third birthday?"
Chen Haohui responded hurriedly, then looked at Song Heng hesitantly.
"Do you know these two people?" Emperor Yuanfeng pointed at the man and woman kneeling on the ground and asked Chen Haohui.
Chen Haohui followed his gaze and was stunned, his eyes widened in disbelief.
The woman excitedly called out to Master Chen, "Don't you recognize me? When you went to Baihe to see the little prince, you met me again. You didn't have the heart to kill me, so you just let me go far away and never mention the little prince's life experience again in your life. Have you forgotten?!"
Chen Haohui's face suddenly turned pale, and he didn't know how to deal with it for a moment.
Song Che was a little anxious: "Haohui, tell me quickly, these people are just talking nonsense and deliberately framing me!"
Chen Haohui was a little hesitant.
Emperor Yuanfeng stared at him, his tone without any emotion, and he said, "Why, is there something you can't tell me?"
Song Che's eyes widened: "Haohui!"
Chen Haohui closed his eyes.
The man also spoke up: "Sir Chen, we know that you value friendship and loyalty, but don't you understand the principles of heaven, earth, the emperor, parents and teachers?! What is the identity of the little prince? Are you going to continue to hide it and watch the Song family push the little prince to do something even more irreparable? Sir, you only care about the favor of the Song family, but you want to be a disloyal person?!"
Song Che was extremely angry: "This is nonsense!"
Chen Haohui fell to his knees in pain, kowtowed, and said bitterly: "Foster father, I can no longer lie against my conscience..."