Those who were crying with Yan Li and Yan Shijie, as well as the ministers around him, tears welled up in the corners of Rong Changan's eyes.
Yan Li was filled with guilt: "Uncle Huang, I came to see you!"
Yan Shijie was trembling, and fixed his eyes with tearful eyes, it was indeed Yan Li, and hurriedly knelt down: "I don't know if the emperor is here, the old minister is rude!"
Yan Li quickly supported him: "Uncle Huang is suffering!"
Yan Shijie said: "The old minister failed the emperor's kindness and plotted a rebellion. He deserved this little suffering!"
Yan Li helped him to the throne: "Uncle Huang, sit down and talk!"
That was the emperor's special seat, how could Yan Shijie dare to sit there? Besides, now that he is a sinner, he dare not sit down anymore.
"The guilty minister stands, the emperor please sit down!"
No matter how Yan Li tried to persuade him, Yan Shijie refused to sit down.
Rong Changan at the side saw him, and said softly to the jailer, "Go and bring a chair for Uncle Huang, and then boil a pot of hot tea."
The jailer agreed, and hurried out, and after a while, came in with a chair with a tiger skin cushion. General Rong Changan
Pass the chair to Yan Shijie.
"Uncle, please sit down!"
Yan Shijie looked up and was taken aback: "Rong... Empress Rong?" But when he looked carefully, it wasn't Rong Changan, and his eyes became a little puzzled.
Yan Li said to Rong Changan: "This is a talented person from Xue, not Empress Rong."
Yan Shijie was apologetic for his aphasia just now: "It's the guilty minister's eyesight!"
From Yan Li's point of view, "Xue'er" resembles Rong Chang'an in three parts, so it's not surprising that Yan Shijie thinks she is Rong Chang'an.
"Uncle Huang, don't blame yourself, please sit down and talk."
At this time, the jailer had already brought in a case and put a tea set on it. At the same time, Eunuch Lu arranged for people one after another to bring in the heater. Slowly, the prison became warmer.
Yan Shijie lowered his eyebrows and was pleasing to the eye, his previous high-mindedness was only allowed, but nothing remained: "The criminal minister committed the crime of treason, how can he sit beside the emperor! He just polluted the emperor's dragon eyes."
Yan Li: "Didn't the emperor say just now that he was framed by a traitor? Why are you saying now that he is guilty of treason?"
Yan Shijie's body trembled slightly, and his tongue got stuck: "This... this... I just said the wrong thing."
Yan Li looked at Yan Shijie with sharp eyes: "Uncle Huang, I'm here to try this case again. If you have something on your mind, just tell me."
A desolate smile creased on Yan Shijie's face with high cheekbones: "The emperor saw it with his own eyes that day. There was a yellow robe hidden in the sinner's study. What else can the sinner say."
Yan Li: "You were framed, weren't you?"
It is true that Yan Shijie was framed, but what about the evidence? Who framed him? How framed? He couldn't explain why, how could he prove his innocence? So Yan Shijie thought about it, and sighed resignedly.
"The guilty minister has already put a charge on the confession, so what else can I say? I heard that the emperor is merciful and wants to send the guilty minister to Lingnan instead of killing the guilty minister at Caishikou. The guilty minister is already very grateful, my husband What more can I ask for! It's just that before leaving the capital, the guilty minister has a few words that he wants to say to the emperor."
"The emperor has won the world, and everything must be based on the people. If the people are rich, the country will be rich; if the people are happy, the country will be happy. If the people are in hardship, the country will not be peaceful. As the saying goes, when a person is about to die, his words are also good. The bird is about to die, and I feel sad when I speak it. My these few words, the Emperor Wanwang will keep it in his heart, even if the guilty minister dies immediately, he will have no regrets."
When he was about to be sentenced, he was still worrying about state affairs. Who would believe that such a person was plotting rebellion? At that time, Yan Li was only distracted by Rong Changan's affairs, so he didn't think about it carefully, otherwise Yan Shijie would not have been thrown into the sky prison and tortured him.
Yan Li: "I know that you were framed by someone. You put a charge on the confession because you wanted to get rid of the humiliation in front of you as soon as possible, and wanted to die. How could I not know this!"
Yan Shijie still had a self-deprecating sneer: "If the emperor says that I was framed, is there any evidence?"
When asked by Yan Shijie, Yan Li couldn't answer. Yes, the key is to find evidence. It would be fine if Rong Changan caught the person who sent the yellow robe to Yan Shijie's study that day.
"This... I'm looking for it."
Yan Shijie: "Without evidence, how can the emperor say that I was framed by others? If there is no evidence, how can he convince the ministers and the people of the world? The emperor rules the world by law, and the law pays attention to evidence. I hope the emperor will not, because of personal feelings, And undermine the country's rule of law."
Yan Li turned Qiu Zhun's eyes to Rong Chang'an.
Rong Chang'an said: "Uncle Huang, if there is no evidence to prove your innocence, but there is not enough evidence to prove that you rebelled."
"Xue'er" was the first person who argued for Yan Shijie, without any blood relationship.
Yan Shijie couldn't help casting a strange look at her. A small talented person dared to argue for the sinner who "conspired against the great treason", so we can see what a brave woman she is.
"I am very pleased that Xue'er can speak for me. At that time, the emperor witnessed that there was a yellow robe hidden in my study. This is the greatest evidence and the most irrefutable evidence."
Rong Changan didn't understand. Ordinary people want to prove their innocence with their lives, but Yan Shijie is better. He hopes to be convicted as soon as possible.
This all stems from the nobility of the literati! Rong Chang'an didn't think Yan Shijie was stupid, but admired his literati arrogance even more.
Rong Changan smiled respectfully: "Since the emperor must say that he is really rebellious, then I would like to ask the emperor a few words. If the emperor can answer, the emperor and I will be sure that you are really rebellious."
Yan Shijie: "What does the talent want to ask?"
Rong Changan poured a cup of hot tea for Yan Shijie first: "Uncle Huang, drink a cup of tea first, let's talk slowly." Afterwards, he also poured a cup for Yan Li.
After Yan Shijie drank the tea, his frozen body slowly warmed up, and a blush gradually appeared on his face.
Rong Changan took two steps, his bright eyes were deep: "Excuse me, Uncle Emperor, why did you rebel?"
Yan Shijie: "The confession is very clear. Empress Rong and I..." Yan Shijie knew that he had said something wrong, so he hurriedly cast an apologetic look at Yan Li, and changed his words, "I have an old relationship with Rongshu, and because she killed her Prince, I was dispatched to a border thousands of miles away. I was afraid of being implicated, so I rebelled."
A cloud of pain appeared between Rong Chang'an's brows: "Whether Rong Shuren is the real culprit who killed the prince, I will not say for now. Your motive for rebellion is indeed barely audible. You ordered the yellow robe because you planned to become the emperor." ?"
Yan Shijie: "Isn't conspiracy to become emperor?"
Rong Changan smiled slightly: "Uncle Huang wants to be the emperor of a dynasty?"
Yan Shijie was puzzled: "I don't understand what it means that Xue'er is talented?"
Rong Chang'an hit the nail on the head: "Who will help the uncle seize the emperor's country?"
Yan Shijie was speechless, not knowing how to respond: "Yes..."
Rong Changan asked further: "Could it be that you alone can overthrow the emperor's country? Can you defeat a hundred thousand northern troops? Can you defeat tens of thousands of guards?"