The emperor's mobility is obviously extraordinary. Only then did he realize that Yuan Buwei seemed to have loosened his attitude here, and he immediately fulfilled his "promise" when he turned around.
On this day, the people of the empire were fortunate enough to enjoy a wonderful scene. A long list of trials was posted on the official website of the trial hall. The third prince of the empire, Xiwen, followed closely behind. They are not unknown people, they are all people with names and surnames in the hearts of the people. Counting from the beginning to the end, there were nearly a hundred people. In the end? It's all characters that everyone is not familiar with.
There are great nobles, high-ranking military officials, former subordinate officers of "Wu Heng", and even the deceased Auchan is on this trial list.
As those who participated in the big case of #极带帝国军军造国#, these people were sentenced to minor or serious crimes according to their degree of participation. But even for the lightest class, you have to be imprisoned for at least seven years.
The one with the heaviest sentence is naturally the third prince of the empire, Xiwen. The third prince, who had been acquiesced by countless people as the future heir of the empire, was sentenced to the highest penalty in the empire, "exile", because he had planned everything single-handedly.
And on the star network, no one speaks for him. Even the big and small families or forces that once surrounded him have all dispersed at this time.
As for the citizens of the empire who once praised the third prince of the empire for being approachable and talented, they all swallowed their previous words one after another, and instead began to condemn him for being scheming and used to pretending that he had deceived everyone for so long. Got it? Everyone misunderstood the "Wuheng" commander. He also scolded him for being ruthless and merciless, for having harmed so many people for his own selfish desires.
How fierce they were when they scolded "Wu Heng" at the beginning, but now it has almost doubled to the third prince. It's as if everything is repeating itself, only with a different protagonist.
Only a few sober people watched all this silently and coldly, as if they were watching an absurd and funny comedy.
As soon as the verdict came out, the third prince Xiwen, who was far away in the prison of the trial hall, knew about it.
During this period of time, his life was not good. After the transfer, the conditions in the Ninth Hell were much worse than before. Comparing the two, it was like falling from heaven to purgatory.
The attitude of the judge back then made Xiwen vaguely guess what. During the time in prison, he has been actively operating, trying to find ways to contact the outside world—after all, he is also the most likely heir candidate of the former empire. Of course he has his own influence.
It's just that the Ninth Prison is much stricter than other places. When the third prince Xiwen finally got in touch with his absolute confidant, he found that the outside world had turned upside down.
The huge interest groups that once surrounded him like stars and moons fell apart in a short period of time and collapsed into dust. The peripheral forces who originally wanted to hug his thighs ran the fastest, and they also learned how to backstab and report him; followed by those who had certain interests with him, but even if they cut them, they would not be able to hurt their tendons. The people who were at the bottom of their bones, seeing that the wind direction was not right before, they also gritted their teeth and retreated; when the emperor's attitude was clearly and unmistakably shown, even those who had deep entanglements with the third prince's interests were not involved in framing "Ukraine" The few nobles who were involved in the "horrific" incident, all rushed to cut off their wrists... Now, the only ones who are willing to stay on the wrecked ship of the third prince Xiwen, and who are willing to tip the news to him, are his absolute confidants and loyalists. up. Whether it's out of loyalty, or because of both prosperity and loss, it is impossible for them to cut off from Xiwen, and they can only go one way? To the dark, they hope that the third prince will come back from a desperate situation.
It is precisely because there are still a very small number of loyalists that the Third Prince, who is in the ninth prison, finally learned of the outside world after suffering for a period of time.
The public opinion was the worst before. Countless people called for the severe punishment of the culprit. When welcoming back the glory of the empire, the third prince still tried to struggle to the death, still harboring a faint hope, even though he knew it was probably a self-deception.
—Now he has no bargaining chip, but the identity of the third prince of the empire is the biggest bargaining chip! He doesn't expect to be acquitted, but at least, at least it's possible to get? Some lenient sentence, right
—If it is really done according to the laws of the empire, he will definitely be sentenced to exile. But how is the law of the empire so fair that it treats the royal family, nobles and civilians equally? As long as his royal father still has a little bit of intolerance towards his own son and is willing to use some privileges a little bit, he can hope to obtain a certain pardon.
Even though? I already knew that the most important thing in the emperor's heart was the eldest prince back then, but he wouldn't be so ruthless to himself, right? Xiwen thought silently in his heart.
But he is also very clear that what the emperor wants to do most now is to bring back "Wu Heng". He thinks it clearly, as long as he is not sentenced to exile, he is willing to bear the burden of humiliation and try his best to go. To let "Wu Heng" vent his anger, he is even willing to go in person? To welcome the person back, to lie low in front of the other party, and let that People are addicted to revenge... Silently thinking about future plans, Xiwen gradually gained some confidence in his heart. He thought that when the emperor summoned him, he would reveal all his plans, and he must cooperate well to stage a show of pleading guilty.
Although this was a great humiliation to him, the sober and rational Xiwen was willing to endure this humiliation for the time being, silently waiting for an opportunity to turn around in the future.
It's a pity that even if Xiwen has all the calculations in his heart, how can he explain himself, while feeling humiliated and unwilling, and at the same time swallowing all the grievances and humiliations? A big play, but still can not wait until the emperor summoned.
The other party seems to have completely forgotten. There is a son who is locked up in the prison of the trial hall, waiting for trial. He has no intention of meeting him and asking the truth.
Immediately afterwards, a trial list was photographed on Xiwen's face, together with the verdict of exile—
It's not good for him to be a bolt from the blue.
After the judge who came to inform him finished the judgment of the empire, Xiwen almost stood up from the ground with a "babble" and his face changed: "This is impossible!"
Facing the slightly weird and mocking eyes of the judge, Xi Wen forced himself to remain calm, wiped his face and said, "I mean, the laws of the empire are fair and strict, and a conviction requires a complete chain of evidence. After a public trial in the courtroom, it has never Heard? He said that he was directly convicted and sentenced without trial. This point, even the emperor of the empire, can’t go against it, right?”
In fact, he still has many chances. After all, there is no evidence. Even the witness Auchan has been killed. As long as he does not admit his crime, what can the court do with him
Just considering that his father may be very eager to welcome his eldest brother back, all this is already the general trend of the empire, and the result of his stubbornness is that Wu Heng is unwilling to come back, and he will also suffer from the empire, especially his brother. The rejection of a father, the future is bound to end? It won't be easy.
After weighing the pros and cons, Xiwen thought about taking a step back, pleading guilty and welcoming Wu Heng back, at least stabilizing his impression in the emperor's heart, at worst, let Wu Heng be satisfied for a while, and wait for the other party to hand over the method to cure the genetic collapse, and use the value Exhausted, in the future, he will have a chance to push the opponent down again, and start all over again.
But now, the emperor's decision was like a slap in the head on his forehead, like a line of bright characters covering his body, telling him very straightforwardly and cruelly - he was given up!
This made Xiwen unable to think about it anymore. In a hurry, he directly cited the laws of the empire to suppress people: "Conviction without trial is illegal. I don't plead guilty, I don't accept it! Even if it is true There is not enough evidence to convict me!"
The emperor did clean up some things for him at the beginning, but those were not enough to form a closed chain of evidence pointing to him, otherwise the emperor would not have believed him? It was because of jealousy that he hurt people, because from the beginning to the end, the most critical He never let others know the steps.
And now, this seems to be the only life-saving straw he can grasp. He just stared at the judge so hard that the veins on his forehead popped out one by one.
The other party just spread their hands helplessly: "How dare we violate the laws of the empire? Of course there will be a trial. There will be a trial. Don't worry, Your Highness. I just informed you of the result of the trial in advance so that you can prepare mentally early."
"—As for the evidence, didn't Commander Wu Heng always say it all? He was innocent, why he was convicted, I thought you should understand very well, Your Highness."
Xiwen was startled, his complexion turned pale.
The judge shook his head slightly. He laughed, showing some inexplicable sarcasm, and only looked down at the embarrassing third prince from a high position:
"As for the evidence? Your Majesty said there is, so there is."
When the people left lightly, Xiwen still stood there rigidly, motionless, like a solidified statue.
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At the same time, in the palace.
The optical brain projection emits illusory and blurred brilliance, shielding everyone in the palace, and the emperor is communicating with the people on the other end.
The screen projection reflected a snow-white space, the snow-white ceiling, the snow-white walls, everything was pale, and even the image of another person became blurred under the influence of some kind of force.
"My own son can give up as much as he wants, and he just uses it to please a counterfeit... As expected of the emperor of the empire, he is cruel enough!" A cold voice came from the other end of the light brain, with a faint smile.
The emperor was expressionless, and his tone seemed to be a little sad: "There is no way. As the prince of the empire, this is the sacrifice he should make for the whole empire."
After just saying a word like this, he turned his attention to another person: "Have you? Haven't? found a way to decipher the "Life Original Liquid" obtained from the Desolate Star Field? "
The person on the other side let out a "tss" and fell silent.
Then the emperor stabbed him lightly: "If you can research the principle of life essence, why should I go to such trouble?"
The tone of the other person gradually changed: "I said that the essence of this life essence is not in line with our long-standing pharmacy system. It seems that a new system has been developed and integrated into it, as if suddenly? Another world just popped up... I don't know anything about it. Give me time! Just give me some more time and I'm sure I'll figure it out!"
When it came to the end?, his tone was almost fanatical.
"Then how many decades? Hundreds of years?"
Seeing that the other party was momentarily at a loss for words, the emperor sighed softly and said calmly, "We don't have that much time, so we can only blame Xiwen for his fate."