But no one thought that Emperor Longqing would pursue the matter. Du Ziling was just a minor censor, and no one took him seriously. Jiang Songwen was in high spirits at the time, and he hated people related to Prince Linjiang. He was eager to give the Wei family and Prince Linjiang a warning, so he didn't hesitate to kill Du Ziling who came up to plead for mercy.
He was too eager to establish his authority and wanted to let everyone in the world see the consequences of going against their Jiang family.
But there was indeed no accident at that time, and even Jiang Zining himself felt that it was nothing serious.
To them, human life is not something that is worth paying much attention to.
Emperor Longqing obeyed their orders at that time, the Wei family had already ceased their activities, Prince Linjiang was imprisoned, Shen Chen was helpless, the situation was very good for them, and there was no need to be cautious at all.
In fact, after Du Ziling died, there were even fewer people in the court who dared to go against them. The Wei family was even more deserted, and even the Wei family's relatives did not dare to visit.
Jiang Zining felt a severe headache and was groggy. He only knew that something was wrong and did not answer a single word.
Emperor Longqing sneered, and suddenly got angry and picked up a pillow beside him and smashed it on Jiang Zining's head: "I know that you, the father and son of the Jiang family, are arrogant, and I know that you have dirty hands, but I always care about the relationship between the monarch and his subjects. I always care about you as my old minister who has come all the way from the Qiandi Palace, and I always can't bear to touch you! But you repay me like this, treat me like this!"
Jiang Zining was immediately stunned by this barrage of scolding.
When he entered the palace today, he originally thought that Emperor Longqing only wanted to ask about Chu Jingmeng and Chu Jingqian and to ask for his opinion. Although he felt that it was a bit strange that Emperor Longqing punished Chu Jingmeng and Chu Jingqian too harshly, he did not take it too seriously, thinking that as long as he pleaded well, Emperor Longqing would change his mind.
But he didn't expect that as soon as he entered the palace, Emperor Longqing said a lot of ambiguous words to him, and there was a sense of testing in his words. He swallowed the pleas for Chu Jingmeng and Chu Jingqian. He originally thought that he would find another way and start with the collusion between Emperor Longqing and Prince Linjiang, which was the most taboo thing for him. He wanted to try his best to turn black into white and plant the blame on Shen Chen, and say that it was Shen Chen who was stirring up trouble and framing others, with the purpose of helping Prince Linjiang get away.
But who knew that Censor Chen was alive.
And the most important thing is that he pointed the finger of blame directly at the Jiang family.
The matter of Du Ziling was originally thought to be a tool for the Jiang family to establish their authority, but now it has become evidence to accuse the Jiang family father and son of meddling in other people's affairs.
No matter how good his tongue was, he didn't know how to explain and defend himself to get himself out of this situation. He glanced at Shen Chen beside him, not knowing how to react.
Shen Chen didn't look at him, but stood aside with his head down, with a completely aloof and respectful attitude.
Jiang Zining was very familiar with this posture. He was used to doing it before and it was what he was best at. He didn't expect that this young man was also so good at it.
But in the past, whenever he showed this attitude, it was when he was watching others in trouble and didn't want to help. Now that he saw it on Shen Chen, he felt particularly uncomfortable.
Emperor Longqing didn't care whether he was comfortable or not. He snorted and nodded to Censor Chen on the side: "Go on."
Censor Chen replied with a "yes" and respectfully took over the previous topic: "I received a suicide letter from Du Ziling... ...I dare not say what is written in the letter. When I received the letter, I really didn't know how to react. I didn't dare to believe it, but I didn't dare not to believe it. Soon Du Ziling died, and I really had no reason not to believe it. I thought about asking Your Majesty to take a look at the letter with your own eyes so that you can make a decision. Who knew that I received news that my family members had accidents..."
As he spoke, his eyes turned red, and he spoke out all his grievances: "It doesn't matter if I got into trouble, but the crime really shouldn't be implicated in my family. The Jiang family's father and son's perverse actions are really too much..."
Jiang Zining was shocked by his words. He didn't expect that it was all a move from Du Ziling on.
In this case, Du Ziling's pleading was not stupid at all, nor was it a plea on behalf of her teacher. Instead, it was a brilliant move, a move that was waiting for them to come forward and fall into a trap.
He was frightened by such a thought, and looked at Shen Chen in front of him with complicated and horrified eyes, and did not interrupt him for a while.
Censor Chen then continued: "I don't know what to do after such a thing happened to me. Who would have thought that the matter would not end here? I am already like a dog that has lost its home, but the father and son of the Jiang family are still pressing me step by step. I guess it is because they know the existence of the secret letter that they actually want to kill me..."
Jiang Zining was immediately furious. He finally caught something and pointed at him and said, "You are talking nonsense! It was not me who attacked you. It has been found out that it was Chu Jingmeng and Chu Jingqian. You don't even know who attacked you, but you are absurdly accusing me. It's really ridiculous!"
But he regretted it right after he finished speaking, because Censor Chen looked at him and laughed strangely, and then said: "What's so strange about this? The ones who attacked my family before were Chu Jingmeng and Chu Jingqian. They have already surrendered to you and are your lackeys. They do whatever you say and obey you. If you want me to die, of course you don't have to do it yourself. They naturally want to rush to show their loyalty."
Jiang Zining was stunned, looking at the person in front of him with some disbelief but also some sudden enlightenment.
It turns out the killer move is here.
Du Ziling and these things seemed scattered and without focus, but they were actually connected together, all coming towards them, one by one, together they became the knife hanging over their heads.
They fell into this trap willingly, and little by little, they fell into the trap of Shen Chen and his gang, and invisibly violated the taboo of Emperor Longqing.
Emperor Longqing ignored how frightened Jiang Zining was, and the smile on his face was indescribably gloomy. As soon as Censor Chen finished speaking, he asked, "What's the evidence?"
This already means that you believe it, otherwise there would not be this question.
Shen Chen's plan was so ingenious and he paid so much attention to the details that he lure them into the trap little by little.
Kill Du Ziling, punish Chen Yushi, and let Chu Jingmeng and Chu Jingqian come forward...
Shen Chen's scheming is so deep! He can still endure it to this extent. This boy is really terrifying... (To be continued)