In the past few days, Wang Zheng has consulted several coroners, and they all confirmed that Wang Erlang definitely committed suicide by banging his head against the wall without any external restraint or urging, which resulted in such wounds and the blood-spattered pattern on the wall of the Dali Temple cell.
Wang Zheng knelt in the main hall with his head bowed and remained silent.
"I heard that you agreed to the autopsy. Have you found out that Wang Erlang was poisoned?" Emperor Youning asked again.
Wang Zheng could only kowtow and answer, "No."
"Even if it is said that Wang Erlang really committed suicide?" Emperor Youning asked.
Wang Zheng remained silent again. This was the result of the investigation. However, he still did not believe that his eldest grandson would commit suicide.
Wang Zheng's attitude made Emperor Youning laugh in anger: "Do you think he committed suicide because he couldn't bear the torture, or did he commit suicide to save you?"
"Your Majesty..." Wang Zheng's face was sad. He opened his mouth and wanted to say that he had no intention of harming the prince, but he couldn't explain clearly what Emperor Youning showed him about the Lantern Festival last time. He had a history of harming the prince, and even if his original intention was just to force the prince to show his hand, he didn't dare to kill the crown prince.
However, it is too pale to explain these now.
"Wang Zheng, I helped you rise from the second son to the top of the family, surpassing your elder brother." Emperor Youning looked at Wang Zheng expressionlessly, "I helped you rise from a ninth-rank official to one of the three prime ministers today. I think I have done you justice."
Wang Zheng's eyes were red, and he kowtowed again: "Your Majesty, I am deeply grateful for your kindness, and I can only repay you with my loyalty. Over the years, I have worked diligently and have not dared to disobey Your Majesty in the slightest. It was only during the Lantern Festival that I was too anxious and disrespectful to the Crown Prince. Please punish me, Your Majesty."
He only acknowledged the events of the Lantern Festival, and the rest were not his doing. He never thought that one day he would fall into such a big trap, and the person who set the trap for him was just a young man.
The Crown Prince, the person ignored by everyone, is the most terrifying person.
He was so cruel that he risked destroying his eyes with poison in order to deal with himself.
Until this moment, neither Wang Zheng nor Emperor Youning had thought that Xiao Huayong's eyes had been injured before.
It was because Xiao Huayong was still intact when he returned to Beijing. As far as they knew, his eyes had never been damaged since he returned to Beijing.
"Jizhou is short of a county governor, you go." Emperor Youning said tiredly after a long time.
Wang Zheng closed his eyes in despair before bowing his head to express his gratitude: "Your Majesty, the Crown Prince is definitely not an ordinary person, Your Majesty..."
"The Crown Prince is my legitimate son. I trained Wu Lang and Ba Lang because he didn't live long." Emperor Youning interrupted Wang Zheng, "If he could live long and be able to take on important responsibilities, why would I need to train others?"
"The Crown Prince and Your Majesty are not of the same mind..." Wang Zheng argued hastily.
Upon hearing this, Emperor Youning smiled in an incomprehensible way: "I was also a prince. Can you tell me which of my sons is of the same mind as me?"
Wang Zheng was speechless.
Any prince who wants to be emperor cannot be of the same mind as the emperor, and Emperor Youning never deceives himself on this point.
"The Crown Prince is marrying Shen, Your Majesty..."
Emperor Youning waved his hand and said, "You can leave now and set off as soon as possible."
Wang Jia Erlang committed suicide in prison, and Wang Zheng was demoted to Jizhou as a county governor, a poor and barren place. He was demoted several levels. This was an explanation to the crown prince. The Minister of War was promoted to the Minister of Menxia Province, and the Minister of War was succeeded by Pei Zhan, the general of the Jinwu Guard.