"I am Liu Yu, a commoner. My father is... the late Marquis of Pingyao. My mother is Yu Chen, a native of Kyoto..." Yu Sangzi said this in despair, almost in tears.
"I vaguely remember that the daughter of Pingyao Marquis died two years ago while trying to save the commoner Xiao Changmin." Emperor Youning's voice was filled with ice.
The incident at that time was quite a big deal. When Xiao Changmin was attacked, Yu Sangzi stepped forward to rescue him. Because of this, Yu Sangning, a concubine's daughter, was qualified to become a legitimate daughter and marry Xiao Changmin, who was still the King of Zhao.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, please allow me to report this. I had someone I loved, so I bribed the knight and took the opportunity to escape. All this was due to my recklessness. I cannot atone for my crime even if I die a hundred times." Yu Sangzi made up her mind and took all the blame on herself.
Emperor Youning laughed when he heard this: "What a great Marquis of Pingyao! He is truly a loyal minister and good general to me!"
As for the matter of Minjiang River, because Shen Xihe had a brilliant idea at the last moment and wrote a letter to the governor of Jiannan on behalf of Yu Xiang early on, Yu Xiang became a loyal minister after his death, and a meritorious person whose good advice was not adopted by Xiao Changyan. Emperor Youning restored Yu Xiang's title, and he only had to wait for Yu Sangning's brother to complete the mourning period so that he could inherit the title.
Now the crime of deceiving the emperor is inevitable!
"How did you conceal your true feelings that day? Why don't you tell the truth? If you tell me anything false, I will kill all nine generations of your family!"
Emperor Youning was really angry, how could Yu Sangzi dare to hide anything
However, she still hasn't realized that Yu Sangning was the mastermind behind everything. Even the fake death drug that Yu Sangning provided her, she said she found it by chance at Yu Sangning's place and asked for it from Yu Sangning.
Emperor Youning felt that he had underestimated Yu's concubine's daughter. As expected, she was raised away from home since she was a child, and she had many clever skills!
Yu Sangning still had the fake death drug in his hand. Emperor Youning directly sent people to search Yu’s mansion, and they found more than just the fake death drug.
However, Emperor Youning didn't take it seriously. He held the bottle of fake death medicine and said, "Today we are here to investigate the mysterious death of Li in the East Palace..."
Emperor Youning briefly picked out the important parts of Li Yanyan's story and said at the end: "Li's death is a mystery. The letter in Li's hand is related to the assassination of the emperor. What do you think I should do?"
Several ministers looked at each other in bewilderment. First, they interrogated Yu Sangzi's fake death, and then they held the fake death medicine in their hands. The emperor's intentions were obvious.
The emperor suspected that the prince was faking his death, just like Yu Sangzi. A fake death could not only allow her to live with her lover, but also save her family from the crime of disobeying the emperor's order, and also allow her to preserve her wealth and glory.
Wasn't it the Eastern Palace that took advantage of the Crown Prince's death
With the incident of Yu Sangzi in mind, several ministers did not dare to openly refute it. Moreover, the suspicion in the emperor's heart was always a thorn. If it was not removed this time, it might explode in the future and might be more serious.
But they didn't dare to agree to open the coffin. After all, that was the crown prince. If the coffin really contained the crown prince, how would the situation end
No one can afford the cost of opening the coffin!
"Your Majesty, the Crown Prince was stabbed to death in public. If it was faked, wouldn't it be the Eighth Prince's conspiracy? Otherwise, how could the Eighth Prince have any chance to escape this sword?" Tao Zhuanxian always protected his granddaughter, "The Imperial Medical Bureau's order and two chancellors were deceived
The coffin was kept in the East Palace for seven days, and the palace maids watched over it day and night. How could a living person lie in a coffin for seven days and still be alive?"