The Queen's face turned pale, but she had nothing to say in her defense. Tutor Liang was also unable to refute for a moment and could only watch the ministers whispering below.
Seeing this, Murong Jie made a gesture to Ni Rong, who understood and turned to leave.
The witness was already outside, but he took the opportunity to announce the Queen's affairs before the witness arrived, because what the Queen did was not enough to warrant punishment but could still arouse public anger.
While everyone was talking, Jie said something to the queen in a low voice. No one else could hear it, except the queen. He said, "You can admit or deny what will happen later, but the consequence of denying it is that the matter between Concubine Yi and the prince will be made public. You should consider it carefully."
"Are you threatening me?" the queen said through gritted teeth.
Murong Jie smiled faintly, "That's what I learned from the Queen. Didn't you threaten Ah Xin in the same way? The Queen will have to endure as much grievance as he endured tonight, but the Queen shouldn't feel aggrieved, because this is the truth."
After saying this, he sat up straight with a cold expression, not looking at the queen's angry and ferocious face again.
The first person to enter the hall was a monk from the Imperial Temple. The monk told the hall what had happened in the Imperial Temple that day, naturally omitting the part about Concubine Yi.
"That is to say, when the princess brought her people there that day, the prince's two attendants were preparing to attack the princess, right? Master, may I ask, if the princess had arrived a step later, what would have been the consequences?" Ni Rong asked.
The monk was silent for a moment, "A monk wouldn't dare to talk about such dirty things."
"What princess? She is just a bitch, the bitch that useless man likes!" The prince had reached the limit of his patience after listening to the monk's narration. After listening to the monk's narration, he roared regardless of his status.
"Shut up!" The Queen Mother shouted angrily, "As the Crown Prince, you keep calling him a bitch and a useless person. That useless person is your brother, and you harmed him."
"Grandmother, he is framing me. She is clearly a bitch, but he calls himself the Princess of Liang. It is obvious that he wants to frame me and harm the diplomatic relations between the two countries. His purpose is to seize the throne. Grandmother, how can you be so confused? He is a bad guy, a traitor who wants to usurp the throne. You can't be fooled." The prince said anxiously.
"I am confused, very confused!" The Queen Mother was so angry that she trembled. "Don't interrupt me. We will know whether it is true or not later."
After the monks left, the next people to enter the hall were Liang Crown Prince Song Ruiyang and Wang Yier.
Yi'er seemed a little panicked and a little curious. So many people had serious faces. Are they standing up for Big Head Brother
She looked towards the center and saw the Queen Mother. She immediately remembered the grandmother that Big Head Brother mentioned, and ran over in surprise, "You are Big Head Brother's grandmother, right?"
"Yier, don't be rude. She is the current empress dowager." Song Ruiyang said.
Yi'er stopped walking immediately, took back her hand, and said helplessly: "I... I'm sorry, I was just a little excited to see Big Head Brother's grandmother. I've seen her portrait, and Big Head Brother drew a picture for me, and the picture was of this grandmother."
"Your name is Yi'er? The big-headed brother you are talking about is Xin'er, right? Has he ever painted for me in front of you?" The Empress Dowager asked Yi'er.
Yier nodded and said honestly, "Yes, when he painted this, he said this was the only person in the world who truly loved him. He painted many of them. I still have several at home. If you want them, I'll send them to you."
It was just a simple sentence, but after a moment of stunned silence, the Queen Mother burst into tears. She glared at the Queen with resentment and called Yi'er over, "Tell me, was it the Crown Prince who kidnapped you? Did those people bully you?"
Yi Er looked back at the prince and nodded, saying, "It was him. He said he wanted the big head... Brother Liang Wang was so heartbroken that he found two people to humiliate me. This person is very bad. He kept saying bad things about Brother Liang Wang."
"I'm sorry for wronging you, child!" The Queen Mother looked at Song Ruiyang and saw a rage on his handsome face. Although she tried her best to suppress it, it was still clearly visible. She sighed softly and looked at Murong Jie, motioning him to handle the matter.
"Empress Dowager, Prince," Song Ruiyang said calmly after sitting down, "I came here this time to ask for an explanation from the Great Zhou. This happened to my daughter in the capital of the Great Zhou, and it was the crown prince who kidnapped her. Even if I am willing to give up, I am afraid that if the news gets back, the emperor and the people of Daliang will be furious."
The Queen said coldly, "As far as I know, Your Highness has no children yet, right? How come you suddenly have a daughter in the capital of my Great Zhou?"
Song Ruiyang said angrily: "What does the Queen mean by this? Are you implying that I colluded with the Regent to frame your Crown Prince?"
"I don't mean that, but His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has no children yet, and suddenly he has a daughter, which inevitably arouses suspicion." The Queen said lightly.
Song Ruiyang also said coldly: "The Queen thinks too highly of me. In order to collude with your Regent, I deliberately pretended to be a daughter and took the pretended daughter back to Daliang to be recorded in the Imperial Book of the Royal Family."
"Who knows whether the prince will take her back with him when the time comes?" said the queen.
"If the Queen doesn't believe it, why not do a blood test?" Song Ruiyang said coldly.
The queen said nothing and remained silent.
The prince said, "I didn't know she was the princess of Liang State. Who would know about your messy relationship?"
Song Ruiyang said coldly: "Listen to what the prince said. If Yi'er is not my daughter but just a commoner girl, can you let you bully her at will? If so, the women of the Great Zhou should be alert. Their prince, their future emperor, is such a tyrant who takes human life lightly."
"You..." The prince was very angry, "You are talking nonsense."
Song Ruiyang ignored him and looked at Murong Jie, "Your Highness, you must give me an explanation for this matter no matter what. Otherwise, after I return to my country, I will immediately terminate diplomatic relations with the Great Zhou."
His attitude was tough and he was very angry. The clan members and ministers could understand his anger. A princess of the Great Zhou was bullied like this. If the news got out, how would the Liang Kingdom maintain its reputation
When they heard that he wanted to terminate diplomatic relations with the Great Zhou, the clan relatives and ministers became anxious.
Murong Jie said, "Prince, please be patient. I will give you an explanation. Your Highness may leave first. I promise that within three days, I will personally come to the posthouse to plead guilty."
Song Ruiyang stood up and said, "Okay, I will wait for the regent's instructions."
After saying this, he took Yi'er out of the hall.
At this point in the story, the connections between the preceding and following events, including the incident with the blood antelope horn, all show that the prince was deliberately targeting King Liang, and he was the one who started this war between brothers.
However, Murong Jie obviously had not given up. Witnesses were called up one after another, including an insider who had been lurking in the palace, all of whom came to the palace to testify and directly pointed the finger at the queen and the prince.
The queen was able to make a few excuses at first, but in the end, she simply kept silent and let all the charges be pinned on her and the prince. She was indeed frightened by Murong Jie, and a word about the prince and Concubine Yi made her dare not get angry.
Murong Jie did not speak in the end, but handed the right to speak to the deputy clan leader, King Baoan.
After a long silence, King Baoan raised his head and looked around at everyone. "The Crown Prince is immoral, cruel, selfish, narrow-minded, and disregards brotherly love. He is no longer worthy of being the Crown Prince. How can we entrust the vast territory of our Great Zhou to such a person?"
The queen was trembling all over and stared at Prince Baoan.
Prince Baoan was silent again. "Although the Crown Prince targeted His Royal Highness Prince Liang in the matter of the blood antelope horn, he caused the Princess Zhenguo to lose the chance of treatment. This is equivalent to killing the Princess Zhenguo. How to deal with it, this prince needs to discuss with the clan members..."
Taifu Liang suddenly stood up and said, "There is no need to discuss. Everything the prince has done was instigated by the queen."
No one noticed the sneer on Murong Jie's lips, except the queen who had been staring at Murong Jie.
She felt suddenly disappointed. Today, they were not going to depose the Crown Prince, but the Queen!
(End of this chapter)