Everyone's eyes immediately focused on the yellowed tissue paper in Yang Shi's hand.
The paper looked like it had been torn from somewhere, and it looked old.
Yang Shi read out with doubts: "In the third year of Rencheng, on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month, after the grand banquet in the palace, I sent the guards in front of the palace to inspect the palaces. Before leaving the palace, I saw a figure entering the Xuan'en Palace at night, so I followed him all the way. Enter. This person looked suspicious and went straight to Mu Guiren's bedroom. I was shocked and followed him into the palace. I found that all the people in the night watch palace were unconscious, and this person was about to do something unruly to Mu Guiren. So he stepped forward to fight, but This man is very skilled in martial arts and ran away through the door. The matter is very important, it is related to the reputation of Mr. Mu, so I dare not make it public. I secretly searched for the identity of the man in black, but to no avail."
When everyone heard this, they looked at each other.
Concubine Mu instantly froze on the spot, like a clay or wood sculpture.
No one present is a fool. Listening to the tone of the handwriting, one can guess whose handwriting it is. The key point is whether the handwriting is authentic or fake.
Tie Zui Chen Yushi said: "Master Yang, can you show this handwriting to my subordinates for review?"
Yang Shi said excitedly: "That's natural. Master Chen will be able to tell whose handwriting this is at a glance."
Chen Yushi took the handwritten letter solemnly, read it carefully several times, handed it to Yang Shi, and then said to the emperor: "I dare to guarantee with my life and many years of official reputation that this handwritten letter is indeed Xiao Yao's handwriting. undoubtedly!"
Yang Shi looked at Xiao Yao's handwriting for a long time, and his eyes became moist: "It's him...it's his handwriting..."
Xiao Yao was Yang Shi's student and one of his favorite students. After Xiao Yao's accident that year, he was hit just as hard as the Xiao family. Now that the old case of the Xiao family has been brought to light, Xiao Yao still suffers from unjust shame. Now that Qin Zeng seemed to be interested in clearing his grievances, he couldn't help but feel a little excited.
"Master Qin, where did this...this handwriting come from?"
Qin Zeng was moved when he saw Yang Shi like this.
"There is still an old servant of the Xiao family alive, and this handwritten letter was preserved by him."
Everyone passed around the handwriting and read the contents in detail several times. They were speechless for a while.
As the person involved, Concubine Mu naturally knew what this handwritten letter meant to her. She felt that God had played a huge joke on her!
"What do you mean? What on earth does this mean?!"
Queen Wang looked at her with pity and said: "A person like Xiao Yao, even if he knew that you killed his sister, would not use that method to retaliate against you. If you use yourself to judge others, you will inevitably treat others with contempt. It’s too despicable, I’m afraid I’ve never thought about this, right?”
Concubine Mu forced herself to calm down, but couldn't stop her trembling voice from saying, "Speak clearly!"
"Don't you understand yet? Xiao Yao followed another figure and entered that day, but it was just the front and back legs. Therefore, the person who tried to do evil to you in front did not succeed. Therefore, Mu Ying is indeed the emperor's child. , it’s just that things were so coincidental that you misunderstood everything, and it made you doubtful for many years, which led to the subsequent tragedies!”
As soon as these words came out, Concubine Mu's stiff expression instantly broke!
Therefore, no one did anything like that to her that day, let alone Xiao Yao!
And Ying'er is indeed the emperor's daughter! She is the princess of Dajing!
Concubine Mu sat motionless on the chair. Her face, which had always been bright and flamboyant, was now lifeless, and her wide-open eyes were unfocused.
If she knew that this was actually the case, then why would she risk exchanging her daughter for Wu Lanying!
She is so young, so it is no big deal that her first child is a girl. She will have plenty of opportunities to conceive a prince in the future...
But it's too late to say anything now.
Everyone in the palace had just digested the story of Xiao Yao's attack on Concubine Mu, but in the blink of an eye, things took a turn for the worse!
No one cares about who originally wanted to attack Concubine Mu. It was probably just a way for the concubines to compete for favor.
Now everyone is thinking about a question!
The fourth prince is a fake prince, not the legitimate heir to the throne at all!
Then they have been busy and lonely for so many years!
The emperor glanced at everyone in the palace, remained calm, and turned his head to look at Concubine Mu who was standing aside. Seeing that the color on her face had completely faded, but she was still stubborn and arrogant, he couldn't help but said coldly: "Concubine Mu's crime is extremely evil!"
Concubine Mu's body trembled and she began to tremble violently. Her bloodless face gradually turned into an extremely frightening paleness, which made everyone who saw her feel a chill in their hearts.
The emperor's face was tense and livid, and he looked at the people below. Just as he was about to deal with Concubine Mu, there was a sudden movement outside the palace!
Concubine Mu suddenly stood up from her chair!
Seeing her reaction like this, everyone thought of something and looked outside the hall with wide eyes. Some even sat on the ground with their legs weak!
The emperor and empress were still calm, and Qin Zeng said, "Do you really think that a fake prince can successfully ascend to that position?"
Concubine Mu raised her eyes. After learning the truth, she regained her composure. Her eyes gradually became sharp, and her words sounded a bit desperate, "Why not?!"
Qin Zeng's tone was calm. He didn't even bother to mock Concubine Mu, "Concubine Mu has been in the palace all year round. I'm afraid you don't know that the Mu family is no longer under your control."
Concubine Mu frowned and looked at her, "Now that we've reached this level, why do you have to play riddles with me?"
The sound of slight footsteps came from outside the hall, approaching from far away. Qin Zeng, with his excellent ears, was the first to hear the sound.
At this time, the Fourth Prince's manpower should have been deployed to catch them all.
He said: "Mu Rencheng colluded with the Chongnan Imperial Guard. His military exploits at the border were all fake. He secretly gave the grain and grass that the imperial court shipped to the border every year to Chongnan. And Chongnan was just a fake. The soldiers came to show off, and Mu Rencheng's military exploits were obtained. In other words, Mu Rencheng used the court's food and salary to support tens of thousands of soldiers in Chongnan, but kept my soldiers in Dajing in the dark, making them think that the court would not support them. Due to the lack of food and salary, there were many complaints, and they gradually became rebellious and became the real 'Mu family army'!"
Qin Zeng spoke bluntly, not only for Concubine Mu, but also for the ears of the ministers present.
When everyone heard what he said, they were almost dumbfounded on the spot!
Concubine Mu screamed in disbelief: "Impossible! You are lying to me! How could the third brother's military achievements be fake!"
Qin Zeng looked directly at him, without any pretense or deception in his eyes.
"Murencheng will not help your mother and son realize their dreams at all, because he has greater ambitions. I wonder if the imperial concubine still remembers that the first time Mu Rencheng came to prominence was because a small team he led was ambushed by the enemy. , and finally defeated more with less. Since then, he has enlightened himself and established military exploits on the battlefield many times. In fact, it was at that time that Mu Rencheng met the female national preceptor in Chongnan, and the two made a private life-long marriage. After the next daughter, the female Imperial Preceptor entered the palace, Mu Rencheng became more and more capable of leading troops. Even the time when he shot and killed the eldest prince Chongnan, it was because the female Imperial Preceptor of Chongnan wanted to eradicate dissidents, so she cooperated with Mu Rencheng inside and outside. …”
The words he said flew into everyone's ears, and except for a few people who had known about it for a long time, everyone else's heads were buzzing.
Concubine Mu's head seemed to be frozen and her eyes were staring. She didn't want to believe it, but she couldn't help but believe it.
His father once said that the third brother did not have any commendable talent in leading troops. In the beginning, he was indeed very mediocre on the battlefield. Concubine Mu even complained privately that if her father and brother had great military exploits, she would still need him. Are you using Xiao Lan and Yu's face to get close to the emperor?
Unexpectedly, it didn't take long for the third brother's "talent" to gradually be revealed...
It turns out...it's all fake!
all fake!
Qin Zeng said that the third brother had greater ambitions. What was it? Could it be that he wanted to use Chongnan's power to become emperor himself?
You definitely don’t want to rule the two countries together with that female national preceptor!
Concubine Mu wanted to laugh, but she couldn't. A huge anger suddenly rose in her heart, "Is everything you said true?"
Qin Zeng nodded, "It's absolutely true."
The candles in the hall have been burned out one after another, and the faint blue light of the early morning penetrates into the hall, making everyone's expressions appear blurry and subtle.
Xu Xiang and others stood together with solemn expressions, looking at the emperor frequently.
You could hear a pin drop in the hall, and the silence was terrifying.
At this moment, footsteps outside the palace had already reached the door.
The palace door opened with a creak.
The fourth prince's expression was dignified with an unnoticeable high-spirited spirit. He held a sword and strode into the palace. He walked to the center of the crowd without looking away, raised his hands to the emperor, and said in a loud voice: "My son, I pay homage to my father."
Everyone looked at him with complicated expressions, including Concubine Mu.
The fourth prince probably doesn't know that his true identity has been completely revealed. Now everyone knows that he is a poor fake. Only he is still dreaming about his dreams, thinking that his plan is still under control.
In other words, he thought he had the Mu family and the two generals of the Mu family to protect him.
The emperor looked at him and said calmly, "Why do you wear weapons when you go to the palace?"
The fourth prince looked calm and spoke plausibly, "My son, I am here to root out traitors and protect my father."
Li Qingyi looked around at everyone and secretly took a breath.
Everyone present is a loyal official of the imperial court, and no one is confused. With a little thought, they can understand the affairs of the Mu family clearly.
Concubine Mu had also figured out her situation and had the self-awareness of "I am a slave to you and I am a fish to you". Her arrogance gradually died down and she stood there without saying a word. She did not even open her mouth to explain her current situation to the fourth prince.
The fourth prince was nothing more than a pawn to her.
Now that she can't protect herself, will she care about what happens to a chess piece?
Nowadays, no one in this palace, including herself, would help the fourth prince even a cent.
The fourth prince was still unaware that he had already been a piece of meat in someone else's mouth. He was swallowing or spitting it out in an instant. He narrowed his eyes and looked at Qin Zeng, his eyes full of cruelty. It was obvious that all the old and new grudges were planned here. A moment of reckoning.
"Qin Zeng is the legitimate son of the King of Zhenbei. He attempted to rebel and avenge his father. I will kill this person today on behalf of my father!"
