"Tell me, what are you wearing this mourning dress for?"
In a dark room, Lan Yuan lit a candle, put it in front of the table, illuminated King Yi's face, and began to interrogate. The latter was a prince after all, and the prince did not dare to do anything to him, so he let him sit in an armchair without touching him at all.
King Yi raised his head with an angry look on his face: "I just want to see my father as usual, and it's the anniversary of my late concubine's death, so I dress like this with no other intention. Are you being too bullying by locking me up for this? !”
Lan Yuan chuckled a few times: "The reason is pretty good. How can we know when your princess died, and there is nowhere to check; but it doesn't matter, I will also recruit the few people who came with you. See if they can understand.”
"They haven't been with me long, so they must not know about this matter. It's useless even if you beat them to death." King Yi's tone was still very rude.
"I won't just ask these questions," Lan Yuan moved the candle slightly to the left, "You have been colluding with Ye Yongjia for many years and have had many contacts. We can easily get them to spit out some 'criminal evidence' to implicate the Song Duwei case. .Perhaps in a few days, a prince who is famous all over the world will become an out-and-out traitor."
King Yi was shocked when he heard this, and thought to himself: 'I never expected the prince to be so vicious! I had a clever plan, but suddenly something happened like this. I couldn't communicate with the outside world, and my fate was all in the hands of others... It's better to give it a try at this last moment. If it works, I will succeed. If it doesn't, I will die! '
So he made a plan and asked Lan Yuan in a feigned panic, "Do you really dare to do this?"
"Otherwise, why would you be imprisoned here?"
King Yi shook his head and sighed: "Okay, okay, let me take action: In fact, I have been suffering from cough for a long time, and I'm afraid I won't live long, so I became more and more anxious and had the idea of taking risks. Previously, when the Ye Party was at its peak, the prince still I didn't dare to control the palace gate, so I made friends with and bribed many internal officials with the convenience of coming in and out. Now I was thinking of using them, so I sent someone to make an agreement with them. I used mourning clothes as a code. If I wear a mourning hat, I will wake up tonight. The meaning of the matter.”
"How to start a trouble?" Lan Yuan suddenly moved his head forward and asked.
King Yi hesitated and said: "Jie, hijack the emperor, and pretend to let me enter the palace and succeed to the throne..."
Lan Yuan's eyes lit up with excitement, and he took a deep breath, thinking that everything was fine; but after calming down, he felt something was a little strange. After all, it was impossible for such a big thing as a coup to go unnoticed, and he took the initiative to explain so much, which seemed like a lie concocted by King Yi out of desperation.
Lan Yuan suddenly became alert and sneered: "Your Highness King Yi, don't you love riding horses and hunting? Your body should be strong, how did you get this disease?"
"If you don't believe it, you can ask the doctor from the East Palace to come and take a look at my condition," King Yi said relaxedly, "Also, you can also take off this mourning dress and show it to the people in the palace. I'm sure they will know each other." .”
"You are too honest. After just a little questioning, you revealed everything... Tsk, tsk, people are really ever-changing and unpredictable." Lan Yuan's expression was solemn and gloomy. It was obvious that his doubts had not been alleviated.
King Yi was stunned for a moment, broke into a cold sweat from fright, and his heart was beating thumpingly. He tried his best to suppress his fear, and still looked at Lan Yuan, not daring to dodge: "Lan Shidu was joking. At this point, I only want to survive, so I can only place my hope on you, sir. I hope you will show mercy. .Other than that, is there any way to survive?"
Lan Yuan didn't answer and continued to look into his eyes, hoping to see something. However, after a while, his tense face gradually relaxed, and he nodded and said, "I believe this statement for now. However, you must write down the facts you confessed on paper, otherwise I will not be able to report it to the prince." After that, he took a brush from the pen holder and handed it to King Yi.
King Yi thought to himself: "This guy is really difficult to deal with. If my plan fails, I will be completely overwhelmed by this confession..." Then he changed his mind and said: "Hey, why do you care so much?" At worst, I die together with the Ye Party, and they can't blame me! So he resolutely wrote and handed the confession to Lan Yuan.
Although Lan Yuan was wary, he was eager to steal Chen Dang's limelight. This selfish desire overrode all reason and he submitted the confession without hesitation.
The prince was very happy. While boasting to Chen and Guo about his ability to make decisions, he also asked people to fold mourning clothes and wait for an opportunity to send them to the Ministry of Internal Affairs to confirm King Yi's words.
The servant first went to Mr. Shen to discuss it, and only said: "The prince has a mourning dress from the old year. It is said that several internal officials know it. Can you summon them to take a look?"
When Shen Jing saw the mourning clothes, his expression was quite strange. After hearing what he said, he asked carefully: "His Royal Highness, does he remember that today is the death anniversary of the deceased Crown Prince?"
The servant shook his head: "I didn't listen to him."
Shen Jing pondered slightly: "In any case, this matter is not good for the prince, and the mourning clothes appear at the wrong time. If the prince has something to hide, there is no need to hide it, just discuss it with me; otherwise, I will really feel uneasy."
The servant only followed the prince's instructions and did not do anything else, so he found an excuse to prevaricate and forced Shen to summon the internal officials. Shen Jing had no choice but to summon all the eunuchs to the front of the hall and asked them one by one pointing to the mourning clothes. No one recognized them and they all felt confused.
"It seems that King Yi is really deceiving us!" After waiting for the servant's reply, Lan Yuan became furious and turned to face the prince, "Your Highness, there is no need to ask any more, this guy shouldn't be kept!"
The prince rubbed the wine glass in his hand, with hesitation in his eyes: "That's... too arbitrary. Why don't you cross-examine a few more questions. If there are any obvious flaws, I'll do what you want."
"In this way, we have fallen into King Yi's delaying strategy!" Lan Yuan shouted loudly, "Anyway, we already have the confession, and we can use it to make accusations and get involved in Song Duwei's case. The case should be finalized as soon as possible. Otherwise, the Ye Party will have time to react, and they may not be able to figure out what went wrong!"
The prince obeyed Lan Yuan's advice and said he was right, and urgently ordered him to go to Dali Temple to report the criminal.
After the Guoxiang people retreated from the main hall, they were worried and said to Chen Tongpao: "I think Lan Yuan is getting more and more crazy. This matter always makes people feel vaguely unsafe."
"Isn't it just unsafe?" Chen Tongpao still maintained a calm tone, "I think there will be changes tonight, and we will suffer disaster."
The people of Hunan were shocked: "Do you think the emperor will know about the imprisonment of King Yi?"
"That's right," Tongpao Chen said, "So we must seize the time and find a way out for the prince."
"The confession is not in our hands now. Once the emperor knows about it, it will be confirmed that the prince framed King Yi!"
"So, there is only one person who can save us: Eunuch Shen. You have to go there yourself."
