Hearing Emperor Chen Ziyuan's sudden question and looking at Emperor Chen Ziyuan's face, Sun Zhicai probably knew something.
"emperor."
"But what was said to you?"
After hesitating for a moment, Chen Ziyuan spoke bluntly: "Just now, I went to interrogate my uncle."
"He said that he never harmed my father."
"I said that my father's death was because of you. It was you who wanted the prince to succeed to the throne early, and that's why you made the mistake and let those ministers see through it."
After hearing these words, Left Prime Minister Sun Zhicai hurriedly knelt down.
"emperor!"
"I am wronged!"
"This is really not the case. Please give me a clear warning, Your Majesty!"
Looking at his grandfather kneeling on the ground, Emperor Chen Ziyuan actually did not doubt him much.
"Grandpa, get up."
"I didn't say it was you."
"It's just that I'm a little at a loss."
Sun Zhicai, the left prime minister, stood up, looked at the emperor Chen Ziyuan, and said:
"Your Majesty, everything must be told truthfully and with evidence, not just words."
Emperor Chen Ziyuan nodded slightly but did not say anything.
Sun Zhicai continued: "A bad person has done something wrong. No matter how much he cries out, he cannot prove his innocence. If a good person is wronged, even if he does not cry out, sooner or later someone will clear his name."
The emperor nodded slightly and looked at his grandfather in front of him. He now trusted his grandfather a little more in his heart.
"good."
"I understand."
After a while, thinking about the unanswered question, Chen Ziyuan answered:
"Let's leave the matter of the mausoleum aside for now."
"Since Da Mo's military strength is still very weak, it is necessary to strengthen the military strength. For the time being, all the money will be used to strengthen the military strength."
Listening to Chen Ziyuan's words, Sun Zhicai, the left prime minister, felt a little happy. After all, it was not easy to have an emperor who had a spiritual connection with him.
"In that case, I will do this first." Sun Zhicai said.
"Okay. As for those traitorous officials, please urge the Three Laws Division to get them to the bottom of the case as soon as possible."
"As long as the traitor admits it, my uncle will naturally admit it too."
"Okay." Sun Zhicai responded.
"By the way, how is Han Muxin's case?" the emperor asked.
"Back to the emperor, it has been submitted. But right now, the Third Law Department is busy dealing with the cases of those traitorous officials. I'm afraid her case will be postponed for a while."
After hearing this, Emperor Chen Ziyuan nodded slightly: "It doesn't matter. Then deal with the case of those traitorous officials first, and do it quickly without making any mistakes."
"Yes." Sun Zhicai responded.
The Emperor: "Okay, I'm fine. If grandpa is fine, he can go back to work first."
"good."
"I excuse myself."
After saying two words, Sun Zhicai, the left prime minister, hurried out of the palace and headed towards the Prime Minister's Mansion.
The case of the traitorous minister is an important case for the emperor Chen Ziyuan and the left prime minister Sun Zhicai.
Only when the final result of this case is made public can the throne that Chen Ziyuan sits on be able to convince the public, and those clean officials can be freed from their crimes.
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stigma.
Although the punishment of the traitorous officials has not yet been carried out, it can be said that the families of these officials have been punished.
Since the traitorous minister was imprisoned, Emperor Chen Ziyuan issued a decree to have their mansion surrounded. People in the mansion were not allowed to enter or leave the palace, and they were only allowed to stay in the mansion, waiting for the final trial of the case.
This was done to worry that the families of these traitorous officials would flee the capital with the money embezzled by the officials and use it to make money.
A few days later.
Penal Department Prison.
"Snapped!"
"Snapped!"
After a few whipping sounds, screams followed.
After these screams were added to the damp prison accompanied by a few gusts of cold wind, the prison of the Criminal Department suddenly became a bit scary.
At this time, I heard footsteps heading towards the execution room.
Just hearing the footsteps, even if no one is seen, can make the prisoners in the Penal Department panic.
"Cen Shangshu."
"Cen Shangshu."
As soon as they entered the torture room, the guards who tortured the prisoners stopped and said hello one after another.
"how?"
"Have they all been recruited?"
Cen He, the Minister of Punishment, asked, and the jailer in charge of punishment answered:
"Return to Master Cen. Not yet."
"These prisoners are all very strict with their mouths. They have been punished for so many times and they still refuse to speak."
After hearing this, looking at the officials on the humanoid frame who were covered with injuries and who he did not recognize, the Minister of Punishment, Cen He, ordered the two officials in charge of torture:
"If you say something tough, just pry it open with all your strength."
"I don't believe it anymore. Could it be that all these prisoners are people who are not afraid of death?"
"Continue the torture. Once you speak, immediately write down your confession and press your fingerprints."
Listening to Cen Shangshu’s instructions, the dual-purpose jailer responded:
"yes."
Cen He, the Minister of Punishment, glanced at the prisoner on the humanoid frame, then turned and left.
After walking a few steps and thinking for a while, the Minister of Punishment, Cen He, ordered the guards following him:
"Where is Su Yunqi?"
"Go back to Shangshu, that's the cell over there." the jailer replied.
After hearing this, he raised his head, looked in the direction pointed by the jailer, and walked towards the cell over there.
"Open the door."
"yes."
Hearing the noise coming from outside the cell, Su Yunqi, who was imprisoned in the cell, raised his head and looked at the people outside the cell with a haggard face, and suddenly he became more energetic.
After a creak, the door opened.
Cen He, the Minister of Punishment, walked in with his back straight, and looked at Su Yunqi with a look that was a bit exaggerated.
Su Yunqi already had white hair, his face looked very haggard, and his eyes didn't look very energetic.
"Xiang Su, how have you been these days?" Cen He, the Minister of Punishment, asked with a smile on his face.
Being able to call out a prisoner's official position gave Su Yun some face, but it was also a bit insulting.
However, Su Yunqi only thought that he had given him face.
"Let me out." Su Yunqi said.
Listening to this sound, Cen Hewei, Minister of the Ministry of Punishment,
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He smiled slightly, walked a few steps in the small cell, and then spoke:
"Let you go?"
"Do you know how many people have been wronged and how many people have suffered under your single-handed plan?"
"If I just let you go, do you think I would really do that?"
Su Yunqi smiled slightly. In the past few days, he had been thinking too much. He seemed ready to die but also ready to escape.
"If you let me go, all the twenty taels of silver left in my mansion will be given to you."
"If it's not enough, I'd like to sell the entire mansion and give you some silver."
"I beg you to be merciful and spare the lives of me and my family."
After hearing this, Cen He, the Minister of Punishment, smiled and walked to Su Yunqi in a few steps:
"You think about it, it's so wonderful."
"The emperor today is very kind-hearted. After entering the palace that day, those officials who immediately admitted their mistakes could still stay in the court and continue to serve as officials."
"Your eldest son Su Runchen is no exception. It's already good that he didn't remove himself from office because of you."
"You have done such a big mistake, harming the entire world, and even the parents of the current emperor. Even if you want to survive, I think it is impossible."
"What's more, I am an honest official and never accept bribes from others. You'd better stop thinking about this."
After listening to this and thinking for a while, Su Yunqi asked confusedly:
"You just said that I harmed his parents. I wonder, who are his parents? How did I harm them?"
Cen Shangshu told the truth: "You don't know what you are doing?"
"During the last years of Hongdao's reign, didn't you and those treacherous officials confuse the then King of Han and create a plan to harm the crown prince and concubine?"
"The current emperor is the son of the prince back then. Now the prince and concubine are under the fire. Waiting for you traitorous ministers to admit their mistakes and receive the punishment they deserve. Maybe you can rest in peace."
After hearing this, Su Yunqi was extremely surprised. He couldn't believe that this child was the prince's child.
"impossible!"
"What prince's son?!"
"When the crown prince and concubine died, they were not even pregnant with the child!"
"I have never done this before."
Looking at Su Yunqi's appearance, Cen Shangshu was also expecting it.
"You said they were not pregnant with a child when they died. What evidence do you have?"
"Have you asked the imperial physician to check your pulse?"
"Even if you diagnose his pulse, are you confident that he won't lie?"
"Are you confident that they did not hide the fact when they were pregnant with the child?"
"Are you confident that when you were making this plan, they had no plan?"
After a few questions, Su Yunqi suddenly didn't know how to answer.
After thinking about it, it seems to make some sense.
Seeing Su Yunqi speechless and unwilling to admit it, Cen He, the Minister of Punishment, did not want to say more.
"Okay, that's all."
"Whether you are willing to admit your mistakes or not, one day, someone will pry your mouth open."
After saying these words, Cen He, the Minister of Punishment, walked out.
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