After hearing Ning Fan's words, the expressions of all the courtiers changed slightly, and for a moment, the atmosphere in the entire hall couldn't help but become much heavier!
Seeing how King Xuan Yong spoke so confidently, he was obviously confident!
It seems that even Marquis Xuanwu is involved?
Ning Fan's prepared confession was presented to him. Emperor Yu already knew about it. He just gave it a symbolic glance and asked Wei Ying to pass it on to the ministers for review!
"This... Your Highness, are all the above statements true?"
"Here are the witness statements. Besides, if it is true or false, many adults here should know it!"
Ning Fan's eyes swept across the faces of the ministers, and he said calmly: "Father, my son also found many secret letters from the Chen family, which involved many courtiers!
Seeing Ning Fan take out another stack of envelopes from his sleeve, one of the ministers finally lost his temper, sweat dripping from his forehead, and stared at the letter in Ning Fan's hand!
"Master Hu, now that the king has produced evidence, is your crime of frame-up and slander confirmed again?"
"Hmph!" Hu Yue's face was full of resentment, and he said coldly: "These evidences are all His Highness's one-sided words. These assassins are now beyond recognition. It is not yet known whether any of them were beaten to death!"
"Now His Highness just took out a few forged letters and randomly picked up a few death row prisoners, and charged the Chen family and Marquis Xuanwu with treason!"
"Your Majesty, I request the Ministry of Punishment to unite with Dali Temple to thoroughly investigate this matter!"
Hu Yue's tone was passionate, he knelt down and spoke loudly.
"Forgery?"
A sneer appeared on Ning Fan's face, and he looked at Hu Yue with a dangerous luster in his eyes: "Chen Rui's confession here, I believe you all know better whether it is a forgery or not!"
"There was a lot of commotion in Beijing last night!"
Ning Fan looked at several ministers one after another with deep meaning. The latter all looked nervous and did not dare to look at them!
"Master Han, Master Xu..."
"You must know better than me, right?"
"There are also several adults who have been to the secret room of Chen Mansion before. Do you need me to list them one by one?"
"Every word, every word, and every conversation you had in the Chen Mansion is clear to me and has been recorded!"
Ning Fan had a calm look on his face, but the next moment, several civil and military personnel stood out from the crowd and knelt on the ground.
"Your Majesty, I deserve death for my crime!"
"I am guilty!"
"Your Majesty, I am being forced by the Chen family. Your Majesty, please take a closer look!"
Han Xu knelt on the ground and cried bitterly: "The Chen family put a knife on my neck and held the whole family hostage!"
"My lord, I am really helpless!"
"My original intention was to report it to His Majesty in private after I went to court. Unexpectedly, His Highness King Xuanyong has very good hands and eyes. The minister found out in one step and asked Your Majesty to punish him!"
Emperor Yu's face was calm and his eyes fell on Ning Fan: "The Chen family's rebellion case will be handled by the Jin Yiwei with full authority. Anyone involved in the case will not be tolerated!"
"According to the order!"
There was a hint of coldness in Ning Fan's eyes, and he looked at Hu Yue who was standing aside: "Father, the royal censor Hu Yue has falsely accused my son and ministers several times. Please seek justice!"
"Drag him out and kill him."
Emperor Yu didn't even look at him, and waved his hand. Hu Yue's knees instantly weakened, and his face turned extremely pale!
"Your Majesty, spare your life!"
"Your Majesty, I am aware of my guilt!"
"Your Majesty, Mr. Hu, as a censor, has the responsibility to supervise all officials. I am afraid that I have misunderstood His Highness this time. His crime will not lead to death!"
The one who spoke was none other than Cai Ji, the Minister of Punishment who had never spoken!
"Master Cai, you mean that being a royal censor is equivalent to a death-free medal?"
"According to the law of my Dayu, those who make false accusations will die!"
"Master Cai is the Minister of the Ministry of Punishment, but he is excusing him. Where does he regard the law?"
Ning Fan's face was filled with coldness and he stared at Cai Ji calmly.
"If, as His Highness said, His Highness just ignored the laws of the court and beat up the court officials, according to the law, His Highness should be punished for contempt of court and be executed according to the law!"
"Should we also act in accordance with the law?"
Cai Ji responded tit for tat, even ignoring the warning eyes of his superior Emperor Yu, and looked at Ning Fan coldly.
"Yeah?"
"Then please ask Mr. Cai to kill this king to rectify the law of the country!"
There was a touch of sarcasm on Ning Fan's lips, and Cai Ji's face instantly turned red, and he became angry without saying a word!
Two powerful and powerful Imperial Guardsmen rushed up and dragged Hu Yue down, who was crying and howling. The matter was finally settled.
"Ning Fan!"
"My son is here!"
"Today is the day of Duke Zhao's triumphant return. You can lead the officials from the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of War to welcome him on my behalf!"
"According to the order!"
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Ning Fan walked down from the court, his expression suddenly became extremely deep. Judging from the reaction of his father who came to court today, it seemed that he was not afraid of him yet!
Now that he holds the power of the Imperial Guard, his prestige in the court is growing day by day. If he does not take this opportunity to establish a firm foothold, once the family is razed and Emperor Yu achieves his goal of purging the government, he may not be able to do anything to kill the donkey!
He dared to act so wantonly in the court today because he knew that Emperor Yu would never touch him before the family was defeated!
"Now that the Duke of Zhenguo has returned triumphantly, it seems to have given my father the confidence!"
"Take this opportunity to clean up the government once and for all?"
“It’s time for the Minister of Hubu to return to his post!”
Just returned to Prince Xuanyong's Mansion, I saw that Jia Xu and Jiang Yu seemed to have been waiting for a long time.
"Lord!"
"Um!"
The three of them sat down in the palace, and Jiang Wei was the first to speak: "The identity of Qu Hongxiu has been found out, and she is the third princess of Donghuai!"
"Um?"
"How could a majestic princess of a country be personally involved in danger?"
"Donghuai's plan, is it possible that he also deliberately hooked up with a princess?"
Seeing the suspicion on Ning Fan's face, Jiang Wei explained softly: "Reporting to my lord, Qu Hongxiu is a concubine, and my mother-in-law is not favored in Donghuai!"
"I, Dayu, came here this time because I was forced to do so by the Queen of Donghuai!"
"I see!"
Ning Fan raised the corner of his mouth slightly and said calmly: "Let's not talk about Qu Hongxiu. How are the preparations in the south?"
"Lord, our people have collected evidence of the Chen family's crimes over the years!"
"We have already sent people to work. In less than three days, the Chen family will become notorious!"
"good!"
Ning Fan nodded with satisfaction, and Jia Xu added: "My lord, my subordinates are preparing to leave Beijing today and go to Shuzhou to operate in person!"
"In seven days, we will attack the Chen family directly and seize the Jiangnan racecourse and the Chen family's weapons for a private visit!"
"Um!"
Ning Fan nodded slightly and said solemnly: "The Eastern Border Army will arrive in Beijing today. I will ask my father for orders to let the Eastern Border Army move southward in the name of suppressing bandits!"
"Thank you, Your Highness!"
After Ning Fan personally gave some instructions, he looked at Jiang Gu who was standing aside: "It's time to take action against Marquis Xuanwu. Put all the members of the Chen family in prison and wait for their fate!"
"promise!"
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