"By the way, I have to remind you that there were two witnesses in the brothel at that time who saw you walking out of it."
Zhao Lide said this to remind Yu Xiheng not to struggle pointlessly and to plead guilty earlier.
But Yu Xiheng just moved his eyes and said calmly, "Really, Master Zhao means that the two witnesses saw me committing the murder with their own eyes?"
"I have brought the two witnesses to the palace gate, do you still want to quibble?"
Zhao Lide's eyes were a little impatient and he said angrily.
"You are not going to admit it when you are about to die! Let me warn you, this is the crime of deceiving the emperor! If you confess earlier, your majesty may reward you with your whole body."
Emperor: ...You have made all my decisions, so what can I say?
Almost everyone present thought that Yu Xiheng was in trouble this time, and even the emperor was racking his brains to think of how he could protect his life.
Although it was very satisfying, according to his understanding of Xiheng, he should not be such an impulsive person and would not do such a thing without some backup plans, so the emperor decided to wait and see.
Yu Xiheng looked sideways and smiled, "Perhaps you might as well ask the person involved?"
What?
Zhao Lide was stunned for a moment, and then looked at Shi Liang, who had a confused look on his face. He felt that he had been tricked, and his forehead burst into flames.
"He has become mute because of you, why are you so vicious!"
Shi Liang's trembling eyes looked at Yu Xiheng through his gray hair, with uncontrollable fear and hatred in his eyes. Then, the man also looked over, and when he met his crooked eyes, Shi Liang was trembling all over. A shiver.
He knew it was a threat.
Shi Liang looked away, pointed at the pen and paper on the case, and said hoarsely: "Ahhhh."
Zhao Lide looked back at him, his brows furrowed into a "Chuan" character, "What are you doing?"
He doesn't like people or things that are extraneous to his plans.
Seeing Zhao Lide's appearance, Yu Xiheng raised his eyebrows slightly and said with a smile, "Maybe he wants to write out the process of my crime with pen and paper?"
Zhao Lide looked at him doubtfully for a while, but didn't see anything.
The emperor waved his hand and said, "Give me paper and pen."
Immediately, a young eunuch walked towards Shi Liang with a pen and paper, saying respectfully, "Your Majesty, please."
Shi Liang took the pen and paper with trembling hands, looked back diagonally, and then picked up the pen.
Zhao Lide followed his gaze and looked at Yu Xiheng suspiciously, saying harshly, "Are you stalling for time?"
Yu Xiheng smiled but said nothing.
Only Wen Ruoqi frowned and had some bad premonitions in his heart.
Although Shi Liang's character was not good, his handwriting was good, but it looked strange because his hands were shaking a little.
When he wrote the last word, he picked up the paper.
Zhao Lide was the closest to him and was the first to see the content on the piece of paper. After just one glance, he immediately turned dark, stretched out his hand to grab it, and said angrily: "What are you talking about?"
The little eunuch standing next to him saw that he was about to snatch it, and he quickly took it with his eyes and hands, and then presented it to the emperor with both hands.
After scanning the crooked words, a look of surprise overflowed from the emperor's eyes. He raised his eyes and glanced at Yu Xiheng. He seemed to have known about it for a long time, and his face remained expressionless.
He coughed, and then said seriously: "In that case, let's forget about it."
"Your Majesty——!" Zhao Lide's eyes were red and his old face was full of disbelief, "You just... handle it gently?"
Not even a verbal rebuke?
You can’t do this no matter how much you trust, right? Even if they are brothers, there will be some estrangement in their hearts. Can Your Majesty know what Yu Xiheng is thinking? Do you really not think too much about it at all?
Not only Zhao Lide, but also others found it incredible.
"Your Majesty, you can't be so partial!"
Looking at the ministers who knelt on the ground with a plop, the emperor frowned and asked with a majestic look: "Why do I have to be partial to this?"
"Didn't the censor already write it down? He felt that he was delaying my rescue because of too much nonsense. In order to atone for his sins, he cut his own tongue. Is it possible that you know better than the client?"
Zhao Lide knelt on the ground, weeping every word, "Your Majesty! Do you really believe these words? They were obviously forced to write this!"
The emperor raised his eyebrows and said without changing his expression, "Of course I believe it. If I don't believe it, how can the person involved believe you?"
"Okay." He waved his hand with a bit of impatience in his eyes, "When you are fine, go down. I still have something important to talk about."
Zhao Lide's expression froze and he looked at the emperor driving away people above him in disbelief.
His majestic uncle, the Queen Mother’s biological brother, the Emperor didn’t even give him any face at all!
Foolish and ignorant king! Cruel and ruthless sycophant! !
He was so angry that he threw away his sleeves and left, taking everyone in the Zhao family with him.
After leaving the imperial study room, Zhao Lide's old face was livid, and he looked at Shi Liang with hatred in his eyes, "I have played with eagles all my life, but I didn't expect that I was blinded by an eagle in the end! You Shi Liang, how dare you betray me? ! Just wait, I will definitely make you pay the price!"
Shi Liang's eyes moved, and his face was full of bitterness from an angle that no one could see. He also wanted the Zhao family to avenge him, but now he couldn't express his bitterness.
In the imperial study room, the emperor sighed lightly, with a bit of sadness in his eyes, "I was indeed held back that day, are you still blaming me?"
Yu Xiheng lowered his eyes and said softly, "Wei Chen doesn't dare."
"Then when Huang Degui went to see Juan Juan on my behalf yesterday, what did you do to stop me?" He said in a sad tone.
Eunuch Huang, who was standing aside as the background, froze. He felt the vague sight of him, and his soul almost flew away.
The servant just said that Lord Shangshu might be in a bad mood and refused to let him in. He didn't say anything about stopping him. What did you say to add fuel to the fire? !
Yu Xiheng said nothing, and the emperor sighed and asked again, "Do you have an idea about the list?"
"If everything goes well, we can find it today."
"Huh?" The emperor leaned forward, his eyes bright, "Where did you find it?"
Yu Xiheng told all his guesses to the emperor. Hearing the emperor's scream, he sighed in despair. Finally, he looked at him with emotion and said meaningfully: "You have to be a fox to fight with a fox."
If it had been him, he would have been led by that old man Wen Ruoqi.
He laughed heartily and said, "Okay, when this matter is over, I will give you a few days off!"
Yu Xiheng's face didn't change, as if he raised his eyes to glance at him, refusing to believe the cake drawn by the emperor.
At the palace gate, when he saw Yu Xiheng coming out, Wen Ruoqi opened the curtain and walked down.
As he walked, he said: "What a good method, I admire it..."
Standing in front of and behind him, he smiled, but there was a bit of complacency in his eyes that he had broken the situation.
Yu Xiheng walked the Zhao family today, and she walked him. How could this not be considered a victory on another level?
