Cao Dejiang's questioning was like thunder, and every word made Emperor An tense up.
Seeing the tit-for-tat confrontation between the monarch and his ministers in front of the palace, everyone was excited. At this moment, people from the Imperial Medical Office came out in large numbers, walked to the front of the palace and knelt on the ground with a bang. .
"Your Majesty, Wei Chen's father was one of the imperial doctors who died in the riots in the South. If he really died at the hands of the rioters and was loyal to the country, Wei Chen has nothing to say, but if he was harmed due to selfish motives, , burned alive in Rongjiang City, the humble ministers must not ignore them."
"Father, he is devoted to the imperial court. He knows the danger of the epidemic in the south and still has no hesitation. He does not deserve to die in such humiliation."
"I beg your Majesty to investigate this matter thoroughly and give justice to my father!!"
The imperial doctor who spoke was not too old, and his eyes were full of anger when his face was pale.
When his father died that year, everyone said that it was because of the He family. It was because the third master of the He family was too greedy and aroused public resentment. It was because Prince Ru was incompetent in providing disaster relief that his father was implicated. He treated Prince Ru and the He family I hate it so much, but now I tell him.
His father's death was in vain, and He Wenzhuo was not the mastermind, so how could he let it go so easily.
Marquis Wenxin also said in a deep voice: "This matter is of great importance. If someone really burns Rongjiang and massacres the city, it will be an inhumane act. We should not be lenient under any circumstances!"
"Marquis Wenxin is right. The purpose of providing disaster relief in the court is to protect the people, and the purpose of the officers and soldiers going south is to suppress bandits. Who was the person who led the troops back then? He dared to let his men slaughter the city and burn the people to death. It is really abominable! "
"Your Majesty, although it has been twenty years, the rumors are groundless. There must be a reason for the rumors."
"Wei Chen seconded that this matter is really too bad. No matter whether the people died in vain or the medical officials of the Southland were buried, they must be given justice!"
The Zichen Palace was filled with excitement. Although the officials in the court had their own thoughts, not all of them were treacherous and evil. Except for the Qingliu faction who were filled with righteous indignation, the generals in the court also spoke one after another with extremely indignant expressions.
Emperor An looked at the people below and listened to the voices that were louder than the others demanding a strict investigation of the matter in the South. When he gasped for breath, he felt a splitting headache.
"His Majesty!"
Chamberlain Feng whispered: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, what's wrong with you?"
When Feng Nei was busy supporting An Di, he pinched his arm lightly.
When Emperor An met Feng's servant's anxious eyes, he wanted to pretend to have a headache and faint directly. But before he fell down, Xiao Yan suddenly said from below: "Mr. Ling, Your Majesty seems to be ill." You feel comfortable, why don’t you come forward and take a look at it for Your Majesty?”
Doctor Ling was the young doctor who spoke angrily just now. When he saw Emperor An falling down, his heart skipped a beat. After hearing Xiao Yan's words, he stepped forward without hesitation.
An Di's movement that was about to faint suddenly froze. When he grabbed Feng's hand tightly, it was so strong that he thought it was Xiao Yan's neck, and his nails dug into the flesh.
"Your Majesty..." Chamberlain Feng shivered in pain.
Emperor An clenched his teeth and sat upright. He finally figured out that what happened tonight was far from Cui Lin and King Xin. Xiao Yan must have known about it for a long time. He was afraid that he had hated him and had suspected him several times, and had even been suspicious of him before. His murderous intention, otherwise how could he not be able to see what he was thinking just now with his usual shrewdness, but instead repeatedly undermined him.
Having raised a wolf cub with his own hands that hindered him in every way, Emperor An only hated himself for being blind. He sat upright and suppressed his anger before Doctor Ling came forward and said, "No need, I just have a headache. It's an old problem."
Doctor Ling stood on the steps and moved for a moment before subconsciously looking at Xiao Yan.
Xiao Yan raised the corner of his mouth slightly, seeming to be respectful: "Let the imperial physician take a look at it for Your Majesty. Whether the head disease is serious or minor."
"I said no!"
Emperor An's voice became colder and he looked down at Xiao Yan with murderous intent: "What, you want to make the decision for me?"
"Wei Chen doesn't dare."
Xiao Yan leaned over slightly: "Wei Chen is just worried about your majesty's dragon body. But since your majesty is not willing to let the imperial doctor diagnose and treat you, then imperial physician Ling should step aside first. After all, no one knows your majesty's body better than you. It was just because of his impatience that wei minister Transgressing the rules.”
"Your Majesty, forgive me."
He spoke humbly and respectfully, and there was nothing wrong with his words and deeds, but the sarcasm was almost written directly on his face.
Doctor Ling, who was originally worried that something had really happened to Emperor An and wanted to see a doctor anxiously, still didn't understand anything at this time. His eyes showed resentment and anger, and he was full of confusion and anger.
An Di was fine at all. He just wanted to take the opportunity to pretend to be faint and delay the interrogation of the Nandi case.
There were also some shrewd people in the palace, and their eyes looking at Emperor An were a little complicated and unspeakable for a while.
Everyone can see that there may be something wrong with what happened twenty years ago. Even if the officials of the three places in Shezhou did not seek their lives innocently, but were murdered man-made, it must be inseparable from the old case twenty years ago.
Logically speaking, as an emperor, Emperor An had such a big thing happen, and it caused people's hearts to stir up the world's discussion. He should directly order someone to investigate and interrogate him, and he couldn't just sit idly by and ignore it. However, he was so evasive and refused to investigate carefully, and even hesitated to do so. Pretending to be dizzy in front of so many people.
This is simply...
Tang Ning was also almost amused by Emperor An's behavior. Could it be that the emperor was out of his mind? Was he afraid that others would not know that he had something up his sleeve?
Doctor Ling knelt back with a bit of resentment and said unceremoniously with a straight face: "Since your Majesty is fine, I would like to ask your Majesty to strictly investigate the old cases from twenty years ago!"
Marquis Wenxin and others also couldn't stand what Emperor An did. They felt that his words and deeds simply treated the government as child's play. A military general passed by Emperor An and said in a deep voice: "Prince Abomination, since you said you would send people to the south to investigate , apart from these rumors, is there any other evidence?"
Prince Hatred: "Yes."
He calmed down his emotions and said to everyone:
"Because the matter is so important, I ordered people to bring the wives and children, as well as the surviving relatives of the officials who died tragically, back to the capital. I also sorted out the evidence obtained from the investigation in the Shezhou area. I originally planned to hand all these over. To my father, I just didn’t expect..."
Prince Hatred looked at Emperor An and lowered his eyes with complex disappointment. He seemed to have calmed down before continuing:
"Besides these things, I also discovered another thing. It was also because of this matter that when Cui Shangshu and others wanted to convict Xiao Yan, I couldn't help but mention the incident in Shezhou in front of the palace."
Cao Dejiang frowned: "What's the matter?"
Prince Hate said seriously: "When my people were investigating an old case twenty years ago in the south, they accidentally discovered that the Cui family and the Liang family also sent people to Jiangnan, and there was another group of people entrenched in the He'an area. I thought they I also heard the news about Nandi and went to investigate the matter, but later I found out that was not the case.”
"That team of unknown people has been staying in He'an City, secretly contacting He'an Yuejia, trying their best to get close to Mrs. Zhao who reconciled with Zhao Yuanlang, and the people of the Cui family and the Liang family are even more surprised. They actually It was to investigate the Xiao family who had long since been killed by Governor Xiao after he took revenge on them."
