In the Tai Chi Hall, court officials stood in two rows.
It was originally supposed to be the first court meeting in the 11th year of Zhenguan, but whether it was the emperor sitting on the dragon couch or the minister standing on His Highness.
No trace of joy can be seen on anyone's face.
Even Li Tai, Hou Junji and others were also frowned at this moment.
Empress Changsun sat beside the emperor, looking at the ministers in front of him with expressionless face, not knowing what they were thinking.
"Father, all the ministers have arrived!" Li Tai looked around and bowed to the emperor.
He was already a little impatient to take Zhao Chen down here.
"Your Majesty, the case of Wangyou Baozishu is very involved. Zhao Chen, the Duke of the Wannian County, was suspected of treason and colluding with the enemy."
"Today, all officials gathered together and decided to make the case clear and never let any traitor go." Hou Junji spoke for the second time.
Now his hatred with Zhao Chen is on the table.
In order to take Zhao Chen, Hou Junji has no choice but to go into battle in person.
In other words, as long as he can win Zhao Chen today, Hou Junji no longer cares about face or something.
As soon as Hou Junji spoke, all officials began to agree with him.
"Report to Your Majesty, after interrogation by Dali Temple, there was a shopkeeper of the Wangyou Baozi Shop. The friend exposed their boss Zhao Chen, secretly contacted Tubo, and attempted to subvert the Tang Dynasty."
"Your Majesty is punished severely without any debts for such a death sentence."
"Yes, Dai Zhou, the young minister of Dali Temple, also knew about this. I also heard that those shopkeepers and friends were worried about Zhao Chen's revenge, so they left a death letter in the Heavenly Prison of Dali Temple and hanged themselves."
"It can be seen how ruthless Zhao Chen is in their eyes."
"Otherwise, who would care about his life?"
"I ask Your Majesty to investigate this matter strictly and punish Zhao Chen severely."
"I ask your Majesty to punish me severely!"
Some officials spoke, but there was no need to say anything else, and they shouted to the emperor directly.
"Mr. Huang, I heard that Zhao Chen is very good at treating his subordinates, even his monthly salary is several times that of others."
"How could he be the kind of person you said?" Empress Changsun could not hear the slander of Zhao Chen in front of him, and couldn't help but speak for Zhao Chen.
"My mother, the so-called "knowing people and not being aware of their hearts" is not aware of Zhao Chen's kind appearance on weekdays. In fact, his methods are scary."
"When Erchen interrogated those guys, they also exposed Zhao Chen's ruthlessness. Erchen also promised them that when the case was over, they would definitely keep them away from this right and wrong and live a happy life."
"I don't want them to..."
"Mother, if it weren't for being forced to do so, who would have wanted his own life?" Li Tai and Empress Changsun said.
However, it blocked the idea of ​​Empress Changsun's attempt to defend Zhao Chen.
Empress Changsun nodded twice, looked at Li Tai in front of her and frowned slightly.
"Empress, what the Crown Prince said is reasonable. If he knew people and face but not the heart, if he hadn't been ruthless enough, how could his men not cherish their lives?"
"And when His Highness the Crown Prince interrogated them, he didn't even use punishment. These are all available to testify." Mr. Huang and Empress Changsun who had just spoken.
All the officials looked at Dai Zhou.
Dai Zhou frowned, walked out in silence for a moment, and said to the emperor: "I don't know about the interrogation process, but those of them did not have any traces of punishment."
After Dai Zhou said this, Hou Junji took advantage of the situation and said, "Your Majesty, since this is the case, those people must be very afraid of Zhao Chen, so they would rather testify against Zhao Chen with their own lives."
"Your Majesty, God's will cannot be violated, and the public's will cannot be violated. Now the people of Chang'an City, and even the people of the entire Tang Dynasty, are waiting for you to make decisions for those who have died!"
"Please make the decision for the people of the world!"
"Give justice to the dead."
Another tsunami of mountains and seas was roaring, and the Tai Chi Hall was in anger.
The emperor sat in the upper head and glanced at the officials in front of him.
Of course he knew that these people wanted to follow Li Tai and get Zhao Chen down.
I also know that the so-called evidence was forged by Li Tai and Hou Junji.
But even so, he had no evidence.
Now all the evidence points to Zhao Chen, and even the evidence does not exist.
All evidence has become death evidence.
Zhao Chen didn't even have a chance to overturn the case.
"Your Majesty, what should I do?" Empress Changsun asked in a low voice with the emperor, with a resentment in her tone.
If the emperor had not said confidently that everything was within his control, things would not have developed to this point.
What's going on now?
Judging from the evidence, Zhao Chen is definitely a serious crime of treason and collusion with the enemy.
This is really a beheading.
The emperor wants to protect him?
That will also require all officials to agree!
Lao Li didn't know what to do now.
This has already caused human life. Even if Zhao Chen escaped by luck today, he would probably turn the Chang'an City upside down again.
Li Tai, Hou Junji, these people will definitely be retaliated.
"Guanyin Bi, you see, even now, there is no panic on Xiao Zi Zhao's face."
"I think he has a way to solve the problem in front of him."
"So, I am not worried about him, but about the people in front of me." The emperor glanced at Zhao Chen, and his eyes finally fell on Li Tai and others.
After hearing what the emperor said, Empress Changsun then looked at Zhao Chen.
Because she was too worried, she didn't have time to see Zhao Chen's reaction.
Only then did I realize that Zhao Chen didn't say a word throughout the whole process, watching everyone's questioning him coldly.
"Zhao Chen, do you have anything to say?" The emperor spoke, and everyone realized.
It has been so long since Zhao Chen didn't say a word from beginning to end.
What else is there to say now, and there is conclusive evidence.
Does it make sense to say anything?
Some officials thought to themselves.
Hou Junji stared at Zhao Chen's face.
He didn't sleep all night last night, and he was thinking in his heart whether there were any loopholes in the matter against Zhao Chen this time.
After fighting with Zhao Chen so many times, Hou Junji also understood that once he was negligent, the matter would be reversed.
Hou Junji also knew that if Zhao Chen escaped today, he would have to bear the revenge of God.
Hou Junji had no idea about the revenge from Zhao Chen.
Otherwise, this time, I would not have arranged such a serious crime to Zhao Chen directly, just to make Zhao Chen never turn over at once.
"Your Majesty, the evidence in this case is conclusive. What else can I say about a person with a serious sin?"
"I ask Your Majesty to take down Zhao Chen immediately, destroy the three clans, and correct the law of the country!" Hou Junji robbed Zhao Chen and said to the emperor.
"Duke Chen, I'm asking Zhao Chen about what you are so active, what do you want to do?" The emperor looked at Hou Junji and said in a deep voice.
If it weren't for the sake of Hou Junji's contribution to the Tang Dynasty, how could Hou Junji get out so easily after the accident last time Li Chengqian had happened?
Li Chengqian lost his position as crown prince, and Changsun Wuji was even driven back to his hometown in Jinyang.
Just his Hou Junji is special?
"Min...Min..." Hou Junji's expression was a little ugly when he was scolded by the emperor, but he didn't know how to make a judgment.
Chapter completed!