Chapter 599 The Emperor of Beiman interrogates Concubine Xingui's mother and son
The envoy turned back and said to the two assassins he brought back:
"You should tell the emperor what you said to me again!"
The two men looked at each other and suddenly retorted:
"Your Majesty, we are just robbers in the mountains. When we saw the convoy passing by, we thought it was a fat sheep, so we got a wrong idea and offended the wrong people.
As for what kind of concubine or king this adult is talking about, we don’t know them at all!”
The messenger was caught off guard and was shocked. What happened?
Didn't they all agree? How could they suddenly retract their confessions?
"Bold! How dare you talk nonsense in front of the Emperor?"
The envoy quickly knelt down towards the Northern Barbarian Emperor.
"Your Majesty, when they first confessed, they indeed said they were instructed by Concubine Xin and the little prince!"
The two assassins rushed to talk:
"This lord threatened us and wanted to torture us. We were afraid of being tortured, so we listened to his words and framed Concubine Xin and the little prince. But in front of the emperor, how could we dare to deceive him?"
When the two assassins said this, they were thinking about what Chu Wenjin had said to them.
If you want to avoid betraying the Lord and not suffer physical pain, there are ways to suffer.
All you need to do is change sides in front of your emperor, retract all your confessions, and pretend not to know Concubine Xin and the little prince.
The Northern Barbarian envoy had no idea about this and was in a panic. He tried hard to keep his head clear.
"Your Majesty, why don't you find the little prince and Concubine Xin to confront you?"
The Northern Man Emperor looked shrewdly at the assassin and the envoy.
If these two assassins insisted that they were instigated by Concubine Xin and the little prince, he would have to think carefully about whether these two assassins were bribed by others.
Now they turned against each other in the face of battle and were eager to distance themselves from Concubine Xin and her son, which only made the Northern Man Emperor believe the envoy's words even more.
"Come here, Concubine Xuanxin and the little prince enter the palace!"
Concubine Xin's mother and son were summoned, but they were already very uneasy because of their guilty conscience.
"emperor."
"Father."
The Northern Man Emperor looked at the two assassins kneeling on the ground, then at Concubine Xin and the little prince, and asked coldly:
"Look carefully, do you recognize me?"
The two assassins immediately denied it.
"I don't know. We have never met these two noble men, so how can we know them?"
Concubine Xin and the little prince also shook their heads.
"Your Majesty, who are these two people? I don't recognize them."
"Father, I have never seen them."
The Northern Man Emperor observed the expressions of Concubine Xin and the little prince, and said to the two assassins:
"As long as you call me truthfully, I will exempt you from the death penalty!"
When the two assassins heard this, instead of being happy, they became even more cautious.
Chu Wenjin really got it right, but how did Chu Wenjin know that the emperor would give them such a guarantee?
Thinking of Chu Wenjin's warning to them that being exempted from death penalty is equivalent to endless living sin, the two of them insisted:
"We are vulgar robbers and don't know any royal nobles."
Concubine Xin and the little prince both breathed a sigh of relief, but the Northern Emperor suddenly slapped the table.
"Kneel down!"
His sharp shout shocked Concubine Xin and the little prince, and they looked at each other nervously.
Aren't the people standing there the same as their mother and son?
They had to kneel down when ordered.
Concubine Xin's eyes were filled with eyes and she asked aggrievedly:
"Your Majesty, I wonder what mistake my concubine and the emperor made that made you so angry?
If we do something bad and make you angry, you can hit us or scold us, but don't make yourself angry."
The Northern Man Emperor snorted coldly:
"What mistake did you make? I treat you mother and son well, but you dare to murder the prince? Tell me! Where is the prince now?"
He is just about to develop his grand ambitions, and he must not be unstable at this time!
Even if he treats Kitano Hongitsu differently, it does not mean that he can take his own initiative, assassinate the prince, and seek the position of crown prince!
What's more, this matter also involves people from the Iron Wolf Tribe and the Yunxiao Kingdom.
This son of his is really proud of his favor and gets carried away with himself. What a big plan!
"Father, my son and I have been wronged. My mother and concubine will never do such a treasonous thing. I hope my father will see clearly!"
The little prince Kitano Hiroitsu hurriedly cried out for injustice. Even if there was irrefutable evidence for this kind of thing, as long as he refused to admit it, his father would doubt whether it was true or not.
"Mingcha? The dead soldiers you have trained are really loyal. Even if you risk your own life, you still don't forget to protect your mother and son!"
The little prince's heart suddenly thought. Emperors have been suspicious since ancient times, and his father was no exception. Unexpectedly, the dead man would take all the blame on himself, but his father would catch clues.
"Father, they just told the truth, not to protect their sons and concubines."
"Come here, bring the deputy leader of the Iron Wolf tribe into the palace!"
When the Northern Man Emperor gave the order, Concubine Xin and the little prince's thoughts suddenly changed.
What does the assassination of the prince have to do with the Iron Wolf tribe?
Unexpectedly, as soon as the deputy leader Tie Lang saw them, he was heartbroken and said:
"Little prince, although our leader refuses to cooperate with you, you can't send someone to assassinate our leader!
Our Iron Wolf Tribe has always been loyal to the Emperor. Look at what the Iron Wolf Tribe is like now. The bastards are in power and the people are in dire straits. How can you bear it!"
The little prince didn't expect that this Iron Wolf tribe would actually come to fight with him!
"What nonsense are you talking about? When did I, the king, come into contact with your leader? It's just nonsense and nonsense!"
The Northern Man Emperor threw the three confessions to the ground with great force.
"If you reveal the prince's whereabouts, I will give you, mother and son a lenient sentence!"
The little prince hurriedly picked up the confession on the ground and read it. When he saw it, his hands were shaking with anger. Those two dead soldiers had actually betrayed them!
But Deputy Chief Tielang, in order to get away with it, blamed him for the prince's disappearance!
Although he and his mother-in-law sent two groups of dead soldiers to assassinate Kitano Hongming, before the second wave of dead soldiers could take action, Kitano Hongming disappeared.
To be honest, he also attempted a crime.
Concubine Xin said anxiously:
"Your Majesty, you can't listen to the words of villains. I used to be a close friend of the Queen, so how could I harm her son? These people must have been instigated by others, and they came together to frame the little prince."
Concubine Xin gained wisdom out of desperation.
"The prince has always regarded our mother and son as a thorn in his side. Maybe, maybe the prince directed and staged this disappearance himself, just to get out. Little prince, your Majesty! Please make the decision for us, mother and son!"
The envoy who was kneeling on the ground, his eyes rolling around, thought that Concubine Xin was really a character, and such a story could be made up.
The prince was obviously kidnapped by people from the Yunxiao Kingdom, and he didn't even know whether he was dead or alive.
The Northern Man emperor frowned. The prince was indeed quite wary of the little prince, and the two of them fought openly and secretly.
The situation mentioned by Concubine Xin is not impossible.
It's just that this time is too long. If the prince really makes a dangerous move, isn't he afraid that the little prince will take advantage of his disappearance and seize the crown prince's position?
After much deliberation, it is more likely that the prince was killed.