With three words in succession, everyone in the hall was stunned and all looked at Ji Shaoling.
Ji Shaoling felt like a ray of light on his back, and felt that these eyes were extremely dazzling.
"When did I receive your gold? Stop slandering and making sophistry here!"
"Why not? You asked His Highness to contact my cousin and said that he could help. As long as he gave you ten thousand taels of gold to help you raise military resources, everything was negotiable. Why is it that now that you are in court, you refuse to admit it!"
What he said was reasonable and well-founded. Many officials in the hall knew that Ji Shaoling was collecting money. What's more, when they interrogated Qin Qing, they knew that Qin Qing had previously wanted to annex the Xi family and also wanted to raise money for the prince.
Ji Shaoling's expression changed slightly. Tong Zhenzhen said that she was helping him raise money with those dandies, but she didn't say how. But from what the fat man said, it was obvious that Tong Zhenzhen went directly on her behalf.
But Tong Zhenzhen probably only contacted the fat man's cousin. In order to raise money, the fat man's cousin must have contacted the fat man's family directly. In order to ask for money conveniently, he may have been talking nonsense, which made the fat man so sure.
"This, this..." All the officials were confused for a moment and all looked at Cao Zhengning.
This is the prince. How can they, low-ranking officials of the sixth rank, approach the prince to question him? Only Cao Zhengning and the man from Dali Temple are qualified to do so. However, it happens that the man from Dali Temple did not come today. The pressure was instantly placed on Cao Zhengning. here.
Cao Zhengning was bald for a while. If it was okay in private, now with so many people watching, who would dare to bend the law for personal gain?
Fortunately, he didn't face this difficult problem once or twice, so he could only cough twice and look at Ji Shaoling.
"Your Majesty, is this something?"
Ji Shaoling wanted to roll his eyes, how could this be possible!
But looking at so many pairs of eyes outside, I could only show a fairly warm smile.
"Many people are aware of the matter of raising funds for the front line. How could Gu do such a favoritism and pervert the law openly? Moreover, His Highness came two days ago and was accompanied by Xu Bandu to make friends. She did not tell me the specific situation. , there must be some misunderstanding between them."
After that, he looked at the fat man and said, "Since you keep saying it's your cousin who said it, why don't you ask your cousin to come up and ask for clarification?"
He was so calm and calm, Cao Zhengning and others immediately felt relieved. It seemed that His Highness really didn't know anything about it, and, having said that, anyone with any brains would have known that it was his cousin who was causing trouble.
But his cousin is the legitimate son of Duke Li, and he wants to seize the title. If it really involves problems, ten thousand taels of gold is a small matter, and the lives of his whole family will have to be weighed.
Everyone else knew what Cao Zhengning could think of. Even Fatty's family members were worried at this moment and hoped that he would stop it soon.
They still have sons, but they only have one life.
The fat man saw his family shaking their heads silently, knowing that he had been treated as an outcast, and then thinking that he was about to die, he started to curse out of grief and anger.
"Everything I say is true. If you don't believe me, ask my cousin. He came to the prison yesterday and told me personally, saying that as long as I give him 10,000 taels of gold, the prince can save my life!"
"Go check it out. Why, just because he is the prince and my cousin is the legitimate son of the Duke's palace, are you letting it go?"
"If that's the case, why do I have to die? If I die, it's not because I'm guilty, but because I was not born into an emperor's family!"
"Be bold!"
"presumptuous!"
Cao Zhengning and other officials almost jumped up from the table. Only Ji Shaoling looked at the ball in Jiang Zian's arms, with only those light words in his mind.