Empress Wu's reply was also very clever. It was like playing Tai Chi, both offensive and defensive, switching from defense to offense. She was actually accusing Gao Zong of blaming her for violating the Tang Dynasty's national policy.
Gaozong had just reprimanded Empress Wu, and he felt a little guilty in his heart. Now when he saw Empress Wu say this, he suddenly became speechless.
However, Li Zhaode, the chief minister of the imperial censor, snorted: "It is the imperial censor Yuan Gongyu who deceived the superiors and deceived the inferiors. He did not distinguish between the good and the bad. He just ordered the villain to take advantage of the opportunity to infiltrate the camp, persecute the loyal and good, and ruin the image of our court. I report to your majesty, and the humble ministers still know."
Among these censors responsible for interrogation, Wang Hongyi was known as the White Rabbit Censor, mainly because of an allusion...Hou Sizhi was nicknamed the Shaobing Censor because before he became famous, he made a living by selling sesame cakes and was illiterate.
One, this person's interrogation method is called Bai Sima and Meng Qingbang, because there is a bank in Luoyang called Bai Sima Ban, and there is a general named Meng Qingbang. Hou Sizhi didn't know it, so he thought that "Baisima" means "rebellion" and "Meng Qing" means "rebellion".
The meaning of 'stick' punishment is really laughable. It seems that these unlearned and unskilled people are wandering into the court, flooding the censor's platform, and making the entire censor's platform a mess. If they are not rectified, the ministers are afraid that they will be framed like this in the future.
Loyalty, I am afraid that things that bring harm to the court will happen again."
"Your Majesty, I am unjust. Although these people seem to be unlearned and unskilled, they are real masters of torture. They have solved many mysterious cases. Besides, the matter of the prince has not yet been decided. Li Zhaode
You are so arrogant, please ask Your Majesty to investigate this matter in detail!"
Yuan Gongyu immediately pretended to be innocent and saluted Emperor Gaozong respectfully.
At this time, Li Zhaode chuckled and said lightly: "Your Majesty only needs to go to Lijingmen to issue an edict in this matter, and then you will know the authenticity. Why should you listen to the villain's gossip here? I would like to ask Your Majesty to go to Lijingmen to issue an edict."
Prison, one can distinguish the true from the false."
After finishing speaking, Li Zhaode knelt down on the ground and said respectfully to Gaozong.
At the same time, everyone else knelt down on the ground and said respectfully to Emperor Gaozong: "Your Majesty, please come to the Lijingmen Prison to judge the authenticity!"
When Emperor Gaozong heard this, he suddenly became proud and said loudly: "In that case, I will go to the censor's stage to distinguish the authenticity and see how these censors interrogate?"
At this moment, Xue Yuanchao suddenly received the look from Empress Wu, and immediately understood that he wanted to stop him. He couldn't help but feel resentful in his heart, because speaking at this time would definitely offend Gaozong, but he knew that without Empress Wu's protection,
, not only could he fail to become prime minister, but he also overpowered the two clansmen, Xue Rengui, the prime minister, and Xue Shao, the prince-in-law of the Xue family in Hedong. He was afraid that he would not even be able to save his life, so he gritted his teeth and said: "Your Majesty, in prison.
The Yin Qi is very strong and your Majesty's dragon body is not yet healthy, so it is really not suitable for you to go to prison."
But Gaozong snorted heavily: "If you and others don't do whatever you want, why would I go to a place like Imperial Prison?"
At this moment, Emperor Gaozong suddenly heard a noise outside. He couldn't help being startled, and then asked: "Who is making such a loud noise outside the palace? There are no rules!"
But I heard the report from the chamberlain: "Your Majesty, a man suddenly came outside the palace, claiming to be the musician of the East Palace, named An Jinzang. He wanted to prove the innocence of His Majesty, because His Majesty was in court, and because the identity of the person was unknown.
, so the slave did not let him in, but he did not expect that the man would be so strong. He expressed loudly that he was willing to carve out a heart in his cavity to prove the prince's innocence. Before he finished speaking, he pierced the chest with the sharp knife in his hand. Oops.
, this blood flowed all over the ground, it is really terrible..."
"There is such a thing!" Emperor Gaozong immediately stood up after hearing this and said excitedly: "Immediately send the best ministers from Shang Yao Bureau to treat him. At all costs, we must save the life of this righteous man! Haha, the crown prince's palace
With such a righteous man in the palace, how could he possibly rebel? Now it seems that we have really misunderstood the prince."
Immediately afterwards, Emperor Gaozong led his ministers to the outside of the palace to visit the righteous man An Jinzang in person, and told the great minister of Shangyao Bureau who came with the order to save An Jinzang's life at all costs before setting off.
Go to Lijingmen Prison.
Empress Wu and her party members all looked defeated, because with everyone watching, neither Empress Wu nor Yuan Gongyu could send people to the prison to arrange all this in advance.
The plan to frame the prince failed step by step.
After about a meal, Gaozong and others arrived at Lijingmen Prison. According to what Li Zhaode pointed out, he first came to Zhou Xing's interrogation room. As soon as he entered the interrogation room, he saw that his body was weak.
, Liu Youqiu, who was covered with bruises, could not help but be furious, and said sternly: "This is your interrogation? How many people can survive such torture? Zhou Xing, do you think you can survive it? Hehe, now that it has happened, this
Not even a single righteous man has been recruited, which shows how loyal he is! It also shows that the prince’s case was indeed unjust!"
When they arrived at the place where Wang Hongyi was interrogating, Gaozong smelled a stench before he even walked in, and then he couldn't help but vomited all over the floor. After a while, he said weakly: "You actually used poisonous gas to force me to do this."
It's a shame that you were able to confess, but even under such circumstances, this righteous man did not confess, which shows his utter loyalty!"
Later, Gaozong came to the torture room where Lai Junchen, Hou Sizhi, Suo Yuanli and others were tortured. What they saw were similar, and he couldn't help but got furious and shouted: "There are such torture methods, Yushitai is really
It's an eye-opener. No wonder this place is called the Jingjingmen Prison. There is really no return. It seems that only you, Dr. Yuan, can do such a thing of reusing cruel officials and subduing them, right? Yuan Gongyu, you,
What crime do you deserve?"
Upon hearing this, Yuan Gongyu immediately knelt down on the ground, confessed to the death penalty, and begged the emperor for forgiveness.
Gaozong said bitterly: "This matter does not need to be tried any further. It is obvious that someone was beaten into submission. I hope that the prince, huh, will expel such cruel officials from the Yushitai and remove them from all positions. From now on, no matter how talented they are,
, will never be used. As for you, Yuan Gongyu, hehe, you are old too, so you should go back to your hometown."
"Ah? Your Majesty, your Majesty, please let me go. This is all because I was confused for a moment and was deceived by these cruel officials." As soon as Yuan Gongyu heard that Gaozong wanted to resign, he knew that his career would end here. However, I am afraid that this
Everything is not over yet, because he is likely to suffer revenge from Li Xian in the future, causing him to mysteriously disappear. By then, he will not even be able to save his life. This is the most worrying thing.
Therefore, Yuan Gongyu cried and begged for mercy, but Gaozong was unmoved and watched Yuan Gongyu being driven out of the Yushitai. (To be continued.) This chapter has been completed!