Empress Wu's crying immediately made many ministers secretly sympathize with her, because they believed that if these crimes were really fabricated by Li Xian, this would indeed be too much.
However, Li Xian was not moved at all, but said sadly: "You are my mother. You gave birth to me, raised me, and raised me. Such kindness is immense. If you hadn't done something wrong, I, as my son, would , I will never dare to be disrespectful to you at all. If I don’t have enough evidence in my hands, I will not dare to testify against my mother! Queen Mother, although you are my mother, I can ignore my cousin and aunt, but my Sister, my brother is my father, but my blood is thicker than water. My sister and brother were born to you. I don’t even need to pursue these matters, but my father is your husband. What’s more, He is the king of the Tang Dynasty, and you have even cruelly poisoned him. I will never dare to ignore you!"
"You mean you have the evidence for me? Where is the evidence? Di Aiqing, you are a master in breaking prisons. Please help me take a look. Are the evidences true or false?" Empress Wu did not believe that Li Xian had anything in his hands. With her evidence in hand, she felt confident. She glanced at Di Renjie who was among the ministers and said immediately.
It turned out that Di Renjie had been appointed as the Minister of Industry by Empress Wu at this time. He was a subordinate of Tong Zhongshu and became the prime minister of the Tang Dynasty. He treated Di Renjie kindly and knew that Di Renjie had always been upright. If those files were forged, Di Renjie would Will definitely point it out in public.
As long as it is pointed out that Li Xian's incident today is purely a frame-up, then Empress Wu will take advantage of the situation this time. I believe that even if Li Xian takes control of the situation, he cannot do anything to her and can allow her to calmly deploy the situation.
Although Empress Wu was a little surprised that Li Xian dug up all the cases he had committed and pointed the murderer at herself, Empress Wu was confident that he could not get any evidence.
Since Di Renjie was named by Marquis Wu, it was naturally difficult for him to dodge. Besides, he didn't want to dodge. He really wanted to know whether these files were true.
So Di Renjie began to review the files with his years of experience in solving cases and his shrewd vision. After nearly half an hour, Di Renjie said with a serious face: "These files are indeed true, but many of the witnesses in the cases are dead. For example, the witness He Lan Minzhi who testified that the Queen Mother strangled Princess Andingsi to death with her own hands, and the cook who testified that the Queen Mother ordered someone to poison Mrs. Wei, etc., do you know if your Majesty has any relevant witnesses?"
I could only hear Li Xian sighing: "Actually, I originally wanted to destroy these files because they were not conducive to my mother, but later I was persuaded to stop them. No matter what, we must seek justice for those who have been wronged, so Although there were physical evidence and oral confessions at that time, and due to the age, most of the witnesses were dead and some were silenced. However, I still have some witnesses here, such as the cook who killed Mrs. Wei, and my mother who framed Shangguan. Witnesses related to Yi's rebellion, as well as witnesses related to the late emperor's poisoning case, these people should have arrived outside the palace by now, I will summon them to come in and testify."
After Li Xian finished speaking, he waved his hand, and naturally someone brought these witnesses in. When Empress Wu opened her eyes, she saw that all these witnesses were known to her. For example, they were able to report to her the details of Gaozong's secret summons to Shangguan Yi to write the edict to abolish the empress. " Xia'er", as well as Ma Jin and others who personally ordered the poisoning and delivered the poisoned cake to Empress Wu.
I don't know how these people were found by Li Xian, but when all these people came in front of them, Empress Wu suddenly felt something bad in her heart. Even though she had always been calm, she couldn't help but feel a little panic now.
In the end, Di Renjie conducted an interrogation and determined that most of the evidence brought by Li Xian was true, so the bloody cases that Empress Wu had committed were immediately confirmed as ironclad cases.
"I was responsible for all these cases. Not only that, I was also responsible for the deposing of Li Xian's son as the crown prince. Also, Li Xian was killed because of my instructions. That woman of yours, Yang
I ordered him to be put to death, but I didn’t expect that I would destroy Li Xian, but I would fulfill your destiny. If I had known that I would have kept that idiot Li Xian, it would have been better than letting you become the crown prince. But
Even if I did everything, so what? I am your biological mother, can you change this fact? Can you put me to death? Hehe, boy, I want to take a look, you are
How can I give an explanation to the world?"
In the end, Empress Wu realized that she could no longer hide it, so she simply said it all out loud. Now she was a dead pig, not afraid of boiling water, and was unreasonable and unreasonable. But the more she behaved like this, the more she believed that Li Xian would be unable to do anything to her.
"So, does the Queen Mother admit to the things she did before?" Li Xian looked at Queen Wu and said calmly.
"Of course I admit it, what can you do?" Empress Wu glanced at Li Xian with disdain and said proudly.
Although she knew that nothing good would happen after she confessed, but the matter was at this point, even if she did not admit it, it would not matter anymore. Anyway, one more charge would not be much, and one less charge would not be much, so she would shrink back when the matter came.
, but this is not her character as a military queen.
"In this case, I have no choice but to convict the mother and queen. Although she is unfilial, she cannot be unfaithful. This world is not one that knows the world, but the world of everyone. The queen killed the owner and her husband, and killed her brother and nephew.
, killed my sister and nephew, and killed my son and daughter. These are all close relatives. It is a strange news that the mother can do this. I am afraid that in the heart of the mother, any family affection is not as important as the power in her hands, right?
Also, in order to seize power, the Queen Mother unjustly killed many loyal and good people without asking the virtuous and foolish, and promoted cruel officials. Even if the sons and ministers want to forgive, how can they feel at ease when so many innocent souls are still watching? "
Li Xian turned around and said to the ministers: "So, I have decided that the powerful minister Pei Yan deceived the emperor and rebelled, forged a will, and was punished by the clan. The traitor Zhang Qianxu supported the army and rebelled. Since he has been
He was beheaded, so he lost his family members, and the men were sent to Leizhou, while the women were brought to Yeting. Brothers Wu Chengsi and Wu Sansi colluded with Pei Yan to rebel. Although he died, it was not enough to eliminate the hatred. Therefore, the three Yi tribes and their female family members were all wiped out.
They were all slaves in Yeting, and their party members Song Zhiwen, Song Zhixun, Zhou Lili, Ran Zuyong, Li Jun, Yao Shaozhi, Zhang Jiafu, Wang Qingzhi, Zong Chuke, Zong Qinke and others were all exiled to Zhenzhou forever.
No need to describe the use. The cruel officials Zhou Xing, Lai Junchen, Suo Yuanli, failed to be loyal, Hou Sizhi and others set up prisons to kill loyal and good people, and all of them were beheaded. The remaining officials, depending on the seriousness of the case, were demoted, dismissed, and exiled.
Wait for corresponding treatment. In addition, the Wang family and the concubine Xiao family were all restored to their reputations. They each received posthumous titles and were buried with the late emperor. Shangguan Yi and others who were unjustly killed were all rehabilitated, each received posthumous titles and were buried with them.