Chapter 587: The truth comes out, the right prime minister falls
After several days of investigation, more and more doubts emerged and the truth of the matter slowly surfaced.
"I didn't expect it was her!"
When Di Ran received the news from the secret agent of Tianji Pavilion, he was also surprised.
What I didn't expect was that the Right Prime Minister was so bold that he even dared to touch the Empress's man!
And there is Shijun Qi. Even though the Right Prime Minister is in good shape, his age is there. The other party is old enough to be his mother. How could he dare to do that?
I don’t know what Qi Shijun is thinking.
But no matter what, Yan Chen’s death was caused by these two people, and there is no way she would let them go.
But before she could take action, something happened in the court that shocked everyone.
The right prime minister is plotting treason!
Someone in the court reported that the right prime minister was planning to usurp the throne and wanted to rebel!
Is this okay?
Murong Jing naturally denied it flatly, claiming that the other party was slandering her and that she had never done such a thing.
But seeing the confident look of the person who reported the incident, the empress hesitated.
After all, treason is no small matter. Even if there is a little sign of trouble, the extremely suspicious empress would rather kill the wrong person than let him go.
As a result, the Right Prime Minister's Mansion was investigated.
I don’t know if those who were searching had received the news in advance, but they soon discovered a secret passage in the Right Prime Minister’s Mansion, which led to a dilapidated temple in the suburbs.
There is a mechanism under the stone statue in the ruined temple, and below that is another secret room, which leads to a secret farmhouse in the prime minister's mansion in the suburbs.
The secret room contained a lot of weapons and armor, as well as dozens of boxes of gold and silver.
And that manor was actually privately casting weapons, and they even found a dragon robe in the secret room of the manor's study!
Good guy!
They dared to forge a large number of weapons and even made dragon robes under the feet of the emperor.
What do you want to do? !
Who would believe you if you said you didn't rebel?
Anyway, all the civil and military officials in the court didn't believe it, and the empress didn't believe it even more.
As for Murong Jing, of course, she refused to admit that she did all these things and said that someone was slandering her.
Besides, those things were not found in her house, so how could they say that she was rebelling? Maybe it was a frame-up?
Anyway, Murong Jing insisted that she had no knowledge of the matter.
However, the empress doesn't care about that.
She had long disliked the other party and had suffered many setbacks at the hands of Murong Jing over the years. The narrow-minded woman had already kept several accounts of this.
At the beginning, she was afraid that one side would become too powerful and would be detrimental to her, so she supported the Grand Tutor and the Right Prime Minister to confront each other and maintain the balance in the court.
But now the empress is old, and has lost her former wisdom and calmness. She has become self-willed, suspicious and sensitive.
Under continuous stimulation, his temper became more and more irritable and he would not listen to any honest advice.
Therefore, she did not listen to Murong Jing's explanation at all and directly ordered Murong Jing to be thrown into the Sky Prison.
She didn't care to find out whether this matter was true or not. She only saw the evidence in front of her.
Everyone was shocked when the Right Prime Minister's family was ransacked and exterminated.
If it was just an ordinary crime, we could wait and see, but now it is a serious crime of treason. Whoever dares to get involved will lose his life.
All of a sudden, those who used to curry favor with Murong Jing began to distance themselves from her, and some even betrayed her, telling all about the bad things that Murong Jing had done behind their backs, such as embezzling money and seizing people's land. They wanted to put all the blame on Murong Jing, saying that they were all forced and were innocent.
Murong Jing's downfall was swift, as if there was a force pushing her from behind.
Just when everyone hadn't yet recovered from the rebellion of the right prime minister, another incident broke out.
It turned out that the Right Prime Minister's husband was very angry because he was implicated in the Right Prime Minister's treason. While cursing, he inadvertently revealed that he suspected the Right Prime Minister had an affair with a royal servant in the palace.
This has really stirred up a hornet's nest!
The empress was also skeptical and immediately ordered a thorough investigation.
Is there anyone in her harem who dares to cheat on her?
Do you treat her as a dead person?
This is really unreasonable!
The empress was furious and ordered a thorough investigation in the inner court.
This investigation is not a big deal. With someone pushing it behind the scenes, things are going smoothly.
(End of this chapter)
