si-mexico Chapter 645: The prince becomes a villain?
Chapter 645: The prince becomes a villain?
above the hall.
Chu Ning impeached Yang Yuntao, which marked the beginning of the court struggle.
Faced with the prince's obstruction, Chu Ning showed no weakness and even asked other princes to express their opinions.
Sitting on the dragon throne, the emperor narrowed his eyes and a look of surprise flashed across his face.
Chu Ning's relationship with other princes is not very good. If he asks other princes to express their opinions at this time, does Chu Ning have the confidence that other princes will support him?
While thinking, the prince sneered: "You said this yourself, Eighteenth Brother. In this case, let the other brothers come out and tell us what you think!"
This kid Chu Ning mobilized the guards of other princes without authorization yesterday. These people must hate Chu Ning to the core!
It's impossible to get these people to support him!
Just when the Crown Prince was confident that he would win, the Sixth Prince took the initiative to step forward and said slowly without waiting for the Third Prince to speak:
"Father, I think since Lord Yang is a suspect, he should cooperate with the Ministry of Justice in the investigation."
As soon as these words were spoken, the emperor and the prince felt something was wrong.
Isn't this obviously biased towards Chu Ning?
The Third Prince, the Fourth Prince, and the Fifth Prince, who were completely unaware of this, looked at each other with surprise on their faces.
They didn't know why the Sixth Prince suddenly stood on Chu Ning's side. Did he think that the Crown Prince was too powerful and wanted to deal with him together?
When the three were surprised, the emperor narrowed his eyes and asked in a cold voice: "Sixth Brother, do you know what you are talking about?"
The Sixth Prince bowed and said in a deep voice, "Father, Yan Yuntai is an official of the Ministry of Justice. He was impeached for knowingly breaking the law. If we don't conduct a thorough investigation, how can we convince people?"
The prince realized at this moment that the Sixth Prince was determined to kill Yang Yuntao.
The angry prince was about to speak when the Ninth Prince stepped forward and said sternly:
"Father, I think that since Yang Yuntao is a suspect, this matter must be investigated. If nothing can be found, Lord Yang can be cleared of all charges."
The emperor's expression changed slightly.
It would have been fine if the Sixth Prince had stood up to speak for Chu Ning, but now even the Ninth Prince has stood up as well.
Did the sun rise from the west today?
The prince couldn't help but look up outside the palace. It was pitch dark and it was not yet dawn.
At this time, the prince could not help but stand up and said, "Old Nine, what nonsense are you talking about? Lord Yang is innocent, why is he being investigated?"
But before the Ninth Prince could speak, the Eleventh Prince stepped out with a smile and said, "Brother Crown Prince, you are wrong!"
"Eighteenth brother, we have Su Tingmei's confession, which shows that Yang Yuntao is a suspect. Shouldn't we investigate him?"
"As for you, Prince, you said Yang Yuntao is innocent. What evidence do you have?"
Chu Ning almost laughed out loud when he heard this.
Good boy, Yang Yuntao has to find evidence to prove his innocence himself.
The Crown Prince was furious at these words. He glared and rushed to the Eleventh Prince with one step, saying harshly:
"What do you mean, Eleventh Brother? Do you want an innocent person to prove his innocence?"
The eleventh prince shrugged: "Whether or not I am innocent is not up to my brother the crown prince to decide."
"you……"
The Crown Prince was about to retort, but the Twelfth Prince sighed and stood up pretending to be a peacemaker:
"Brother Crown Prince, why are you so angry? This matter has nothing to do with you. You don't need to get involved."
"Since Su Tingmei has pointed out Yang Yuntao, let the Ministry of Justice investigate. It would be best if they can find out. But if they can't, it will at least clear Lord Yang's name."
The same words again!
The prince's chest was heaving with anger. He was now certain that this group of people had already discussed this in advance!
He cannot engage in a verbal battle with so many princes by himself, he must find help!
The prince snorted coldly and looked at the Minister of Works He Peng.
He Peng understood and immediately stood up to refute: "Although what His Majesty the Twelfth Prince said makes sense, it won't work."
"Lord Yang is an official in the Ministry of Justice. He has a lot of things to deal with every day. How can he delay his official duties because of something that is completely fabricated?"
"Delaying his official duties?"
Chu Ning chuckled when he heard this: "Master He means that the Ministry of Justice cannot function properly without Yang Yuntao?"
"This……"
"Hmph, Lord He, you better think it over before you speak. I have not yet settled the score with you regarding the crossbow!"
This sentence frightened He Peng so much that his face turned pale and cold sweat broke out. He dared not speak anymore.
He knew Chu Ning's character very well. Once he decided to do something, he would never give up and would not back down because of opposition from others.
What's more, once the fact that he provided the Xiahou family with crossbows is exposed, his fate will not be much better than Yang Yuntao's.
The prince saw that He Peng was stunned, his face was extremely gloomy, he turned to look at Chu Ning and said coldly: "Eighteenth brother, we are talking about Yang Yuntao now, don't bring up other people."
"Yes, yes, let's talk about Yang Yuntao!"
Chu Ning narrowed his eyes and sneered, "How about this? Let the brother who agreed to take down Yang Yuntao stand behind me and see how many people support him!"
At this point, Chu Ning was too lazy to waste time talking. He wanted to use his numerical advantage to overwhelm the prince and force the emperor to make a decision.
As soon as he finished speaking, the Sixth Prince, Ninth Prince, Eleventh Prince and Twelfth Prince, who had already expressed their opinions, all walked behind Chu Ning.
This scene made the emperor on the dragon throne change his expression slightly.
Including Chu Ning, there are already five people who support this matter!
But, this is not the end!
The remaining five princes, the thirteenth, fourteenth, fifteenth, sixteenth and seventeenth, also stood behind Chu Ning.
Among the fourteen princes, nine of them chose to support Chu Ning at this moment, plus Chu Ning himself, that’s ten people!
The third prince, the fourth prince, and the fifth prince, who had not yet expressed their opinions, looked at each other when they saw this.
It was not until this moment that they realized that Chu Ning had actually convinced the other nine princes.
Of course, they would not miss such a good opportunity to take advantage of someone's misfortune.
The third prince made a prompt decision and walked behind Chu Ning.
The Fourth Prince thought about it, and then followed.
The remaining five princes took one look at Chu Ning's lonely appearance and had no choice but to bite the bullet and walk behind him.
At this point, all the princes except the crown prince agreed to capture Yang Yuntao!
This scene made the prince look extremely ugly.
Yang Yuntao was even more anxious, and hurriedly shouted: "Your Majesty, I am loyal to the court, how could I do such a thing? Please understand your majesty!"
At this moment, Yang Yuntao was really panicked.
He had finally passed the imperial examination and reached this point, and even became the prince's confidant. He didn't want to be taken down like this.
Now, only the emperor can save him. He hopes that the emperor can withstand the pressure from Chu Ning and others.
As for the prince...
The current prince can do nothing!
Fortunately, the prince also reacted at this moment and realized that he could not change Chu Ning's decision. He had no choice but to bow to the emperor:
"Father, Lord Yang has been working diligently since he entered the court and has made contributions to our dynasty. We must not let this discourage Lord Yang."
The emperor narrowed his eyes and tapped the dragon throne with his right index finger, weighing the pros and cons in his mind.