Jiang Chengyi lowered his eyes slightly, lowered his body and asked, "Your Majesty...hasn't you already believed that I have concluded the case? Your Majesty also said... You can be exempted from punishment. Why is it suddenly? I am stupid, I hope Your Majesty will make it clear?"

He pretended to be stupid and tentative, and his tone was filled with panic and fear.

Emperor Wei said coldly: "What I said just now is that I will not punish you for breaking into the inner palace. I have never said that I would spare you the crime of dereliction of duty. Besides, although you have settled the case, the ministers and the people of the capital do not know the truth about the matter. Should you always give them a decent reason to explain it?"

"The crime of dereliction of duty?" Jiang Chengyi murmured to himself, and then asked, "So... Your Majesty believes that I have nothing to do with the private release of Su Ren?"

"You risked your life to break into the palace and even tried to meet me. Isn't it just to clarify this matter? If it was really planned and Xue Qing assisted and Yuanfu took action, how could you go back to the palace and fall into the trap?"

"Your Majesty... is really a trusted minister?" Jiang Chengyi trembled and looked up at the young emperor with a slightly trembling crying voice.

"If I don't believe it, how can I come to take care of you personally? This is the apology I made before that I misunderstood you and made." Emperor Wei stood up from his seat, bent down and helped him up, and said solemnly: "I have believed you, but you must report the truth and must not hide anything."

"I obey the order..." Jiang Chengyi followed his support and slowly stood up from the ground, and sat back on the couch weakly step by step.

"...... I escaped from the government office and hunted for several days, and had been lurking outside the suburbs of Beijing. I waited for several days and finally captured Su Ren who escaped from prison on the mountain road. In addition, I also arrested several other people who had accomplices with him, and had roughly understood the truth about the prison robbery that day. Your Majesty! The first thing I want to clarify at this moment is Yuan Fu's charge."

Emperor Wei frowned and asked, "Yuan Fu? What do you want to defend him? In the palace that day, Deng Qing suppressed him. He personally admitted that he was involved in the prison robbery and murder case in the southeast alley. He first took human life and then abused his power and released his repeal. The crime was a foregone conclusion. I can believe that you have nothing to do with what he did, but I will never allow you to abuse my trust in you to defend such a snake or scorpion."

"Report to Your Majesty. If you want to say that Yuan Fu is a sacrificial injustice, it is really a great injustice. The robbery and murder case in Southeast Lane has nothing to do with Yuan Fu... On the day of the incident, Yuan Fu has been handling official documents in the Censorate of the East Mansion, and has no chance to go to Southeast Lane..." Jiang Chengyi defended Yuan Fu, and was crying with a sad face.

Emperor Wei retorted: "I heard that the murderer was a man called Chen Wu. Yuan Fu did not go to the southeast alley in person, so could he instruct Chen Wu to kill people? Jiang Qing, you trust Yuan Fu too much."

Jiang Chengyi said: "Your Majesty... I trust Yuan Fu as your Majesty trusts me. I know Yuan Fu's character well and know that he will never do this, so I dare to argue in front of Your Majesty."

"Arguing is useless. What I want to look at is evidence. You say he was wronged and has nothing to do with the murder case in the Southeast Lane. There must be definite evidence."

Jiang Chengyi immediately bowed and said, "I... There is evidence. Outside the palace gate, Chen Wu's body, who was stuck in the charity village, is the evidence."

"Chen Wu's body?" Emperor Wei was stunned at first, and then laughed directly, "Since it has become a corpse, how can it be used as evidence? It is unknown whether Yuan Fu silences him one step ahead."

Jiang Chengyili reported: "Your Majesty... When this man died, Yuan Fu had been detained by the palace. How could he have the opportunity to silence him?"

"You mean... this person was killed after Yuanfu was imprisoned?" Emperor Wei slowly stopped laughing and frowned.

"That's true." Jiang Chengyi lowered his head and replied, "I am guarding the death in the suburbs, so as to capture this person and Su Ren. A day ago, I accidentally found traces of this person fighting on Niulan slopes in the suburbs of the city. I searched all the way. When I arrived, there was still warm on the body of this person, and his neck was cut open with a knife, and his death was extremely miserable. If Yuan Fu really instructed Chen Wu to kill someone... how could this person be killed after Yuan Fu was imprisoned?"

When Emperor Wei heard this, he fell silently and his eyes gradually became darker: "So according to your wishes?"

"Your Majesty...Yuan Fu was indeed framed by someone!"

"If it is indeed as you said, then why did Yuanfu admit his guilt?" Emperor Wei asked.

Jiang Chengyi replied: "This was a forced act by Yuan Fu, and he was helpless. Yuan Fu's wife and mother lost their traces after the robbery and murder case in Southeast Lane, and Yuan Fu's house was also looted... Before escorting Su Ren to the execution ground that day, Yuan Fu also went to investigate due to the case in Southeast Lane, and his expression was wrong after returning. All of this was clearly because someone kidnapped Yuan's mother and wife, and threatened Yuan Fu... had to act for him."

"What you said is true?"

"There are all evidences and physical evidence, and I dare not talk nonsense."

"As you said... Then Yuan Fu later covered Chen Wu and Su Ren in prison, arranged for fakes to enter, confusing the public, and was also forced to do it?"

"Report to Your Majesty...that's exactly what it is."

"Absurd!" Emperor Wei said coldly, "Do you think I am a three-year-old child? So easy to deceive?"

Jiang Chengyi's face turned pale: "Your Majesty...everything I said is true."

"I don't believe it. Who dares to threaten the kidnapping of my ministers and families in broad daylight!"

Obviously, Emperor Wei didn't believe what Jiang Chengyi said, and he was full of rejection and disgust. He stared at Jiang Chengyi with time and said, "I guess... I'm afraid you will prove Deng Qing next? Jiang Chengyi... Why do you think I am willing to demote myself to take care of you personally? I don't have the mood to listen to you nonsense here!"

Sure enough, as he had expected before, he appeared in the palace at this moment, clarifying the injustice and proving Deng's love with his own strength. In the eyes of Emperor Wei, it was just an act of eliminating dissidents.

Emperor Wei was angry, and Jiang Chengyi stood up from the couch again and knelt down to him: "Your Majesty... I know that Your Majesty does not want to trust me, so I have prepared a lot of evidence and hope Your Majesty will look at it. If Your Majesty has seen these evidences, he still does not believe that this matter is Deng Qing harming me... I am willing to accept any disposal of Your Majesty, and there will be no complaints in the past."

The Emperor of Wei said sarcastically: "Okay. I want to see what evidence you have to convince me."

"Your Majesty, I am alone and risking my life to break into the palace, so all the witnesses and evidence are prepared outside the palace. If Your Majesty allows you... I am willing to count the evidence, lead the witness into the palace, and face Deng Qing in front of you." Jiang Chengyi said humbly.

"Did you make a good plan? Who are you planning to leave the palace to ask for help?" Emperor Wei sneered: "I don't agree. Tell me where your witnesses and evidence are hidden. I ordered Cui Qian to pick them up in person and quote the witnesses into the palace."

Jiang Chengyi lowered his head, his cold eyes flashed, and the cold light overflowed. But he still pretended to be grateful to him, and said with gratitude: "Your Majesty wishes to see my witnesses and the evidence that I have verified is a great trust, and I dare not make any extravagant requests."

Emperor Wei was too lazy to glance at him again and shouted outside the curtain: "Liang Yue, go to the Nan Palace to call your master."

Liang Yue, who was guarding outside the curtain felt, heard this call and immediately responded: "Here, I will go now."

After the voice fell, the little eunuch rushed out with slight steps.

Jiang Chengyi knelt on the ground. Emperor Wei never said a word of concern, nor even wanted to let him get up. He just was cold.

The two of them were in a stalemate until Cui Qian, led by Liang Yue, came to Wuying Hall, and broke the deadly atmosphere.

"Your Majesty! Your Majesty! I'm late! I hope Your Majesty will forgive you." Cui Qian's noisy voice came, causing the people in the room to frown.

The old eunuch lifted the curtain felt and rushed into the house in one step. He fell to the ground with a plop, and slid to the front of Emperor Wei.

"You slave! When will you not be noisy?!" Emperor Wei kicked Cui Qian on the shoulder and threw him into pieces.

Cui Qian blushed with a thick face and a thick neck, sweating all over, knelt at the feet of Emperor Wei, holding his thighs: "Your Majesty! I am guilty of my son! Don't get angry! Your body is important."

The Emperor of Wei sternly said to him: "Let go! If you do this again, be careful that I will really punish you!"

Cui Qian let go of his hand. When he turned around, he saw Jiang Chengyi wearing a thin middle robe, and the wounds on his body were still bleeding, like dry grass in the wind, kneeling on the ground with extremely weak weakness.

Cui Qian's heart skipped a beat, and the blue veins on his forehead jumped up.

Emperor Wei said to him: "I have a few things that you have to do in person. Jiang Qing has prepared evidence outside the palace to prove his innocence, and there are witnesses who can confirm it for him. I want you to bring people secretly to bring these evidences and witnesses into the palace. Remember not to let anyone find out, otherwise I will only ask."

As Emperor Wei said this, Cui Qian stood in a stalemate and responded repeatedly: "I obey the order and will do this properly."

"In addition... I want you to go around the eyes of everyone in the palace and prison, bring Deng Qing out to me, and then quietly bring Wuying Palace. I have something to ask him."

When Cui Qian heard this, he couldn't help but cry and said with a sad face: "Your Majesty... Are you trying to make trouble for the old slave? Which of the officials in the palace and prison is not as smart as a ghost? How could the old slave quietly bypass their sight and bring people out to you?"

Emperor Wei's eyes gazed at him coldly and said, "Don't I know you yet? Who are the people in the palace and prison who can tell you your way, you can't hide it from me."

Cui Qian blushed and said awkwardly: "Your Majesty is still wise."

Emperor Wei kicked him again and said, "Why don't you go and do it quickly? Why are you slowing down? Do you want me to chop your head?"
Chapter completed!