sbdcsierra Chapter 110 Confrontation with Northern Jiangsu
Chapter 110 Confrontation with Northern Jiangsu
I asked this merchant to deliver the daily vegetables, so I suspect it was the butler."
The butler was hastily recruited into the mansion before Feng Chenyi's wedding. He is also the most powerful person in the mansion and is in charge of the daily affairs of the mansion.
The housekeeper standing beside Zhai Yun lost his composure upon hearing this. He pointed at the person who accused him and shouted, "You are slandering me! I just noticed that the vegetables brought into the mansion are not fresh these days, so I found a new supplier."
Although the housekeeper tried his best to refute it, Zhai Yun also felt that what the man who testified against him said was right. The Prince Rui's Mansion has always been heavily guarded. If these arrows are to be transported into the mansion, something must be used to cover them.
Time waits for no one, so Zhai Yun directly ordered someone she trusted to search the housekeeper's house. If the housekeeper was really working for Su Beiqian, then Su Beiqian would definitely not have searched his house.
After Zhai Yun ordered the house search, the housekeeper's forehead began to sweat. Zhai Yun looked at him wiping his sweat and had already made up her mind.
The firewood pile was the most dilapidated place in Prince Rui's mansion. The servants would saw the firewood there and then move it into the kitchen. Anyone who went there would have sawdust on their feet.
Soon, the people who were sent to search the house returned, bringing back evidence including shoes covered in sawdust and broken arrows.
The result was obvious. Zhai Yun rewarded the man who testified with 100 taels of gold.
Zhai Yun suddenly felt fortunate that she had arranged for her assassins to be among these people.
In the front hall, Prince Rui was still confronting Su Beiqian. Su Beiqian looked at the arrogant Prince Rui and gritted his teeth in anger. "Prince Rui, there are witnesses and evidence, why don't you surrender? Do you really need the Emperor's personal order?"
When Concubine Tian heard someone accusing her husband, she was furious. A mere Junior Justice of the Dali Temple, who even had to bow when meeting his father, dared to shout at him in front of the prince and princess. Concubine Tian was furious: "The prince is the heir to the throne. If he commits a crime, the emperor must personally order it. How dare you, a mere Junior Justice of the Dali Temple, lead people to cause trouble in Prince Rui's mansion? You are really too ambitious."
Su Beiqian naturally refused to miss this opportunity to capture Prince Rui. "The emperor is guilty of the same crime as the common people. Your Highness, as a prince, knowingly broke the law and forging military weapons is a serious crime. My Dali Temple is in charge of the law, so we naturally cannot let go of those who disregard the safety of the country."
Seeing that Su Beiqian insisted that Feng Chenyi was the one who forged the weapons, Concubine Tian became anxious, "Your Highness has just returned to the imperial capital, how could he have such extraordinary abilities? Su Beiqian thinks you are using your power for personal gain."
Everyone knew that Su Beiqian was the Third Prince's uncle. It was no secret that Concubine Su's banishment to the cold palace was related to Feng Chenyi.
Su Beiqian's eyes turned fierce, and he didn't bother to talk nonsense. "Capture the prince!"
Everyone around him looked at each other in bewilderment, not daring to step forward. They had never seen Feng Chenyi's abilities, but they had all heard of them. Even the masters around Emperor Xing'an could be killed in seconds. If they stepped forward, they would only be seeking death.
Seeing that the people around him didn't dare to step forward, Su Beiqian was so angry that he blew his beard and glared, "I have been granted the imperial order. If Prince Rui dares to resist, it is a rebellion! Do you still want to stay in the Dali Temple?"
The words, which were half threatening and half intimidating, made the people from the Dali Temple dare not hesitate and stepped forward one after another.
Before they could get close to Feng Chenyi, a figure was thrown towards the people from Dali Temple. The people from Dali Temple were surprised when they saw the sudden appearance of the figure.
The person thrown beside them was the steward of Prince Rui's Mansion. He was thrown to the ground at an old age and was in so much pain that he couldn't speak.
Zhai Yun appeared at the right time and said, "I have found the person who framed Prince Rui's Mansion for you. We also found the broken arrow in his room." After Zhai Yun said this, she threw out the broken arrow she found in the housekeeper's room.
Su Beiqian ran forward and looked at the housekeeper. "He is from your Rui Wang Mansion. Who knows if you just picked someone to take the blame?"
The butler did not reveal who was behind the scenes. Even if he did, as Su Beiqian said, he was from the Rui Palace, and what he said would not be enough to help the Rui Palace clear the suspicion.
Fortunately, Mr. Rui just sent someone over.
Zhai Yun clapped her hands, and a servant came in escorting a woman. The woman had never seen such a big scene, and when she was brought in, she was so scared that she didn't dare to raise her head.
Even so, the housekeeper still panicked when he saw her. Seeing the woman being rudely pressed to the ground, the housekeeper wanted to step forward and support her immediately.
When Su Beiqian saw the woman, his face looked a little bad.
Mr. Rui had threatened the woman sternly when he sent her here, and her son was still in Mr. Rui's hands, so she didn't dare to tell the truth.
Zhai Yun explained to everyone, "This woman is the steward's concubine. She met the man who went to the steward and asked him to hide the arrow in the firewood pile in Prince Rui's mansion."
After hearing this, the woman raised her head slightly in fear and glanced at everyone. The moment her eyes caught sight of Su Beiqian, she slowly raised her hand and said tremblingly, "It's him."
Zhai Yun originally thought that this matter was instigated by the third prince, but she didn't expect it was Su Beiqian. This saved her a lot of trouble.
Su Beiqian saw the woman testifying against him and looked at her with anger in his eyes, "You are blind! I am the Shaoqing of the Dali Temple. How dare you slander me? Do you want to die? Come! Take her away!"
When people shouted to arrest Feng Chenyi, the people around him were a little scared. But when they saw that it was only a woman who was being shouted at this time, they all rushed forward.
Zhai Yun shouted, "Why are you so anxious? Her words alone are untrustworthy. The housekeeper's personal testimony is certainly credible. Could it be that he and his wife are specifically targeting you?"
After Zhai Yun finished speaking, she looked at the housekeeper. The housekeeper couldn't see his son, so he exchanged glances with the woman and instantly understood what was going on. He quickly testified, "It was him. He was the one who gave these arrows to me. I'm just a commoner and don't understand the meaning of these arrows. I just did what he said. I was forced to do it."
The housekeeper kowtowed repeatedly in the direction of Zhai Yun as he spoke, "I am a villain who is obsessed with money. Please spare my life, Master Zhai."
When Su Beiqian heard that the steward of Prince Rui's mansion had also testified against him, his face flushed with anger. "How dare you, a rude and unscrupulous commoner, frame an official of the imperial court."
After saying that, Su Beiqian was about to raise his hand to hit the woman, but Zhai Yun gave a look and the servants pulled the woman away.
Zhai Yun scoffed, "They are just common people, there is no way they could have such an arrow. Now he and his wife have both testified against you without being forced to confess. Lord Su, are you trying to silence them?"
Su Beiqian was so angry at Zhai Yun's words of murder that he almost fainted. "Don't think that you can clear your suspicion by finding two people to testify against me. These two people are from your Rui Wang Mansion, and the arrow was also found in your Rui Wang Mansion.