After rebirth, I was entangled by the enemy's protons

Chapter 154 Slander
"Auspicious? How could he be proclaimed into the Hall of Supreme Harmony?" Xiaonian looked at Jixiang in surprise and asked.

The same eunuch, he could only stay outside, why was Ji Xiang summoned in?
Chu Yi brushed off her sleeves, then stepped in, and replied softly, "Of course it's to prove that my brother has a suspicion with me."

On the day of the heavy rain, except for the servants of Weiyang Palace and Xiao Yan, the only people who knew about Chu Ye's quarrel with her were Ji Xiang, the eunuch next to Chu Ye.

So, he came today...to testify.

She originally heard that a group of ministers had impeached the prince, and thought it was something wrong with her Weiyang Palace, but she didn't expect that this detail came from the prince's side.

Chu Yi just didn't expect that the Fan family's hand has stretched so long. Jixiang is the little eunuch who has been with his elder brother for more than ten years. His sudden defection caught everyone by surprise.

However, thinking of how soon after I returned to the palace, Concubine Xian put Yiqiu by her side, did nothing, and kept hiding by her side silently for more than ten years, and Yiqiu didn't reveal her identity until she died;

Luomei, who has been with Gu Sangsang since the time of the palace, has become a grand maid, and she is also a member of the Fan family.

Compared with them, auspiciousness is nothing.

——The Fan family is in the same line when it comes to placing people.

"Princess Yongning sees you!"

Chu Yi walked into the Hall of Supreme Harmony, looked around at the crowd, and calmly walked to Gu Chengqi who was waving at her and stood up.

Gu Chengqi looked Chu Yi up and down, his eyes were full of concern, and asked, "Yi'er, I heard that you were assassinated yesterday, and I was so frightened that everyone was dumb... Are you okay?"

Chu Yi: "He's alive and kicking."

"That's good! I sent a lot of ginseng and deer antler to Weiyang Palace, you remember to eat it and make up for it."

"Why is the princess not polite when meeting His Majesty?"

Feng Jia interrupted the two who were talking about the old days, jumped out and shouted.

Chu Yi raised her head, without even looking at him, she looked at Chu Tingxiao, and called out softly, "Father..."

The clear voice was slowed down, making it a little softer.

"Presumptuous! Feng Jia, are you old and out of your mind? Liuliu was assassinated just yesterday, and now she is weak and can't take care of herself. You still talk about her, and I said long ago that Liuliu doesn't need to salute when she sees me. You don't remember well. If so, shut up for me!"

Chu Tingxiao said angrily, his eyes were glued to Chu Yi's body without moving away.

"The decree continues, Feng Jia despised the imperial decree, fined him for half a year, and started thinking about the past behind closed doors tomorrow, you treacherous, rebellious minister!"

"minister……"

Before Feng Jia had time to say the second sentence, Chu Tingxiao had already burst into roars of fury, smashing him to the ground, begging for mercy repeatedly.

"Your Majesty calm down, Your Majesty calm down—"

He just said a word, and the emperor almost killed him all over the house.

Feng Jia decided that from now on, he would never get involved in anything related to Princess Yongning.

"Fortunately, Liuliu is fine. If something happens to her, I will be the first to take your head off!"

Feng Jia was so wronged that she was about to cry: "I didn't do anything..."

Chu Tingxiao stared again.

"Oh, please calm down, Your Majesty."

Chu Tingxiao asked Zhang Desheng to bring out a soft chair for Chu Yi, and then looked at Ji Xiang who was trembling in the middle of the hall: "Go on, what did you see the day before yesterday?"

Eunuch Zhang specially put the princess on the softest cushion. Seeing the princess sitting down comfortably, he couldn't help showing a kind smile.

Chu Yi squinted her eyes, and glanced at Chu Ye and Chu Zhao who were standing on the prince's seat.

Of the five princes of the Yan Kingdom, they are the only ones who go to court, but they are usually busy with affairs, and it is rare for them to appear at the same time today and stand together.

Chu Ye lowered his head except for showing a faint smile to himself when he first came in. He was wearing a light blue python robe, and his usually gentle and calm face was a little pale, especially after seeing the auspiciousness.

Chu Zhao was dressed in black, watching everything coldly.

His eyes were deep and cold, without any emotion, but after seeing Chu Yi, their black eyes lit up for a moment, and then quickly fell silent.

"Slave, servant accompanied the crown prince to Weiyang Palace that day to find the princess, His Royal Highness, he, he said that the queen is partial to the princess and the fifth prince, the princess refuted this, and the two started arguing..."

What Ji Xiang said seemed to be what happened that day.

Chu Yi had already guessed what he said, and the corners of her lips curled into a cold arc.

Sure enough, it was related to the quarrel between my brother and me that day.

As Jixiang said, he finally raised his head and looked at Chu Ye in fear.

Fan Qian couldn't help but said: "What are you afraid of? Just tell the truth that day. Under the watchful eyes of everyone, can His Royal Highness still silence you?"

These words made Ji Xiang tremble all over, and became even more frightened.

Jixiang lowered his head and continued: "Afterwards, it rained heavily, and the princess asked His Royal Highness to wait in the rain for an hour. Later... His Highness was very angry when he left, saying that he wanted to make the princess look good!"

"What I said was to apologize to Xiao Liu!"

Chu Ye stood up and let out a low growl, his lacquered eyes were sharp and furious, unable to maintain his usual calmness and self-control: "Auspicious, I have treated you well, and I have never even treated you as a slave, yet you actually slandered me? "

"His Royal Highness, what's the rush? It's not too late to tell the difference after listening to the little eunuch." Fan Qian said again.

Chu Ye gritted his teeth and clenched his fists: "Okay, I want to see how much more you can slander."

Jixiang didn't dare to look into Chu Ye's eyes, and lowered his head: "Also, also, His Highness gave the princess many gifts afterwards, the most important of which was a batch of saddles that he spent a lot of money to build himself, and he donated the saddles to the princess The Habayashi Army in charge is to lure the princess out of the palace, to inspect the Habayashi Army garrison on the outskirts of Beijing, and the slave guesses that it is convenient to do it outside the palace."

Liu An said in surprise: "Yes, who can assassinate in the palace? Naturally, whoever lured the princess out of the palace is the real mastermind behind the scenes."

Chu Yi's eyes froze, and she stared at Liu An calmly.

Fan Qian was also shocked and said: "No wonder when the princess was assassinated, the Habayashi Army came last, and they were collecting gifts from His Royal Highness, forget about the princess's safety!"

Another minister said: "His Royal Highness is so ruthless. Just because of a momentary dispute, he wants to kill Her Royal Highness. Prince, that is your own sister. How can you bear it? What else can you say?"

Chu Ye's eyes widened. It was about Chu Yi's safety. This was the only thing he couldn't calm down. He just wanted to defend himself, but was beaten back by the minister, unable to say a word.

"Where is my younger sister? The crown prince's biological mother passed away early. He usually only goes to pay his respects to the empress once every half a month. Maybe he already has a grudge against the empress and the princess."

"Your Majesty, the crown prince's actions are heinous, and the old minister asks His Majesty to put him in the prison and wait for his punishment!"

"His Royal Highness is benevolent and wise on the surface, and usually looks like he is deeply in love with Princess Yongning's brother and sister. I didn't expect this kind of person..."

"Princess, you can see clearly now, His Royal Highness wants to kill you!"

All of a sudden, there was chaos in the hall, and there were all kinds of voices.

Some people are impeaching Chu Ye, some people can't believe that His Royal Highness is such a person, and some have already shown strange eyes to Chu Ye.

Perhaps it was because the usual image of the prince was too perfect, so once they found the slightest mistake in him, they had already started an uncontrollable carnival before they were sure whether it was right or wrong.

"You say that elder brother is the mastermind behind the assassination of Ben Gong, have you asked Ben Gong for his opinion?"

Seeing that the veins on Chu Ye's forehead were tense, Chu suddenly spoke sharply.

The cold voice made Chu Zhao's eyes deeper.

The court was silent, and Fan Qian said angrily: "Your Highness, if it is as this auspicious person said, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is going to kill you, don't be deceived—"

"Shut up, if I ask you something, just open it, you don't have the right to speak here!" Chu Yi scolded coldly.

Fan Qian's face froze.

With a trace of mockery at the corner of Chu Yi's mouth, she said expressionlessly:
"The identities of the few corpses left by the assassins have been verified, and Xiao Yan, who was traveling with me, can also testify that these assassins are all barbarians. Since the ministers said that His Highness the Crown Prince is the person behind them, then who , what evidence can prove that brother colluded with Manrong, show the evidence."

"Also, the reason why the Habayashi Army came last is because the assassination site was the riverside behind the dense forest in the suburbs of Beijing, several miles away from the Habayashi Army station. Riding a horse, there is no screaming, the natural voice is not loud, how could the Habayashi Army know?"

Her eyes were extremely sharp, and whoever swept her eyes would bow her head.

Chu Ye resisted the urge to praise his sister, but after thinking that he was the cause of this incident, he finally calmed down and began to think slowly.

Chu Yi's gaze shifted from Fan Qian's face to Liu An, Minister of Rites.

Liu An avoided her eyes in fear, not daring to meet her gaze.

"I would like to ask why the yamen and defenders in the capital, which are closer to the assassination site, have not appeared for so long. Even Eunuch Zhang from the palace has come. Where are they? Liu Shilang, what do you think?" She asked word by word.

A drop of sweat slipped across Liu An's forehead, and he whispered: "Princess, I am the servant of the Ministry of Rites, I, I don't know..."

"If my memory serves me right, after my son Liu Cheng left the Habayashi Army last month, he is now serving as the captain of the garrison army. Doesn't Mr. Liu know why your son didn't come to escort me yesterday?"

At the beginning, Liu Cheng served as Captain Zuo of the Habayashi Army alongside Cen Xiao. A few days ago, because he couldn't bear the arduous training of Captain Rong, he left the Habayashi Army and became a member of the city defense army.

Liu An explained in a panic, and looked at Fan Qian from the corner of the eye: "Chen, I don't know about Ah Cheng either, maybe he wasn't on duty yesterday."

Chu Yi said pointedly: "The city defenders are not like the Wolf Garden, they are on duty and they change shifts."

With her words, Cen Zijing, who was watching next to him, thought of the fact that his son was responsible for the wolf garden, and immediately jumped out: "Yeah, come and explain why the city guards didn't go to escort yesterday? Didn’t they disappear? Not only that, but you actually have the nerve to slander the Habayashi Army for negligence, and the real dereliction of duty, isn’t it the city defenders?”

Liu An shook his head sweating profusely: "I don't know, it's not...Princess, you are just guessing, there is no evidence, and the dog has never offended you, why do you speculate on him so much?"

Chu Yi smiled.

In an instant, the princess's clear and fair face bloomed with a cold smile, like a red plum blooming alone in Ling Han in the long silent night.

"Yes, you also know that there is no evidence."

Chu Tingxiao snorted coldly: "All of you rely on this little eunuch's one-sided words, don't you maliciously speculate without evidence, and want me to punish the prince!"

Ji Xiang suddenly said: "Slave, the slave has evidence!"

Chu Yi frowned, Chu Ye looked at him suddenly, his handsome brows were slightly frowned, and there was an air of calm and prestige: "Speaking of it, I really want to know, what evidence can prove that I will Xiao Liu is going to kill you."

Seeing Fan Qian glaring at him from the corner of his auspicious eyes, he was heartbroken and said quickly, "Your Highness, you sent a letter to Beifu last month. Although I don't know who you wrote to, you are the crown prince. Why do you want to send a letter to the army? Isn't it colluding with the barbarians?
And yesterday, you sent a letter to Yin Bing, who was next to the princess, asking her to go to the third prince's mansion... You actually wanted to transfer her away so that you could attack the princess. "

Chu Zhao kept his indifferent face until when he heard this sentence, his eyebrows moved slightly.

He frowned and said, "His Royal Highness knows that Yin Bing is Chu Yi's most important bodyguard, why did he let her go to the Third Prince's Mansion? Hasn't the Prince ever thought that something will happen to Chu Yi if Yin Bing is not around?"

Chu Ye was startled, but he didn't expect Chu Zhao to speak.

His eyes sized Chu Zhao and Fan Qian, and his handsome face suddenly sank.

Previously, he had also faintly detected the possibility of some collusion between the Fan family and the Man Rong. Since there was no evidence, he specially sent a letter to the Beifu to ask Su Jingyuan to pay attention to this matter. It is not surprising that these auspicious signs are known, but he never related this matter to the Chu Zhao got in touch.

And yesterday, it was Chu Zhao who arrived in time to save Xiao Liu and the others.

But now it seems that this matter also involves his fourth brother.

After all, the Fan family and the fourth younger brother have a relationship in which both are prosperous and all are harmed. If the Fan family is really guilty, then Chu Zhao, who is the fourth prince, will also lose the greatest help.

"My palace sent a letter to Beifu to inquire about the saddle of the horses from the Great General Zhenbei. As the crown prince, this palace will not violate the law of the court, right?" Chu Ye asked.

"Yin Bing had already returned to Ben Gong before the assassination, so the prince didn't transfer her away at all." Chu Yi also stood up and said.

She wanted to let this matter stop here, and explain to Chu Ye after Yin Bing's injury got better.

Chu Zhao stared at Chu Ye resolutely: "But His Royal Highness, he still ordered Yin Bing to leave, and almost left Yin Bing in the Third Prince's Mansion, and almost left Chu Yi with no one to protect him."

It was the first time that the fourth prince questioned the prince openly in the court hall.

Even Fan Qian was very surprised.

"I... called Yin Bing."

A quiet voice came from the entrance of the hall.

"Three, the third prince has an audience—!"

The eunuch passing the decree stuttered in surprise, and his voice slowed down a beat.

"Brother Three Emperors?"

Chu Yi looked over in surprise.

(End of this chapter)