Rebirth as Princess Jin again

In front of the imperial study room, a figure in blue official uniform stood upright. This person was Yang Ming, the imperial censor. He had maintained this posture for almost an hour.

A cold wind rose from the ground, picking up the dust on the ground and swirling around him. Layers of coldness penetrated through the official uniform, but his face was extremely firm and showed no sign of timidity.

The prince has been in the royal study for more than an hour and has not come out yet.

The door to the royal study room was opened, and when the prince saw Yang Ming standing there, his face suddenly became angry.

He walked up to Yang Ming, raised his eyebrows and said, "Why did Yang Yushi come to see my father at this time?"

Yang Ming looked directly into the prince's eyes and said coldly: "Don't you think that the prince has something to do with the emperor? Now everyone in the capital knows that if the prince has time on weekdays, why not go to the streets of the capital for more walks? , listen more to public opinion.”

Situ Yan was aroused by his words, and his face immediately turned ugly: "Yang Ming, Gu is still a prince after all, but you dare to contradict Gu."

Yang Ming sneered and said: "As a royal censor, I can impeach the emperor even if his words and deeds are wrong. How can the prince be more powerful than the emperor?"

"Master Yang, the emperor has invited you." The eunuch beside Situ Lin came out of the palace. Seeing that the prince was arguing with Yang Ming, he hurriedly stepped forward to change the topic between the two.

Yang Ming entered the imperial study without looking back. When he saw Situ Lin, he lifted his robe and knelt down, saying solemnly: "I am reporting to the emperor that I want to impeach the commander of the Kyoto guard camp!"

Although Situ Lin read the excerpt, he still had a trace of luck in his heart: "Impeach the guard camp?"

"Yes!" After saying that, Yang Ming took out a memorial from his sleeve and handed it over respectfully.

After Situ Lin read the memorial, he said with deep eyes: "My dear, have you investigated this matter clearly?"

Yang Ming cupped his hands and said: "Your Majesty, many people have gathered in front of the Yin Gate in Kyoto. This matter has spread in the capital. The complainant is not alone. The actions of the Wei family have already aroused public outrage. If the Emperor does not continue Dealing with the guard camp will probably break the hearts of the people all over the world."

Situ Lin tapped the table with his finger, thought for a moment, and said: "Although there are many witnesses to this matter, there is a lack of physical evidence, and many things have passed for a long time. I am afraid it is difficult to conclude that it was Weiying."

Seeing that he intended to protect the guard camp, Yang Ming said excitedly: "Your Majesty, Lord Yin Shen of Kyoto Prefecture received an anonymous tip last night and has robbed a batch of embezzled silver coins from the Wei family, and the key witness in the case is now here. In my hands, if the emperor needs it, I can take him into the palace immediately, and also ask the emperor to send Lord Wei into the palace and confront him face to face."

Situ Lin nodded slightly and said to the people around him: "Send someone to pass the guard camp into the palace, and send someone to the governor of Kyoto to ask Master Shen to bring the gold and silver into the palace to see me."

Soon, the guard camp was sent to the Imperial Study Room, and then Master Shen also entered the palace with gold and silver, but the witness Yang Ming said did not arrive.

As soon as Wei Ying saw Situ Lin, facing Yang Ming's impeachment, he directly cried out that he was wronged, saying that he had never seen these silver coins, and what happened in Pingcheng was even more false. He only went out to hunt outside the city, and did not go there. Pass through Pingcheng.

The accusations brought against him by the people in the capital were unheard of. The Wei family's business was conducted legitimately, and there was no such thing as framing people or trying to seize their property.

Faced with Weiying's sophistry, Yang Ming was furious: "Master Wei, as an official of the imperial court, is responsible for guarding the capital, but he regards the law as nothing, leaving the people with no way to redress their grievances. After so many years, it has become more and more serious. You were so unscrupulous that you even killed Prime Minister Su's nephew. You imprisoned him on trumped-up charges. You also led people pretending to be robbers to loot Su Cheng's mansion and took the property for yourself. If it weren't for some chivalrous people, you wouldn't see it The customary Wei family’s method was to send this batch of gold and silver to Lord Yin Shen of Kyoto Prefecture.”

"I don't know how many innocent people will be poisoned by your Wei family in the future. The crimes committed by the Wei family in the capital have already been countless. Now that the evidence is in front of you, Mr. Wei actually tried to hide his identity and get away with it. He is really shameless!"

Faced with Yang Ming's accusation, Wei Ying knelt down and said angrily: "My Wei family is a century-old family that defends the country and borders externally and the safety of the capital internally. I have never dared to forget the emperor's kindness for a moment. Come here, I don’t dare to slack off in the slightest, but now I am being slandered like this by Yang Yushi, and Su Chengcheng is dead, Yang Yushi insists on using a dead person to frame the Wei family, he is really vicious."

"My Wei family has no enmity with Yang Yushi. Why does Mr. Yang want to slander me?"

Yang Ming straightened his back and said angrily: "Hmph... If you say I slandered you, then I want you to see if I am slandering you. Your Majesty, my witness should be here now. Please ask the Emperor to call him in."

When Wei Ying heard this, he suddenly felt uneasy, but what he had to do at this moment was to refuse to plead guilty. If he confessed, he would be in trouble.

The door of the royal study room was opened again, and a person walked in from the door against the light. When he reached Wei Ying's side, Wei Ying raised his eyes and saw the man's face clearly. His suspicion was confirmed, and he suddenly felt confident in his heart. No, the person who came was none other than Su Cheng, who was supposed to die in the prison fire.

Su Cheng walked to the middle of the hall, lifted up his robe, knelt down and said, "Common man Su Cheng comes to see the Emperor. Long live the Emperor. Long live the Emperor."

"Pingshen." Situ Lin glanced at Su Cheng, then pointed at Su Cheng and asked, "Do you know this person?"

Su Cheng raised his head slightly, took a look at Wei Ying, and said: "His name is Wei Ying. We met in a cell in Pingcheng a few days ago. At that time, this gentleman threatened the common people that once he entered the cell, he would not be able to get out alive. , As a result, a fire broke out in the cell that night, and the common man was almost burned to death inside. Fortunately, the common man was lucky and saved his life."

Seeing what he said, Situ Lin asked Wei Ying, "Wei Aiqing, is what Su Cheng said true?"

Weiying said calmly: "Your Majesty, I have never been to Pingcheng. This person is lying!"

Situ Lin asked Su Cheng: "Su Cheng, you keep saying that Master Wei wants you to die. What grudge does he have against you that he insists on putting you to death?"

Su Cheng said without hesitation: "Half a month ago, Mr. Weiying sent people to Pingcheng and bought a batch of cotton clothes from the grassroots. This year, cotton is in short supply. The grassroots are businessmen, and businessmen are profit-rich. At that time, the grassroots proposed to use high profits. Sold to the Wei family at 30% of the market price."

"The Wei family agreed at that time, and the quality of my goods was of high quality. When we traded, both parties were voluntary. After the delivery was completed, Cao Min was suddenly summoned by the Pingcheng County Magistrate for disturbing the market price, and was directly imprisoned. In Pingcheng’s cell, thieves broke into Cao Min’s residence in Pingcheng that night and ransacked Cao Min’s house.”

"Pingcheng's public security has always been very good. I have never heard of thieves entering the city. Moreover, Pingcheng is close to the capital and its prosperity is no less than that of the capital. This incident must be an act of revenge by the Wei family."