Mind Reading: The villain wins after hearing the princess's inner voice

"What secret?" Emperor Jianchang couldn't resist asking out of curiosity.

The other courtiers also pricked up their ears.

No one is immune to eating melons.

Li Hugua took a deep breath and said, "I heard in the courtyard that this Lord Li Rui in the house was lobbying Second Master Tao to pin the blame on General Tao for Second Master Tao's keeping male concubines and corruption and bribery."

Emperor Jianchang stood up suddenly from the dragon throne in anger.

“Why would they do that?”

Li Hugua was afraid that his next words would anger the emperor, so he said carefully, "I heard from Li Rui that the General's Mansion had offended the nobleman behind him, so they wanted to teach General Tao a lesson.

He also said that everything had been arranged and all that was needed was Mr. Tao's nod. I was afraid they would find out, so I wanted to leave the yard, but I saw a dark figure on the roof leaving the yard before me.

The last sentence made Emperor Jianchang look solemn.

As soon as Li Hugua finished speaking, Li Rui and Tao Jingyu firmly denied it.

"Your Majesty, this man is slandering us. Please arrest him immediately."

When Censor Lin heard this, his face turned red with anger.

He found this witness based on the letter of accusation. These two people slandered him and framed them in front of His Majesty?

Moreover, the witnesses witnessed with their own eyes the entire process of the two of them colluding with each other and planning to frame General Tao.

Xiao Lichen didn't want to waste any more time on this. He looked at the deputy commander of Xiao Yuwei with a cold expression, "Li Rui, where did you find him?"

"We met Li Rui on a prostitute's bed when we were arresting a suspect at Tingya Hall."

After hearing this, all the ministers shook their heads and despised Li Rui's behavior.

"The Great Zhou law strictly prohibits officials from visiting brothels. Li Rui knowingly violated the law and must be dismissed and investigated, and severely punished."

"He framed someone else for keeping a male lover, but he was caught by Xiao Yuwei from the bed of a prostitute. How ironic."

Seeing that everyone was blaming Li Rui, Tao Jingyu quickly made a choice.

"Your Majesty, Li Rui is an ungrateful friend of my brother. For his own selfish reasons, he even tried to sow discord between us brothers. He framed my brother and then put the blame on me. Please punish him, Your Majesty."

Li Rui could not tolerate Tao Jingyu turning against him so easily and putting all the blame on him.

You've already entered the game, and you want to abandon him and get out of it quickly. That's wishful thinking.

"Your Majesty, Tao Jingyu was jealous of everything his elder brother, General Tao, had, and planned all this. This has nothing to do with me. Please punish Tao Jingyu."

The two people began to accuse each other in public.

"Your Majesty, Li Rui is throwing dirty water on me. I know that he has been corrupt and accepted bribes, and sold official positions, so he wants to take this opportunity to get rid of me."

Tao Jingyu exposed the other party's crimes with red eyes in grievance.

"You idiot, I really want to hammer you to death. Who was it that took the initiative to come to me and ask me for help in finding a position in the government office in the capital, and kept complaining to me that my brother was an ungrateful person and was unwilling to help him find an important position."

"She has no ability or talent, and she spends all day calculating her brother's position and property. She has no money to enjoy herself, so she embezzles and accepts bribes in the name of her eldest brother, and uses the money she gets to support her concubines and male lovers."

Li Rui was furious and exposed Tao Jingyu's past, which angered Tao Jingyu who lost his mind.

I saw a fat figure jumped up, ran to Li Rui who was lying on the ground, rode on him, clenched his fists, and beat Li Rui, making him scream.

Tao Zhihong didn't feel happy at all when he saw them biting each other.

For some reason, the person he arranged did not come, and instead this man named Li Hugua came to testify.

Who is the driving force behind this?

Tao Zhihong's eyes fell on Xiao Lichen, who was in charge of all this.

This Prince Yong is no simple person.

Ever since the Prince of Yong appeared, the ministers who had previously criticized him no longer impeached him.

The unfavorable situations for him were resolved one by one after the Prince of Yong stepped forward.

What exactly does the Prince of Yong want to do? To win him over?

Tao Zhihong's mind was full of questions, which could not be answered for the time being.

"Your Majesty, this is the evidence that Xiao Yuwei just collected a few days ago. Please take a look."

The deputy commander of Xiaoyu Guard presented the written document to Emperor Jianchang.

After reading the evidence collected from the documents, Emperor Jianchang became furious.

"Take Li Rui and Tao Jingyu to the Ministry of Justice's prison and wait for trial."

The ministers were silent, and no one spoke at this time.

Every once in a while, Xiao Yuwei would present an official document to His Majesty to monitor the crimes of all officials.

Anyone who is caught by them with any clues will end up in a miserable situation.

Seeing His Majesty's furious look, they could guess that Xiao Yuwei had obtained evidence of Li Rui and Tao Jingyu's corruption, bribery, and visiting brothels and keeping male favorites.

The Royal Guards immediately dragged away the two people who were fighting.

The atmosphere in the court had not been quiet for long when the Minister of Rites Gao Huaizhen stood up again.

"Your Majesty, the general who guards the country did not manage his family properly, which led to his brother's misconduct and corruption. He should be severely punished to serve as a warning to others."

After he finished speaking, Tao Zhihong cried and complained, "Your Majesty, my second brother was brought up by my mother. I was away guarding the border for many years. When I returned home, my second brother had grown up. As the eldest brother, I couldn't say much. Now, my second brother has separated from me. My mother wrote a letter of severance on his behalf. I don't know what he did. Please investigate clearly, Your Majesty."

Many people in the court knew that the old lady in the General’s Mansion was General Tao’s stepmother, and that Master Tao was the stepmother’s biological son.

They also heard a rumor that when General Tao was young, he was almost tortured to death by his stepmother and his good second brother.

Now, Mr. Tao is jealous of his status and even colludes with outsiders to harm him.

His brother, who had fought side by side with him at the border, had turned ungrateful and, together with someone behind his back, was trying to frame him with ill intentions.

The stepmother who had raised him for many years was willing to let him bear the accusation of being unfilial, so she wrote a letter of severance of ties with him and separated the family.

General Tao is so unlucky!

If it were them, they would definitely be devastated.

At this time, there are still people who come out to accuse him of doing something wrong and want Your Majesty to punish him?

"Your Majesty, General Tao fought bravely and guarded the border for many years. Mr. Tao is over 30 years old. What does his mistake have to do with General Tao? Please don't punish General Tao."

Li Hugua was very angry at the Minister of Rites' aggressiveness, and with a sense of righteousness in his heart he stood up and spoke for Tao Zhihong.

Censor Lin thought of his previous mistake and quickly stood up to speak, "Your Majesty, I think General Tao is too innocent in this matter and should not be charged with any crime."

"Before, I was going to impeach Li Rui and Tao Jingyu, but I mistakenly took Mr. Tao as General Tao. Please forgive me, Your Majesty!"

Minister of Rites Gao Huaizhen looked at Censor Lin in surprise.

Shouldn't he take the opportunity to suppress Tao Zhihong like himself?