NFBE Chapter 90 She is a Princess
Chapter 90 She is a Princess
This is practically an admission of guilt!
Yu Chi Rui and Prime Minister Zhu Zhishun had gloomy faces, and Gu Yongqi was practically spitting blood!
As long as Gu Yong denies it to the death, they have ways to defend him. For example, why not destroy such compelling evidence instead of burying it in the garden outside his study?
That alone doesn't make sense.
But they never dreamed that Gu Yong would be so impatient!
Yu Chisheng's hand trembled as he pointed at Gu Yong, utterly enraged. "Gu Yong! You've been colluding with the enemy! You deserve to die!"
Gu Yong was stunned after he yelled.
Looking at Yuchi Sheng, who was furious, all his excessive anger and ferocity vanished in an instant, leaving only guilt and fear. His eyes seemed to see himself being beheaded...
"Your Majesty... Your Majesty... Your Majesty, I... I didn't... those things... those things are..." The oppressive force of the emperor's rage suffocated him, and he couldn't help but want to confess.
With a livid face, Yu Chi Rui spoke up, "Father, those things belong to your son!"
His shout left the officials in the hall speechless with astonishment.
Yu Chi Sheng looked at him in disbelief as well, "W-what did you say?"
Yu Chi Rui strode forward, knelt down and explained, "Father, please calm down and let your son explain the original position to you."
"You...you say it!" Yu Chisheng's chest heaved, and he almost ground his teeth to powder with those two short words!
“Father, the writing implements and calligraphy were indeed from the royal family of Bei Lin, and the letter of thanks was written by the emperor of Bei Lin himself. But the reason is not that I betrayed my country, but that I recently found the fifth princess of Bei Di, who had been missing since childhood!”
"The reason I did not report this to you is because when I discovered the Fifth Princess, I only had a guess and dared not confirm it. So I had a painter make a portrait of the Fifth Princess and then sent it to the Northern Lin Kingdom. Unexpectedly, the Northern Lin Kingdom sent someone to tell me that the woman was indeed the Fifth Princess of the Northern Lin Kingdom, who had been missing for more than ten years."
Yu Chisheng was shocked by the huge secret behind this, and his anger outweighed his anger. He asked, "Where is the Fifth Princess now?"
Yu Chi Rui said, "To be honest, Father, the Fifth Princess of Bei Lin Kingdom is none other than my newly appointed concubine, Luo Lixian!"
"What? It's her?" Yu Chisheng was surprised again.
The officials began to whisper among themselves.
Among the crowd, one person had a very unpleasant expression.
This person was none other than Wei Guangzheng, Luo Lixian's godfather!
The orphan girl they once considered beneath them suddenly became a princess of another country. This drastic change in status was like a blow to the head, making his brain buzz!
That's a princess of a nation...
The glory that should have belonged to the Wei family was pushed away by their own hands...
Ye Gengxin was as shocked as an emperor.
He had heard that the Crown Prince had brought Luo Lixian into the Eastern Palace as a concubine, but he assumed that the Crown Prince was infatuated with women and did not think much of it.
Now, Luo Lixian has that kind of status...
He wasn't worried about anything else, except that Luo Lixian and the Crown Prince wouldn't do anything good together...
Yu Chi Rui continued, “Father, the Northern Lin Kingdom and the Great Ye Kingdom have been at odds for many years. This time, I unintentionally helped the Northern Lin Kingdom find its lost princess. I would like to take this opportunity to repair the diplomatic relations between the two countries, so that the two countries will no longer fight and can maintain peaceful relations from now on, so that the people of both countries can live and work in peace.”
The anger on Yuchi Sheng's face had completely subsided.
The Northern Lin Kingdom and the Great Ye Kingdom have been at war for years, and their conflict seems irreconcilable. He would welcome any opportunity to ease tensions between the two countries.
only……
He pointed to the writing implements and calligraphy and paintings, and asked his son in confusion, "Why are these things in the Grand Secretary's residence? You just heard Gu Yong say that they were stolen by robbers, which means he admitted that these things were originally in his possession!"
At this moment, Gu Yong clutched his chest, on the verge of vomiting blood and fainting!
God knows what possessed him to actually confess that these things had been stolen...
He's sent himself to the guillotine!
Yu Chi Rui turned his head and glared coldly at Gu Yong. "Father, the reason I didn't report the Fifth Princess's matter to you is because the gifts from the Northern Lin Kingdom were stolen. I was worried that I wouldn't be able to explain it clearly, so I kept it a secret. I never expected that these things would be stolen by Gu Yong!"
While everything he said needs further investigation, it is still somewhat plausible.
Yu Chi Sheng then looked at Gu Yong, his imposing aura returning, and asked in a cold voice, "Gu Yong, what is your purpose in stealing the goods of Bei Lin Kingdom?"
Gu Yong's heart was completely broken!
The crown prince labeled him a thief, clearly intending to abandon him...
But can he just die like this?
He is not willing!
"Your Majesty!" He broke free from the guards' grasp, crawled to Yuchi Sheng's side, clutched the hem of the dragon robe, and wept bitterly, "Your Majesty, I am innocent! I truly did not collude with the Northern Lin Kingdom. These things were indeed stolen from the Crown Prince's study, but I had no ill intentions. I merely recognized that these things were related to the Northern Lin Kingdom and, fearing that the Crown Prince would be misunderstood, I took it upon myself to steal them and hide them at home! Your Majesty, I am loyal to you, loyal to the court, and loyal to the fate of the Great Ye Kingdom. I would never commit such a crime of treason!"
Yu Chi Rui glanced at him sideways.
He scoffed to himself, "Not too stupid!"
Yu Chisheng squinted and scanned the area before finally fixing his gaze on Ye Gengxin. "Ye Qing, what do you think?"
Ye Gengxin replied, "Your Majesty, I do not know how the items from Beilin Kingdom came to Daye Kingdom, and I will not comment on that. I only know that my daughter-in-law was abandoned by Lord Gu before her death, and even after marrying my second son, she was still mistreated by Lord Gu and his second wife, and eventually died beside the Gu family's stables. Even if Lord Gu can explain the origin of those items, my daughter-in-law was murdered by her own family and died in the fire. I still want to demand an explanation from Lord Gu on behalf of my unjustly killed daughter-in-law! Why did he give birth to her but not raise her? Why did he poison his own flesh and blood?"
After taking a deep breath, Yu Chisheng stared at Gu Yong and said, "This was originally a family matter between your two families, and I should not interfere. However, your eldest daughter died in your residence, and the cause of her death is highly controversial, so I have no choice but to intervene."
"Your Majesty..." Gu Yong wanted to continue speaking to defend himself.
But this time, Yuchi Sheng didn't give him the chance, raising his voice, "Where is the Imperial Censor?"
The censor Zhao Ji, whose name was called, quickly stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, I am here."
"You are to investigate the entire life of the eldest daughter of the Gu family! If I find out that Gu Yong truly abandoned and mistreated the daughter born to his first wife, then he shall be removed from his position as Grand Secretary! As an official of the court, how can he claim to love the people like his own children if he doesn't even love his own flesh and blood? Humph!"