northernbook Chapter 768 Zhong Yixue Testifies
Chapter 768 Zhong Yixue Testifies
"Your Majesty, I also want to summon witnesses."
"You want to call witnesses. Which witnesses do you want to call?" Zhong Xingyun asked subconsciously, with doubt in his tone.
Could it be that Shen Yanxi has any other tricks up his sleeve?
"You don't need to worry about this, Minister Zhong. When the witness arrives, you will naturally know who it is."
Shen Yanxi had a smile on his face, and he didn't intend to reveal the identity of the witness. He just continued to look at Emperor Xiao and speak.
"Your Majesty, when the Imperial Guards go to the Zhong family to pick up someone, the witness will naturally appear. At that time, we only need the Imperial Guards to bring the person into the palace together."
Emperor Xiao was confused, but looking at Shen Yanxi, he finally nodded and agreed without asking any further questions.
After all, he is a court official whom he has always valued and trusted, and he has made great contributions many times. Although Emperor Xiao cannot be partial to him in this matter, he naturally hopes that Shen Yanxi will be safe and sound.
Soon, the Royal Guards left the palace and headed straight for the Zhong family as ordered.
After arriving at Zhong's house, he took the witness and hurried back to the palace.
As expected, they encountered a sneak attack on the way, but the two killers did not expect that the escort of the witness would be so aggressive. They were so nervous that they even missed the target with their arrows and finally fled in panic.
Seeing the two people being brought into the Golden Palace safely, Zhong Xingyun felt very disappointed, but he knew very well that since it had come to this point, no matter what the two people said next, he had to bite Shen Yanxi to death and never let go.
Facing Emperor Xiao's interrogation, the two confessed everything seriously, and all their reports were true, which was consistent with what Shen Yanxi said.
"That's not what you said to me before!" Zhong Xingyun was full of anger, but then he suddenly realized something and pointed at Shen Yanxi and said, "I understand. Prime Minister Shen is really good at scheming. It seems that you have already colluded with each other. If you are caught by accident, you will come up with this excuse!"
Shen Yanxi said calmly: "What Minister Zhong said is strange. If we really had colluded with each other before, why would they admit to killing people to silence them when facing your interrogation? Or is it that the story of killing people to silence them was made up by you and is not what they confessed at all."
"Your Majesty, please understand. The two of us have never said anything about killing people to silence them. Even Minister Zhong didn't interrogate us. He just insisted from the beginning that we were sent by the Prime Minister to kill people to silence them."
"Your Majesty, that's exactly what happened. Minister Zhong didn't interrogate us at all. He seemed to have known from the beginning that we would go to the Zhong family. He had already arranged for people to ambush in the yard, waiting for us to fall into his trap."
"This is absolute nonsense. How could I know that you would go to the Zhong family? As for your arrest, it was purely because the guards at home were very tight!" Zhong Xingyun spoke quickly.
"Is that really the case?" Shen Yanxi smiled. "Master Zhong, have you forgotten that the Imperial Guards brought back a witness who can prove my identity? She was brought back from your Zhong family. Don't you want to hear what she has to say?"
Zhong Xingyun's face was very cold. The witness he brought back from the Zhong family could still make Shen Yanxi so calm at this moment, as if he was sure that he would lose. Who else could it be but his wife!
Damn!
If his wife spoke up, the emperor and all the court officials would probably believe it, and the best strategy now was to strike first.
Thinking of this, Zhong Xingyun sneered and said, "Prime Minister, you don't have to tell me. I also know who the so-called witness you are talking about is. It's none other than my wife."
Shen Yanxi raised his eyebrows, "Master Zhong's reaction is somewhat beyond my expectations."
"I already know that Lady Jiang secretly seduced my wife. You took advantage of her worry about her daughter and tricked her into lying for you. Do you think you can cover up your wrongdoings in this way?"
Zhong Xingyun's words were harsh and full of condemnation. To those who didn't know the inside story, they would think he had suffered a great injustice.
"Minister Zhong, you said your wife was seduced by Prime Minister Shen and Lady Jiang. Do you have any evidence?"
"Jiang Suining privately invited my wife to Ning Garden to instigate and intimidate her. If we investigate, it won't be difficult to find my wife's whereabouts. Originally, I was concerned about the relationship between husband and wife and didn't want to expose the matter, but I didn't expect that after the two were arrested last night, my wife would plead for them regardless of anything, and kept saying that if I dared to expose Jiang Suining, she would definitely stand on their side to help deal with me..."
Zhong Xingyun sighed and spoke bitterly.
"I originally thought that she was just being angry, but now it seems that Jiang Suining and the Prime Minister are really capable. They were able to instigate a quarrel between my husband and me, and made her stand on your side without hesitation."
Zhong Xingyun's words caused quite a stir in the Golden Palace.
The court officials were whispering.
If what Minister Zhong said was true, then Prime Minister Shen and his wife were really going too far.
We can leave aside the question of whether the murder to silence a witness is true or false, but destroying the relationship between the husband and wife and instigating the wife to identify her husband must have required a lot of effort and calculation behind the scenes.
Listening to the discussions of the court officials, Zhong Xingyun felt relieved, and his eyes towards Shen Yanxi were once again filled with a hint of pride.
However, when their eyes met, he did not see panic in Shen Yanxi's eyes, but instead a playful smile.
"Minister Zhong, when did I say that the person who came to testify was your wife?"
The corners of Shen Yanxi's eyes turned up, with a lazy smile on his face, as if everything that had just happened was just Zhong Xingyun's ridiculous one-man show.
"Your Majesty, I request that a witness be summoned."
With Emperor Xiao's permission, the witnesses waiting outside the Golden Palace were brought in.
Zhong Xingyun quickly turned his head to look back. When he saw who was coming, he froze in place and muttered, "How, how is this possible!"
The court officials also saw who was coming and spoke immediately.
"Isn't this Miss Zhong?"
"She was said to be possessed by an evil spirit and was frightened to the point of being seriously ill and unconscious. How could she appear here?"
The court officials looked at Zhong Yixiu carefully again. Although she was a little thin, her eyes were clear and she did not look like she was possessed or crazy at all.
She walked slowly to the Golden Palace and knelt down in front of Emperor Xiao.
"Your humble servant Zhong Yixue greets His Majesty. Long live the emperor."
"He doesn't look like he's sick." A court official murmured softly.
Sitting on the dragon throne, Emperor Xiao was also somewhat surprised to see Zhong Yixiu.
"Miss Zhong, are you here as Prime Minister Shen's witness?"
Zhong Yixiu glanced at Zhong Xingyun.
The latter's face was pale, his expression was tense, and he opened his mouth to speak.
Zhong Yixue had already retracted her gaze and said in a deep voice, "Your Majesty, that's right."