flstandardbreds Chapter 899: Past Plans and Current Consequences
Chapter 899: Past Plans and Current Consequences
After the meal, he called the servants to remove the leftover dishes.
Leng Rongyue poured the tea herself and served it without asking anyone else to do it.
He also placed the plates of fresh fruit from the bottom of the cart on the table.
"Your Majesty, please have some fresh fruit to help with digestion. It will make your stomach feel better!"
"Good good!"
Emperor Hongde and Empress Luan Xiying naturally liked it.
A group of people drank tea, tasted fresh fruits, and chatted casually about family matters.
Afterwards, they talked about what happened in front of the Anguo Mansion yesterday;
Talking about what happened at the court this morning;
And guess what will happen next.
"Your Majesty, you ordered the Ministry of Justice, the Censorate, and the Supreme Court to hold a joint trial tomorrow. I venture to speculate...that your real intention is something else."
Emperor Hong De listened, smiled and nodded.
"Minister Fu Ai's guess is not wrong.
At the morning court this morning, we have confirmed the crime of deceiving the emperor against the family of Deputy Minister Zhang Jinyan.
And tomorrow, if Zhang Jinyan is really tried by the three judicial organs...
If Zhang Jinyan knew that my good nephew was so heartless and had abandoned his daughter and their Cifu Mansion, he would definitely feel resentful.
Seeing that he had no hope of survival, how could Zhang Jinyan not drag my good nephew down to hell with him?
And my good nephew is most afraid of this. How could he allow Zhang Jinyan to make all his acts of rebellion public when he is desperate?
Therefore, tonight, there will be a good show in the Heavenly Prison.
I have secretly instructed that tomorrow's joint trial by the three judicial departments be used to attract their attention, and this afternoon, I arranged for another person to secretly interrogate Zhang Jinyan.
We should have obtained Zhang Jinyan's confession by now.
After Zhang Jinyan's confession was obtained, it was sealed and kept secret.
In addition, I have made arrangements to provide my good nephew with the facilities he needs...
Unable to wait for tomorrow's joint trial by the three judicial departments, news will be spread from the Sky Prison tonight that the Second Assistant Zhang Jinyan committed suicide out of fear of punishment.
As for the divorced former Princess Yi, as well as her mother and sister, their charges have been determined and cannot be changed.
It is enough to just create the illusion of committing suicide out of fear of punishment!
As for Zhang Jinyan's concubines and illegitimate children...
It seems unlikely that those people were involved in what Zhang Jinyan did.
At that time, they will be exiled from the capital.
The second assistant, Zhang Jinyan, was dismissed;
Hua Chongjian, the right assistant minister of the Ministry of War, brought his daughter Hua Yinyin back today and will no longer have anything to do with Xiao Jingyi.
So far, he has lost those who approached him on their own initiative and the two important officials he wanted to win over!
He failed in both moves!
As for his other followers, or the external forces he is colluding with... they are not a cause for concern for now.
What we need to be wary of now is the power behind him."
Having said that, a helpless smile appeared on Emperor Hong De's face.
"Ugh!
My brother, the Crown Prince, saved my life back then. I have always been grateful for his kindness and will always remember it in my heart.
However, my brother, the Crown Prince, has planted hidden dangers for me, his own brother!
Perhaps, the Crown Prince was also unwilling to see the throne fall into the hands of others.
Or to put it simply, the Crown Prince is unwilling to see the throne fall into someone else's hands!
As the crown prince, he had no chance of truly ascending the throne.
And he has a son.
Deep down in the heart of the Crown Prince, he must be hoping... that in the future it will be his only son who will sit in the highest position, right?
In fact, I can understand that my brother, the Crown Prince, has this wish.
If his son truly possesses the talent to save the world and the virtue to love the people, I wouldn't mind passing the throne to him.
But...Alas!
Xiao Jingyi is a bad, unvirtuous, immoral, and unrighteous child...
He only had desires and the throne in his heart, but no country or people.
If the throne of Jingyue Kingdom really fell into the hands of Xiao Jingyi, it would not be a blessing for Jingyue or the people, but would be a catastrophe for the Jingyue Dynasty!
The final outcome... maybe Jingyue was stolen by foreigners;
Or... he was rebelled against by the people of the world!
Could it be that the Crown Prince would rather the world be in chaos than leave his son a dangerous ambition after his death?
"Your Majesty, please don't be sad!"
Duke Anguo Fu Peng advised, "As the saying goes, human hearts are hard to predict, and desires are insatiable!
When His Royal Highness the former Crown Prince saved the Emperor's life at a critical moment, it must have been out of true brotherhood.
And His Royal Highness the former Crown Prince was determined to obtain the throne;
The regret that he was destined to miss the throne and could not achieve his wish formed his endless obsession with the throne!
The former Crown Prince also thought that although he could not ascend to the throne, he still had a son.
If his son could sit on the throne, it would be a fulfillment of his obsession with the throne.
He was dissatisfied with the fact that the late emperor passed the throne to his younger brother, and he hoped that the successor would be his only son.
However, I dare to say:
The wish of the late Crown Prince is too narrow-minded and selfish!
The former Crown Prince's obsession was entirely for himself and his descendants, not for Jingyue or the people of Jingyue.
Now, His Royal Highness Prince Yi's selfishness and desires are even worse than those of the former Crown Prince!
Now we can see the consequences!"