The naughty and cowardly little crybaby sold himself out

Chapter 159: Will the child born by Chuyang be Fuso's?

What Prince Qi didn't know was that Fuso had concentrated all its forces to deal with him. His every move was under Fuso's surveillance, and his letters and portraits were intercepted.

Not only that, when Fuso returned to the court, many ministers who had been wavering turned to Fuso's side and revealed many clues that allowed him to find out many things in the past.

For example, in the war with Lingyin Kingdom a few years ago, the death of the general was directly related to Prince Qi.

Over the past twenty years, the two countries have been experiencing constant frictions of varying sizes, with both sides winning and losing. However, since the emergence of Jing Muyang, Nanbang has never won, and the emperor has become much more decadent, resulting in the loss of Nanbang's political power. Coupled with successive disasters, Nanbang's strength has been greatly reduced in recent years.

At that time, the peace talks had already been concluded and only a truce was waiting to be signed, but because the general deliberately set a trap, Jing Muyang became furious and the general was hacked to death. In particular, the Qingshui camp was destroyed, which was a devastating blow to Nanbang.

However, the emperor had clearly issued an imperial decree agreeing to a ceasefire, so why did the general set up a trap when signing the ceasefire agreement?

The military officer and deputy general who survived said that they received an order to ambush Jing Muyang when the agreement was signed, which was why they took action.

The imperial court at that time was in a state of chaos over this issue, and finally determined that the general was guilty. The general's mansion and related personnel were searched and arrested, and they are still in jail now.

Fuso investigated for a long time and found many signs pointing to Prince Qi. The person who delivered the message died, but his family was well taken care of by Prince Qi.

Now it seems that it was Prince Qi who was behind this.

Fuso threw the intercepted letter and the portrait of Chujian into the brazier.

"Chi Mei, it's time to close the net."

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On the last day of the twelfth lunar month, the emperor entertained his ministers.

Before Prince Qi could even receive any news from Jing Muhao, he was accused of colluding with Lingyinguo, embezzling the national treasury, raising tens of thousands of troops in the southwest, and attempting to rebel. Lots of letters and evidence were thrown out, causing an uproar in the court.

Putting aside the question of whether Prince Qi colluded with foreign nations, many people in the court knew that Prince Qi kept private soldiers. Prince Qi was so blatant about it, and the imperial palace was dwindling in population. These people did not think that the emperor or Fuso could cause any trouble.

If the emperor had not yet held on to great power, Prince Qi would have usurped the throne long ago.

This time, Prince Fuso's powerful attack caught Prince Qi off guard. He had not expected that Fuso, who had only returned to the court for two months, could have such great strength. All the young officials at the same level stood on Fuso's side, and some of them were even promoted by Prince Qi himself. This was a great slap in the face of Prince Qi.

Faced with so much evidence, Prince Qi remained silent and had no way to refute. He could only glance at the guards in the hall, and instantly dozens of guards with swords came in from both sides of the hall and immediately took control of the situation.

The emperor sat on his high seat with a gloomy face, for today was the night of the Little New Year's banquet for his ministers!

"Prince Qi, does this mean that Fuso has not wronged you?" the emperor said.

"Royal brother, Fuso is obviously well prepared, and I have no way to defend myself. He may have believed the slander. If he can admit that what he accused was false and it was not his idea, I can pretend that nothing happened." Prince Qi did not want to move from his seat.

"You deny all this evidence?"

"I didn't do it, so of course I deny it. Could it be that my royal brother wants to force me to admit it?"

"If you weren't guilty, why would you arrange so many guards in this palace? When did my imperial guards obey your orders? Huh?!"

"Brother, isn't this to prevent something like today from happening?"

"I think you have planned this in advance!" the emperor was furious.

"Royal brother, if you insist on saying so, I will not deny it. Ever since Fusang brought back a woman of unknown origin, I have been worried that she is the Princess of Lingyin, so I made some precautions in advance and even sent people to Lingyin to investigate the news. Royal brother, Jing Muyang was clearly buried last year, but he was able to come back to life. Guess who saved him?"

Prince Qi pretended to pause and glanced at the hall.

"I guess your brother can guess it, but I can confirm it with you. I got the exact news a few days ago. It was the Imperial Master Li Fanglin who saved Jing Muyang. Not only that, he also followed Jing Muyang to the capital, stayed there for a month or two, and even accepted Jing Muyang's princess as his apprentice.

My brother, Chu Yang and Chu Jian look so similar, how can it be such a coincidence, could they be the same person?"

The emperor had a gloomy look in his eyes. He had secretly checked Chu Yang's identity a long time ago, and there were indeed many suspicious points, especially when he got the news that Princess Zhan was also a disciple of the national teacher. The two disciples looked so similar that only a fool would believe that they were not the same person.

But Fuso cares about her so much, so what even if she is the Princess Zhan? Humph, things will change. If she is really the Princess Zhan, that would be even better!

What is the Crown Prince? It's just an excuse used by the Emperor to tie her down when he suspected Chu Jian's true identity! He's holding all the big and small ones here, and he's still worried that she can't give birth to Fusang's child?

Humph! If Emperor Lingyin took his queen back to give birth to a prince, he could also take Emperor Lingyin's daughter-in-law back to give birth to a grandson!

"Ha, hahahaha... Prince Qi, I want to ask you, if Chu Yang and Chu Jian are really the same person, what will you do? Will you go to Lingyin Country and tell Jing Muyang?"

"Royal brother, if they are really the same person, we can make other plans with such a good bargaining chip. Perhaps we can use it to threaten Jing Muyang." Prince Qi seemed to have heard something from the emperor.

"Father! Chu Yang is definitely not Prince Zhan's wife, she is my son's wife!" Fuso stood up and brought up this topic at this time. If her identity was really exposed, it would not do Chu Jian any good.

"Fusang, do you want the emperor's uncle to produce all the evidence?"

"Bring it out. I want to see how much evidence Prince Qi has collected."

"Father..." Fusang was a little anxious.

"Fusang, why are you so anxious? Didn't you say she wasn't? Are you afraid? Make it clear once and for all, and no one will talk nonsense again in the future!"

The ministers attending the palace banquet in the hall all lowered their heads and dared not speak. This was a royal family affair, and they dared not interrupt until the matter was clear.

Prince Qi did not have any substantial evidence in his hands, and anything he produced was just speculation and could not really prove anything.

"Brother, are you really not afraid?"

"What are you afraid of? Are you afraid that what you said is true? Chu Yang is Chu Jian? So what? I still hope she is!

Oh! If she is really Jing Muyang's princess, I will immediately write a letter to Emperor Ling Yin and tell him that his daughter-in-law gave me a grandson!

Do you think he would be so angry that he would vomit blood if he heard the news? Do you think he would dare to tell Jing Muyang? Hahaha..." The emperor laughed loudly.

Prince Qi also smiled with his eyes narrowed.

"Royal brother, I didn't expect you to be so magnanimous. If Chu Yang is really Princess Zhan, will the child she gives birth to be Fusang's?"

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