All the ancestors in the capital begged me to be a substitute

It’s like responding to Li Xiangyang’s speculation——

Chu Yan walked up to him and looked at him indifferently, "I'll give you two choices. Tell the truth and tell the story, or go to Beiya now."

The emperor left alone. Even the concubines who came with the emperor did not dare to leave without the prince's order.

Everyone present knew what would happen to a barely confirmed suspect if he entered Beiya.

Everyone looked towards Li Xiangyang.

Li Xiangyang knew that with the attitude of the emperor just now, he would be dead no matter what, so he simply gritted his teeth and said, "I will recruit them all, but I have a condition. As long as your highness can agree to my condition, I will tell your highness who is behind the scenes." who."

"No one dares to negotiate conditions with Gu." Chu Yan looked at him coldly, with a hint of mockery in his phoenix eyes, "I have been waiting for this case for five years, but I don't mind waiting any longer. As for you... …”

He waved his hand towards Chunjun, "Take Yiyang Marquis to Beiya, so that he can serve you well."

Chunjun accepted the order and just stepped forward——

"Don't... don't..." Li Xiangyang said with big beads of sweat on his forehead, "I said, I said..."

He looked at Chu Yan's expression carefully and said in a trembling voice: "Five years ago, I secretly bribed Dr. Zhou who was checking for Emperor Xiaode's pulse at the Imperial Hospital, and asked him to put 'Fire Sun' in Emperor Xiaode's decoction." 'The medicinal powder, the blazing sun and the anti-cold incense, as long as the amount is enough, can kill Emperor Xiaode suddenly, and if it cannot be seen that he was poisoned, he can blame the matter on witchcraft, Yun Liangdi I became a scapegoat."

It’s about the truth behind the death of his biological father.

Even for a person like Chu Yan who had strong endurance, cold murderous intent suddenly burst out of his eyes when he heard Li Xiangyang's words.

Shen Lingxi's expression was not much better than his.

After all, the scapegoat is her dearest aunt.

However, at this time, the angrier you are, the easier it is to lose judgment.

Li Xiangyang was recruited so easily. No matter how you looked at it, there was something fishy about it.

Shen Lingxi took advantage of everyone's shock and quietly approached Chu Yan, reaching out and gently tugging on his sleeve.

Chu Yan understood what she meant, and his back, which was tense due to anger, relaxed a little.

"You should know that murdering the crown prince is tantamount to treason. Who sent you to do this, and why must you kill my father?" He asked in a deep voice.

Li Xiangyang shuddered.

He leaned down and said, "Go back to Your Highness, the person behind the scenes is in the palace, His Highness King Rui.

"What?" King Rui, who was sitting in a wooden wheelchair, had no idea that he would be suddenly identified by Li Xiangyang and raised his head in surprise.

A flash of sternness flashed in his eyes, and he said angrily: "Marquis Yiyang, I have never had much contact with you, how could I instruct you to kill the emperor's brother? You are just talking nonsense, and you can't find a decent person. "

"His Royal Highness Prince Rui, are you still unwilling to admit it?" Li Xiangyang said firmly without raising his head, "In this world, the one who can come up with a secret medicine like Lieyang must be a member of the Yunjiang royal family. Yun Chong is the first prince of the Yun Kingdom, and he can prepare as much medicine as Lieyang he wants."

"Yun Chong has always had a close relationship with you. Some of the spices in Tianxiang Pavilion were purchased from Yunchong. The account book that the Crown Princess just submitted should also have the name of the spices. You can find out after a check."

Prince Rui frowned, "It's nonsense, it's simply nonsense! Yun Chong is just helping me cure my leg disease. What does his affair with you have to do with me!"

He looked at Chu Yan and said sincerely: "His Royal Highness, don't believe his one-sided words, sir..."

Li Xiangyang interrupted him loudly, "Six years ago you originally planned to use Sang Meng to kill His Highness the Crown Prince first, but unfortunately it didn't happen."

"Five years ago, you attacked Emperor Xiaode again. You used the same tactics to kill King Wei and King Qi, and then encouraged the Zhao family to kill King An."

"This time you also want to kill the tenth prince, and then blame it on His Highness the Crown Prince. That would be three kills."

"In the end, you will kill the emperor. In this way, this country will be yours. Is that true or not?!"

Li Xiangyang almost risked his life, and every word he spoke was an identification of Prince Rui.

The contents were simply horrifying to the extreme, which shocked the people present and stirred up turmoil in their hearts.

Even Prince Rui was shocked.

It is true that he has hidden some ambitions over the years.

But it is far from what Li Xiangyang said.

It took Prince Rui a while to find his voice, "Li Xiangyang, I don't care who the master behind you is. You keep saying that I ordered you to do this. Where is the evidence? Is there any evidence?"

After hearing this, Marquis Yiyang finally raised his head, looked at him with burning eyes, and said loudly: "Your leg disease was cured six years ago, but you are still sitting in a wooden wheelchair every day. Isn't this evidence? "

As soon as these words came out, everyone's eyes turned to Prince Rui's legs.

Everyone knows that His Highness Prince Rui was born with a disease that made him unable to walk. He could only walk with the help of a wooden wheelchair since he was a child.

From ancient times to the present, no cripple has been able to ascend the throne.

Therefore, no one would regard Prince Rui, who sits in a wooden wheelchair all day long, as a contender for the throne.

But if he has a disease in his legs, it's a lie, and with Li Xiangyang's series of identifications...

No one will doubt the truth of Li Xiangyang's words.

Chu Yan was originally angry because Li Xiangyang revealed the details of killing his father.

But now, as he heard Li Xiangyang's words, one after another, he seemed to be beating Prince Rui to death.

Chu Yan's expression became more solemn, and his eyes became colder and colder.

Not only him, but also Shen Lingxi.

Sure enough, there was another reason why Li Xiangyang admitted that he was the real murderer so quickly and also identified Prince Rui.

If only Shen Lingxi had not sent Liu Meiren to follow Yun Chong to Zuihuayuan and meet that "Mr. Chunshan".

Today, she and Chu Yan may believe Li Xiangyang's words.

When Li Xiangyang was about to die, he still struggled so desperately just to find a scapegoat for the real master behind him.

Prince Rui was already a scapegoat from the moment he believed in Yun Chong.

"Your Highness the Crown Prince." Prince Rui looked at Chu Yan for help, "Believe me, I really did not kill the emperor's brother, and the deaths of several other princes were definitely not related to me!"

Hearing this, Li Xiangyang also looked at Chu Yan, "Your Highness, a dying person speaks well. I know that I have committed an unforgivable crime. Emperor Xiaode died in my hands. In the past five years, I always think of it." I feel guilty about this and can’t sleep at night.”

"Now I confess everything to Your Highness and identify the culprit. I have only one wish, which is to ask Your Highness to be open to my son Li Huai. You can cut me to pieces with a thousand cuts, but please don't hurt a hair of my son. Otherwise, I will definitely be heartbroken and die with my eyes closed!"

Chu Yanfeng narrowed her eyes slightly.

If he were in a rage and heard this, not only would he not let Li Huai go, but he would treat him the way he did.

He will definitely cut Li Xiangyang, his favorite son, into pieces in front of Li Xiangyang in order to avenge his father's murder.

With Li Xiangyang's mind, he would not have guessed this.

If you deliberately make such a request at this time, then you definitely hate Li Huai to death.

Chu Yan raised his eyes and looked at Li Huai. Li Huai straightened his back, knelt on the ground, and looked at Li Xiangyang with mocking eyes.

Obviously, he also knew Li Xiangyang's intentions very well.

Chu Yan's eyes swept back and forth between the father and son, and then fell on Prince Rui who looked sincere. "This case not only involves the death of Emperor Xiaode, but also involves the death of three princes. It is of great importance. We can't draw a conclusion just based on your words. Let Gu send people to verify whether what you said is true. Afterwards, report to the Emperor and open a court for trial. Come, take all the people in this court to Beiya, take them to the sky prison, and interrogate them strictly."

As soon as the voice fell, the embroidered clothes envoy immediately stepped forward and escorted Prince Rui, Concubine Zhao, Li Xiangyang, Li Yizheng and the nanny away one by one.

Prince Rui had a look of panic on his face, and he couldn't tell whether he was really flustered or just pretending.

He listened to Yun Chong's words and wanted to kill two birds with one stone. Unexpectedly, he became a mantis hunting cicadas, with the oriole behind him.

Concubine Zhao looked back at the tenth prince in the palace maid's arms, biting her handkerchief and crying bitterly.

She originally just wanted to use her son to stand up and compete for the only position of crown prince, and at the same time trample the Li family behind Li Yuejiao under her feet, but she didn't expect that everything would be in vain.

As Li Xiangyang walked away, he shouted in a trembling voice: "Your Highness, you just promised me that as long as I tell the truth and the instructions behind the scenes, you will give me a happy life. Your Highness, you always keep your word, and you can't go back on your words! Also!" My favorite son, Your Highness must not hurt him!"

From the day he entered the chess game, he was destined to die a happy death. Now his only thought was to drag everyone to their death.

Li Yizheng and the wet nurse were shaking all over, their legs were weak, and they had to rely on the embroiderer to lift them up and go out.

Everyone in the scene heard the prince's words and saw that all the suspects were taken away by the embroiderers, and they hurriedly filed out.

In the huge tent, in less than two cups of tea, only Chu Yan, Shen Lingxi, Li Huai and Li Xiaoqing were left.

The crime Li Xiangyang committed now was the crime of treason by confiscating his family and exterminating his clan.

No one in the Li clan will be spared.

Li Huai and Li Xiaoqing, without a pardon order, would naturally be taken away by the Embroidered Clothes Envoy.

The embroiderer was waiting behind them.

Li Huai kowtowed to Chu Yan and Shen Lingxi, "Thank you to your two highnesses for finding out the truth about Tianxiang Pavilion five years ago and bringing down the Marquis of Yiyang. In this way, I will die without regrets."

Chu Yan frowned slightly.

Because Li Huaicheng was very close to Shen Lingxi under his nose.

He never had a good impression of Li Huai.

However, unlike Shen Lingxi, Chu Yan had Liu Meiren to explain his doubts. He was a little curious about Li Huai's abnormal behavior today.

He asked expressionlessly: "Li Xiangyang is your biological father, and you are the eldest son of the Yiyang Marquis Mansion. The collapse of the Li family does not benefit you in any way. Why did you stand up and identify him today?"

This was not only what Chu Yan wanted to ask, but also Li Xiaoqing, who was kneeling behind Li Huai, was also very curious.

Although Shen Lingxi knew more than they did, it wasn't much more. She also looked at Li Huai curiously with her apricot eyes.

Li Huai was silent for a few moments, then took off her official hat and pulled out the jade hairpin that tied her hair on top of her head. Her black hair fell on her shoulders like flowing clouds.

Her facial features were already very delicate, but now that her black hair was disheveled, it was obvious that she was a woman.

When Li Xiaoqing saw this, she obviously recognized who she was and opened her eyes wide in surprise.

Shen Lingxi saw that the Adam's apple on her neck was fake when she was at the Duke's Mansion in Yunjiang Town, and guessed that she was a woman.

Only Chu Yan looked at the woman in front of him, and then at Shen Lingxi who had no look of surprise on her face. Her eyebrows were furrowed and her thin lips were pressed into a straight line.

For more than a month after co-writing this, he got so much jealousy for nothing.

"My daughter's surname is Li and her given name is Yuelan."

Li Yuelan tore off the fake Adam's apple on her throat, and her voice returned to the softness of a woman, "My daughter's younger brother Li Huai, when he went out of the house privately to look for my daughter two years ago, he was unfortunately killed by a killer sent by his aunt. He was killed because he thought he was my daughter. In order to avenge my mother and younger brother, my daughter survived as my younger brother."

"In the past two years, I have been secretly collecting evidence of Li Xiangyang and his aunt's mother-in-law's use of power to bully others and indulge in slaves to commit crimes. I hope that one day I can make the Li family pay the price. Today, my wish has come true. I am extremely grateful."

When Shen Lingxi heard this, a flash of realization flashed through her heart.

"What did you say to Li Xiangyang just now that made him hate you so much all of a sudden and want to use His Highness's hands to cut you into pieces?" she asked curiously.

Li Yuelan's eyes drooped, "Tell him that my younger brother died at the hands of the eldest lady two years ago. Tell him that the tea I gave him in the past two years contained special medicine to make him inhumane. Tell him that although the eldest lady is a perpetrator of evil, he is also an accomplice, and extermination is the retribution he deserves."

Shen Lingxi raised her almond eyes slightly.

No wonder Liu Meiren looked relieved just now.

As expected, Li Xiangyang is a man of his own doing.

Chu Yan looked at her thoughtfully.

I finally understood why Shen Lingxi treated her differently.

He said to the embroidered clothes behind them, "Take them down and keep them alone in a place to take good care of them."

The embroidery envoy took the order and took the two of them down...

*
What happened in the Shangsi Festival Hall spread throughout the streets and alleys of the capital in less than half a day.

The Yiyang Hou Mansion and Prince Rui Mansion were surrounded by inner guards and black-armored guards.

Every day, embroiderers came in and out of the two mansions and interrogated many people.

The emperor learned of Li Xiangyang's confession after he left, and Long Yan was furious.

The truth about the death of his three sons naturally made him feel more heartbroken and extremely concerned than the death of Emperor Xiaode.

In less than half a month, Chu Yan had been busy collecting evidence at the embroidery department outside, and did not have time to go to Beiya Prison for interrogation.

However, the emperor has personally gone to the prison to interrogate Li Xiangyang and Prince Rui no less than ten times.

However, the two people's confessions were still the same as before in the tent hall. They passed the blame and refused to admit it.

Chu Yan handed over everything he had found over the past few days to Shen Lingxi one by one.

"The nanny admitted that it was Prince Rui who instigated her to get close to Concubine Zhao and seduce Concubine Zhao. Concubine Zhao also acquiesced in the poisoning of the tenth prince, and Prince Rui was the instigator behind the scenes. Yun Chong wanted to kill two birds with one stone by poisoning the tenth prince and framing the blame. Give it to me, then both of us will be gone, and Prince Rui will become the only living heir of the Chu family besides the emperor. The throne is right in front of you, and it will be difficult for Prince Rui not to be tempted."

"The imperial doctor is a distant relative of the Li family. He knew that his father was poisoned by the blazing sun and the cold incense. That's why he deliberately covered it up for the Li family after he discovered the poison that Juro was poisoned by."

"From this point of view, before Li Xiangyang identified Prince Rui, Concubine Zhao and the wet nurse were people of Prince Rui, and Doctor Li was Li Xiangyang's person."

"First, Yun Chong designed and opened the Li family's 'Tianxiang Pavilion'."

"Li Xiangyang originally thought that this was a case committed by Prince Rui and had nothing to do with him. Unexpectedly, Concubine Zhao used this to reveal the death of his father five years ago and dragged him into trouble."

"And Prince Rui himself had the Li family in his calculations. He wanted to see the Li family, Concubine Zhao and us fighting in a melee. Unexpectedly, Li Xiangyang was about to die in the end, but he poured dirty water back on him."

"The Emperor personally went to the Heavenly Prison for an examination. Prince Rui's leg has indeed been healed for many years. Therefore, compared to Prince Rui's excuse, the Emperor is more inclined to believe what Li Xiangyang said - that he poisoned his father, the eldest prince and the eighth prince. The man behind this is Prince Rui.”

Shen Lingxi smiled when he heard this.

She rubbed the half of the embroidery picture she had pieced together in her hand, "Now we have only caught the mantis and cicada, but the oriole is still hiding in the dark watching the show. It seems that it is time to bring Mr. Chunshan to the rescue." Take out the chess pieces."

As Shen Lingxi spoke, she raised her eyes and looked at the souls of Yun Chong and Xu Yuanshan, who were floating not far away from them...

Some little cuties are confused about the relationship between the characters of the Chu family, so I put a mind map of the relationship between the characters in the Chu family in the book review area.

The character relationship diagram for the heroine is withheld for now because it involves spoilers. I will make a full version after it is finished.