Spoilers for The Red Mansion, Daiyu’s mentality is broken

Chapter 376 I Didn't, It Wasn't Me

Especially when he just said that he had nothing to do with the Cao family, and now a letter suddenly appeared, it was like mud fell into his crotch, it was either shit or shit.

Prince Zhongshun wanted to deny it, but this letter was indeed written by him, and it could not be denied.

In desperation, Prince Zhongshun said: "Yes, this letter is indeed written by me to the head of the Cao family. However, this is just an exchange of letters between ordinary friends."

"What does this mean? The Cao family has committed a major crime of disobedience. Even if they kill the nine clans, they can't kill their friends, right?"

Jia Huan smiled and said: "Okay, it will be good if the prince admits it. Your Majesty, this letter is proof. Your Majesty, please read it!"

Emperor Chongkang said in a deep voice: "Send it up!"

Soon, Dai Quan personally came down, took the letter from Jia Huan, and handed it to Emperor Chongkang.

At this moment, for some unknown reason, Prince Zhongshun suddenly had a bad premonition in his heart.

Although he was confident that he had not written anything inappropriate in the letter, he still felt uneasy.

Emperor Chongkang took the letter from Dai Quan and started to read it.

Anger quickly appeared on his face, and his face turned livid.

"Haha, okay! Okay! I really didn't expect that my good emperor brother could actually do such a thing."

After hearing this, Prince Zhongshun's liver and gallbladder burst into tears, and he hurriedly asked: "Brother, this..."

There must be something wrong, but he had no idea what it was.

Emperor Chongkang sneered and said: "Dai Quan, please read Prince Zhongshun's letter in front of all the civil and military officials."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Dai Quan took the letter from Emperor Chongkang and began to read it.

At the beginning of the letter, it was just a very ordinary greeting, nothing special.

It is the same as what Prince Zhongshun remembers.

But soon, the content became explosive.

Prince Zhongshun actually asked Cao An in the letter to vigorously oppose the new law. If he could not stop the new law, he would secretly send dead soldiers to kill at least eight families in Ping'an County, leaving no trace of their chickens or dogs.

If he then launches an impeachment against the children of the Jia family in the court, he will surely fall into a place of eternal destruction.

If the Jia children cannot be moved down, then they will continue to kill civilians wantonly.

The Jia family's child is still alive and the killings continue, so he must be put to death.

At the end of the letter, there are four words left, which will be burned as soon as you read them.

After Dai Quan finished reading, the Jinluan Hall suddenly fell silent.

The content of this letter is really too exciting.

It was so explosive that everyone was shocked.

Well, actually some of them have known about this for a long time.

Even they were the architects of this evil plan.

However, they never expected that Prince Zhongshun would be stupid enough to leave such matters in the letter.

How can I write such a letter that will be caught by others?
In the end, it was ridiculous to leave the words "the article will burn" after reading it.

At this time, Prince Zhongshun, after being confused for a long time, finally came to his senses.

He hurriedly shouted loudly: "Brother, this letter was not written by my brother. I dare to swear to God that I never wrote this letter!"

Jia Huan sneered and said: "Your Majesty, is that not what you said just now? Just now I asked Your Majesty if you wrote this letter, and Your Majesty agreed very happily. Why did you regret it so quickly?"

Prince Zhongshun pointed at Jia Huan in shock and anger and cursed: "Shuzi! It must be you! You, Shuzi, must have changed the content of the letter after you got it! I want to read the letter! This must have been done by someone else." I am not convinced by what you have modified!"

Emperor Chongkang said in a deep voice: "Show him!" At that moment, Dai Quan was about to hand the letter to Prince Zhongshun.

Seeing this, Jia Huan couldn't help but remind him: "Eunuch Dai, we must prevent the prince from jumping over the wall in a hurry, snatching the letter from my father-in-law and swallowing it in one gulp!"

Eunuch Dai chuckled and said, "Thank you, Magistrate Jia, for the heads up. Our family will be careful."

At this time, Prince Zhongshun didn't care that Jia Huan scolded him for jumping over the wall in a hurry.

He opened his eyes wide and looked at the letter.

One glance and ten lines passed the beginning, and soon came to the place of change.

This letter has indeed been altered.

But what made Prince Zhongshun extremely shocked was that the content that was changed later turned out to be his handwriting.

There was no trace of alteration on the letterhead.

If Prince Zhongshun hadn't been convinced that he had never written a detailed plan, he would have even doubted whether this letter was actually written by himself.

Seeing the back, Prince Zhongshun couldn't help but break into a cold sweat.

He looked at it over and over again, trying to find any clues.

However, what disappointed him was that he never saw anything fishy.

This kind of thing is absolutely unacceptable!
Prince Zhongshun said loudly: "This letter is fake, someone must have modified it! If it is fake, it must be fake!"

As he spoke, Prince Zhongshun stretched out his hand, as if he wanted to take the letter into his hand and look at it carefully.

Dai Quan immediately withdrew his hand and took back the letter.

At this time, Emperor Chongkang couldn't help but snorted coldly: "Brother, didn't you say that this letter was revised by Jia Aiqing? The Ministry of Rites and the Hanlin Academy sent people to check the handwriting to see if there were any traces of imitation!"

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

Soon, the Ministry of Rites and the Hanlin Academy sent two master calligraphers to verify the handwriting.

At this time, Jia Huan couldn't help but sweat.

If traces of modification are found, all his designs will be in vain.

And it will also put yourself in a situation that is beyond redemption.

However, Jia Huan felt that the chance of being identified was very slim.

In later generations, there were special handwriting appraisals, and the authenticity could be known with a single inspection.

However, handwriting identification in later generations was done through computer scanning, with the resolution extended to full.

In this era, such conditions simply do not exist.

Moreover, even if one or two people identify it, Jia Huan can still say that they are in the same group as Prince Zhongshun and firmly deny that the letter has been modified.

Less than half an hour later, the four people said at the same time: "Your Majesty, this letter has the same handwriting throughout, and there are no traces of modification. It is confirmed that it was written by the same person."

Hearing this, Jia Huan couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

Sure enough, there is still a lot of room for improvement in handwriting identification in this era.

For Prince Zhongshun, this news was like a bolt from the blue, hitting him directly in the head.

"Impossible, this is impossible! It's fake, it's fake! This letter is fake, it wasn't written by me! It's the kid from the Jia family, that guy! He must have done it!"

At this time, Prince Zhongshun was already a little crazy and looked delirious.

Emperor Chongkang couldn't help but become more and more disgusted when he saw it.

He couldn't help but shouted: "Come here, send Prince Zhongshun back to the mansion! Order him to stay behind closed doors and think about his mistakes. He will not be pardoned and is not allowed to leave the mansion!"

(End of this chapter)