novelraw Chapter 227 Night Trial of Jiang Jingyue
Chapter 227 Night Trial of Jiang Jingyue
It was late at night and it was time to go to bed, but the Jiang family mansion was brightly lit.
In the main hall of the house, Emperor Zhaocheng and Jiang Yi sat in the first seat, Master Jiang and Old Lady Jiang sat in the second seat, and Jiang Yunming and Luo sat below them, with extremely ugly expressions.
Jiang Jingyue, who was supposed to leave her mother's house and return to Prince Xian's Mansion, was kneeling on the ground at this time, twisting her clothes with her hands, and her eyes were full of deep anxiety.
The three brothers of the Jiang family stood in the hall, their worried and anxious eyes frequently fell on their sister, and they wanted to say something but stopped several times.
"I have been sending people to secretly investigate the deaths of Nanny Yan and Nanny Li." Emperor Zhaocheng's face was as gloomy as water, and a pair of majestic eyes fell on Jiang Jingyue's face, with a strong sense of oppression between his eyebrows, "Can Princess Xian explain this matter?"
Everyone in the Jiang family was shocked when they heard this.
It has been so long since the death of the two maids, why did the emperor suddenly bring it up?
And the spearhead is directed at Jingyue?
"Your Majesty!" Jiang Tingyi knelt down and hurriedly said, "My sister is kind-hearted-"
"I am asking Princess Xian a question, do you allow me to say it?" Emperor Zhaocheng frowned and looked at Jiang Tingyi with joy, "Come here!"
The two imperial guards came in, knelt on one knee, and bowed their heads to listen to the order.
Emperor Zhaocheng ordered: "Slap your mouth."
The air condensed, and Jiang Yunming and Luo stood up suddenly, their expressions shocked and uneasy.
"Your Majesty!" Jiang Tingshi and Jiang Tingyan suddenly changed color and knelt down, "Please calm down, Your Majesty!"
Teacher Jiang sat on the chair, holding the armrest of the chair involuntarily, and pursed his lips.
However, the guards who only obeyed the emperor's orders obviously didn't care about the Jiang family's reaction. One of them walked up to Jiang Tingyi and raised his hand to slap him in the face.
Snap! Snap! Snap! Snap!
The rhythmic slapping sound echoed in the ears, making the Jiang family tremble with fear.
Luo's face was pale, distressed and anxious. She tried to plead for her son many times, but under Jiang Yi's cold and mocking gaze, she was as stiff as a statue and couldn't move at all.
The old lady had a gloomy face, and the hand holding the teacup was so strong that the blue veins on the back of her hand could be clearly seen. When she looked at Jiang Yi, her eyes were so cold that it seemed as if she hated her to kill her on the spot.
However, Jiang Yi just drank tea leisurely and leisurely, enjoying the scene in front of her.
Snap! Snap! Snap! Snap...
The slapping sound continued.
When Emperor Zhaocheng spoke, the guards could listen, and Jiang Tingyi could hide even more.
Otherwise, the crime of disobeying the emperor's order would be even more unbearable for him.
The guards acted in front of the emperor, so their strength was naturally weak.
After a while, Jiang Tingyi's face was completely swollen.
"Stop." Emperor Zhaocheng said lightly.
The guards bowed and retreated.
Jiang Tingyi's face was buzzing, and his cheeks were swollen and painful, but he still had to bow to the emperor: "Thank you for the reward and punishment."
Jiang Jingyue's face was pale and her body was shaking.
Emperor Zhaocheng ignored Jiang Tingyi who was beaten, but continued to ask Jiang Jingyue: "Princess Xian, tell me, what did you want to do when you stole Princess Nanyang's underwear at first?"
Stealing underwear?
All the people in the Jiang family froze, as if they had heard something wrong, and looked at the emperor in disbelief.
What is the emperor saying?
Jingyue stole Yanli's underwear?
Time seemed to stop suddenly, and several people turned their heads very slowly and looked at Jiang Jingyue.
"I... I didn't..." Jiang Jingyue trembled slightly, shook her head repeatedly, and fear could be heard in her voice, "My daughter-in-law is innocent..."
"Nothing?" Emperor Zhaocheng's eyes were like lightning, and his tone was angry, "Do you think I can't do anything to you if you admit it?"
"Since I came to interrogate this matter last night, it proves that I have enough evidence in my hands!"
"Do you think that you burned the underwear, burned the other two poisonous snakes to death, and destroyed all the evidence, and you can pretend that nothing happened?!"
Every word was like thunder, announcing everything she had done without omission.
Jiang Jingyue was so scared that her face turned pale, and the whole person almost collapsed to the ground.
놊, 놊 possible.
The emperor may know about this...
"Yan Li was fostered in the Jiang family since he was a child because I have always trusted the master." Emperor Zhaocheng glanced around at the Jiang family in front of him, with a strong pressure in his eyes, which made people dare not look at him closely. "I thought that the family of the imperial teacher might be able to accommodate a small child, not to mention that this child has my blood in his body. However, I overestimated the love of the Jiang family!"
Jiang Jingyue's face was pale and cold, and she said a word.
"Your Majesty." Jiang Tingshi kowtowed, "Jingyue is weak, maybe-"
"I have experienced the unruly behavior of the Jiang family more than once." Emperor Zhaocheng's tone became colder and colder, "I warned you that the Ninth Prince had punished you, but you didn't seem to take it seriously!"
Master Jiang couldn't sit still anymore, and knelt down as soon as he stood up.
"Grandmaster, you must kneel." Emperor Zhaocheng turned his head to look at you, his tone cold, "You are my teacher, I respect you, and I will only teach the younger generation of the Jiang family."
Grandmaster Jiang stopped moving stiffly, then slowly stood up and sat back down.
You had been so rude all your life, but now you hated him so much that you wanted to find a hole to hide in.
You could only sit back down if you could disobey the order.
But sitting back down meant that you would have to watch the emperor punish your grandchildren one by one, and none of them would run away.
Grandmaster Jiang suddenly felt exhausted.
I thought the Jiang family was noble, and the emperor had taken a fancy to you, so he gave Yan Li, an orphan without a mother, to the prince for special care.
I do have selfish motives and favor Jingyue. I like Yanli, so I want to give Jingyue the chance to marry the crown prince.
I once thought that I had been a tutor in this life and had a reputation. When Jingyue married the crown prince and ascended the throne, the Jiang family would be a royal family and prominent.
At least two of the three grandsons had the crown prince's support, and they would have a bright future.
However, until this moment, I really discovered that the glory of the Jiang family was brought by Yanli from beginning to end.
If there was no Yanli, the Jiang family might have begun to decline as early as fourteen years ago when Jiang Yi left.
And everyone in the Jiang family obviously did not have this cognition.
"Princess Xian." Emperor Zhaocheng continued to interrogate, his voice cold and hard, "You took Yanli's underwear because the person you wanted to murder in the first place was Yanli, and you wanted the poisonous snake to bite her to death?"
Teacher Jiang was stunned, and turned to look at Jingyue in disbelief.
Jiang Jingyue's face was pale and her body was shaking uncontrollably: "Son...daughter-in-law..."
"I have already told you before, I have evidence in my hand." Emperor Zhaocheng reminded her coldly, "Dare to deny in front of me, it is deceiving the emperor!"
"Your Majesty!" Jiang Tingshi kowtowed and pleaded, his voice anxious and urgent, "Jingyue is innocent, she may have murdered Yan Li, please Your Majesty, please investigate! Someone must have wronged her--"
Emperor Zhaocheng said coldly: "Guard."
The guard took the order and walked in front of Jiang Tingshi, raised his hand and slapped him in the face.