SFS Chapter 129 The murderer is your sister-in-law
Chapter 129 The murderer is your sister-in-law
This sentence was like thunder from the blue sky, exploding in the ears of everyone present.
The whole audience was shocked.
What did they hear?
Princess Anyang was killed by Yan Mobai?
How can this be?
Everyone looked at Yan Mobai in astonishment, even King Ning.
Only Yan Mobai looked calm.
He raised the corners of his lips and smiled coldly.
"Your Highness, listen to what you are saying. Why? You insulted and killed my elder sister-in-law, but you are afraid of taking responsibility, so you bite back and accuse me of killing Princess Anyang?"
"Your Highness, why do you want to slander Princess Anyang? Even if I have a hundred guts, I would not dare to kill a princess of a country. Princess Anyang has no grudge against me, why should I kill her? What is my motive for killing her?"
"Princess Anyang's case has already been concluded. It was not just me who tried it that day, but the Ministry of Justice and the Censorate personally handled it. Your Highness, are you going to overturn everything just by speaking nonsense?"
Yan Mobai's rhetorical question left King Kang speechless for a moment.
King Kang was furious.
Smooth tongue!
This man is really eloquent!
He first said that he had a motive for slander, then said that he had no motive to kill, and finally dragged the Ministry of Justice and the Censorate into the matter.
Not wanting to argue with such a person, he said to Emperor Zhaoqing again: "Father, Father, you must believe me. The person who died was really Lingdang, and I didn't kill him."
After Prince Kang finished speaking, Yan Mobai also bowed to Emperor Zhaoqing and said, "Your Majesty, please allow me to ask Prince Kang a few questions."
Emperor Zhaoqing said nothing.
Seeing that Emperor Zhaoqing had no objection, Yan Mobai spoke to Prince Kang.
"First question, since Your Highness said that the dead person was Lingling, then I want to ask, why is my sister-in-law's hairpin on the dead person?"
"My eldest sister-in-law sent Yanzhi to Weiyang Palace before. I believe someone present here should remember that she was wearing these two hairpins, right?"
"Also, one of these two hairpins is from Ding Yuxuan. You can go to Ding Yuxuan to check whether it was sold to Sister Yu."
"The other one is from Liu Town. My brother asked me to buy it when I went to Liu Town a few days ago to catch the robbers of disaster relief silver. It was custom-made and there is only one of it. You can also go to Liu Town to verify it."
"Also, when I entered the room, Lord Liu and Lord Yu walked in front of me. They can prove that I did not secretly place the hairpin to frame her. The hairpin was originally on the deceased's head and hands."
Seeing that King Kang was speechless, Yan Mobai did not give him a chance to think and continued to ask.
"Second question, since Your Highness said that the deceased was not killed by Your Highness, but by my men, then who was it? Do you have any evidence?"
"I never left the palace banquet or the Weiyang Palace from beginning to end. It is impossible for me to be the one."
"Who are my people? There are patrolling guards outside Haitang Palace, and there are many palace servants inside. Your Highness is still in Haitang Palace. Who among my people can enter Haitang Palace openly, hurt the face of Your Highness who is highly skilled in martial arts, kill people, and successfully escape?"
"The third question is not really a question. I want to draw a portrait of my eldest sister-in-law on the spot and let the people in Haitang Palace identify the person brought to Haitang Palace by Your Highness. Is it my eldest sister-in-law or Lingdang?"
As soon as Yan Mobai finished speaking, Liu Yongning and Yu Wen agreed.
"This method is very good!"
But then Yan Mobai said, "I'm afraid the people in Haitang Palace won't recognize him. After all, Haitang Palace belongs to Concubine Shu, and His Royal Highness Prince Kang is also the master of Haitang Palace."
"No, how dare they give false testimony in front of the emperor?" Liu Yongning said.
Yan Mobai nodded: "Master Liu is absolutely right."
He pretended to find someone to get pen and ink.
King Kang laughed angrily.
I was so angry that my nose, face, head, and internal organs all hurt.
Earlier in the pavilion, he asked Ning Miao to drink water, and Ning Miao took off the veil on her face. Then, when he brought her to the darkroom, he met many palace maids and eunuchs, and they had all seen her appearance.
He now suspected that her removal of the veil was a design.
King Kang's eyes were red, and he gnashed his teeth: "Yan Mobai, why are you pretending to be so righteous here? The person who killed people is your eldest sister-in-law!"
Everyone was stunned.
Even Yan Mobai showed a shocked expression.
"Your Highness, are you saying that my sister-in-law, a woman with no power at all, entered Haitang Palace as if she were in an empty house, injured your Highness's face, killed Lingdang, and successfully escaped?"
"She is so weak that she can't even tie a chicken?" King Kang snorted fiercely, "She is very skilled in martial arts."
After saying this, he turned to look at Emperor Zhaoqing: "Father, this is what happened."
"That woman came to Haitang Palace to look for me, saying that she had important information to share with me. This palace guard at the Haitang Palace can testify to this."
"The palace maid went to Weiyang Palace to report to me, and I came to Haitang Palace."
"That woman told me that it was Yan Mobai who killed Anyang, and she was willing to be a witness for me, so I believed her."
"She also said that Lingdang had physical evidence in her hand and she had a way to make her hand it over. So I brought her to this dark room to see Lingdang."
"As a result, she took advantage of my unpreparedness, knocked me unconscious, injured my face, killed Lingdang, disguised Lingdang as herself, and pretended to be violated, to frame me."
"In order to prevent people from finding out that the deceased was not her but Ling Ling, she set fire to the body and destroyed all evidence."
A light sneer was heard.
It’s Yan Mobai.
It seemed like she couldn't listen to what he said anymore.
"Your Highness made up this lie, do you believe it yourself? My sister-in-law came to tell you that I killed the princess? Is she crazy or stupid?"
"She is my sister-in-law, and she is from the Yongchang Marquis's Mansion. Murdering a princess is a heinous crime that will punish all nine generations of the family. Not only must I die, but the entire Yongchang Marquis's Mansion must be buried with me, and she must die too."
Everyone nodded after hearing this.
This makes sense.
No one would do such a thing.
Seeing everyone's reaction, King Kang became even more furious.
"It is true. I have said so. The servants at the gate of Haitang Palace can testify to this."
"Are they the two trusted palace maids of His Highness?" Yan Mobai asked back.
King Kang: "..."
Suddenly he remembered something: "Oh, right, Chi Feng can also testify."
"That woman said that before she came to see me, she knocked Chi Feng unconscious and hid him in the rockery beside the palace road. You can bring him here. He is your guard, so he can't be my confidant, right?"
After saying this, without waiting for anyone to react, he gave orders loudly to the outside.
"Tian Fu and Han He go to the rockery and bring Chi Feng here!"
Two palace servants outside took the order and left.
Yan Mobai narrowed his eyes slightly, and a cold light flashed in his eyes.
The corners of his lips curled up coldly, and he deliberately asked: "These two people are your highness's trusted palace maids, right?"
King Kang didn't want to pay attention to him.
For a moment, no one spoke in the darkroom.
Liu Yongning and Yu Wen continued to check other objects in the room.
Not long after, Chi Feng was brought by the two men.
He had just been relieved of his coma by the palace servant who brought him to Haitang Palace. He had just woken up but was still dizzy.
Seeing such a big scene, I had no idea what was going on.
He glanced at his master and knelt down to pay homage to Emperor Zhaoqing: "Greetings, Your Majesty."
Emperor Zhaoqing motioned for him to get up.
Prince Kang couldn't wait to ask him, "In front of the emperor, tell me, was it Yan Mobai's sister-in-law who pressed your fainting point?"
Chi Feng's heart tightened and he thought quickly in his mind.
Slowly raising his head, he replied, "No, the lady was walking in front of me, and I was tapped on the shoulder by someone from behind. I turned around, and the other person took the opportunity to knock me unconscious. I didn't even see clearly who the other person was."
King Kang: "..."
"You're lying!" King Kang's face turned red and his neck became thick, and he was furious: "You are Yan Mobai's man, you're lying!"
Chi Feng looked terrified: "I dare not. How dare I lie to the emperor in front of me? Everything I say is true."
King Kang even wanted to kill someone.
Yan Mobai spoke up: "Your Highness, I want to ask you something. You just asked two palace servants to bring Chi Feng here. You said: Tian Fu and Han He should go to the rockery and bring Chi Feng here!"
"If I remember correctly, there are several rockeries in the palace. How did they know it was the rockeries next to the palace road? Could it be that Chi Feng was knocked unconscious by them and hid there?"
King Kang almost vomited blood.
Didn't he say the three words 'next to the palace road' just now?
It was he who was careless.
Because he had asked Tian Fu to go there to confirm whether Ning Miao's words were true, so Tian Fu knew it was the rockery beside the palace road.
Just as King Kang was about to explain the reason, he saw Yan Mobai lift up the corner of his robe and kneel on the ground.
"Your Majesty, what His Royal Highness Prince Kang has been saying is that I killed Princess Anyang. I beg Your Majesty to reopen this case and have someone investigate it again to clear my name. As long as I am proven innocent, all of His Royal Highness Prince Kang's lies will be exposed!"
"Then please ask Your Majesty to make a decision for my eldest sister-in-law who was humiliated and killed and whose body was not intact!"
After Yan Mo finished speaking, he bowed respectfully and piously to Emperor Zhaoqing.