RPAGF Chapter 167 Wang Jinnian's Trouble
Chapter 167 Wang Jinnian's Trouble
Beads of sweat appeared on Chen Tianlin's forehead. He didn't know how to end this. If he said nothing, the trial would be over!
What awaits him most likely is demotion from the Dingyuan Marquisate!
Even the job he was doing would be lost!
How to do?
Chen Tianlin was confused and didn't know how to explain himself to get out of this situation.
Bai Zhaozhao kindly reminded him, "I'm really surprised by the shocked expression on Prince Chen's face. Could it be that you didn't know that the marriage certificate was fake? Oh, you were not deceived by someone, were you? If so, I, as the victim, can understand. Prince Chen, why don't you tell the adults about the origin of this marriage certificate?"
Everyone present was vaguely moved. Bai Zhaozhao's words were very clear. He was just short of asking Chen Tianlin directly who was the mastermind behind the scenes?
Bai Zhaozhao was very curious. Would he reveal Princess Changxing when he got anxious?
In the end, Chen Tianlin did not get carried away. He slowly said, "No need to compare. This marriage certificate is a relic left by my cousin's aunt. We thought it was her last wish, so we never doubted its authenticity!"
Everyone was stunned, with different expressions. Did this mean to put the blame on the dead?
Bai Zhaozhao secretly despised him, so he said to Jingzhao Yin: "Please enforce the law impartially, sir."
Jingzhao Yin slammed the gavel and said, "The Dingyuan Marquisate attempted to use a fake marriage certificate to deceive Princess Zhaohe into marriage, and spread rumors to slander the princess. The evidence is irrefutable. According to the law, they should be sentenced to one year in prison and compensate the princess 10,000 taels of silver! However, because they are a noble family, the final judgment will be decided by the emperor! Adjourn the court!"
Chen Tianlin looked distraught, looking at Bai Zhaozhao with hatred in his eyes: "The county lady has a good trick!"
Bai Zhaozhao raised his eyebrows: "It's just so-so, I didn't do much."
Indeed, she only materialized the netizen’s reply to change the marriage certificate, and the rest was done by others.
Chen Tianlin choked, waved his sleeves and left. The people were very satisfied and looked at him with even more weird eyes. Since the marriage certificate was fake, then his impotence must be real?
However, Bai Zhaozhao still felt a little regretful. It would have been better if he could have given up Princess Changxing as well. Unfortunately, he was not that stupid.
When the news reached the palace, Princess Changxing looked at the empty box with a flash of fear in her eyes. The private seal was gone! And it was in the hands of Prince An?
Could it be that Prince An has become so reckless towards the imperial palace? Impossible! Her father is not a decoration, Prince An would never dare to do this!
However, no matter who did it, it means that there is a powerful person in the palace who is helping Bai Zhaozhao!
Or maybe there is a traitor around her!
Princess Changxing then called the secret guards and asked them to search everyone in her palace inside and out.
It is said that Jingzhao Yin was also a clever man. He did not choose to report the matter to the emperor in private, but waited until the grand court meeting three days later, and reported the case publicly in front of all the civil and military officials.
The incident, which had already been widely circulated, was directly satisfied by his statement, and the curiosity of all officials was also satisfied. At the same time, Jingzhao Yin also gained a strong sense of presence.
Everyone asked the emperor to severely punish the Dingyuan Marquisate, but Emperor Yongkang was a little hesitant. Chen Tianlin was also in charge of the new iron smelting workshop and was trained by Cheng Jiayu himself.
Now Cheng Jiayu was sent to Lu County by him. If Chen Tianlin was dismissed, what would happen to the iron smelting workshop in the capital? Should it be handed over to the Xu family?
Emperor Yongkang had a headache again. He didn’t expect that the marriage certificate was fake. He thought the two families would resolve the issue through negotiation!
Forget it, forget it, just demote me first!
But just as he was about to issue an order, he suddenly saw Wang Jinnian stand up.
Wang Jinnian bowed and said loudly, "Your Majesty, I have something to report!"
Emperor Yongkang was stunned. If he had something to report, couldn't he wait? Which minister couldn't see that I was going to speak? But he still said, "Go ahead."
Wang Jinnian said calmly, "Regarding the Dingyuan Marquis's Mansion, I have a case to talk about. Half a month ago, I accidentally saved an old woman, who was the concubine of the previous Dingyuan Marquis. She said that the original Dingyuan Marquis and his wife were murdered by the second branch of the Chen family in order to inherit the title!"
When these words came out, all the officials were shocked, especially Dingyuan Hou himself. What did Wang Jinnian mean by this? Why did he bring up something that happened many years ago without making any noise?
Dingyuan Hou immediately cried out: "Your Majesty, I am innocent! How can you take the one-sided words of an old woman seriously? Lord Wang, you are clearly seeking revenge!"
Wang Jinnian had a blank expression on his face: "Don't worry, my Lord. Without evidence, how dare I speak nonsense? Your Majesty, I also thought that this old woman must be talking nonsense at first, but later she told a lot of reasonable and well-founded details. I had to doubt it, so I followed her words and checked carefully.
The previous wife of Marquis Dingyuan had been infertile for many years and had seen many famous doctors. Many prescriptions and pulse records were left behind. I found these things and asked the imperial physician to look at them. It was confirmed that some of the medicinal materials in them could cause infertility, and that concubine was the murderer bribed by the second wife!
According to her testimony, the people from the second house not only made the original marquis' wife infertile, but also had been giving the previous Marquis Dingyuan chronic poison, which was all fed to him by this concubine herself!
Because the second wife promised to give her a large sum of money and let her run away, she was also careful and kept the evidence of these things and gave it to other people.
After the deed was accomplished, the concubine took the money and left for another place. But the Marquis Dingyuan now had no intention of letting her go. He had been tracking her whereabouts and wanted to kill her to silence her, but unfortunately he failed.
Many years have passed, she has been living in hiding, and her life has not been good. She has often had nightmares recently. Now that she is at the end of her life, she wants to expose this matter in exchange for merit after her death.
I have already investigated all of the above and have determined that everything this concubine said is true. All the evidence is now in the Dali Temple, and Your Majesty can review it at any time!"
Dingyuan Hou's pupils trembled, and he felt that Wang Jinnian was his death warrant. He knelt on the ground tremblingly: "Your Majesty, I am innocent!"
Emperor Yongkang and all the officials were shocked beyond words. They felt that it was despicable that Marquis Dingyuan had murdered his cousin and successfully concealed the truth for so many years.
Another thing is that Wang Jinnian chose to add insult to injury at this time, which makes people somewhat suspicious. But if you say that he was deliberately taking revenge, there is solid evidence and it doesn't seem like he was framing the person.
Emperor Yongkang was also very clear about this and ordered Xiao Ce to verify the matter. At the same time, he imprisoned the entire family of Marquis Dingyuan and did not allow them to leave the house.
Marquis Dingyuan looked at Wang Jinnian with resentment. He had already prepared to be demoted, so why didn't Wang Jinnian let him go? It looked like he was going to confiscate the marquis's property and exile him!
But Wang Jinnian's attack was so sudden that no one was prepared, and there was not even any news beforehand. It was really hard to believe that he could do this with his ability.
Not only Marquis Dingyuan, but many other smart officials looked at Wang Jinnian with different eyes, and even Lord Qin looked at him sideways.
However, after the court session, Wang Jinnian went to drink tea with Bai Lin openly.
When Lord Qin saw this, his eyes flickered slightly. It seemed that this new force should not be underestimated. He wanted to see if he could assimilate them in the future.