amaotonovel Chapter 672 Confrontation in the Main Hall
Chapter 672 Confrontation in the Main Hall
In recent years, when the Queen had trouble sleeping, she had been taking auspicious pills, and she could sleep well every time after taking them.
Recently, because Luo Qingge got married, she was more or less not used to it.
The symptoms of insomnia have become somewhat worse.
Therefore, when Luo Jingshen gave the auspicious pill to the queen, she didn't think much about it.
This is because these auspicious pills look and smell exactly the same as the ones she usually eats.
The queen curled her red lips and said in a calm voice: "The prince is thoughtful, and I will accept the Jixiangwan."
Luo Jingshen added: "Mother, you must take good care of your health. Although my tenth sister has married into the Duke of Rong's mansion, I will always be with you."
"If your Majesty Queen has any needs, please tell me, I will satisfy you."
The queen looked at him and said slowly: "I am very happy that you can come to see me. Is there anything I need?"
The mother and son sat together and talked freely, as if nothing had happened before.
And at this moment, in the Political Affairs Hall.
After Luo Junhe and Ji Yuntang arrived, they respectfully saluted Emperor Jingyang.
"Your Majesty, I pay my respects to you. Long live your Majesty."
Emperor Shenyang glared at them and instead of letting them stand up, he smashed the brush in his hand at them.
"King Ye and Princess Ye, you two are so brave. Who allowed you to go to Liangzhoukou to rescue people?"
Luo Junhe was hit on the shoulder by the brush. He glanced at the ink stains on his body, stood up, and looked at Emperor Jingyang neither humbly nor arrogantly.
"Father, I was wrongly accused in the salt smuggling case three years ago."
"Someone deliberately hid thousands of kilograms of contraband salt in my courtyard, framing me for smuggling and selling contraband salt."
"An Qi and Long Yin only went to the Ministry of Justice on behalf of the king to cooperate with their investigation. They have nothing to do with this case. Unexpectedly, they were detained and convicted by the people of the Ministry of Justice, saying that they smuggled and sold private salt without the king's knowledge."
"Due to my health, I was unable to prove their innocence. I was willing but unable to do so."
"Now that my princess has cured my disability and eye disease, I cannot sit idly by and do nothing about this matter."
"An Qi and Long Yin have fought in the army with me for many years and have also made great contributions to the East Chen Kingdom. If they are wrongly accused, wouldn't it chill the hearts of more soldiers who are defending the country for the East Chen Kingdom?"
After Luo Junhe finished speaking, Emperor Jingyang's face immediately turned dark.
He slammed the table and angrily said, "The case back then has already been convicted, what else do you have to say now?"
"If they didn't smuggle salt, then where did the thousands of kilograms of smuggled salt in your courtyard come from?"
"In the capital, apart from you princes who are well-known and influential, who else has the ability or money to buy this private salt?"
"Luo Junhe, you have to understand that the two of them were arrested not because the Ministry of Justice wanted to wrongly accuse them, but because they were helping you take the blame."
"Don't you understand such a simple truth?"
Luo Junhe looked at Emperor Jingyang and was shocked by these words.
It turned out that the other party had always known that An Qi and Long Yin were wrongly accused.
In the eyes of Emperor Jingyang, he had been selling these illegal salts in secret.
And An Qi and Long Yin are completely innocent.
It was because when this case happened, the Night King's Mansion needed someone like this to take the blame for him.
Luo Junhe just found it ridiculous. A hint of ridicule appeared on the corner of his mouth, and his dark eyes stared directly at Emperor Jingyang.
"Father, is it possible that in your heart, I am such a greedy person?"
"You have taught us since we were young that it is not okay to do something knowing that it is wrong. So why did I do it when I knew that smuggling salt was wrong? What good would it do to me?"
He paused for a moment, then continued, "I stay in the army all day, and I'm sure you know more about how much silver there is in the Night King's Palace than I do."
"Father, why do you think I have the ability to buy this private salt?"
"To put it bluntly, there are so many princes in the capital, and there are more people who are richer and more powerful than me. Why do you think that this private salt was obtained by me and not them?"
After he finished speaking, Emperor Jingyang's eyes became grim and his expression became even gloomier.
He gritted his teeth and said, "Impossible, they are all operating under my nose, how could they smuggle salt?"
Ji Yuntang raised his head and looked directly at Emperor Jingyang, his tone calm.
"Your Majesty thinks that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and His Royal Highness the Prince of Qi would not smuggle salt. Why do you think that His Royal Highness the Night King would smuggle salt?"
"They are all your sons. Do you think they are superior to the Night King?"
"It's the Night King who leads the troops on the battlefield, the Night King who defends the country, and the Night King who sheds blood and tears. Why can't he compare to Luo Jingshen and Luo Feizhou in everything?"
"Your Majesty, is this fair to His Majesty the Night King?"
Before coming to the Council of State, Ji Yuntang knew that Emperor Jingyang would definitely cause trouble for them.
Therefore, neither she nor Luo Junhe thought of speaking nicely to Emperor Jingyang.
After all, the other party has already bullied them so much. If they don’t resist, their heads might fall off in the next second.
At this time, even if the other party was the emperor, Luo Junhe's father, they would not be afraid at all.
Emperor Jingyang was usually respected and protected by others. He had never seen anyone dare to question him in front of him.
What's more, Ji Yuntang and Luo Junhe's attitudes are so arrogant.
He was so angry that his face turned red and his body was shaking, "You...you guys...are so brave!"
Ji Yuntang said, "Your Majesty, it's not that we are brave, but we will not allow ourselves to bear these unjust accusations."
"If the smuggling of salt was really done by the Night King, then he would have boldly admitted it. How could a former general be a coward at a time like this and let others take the blame for him?"
"But the problem is that this was not done by the Night King at all, and it has nothing to do with the Night King's Mansion, let alone Long Yin and An Qi."
"After they were captured, they were exiled to Liangzhoukou, where they were locked up in a dungeon by Jiang Wangbei and tortured for three years. They almost lost their lives."
"If people knew that the two of them were wronged by the court, how would the people of Dongchen and the soldiers in the army view the laws of the capital in the future? How would they believe that the court could bring them a stable life?"
"You didn't arrest the people you should arrest, and you didn't find the murderer you should find. Instead, you targeted good people. Do good people deserve to be treated like this?"