The fake daughter of a fallen ghost is reborn

The emperor narrowed his eyes slightly, and it was unknown what he was thinking about.

Seeing this, Huo Wuyou carefully asked: "Your Majesty?"

After a moment of silence, the emperor said, "Nothing, I know about this matter, you can go back to the Dali Temple as soon as possible."

Huo Wuyou didn't understand.

The emperor only sighed and turned away, unable to bear to look at it: "How dare you leave without signing the testimony?"

Seeing that he still didn't understand, the emperor waved his hand and said simply: "Go!"

Huo Wuyou then stood up quickly and took his leave hurriedly, quietly brushing the dust off his collar before leaving.

After he left, the emperor suddenly called out, "Peng Hui."

Peng Hui lowered her eyes: "Your Majesty."

The emperor just sneered and sighed: "This Dali Temple is really eaten away like a sieve."

Peng Hui didn't know how to respond for a moment.

The emperor then said, "I asked the people in the Palace Office to check the years of those letters. Is there any result?"

Peng Hui said, "I'm afraid it will take a few days, but don't worry, Your Majesty. I have specially intercepted a few words from each of the letters and sent them to the Ye Ting Division. Even the Ye Ting Division itself doesn't know where those words came from."

The emperor nodded: "This way, there will be no possibility for the Ye Ting Division to conceal the results."

The emperor sat down, his eyes frighteningly cold.

Tu Yuxian worked for Chong'er and created trouble in Chunfeng Tower so that the Dali Temple would come to search the building. He also forged so-called evidence to slander Min'er for secretly raising a spy.

It's really asking for death.

If the handwriting check yields results and those letters are indeed forged recently, then Min'er has truly suffered a great injustice.

Sure enough, less than half an hour later, Huo Wuyou came back in a hurry: "Uncle!"

The emperor looked at him coldly, as if he had already guessed the result, and said calmly: "Speak."

Huo Wuyou looked guilty: "As soon as I got back, I didn't expect... I didn't expect that all those who reported Chunfeng Tower were poisoned to death!"

The emperor just sighed tiredly.

"But!" Huo Wuyou said hurriedly, "One of them escaped from prison a few days ago. I have caught him in public. After many twists and turns, I have managed to keep him alive. Uncle, do you want to personally interrogate him?"

The emperor looked at him and smiled: "You are smart."

……

A few more days passed like this.

Gu Shichong was in a very good mood recently, not only because Gu Shimin was punished by his father, but also because the letter he forged secretly contained a lot of evidence about the King Cheng Party. When his father recovered, he would investigate them one by one.

Gu Shimin and his cronies were truly crumbling.

By then, none of the remaining princes would be able to compete with him, and he would undoubtedly be the crown prince.

Therefore, when Gu Shichong received the emperor's summons, he did not think of anything bad. He even thought that his request to his father to grant Xue Zhiyi to him as a concubine had been approved by his father, and today's summons was precisely for this matter.

But he didn't expect that as soon as he stepped into the Hall of Eternal Life, he noticed something strange.

He asked Peng Hui: "Eunuch Peng, what exactly did father do today?"

But Peng Hui kept his mouth shut and said politely, "How can we, as servants, guess what your majesty is thinking? Your majesty must have a purpose for summoning you."

Gu Shichong didn't ask any more questions and just walked in.

But when he saw Dali Temple Shaoqing Ge Mingli kneeling in the hall, he still felt a chill.

Looking at the emperor sitting on the high throne, Gu Shichong hurriedly stepped forward and saluted: "Your son pays respect to your father."

The emperor said nothing, nor did he excuse himself from the ceremony; he just remained silent.

Beside him, Ge Mingli was shaking like a sieve, and the sweat from his body was soaking the bricks and stones.

Under such pressure, Gu Shichong remained silent, and did not even dare to look up at the emperor's expression.

He knew that there must be something wrong with his plan.

He originally thought that Tu Yuxian was trustworthy and that he had some evidence against Gu Shimin, but he didn't expect that the entire Chunfenglou case was a conspiracy of Gu Shimin from beginning to end.

Tu Yuxian lured him into a trap and had him set up a raid on Chunfeng Tower, trying to accuse him of gathering followers and falsely accusing Prince Cheng.

He wanted to turn the tide and prove Gu Shimin's guilt, so he could only use Ge Mingli to forge a letter as evidence.

The false testimonies were made in a hurry, and now... I'm afraid that some mistakes might have been made due to the haste.

Now the emperor's silence was like a sharp guillotine hanging on the back of his neck, causing his back to tremble uncontrollably.

Suddenly, the emperor called out coldly: "Gu Shichong?"

Gu Shichong's breath was choked: "My son is here!"

The emperor suddenly laughed: "As expected, you are my most valued son. You are quite capable."

"Your son... I dare not."

"You dare not?" the emperor asked him. Suddenly, he said sternly, "How dare you!"

The emperor held up a stack of letters that had been read countless times and said, "On September 11, the 17th year of Longshou, I chose the youngest son of the Li family as the consort of the emperor's eldest daughter; on December 8, the 19th year of Longshou, the son of the deputy minister of the Ministry of Revenue revealed that he had embezzled 100,000 strings of cash from the snow disaster relief grain; and this year, on February 12, the 25th year of Longshou, the Minister of Revenue Xue Zhentong bribed the Minister of Rites Lu Minchun to cheat in the imperial examination."

After Xuxu read all this, the emperor was already furious: "These are the letters seized from Chunfeng Tower. You know everything about them!"

Gu Shichong's voice trembled as he explained, "Father, please understand. Since the letter was found in Chunfeng Tower, I only learned about its contents today!"

"Really?" The emperor said coldly, "You forged the letter yourself, don't you know what's written on it?"

Gu Shichong had no choice but to deny it. He kowtowed heavily and said, "I am innocent! I don't know who told you that you believed I fabricated evidence to slander my sixth brother!"

Seeing that he was still struggling, the emperor said, "Ge Mingli has confessed everything. It was you who maliciously harmed your brothers and sisters, and even went so far as to fabricate false evidence to frame your own brother!"

Gu Shichong was horrified. He stared at Ge Mingli beside him, but saw that Ge Mingli had almost fainted from fright. He curled up on the ground and did not dare to look him in the eye.

The emperor added, "Except for those who were silenced by Ge Mingli, the people who cried out for justice in front of Chunfeng Tower have already confessed that you ordered them to go and make false accusations."

Gu Shichong kowtowed like crazy: "Father! I am innocent, it was Ge Mingli! He must have framed me!"

He almost cried as he questioned Ge Mingli: "Master Ge! I used to call you my uncle, but who did you get the favor from to dare to frame me?"

"Gu Shichong!" The emperor shouted angrily, frightening him so much that he bowed his head and kowtowed, not daring to say anything else.

The emperor was so angry that his chest heaved: "Do you know that you are not guilty of killing your brothers and sisters?"

As he spoke, he shook the stack of letters in his hand, making them rustle. "But many of the secrets in these letters are true. How did you find out? Are you the one who is crying thief? The one who set up the secret agency in private is actually you!"

With a bang, he slammed the letter on the table: "Planning secret stakes privately is considered treason. I can chop you off at any time!"