Allure of a Country Maiden
Chapter 479 - 477

Chapter 479: Chapter 477

"The Fourth Prince jests. Of course, such a person who dares to plot to murder the prince and the grandson of the Emperor must be severely punished. He should be torn into a thousand pieces." The Minister of the Right’s face stiffened, then was full of outrage.

"The Minister is too lenient. Is this criminal your relative? Tearing him into a thousand pieces is too merciful. Shouldn’t his entire clan be executed?"

Everyone: "..."

Is tearing into a thousand pieces considered merciful?

But why does the Fourth Prince regard the Minister of the Right in such a naive way? Is this related to the Minister of the Right?

The people standing next to the Minister of the Right began to delicately move away. Cherish life and stay away from the dirty!

The Minister of the Right’s deep anger seethed, but he dared not show it on his face. His voice was rigid, as if he were grinding his teeth in anger, yet trying hard not to sound like it, "The Fourth Prince jests. For such a crime, executing his entire clan might not be enough!"

"The Minister of the Right is correct."

"Alright, let’s move on to the important matter!" The stench had reached the dragon throne! As the exalted emperor, it had been so long since he had smelled such a stench. He felt like vomiting, but had to maintain his imperial majesty and ruthlessly forbade himself even to cover his nose.

"Father Emperor, there is a ’Wen’ character and a ’42’ number embroidered on the bottom of this shoe sole."

After hearing these words, the Minister of the Right’s gaze flickered.

"Does the ’Wen’ character represent this person’s surname Wen?" someone asked.

"No, it represents that he is one of Vice General Wen’s soldiers."

Upon Shangguan Xuanyi’s revelation, the entire court was in uproar!

"Vice General Wen? Which Vice General Wen? A soldier under a Vice General has attempted to assassinate a prince. Isn’t this the drumbeat of rebellion?!" one of the officials exclaimed.

A soldier under a Vice General in the Northwest Army! Officials shivered, feeling cold sweat for the Sixth Prince! In the battlefield, soldiers bravely charge towards the enemy, leaving their backs to their comrades!

If there were traitors in the camp, wouldn’t they always have to worry about whether someone would stab them in the back?

Shangguan Xuanyi continued to explain, "Wen Jie, Vice General Wen! As for whether he wants to rebel, I can’t be sure."

"If he’s not trying to rebel, the Sixth Brother, you’re probably so ugly that he just wants to kill you." Shangguan Xuanhao chimed in.

Everyone: "..."

If even the handsome Sixth Prince is called so ugly, then they didn’t have face to show to anyone!

"Speak properly." The Emperor coughed.

"Sixth Prince, how did you determine that this was a soldier under Vice General Luo?" someone asked.

"This shoe is part of the supplies donated by Marquis Shengping’s Mansion to the Northwestern soldiers."

After hearing these words, everyone looked at Shen Chengyao.

Shen Chengyao coolly stepped forward and took a look at the shoe sole. Indeed, it had an embroidered character "Wen" and the number "42".

Shen Chengyao nodded: "That’s correct, these were donated by my house. My daughter said that on the battlefield, many soldiers may lose their limbs in battle and to recover their full body after they’ve been sacrificed, numbers and the surname of their commanding officers are embroidered on their boots and sleeves so we can quickly identify them."

Everyone nodded approvingly: "This is a good method!"

The Minze Dynasty would arrange proper burials for all sacrificed soldiers, but those who lost their limbs were randomly pieced together. It wasn’t that they didn’t want to make the distinction!

This method showed more respect for the soldiers.

In those times, the belief was to rest in peace after death. Such a heartwarming gesture encouraged soldiers to move forward bravely without fearing death or dismemberment!

"Just one shoe can’t prove it was one of Vice General Luo’s soldiers. Maybe someone picked up a shoe from a dead soldier on the battlefield!" The Minister of the Right couldn’t help but interject.

Who in the court wasn’t cunning? A shoe that could prove identity could also explain many things, right? How could it not prove he was a soldier under Vice General Luo? How easy would it be to investigate this?

Would the Sixth Prince bring this shoe to the morning court if he hadn’t investigated thoroughly?

Since the Sixth Prince dared to bring it to the throne room, it showed he was absolutely certain!

"Indeed, one shoe might be picked up, but among that group of assassins, each of their shoes had a number and a ’Luo’ character. So all these assassins picked up the shoes of dead soldiers? They are killers, not beggars from the streets, do they need to do this? Whether or not the shoes were picked up is too easy to check! And I have already verified it, they indeed are."

Shangguan Xuanyi then presented a letter to the Emperor.

After reading this letter, the Emperor threw it at the Minister of the Right’s face: "Minister, do you have an explanation?"

The letter was written by the Minister of the Right to Wen Jie, instructing him to kill the Sixth Prince if he had an opportunity.

The Minister of the Right turned pale after seeing the letter! Such a confidential letter, why didn’t Wen Jie burn it after reading?! How could such a letter fall into the enemy’s hands! Did he still want to live?!

Shangguan Xuanyi had chanced upon this letter.

It started with a homing pigeon’s infatuation.

Xiao’er used a homing pigeon to send a letter to Shangguan Xuanyi, who was in the military camp.

This homing pigeon had been raised in a space since several generations ago. Descended over several generations, this homing pigeon from the space, far surpassed ordinary homing pigeons. It was an existence like a true celestial!

The Minister of the Right also used a homing pigeon to send a letter to Wen Jie.

These two homing pigeons encountered each other on their journey. When the Minister of the Right’s pigeon saw Xiao’er’s pigeon, his eyes turned round. He was so enchanted, he was dizzy and disoriented!

The two pigeons traveled together, chatting happily on their way.

Eventually, the pigeon from the Minister of the Right landed along with Xiao’er’s pigeon on Shangguan Xuanyi’s desk.

Shangguan Xuanyi thought both letters were his, so he took both of them down.

Upon opening and reading the letters, he was utterly shocked.

He was good at imitating handwriting, so he wrote a letter with the same handwriting, put it back into the bamboo tube, tied it back to the foot of the dizzy and disoriented pigeon, and let it deliver the letter.

Wen Jie did not know that the letter was a counterfeit, and he burned it after reading.

If he did know, then he would have understood why, on the battlefield, he was watched like a hawk while standing behind Shangguan Xuanyi.

Wen Jie was a relative of the Minister’s wife and had had his heart set on Li Yun Ning for a while. Now the Minister told him that Shangguan Xuanyi was the key culprit who ruined Li Yun Ning. How could he not hate! Those who hurt his beloved were his sworn enemies! Hence, there were subsequent assassination attempts.

Returning to the earlier conversation, after hearing the Emperor’s words, the Minister of the Right quickly knelt down: "Your Majesty, this is a grave misunderstanding!"

"Misunderstanding what? Are you saying this letter wasn’t written by you? Minister, I have seen your handwriting for decades. Could I not recognize it? In addition, the quality of paper, the fragrance of ink! You wrote this letter using the brushes, ink, paper, and inkstones that I gave you? Do you think I would not recognize it?" The Emperor stepped down from the podium and stomped onto his body.

He had been trusting and valuing him for so many years! However, he even wanted his son’s life!

He felt that tearing him into pieces would not vent his fury!

All the officials present didn’t dare to breathe.

"Guards, throw the Minister of the Right into the heavenly prison!"

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