My Inner Thought is Exposed! The Villain Family Defy Their Fate!-Chapter 213 - 93: Dog Eat Dog, Fur Flies Everywhere
The hour has come, the palace gates open.
The officials tidied up their appearances, holding their court scepters, they lined up in two rows and entered the court in perfect order, except for Su Jian, who was still seated on a sedan chair, carried in by others.
"The Emperor has arrived!!!"
The eunuch’s slender voice came from afar, and the officials immediately knelt to welcome him.
Moments later, the young and handsome emperor, donned in a dragon robe and wearing a twelve-crowned hat, walked in with steady steps from outside the hall.
He walked straight through the officials, heading towards the high throne.
When he passed Su Jian, he paused, slightly turned his head, and said with lowered eyes, "What has happened to you, Mr. Su?"
With a thud!
Su Jian, disregarding the injury on his knee, hurriedly got off the sedan chair and knelt at Mo Yuanlin’s feet, speaking angrily.
"In response to the Emperor, the night before last, a gang of thieves broke into my mansion. Those thieves intended to kill me, but luckily the guards arrived in time, so I was fortunate to survive, ending up in this state."
Mo Yuanlin initially didn’t take it seriously, but when he heard about the night before last, his gaze subtly changed, and he was somewhat uneasy.
The night before last, wasn’t it the time when he had sent Mo Yuanhao to secretly investigate this old man’s mansion?
Could it be that this old man’s current state has something to do with Mo Yuanhao?
Did Mo Yuanhao go to investigate or to kill?
Also, he hasn’t yet returned to the Imperial Palace to report, could something have happened?
His mind raced like lightning, but Mo Yuanlin’s face remained calm and expressionless, testing without giving anything away.
"Oh? Who would dare to be so audacious as to break into the Grand Commandant Mansion at night to commit a crime, completely disregarding me. Did Mr. Su manage to apprehend the thieves?"
"In response to the Emperor, it’s all because the guards in my mansion were incompetent, allowing the thieves to escape."
Hearing this, Mo Yuanlin slightly relaxed.
Then, he heard Su Jian continue, "However, after the thieves escaped, my mansion’s guards discovered these tokens."
"Upon verification, these tokens precisely belong to Prime Minister Han and several other officials..."
Before the words were fully spoken, it provoked furious denials from the Prime Minister’s faction.
"Su Taiwei, do not falsely accuse us with your slanderous tongue."
"Prime Minister Han has always adhered to the law. How could he commit such an act of assassinating a colleague?"
"You are slandering."
"Indeed..."
After the Prime Minister’s faction spoke out, Su Jian’s supporters no longer stayed silent, quickly adding their voices to the debate, and the two factions engaged in another fierce verbal fight, clashing heatedly.
Seeing this, Mo Yuanlin was completely relieved.
It seems that although Mo Yuanhao’s night intrusion at the Grand Commandant Mansion alarmed Su Jian, they did not recognize Mo Yuanhao’s identity and instead used the opportunity to stage a plot, framing the Prime Minister’s faction.
Well then, let them fight tooth and nail.
The fiercer the conflict between these two factions, the more opportunity he has to benefit from it.
"Your Majesty, this is the evidence, I wish to accuse Prime Minister Han, Lord Du, Lord Qiao, Lord Yan... and several other colleagues of conspiring to murder me."
Su Jian had in front of him a box containing many small items, including iron seals, stone seals, jade pendants, tokens, and more.
He depicted the style from when Prime Minister Han and the others accused him, accusing Prime Minister Han and others.
Looking at the so-called ’evidence’ in the box, the Prime Minister’s faction nearly fainted from anger.
"Su Jian, how dare you send people to steal our tokens, and then direct and act in a falsehood to frame us;
Whether stealing officials’ tokens or slandering colleagues, both are unforgivable crimes, and you, as the Grand Commandant of the current dynasty, knowingly committing them, deserve even harsher punishment, a crime worthy of death."
"Yes, Your Majesty, Su Taiwei dares to steal officials’ tokens and slander colleagues today, then tomorrow he will dare to deceive the Emperor and mislead Your Majesty. Please, Your Majesty, administer justice on our behalf and thoroughly punish Su Taiwei."
"Please, Your Majesty, administer justice on our behalf and for the court..."
"..."
After the Prime Minister’s faction angrily denounced Su Jian, they all kneeled before Mo Yuanlin, crying their grievances and pleading with Mo Yuanlin to punish Su Jian.
However, the Grand Commandant’s faction is not mute either.
The Grand Commandant’s faction stood by Su Jian, pointing at the Prime Minister’s faction and denouncing them.
"A few days ago, when you accused Lord Grand Commandant of assassination, Lord Grand Commandant didn’t accuse you of stealing his tokens."
"How is it that when you used tokens to accuse Lord Grand Commandant of assassination, the evidence was legitimate, but when it comes to Lord Grand Commandant, the evidence is theft?"
"Exactly, by your logic, wouldn’t last time’s evidence also be the result of your stealing Lord Grand Commandant’s tokens?"
"In my opinion, Lord Grand Commandant did not falsely accuse you, it was clearly that last time you fell into a trap, believing that it was Lord Grand Commandant who acted against you, thus harboring resentment and wanting revenge."
