Chapter 2216 Voting decision

"The real culprit is the second prince!" Zhao Lun said with a fierce look in his eyes: "If you release the second prince now, you are releasing the real culprit. What are your intentions?"

"Your Highness, Third Highness, I have made it very clear that although Your Highness is suspected of poisoning the late Emperor, he is not the real murderer. Moreover, now his suspicion has been almost cleared away," Guan Zhuo said.

"Almost?" Zhao Lun sneered: "Guan Shangshu really handles cases on weekdays?"

Guanzhuo was speechless.

Naturally, he doesn't handle cases like this on weekdays. If it were another person or another case, he wouldn't release the suspect so hastily.

But the matter with the second prince was different.

It's not that Guanzhuo wants to please the second prince, but he has realized that someone is framing the second prince and if he continues to be imprisoned, it may even shake the foundation of their Yanfeng Kingdom.

For this reason, Guan Zhuo had no choice but to decide to release the second prince without being completely sure of his innocence. He just didn't want to see the person behind this incident get away with it.

"This case will not be closed just because His Highness the Second Highness is released." Guanzhuo said, "I will continue to investigate this case. If His Highness is indeed the real culprit who poisoned the late Emperor, I will arrest him again."

"Continue the investigation?" Zhao Lun said coldly: "You said it is easy!"

"Ahem!" At this time, Yuanji, who had been silent, finally spoke: "Your Highness, Third Highness, I think Guan Shangshu's decision to release His Highness Second Highness must have been carefully considered and considered. We should support Shangshu Guan's decision."

"Do you support it?" Zhao Lun asked.

"Of course!" Yuanji said without hesitation.

Yuan Jike has never wavered in supporting the second prince, because he knows very well that only by supporting the second prince can he get the most rewards. If he supports others midway, even if he succeeds, he will gain nothing in the end. The reward will not be as great as supporting the second prince. In fact, because he once supported the second prince, he will be suspected and eventually abandoned.

Seeing Yuan Ji with a firm attitude, Zhao Lun gave up the last trace of fantasy in his heart.

Originally, at yesterday's court meeting, he chose to side with Yuan Ji and Hou Yi. Afterwards, he invited Yuan Ji and Hou Yi to his house as guests, and neither Yuan Ji nor Hou Yi refused. Therefore, Zhao Lun felt that Still thinking about it, he worked hard to bring Yuan Ji and Hou Yi into his camp.

Then, when the news came that Guan Zhuo would release the second prince Zhao Ke, Zhao Lun knew that it would become difficult to win over Yuan Ji and Hou Yi, but he did not give up completely. After all, he was also a prince and had a will. In his opinion, he is no worse than Zhao Ke, even better! Therefore, he felt that he still had hope to win over Yuan Ji and Hou Yi's support.

However, now that he saw Yuan Ji supporting the second prince so firmly, Zhao Lun understood that he had no hope of winning over Yuan Ji and Hou Yi. Everything was just his one-sided fantasy. Yuan Ji and Hou Yi had no relationship at all. I thought about joining my own camp.

The last bit of expectation in Zhao Lun's heart completely disappeared at this time.

Thinking of this, Zhao Lun looked at Yuan Ji and his eyes became extremely cold:

Since it is impossible to join his camp, then Yuan Ji and Hou Yi are his enemies, and they are also serious enemies!

"Yuan Shangshu trusts the second prince so much. I wonder if he has any ulterior secrets with him?" Zhao Lun said coldly: "Or maybe Yuan Shangshu also participated in the poisoning of the late emperor and was afraid that the matter would be exposed, so he hoped Guan Shangshu will release the second prince as soon as possible?"

"Your Highness, be careful what you say!" Yuan Ji said in a deep voice: "Although you are a prince, you cannot slander others and slander good people at will."

"A good person?" Zhao Lun smiled coldly: "Haha."

The atmosphere in the meeting hall became increasingly tense, even a bit tense.

Both sides have their own persistence and opinions, and obviously they will not be easily persuaded by others.

"Everyone! Everyone!" Qi Kai said loudly: "Should we calm down? It won't help if we keep arguing like this. If it spreads, it will make people laugh."

Zhao Lun glanced at Yuan Ji and Guan Zhuo coldly, and calmed down a little.

Yuanji also stopped talking.

Naturally, they all understand that quarreling cannot decide anything, but they cannot help but quarrel. The reason for quarreling is to show their attitude and let others know their views on this matter. This is very necessary.

"Everyone." Seeing that the others finally calmed down, Qi Kai spoke again: "I think what the Third Highness said makes sense. The release of the second prince is indeed of great importance. It should not be decided by the Ministry of Justice alone, but by us seven. The group discussed and decided.”

Hearing Qi Kai's words, Zhao Lun's face looked good, and Yuan Ji was not angry. Until now, he believed that his previous visit and the promise he made to Zhou Yanfeng and the others had convinced them. , at this time, these three people were on his side, so he did not refute Qi Kai's words.

"Qi Shangshu's words are reasonable." Zhou Yanfeng also said: "His Second Highness is not an ordinary person. He released him so hastily. It is unexplainable and unconvincing to the ministers and the people. I also agree that this matter should be decided by us." The decision is made by a group of seven people and voted on by each of us.”

"I agree with Zhou Shangshu's opinion." Li Yang expressed his position immediately after Zhou Yanfeng finished speaking.

Zhou Yanfeng and the other two expressed their opinions one after another, and their attitudes were consistent. This was not unexpected by Zhao Lun, Yuan Ji and others. Now everyone knows that Zhou Yanfeng and the other two have formed a small alliance. The three of them advance and retreat together and seek common interests.

Zhao Lun and Yuan Ji both thought that Zhou Yanfeng and the other two were their allies at this time, so they were relatively calm.

At this time, the one who felt the most uncomfortable might be Guan Zhuo.

Originally, whether to release Zhao Ke was entirely up to their Ministry of Justice to decide, but just before he was ready to release Zhao Ke, the news leaked out, and Yuan Ji and others had obviously learned about the news before, and had discussed it separately. He, the Minister of the Ministry of Justice, now seemed like an outsider.

Of course, what Guan Zhuo hated most at this time was the person who leaked the news in his yamen. In fact, this was not the first time such a thing happened. Similar things had happened before, and someone had leaked the news. For this reason, Guan Zhuo secretly investigated for a long time and dealt with many people. But now it seems that there are still such people in his Ministry of Justice, and the last time he dealt with them was not clean.

"When the second prince understands this matter, it seems that I have to investigate it carefully." Guan Zhuo thought secretly in his heart.

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