"Your highness crown prince, why are you falsely accusing me of trying to take my own daughter's life." prime minister Yu had an angry and wronged look on his face.
"Crown prince are you sure of what you are speaking?" emperor asked him.
"Yes, your majesty. I am sure of this accusation. I can even bet my neck on this." Long Xin stated. Long Xu nodded his head n acknowledgement and gave his permission for the further with the reportes.
"Your majesty, prime minister Yu did not only tried to kill her majesty but also forged document, corrupted money, land, servent, goods, weapon and food supplies from the empire." Han Zhi informed them.
"Your majesty, they are falsely accusing me. I have never commited such sin, I have always been loyal to my nation." prime minister Yu impatiently said.
"Then how are you going to explain this." Xichan ordered his man "Bring them over." Court room opened, a severely wounded man was brought in by two soldiers. "Your majesty, we captured this man a few days ago after he left Yu mension and went to a land which is not registered in our documents or records. He was found with few big trunks, trafficking them, we also found that they were filled with gold coins or to be precise fake gold coins. We also found other business like human trafficking and selling impure goods all over the nation."
"That doesn't explain that I am the one responsible for this." Prime minister Yu retorted.
"Not only that prime minister Yu is also involved with some outsiders. That very person is the one providing him with fake currency and also the poison." Xichan spoke ingnoring prime minister. He bowed to the emperor and said "We apologize your majesty but we couldn't find who that was as that time around security was rather tight and we couldn't risk whole oppression over that."
"General Mu do not accuse me without any proof, 'tight security, not being able to know' why are you giving such excuses. I tell you do not tarnish my reputation." Prime minister Yu angrily spoked with last part as a warning.
"Prime minister, please do calm down, we are yet to be done, hear us patiently. Ah, and about proof, we do have them." with that said Han Zhi took out a bottle and a thick note book from his inner rob and showed it to everyone. "This is what we found from prime minister Yu's study at his mension the other day when we secretly barged in."
"What is that, fourth prince." Long Xu asked. Looking at the things in fourth prince's hand Yu Wen Sfhin's face loose colour but he still somehow managed to compose himself in no time.
"This is the poison that the empress fall victum off and this book is records of prime ministe's corruption that he had recorded himself." Han Zhi answered as he handed them over to be brought to the emperor. The emperor examined them and roared "What is the meaning of this, minister Yu."
"Your majesty this isn't mine." prime minister Yu tried to calm him down.
"Do you take me as a fool. I can clearly identify it as your hand writing." emperor again roared. His outburst made prime minister Yu turn pale but not as pale as someone in this situation should have and this little thing was not left unnoticed by Mika who was sitting quietly on the throne all the time while observing everything.
"Yu Wen Shin do you accept your crime or not." Long Xu asked but prime minister denied shemlessly.
"Very well then, I hereby declere Yu Wen Shin to be distittle from nation's prime minister position, all of his properties shell be sealed and send for investigation. Lock him in dungeon, try any means to have him confess his crimes." Long Xu declared. "And even if he doesn't confess by the midnight, all the proof proves that he had committed a great treason on nation, for that he shell be beheaded with the sun rise." he further added.
Yu Wen Shin was dragged from the courtroom by two solgiers. He was trying to free himself and shouting all the way that he was innocent but Mika again noticed the look on his face wasn't so desperate that it should have been, he sure looked taken aback by the turn of events but didn't look too worried for either his position or his life.
With this the court was dismised Yu Wen Shin was locked in the dungeon. Long Xin, Han Zhi and Xichan were interrogating him but didn't confess his crime and went on denying for what he was accused. "Damn you bastard, we know you responsible for the act then why won't you just accept it?' Long XIn shouted banging his hand on a table.
"I already told you I don't know anything you are speaking of." Yu Wen Shin repeated his words once again.
"You are going to be executed tommorow morning anyway, so why don't you just accept your crimes." Xichan was trying to stay calm, besides Long Xin was getting angry enough, now he also can't let his temper run wild.
"I already told you I don't know anything you are speaking of." Yu Wen Shin repeated. Long Xin stood up from cheir as he unsheathed his sword to slice him into pieces but Han Zhi and Xichan stopped him before he could even lift a step.
"Long Xin, don't. You can't kill him in custody or you will be the one with server punishment." Han Zhi scolded his nephew and then faced Yu Wen Shin "And you, stop getting on our nerves. He is not the only one who is getting annoyed here, so stop playing around and speak up." He glared at the shameless prime minister.
"I already told you I don't know anything you are speaking of." Yu Wen Shin reapeted like a broken record with expression less face.
Long Xin head it enough. He shook both of his captures away and was about to cut Yu Wen Shin in the half but Han Zhi and Xichan once again caught him in the neck of time. "Let me go, I am going to kill this old sick bastard." Long Xin growled, his eyes were red from anger.
"Shut it Long Xin, calm down damn it." Han Zhi cursed.
"Long Xin, don't be blind by rage. You have to understand, you can't just kill him." Xichan tried to negotiate.
"Let go, I will kill him." Long Xin once again growled.
"Damn, he won't litsen." Xichan had given up on Long Xin "Commander Xin, come in." He called his subordinate, who followed his order and came inside. "You handle this interrogation and this session should stop by the midnight. We have to control crown prince, we are leaving this in your hands." Xichan said.
"Rest assured my lord. I will do as you ordered." commander Xin bowed to the three. Hna Zhi and Xichan dragged the angry bird out of the dungeon, who was throwing abusive words at Yu Wen Shin nonstop.
"Long Xin, come on, stop it. Hey, you are not a kid anymore." Han Zhi scolded.
"I know how you are feeling. If we are not saying anything doesn't mean that we are not angry, we also are as angry as you but try to understand. You can't kill him, besides he is going to die soon anyway." Xichan tried to make him understand.
"I know how to get this heavy mood to ease." Han Zhi looked at both and said "Let's go to see that idiot."
"Well okay. That idiot is only useful to make people laugh. Let's go there."Long Xin calm down a little. The three went to the Phoenix palace.
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Pheonix Palace
"Look at her, sleeping like a log after all that happened today which was clearly concerning her." Xichan commented, standing in front of empress's bad in her chember. Looking at the woman sleeping on a luxurious bad in worst manners, spreading her limbs all over the place and mouth opened wide enough to fit a army of house fly in it.
"Xichan she isn't just sleeping. Look over there, she is sleeping after eating like a pig." Han Zhi said, pointing at the corner of the room where dozen of dirty dishe were placed.
"Our efforts of sneaking in here has all gone waste. But how come she is so skinny even after eating a lot?" Long Xin wondered.
" Dear nephew, you just took words out of my mouth. I was also thinking the same, while all other woman literally starve to get this type of figure yet she have it even after eating as if there is no tomorrow. What is her secrat." Han Zhi also was eager to know.
"Could it be, it is because of the body." Long Xin exclaimed on which got puzzled look from other two "I think it is a specialty of mother's body to never gain weight. Look at her taking advantage of my mother's body. I bet she was too fat in her real life." Long Xin scoffed at Mika.
"You are wrong there, She wasn't fat even there." Xichan said. "How do you know about that." Han Zhi asked.
"I asked to her when there were only two of us. Her orignal self was really skinny. A boy of age 17 with hight of only 5 feet and 6 inches and weight only 46 kg. And it was like that even after eating pile of food at a time." Xichan answered to them.
"Ha ha ha. I knew it. You see I had a hunch of it when she would comment on my hight whenever she gets a chance. Clearly she is jelouse of me as I am younger then her and am even taller." Long Xin was satisfied with this new found information and was thinking of teasing her over this.
"Yeah, I also noticed that." Han Zhi said then further continude "It's getting late. We also have to wake up early tomorrow for the execution."
They went out of the pheonix palace with tension free air around them "See it wasn't waste to go there." Xichan said to Long Xin.
"But that doesn't mean we can leave this hot headed kid alone. Let's sleep at his palace for the night." they left for the crown prince's palace for retiring for the night.