I'm a villain, not a devil

Brothers confronted each other, and even twins, the Third and Fourth Princes of the Empire. This absurd but seemingly reasonable scene made all the high officials and nobles present gasp.

However, the words of the Third Prince Bai You immediately attracted their attention.

Concubine Lan died, but the people around Concubine Lan did not die?

Didn't the nanny who was responsible for the action die in the hands of the prince?

Others knew, and Bai Si naturally knew it too. He still had a sad expression: "Third brother, what nonsense are you talking about? Mother..."

He seemed to be secretly glancing at the emperor who was high above, but in fact all his actions were displayed in front of everyone.

"Mother is gone... Sean did everything before. I know you are angry, but this is not a reason for you to frame me."

As he said this, he showed a strong tired look: "Third brother... stop making trouble..."

These words were spoken with sincerity. If someone who didn't understand was present, I'm afraid they would sigh for the Fourth Prince in their hearts.

But everyone present was a smart person. Seeing Bai You's behavior, they looked at each other with surprise.

Good acting... But the fourth prince is not usually a person with rich body language and micro-expressions. This performance makes people feel a little suspicious.

Bai You just watched his brother's performance quietly, and then he turned around and saluted the emperor.

"Father, I ask you to let me confront Bai Si in public."

The emperor did not speak immediately. If it were not for his slight breathing echoing in this silent hall, many people would have thought he had fainted.

Finally, the emperor still spoke: "In this case... Bai You, say whatever you want to say."

In Bai Si's gloomy eyes, Bai You clapped his hands.

Then, a huge glass box was pushed up.

Through the transparent glass, you can see that there is an old man with a haggard face slumped in the place, her eyes are blank, as if she is demented.

Although she was too thin to look like a human, everyone present had outstanding eyesight. At that moment, someone had already shouted out the other person's identity in surprise: "Isn't this the wet nurse next to Concubine Lan?"

A sudden uproar broke out.

The old wet nurse looked up blankly, showing only a frightened and foolish expression.

The wet nurse next to Concubine Lan was not dead, which was something no one expected.

That day, Prince Bai Youming was furious and killed people in the palace. The old wet nurse was tortured in public and finally identified Bai You.

After that, Bai Youming went on a killing spree again. No one expected that a wet nurse who had already identified the mastermind did not die in Bai Youming's hands?

Some people were shocked, while others who were more perceptive thought deeper.

Sean has been confirmed to have faked his death... The prince was angry that day... If Sean had kept it a secret from Bai Youming, it would be fine, but now that the nanny is still alive, people have to raise more doubts - could Sean's fake death be instructed by Bai Youming?

If we start from here... the death of the eldest prince Bai Zhan, today's confrontation between Bai You and Bai Si in the palace...

A few people took a breath of cold air in their hearts and dared not look up at the emperor again.

Seeing the old nanny being pushed up, Bai Si's eyes flickered, and then shook his head: "I didn't expect the emperor's uncle to leave her... But, third brother, have you ever thought about it? If you want to frame me, it means you have to turn over the things that happened that day. And at that time, the person the nanny accused was you."

Bai You glanced at his brother calmly, and then said indifferently: "Why don't you listen to what she says again?"

Bai Si lowered his eyes slightly, then walked to the old nanny and knocked on the glass. The latter just retreated to the corner in fear, still looking stupid.

"How can a person who has lost his mind serve as a witness, Third Brother, can you teach me?" Bai Si asked.

"Loss of mind does not mean loss of memory." Bai You walked to the nanny and spoke through the glass, "How did everything that happened that day?"

As he spoke, he pressed the button in his hand.

A helmet descended from the glass cage, and the nanny crawled over and put it on her head like a conditioned reflex.

A lot of parameters lit up on one side of the glass.

Although the nanny still looked stupid, she finally spoke.

"Lan Fei and Sean are at odds, and she is frowning all day. I got the signal from the Fourth Prince and used the ritual he gave me to induce Lan Fei. In the end, I led people to attack Sean. The Fourth Prince had already set a task for me. If I was caught, I would frame it as the Third Prince Bai You's doing."

As soon as these words came out, everyone was in an uproar.

"Nonsense." Bai Si said coldly.

Bai You just glanced at him and then smiled.

He tossed the button in his hand and pointed at the man in the church robes in the crowd: "This is a device developed by the Golden Dawn, which combines brain waves and fixed rituals. Its greatest function is to dig out the prisoner's true memory--"

As he spoke, he looked at Marshal Wu Xiao again: "Marshal, the military captured a cultist and wanted to use this device of the Golden Dawn during the interrogation, but was delayed by the other party on the grounds of religious secrets. Is this what you want?"

Wu Xiao looked at it and nodded immediately: "This is it. Golden Dawn said that it involves a top-secret ritual. If you want to change it, you need to ask for permission at all levels. Hehe, they also said that if they get permission, they will give it to me. It’s a disposable device, and I was asked to prepare the ‘consumables’ in the laboratory first.”

Bai You continued: "The consumable is called 'Hongchao', right?"

"That's right."

Bai You said: "The Imperial Research Laboratory has previously captured a group of aliens named 'Hongchao', who are born with the ability to detect lies. Oh, many people can hope to get a servant of the Hongchao clan. This matter There was a commotion in the Imperial Capital for a while, right? "

Everyone present looked at each other with a guilty conscience, but this was indeed true.

Bai You sneered: "Moreover, Golden Dawn also applied for a large amount of development resources and used half of the consumables. The final result is this thing - and all of this is recorded."

He looked at the bishop who was sweating continuously on his forehead: "Your Majesty Bishop, please check whether this device is real or fake?"

Under Bai Si's cold eyes, the bishop gritted his teeth and finally lowered his head and said, "Third Prince... it's true..."

If he were elsewhere, he could pretend to be dumbfounded, but not here.

The empire needs rules to continue. Without breaking up, the imperial law is the greatest law. Disobeying the imperial law is disobeying His Majesty the Emperor - even His Majesty the Emperor cannot ignore this.

The unique Golden Dawn mark on the device was right in front of him, and there was no way he could hide it.

However, it is obvious that the only few devices have been secretly transferred. How did the one in Bai You's hand come from?

Even if there were some abandoned devices in the original headquarters that were too late to be moved, at least dozens of members of the Hongchao tribe would have to die before they could repair them, right?

But, there has been no news about the Hongchao clan in recent times!

No one cared about the pale bishop anymore. They all looked at Bai Si and the emperor who had been silent.

"Fourth brother -" Bai You finally called him "younger brother", but the hatred hidden in this voice made people's scalp numb, "There are all the human and material evidences, but do you think the military and Golden Dawn are both..." Lying?"

Bai Si raised his head stiffly, and forced a smile: "It's hard for Third Brother to find so much evidence..."

He was about to continue speaking when suddenly, a man with white hair and beard hurriedly walked out and knelt on the ground.

"Your Majesty, I ask for your generosity..."

Everyone's eyes trembled, because the person who came out to kneel down was Speaker Lan Youshan, who was also Bai You and Bai Si's grandfather!

The emperor finally spoke and sighed: "So, Lan Youshan, are you going to plead for Bai Si?"

As soon as these words came out, everyone bowed their heads, and Bai Si felt as if he had been struck by lightning.

He was about to argue when he saw his grandfather's hand moving towards him.

Lan Youshan knelt on the ground and said in fear, "No, I hope your majesty will forgive my Lan family."

"Oh? What happened to the Lan family?"

Lan Youshan said: "In the early years, in order to ensure that family secrets would not be leaked, the core members of the Lan family and their confidants would undergo brain surgery when they were young. This surgery would destroy certain brain areas, but would not harm people. To cause an impact is to resist the interrogation of this device.”

He knelt on the ground and kowtowed: "This nanny is a confidant of my Lan family, so naturally, she followed... into the palace, and I didn't arrange for anyone to repair it... Your Majesty, forgive me! I didn't intend to hide it from Your Majesty, and I also I didn’t send him to the palace on purpose! If Your Majesty wants to punish me, I am willing to do so. I just ask Your Majesty to forgive the Lan family. No one in the Lan family knows about this except me!"

Lan Youshan burst into tears as he spoke, looking like he was filled with regret.

Deliberately concealing and deceiving the emperor was indeed a serious crime - but most of the countless servants in the palace had received benefits from outsiders. Would they be so stupid as to report him? Of course not.

Therefore, Old Nan's surgery is not about this at all... because everyone does it, but there is no such advanced brain surgery method.

But Lan Youshan didn't come here for this at all... The brain surgery was confirmed by him, the head of the family, so the old nanny's testimony was useless.

What about the stealth device of the Golden Dawn? There is something wrong with her brain, so can you guarantee that there is nothing wrong with the content read by the device?

Many people looked at each other privately and saw the shock in each other's eyes.

The two princes were fighting, and Lan Youshan directly chose Bai Si among his two grandsons...

But there is no problem with this choice. Bai You can no longer inherit the throne. If he succeeds in suing Bai Si, the two grandsons of the Lan family will no longer have anything to do with the throne. This is an unbearable loss.

If you think about it carefully, you can figure out the joints here, but there are very few people who are as decisive as Lan Youshan.

Even, in order to prove the authenticity of his words, he even asked himself to be punished...

As expected of the Speaker...

Lan Youshan was kneeling on the ground. Behind him, Bai Si's eyes flashed with amusement, while Bai You just looked at his grandfather coldly.

There was a bit of anger in the emperor's voice: "Well, you Lan Youshan, huh, I think you are also old and confused... When you go back, write a resignation letter yourself."

Lan Youshan trembled: "Yes... Your Majesty..."

The emperor coughed, and then said: "As for everything, if you ask for evidence, I already believe it. However, this stupid servant's brain has been bad since he was a child, and there is really nothing he can do... This matter ends here. Bar."

He gave the order and it was decided.

Just looking at what happened today, no one would know that it was indeed Bai Si who framed his own brother, but His Majesty's remarks meant that he was going to protect Bai Si directly.

However, at this moment, Bai You cupped his hand again: "Let's look at the next piece of evidence."

The others all froze on the spot.

Another glass prison car was pushed up, and inside it was a half-human, half-snake guy.

"Snake King, he was the one who killed Sean that day." Bai You looked up calmly, "Father, you should recognize him, right?"

"Click——"

There was actually a crack in the indestructible armrest of the throne!

Bai You continued: "Everyone who has been killed by the royal family of the empire will feel it - Father, I can ask the etiquette officer to come up and verify that the hands of the Snake King are stained with the blood of the imperial family."

There was a long silence.

Finally, the emperor said: "No need, it's this villain."

Others in the audience were dumbfounded, and for a moment they didn't know how to react.

If the Snake King had Sean's blood on his hands, then what happened to Sean's fake death? If Sean comes back from the dead, wouldn't it mean... that he is truly a son of the royal family? !

Isn’t Sean his godson for nothing? !

Bai You calmly operated the instrument and said casually: "Snake King, the military department should have recorded that he has been missing for many years, but he is actually working for Bai Si, and in his crazy beast-like state, he only has instincts, let alone deceiving the device - —That’s right, grandpa.”

He looked at Lan Youshan, who was stunned on the spot: "You just said that you are the only one who knows about the Lan family's brain surgery. Does this mean that Bai Si doesn't know about it, right?"

Lan Youshan was speechless for a moment.

Bai You smiled slightly: "Or...you personally performed the operation on the Snake King, so he can't tell the truth - does it mean that the Snake King is a member of the Lan family?"

Lan Youshan's breathing suddenly became rapid - His Majesty had just admitted that the Snake King had killed the royal family's children. If he admitted it, the Lan family would probably be expelled in public!

Seeing that Lan Youshan stopped talking, Bai You pressed the button.

The half-human, half-snake snake king hissed in pain, and a sharp voice sounded: "I received an order from the fourth prince to help the old nanny kill someone. After killing Sean, I tried to escape, but was caught. ...The Fourth Prince tried to contact me, but I couldn't answer...Ah! Fourth Prince! Help me!"

"Shut up!" Bai Si's face was as pale as ever, and his eyebrows were twisted with great anger.

Bai You no longer looked at him, but looked at the throne: "Father, according to the laws of the empire, anyone who betrays the royal bloodline will be punished by cutting out the tongue, gouging out the eyes, and beheading the limbs."

He knelt on the ground and said loudly: "Baiyou, please father, make the decision for me!"

"It's all a frame-up! Bai You, you must be secretly in contact with that Sean! My eldest brother was killed by you and Sean together!"

Bai Si's face was distorted to the extreme.

And in the cage, the Snake King was still shouting sharply: "Fourth Prince, save me! Save me!"

"Shut up! You bastard!!!" Bai Si roared angrily.

"Shut up—" the emperor's voice suppressed everyone's breathing.

"puff!"

The snake king expanded rapidly and then exploded into a ball of bloody flowers.

Under the horrified eyes of everyone, the emperor slowly stood up and left the hall, leaving only the last words.

"Deprived of the title of Prince Bai Si, imprisoned and executed at a later date."