Xiao Jingcong left the Zhenguo General's Mansion and got into the carriage to the palace, at this moment, he didn't know that he had fallen into a trap carefully prepared for him.

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About half an hour, the carriage of the General's Mansion stopped in front of the palace gate, Xiao Jingcong got off the car and walked to the inner hall of the palace, at this time, there were already many ministers arrived, they saw Xiao Jingcong coming, they all retreated to the side, their eyes were full of fear, I am afraid that they have heard that Xiao Jingcong killed Yin Zhao Rushen of Gyeonggi Mansion yesterday.

Those officials were afraid of Xiao Jingcong, and there were ghosts in their hearts, and no one dared to step forward to look at him, but just stood in place and saluted Xiao Jingcong.

"Lord Xiao, it's early!"

"Hello Lord Xiao!"

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Xiao Jingcong glanced at these people and sneered in his mouth, "Why, do you need to be so afraid of this king?" ”

"Don't dare, don't dare! Xiao Wangye's heroic posture, we only dare to look far away! ”

"Yes, yes, Lord Xiao said that he laughed, said he laughed......"

After a while, all the ministers and officials arrived one after another, and they saw that Xiao Jingcong was also there, some of them whispered, and some of them were angry and holding their breath in their hearts.

But without exception, everyone kept a certain distance from him and didn't dare to stand too close to him.

Xiao Jingcong didn't care, he stood there alone, waiting for the emperor's arrival.

After waiting for a while, the emperor finally went to court with the support of Gonggong Wu.

"The emperor has arrived!" Gonggong Wu shouted loudly.

When Xiao Jingcong and the officials heard this, they were on the ground and shouted in unison: "Long live the emperor, long live, long live!" ”

"Zhong Aiqing is flat!"

"Emperor Xie!"

"If there is something to play, there is nothing to retreat." Since the emperor got sick last time, his body has not been well and thoroughly, and he is weak to speak.

When the officials heard this, you look at me, I look at you, and finally shifted their attention to Xiao Jingcong.

"Why, are you all right? If it's okay, just retreat quickly! The emperor urged again.

At this time, finally a minister couldn't bear it, walked out of the queue, and bowed down to say goodbye.

"Your Majesty, Weichen has something to do!"

Everyone looked for prestige, and the official who spoke was Li Zongtang, the secretary of Dali Temple.

The emperor raised his head and saw Li Zongtang standing up and having something to do, so he patiently asked, "Li Aiqing, what are you doing?" ”

"Your Majesty, yesterday Xiao Jingcong of the Zhenguo General's Mansion Xiao Wang Ye invaded the Zhao Mansion to arrest Yin Zhao Rushen of the Gyeonggi Mansion, and even executed him privately at the Qianshan Cliff outside the capital. Although Xiao Jingcong is a prince, such an act is really contempt for the emperor's holy authority, ignoring my Da Xiao national law, and asking the emperor to investigate! ”

"Oh, that's the case?!" The emperor deliberately pretended not to know, turned his head to look at Xiao Jingcong, and asked coldly: "Jingcong, tell me, what's going on?" Privately killing the officials of the imperial court, the elders of the two dynasties, this crime is not light! ”

"Yes, yes, Lord Xiao is really too much this time!"

"It's just, it's completely ignoring the law......"

As soon as the emperor spoke, those officials also exchanged their ears below, and even pointed at Xiao Jingcong, and there were many ugly and indecent words in his words.

Xiao Jingcong ignored this, as if he hadn't heard it, he stood up in line and said to the emperor.

"Your Majesty, Zhao Rushen embezzled disaster relief money, for many years, the people have been guilty of great crimes, and the ministers are completely in line with the will of the people and share the emperor's worries. Your Majesty, this is the minister's list of Zhao Rushen's 21 crimes and various criminal evidence, and please take a look at it first! ”

Saying that, Xiao Jingcong took out all the incriminating evidence materials prepared in advance and handed them over to Gonggong Wu, who then handed them over to the emperor for inspection.

The emperor picked up the book with Zhao Rushen's twenty-one crimes and read it carefully, and after reading it, the emperor's face changed greatly, and he slapped the fold on the table suddenly, and said angrily.

"This Zhao Rushen is so bold, he actually did so many hurtful things behind my back, and even embezzled the money for this disaster relief, it is really an unforgivable crime, Jing Cong, you killed well!"

Hearing that the emperor praised Xiao Jingcong, the officials who had just accused Xiao Jingcong immediately changed their faces again, and they all gave Xiao Jingcong a thumbs up and praised loudly.

"Lord Xiao is iron-faced and selfless, and he is really a pillar of the country!"

"Yes, yes, Lord Xiao is really worthy of my first general Xiao!" Kanshu.com

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However, Li Zongtang, the secretary of Dali Temple, did not praise him, but continued to report to the emperor.

"Your Majesty, even if Yin Zhao Rushen of Gyeonggi Prefecture really committed all kinds of unforgivable capital crimes, according to the procedure, he should be arrested and handed over to our Dali Temple for interrogation, and the death penalty can only be imposed after the charges are confirmed and the emperor personally makes a holy judgment. But Prince Xiao was sentenced in private, this is already a crime of deception, please let the emperor know! ”

After a while, Xu Guangqi, the prime minister of the dynasty, also stood up and echoed Li Zongtang's words.

"Yes, Your Majesty, Weichen thinks that what Lord Li said is very true, Lord Xiao is lawless this time, he uses torture without authorization, and it is indeed a big crime to execute the court officials privately, and please ask the emperor to learn clearly, don't tolerate this matter!"

After Prime Minister Xu Guangqi finished speaking, several other officials, big or small, joined in, and the rest of them were all wise and self-protecting, and they all stood silently.

The only one who helped Xiao Jingcong speak was the fourth prince Xiao Yuyan, Xiao Yuyan strongly supported Xiao Jingcong, thinking that although Xiao Jingcong's behavior was a little out of order, not only did he not have any fault in what he did, but it was a great achievement.

The emperor listened to the officials of the court, and did not continue to express his position, but shifted his gaze to Xiao Yuxian, the second prince, who had just been lifted from the grounding, and asked in a deep voice.

"Second brother, what do you think of Xiao Jingcong's private execution of the criminal minister Zhao Rushen?"

Since the second prince was locked up and grounded last time, he has been acting cautiously, for fear of repeating the same mistakes.

He took a step forward, clasped his fists and said to the emperor: "Back to my father, although what General Xiao did was reckless, it was not a crime of bullying the emperor, as for the saint who despised his father, it was ridiculous!" ”

When the emperor heard that Xiao Yuxian actually broke the skylight to help Xiao Jingcong intercede, the old eyes couldn't help but light up, and he stretched out his hand to let Xiao Yuxian continue.

The second prince, Xiao Yuyan, glanced at the expressionless Xiao Jingcong, and then continued to tell the emperor.

"Father, Zhao Rushen's crimes have also been heard of before, and now Prince Xiao has listed the crimes committed by Zhao Rushen one by one, just like the emperor saw, every crime of Zhao Rushen is a serious crime and a capital crime. Not to mention that in order to escape, he even had the audacity to kidnap Princess Xiao of the Zhenguo General's Mansion, pushed Princess Xiao off the cliff, and almost killed Princess Xiao...... Such despicable and shameless people are really innocent, so Erchen thinks that what Prince Xiao has done is completely reasonable and should not be punished! ”

As soon as the second prince Xiao Yuxian said this, not only the emperor, but even Xiao Jingcong was shocked.

He glanced at Xiao Yuxian and stared at him, not knowing what kind of medicine was sold in the gourd of the two princes. I hate myself to the core, why do I have to speak for myself at this time?

Not only that, Xiao Jingcong did not mention that Princess Xiao was kidnapped and robbed by Zhao Rushen from beginning to end, this Xiao Yuxian was not only kidnapped by Princess Xiao, but also knew that Princess Xiao was pushed off the cliff by Zhao Rushen and almost died, which is really incredible.

Could it be that the second prince Xiao Yuxian has been sending people to secretly monitor his every move?

Impossible, if someone was really watching, it would be impossible for Xiao Jingcong's subordinates not to notice it.

What the hell is going on?!

A series of questions lingered in Xiao Jingcong's mind, and he really couldn't understand how Xiao Yuxian knew these things, and he could know so much about them......

Don't......

Is his side inserted into the inner response?

A bold idea suddenly rose, Xiao Jingcong's heart was cold, if the people around him really had Xiao Yuxian's subordinates, it would be too terrible.

was able to avoid his own eyes and pass on these pieces of information to Xiao Yuxian one by one. Sooner or later, he will be ordered by Xiao Yuxian to stab him in the back.

If it is really what Xiao Jingcong guessed, then the Zhenguo General's Mansion is not an absolutely safe place, and even Yan Zixi's life is under threat all the time!

Damn it!

Xiao Jingcong clenched his fists tightly, staring at Xiao Yuxian with a trace of his eyes, and the murderous aura leaked out inadvertently.

Xiao Yuxian also seemed to feel a chill down his spine, as if he was aware of Xiao Jingcong's murderous aura.

He hurriedly turned around, and when he saw Xiao Jingcong's not very friendly eyes, Xiao Yuxian hurriedly grinned at him.

"Jingcong, this prince is talking for you, why are you looking at this prince with that kind of look? Are you still haunted by the last time the king stabbed you? ”

Xiao Jingcong sneered and replied: "The second prince is joking, the second prince can speak up, Jingcong is really flattered. ”

The emperor didn't expect that the second prince, Xiao Yuxian, would help Xiao Jingcong speak, and then he asked Xiao Jingcong again: "Jingcong, do you have anything else to say?" ”

"Back to the emperor, the minister is only worried about the safety of the princess, and he will do such a thing in a hurry." Xiao Jingcong replied, and then knelt on the ground again, "But that Zhao Rushen was indeed killed by the minister, and he did it without going through the emperor's holy judgment, and asked the emperor to surrender!" ”

The emperor saw that Xiao Jingcong had admitted his mistake, and his face showed a hint of satisfaction.

Prime Minister Xu Guangqi and several other ministers, although they still have whispers in their hearts, but seeing the emperor's face and seeing Xiao Jingcong take the initiative to admit his guilt, they have nothing to say, after all, if they continue to fall into the well at this time, they will not only offend Xiao Jingcong, but even anger the emperor, so they are also silent, and everything is left to the emperor to decide.

It seems that they also know that the situation has changed now......