Hearing the verdict, Pei Lin hurriedly lowered his head and hid the uncontrollable joy in his eyes.

He finally did.

Xiao Yu was not afraid of Long Wei, and bravely admonished: "Your Majesty, Liu Shangshu is upright and loyal, he has no intention of rebellion, all this is a traitor's frame, please Your Majesty take back your order and thoroughly investigate this case." ”

As soon as he heard this, Pei Lin immediately retorted: "This case has been tried by the three divisions, and the evidence is conclusive, where did it come from?"

"When Xiao Shangshu said this, is he accusing His Majesty of being mediocre and not distinguishing between right and wrong?"

Xiao Yu saw that Li Yuan's face was as black as ink, and hurriedly explained: "Your Majesty, the minister didn't mean this, the minister just didn't want to see Zhongliang being killed by traitors."

"Liu Wenjing's loyalty in the past, everyone must be able to see it, and the minister doesn't believe that he will rebel."

"That's right, the minister doesn't believe it either, please ask Your Majesty to re-investigate this case thoroughly." Yin Kaishan agreed.

Then, the Qin Wang Party stood up one after another and asked Li Yuan to re-investigate Liu Wenjing's case.

But Pei Lian, Li Yi and others strongly protested, and the two sides quarreled.

"Shut up."

Li Yuan shouted violently, and everyone immediately closed their mouths and silently returned to their original positions.

"The evidence in this case is conclusive, there is no need to retry it, and today's court meeting will end here, and the court will retreat."

After speaking, Li Yuan brushed his sleeves and left.

"Congratulations to Your Majesty."

Yin Kaishan was anxious, walked to Xiao Yu's side, and asked in a low voice, "Xiao Shangshu, what should I do?" ”

"I'll beg your majesty again." Xiao Yu left quickly.

Outside Li Yuan's dormitory, Xiao Yu said to the attendant outside the door: "Please spread the word, I ask to see Your Majesty." ”

"Xiao Shangshu, please wait a moment."

The chamberlain went to the hall to report, and after a while, the chamberlain came out and asked Xiao Yu to go in.

"If you're here to intercede for Liu Wenjing, then go back. Gu Jinkou said that since the decree has been declared, it will not be changed. Without waiting for Xiao Yu to speak, Li Yuan cut off his thoughts.

Seeing that Li Yuan's attitude was so resolute, Xiao Yu changed his mind and said to Li Yuan: "Your Majesty's mind has been decided, and the minister does not dare to object.

"It's just that the minister begs Your Majesty, for the sake of Liu Shangshu's many years of exploits, forgive Liu Shangshu's sins, spare his life, and change the death penalty to exile."

Li Yuan was stunned.

Seeing this, Xiao Yu continued to persuade: "Liu Shangshu is the founding hero of the country, he is dead now, and the other founding heroes will definitely be cold, it is better to change to exile, and show His Majesty's leniency."

"Liu Shangshu has no official lordship, and he is far away from Beijing, so he can't endanger the society of the country."

Xiao Yu's words were very vague, but Li Yuan understood the meaning of Xiao Yu's words.

If Liu Wenjing had no official title and was exiled to the border as a criminal, far away from the political center, the power of the Qin king would still be weakened.

Without Liu Wenjing, King Qin would not be able to jump up in the court, and he would not be able to compete with the crown prince.

And if Liu Wenjing doesn't die, he can also appease those old ministers, otherwise they will think that this is the one who is unloading the mill and killing the donkey.

Li Yuan was shaken: "If you think about it again, you should retreat first." ”

Xiao Yu didn't dare to push too hard, so she retired.

When leaving the Taiji Palace, Xiao Yu met Pei Lin head-on, and the two said hello to each other and left.

Pei Lin stood in place, looking at Xiao Yu's hurried steps, with a thoughtful face.

Then he went to see Li Yuan.

"Your Majesty, did Xiao Shangshu intercede for Liu Wenjing just now?" Pei Lin said tentatively.

Li Yuan nodded: "He wants to persuade me to change the death penalty to exile." ”

When Pei Lin heard this, he immediately felt in a bad mood, and when he saw Li Yuan's expression, he seemed to be loosened, and hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, you are the king of a country, how can the holy decree promulgated be changed?"

"How can the king of a country convince the ministers and the people so repeatedly?

"What's more, Liu Wenjing is suspicious and insidious by nature, before His Majesty fails to unify the world, keeping him is a scourge, which will definitely endanger the country."

Speaking of this, Pei Lin took two steps forward and lowered his voice: "King Qin has repeatedly challenged the authority of the crown prince with his own merits, the prince is already weak, if Liu Wenjing is alive, the king of Qin is bound to be even more arrogant."

"When the prince's position is threatened, the brotherhood will cause great trouble.

"As long as Liu Wenjing is alive, his people will have illusions that King Qin can still take advantage of it.

"Moreover, if Your Majesty repents and leaves Liu Wenjing's life, the courtiers will think that Your Majesty spared Liu Wenjing for the sake of King Qin's face.

"Then, these people will still think that His Majesty values King Qin, and even supports King Qin in his bid for the position of prince."

Li Yuan's face gradually turned iron-blue.

Seeing this, Pei Lin added another fire: "Your Majesty, if you want to completely cut off King Qin's non-divisive thoughts, you must eradicate his right-hand man, Liu Wenjing is King Qin's biggest reliance in the court, and he must die."

"What's more, this time, he deserves it."

......

Yin Kaishan was slightly relieved after learning from Xiao Yu that the emperor would reconsider the sentencing.

But until the end of the court meeting the next day, Li Yuan did not announce a new will, Yin Kaishan and Xiao Yu were in a hurry, and hurriedly went to see Li Yuan.

Not only the two of them, Tang Jian and more than a dozen other ministers rushed to Li Yuan's dormitory.

After Yue Yu was clear, he came out and said to everyone: "Your Majesty is unwell, I don't see anyone today, please go back." ”

Xiao Yu's heart sank, it seems that His Majesty is determined to kill Liu Wenjing.

However, when he left yesterday, His Majesty was obviously shaken, who slandered His Majesty again?

Suddenly, Pei Lian's figure flashed in his mind.

It's Pei Lian.

After he left, Pei Lin went to see His Majesty, and it must have been what Pei Lin said to His Majesty that His Majesty would change his mind.

Damn it......

The emperor didn't see anyone, Xiao Yu simply knelt down outside the hall and shouted loudly: "Your Majesty, Liu Wenjing has been wronged, please retry this case Your Majesty, and return Liu Wenjing to a clean slate."

"Even if he is guilty, please spare his life for the sake of his past meritorious deeds.

"Your Majesty, don't chill the hearts of the founding heroes......"

Yin Kaishan, Tang Jian and others also knelt down and pleaded for Liu Wenjing.

Li Yuan sat in the hall, listening to the advice outside, his face was as gloomy as a dark cloud in the sky.

An hour later, Xiao Yu and the others were still kneeling outside, shouting hoarsely, until their throats smoked, and they did not give up.

Seeing this, Yue Yu walked into the hall and said to Li Yuan, "Your Majesty, they have been kneeling outside for an hour......

"Let them kneel." Li Yuan's voice was cold, and he took the pen and continued to correct the recital.

......

Approaching noon, the eldest grandson Wuji glanced at the sky, at this time, there was no movement on Xiao Yu's side, I am afraid that Liu Wenjing is really bad luck this time.

The two brothers, Liu Shuyi and Liu Shuyi, helped their mother to the execution ground, knelt in front of Liu Wenjing, and shouted excitedly: "Father, ......"

"Aaron ......"

As soon as they shouted, the three of them could no longer speak, only tears flowed quietly in their eyes.

Since Liu Wenjing was imprisoned, Liu's mansion has been blocked, and they have not been released until today to send Liu Wenjing on his last journey to the execution ground.

After not seeing her for many days, Liu Wenjing seemed to have accepted her fate and no longer shouted grievances, but just told her two sons: "After I leave, I must take good care of your mother."

"Chang'an is a place to eat people, you go back to your hometown, and never come to Chang'an in the future......"