"Zhongli was called to the capital for the New Year this time, why didn't he bring his family with him, do you want to spend the New Year in the capital alone?"

Looking at Zhongli, who had been bowing his head, the emperor shifted his gaze to Zhongli.

Suddenly mentioning himself, Zhongli sat up straight and looked up at the emperor.

"Caomin's younger brothers and sisters are still too young to travel far, as for Caomin's eldest brother, because his sister-in-law was pregnant recently, the eldest brother took care of his sister-in-law at home, so Caomin came to the capital alone for the New Year."

As he spoke, Zhongli turned his head to look at Zhao Yiyan beside him and chuckled.

"It just so happens that King Qingyang has something to do when he comes to the capital, and it happens to be together, so it won't be too boring."

The Emperor smiled and nodded, but his inquiring gaze still lingered on the two of them.

"That's good, too! It's just that I summoned you to Beijing, so you will be in the palace this year! ”

When Zhao Shan'er on the side heard this, she quickly turned her head to look at Zhongli, her eyes showing anticipation, she hoped that he would agree, so that she could see Zhongli in the palace every day.

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your kindness."

Zhongli didn't want to refuse, but looking at the emperor's expression that he couldn't refuse at all, she could only reply gratefully with her fists.

Zhao Shan'er jumped for joy because of Zhongli's words.

It's just that Zhao Shan'er hasn't spoken yet, and the sound of noisy shouting downstairs has come, and the emperor frowned and looked at the bustling crowd under the window, with anger in his voice, as if the original good mood had been ruined a lot.

"What's the matter, so noisy?"

After all, he is the king of a country, and he has always been accustomed to being self-respecting, and this noisy environment makes him angry for no reason.

Zhao Yiyan got up and walked out of the room, looking directly out of the window, a group of people were noisily crowding in one direction, he couldn't help frowning, turned around and went out to call Xiao Er over to ask.

"What's going on? Why is it so noisy? ”

Xiao Er nodded hurriedly at him.

"I heard that someone went to the prefect's mansion to beat the drum and voice the grievances, saying that the three princes were bullying the people's daughters, no, they came with their daughters. Therefore, the people who heard about this incident are now flocking to the yamen to see the excitement! If the guest officer wants to go and see it, he should ask for it early, otherwise it will be full in a while. ”

Xiao Er's words made the emperor in the room frown and feel annoyed.

Okay, okay very!

This has just come out once, and there is a junior who bullies the people's daughters? What else will happen if I come out a few more times? These sons are so capable!

Zhao Yiyan and Zhong Li looked at each other, and immediately looked at the emperor next to them at the same time.

Xiao Er realized that the atmosphere was not right, and quickly left the room.

"Your Majesty, the third prince is noble, there may be some inside story here, you don't have to believe the words of the little two, after all, there are many people in this world who become tigers with three people, and they spread false rumors."

Zhongli watched as the atmosphere stiffened and hurriedly explained.

"Hmph, you've only learned three people to become tigers, and you spread falsehoods, don't you know that there are no wind and no waves, and flies don't bite seamless eggs?"

The emperor glanced at Zhongli coldly, and after finishing speaking, he got up and walked directly towards the door.

"Father, where are you going? Wait for me! ”

Seeing that the emperor was leaving, Zhao Shan'er didn't have time to apologize to Zhongli for his father, and he didn't care whether his title was right or not, so he hurriedly chased after him.

The emperor's raised foot suddenly stopped, and he frowned and looked at Zhao Shan'er expressionlessly, his eyes were full of fierceness.

The cold gaze slashed at Zhao Shan'er's face like a sharp blade, making Zhao Shan'er's face white, and her body trembled slightly, she tried her best to squeeze out a crying smile and looked at the emperor with her mouth open.

"Father, what's wrong with you? Don't scare Shan'er! ”

The emperor narrowed his eyes, snorted coldly at Zhao Shan'er, and flicked his sleeves directly.

"Better yet, don't let me know, this matter has something to do with you!"

Zhao Shan'er stood in place with a look of grievance, confused, she didn't know what was going on, wasn't it the matter of the three emperor brothers robbing the people's daughter? How can it be related to yourself?

She stepped up and was about to catch up, but Zhongli grabbed her arm from behind.

Facing Zhongli's helpless eyes, Zhao Shan'er hurriedly wiped the corners of his eyes, he wanted to try to calm himself down, but his voice was still choked, she had never been treated like this at all when she was held in the palm of her hand since she was a child.

"Zhongli ......"

"Seventh Princess, what you have to do now is not to chase the emperor, but to go back to the palace now and tell Concubine Qi what happened today, I think Concubine Qi will tell you how to do it."

What do you mean?

Zhao Shan'er looked dazed, but seeing Zhongli's serious appearance, she nodded towards Zhongli and decided to go back to the palace first, after all, the father just now was too terrible!

After letting the guards escort Zhao Shan'er away, Huo Yiyan looked at Zhongli.

"You shouldn't have taken care of it."

His brow furrowed tightly, his expression rather displeased, after all, Zhongli had been emphasizing that he didn't want to be involved with the royal family.

Of course, Zhongli knew what Zhao Yiyan wanted to say, so he couldn't help but smile bitterly and shook his head gently.

"Soft-hearted, no way."

And by the time Zhongli and the others arrived at the prefect's yamen, many people had already gathered outside the door.

The two old men kept beating the drum outside the prefect's door, but they didn't see anyone coming out for a long time.

"Lord Prefect, I have been wronged, please ask the lord to redress my grievances and make the decision!"

The elderly woman saw that the prefect was delaying the trial, so she had to bang on the door outside the prefect's door and cry.

"Master, look at this ......"

"What is this, you have the ability to try such a case. This is a lawsuit against the three princes, the three princes back then, and the three princes now! How do you let me try it! What if the prince is convicted? That's the emperor's son! ”

In the lobby of the prefect, the prefect walked around in a panic, walking and walking, as if the sky had fallen.

"What now, sir? There are already a lot of people gathered outside the door, and we have been staying here all the time? ”

The heartbroken voices of the old couple outside the door were in my ears, how could the master not panic?

This is at the feet of the Son of Heaven, and this kind of thing can't be hidden at all.

"What to do? Cold! Wait, I've already asked someone to send a letter to the third prince, see the attitude of the third prince, and then we'll go out. ”

After speaking, the prefect threw off his sleeves and left the lobby directly.

The emperor stood silently in the midst of a group of people watching the play, looking at the situation in front of him, his brows already tightly locked.

Regardless of whether someone is manipulating behind the scenes, whether this matter is true or not, the matter has already made such a big fuss, it must not be so good.

It seems that this matter is a bit tricky.

And Zhongli and Zhao Yiyan also found the emperor's figure at this time, and hurriedly chased after him, after all, they still had to escort them.

"Your Majesty, there are too many people here, and you may be in danger, so we still ......"

Zhao Yiyan lowered his voice and slowly spoke towards the emperor.

But the emperor did not answer him, but cast his obscure and inexplicable gaze at the door of the prefect's mansion.

Zhao Yiyan saw the emperor's appearance, he could only shake his head helplessly, and exchanged glances with Zhongli, saying that they had to accompany the emperor here until the matter was over.

When the time was getting longer and longer, except for Zhongli, who was there with the old god, the rest of the people's faces were a little solemn, especially the emperor, whose face was directly black and about to drip ink.

Standing in the innermost part of the crowd through the crowd, the old couple were already crying so loudly that their voices were hoarse, but no one from the prefect's yamen had yet informed them of their promotion.

Everyone pointed at this side, it seems that this prefect does not want to offend the third prince, so he simply does not try this case.

Faced with such a situation, how could the emperor not be angry?

Although the three princes are their own sons, the people are also their own people.

It is said that the prince is guilty of the same crime as the common people, but what are the parents and officials who really do this?

And what makes him most angry is not this, but because the ugliness of the family cannot be publicized.

Even if there is a fight between their brothers, they should not make a scandal of the royal family outside, so that they can see it? Is it possible to use the power of public opinion to force himself to kill the third child?

Thinking of this, the emperor's anger was even heavier.

Zhongli, who had been carefully looking at the emperor by the side, saw the change in the emperor's expression in his eyes and remembered it, and shook his head a little helplessly.

It seems that whether this matter is true or not, as long as it is involved in this matter, it probably won't be pleased.

Hearing that those people were becoming more and more indignant, the emperor couldn't help but cast his eyes on Zhao Yiyan, who was the closest, and snorted coldly, looking at Zhao Yiyan with a gloomy expression.

"Go in and tell this Sun Mingjie, this case will be tried by me now! If he can't handle this case, I'll let someone do it! ”

The Emperor stood with his hands in his hands, annoyed and angry.

"Yes!"

After Zhao Yiyan nodded slightly, he immediately turned around and walked towards the side door of the prefect's mansion.

After Zhao Yiyan left, Zhongli escorted the emperor to the side.

"Your Majesty, you may hurt the dragon's body if you stand here, so let's avoid it first, and it's not good if someone sees it."

Zhongli opened his mouth in exchange for a surprised expression from the emperor.

However, he was in a rage at this time, and of course he didn't want to cause any trouble, so he kept this matter in his heart and nodded softly to Zhongli.

Hearing that the God of War of the Apocalypse had arrived, the prefect hurriedly came to the main hall, and sure enough, he saw Zhao Yiyan sitting in the main hall with a serious face.

"General Zhao, I don't know that General Zhao is visiting, it's really disrespectful and disrespectful."

Sun Mingjie said with a smile on his face.

Zhao Yiyan did not respond to Sun Mingjie's salute, got up directly from the seat, said with a cold face, and said expressionlessly.

"The emperor has an order to order the prefect Sun to hold a trial of the case of the three princes now!"

"What? Emperor? ”

Sun Mingjie was so frightened that his eyes widened directly, with a look of disbelief.

But when he saw Zhao Yiyan's unsmiling and serious look, he couldn't help but chuckle in his heart, it seems that this is true.

But the key problem now is that the third prince didn't speak!

"Where is the emperor now?"

It won't be right outside the door, will it?

Sun Mingjie was uneasy in his heart, and asked with a glimmer of hope.