Chapter Twenty-Seven: The Dust Settles
"If the Yang brothers and sisters want to pull you into the water, they must need full evidence, since you exchanged information before and did not pass the handwritten these, then just based on their words, it can be said that he is framed, the emperor has no trust in their brothers and sisters now, with the emperor's character, they will not believe anything, and the only one who has seen you meet is Ah Er, he is my person, don't worry." Lin Qingzhi paced a few steps slowly, the goose-yellow skirt spread out behind her like a blooming flower, coupled with her smart eyes and pretty face, people couldn't take their eyes off.
"It turns out that the man in black who eavesdropped that night was from Zuo Xiangfu, no wonder you can find out the ins and outs so quickly, Qingzhi, you played tricks on people when you were a child, I thought you grew up and became a virtuous lady, but I didn't expect you to be so ......." Xiao Mulin looked suddenly enlightened, and he seemed to have changed back to the bright boy when he was a child, and they used to play together and grow up together.
"So what?" Lin Qingzhi's apricot eyes widened slightly, pretending to be angry.
"Okay, you're starting to fight like you did when you were kids, always pinching you to death." Xiao Mufeng stroked his forehead and smiled.
"Actually, I admire this princess Singh, she has courage and strategy, it's not bad, if she was born in my Jin Kingdom, maybe she can become a confidant. It is rare that she is willing to contribute to her mother country, and she is willing to marry thousands of miles away, but I don't know if her royal brother is willing to devote his national strength to fight in order to save her. Speaking of which, it's just because of the different positions of our respective countries, it's a pity......," Lin Qingzhi sighed and shook her head as she touched the long green silk hanging in front of her.
"No matter how bold you are, aren't you still playing with it?" Xiao Mulin ignored Lin Qingzhi's sigh and squinted his eyes and said back.
"Why do I think this is a little wrong, Xiao Mulin, do you mean anything else? Are you blaming me? Lin Qingzhi raised her eyebrows, raised her hand towards Xiao Mulin and slapped it at him.
"Why are you beating me, how dare I blame you, you still look arrogant and domineering, second brother, you don't care." Xiao Mufeng knew that Lin Qingzhi didn't want Xiao Mulin to be immersed in the sad and uncomfortable hatred anymore, so he deliberately eased the atmosphere, and didn't say anything to stop it, just watched them laugh dotingly.
After a while, the two of them who were tired of playing sat down and drank two cups of tea, Xiao Mulin looked at Xiao Mufeng and suddenly said solemnly: "Second brother, I still envy you, Qingzhi has always been with you, even if it is not easy to be lonely and depressed, it is really rare to have someone who has been with you all the time." β
"To put it sourly, if you have difficulties and sadness in the future, come to Miss Ben and cure you of all diseases." Lin Qingzhi pursed her lips and raised her head.
"You're the ...... you're sick"
The night is getting deeper, the night shadow is getting thicker, the husband has knocked on the bang twice, which means that it has been two watches, a few people gestured and said for a while the next morning, the response to the next morning, after discussing the moon shadow has been slanted westward, the whole Luoyang City is shrouded in a quiet, Xiao Mulin called the little girl to play the lantern and the four of them walked to the door of King Mu's mansion to stop, Xiao Mufeng helped Lin Qingzhi to get into the carriage, the sound of the carriage pressed through the quiet long street Jing Lane to the city Zuo Xiangfu, to send Lin Qingzhi back Xiao Mufeng himself returned to Ning Wang's Mansion has passed, Thinking that on the second day, I didn't know what kind of wind and waves I was going to turn over, so I asked Anai to send someone to bring water, wash up, and go to bed to rest.
The early dynasty of the Jin Kingdom was set to start at the beginning of the Chen, and Xiao Mufeng got up and set off to go to the palace as soon as he arrived, and stayed in the Chengde Hall where the emperor lived, the sky was not yet bright, sitting on the steps and looking up at the sky, only to see that the half moon had gradually moved to the southwest, and only one North Star was exceptionally bright in the dark blue sky.
When Xiao Mufeng was woken up by Zhang Fu, the sky was already bright, and the emperor had already gotten up and started to change his clothes, and the emperor who had breakfast with Xiao Mufeng was reading a fold in the Winter Warm Pavilion of Chengde Hall at the moment, and when he saw Xiao Mufeng walking in, he handed the fold to his son and said: "Look at it, this is the protΓ©gΓ© of the right minister Feng Dao, the imperial historian Li Han has already said that he wants to turn a big thing into a small matter, and asks for a lenient treatment of the envoys of Wu State. Feng'er, tell me, is there still an emperor in the eyes of these people? β
Xiao Mufeng took the dark red fold handed over by the emperor, opened it and looked at it for a while and did not answer the emperor's words, but asked: "Then according to the emperor's wishes, how to deal with the Yang brothers and sisters?" β
"Hmph, if you swallow your anger again and again at this time, it will be too spineless. As the saying goes, 'a weak country has no diplomacy', and my dignified Jin country has not yet reached the point where it can be called a weak country. But if you move troops against Wu State, what do you think the odds of victory can be? "Although the emperor's beard is mostly gray, his eyes are shining.
"The Protector Army has 200,000 soldiers and horses, the Red Feather Battalion can mobilize 100,000, and although the Feather Forest Army also has 10,000 elite soldiers, the Feather Forest Army and the Red Feather Battalion want to defend the capital, if they really want to go to the battlefield, they can only use the strength of the Protector Army, and the odds of victory are not eight to ten percent." Xiao Mufeng thought for a while and said in a deep voice.
"Do you really think this matter has nothing to do with Cheng'er?" The old emperor asked as he stared at Xiao Mufeng, who was silent.
"Erchen feels that although the eldest brother occasionally has a slight complaint about the son, but fornicating with foreign enemies, Erchen does not think that the eldest brother is so absurd, and since the father ordered the eldest brother to think about it in the East Palace, the eldest brother has always been careful to abide by his duty and has not overstepped the rules." Xiao Mufeng said indifferently.
"It's hard for you to think about him everywhere, I'm afraid that if you exonerate him, he may not necessarily accept your affection." Emperor Jin's eyes were a little distant and a little sad.
The two of them stopped talking, and after breakfast, Zhang Fu passed the emperor to sit on his shoulder, and Xiao Mufeng followed him to the Chaoyang Palace.
After kneeling down, the ministers and the Yang brothers and sisters, as well as King Mu, the crown prince, and the king of Ning all stood under His Royal Highness, because the trial of this case was presided over by Xiao Mufeng, and the three divisions were tried, so the four of them explained the case and the trial process in turn, and after passing the evidence, the emperor asked aloud: "Right Minister, how do you think this case should be handled?" β
Feng Dao bowed down and walked to the middle, knelt on the ground and said loudly: "Back to the emperor, the minister thinks that the two countries of Jin and Wu have always been on good terms, and now the peace is only three years, and there are strong enemies outside. β
Emperor Jin looked silently in the direction of Lin Chengde and asked, "What does Zuo Xiang think?" β
Lin Chengde bowed his head and replied: "Back to the emperor, if you are private, the minister will be eager to cut the Yang brothers and sisters with a thousand knives. β
The court was divided into two factions, and at this time everyone was already arguing, only Princess Singh and Lingwang Yang Jue were silent, and for a moment, Princess Singh said loudly with burning eyes: "The assassination of His Royal Highness King Ning was done by me alone, and my fifth brother has nothing to do with my mother country, this princess is willing to bear it, please Emperor Jin His Majesty to investigate." β
"Seventh sister, you ......" King Ling, who was beside Princess Singh, was just about to speak, but was stopped by Princess Singh's feather sleeves.
Everyone fell silent, although most of the courtiers hated foreign women for disturbing the political situation in their country, they couldn't help but admire Princess Singh's courage, and dozens of eyes fell on Princess Singh's thin figure.
After a while, the emperor slowly stood up from the dragon chair, his voice was so cold that there was no trace of warmth, and said: "Since Princess Singh said that this matter was planned by you alone, it would be a pity to kill such a beautiful and wise beauty just like this. Princess Singh, what do you think? β
"Thank you, Your Majesty, Long En." Princess Singh's eyes were lowered, and her long eyelashes covered her eyes, making it difficult to see her expression.
Hearing Emperor Jin's decision, all the ministers were shocked, and some people knelt down one after another, and said urgently: "The emperor must not, how can such a demon girl of the country be indulged, ask the emperor to think twice." β
"I have made up my mind, Concubine Ke's brother Yang Jue will be sent back to Wu immediately." Emperor Jin's wide Ming Huang wide sleeves flicked and said coldly.