The envoy of the king continued: "Your Majesty, although the minister has only heard about it, but there is no wind and no waves, the minister thinks that the reputation of General Nanming should not be humiliated, and let the rumors of this person spread among the people, which will not only shake the hearts of the people, but also be detrimental to the morale of the army."

Xia Zhi'an listened from a distance and didn't make a sound, to put it bluntly, the king's privy counsellor caught the emperor's heart, and he couldn't listen to other people's negations about him, in the government and in the use of people, the emperor must be 100% correct, if there is a small word, he will definitely come up with evidence to prove it to everyone.

So in the matter of General Nanming, he was sure that the emperor would definitely send someone to investigate, but I don't know when the time was set? Could it be him who he sent?

Facts have proved that this is indeed the case, and the emperor nodded at the words of the king's privy envoy and said: "Aiqing is right, this matter must be investigated, and it must be investigated, I can't let the meritorious ministers be disgraced."

"No, Your Majesty, if you really do this, it will not only insult the dangerous reputation of General Nanming, but also be detrimental to the soldiers in the northwest." Xia Zai was very disapproving of this matter, in fact, most of the ministers did not approve, but they didn't dare to say what the emperor meant.

When the emperor heard this, he was anxious, "Do you want to make this rumor worse?" So what do you say? ”

"The ministers are frightened," all the ministers were so frightened that they all bowed their heads and said.

When the discussion between the ministers and the emperor was fierce and inseparable, I heard a commotion outside the palace gate.

The emperor was already angry, and when he heard this, he hurriedly said:

"Let's go and see what's going on, why is there such a noise outside the palace gate?"

Without waiting for the eunuch next to him to run out to look, he saw a guard of the Royal Forest Army running in and said:

"Your Majesty, there were several waves of family members carrying soldiers at the palace gate...... Said to complain"

"Presumptuous, are you the new guard? I don't even know about this little thing, sue the royal court? Can they sue if they say so? I don't know if it's not a troublemaker, so I'll arrest them all first."

The emperor was already furious, but now he met a fire-extinguishing person, how could he let it go.

However, the imperial guard did not leave, but continued: "Your Majesty, my subordinates want to arrest me, but they can't catch it."

"What do you mean, why can't you catch it?"

"Someone is blocking and not letting me catch it, and my subordinates can't do anything about it."

"Presumptuous, there is such a thing, what the hell is going on, tell me clearly" The emperor is anxious.

Although the guards were afraid of the emperor's wrath, they still said calmly:

"Yes...... At the beginning, several waves of family members carrying the corpses of soldiers came to the palace gate, saying that they wanted to see the emperor's complaint, saying that his son-in-law had not eaten enough since he became a soldier, and he ate weeds and insect food all day long, and died of dysentery without waiting for treatment......"

The emperor couldn't listen to it before he finished speaking, and interrupted: "What, bold, this thing happened, it was from that team"

The guard sank before saying, "They said it was the northwest."

Prime Minister Xia Zhiyuan said there:

"Your Majesty, the minister guessed that it must be a group of ignorant grass people who are spreading rumors there, and they should all be arrested, what do you do to eat the Imperial Forest Army, this kind of trivial matter is still known to the emperor"

The Imperial Forest Army said aggrievedly: "It's not that the subordinates don't arrest, but there is a small servant of Lord Xia who protects these people from being arrested, and the minions can't beat them, and they are afraid that the transfer of troops will be a lot of trouble, so they ......."

"Lord Xia's little house, that Lord Xia?"

As soon as the emperor's words came out, Xia Zhiyuan and Xia Zhi'an, who were standing on the side, felt a chill down their spines, no matter who the two of them were, they couldn't escape if something happened.

Prime Minister Xia hurriedly said: "You heard it right, whose little guy is it, you have to make it clear."

The Imperial Forest Army said: "He said that he was Lord Xia's servant, and that Lord Xia's subordinates didn't dare to ask in detail."

"It's really lawless," the emperor was furious, "You go and bring him over to see me, I want to see what kind of guy dares to stop the Imperial Forest Army to arrest people"

"Yes," the imperial guard said and hurried away.

Only the courtiers are left there, you look at me, I look at you, I don't know what to do, okay?

It didn't take long, and when Lord Xia's little servant appeared in the main hall, Xia Zhi'an almost fainted.

At first glance, I thought it was a man, but after a closer look, I found that it was his daughter Xia Li.

How good is that? When did this child become his little servant, and when did he fight with the Imperial Forest Army in front of the palace gate.

He has a splitting headache, and he only sweats, and he doesn't dare to look up at the emperor, it seems that his black yarn is afraid to be saved today, because his daughter he must be saved, so I don't know how to save it.

Xia Li was suddenly led into the palace by the brocade guards and was also full of surprise, she was sitting outside and listening to the sound, but she didn't expect to see a group of people suddenly coming in front of the palace gate, and they all came crying with stretchers.

She thought it was a sick person, and secretly said that these people were sick and incurable, what did they do at the gate of the palace?

But later I learned that these people were carrying dead bodies, and they all went to the palace to sue the emperor.

As soon as they arrived at the palace gate, they sat on the ground and cried, saying that their son had died so miserably, that he had died in the hands of his own people instead of dying on the battlefield, and that he had died of starvation and disease, and that their son had died unjustly, and that they wanted to see the emperor and sue the emperor.

At this time, the Imperial Forest Army came to drive them away, and they couldn't help but say that they would pick up the handle of the knife and fight, Xia Li couldn't stand it anymore, so he reached out to help.

Just a few Imperial Guards were her opponents, and she subdued them back and forth, and swore frankly to let them come in and report the matter to the emperor, and if the emperor didn't give an explanation, she would take these people in.

At this time, there were more and more people outside, and they all coaxed with them, saying that if the emperor did not give an answer, they would all come in together to ask the emperor for an explanation.

As soon as he heard this, the Imperial Forest Army was frightened, so he hurriedly came in to tell the emperor.

Although Xia Li saw the emperor for the first time, she was not afraid, she looked around as she walked, and saw that her father was staring at her, her head was slightly lowered, and she was seen by her father, and she didn't know how she would be punished when she went back.

But when she walked forward and saw the eldest uncle Xia Xiangye looking at her with surprise and anger in his eyes, she was proud, deliberately straightened her chest, raised her head and walked forward vigorously, and said secretly: Angry! The more angry she was, the happier she became.

When Xia Li walked to the front of the palace, he bowed seriously and said: "The grass people knock to see the emperor, long live my emperor."

The emperor looked at her all the way and found that this person didn't look like a little guy at all.

"Are you the little guy of Lord Xia?"

The voice was deafening and loud, which made people feel chills in their hearts, but Xia Li was not afraid, she crawled out of the pile of dead people, and she didn't have much feeling about her life and death.

He said calmly: "The grass people are ......"

"Stop" Before she finished speaking, Xia Zhi'an walked a few steps quickly, knelt down and said:

"Please forgive your majesty, this is the stubborn daughter of the minister, and somehow she went to the palace gate with the minister, please forgive your majesty"