There was no eunuch on duty by the emperor's side, so Nuoya stepped forward, took the burden from Yan Yushi's hand, turned around and respectfully handed it to the emperor, and put it on top of the dragon case.

The emperor did not shy away from her, and opened the baggage, which contained some current accounts and lists. Noah didn't know the mystery, and she didn't dare to stretch her neck to take a closer look. But she recognized a seal that had rolled down the dragon case from the baggage. The seal is carved from jadeite, which is no different from ordinary seals, but the difference is that the words on the seal, Noah just met a few days ago, and knows how to read it.

The emperor sneered while looking through the account books, his face became more and more heavy, and he was about to thunder.

"Buying and selling officials, accepting bribes privately, enriching one's own pockets, eradicating dissidents, and disregarding people's lives, this pile, one by one, is still truthfully recorded in the book, Qingxun, you are so disappointed by me!"

The emperor angrily slapped the dragon case, and the seal jumped and rolled down into the dust. He was in front of the Qin Cha in the Criminal Department. He bent down to pick it up, looked at it closely, and reported in astonishment: "Back to the emperor, this mark is the icon on the batch of weapons captured in Handan City. ”

The prince instantly collapsed to the ground, unable to kneel: "How is it possible?" How can it be? How can I have these things in my house? There are moles, there are moles in my house, father, someone must be framing his sons! ”

"Framed? Now that the evidence is overwhelming, don't you still want to admit it?! The emperor was furious, slapped the case, gritted his teeth and said hatefully: "Qingxun, are you worthy of my expectations and hard work for you by doing this?" ”

Outside the house, a thunderclap suddenly exploded, tearing a hole in the sky, and the rain poured down, knocking on the eaves of the imperial house, like thousands of horses galloping.

"Father, the child is really wronged! It's really not a child's doing! The child doesn't know it! ”

The prince begged in mourning, kowtowing like pounding garlic. The emperor was unmoved by him, and ordered in a cold voice: "Arrest the crown prince, cut off the crown prince's position, demote him to a commoner, temporarily put him under house arrest, and reflect on his mistakes!" ”

"No, no, father, the child is wronged, you can't listen to other people's slander!"

Seeing that the emperor was angry, the Taishi on the side did not dare to intercede, and kept trembling and did not speak. Hearing that the emperor pronounced the verdict on the prince's crime, Fang Cai knelt on the ground as if he had been empowered, and pleaded for the prince: "Your Majesty, there are still many doubts in this matter, I implore the emperor to be gracious, to be clear-sighted, and to restore the prince's innocence." ”

The emperor glared at the prince angrily, raised his hand and accused: "The teaching is not strict, the teacher is lazy, the prince has today's crime, and you will not escape the involvement." I ask you, you said that there are many doubts, where is the doubt? ”

Taishi was stunned for a moment, the evidence was ironclad, impeccable, let himself say doubts, and really couldn't count the specific places.

Seeing that he was speechless, the emperor said coldly: "The Taishi is old and faint, and he should also go back to the house to reflect on it." ”

The cold sweat on the prince's head suddenly trickled down, where did he dare to continue to plead for the prince, but he promised: "It's the emperor, the old minister is incompetent and afraid." ”

The prince's hopes were dashed again, and a huge man couldn't help but cry when he was rich and noble, and he crawled forward, hugging the emperor's leg and begging bitterly.

He did this in the opposite direction, making the emperor feel that he was cowardly and incompetent, and he was not able to use himself. The emperor closed his eyes tiredly and coldly spit out a word: "Get out!" ”

In the study, there are only 100 miles and 91 military generals, so this errand to arrest the prince is naturally duty-bound, he stepped forward to say "offended" to the prince, and restrained the prince's wrist.

The prince couldn't bear such a huge gap, and struggled to break free while crying.

The emperor was finally distraught, closed his eyes and took a deep breath, waved his hand at Baili Jiu and said, "Escort him down and hand him over to the Imperial Forest Army." ”

Baili Jiu received the order, and his fingers gently brushed the back of the prince's neck, and the prince suddenly became sore, and he no longer had the strength to struggle.

Noya stood behind the emperor, his fists clenched and stretched out, and clenched again, and the green tendons skyrocketed, repeatedly. She wanted to step forward and ask the prince if her Murong family's blood hatred against him was the culprit? Why was he so ruthless that he would brutally kill her Murong family? Is it because of the Hanshan mineral deposits? However, the companion is like a tiger, she knows this truth deeply, now, the emperor is in a bad mood, if she really comes forward to question so impulsively, it is difficult to guarantee that she will not be angered by the emperor. Anyway, the crown prince has lost power, and there will always be opportunities in the future.

Degraded to a commoner and placed under house arrest, this punishment is too light for the prince whose hands are covered with blood, and it is not enough to relieve his hatred.

The prince was taken down by the Imperial Forest Army, and the rain outside the imperial study became heavier and heavier, like a downpour. The Imperial Forest Army stood straight outside the imperial study, and then withdrew, leaving only the queen still standing in the rain, without an umbrella, all over her body was damp, the hairpin ring was messy, and her hair was close to her forehead, very embarrassed, and she was no longer graceful in the past.

The momentum of the person is completely a breath, and now that the prince has lost his position, the queen has no support at all, and the whole body is full of despair, and the real down-and-out phoenix is not as good as a chicken, or a soup chicken.

Behind her, two palace maids also stood solemnly in the rain, not daring to move, letting the raindrops the size of beans fall on her face.

"Your Majesty, are you really so ruthless? indiscriminately punished Xun'er's crimes, he is innocent, don't you even give the concubine a chance to defend himself? The queen was isolated a few feet away from the imperial study by the Imperial Forest Army, and begged at the door of the imperial study.

The queen is powerful in the court, so she has always been arrogant, she never dreamed that the emperor would raid the prince's mansion with the power of thunder, directly cure the prince's crime, and dispatch the city guards outside the city, hundreds of miles and nine soldiers and horses, so she did not get the news in advance, and it was a step too late after knowing it.

The power behind her controls less than half of the court, but only fails to control the military power, and now I hear that the old general has led troops to block the four city gates, even if he is happy in the palace, it will not help. She sensed the danger of the edifice collapsing. She was a smart woman, so she immediately lowered her posture and begged in a low voice at the door of the study, hoping that the emperor would open the net and forgive the prince's sins. Stay in the green mountains, not afraid of no firewood, as long as you can keep the position of the prince, then it is only a matter of time before the tables are turned over.

However, she underestimated the ruthlessness of a man as a king, and the emperor didn't look at her, but only waved his hand tiredly at a few people in the imperial study.

Several people immediately understood the emperor's meaning, and after kneeling down, Yuguan withdrew from the imperial study.

"Xiao Jiu, you stay for a while." The emperor suddenly spoke coldly behind him.

Bailijiu stopped, and Noah walked past him, gestured to the outside of the palace, and motioned to wait outside the palace gate.

"Noah stay, too." The emperor opened his mouth and said: "It's windy and rainy outside, and you have nowhere to go." ”

Nuoya was stunned, the emperor must have something important to discuss when he left Bailijiu, is it appropriate to stay by himself?

"Come in both of you." The emperor stretched out his fingertips and rubbed his brows, and sighed lowly.

Bailijiu and Noah all stayed, covering the door behind them.

"Now there are no outsiders here, sit down." The emperor pointed to the chair next to him, and after Baili Jiu and Noya thanked the emperor, they sat upright, and Baili Jiuyi changed his usual hip-hop, with a serious face.

The emperor leaned back on the dragon chair and half-closed his eyes. Slightly old-fashioned.

"I've already asked Fengchi about Noah." The emperor said straight to the point: "I am very relieved that Noah was able to maintain his original intention and save Qingchen's life from the killer. So, let the sins you have committed in the past be written off. ”

Noah lowered her head, not knowing what the emperor meant. Did he say that he was not coerced by the Killer Pavilion, or did he not drag his feet too much on Chu Qingchen's matter, strengthened his thoughts, and followed Feng Chi's advice and stayed away from the capital?

She respectfully thanked the emperor for his kindness.

"At first, I was very worried that Xiao Jiu and Qingchen would have a gap because of you, and I couldn't take care of the overall situation. Fortunately, Xiao Jiu, you didn't disappoint me, but Qingchen and him...... Alas, I don't know when I will get through this calamity. ”

Bailijiu and Noah did not speak and remained silent.

The emperor clenched his fist with his hand, pressed it to his lips, and coughed softly twice. Noya hurriedly got up, poured a cup of herbal tea from the side and handed it to the emperor. The emperor took it, took a sip, and barely suppressed the discomfort at the tip of his throat. The tired and haggard look on his face looked like an ordinary elder, without the fierceness and domineering of Noah when he first saw him.

"Today, when I say this, I am saying it as an old father, Xiao Jiu, if Qingchen has any absurdities in the future, can you tolerate and understand him and support him as always?"

These words obviously revealed his partiality as a father, Baili Jiu had no choice, and nodded categorically: "Second brother, he has hills and valleys in his chest and is tolerant of all things, I believe that he will not be obsessed with it for too long, and he will definitely have enlightenment and understand your hard work." As long as he doesn't touch my bottom line, Nuoya and I are willing to do our best for me. ”

The emperor's eyes were full of love and gratification when he looked at Baili Jiu: "Qing Xun and Qing Xiu are both my children, and they have taught and studied the books of sages since they were children, but they are not as good as Xiao Jiu, you understand righteousness and are open-minded. Otherwise, I wouldn't have to do that. ”

As soon as he came up today, the emperor gave Baili Jiu a few sweet dates to eat, and Noah muttered to himself, what did he want to do? Why does it look like he wants to let Baili Jiu go to the soup and fire.

Baili Jiu grinned: "Several imperial brothers are all dragons and phoenixes among people, not like me." ”

The emperor smiled and didn't speak, but wrote a few words on the case with a pen, folded it neatly, put it in an envelope on the side, and sealed it with fire paint.

"Xiao Jiu, I left you today because I want to explain to you to do three things, personally, it must be you."