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Seeing Tang Ling, Tang Yu said with a smile: "Sister Xiang!"

Shangguan Xiu also bowed his hand and said, "Your Highness!"

Tang Ling stood still in front of Shangguan Xiu, just looking at him with a smile, but he didn't mean to ask him to be flat.

After a while, she said slowly: "Shangguan Xiu, your performance today is really brilliant, not only did you perform well in the Capture the Flag Competition, but you also saved your father at the last moment, and the addition of an official to the knighthood is just around the corner, this palace should congratulate you!"

Shangguan Xiu maintained a gesture of bowing his hand and said, "Her Royal Highness the princess is serious, and the villain can't afford it." ”

Tang Ling smiled indifferently, his gaze wandered, fell on Tang Yu's face, and asked with a smile: "When did Brother Yu recruit such a great subordinate, why didn't you let Sister Xiang know?"

Tang Yu didn't know that Tang Ling had met Shangguan Xiu, and he couldn't hear the sarcasm in her words.

He smiled and said: "Sister Xiang, Ah Xiu is a mentor and friend I only met recently, and I have also benefited a lot from getting along with Ah Xiu." ”

"You can see it. Tang Ling smiled, didn't say anything more, she glanced at Shangguan Xiu deeply, and walked over.

Due to the assassination, all the students who participated in the Capture the Flag were placed under house arrest in the school military field, and the nearby Central Army rushed to hear the news and surrounded the huge school military field.

Even Shangguan Xiu, Luo Ren and others, who had meritorious service in rescuing the driver, were no exception, and they were both under house arrest in the school's military field.

Until the evening of the day, the leader of the Praetorian Guard came to the military field of the school to give an order, taking away the Shura team led by Shang Guanxiu and the first team of the Imperial Lingwu Academy led by Qi Fei.

Walking with the leader of the Praetorian Guard to the outside of the school's military field, Shangguan Xiu asked curiously, "This general, where are you taking us?"

The leader of the Praetorian Guard glanced back at Shangguan Xiu, and of course he did not ignore the sword of the Son of Heaven hanging under his side, and he said politely: "Your Majesty has set up a banquet in the palace, and you princes are invited to the palace for dinner. ”

Hearing this, Shangguan Xiu, Qi Fei and the others were all happy.

Qi Fei took two steps forward, walked to the leader of the Praetorian Guard, and asked with concern, "How is Your Majesty?"

"Your Majesty is only a little frightened, and it is fine. ”

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief one after another.

The imperial palace is located in the center of the capital city, which is resplendent and solemn. Walking into it, the ground is all marble, surrounded by armor guards, three steps, one post, five steps and one sentry, and the patrolling Praetorian Guard warriors are in waves one after another.

In the main hall of the palace, Tang Peng set up a banquet, which was attended by Tang Ling, Tang Yu and several ministers and generals of Zhengyipin.

When Shangguan Xiu and the others walked into the main hall, there were three ministers kneeling in the center of the main hall, all of them lying on the ground with their hands on the ground, their heads lowered, and they did not move.

Tang Peng looked at Shangguan Xiu and the others, waved his hand slightly, and some guards stepped forward and led them to their respective seats.

Shangguan Xiu and Qi Fei's seats were at the end of the first row, while Luo Ren and the others had no place in the first row at all, and they all sat in the second row.

After they were all seated, Tang Peng, who had already changed into a new dragon robe, sat on the dragon chair in the main hall and asked in a deep voice, "Peng Ji, Qiu Ce, Gu Yue, do you three have something to say to me?"

Shangguan Xiu is no stranger to these three names, the three of them are the three giants of the Duwei Mansion, the three general commanders of the Duwei Battalion, Tianyan, and the Earth Network.

The three of them are not of high rank, but they hold great power, even the ministers of the first rank are polite when they see them, but now in front of Tang Peng, the three of them are like mice seeing cats, and they don't dare to breathe.

Peng Ji, the commander of the Duwei Battalion, raised his head slightly, and said respectfully: "Your Majesty, the captured assassin has already confessed. ”

"What did the Assassins say?"

"Their assassination was premeditated......"

"I know that the assassin was premeditated!" Before Peng Ji could finish speaking, Tang Peng had already interrupted: "What I want to know now is what the identity of the assassin is, what his origin, and who he was instructed by!"

"This ......" Peng Ji hesitated for a moment and said in a low voice: "Qiu Dutong knows this matter better than Weichen. ”

Tang Peng's eyes turned and looked at Qiu Ce, the general commander of the Heavenly Eye. He said in a deep voice: "Qiu Ce, you say!"

Qiu Ce's brows tightened, he took a deep breath, and said, "These assassins are all from the Imperial Spirit Martial Academy, they met in an anti-aristocratic gathering...... Speaking of this, he subconsciously looked at Tang Yu.

"An anti-aristocratic assembly, so what is it?" Tang Ling asked with a puzzled face.

"It is a gathering organized by the students of the Imperial Lingwu Academy and the Imperial Academy, and its nature is to attack the nobility and the imperial court. ”

Tang Ling glanced at Tang Peng and said with a calm face: "There is such a big and unruly assembly in the Imperial Spirit Martial Academy and the Imperial Academy, and you all Wei Mansion didn't even know about it in advance?"

Qiu Ce hurriedly said: "Back to Your Majesty and Her Royal Highness the Princess, Wei Chen has already started to investigate the assembly organized by the students......

Tang Ling said angrily: "Since you have already investigated the rally, why didn't you arrest those students, and why did you still connive at those students to sneak into the Capture the Flag Competition, could it be that you are hiding evil intentions, deliberately covering up, and trying to use the hands of students to disadvantage Your Majesty?"

Her words scared Qiu Ce's cold sweat out. When Tang Ling said this, it was tantamount to asking for his life! He hurriedly kowtowed forward and said in a trembling voice: "Your Majesty, even if Weichen has great courage, he will not dare to do such a rebellious thing!"

"Then you say, why didn't you seal the assembly as soon as possible, why did you turn a blind eye and ignore it?" Tang Peng questioned in a deep voice.

He felt that what Tang Ling said was not unreasonable, and in this matter, Tianyan did have an unshirkable responsibility.

Qiu Ce wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and said: "Your Majesty said before that the Imperial Lingwu Academy and the Imperial Academy are the cradle of the pillars of the great wind, even if it is the Duwei Mansion, you must stay away from the Imperial Lingwu Academy and the Imperial Academy...... It was not immediately sealed after discovering the student assembly. Moreover, in the student assembly, the students who participated only expressed their dissatisfaction with the nobility, and did not excessively advocate and act, in addition...... In addition......"

"What's the other thing, you say it quickly!" Tang Ling urged impatiently.

Qiu Ce kowtowed and said, "Your Majesty, Weichen doesn't dare to say it!"

Tang Peng slapped the table and said angrily: "These students have already dared to assassinate me, what else do you dare not say now?"

The cold sweat on Qiu Ce's forehead was even more, and he said in a trembling voice: "Your Majesty, ...... other In addition, His Royal Highness King Yu also went to the rally. ”

This sentence made the faces of everyone present change greatly. Including Shangguan Xiu.

It was only at this time that he suddenly realized a very serious problem, the students who participated in the assembly went to assassinate the Son of Heaven, and Tang Yu did participate in the rally, so wouldn't it be natural for people to guess that Tang Yu was the mastermind behind the scenes?

This is the crime of killing kings!

Qiu Ce swallowed his spit and continued: "Assassin...... The Assassins confessed that they were instructed to assassinate His Majesty, and that was ...... It's His Royal Highness King Yu......"

"It's a bunch of nonsense! It's just a bunch of nonsense!" Tang Peng's face turned red with anger, and he slapped the dragon book case repeatedly.

Tang Yu is his favorite prince and his most trusted prince, what kind of person is Tang Yu, he believes that no one knows better than himself, how could Tang Yu bewitch students and assassinate himself?

Qiu Ce was so frightened that his face was like ashes, he kowtowed again and again, and said in a trembling voice: "Weichen deserves 10,000 deaths!

Tang Ling took the opportunity to shoot the case, and scolded in a loud voice: "Qiu Ce, you deserve to die, you actually framed the prince, where are the Praetorian Guards?

As she spoke, the sound of armor outside the door of the main hall sounded, and four Praetorian Guard warriors entered from outside.

Qiu Ce shouted loudly: "Your Majesty, Your Highness, Wechen is wronged, everything Wechen said came from the mouth of the assassin, and His Royal Highness King Yu participated in the assembly, and it was also witnessed by the Tianyan secret agent......

Tang Peng raised his hand to stop the Praetorian Guards walking towards Qiu Ce, he slowly turned his head, looked at Tang Yu sitting on his left hand, and asked, "Yu'er, is there such a thing?"

Tang Yu came back to his senses, he got up from the table, walked around the table, walked to the center of the main hall, knelt on his knees, and said: "Father, Erchen did participate in the student assembly, but Erchen went to Weifu for a private visit, and it was definitely not to bewitch the students to assassinate his father. ”

By saying this, he confirmed Qiu Ce's accusations. When Tang Peng heard this, he sat on the dragon chair, looked at Tang Yu who was kneeling below, and was speechless for a long time.

Tang Yu hurriedly said: "Father, what the sons said is true, the sons just want to know what the students are thinking, why they want to go to the assembly, why they are dissatisfied with the nobles and the court, and the sons want to share their worries for their father......"

Before he could finish speaking, Tang Peng had already waved his hand, signaling that he didn't need to say any more.

The old emperor suddenly seemed to be more than ten years old, the assassin came from the student assembly, and Tang Yu went to participate in the student assembly, if there is nothing to do with the two, who would believe it?

Shangguan Xiu, who was sitting at the end, couldn't hold back any longer, he leaned over and said, "Your Majesty, the villain has something to say!"

Tang Peng raised his eyes to look at Shangguan Xiu, and when he saw that the person who spoke was him, his face softened slightly, and he raised his head and said, "Shangguan Aiqing has something to say, please speak!"

"Your Majesty, the villain also went to the student assembly!"

"What?" Tang Peng and the ministers present all stared at him in disbelief.

Shangguan Xiu continued: "The reason why the villain participated in the student assembly was because he infiltrated as a secret agent of the Duwei Mansion, and at this point, Lord Qiu should be able to help the villain testify!"

Qiu Ce hurriedly said: "Back to Your Majesty, there is indeed such a thing, Shangguan Xiu was indeed assigned by Lord Cheng of the Deputy Capital to secretly infiltrate the assembly to investigate. ”

Tang Peng's face softened a lot when he heard this, and he asked, "In that case, Shangguan Aiqing should know everything about the situation of the rally?"