Xiao Ze came to the Qianqing Palace.

He was accompanied by the messenger of the border who had traveled thousands of miles and was described as embarrassed.

At the sight of him, the Messenger's face changed.

Xiao Ze was proud, and under the orders of his father-in-law, he entered the hall first.

In the hall, Emperor Xiao Jingyin was sitting on the dragon chair.

Xiao Jingyin is forty-five this year, and he is not young.

Perhaps because of proper maintenance, he does not look old, but has a sense of majesty of a dragon and a phoenix.

Xiao Ze walked to the bottom of the dragon seat and knelt down respectfully.

"Son Xiao Ze see his father, long live his father, long live his father."

Xiao Jingyin was condescending and looked at this son with no expression.

Once upon a time, he liked Xiao Ze.

I feel that this son is smart and filial, although his background is not high, it is unlikely that he will inherit the treasure in the future, but it is more than enough to be crowned a prince to assist the new king.

I didn't expect him to be so stupid.

The emperor actually doesn't mind that his sons are ambitious, it's normal to be ambitious, but ambition and stupidity, being born in the royal family is a disaster for themselves.

In the past, Xiao Jingyin saw some cleverness, but it was just some of his little cleverness.

At this time, the foundation of the Dayuan Kingdom was not stable, Xiao Jingxing was the backbone of the old ministers in the court, and even he, the emperor, did not dare to move him easily, but Xiao Ze did not think enough to send someone to assassinate Xiao Jingxing.

If he succeeds, it will be enough, he will push the boat along the river and help him to ascend to the throne, and he will never let down this son.

But the result?

He failed.

If you become a king or lose, if you have the courage to do it, you must have the courage to bear the consequences.

He saved his life and demoted him to a commoner, it was already for the sake of the father and son, and he was extrajudicial to him, not only was he grateful, but he also united with foreign enemies and betrayed the secrets of our army, in a vain attempt to burn this fire to the head of the entire Dayuan country, and use the entire country as his stepping stone.

How stupid and hateful!

Hadn't he heard of luring wolves into the house?

At this time, in addition to disappointment, the emperor's heart also had a feeling of hating iron but not steel.

But he can't say anything about these feelings.

As an emperor, he must be able to be indistinguishable from his mood and anger, so that people cannot guess his plans and thoughts.

He did this, and Xiao Ze, who was standing at the bottom, also felt it this way.

As a result, his sons never knew what he was thinking, his kindness turned into disgust for his sons, and his forbearance turned into indifference in the eyes of his sons.

Misunderstandings stack up step by step, until they fall into a quagmire, and it is difficult to turn back.

The Emperor closed his eyes and swallowed the surging blood in his chest.

He asked in a deep voice, "You said you have something important to tell me, what is it?" ”

When he asked this, he thought silently in his heart.

Just give him one last chance.

If he is standing here today and is not talking about the layout of the border defense, then even if he collaborates with the enemy and treason, he can still spare his life for the sake of his son, even if he has not caused major losses to the country at present.

But if he did......

Then, even if he is the emperor, he can no longer be forgiven.

In a high position, he can't do whatever he wants, he always cares about the eyes of others, and he also needs to serve the public.

I only heard Xiao Ze bow down and said: "Father, the son does have something important to report, the son got the news a few days ago, the Southern Tang Dynasty came to attack on the border, the army pushed directly, and the Yun family army sent out by the father was defeated, on the surface, the Yun family army was defeated by the Southern Tang army, but in fact, someone colluded with foreign parties and dedicated our border defense layout to the Southern Tang Emperor, which led to the defeat of the southern army. ”

The Emperor's heart sank.

The fingers placed under the table trembled slightly.

Even looking at Xiao Ze's gaze, he couldn't help but have a deep anger.

It's a pity that Xiao Ze was lowering his head at this time and didn't see his eyes.

Coupled with the fact that he was now full of excitement about to bring down the Yun family and implicate Xiao Jingxing, how could he notice the emperor's expression?

The emperor closed his eyes, and his heart seemed to have been hit hard by something, and it hurt sullenly.

He could only say, "Oh? Then you tell me, who betrayed the military intelligence? Who colluded with foreign parties to steal the border defense map? ”

Xiao Zelang said: "It's the Yun family!" The anti-deployment map over there has always been in Yun Qingshan's hands, Yun Qingshan ostensibly sent troops to defend against the enemy this time, but in fact, he had already colluded with the Emperor of the Southern Tang Dynasty, and he took pity on the hundreds of thousands of soldiers of my Dayuan Kingdom, so he was handed over to the Southern Tang Emperor by this chaotic minister and thief, and became a victim of their struggle for power and profit, so the sons and daughters asked their father to immediately arrest Yun Qingshan, arrest everyone in the Yun family and send them to prison, and they must give an explanation to the soldiers and sons who died in our army! Don't let their blood shed in vain and chill the hearts of tens of thousands of soldiers on the border! ”

His speech was impassioned.

As if he really saw it with his own eyes, Yun Qingshan colluded with foreign parties and harmed the soldiers of the Great Yuan Kingdom.

The emperor couldn't help but laugh when he looked at it.

The smile was a little cold, a little disappointed, a little sarcastic, and finally turned into an impenetrable indifference.

"Very good, I don't know, your news is even better than mine, the border messenger's eight-hundred-mile urgent information has not yet been submitted to my case, you already know the news of Yunqingshan's defeat, it seems that I am not as competent as the emperor as you and the common people!" Isn't it not only necessary to put Yun Qingshan in prison, but also to go down and give you an explanation?! ”

When it came to the last sentence, he couldn't help it after all, and slapped one hand heavily on the case, and his tone was angry.

Xiao Ze was startled, and looked up at him in disbelief.

He didn't expect that at this time, what his father cared about was not the news of the defeat, but why he knew it before him, the emperor.

He had waited for the messenger to come in and give a message, and then he would have come forward.

It's that he's too anxious.

Xiao Ze hurriedly knelt down and admitted his mistake.

"Erchen doesn't dare, please calm his father's anger, the reason why Erchen will know in advance is because ...... It's because ......"

"Because of what?"

The emperor's tone became more and more angry, with a faint majesty that belonged to the emperor alone.

Xiao Ze's cold sweat dripped down his forehead, and after thinking for a while, he only thought about it, and only came up with one sentence, "It's because Erchen was not worried about the border war earlier, and sent someone over to investigate, originally wanted to share the worries of his father, but he didn't expect to learn the news of Yun Qingshan's rebellion, and the messenger may have been delayed on the road, so he came back late, please, please ask my father to punish him." ”

As he spoke, he slammed his head down.

Xiao Ze knew that his reason was very lame.

The border messengers are all on the eight-hundred-mile expedited channel, which will only be faster than ordinary people, and it is impossible to be delayed.