The crown prince also pleaded, "Yes, father, it must be Gong Qingcheng who made him disgusted, seeing that the palace family was beheaded all over the house, but Lord Ye was fine, so he wanted to slander him so that he could be dragged into the water." ”

Ye Zhao saw that the prince was speaking for himself, and he insisted that it was Gong Qingcheng who slandered him.

Syllable!

Suddenly, the pen holder on the imperial case was thrown to the ground and broken in half.

This was followed by a monstrous roar.

"Are you really fools?"

A burst of anger erupted, his eyes fell on the prince, his anger rose again, and he angrily pointed at him and shouted again: "And you!" You really think that I can favor you without restraint! ”

The prince's scalp tightened, his heart was shocked, and he knelt on the ground and didn't dare to say anything more.

The resentment towards Ye Zhao in his heart deepened.

The fire that had originally ignited in Ye Zhao's heart, when he heard the emperor scolding the prince, his heart felt like a basin of cold water had been poured on him.

My heart was half cold, and I said secretly.

What will happen to him if this charge is confirmed, and will he be demoted or dismissed?

It was not easy for him to sit firmly in the position of the head of the household, and he didn't want to be pulled down like this!

His eyes rolled and he glanced to the side, and now he had a plan and changed his tone.

"The emperor is angry, and the emperor forgives his sins! Minister, minister guilty! The sin deserves death! In fact, Gong Qingcheng held the minister hostage and threatened the minister, if he didn't help him hide, he would kill the minister, and the minister was forced to do so. ”

"Lord Ye was threatened by him? He is a gambler who gambles all day long, how can he hold hostage and threaten Lord Ye, who is accompanied by guards? ”

Li Su, who was kneeling on one knee, suddenly spoke.

He stared at Ye Zhao expressionlessly, waiting for him to answer.

Ye Zhao washed his cheeks like water, his face was covered with beads of sweat, and he raised his head slightly.

He said in a trembling voice: "He sneaked into the carriage, I, I just got beaten on the board, the back injury is not healed, and I don't have the strength to resist at all, so I was threatened by him." ”

Li Su asked again, "Then why didn't you report to the official and order someone to arrest him after you escaped?" ”

"I was afraid, afraid that I would be found guilty of hiding the son of a criminal minister, and I thought that Gong Changqing was once my in-laws, so I relented, so I didn't care about him anymore. But who knows, he was insatiable, lost all the money in gambling, and came to me again to ask me for money, and returned it, and threatened me with it. If I don't give it, he will break the jar and find someone to slander me, saying that I will give him money and a place to shelter criminals! ”

He spoke eloquently, sincerely, as if it were the truth.

Li Suhui's eyes were like torches, and he naturally knew that he was full of nonsense.

But.

He lowered his eyes and looked at Gong Qingcheng, who had already fainted in fright, and swallowed the words when they came to his mouth.

Ye Zhao is cunning and cunning, with a clever tongue, he can turn black into white.

And his words are clumsy, but clumsy and clever, and you can hear that he is really lying, but there is nowhere to question his words.

Gong Qingcheng was in a coma, and there was no way to question it.

Even if Gong Qingcheng wakes up and refutes his words, he will bite back and say that Gong Qingcheng slandered.

Therefore, without direct evidence to refute his claims, it simply will not work.

Hearing this, the emperor's angry face was still there, but he was just a pair of sharp eyes, dark and complex, making it impossible to figure out what he was thinking.

The resentment against Ye Zhao in the prince's heart has already reached its peak, and if he were ordinary, he would have given up on him a long time ago and would no longer care about him.

But now, the Wen family has been injured because of Xu Junying's incident, and it has not recovered yet, which means that he has a money bag for the time being, and now Ye Zhao is equivalent to his only money bag now.

There's no way he's going to let this money bag go too.

Hearing Ye Zhao's words, the resentment in his heart dissipated a little.

I had to ignore the risk of being scolded again and open my mouth.

"Father, no matter what, the son of the criminal has been arrested, so you can spare him this time."

He didn't say what it was, just like an ordinary son begging his father.

The emperor loves the prince the most in his heart, no matter how annoyed he is, he will rely on him in the end.

This time the matter is not big, but it is not small, so it is naturally up to him.

The emperor's eyebrows softened visibly, "Fortunately, not many people know about this matter, otherwise, even if you plead again, I will not spare him!" ”

Except for Li Su, everyone present was smiling.

"Thank you father, my father is the most generous." The prince knelt and smiled and patted his ass.

"Thank you for your kindness." Ye Zhao cried with joy, secretly relieved a breath of turbidity, and put his heart back into his stomach.

"Your Majesty, the lord of Qingya asks to see you."

The little eunuch walked in broken steps, and asked for instructions in his voice.

The emperor frowned slightly, "At this time, what is she doing here?" ”

Then he raised his hand, "Please let her in." ”

Ye Shuhua stepped into the imperial study and walked over.

The skirt swayed with the steps, drawing a beautiful arc in the air.

When she approached, she knelt down and bowed with a solemn expression, and bowed.

Seeing this, the emperor's eyebrows couldn't help jumping suddenly, remembering the first time she took out the eldest princess's suicide note when she made such a big salute, and begged herself for a peace.

This time, she is acting like this again, what is this to come up with, what is it asking for?

The emperor was apprehensive and looked at her, "Hua'er, what are you doing here?" ”

"Your Majesty, Lord Ye is secretly hiding criminals, are you going to bypass him like this?" Ye Shuhua raised her eyes, looked at him with a pair of clear watery eyes, and asked rhetorically.

The tone is soft, but there is an atmosphere that cannot be refused.

The emperor's face was stunned when he was asked, and an embarrassed look appeared in his eyes, and he replied unconsciously.

"Of course, Ye Zhao's crime of hiding criminals is unforgivable, but he is forced to be helpless, and he can deal with it as appropriate."

After saying that, I realized that it was wrong, why did I explain this to her.

Immediately, his face sank, his eyes were glowing with cold light, and his majesty rose again.

"Are you questioning me?"

Ye Shuhua was not afraid of majesty at all, and said indifferently: "The courtiers don't dare." Even so, the courtiers are also here to implore the emperor not to blame the courtiers, because the courtiers also hid criminals, but they were also forced to be helpless. ”

With that, she clapped her hands.

Soon, Zhu Qing pressed a person into the imperial study.

But I saw that the person who was pressed was none other than the Ye Gong clan!

Ye Zhao's pupils shook in fright at the moment, and his face turned white.

The brain was also at a loss as if it had been hit by a drumstick.

At the same time, a question quickly flashed through my mind.

What did she want to do, why did she risk her life to save the Ye Gong clan!

Suddenly, an extremely bad premonition crept out of his back, and finally spread throughout his body.

He was flustered and short of breath, drenched in cold sweat.

The prince reacted very quickly, and immediately pointed at Ye Shuhua and roared, "Presumptuous! Ye Shuhua, you actually resisted the decree, and even deceived the king, rescued and hid the Ye Gong clan! How daring! Don't you want to live! ”

The emperor is as heavy as ink, and in a pair of sharp eyes, there seems to be a turbulent wave, as if it is about to explode.

The surrounding air is directly suppressed to the extreme, and it is almost impossible to breathe.

The prince, Li Su, and Ye Zhao all looked nervous, and their eyes showed fear.

It seems to be facing an unprecedented storm.

But only Ye Shuhua, with the same complexion and clear eyes, was not afraid of the emperor's anger that was about to overturn like mountains and seas.

"Your Majesty, the courtiers have a reason to save her." Ye Shuhua didn't pay attention to the prince at all, only raised his head and said to the emperor.

"What reason can you have!" The prince sneered coldly and sneered again.

The emperor's expression did not change, his eyes were heavy, and he fell on Ye Shuhua.

Didn't speak, but the surrounding air pressure was close to the limit again.

"Ye Gong is a witness to the courtier's daughter, so, she can't die!"

Ye Zhao, who was kneeling on the side, was full of doubts and worries when he heard this, as if a thunderclap sounded on the ground.

The heart that had originally landed was raised to his throat again, and his face was frozen in place with fear, and he even forgot to breathe.

It turns out that her real purpose is this, she is going to kill herself completely!

He shouldn't have been, he shouldn't have softened her heart in the first place and left her alive, he should have strangled her to death at that time!

Except for Ye Zhao, everyone was confused and didn't know why.

"Witnesses? What witness, Ye Shuhua, what are you talking about! The prince twisted his eyebrows, thinking that Ye Shuhua was afraid that he was not crazy.

There is no case, how can there be a witness.

Ye Shuhua's afterglow swept over Ye Zhao's reaction, a trace of darkness crossed his eyes, and then he met the emperor's sharp eyes again.

Raise your voice again with a crisp voice.

"Your Majesty, the courtiers want to sue Ye Zhao and the Ye Gong clan for poisoning their mother! Ye Gong is the witness of the courtier! ”

As soon as these words came out, Ye Zhao immediately collapsed to the ground in fright, and the prince stared at Ye Shuhua in disbelief with wide eyes.