Chapter 12: Chongsakura Palace
For some, it's been quite a long night. Not to mention the failure of the assassination, the other party also showed a posture of knowing and not panicking. This makes some people have to be suspicious in their hearts - could it be that their every move is under the control of the other party?
However, in any case, the assassination of key people in the dark has failed, and if you still want to deal with Huang Quan and Ling Ye, you must come up with a new strategy!
Ding Buwei, the mysterious man in black, and several other mysterious people, spent a torturous night in a basement. When they came out, their legs were limp, and their eyes were bloodshot.
Today's court must bring you down!
They are sure.
On the other hand, it is Huangquan Lingye them. They all slept well, got up, freshened up, ate early, and sat down in the hall and waited quietly. Huang Quan's rank is actually not very high, he is just a fourth-rank military attachΓ©, and he does not need to go to court every day. And since the other party has already reported to the emperor, Emperor Shenwu will naturally send someone to announce his entry into the palace.
The envoy in the palace came as scheduled and brought the decree of Emperor Shenwu: "I heard that there is something very important today, and I specially announced that Huang Quan, the general of Pingbei, brought Ling Ye and others of the wolf guard army to enter the palace immediately to face the saint!"
Huang Quan stood up and smiled slightly: "Then let's go!"
Since he was not going to fight, and besides, the court was by no means a place to fight, Huang Quan only took Ling Ye, the girl and a few relatives with him, and took two carriages to the imperial palace Chongying Palace in the north of the city. Lin Yuannan and the others could only stop at the door.
Lin Yuannan said to Ling Ye: "The palace is no better than other places, you must be extra careful! I just hate that we can't help, we can only wait here for your return!"
Ling Ye nodded, raised his hand to say goodbye to everyone, and set off with the carriage. He did not ride in the carriage, but rode a horse and followed the carriage in which the girl was riding, beware of the other dog's dog jumping over the wall in a hurry, and there would be another assassination on the way.
After walking for a while, there was a snap, and the girl sitting in the carriage lifted the beaded curtain of the window and glanced at Ling Ye, with a worried look in her eyes.
Ling Ye rushed forward and asked with his eyes. The girl looked at him straight for a while, and asked in a low voice, "I heard them call you Brother Ling." Your name is ......?"
Ling Ye nodded: "Ling Ye!"
The girl snorted and said slowly, "My name is He Xiaoyan!"
This is the name of an ordinary folk girl, so common that there may be tens of thousands of women with this name in the entire Silver Moon Empire. Ling Ye didn't care, only nodded, and continued to ask with his eyes.
Did you call me just to exchange names?
He Xiaoyan said faintly, "Brother Ling, thank you for everything. You've saved me twice, and I can't repay me even if I am a cow or a horse......"
Ling Ye shook his head: "Don't say these words. If you say anything more, I'll turn around and leave. β
He Xiaoyan didn't say anything more, looked at him for a while, and then said, "Brother Ling, I have never been to the palace, let alone seen the emperor. Now it's because of this to enter the palace...... You say, if people like us go in, can we still get out well?"
Ling Ye said lightly: "Yes, as long as I can come out, I will definitely bring you out." If I help you, I will help you to the end. β
He Xiaoyan sighed lightly: "I only heard that it is difficult to enter the palace, and it is even more difficult to leave the palace......!
Ling Ye said lightly: "Don't think nonsense. Sit well!"
He Xiaoyan snorted. Ling Ye said again: "If you are really grateful to me for helping you, then please do something for me!"
He Xiaoyan's face turned red all of a sudden, but she immediately agreed: "Please say, as long as it is your Big Brother Ling's request, no matter what it is, I will do it for you!"
"Good!"
Ling Ye looked at the north with his eyes level, and said lightly: "When you see the emperor, remember, he is just a person, don't be afraid, just like seeing the owner of a vegetable stall when you go to the street to buy vegetables." "Butterfly
He Xiaoyan was stunned for a while, and then slowly replied: "Okay! I will definitely remember!"
After a while, the carriage came to the palace gate. The Imperial Forest Army guarding the gate stopped the carriage and said to Huang Quan: "General Huang, you can go in, but the rest of the people can't go in yet!"
Huang Quanqi said: "Is there such a thing? Your Majesty's holy decree is clearly written, asking me to bring these people into the palace together!"
The Imperial Forest Army said, "Then did you bring the Holy Decree?"
Huang Quan was stunned for a moment. Who entered the palace to see the emperor with a holy decree?
He thought about it for a moment, and then said, "Okay, then I'll go in by myself." These people I brought, let's stay outside first!"
He said a few words to Ling Ye and a few relatives, and hurriedly entered the door by himself. The Imperial Guards waited for him to pass, and then blocked the palace gate.
Seeing this situation, Ling Ye expected a little bit in his heart, and he didn't say much, and followed the carriage back to the side and waited outside the palace gate.
The opponent is a cunning and cunning man, he is about to enter the door, and he still has to play such a hand!
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"Huangquan Aiqing, I announced that you are here, do you know why?" On the Taihe Palace, the high Shenwu Emperor asked slowly.
After Huang Quan finished saluting, he bowed down and said, "Wei Chen has heard that it is for the wolf guards to beat people at night. Presumably, Wechen is now the defendant?"
Emperor Shenwu said slowly: "Not bad. Zhao Daquan, the commander of the cavalry battalion, sued you for harboring the criminal who beat their soldiers, and Ding Ding, the squire of the military department, did not do anything, and accused you of harboring the culprit who seriously injured his child. Do you have any justification for that?"
Huang Quan replied: "Wechen is bold, and I beg Your Majesty to allow Wechen to look at the two books. β
Emperor Shenwu waved his head at the eunuch beside him. The eunuch lowered his eyebrows, walked down the steps with the two of them in his hand, and presented them to Huang Quan. Huang Quan took it and looked at it carefully, returned it to the eunuch, bowed down and said: "Your Majesty, most of the ministers don't agree with the words of these two families. β
Emperor Shenwu said: "Zhun Qing defends, let's say!"
Huang Quan told the truth about the events of the day, and finally bowed down and said: "Your Majesty, what Weichen said is true, and there is no half a lie. If there is a lie, it is the crime of deceiving the king, and Weichen will never dare!"
Emperor Shenwu nodded: "If it is as you say, then Zhao Daquan and Ding Buwei are deceiving me?"
Weichen didn't dare to judge without permission. β
"Then, does Aiqing have any evidence?"
Huang Quan said: "Yes, first, this is what Wei Chen saw with his own eyes; second, Ling Ye came thousands of miles to meet His Majesty at the behest of His Majesty, unarmed, and there was a whole team of soldiers of the cavalry battalion beside him, and it was expected that it would be difficult to match. If there is no major reason, how can you hurt someone?"
Emperor Shenwu said: "Aiqing, these are just one-sided words for the time being. Do you have any other evidence?"
"Yes! Wechen did keep the person concerned in the middle of the night, and also took in the people in question, she is the biggest witness! It's just that they belong to civilians, and without His Majesty's summons, Wechen didn't dare to bring them into the palace without authorization, so they only let them wait outside the palace gate. β
Emperor Shenwu waved his hand and said, "Then Xuan come in!"
The two eunuchs immediately went out. Although there were many people in the court, it was silent at this time, and there was not even a cough.
Everyone knows that this is just the beginning!
After a while, the two eunuchs reported: "Your Majesty, there are no others waiting outside the palace gate!