Chapter 557

Ji Xiu was different from others from beginning to end. At this time, he had a leisure mood of watching the excitement, and even felt quite relieved.

At this moment, Xia Tingzhen is forced into such a situation by the Duke of Zhenguo. Take a closer look. It's more like when he was pushed out to take the blame for the king of Xiang?

No, really, Xia Tingzhen was not so wronged as he was then——

At that time, he really had nothing to do with the Empress Dowager and knew nothing about all calculations. Now, Xia Tingzhen dare say that he didn't have his idea of poisoning the Duke of the town?

In the final analysis, it's just calculating others all year round and being eaten back!

He wants to see what the emperor will choose this time... If he Xia Tingzhen is serious, no one can move!

He would rather see the old fox who always seemed to be high above the world and didn't pay attention to everyone. He could calculate anyone and anything, and taste the taste of falling from a high place and losing everything.

"This matter is of great importance. Two Aiqing are my right-hand men..." emperor Qingming said solemnly: "I don't want to wrong anyone, let alone wronged anyone. I will find out the truth of this matter as soon as possible."

He said, looking at the Duke of the town, his face was full of guilt: "the Duke led his troops to Dongyuan to attack the Li nationality for Daqing and for me, but I asked the Duke to take this great risk. It's my fault... Can you still trust me now?"

With tears in his eyes, the Duke of the town hugged his fist: "Your Majesty is a monarch who wants to take his life to be loyal. Of course, I believe it!"

Ji Xiu's eyebrows trembled:... Good guy, he didn't know that the Duke of town had such good acting skills in the past—— Sure enough, no one can casually succeed?

"Well, since the Lord is still willing to believe me, you can rest assured to leave the matter to me for detailed investigation and disposal. I will give the LORD an explanation."

Emperor Qingming looked at the Duke of the town and said, "where is the present person?"

"Your Majesty, this man is just outside the Forbidden Palace. The old minister can't make his own decisions. Today, he is brought to your Majesty's disposal!"

Emperor Qingming nodded and turned to order the Chamberlain: "pass on my will and hand over the case to Dali temple and the arrest guard for investigation and trial."

The waiter came down.

Listening to these words, Xia Tingzhen's eyes changed a few times.

Emperor, what are you doing?

Do you want to make a show in front of all the officials, or use it as a means to stabilize the Duke of the town?

These are naturally not enough to be afraid. I'm afraid that the emperor's intention is not all like this

"Thank you, your majesty." the Duke of the town raised his hand and saluted again, with tears in his eyes and a hoarse voice: "the emperor wants to know that the old minister is a rough man. He always doesn't know how to beat around the Bush and play tricks. He only said one word. If he really wants to rebel, why wait until his age today?"

Everyone in the hall felt numb.

That's what the Duke of town dared to say

Ji Xiu secretly gritted his teeth - for so many years, he was cheated by the simple and bold appearance of the Duke of town. Unexpectedly, he really thought the other party was an old fool Bai Tian with no heart!

"In the eyes of the minister, nothing is more important than the stability of the Daqing River and mountain that I just decided to fight with the former Emperor in the East and the West!" the old man seemed to want to whitewash all the words buried in his heart, with heavy words and sentences: "The minister promised the former Emperor to keep the Daqing River and mountains well. He has been abiding by this promise all these years and admits that he has never dared to slack off one day -"

Speaking of this, he closed his eyes tremblingly and sighed: "but now, the minister is really old, and there is no one to trust in his grandchildren. The minister never wanted to support the army and respect himself, so he let the two sons of the family follow the literature... The minister originally planned to give the military talisman to the emperor after setting down the Li family this time, and choose someone who can take a big responsibility to command the Xu family army on behalf of the minister..."

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Emperor Qingming's eyes moved.

He can't tell whether this is true or false

However, whether true or false, his purpose is only one, that is to get back the military talisman——

The words of the Duke of the town continued. He turned to Xia Tingzhen: "... But I didn't expect to be nearly secretly harmed by this treacherous villain! How can the old minister trust to hand over the military power to his party members when there is such an unscrupulous person in the court? If this brings disaster to Daqing, how can the minister have the face to see the former Emperor!"

"...." Xia Tingzhen straightened her lips and looked at the excited old man coldly.

"Ten thousand steps back, I only want to spend my old age in peace now, not to mention that although the strange poison in my body keeps a crippled life, it also destroys the foundation of my body... If I am watched by this traitor again, my family will not be in danger?" the town is Fair: "if I can solve this problem, I can be at ease!"

Emperor Qingming heard the implication of these words.

In addition to asking for a so-called justice, the Duke of town is telling him... Are you willing to hand over military power in exchange for ensuring the safety of the whole family?

Just need a "peace of mind"?

Emperor Qingming moved his fingers on the letter paper.

If the other party is really willing to cooperate, he certainly doesn't mind showing some 'sincerity'

And if the other party is playing tricks with him

Emperor Qingming sneered at the bottom of his heart.

It's essential to be wary of nature, but even if the Duke of Zhenguo doesn't want it, he can't feel at ease to stay with him anymore

"I understand your painstaking efforts." the emperor promised, "since I promise to investigate this matter thoroughly, I will give you justice... If I find out that someone really wants to harm the Duke, I will not tolerate him first!"

The Duke of the town just said that Xia Tingzhen was cold all over. He really saw clearly... The other party's intention today was to use military power as bait to force the emperor to send him down!

If he was not afraid of the other party's move of yuepei, it's hard to say that he moved out of the military power at this time

After all, the emperor is greedy and stupid... He knows this better than anyone!

No——

He must keep the Emperor 'sober' and let the emperor know that all this is just a separatist plan of the Duke of Zhenguo and must not be fooled

At this time, the Duke of the town once again held the imperial edict and said sincerely: "Your Majesty sees important officials. He has a clear mind. But the granddaughter of the old minister has been pampered at home since childhood. I'm afraid it's not a good thing to really enter the palace... And the minister just wants her to marry a regular family so that she can live an ordinary life like the minister in the future."

That's enough steps.

Emperor Qingming listened to the words "in the future" and "ordinary days", showing a faint smile and said: "since the public's mind has been determined, I have no reason to force myself. This time, I'm really too abrupt and thoughtless. Please don't blame me."

"Your Majesty is serious." the Duke of the town said gratefully: "I thank your majesty for your success."

Emperor Qingming then signaled his internal attendants to come forward and take back the edict.