"Ugh …" A corner of the night wind ruthlessly kicked Lu Mao's knees. Lu Mao bent his knees and suddenly kneeled on the ground. Feng Yunzheng indicated that it was the night wind that tore off the rag in his mouth.
"Cough cough, cough cough …" Lu Mao coughed forcefully, "You, you, Feng Yunzheng, you're too, too despicable. You actually, cough, cough, bought and arranged so many people in Pingzhou!"
Feng Yunzheng looked down at the struggling people kneeling on the ground and said, "This duke knows that your Pingzhou is the den of the tiger, so of course this duke will make some arrangements first. Otherwise, won't there be no return?"
"Humph!" "I, Lu Mao, am also a man. Now that I have fallen into your hands, if I want to kill you, I will do as you say. I am not the least bit afraid of you." Lu Mao's face was tense and taut as he stared at Feng Yunzheng with a pair of scarlet eyes.
"The end of my anger is nothing to fear." Feng Yunzheng saw Lu Mao's air and spirit as dung.
"You!" Lu Mao's face was flushed red.
Feng Yunzheng continued to speak to the emperor. "Royal father, the reason Prince An Ping gave the world is that while going to Pingzhou to enforce the Eunuch Order, he also killed his son Lu Mao and did not put the Lu family in his eyes.
However, the truth is that this son of mine had already been hunted down by the assassins sent by King An Qing even when he was still in Qing Nan. Furthermore, he craftily turned the assassins he had arranged into King An Qing, trying to make me think that it was King An Qing who wanted to kill me. "
"Your majesty, this point can be testified at the beginning. At that time, when my daughter went to find Your Highness at Jinli Inn, and coincidentally met with him assassinating at this moment, my daughter came forward to help, and even she almost became a spirit of death. Fortunately, she was only injured, and if it was really my father who sent the assassin to assassinate Your Highness, they wouldn't even kill me." Pan Ruochi said as he took two steps forward.
Lian Ruyue, who was standing opposite of him, couldn't help but slowly look at Pan Ruochen.
They saw that Pan Ruochu was very protective of the Ninth Prince, and she even took a step towards him.
Feng Yunzheng continued, "And in Pingzhou, if it wasn't for me being on guard, it wouldn't have been me bringing Lu Mao over to be a proton, but rather a proton under house arrest in Pingzhou."
Feng Yunzheng recounted in detail how he was poisoned by Lu Mao, and how he left Pingzhou.
"Royal father, Duke of Xiao, for your own selfish reasons, for the sake of targeting this son and subject, did not hesitate to provoke the imperial government. If you truly deserve to die for a thousand crimes, please make the decision, royal father!"
"Your Majesty, things have come to this point. This has completely proven that the Ninth Prince has never failed to live up to the expectations of the Emperor. Not only did he carry out the Medallion of Deferment, he also made King Anqing take the initiative to dismiss the margravine, resolving a great danger for the court and saving a huge sum of money. This is a great achievement for the emperor, it is beneficial for the government, and it is also beneficial for the citizens.
However, the Duke of Xiao, as an important official, had acted again and again, from wrongly accusing King An Qing to inciting King An Ping to raise the army, to stir up the relationship between the Emperor and his son, and to stir up the peace of the imperial court.
Your majesty, your majesty, this matter must be strictly dealt with! " The Ministry of Justice's side stepped forward and kneeled on the ground, reprimanding him righteously!
"Zhang Jingzhi!" Xiao Zhenhai also scolded angrily, "Don't you dare scold me like that! Your majesty, your majesty, Ninth Prince's letters were indeed written by this old official. However, the letter that made King Anping raise the army was not written by this old official, even if this old official had 100 times the guts, he would not dare to write it! Your majesty, this old official has fought in Liao Prefecture for so many years just for the peace of the imperial court and the safety of the people. He was this old official's father-in-law. If he were to raise the army, it would not benefit this old official in the slightest, your majesty! The Emperor is wise! "
"Then what about this …" Seeing that Xiao Zhenhai had denied everything, Feng Yunzheng took out another piece of evidence and threw it in front of everyone, "Royal father, this military map was created by the third son of the Duke of Xiao, Xiao Hu. In the past, Imperial Father greatly rewarded Xiao Hu's talents.
However, this son clearly remembers that when I first read this internal strategy map, only royal father, your Xiao family, the eighth prince's brother, Feng Ye, and even this king had not seen it. But this time, this king actually found this map in Lushan's secret room.
"No wonder, no wonder King An Ping dared to start the army in such a short time, he actually has the secret support of Duke Xiao!"
As he spoke to here, Feng Yunzheng no longer dragged Feng Qianyue's body along. Instead, he aimed at the Duke of Xiao because he knew that Zhou Cheng Di hated brothers who crippled each other the most, so he deliberately avoided this point.
However, he knew that even if he stopped talking, his royal father would still think towards Feng Qianyue after he calmed down.
"That's not it, your majesty. This humble subject has never given King Anping this atlas …"
"Enough!" Zhou Cheng Di suddenly stood up from the dragon throne. He was furious. He slammed the cup in his hand towards Xiao Zhen Hai, causing him to bleed.
"Your Majesty …" Xiao Zhenhai fell to the ground, but immediately kneeled down again. He lowered his head, trembling, and allowed the blood to flow. His cheeks were completely red, but he didn't even dare to wipe it off!
Since when had the great Duke of Xiao ever been in such a sorry state? Lian Xiyue and Feng Yunzheng couldn't help but look at each other in tacit understanding. The two of them smiled at each other that only the other could understand.
They understood that no one knew how big of a game they had played in order to wait for Xiao Zhenhai to fall.
In reality, their plan had started from the moment Feng Yunzheng thought of the Eunuch Order. Naturally, this was something for the future.
The expression on Feng Qianyue's face gradually disappeared, but he forced himself to remain calm. The current situation was already very different from the Duke of Xiao and him, so he could no longer speak up for Xiao Zhenhai. He was already suspected of framing Feng Yunzheng.
He began to feel like an ant on a hot pan. He forced himself to calm down, to calm down a bit more, and how to escape from this unfavorable situation.
In order to regain the trust of the Emperor, he had put in so much effort that he couldn't let it all go to waste!
If he were to ruin it again, he would never be able to turn the tables!
He looked at Xiao Zhenhai. He wished that his father-in-law would do as he had imagined. If the situation reversed, he would acknowledge all his crimes and protect his son-in-law!
Zhou Cheng Emperor suddenly stood up with anger written all over his face. He pointed at Xiao Zhenhai and said:
"One by one, you treat me as a blind person, as a fool, as someone who disobeys the wishes of others, or as someone who is extremely pleasing to the eye. Do you really think that your actions are all for the sake of a single throne? Do I really think that I don't know anything?
I'm not dead yet, you guys are fighting till your heads are bleeding! Are all of you waiting for me to die?
Today, I will tell all of you clearly that none of you sitting here will be able to obtain my throne. I have long since made the decree of establishing a crown, so it is useless for any of you to fight for it!
And you!
Xiao Zhenhai, you are a prince and a great general. You are not worried about solving difficulties for me, but you are actually keen on the prince and forming gangs with him. You are trying to win over one prince and use all your efforts to harm the other prince. How dare you treat me as one of your chess pieces!
You are really bold! The crime was unpardonable!
Today, I will not let you off lightly, I will definitely punish you harshly!
Someone come, prepare the imperial edict. We want to immediately strip away all of Xiao Zhenhai's titles, strip off his official's uniform, and throw him into prison. The Xiao family will not be spared! "
"Your majesty, your majesty! This old subject has been wrongly accused! This old subject has been wrongly accused! This old subject didn't give this map to King Anping. Your majesty has made clear …" Xiao Zhenhai fell to the ground and looked helplessly at the emperor as he shouted loudly.
No, he, Xiao Zhenhai, was a grand duke, a mighty general that could shake the world. His Xiao family stood tall, dominating the capital. The Xiao family would not fall, and the Xiao family would not fall.
"Your majesty, this is a false accusation, this is a false accusation! Your majesty, this subject has always been loyal, this subject …"
"Xiao Zhenhai, one more word from you and I will immediately take your head and hang it on the city gates to show you who's boss!" Zhou Cheng Di raised his leg and kicked Xiao Zhen Hai's body. After Xiao Zhen Hai was kicked down, Zhou Cheng Di left with big strides!
Before he left, his gaze swept past Feng Qianyue, who was kneeling on the ground. Feng Qianyue felt as if he had fallen into an icehouse.
A cold wind blew, sending a chill down everyone's spines.
Xiao He sat on the floor with his back leaning against a bench in the corridor. He held a jug of wine in his hand and his entire body still reeked of alcohol. His eyes were filled with dejection.
"Second Young Master, Second Young Master, not good!" At this moment, Xiao He's attendant, Mu Bai, hurriedly ran over, and his legs went limp as he fell before Xiao He.
Xiao He raised his drooping eyelids as he asked indifferently, "What's the matter?"
"Master, the master is suspected of conspiring to rebel. Commander Jiang has already locked him up in the prison," Mu Bai gasped.
"What …" The wine jug in Xiao He's hand dropped to the ground, instantly awakening him from his drunken stupor. He abruptly stood up and said, "What did you say? How did it end up like this?"
"Um, this servant doesn't know if this matter is true or false. I heard that the lord wanted the emperor to punish His Highness Nine for doing something unfavorable, but somehow, the ninth prince suddenly came back. Not only that, he also brought Heir Lu Maozi back, and there's a large amount of evidence proving that the assassination of the emperor a few days ago was all his doing. Also, your grandfather also sent out troops, saying that this was also the result of Master's instigation …"
"Grandpa is fighting?" Xiao He stared blankly. These days, he had been immersed in the pain that caused Yue Er to die and wasn't in the mood to care about the outside world.