Song Xing: I am cultivating immortals in Qingcheng Mountain

Chapter 574: The situation is turbulent and the storm is rising again
"Xiaolan, where is Li Chunfeng?"

At Xueluo Villa, Xiao Lingchen came over. Regarding Wu Xin's reaction, Xiao Se did not go directly to Xiao Lanwan, but went to find Xiao Lingchen.

After learning what Ye Wushang said, Xiao Lingchen would certainly not stand idly by.

"Brother, are you looking for Grandpa Li?"

Xiao Lanwan was a little surprised when she heard Xiao Lingchen asking about Li Chunfeng. Although she knew that Li Chunfeng had now broken through to the realm of Divine Wandering, in today's Apocalypse, a Divine Wandering could no longer influence the overall situation.

"Well, there are some things I want to ask him."

Seeing that Xiao Lingchen was very casual, Xiaolan didn't think of anywhere else. After thinking for a while, she casually mentioned a place.

Xiao Lingchen had actually told her a lot about Li Chunfeng before. Li Chunfeng, who went by the alias Iron-Mouthed Divine Calculator, was a retainer of their father. He was loyal to them and his siblings. He even saved them when they left the palace and only left a few years ago.

"Be careful when you go out these two days. Tianqi is getting more and more chaotic. A lot of students died in the past few days, and today another minister died. No one is sure if there will be more deaths tomorrow, and who will die."

"It's okay, Sister Luoxia will come with me."

Xiaolan knew that Xiao Lingchen was worried about her safety, so she didn't hide it and told him about Yin Luoxia.

"Fairy Luoxia."

Xiao Lingchen frowned slightly. He had heard of Yin Luoxia. Her current realm seemed to be quite high. She was a close friend of Li Hanyi and he had seen her in the past few days.

"Be more careful when you go out. Even though those who know you won't do anything to you, there may be some who don't know about you."

Seeing that her brother was speaking with great sincerity, Xiaolan smiled and nodded.

"I know, brother."

On the other side, in the imperial palace, Emperor Mingde’s roar resounded throughout the Yangxin Palace.

"Another person has died, and it's a minister of the imperial court. Are my Dali Temple and my government offices just for show?"

"Check!! Check for me!!"

"If he dares to kill an official appointed by the imperial court, I will not forgive him!!"

The eunuchs and palace maids in the palace hung their heads low and dared not even breathe, for fear that the emperor would vent his anger on them.

"Your Majesty, Minister of Rites Xu Kaihou requests to see you!!"

Outside the door, the eunuch on duty walked in with small steps and asked respectfully.

Emperor Mingde looked over, with some inquiry in his eyes.

He hadn't asked Xu Kaihou about the mess in the imperial examination a few days ago, but today the Minister of Rites came to him.

"Did Xu Kaihou say anything?"

The young eunuch shook his head.

"Your Majesty, Lord Xu only said that he wanted to see you for something important, but he didn't say what it was."

Emperor Mingde waved his hand.

"Let him in!!"

"Xu Kaihou, you still have the nerve to come see me?"

As soon as Xu Kaihou came in, he heard the voice of Emperor Mingde, which made the Shangshu's face change immediately.

"Your Majesty, this happened suddenly, and I didn't want to do this~~"

As a veteran in officialdom, Xu Kaihou was well aware of Emperor Mingde's temper and naturally would not remain silent.

"Huh, it happened suddenly?"

"Is this the answer you gave me?"

Emperor Mingde snorted coldly, his voice full of dissatisfaction. "Do you think that I am not in good health and have no energy to take care of you, so you can do whatever you want!!"

"In the past few years, I have hardly heard other people's voices in the court. Do you think I am easy to deceive, or do you think I dare not touch you!!"

In the empty hall, Emperor Mingde spoke in a grim tone, with murderous intent surging in his eyes.

Xu Kaihou's legs went weak and he fell to the ground on his knees, with cold sweat running down his forehead.

"I dare not!"

Emperor Mingde chuckled.

“Don’t dare?”

"Then look at what this is?"

As he said this, Emperor Mingde threw a secret letter in his hand towards Xu Kaihou, hitting him.

"My ministers, visiting my son, putting the world first?? Are you planning to rebel??"

Xu Kaihou shuddered.

rebel?

Not to mention that he had never thought about it, even the people behind him had never thought about rebellion. As vested interests, they were busy trying every means to stabilize the situation, so how could they possibly rebel?
"Your Majesty, I absolutely do not have such intentions!!"

"Look, look!! Look for yourself!!"

Xu Kaihou picked up the secret memorial that fell in front of him. Looking at the contents in the secret memorial, he felt his heartbeat slow down by half a beat. Whatever the King of Bai, the Minister of Dali Temple, the Minister of Personnel, and several other people said was clearly recorded on it.

"When I want to appoint a champion, I have to get your consent, Xu Kaihou, do you think you deserve to die!!!"

Xu Kaihou swallowed his saliva, he heard the murderous intent in Emperor Mingde. When the emperor was angry, millions of people would die. For him, it was possible that all nine generations of his clan would be killed.

Before he knew it, cold sweat had soaked through his robe. Looking at the black words on the secret letter, it seemed like a death warrant.

He wanted to deny it all. After all, he was still in the Jixia Academy during that visit, but he had been the Minister of Rites for several years. If he said that he didn't know about this, he would really be treating the emperor in front of him as a fool.

"Did you send someone to cause Fu Hong's death?"

Emperor Mingde's tone gradually calmed down, but it made Xu Kaihou feel a chill in his heart. The calmer he was, the more murderous the emperor was.

"Your Majesty, I am here to report this matter."

Emperor Mingde raised his eyes slightly, looking down at Xu Kaihou, feeling strange for a moment, and then he continued, "Speak."

"When Fu Hong got into trouble, someone saw the people around the Sixth Prince climb over the wall and enter his mansion."

Upon hearing this, Emperor Mingde's eyes became gloomy and uncertain.

The Sixth Prince Xu Kaihou was referring to was none other than Xiao Chuhe, the one who was hell-bent on getting to the bottom of the cheating in the imperial examination.

"You guys are well-informed. Did you already know they were going to go there and dug a pit for them to jump into?"

A bitter smile appeared on Xu Kaihou's lips. He underestimated the suspicious nature of an emperor. However, this matter was indeed not done by them. Then he banged his head on the ground and shouted loudly.

"I am innocent!!"

"Even if we have the courage of heaven, we would never dare to do such a heartless thing."

"So you mean that the Sixth Prince sent someone to do this?"

Emperor Mingde suddenly spoke.

There was not much fluctuation in his tone, but Xu Kaihou did not dare to respond casually. He had come here today with the intention of pushing the blame on Xiao Chuhe. After all, when the incident happened, only Tang Lian and a few others had entered the yard, and the others had never come into contact with it. If it wasn't them who did it, who else could it be?

"Based on the Sixth Prince's character"

(End of this chapter)