famous eldest daughter

Chapter 223
Concubine Shu was very worried about Lao Gao.

The person presiding over Lu Jiuzheng's case was her son Xiao Duo. At this moment, Lu Jiuzheng, who had been informed by Xiao Duo that His Majesty died in prison, was sitting upright in this brightly lit banquet hall. How could she feel at ease?

He glanced at Xiao Duo uneasily, but saw that Xiao Duo was completely undisturbed, with his usual calm and calm expression on his face.

After receiving the emperor's gaze, Lu Jiuzheng stopped his chopsticks and stood up, walked to the center of the dance floor where the dancers had already dispersed, and knelt down, "My lord, Lu Jiuzheng, please give your regards to the emperor."

His voice was much older than before, and his posture was no longer as upright as before. His back was slightly hunched, and he was a bit thin.

The emperor did not answer the question, but made a deep "hum" sound from the tip of his nose. Everyone could hear the anger in this voice.

Lu Jiuzheng couldn't bear the anger, he couldn't help but shrink his shoulders and buried his head lower, "I am guilty, and I deserve to die for my crime, but I will die unyielding, but I cannot let the emperor continue to be deceived by traitors."

However, the emperor did not answer his words and only asked with a cold face: "Didn't you die in the prison of the Ministry of Punishment a long time ago? Did I mishear the report from the Minister of Punishment that day?" A sharp cold light shot out of his eyes.

When he heard his name being called, Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishment glanced at Xiao Duo, stood up and left the table, walked a few steps to Lu Jiuzheng's side, knelt down on his shoulder with a plop, "I deserve to die! Lu Jiuzheng was indeed not dead that day."

The emperor's eagle eyes narrowed slightly, and with anger, he swept towards the Minister of Punishment.

Chu Tiange beside him picked up the wine glass at hand, raised it to his lips, and said with a smile that was neither salty nor light: "Your country is really..." He paused for a moment, raised his head and drank the contents of the glass, stared at the body of the glass and played with it for a moment, and then said :"interesting!"

The emperor's face became a little darker.

His eyes trembled and his throat moved slightly. The Minister of the Ministry of Punishment pursed his lips and buried his head in saying: "It is true that someone broke into the prison that day to assassinate Lu Jiuzheng. Fortunately, His Highness the Second Prince predicted it in advance and asked me to change Lu Jiuzheng to a cell. The assassin Treat a death row prisoner in prison as Lu Jiuzheng and kill him with one knife."

When the emperor heard this, his eyes fell on Xiao Duo. Xiao Duo took a breath and stood up, walked forward to the center of the dance floor, beside Lu Jiuzheng, frowned and said: "My son deceived the emperor, I am guilty, but..." Glancing at Prince Duan who was sitting next to him, Xiao Duo had a look of deliberate fear on his face and said, "It's just that I have no choice but to do this."

After all, the son is his own. In the presence of all the civil and military guests of the court and the envoys of South Vietnam, the emperor will naturally not let him lose face. "What are your reasons?" He said patiently with anger in his heart.

In his heart, he scolded Xiao Duo like crazy.

Lu Jiuzheng, who was regarded as a dead person, could successfully sit in the seat of this banquet hall. If someone hadn't deliberately arranged it, he wouldn't have been able to do it even if he was a ghost!
I leave this banquet to your own hands. No matter how big your fucking reasons are, you can't bring Lu Jiuzheng to me in private and report the truth. You have to embarrass me in front of the South Vietnamese envoy!

Xiao Duo looked at Prince Duan again with fearful eyes, bit his lip and said, "I have verified that the people who wanted to assassinate Lu Jiuzheng in prison that day were none other than Uncle Duan's men..."

Seemingly unable to withstand the majestic momentum of Prince Duan, Xiao Duo took a deep breath and looked at the emperor, "Lu Jiuzheng knew some of Uncle Duan's secrets. Uncle Duan was afraid that he would leak the secrets, so he wanted to get rid of him quickly. Fortunately, I discovered it." In time, save his life."

As soon as these words were spoken, the banquet hall fell silent, and the air suddenly turned to freezing point, making the cold people tremble in their hearts.

That was the high and famous Prince Duan!

At this time, no one dares to say anything.

Everyone was silent, looking at Prince Duan, Xiao Duo, and the Emperor.

What on earth is the second prince going to do tonight!
The emperor's heart trembled with anger when he heard Xiao Duo's words.

He not only claimed that Lu Jiuzheng knew the secret of Prince Duan, but also secretly saved Lu Jiuzheng's life. Why didn't he bring Lu Jiuzheng into the palace to explain everything earlier!
But when the civil and military guests from all over the court gathered together, and the South Vietnamese envoys were seated beside them, they exposed these things in public and it was embarrassing.

How could you raise such a ignorant son?

He was angry, but Xiao Duo's words really shocked the emperor. Lu Jiuzheng knew what secrets Prince Duan had, so much so that he wanted to risk having him intercepted and killed in the prison of the Ministry of Punishment.

Reconnecting with what happened when Gu Yuqing was assassinated and Xiao Yu was injured a few days ago, the emperor glanced at Prince Duan calmly and saw that his face was calm, and he did not have any mood swings at all because of Xiao Duo's words. There was no anger at all, as if he hadn't heard anything at all.

There are only two possibilities for doing this.

The first is that he is innocent, he is not afraid of shadows, and does not take Xiao Duo's words to heart at all. The second is that he may have expected Xiao Duo's actions and has made appropriate preparations, let alone Xiao Duo. Take your words to heart.

After thinking about it, the emperor was obviously leaning towards the second option.

When he spoke again, the impatience in his tone was gone. He leaned forward slightly, pointed at Lu Jiuzheng, and said in a deep voice, "What secret do you know about him?"

When Lu Jiuzheng heard this, he immediately kowtowed and said, "I deserve to die for my crime. I have known that Prince Duan was secretly colluding with the South Vietnamese court all these years, but I have always concealed it and refused to report it. I am guilty."

Suddenly, Lu Jiuzheng's words exploded in the banquet hall like a bundle of explosives.

The silent crowd burst into excitement.

Having an affair with the South Vietnamese court...

The emperor was so shocked that his eyes widened. He originally thought that Lu Jiuzheng would say that the reason why he embezzled huge amounts of money was because of Prince Duan's instigation. However, he did not expect that when he opened his mouth, he would throw out such a shocking news.

After being stunned for half a cup of tea, the emperor let out a heavy snort from the tip of his nose, leaned back slightly, and looked at Prince Duan with squinted eyes, his eyes full of sinister and cold scrutiny.

Prince Duan met the emperor's expression, frowned slightly, clenched his hands hanging under the table into fists, paused for a moment, stood up and came forward, with a face full of humility, and said: "Brother, I am wronged! The prince of Nanyue is here, Brother Emperor, you can go and ask him, why should you listen to the nonsense of this guilty minister who has already died a long time ago."

After Prince Duan finished speaking, Chu Tiange raised his head and laughed, his laughter fell, and he said with a playful look: "I hope that all the civil and military officials in your country will have an affair with me in South Vietnam!"

Gu Yuqing's heart trembled when he heard Chu Tiange's wild and uninhibited laughter, and he immediately raised his eyes to look at Chu Tiange.

She must have heard this laughter there before, she must have heard it!

As soon as Chu Tiange finished speaking, he heard Xiao Yu's "chi", a laugh full of ridicule and contempt, "This small country really only knows fantasy. It's really pathetic!"

South Vietnam is a small place and is always compared with bullets, but this metaphor is a hard thorn in the hearts of the South Vietnamese people. What's more, Xiao Yu said it in such a disdainful tone at this time, several South Vietnamese envoys His face immediately turned red, and he jumped up to start a fight with Xiao Yu, but was stopped by Chu Tiange's eyes, so he had no choice but to sit down angrily and looked directly at Xiao Yu.

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