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Chapter 69 The Princess Feels Chilled

Ye Mansion, Ye Zheng Courtyard

The father and son sat opposite each other, Ye Chong facing south and Ye Zheng facing north.

"A bit anxious?" Ye Zheng murmured again.

This is what my father told me when he went to meet Lao Deng and what Lao Deng said last.

If Ye Zheng were asked to explain this.

Or maybe Lao Dengjue chose the wrong timing and didn't want Ye Zhong's clan to leave Beijing.

Or Ye Zheng attacked Li Yunrui, Lao Deng realized something and realized that the Ye family intended to leave Kyoto.

However, based on his usual hatred of evil, it should not be surprising that he attacked the eldest princess who was suspected of collaborating with the enemy and betraying his country.

It was just a coincidence that my father took this opportunity to resign and request transfer.

Without much deliberateness, everything happened naturally.

and many more!

Is it the perfect timing? Is perfection a mistake?
Lao Deng...are you so suspicious?

It’s difficult!
Ye Zhong's face did not show much frustration, he was still resolute, and sighed softly, "After some time, I will find a chance to send your second sister back to Dingzhou."

Slowly exhaling a mouthful of foul air, Ye Zheng smiled, with a bit of bitterness, "Father is joking. If an imperial decree is issued to grant the marriage, even if it is far away in Dingzhou, can Second Sister still resist the order?"

Ye Zhong didn't care about his younger son's rudeness at the moment, and said, "As soon as she returns to Dingzhou, your third uncle will arrange for someone to see her."

Ye Zheng was silent for a while, then said, "Second sister may not be willing."

Ye Zhong's eyes fell on his youngest son's face, and his expression softened a lot. He then looked away, looked into the void, and said, "In a family with many children, you should always love this one and that one. If you don't treat them equally, it's inevitable that there will be resentment between the children."

"Father, I..."

"Your second sister has a bad temper, but she is not stupid. If she still doesn't understand, she should return to Dingzhou as soon as possible and find someone to marry." Ye Zhong interrupted him.

Ye Zheng was silent again.

Just then, a servant came to report that an angel from the palace was summoning him into the palace.

The father and son looked at each other.

Transfer?

……

imperial study room

"Your Majesty, Ye Zheng is here."

"Xuan."

Walking around the screen, three pairs of eyes immediately fell on his face.

Chen Pingping, Fan Xian, and... the eldest princess.

Lao Deng was flipping through a memorial in his hand. When Lao Deng came up to him, he looked up at him with an expression that said, "I'm still angry with you."

"Your Majesty, I, the guilty minister Ye Zheng, pay my respects to you." Ye Zheng bowed deeply.

Emperor Qing said nothing, but glanced at Chen Pingping beside him.

The latter immediately understood and handed the confession and testimony in his hand to Ye Zheng, "Commander Ye, take a look."

Ye Zheng did not take it immediately, but looked at Emperor Qing.

"Let's take a look." Lao Deng spoke.

The other party took it.

In the imperial study, two people were standing, one was sitting, and two were kneeling.

There was another one huddled in a corner, bending over with his head down and not saying a word.

The situation was strange for a moment.

Yoshihisa
Here, there are the confessions of Guo Youzhi, the confession of Guo Youzhi's driver, the confession of Zhu Ge, and the confessions of several people in one place...

It is really difficult to create a chain of evidence in ancient times.

"President Chen." Ye Zheng handed over all the confessions and testimonies.

Chen Pingping glanced at Fan Xian, who helped to take it, and his eyes met Ye Zheng's and then disappeared.

"Your Majesty." Chen Pingping called out to Emperor Qing, who was still pretending to watch Fan Xian defend himself.

"Well, have you finished reading it? Tell me about it." Emperor Qing still looked like he was angry.

Even Ye Zheng, who was acting, was panicked.

Ye Zheng, who had not yet stood up, bowed, and then bowed slightly to Li Yunrui who was kneeling beside him, and said, "Forgive me for my speculation, but the princess may deny forming a clique for personal gain, and it was Guo Youzhi and Zhu Ge who colluded with the harem, right?"

As soon as he opened his mouth, Fan Xian glanced at him.

The eldest princess tilted her head slightly. She almost suspected that this boy really had spies in the palace, but after thinking about it again, she denied her guess.

This is the imperial study, and the only person waiting outside just now was Eunuch Hou.

Eunuch Hou will never become Ye Zheng’s man!

Chen Pingping and Emperor Qing's expressions did not change.

"Commander Ye's guess was correct." Chen Pingping said.

Ye Zheng smiled slightly, and said in an embarrassed tone, "Your Majesty, Dean Chen, you may have heard that Mr. Zhuang entered Kyoto City and had a debate with the guilty minister at the city gate."

"I heard that Commander Ye is an eloquent and quick-witted man." Chen Pingping added at the right time.

Lao Deng said nothing, just glanced at him.

Ye Zheng continued, "I said something that day, and it is somewhat appropriate to apply it to the Princess's actions."

"Judging from the heart instead of deeds, if you judge by deeds, there will be no filial sons in a poor family; judging from deeds instead of the heart, if you judge by the heart, there will be few perfect people in the world."

"The Princess's rebuttal is based on this 'heart' and 'trace'. In the beginning, Guo Youzhi and Zhu Ge may have colluded with the Princess. What happened afterwards? I saw that Guo Youzhi and Zhu Ge explained everything, but it was not that they voluntarily acted for the Princess."

"Let's go back to the topic. If the princess said that Guo Youzhi and Zhu Ge were colluding with the harem, why didn't she report it to His Majesty and execute this person who had no loyalty to his father and had ulterior motives?"

Different from the day at the court meeting, when every word he said was sonorous, powerful and resounding, at this moment Ye Zheng spoke indifferently, but the sharpness of his words was no less than that day at the court meeting.

The imperial study was quiet for a moment.

Only the faint sound of Lao Deng turning over papers could be heard.

After a while, the princess chuckled, glanced at Ye Zheng for the first time, and said, "Commander Ye is indeed eloquent and good at talking. I am not even half as good as him."

Tongue-wagging and lip-smacking are blatantly derogatory terms.

Urgent, she was impatient.

Ye Zheng had a calm expression and was not surprised by praise or criticism.

"Ye Zheng."

Lao Deng finally spoke.

"Dean Chen said that you are familiar with Qing law. How do you think the princess should be sentenced for this crime?"

Open wide once you open your mouth.

You are ruthless when it comes to digging holes, Lao Deng!

"The princess is a member of the royal family, your majesty's adopted sister. If she is to be convicted, it should be tried by the three judges, or by your majesty. When it is my turn to judge, how dare I speak nonsense." Ye Zheng bowed his hands. Lao Deng, if you have the guts to let me get up, I will definitely fight her.

It’s really…

"You didn't seem to be nervous when you spoke at the court the other day, so why are you nervous today? Just talk about it, it won't hurt."

Lao Deng is acting like a fool again.

Giving advice is giving advice, judging a crime is judging a crime, can they be the same?

I gave you advice, but you ignored it, so we can't even get to the stage of judging your guilt!

“In that case, please forgive me for my insolence.” Ye Zheng bowed to Emperor Qing and the Princess respectively, and said, “You have formed a clique for personal gain and are suspected of causing trouble for the woman. Either you will be stripped of your princess title or demoted to a commoner.”

His tone was indifferent, as if he was talking about something insignificant, but suddenly his expression became serious and he said loudly, "Collaborating with the enemy and treason is an act of treason. According to Qing law, you should be executed!"

Behead!

His clear voice echoed faintly in the imperial study.

Eunuch Hou, who was standing outside, felt his knees weaken and he almost collapsed to the ground.

Needless to say, Fan Xian almost gave Ye Zheng a thumbs up on the spot.

The corners of Chen Pingping's eyes also trembled.

Li Yunrui seemed calm, with a faint mad smile in the depths of his eyes.

Emperor Qing was moved and looked incredulous. He even took a step forward and looked at Ye Zheng, saying with anger that could not be concealed, "You want me to kill my sister? The Princess Jinchao?"

"His Majesty…"

"His Majesty…"

"I want him to say it!"

Chen Pingping and Fan Xian spoke at the same time, shouting at Emperor Qing to stop.

The two of them had no choice but to keep their hands clasped and their heads bowed.

The imperial study was once again in deathly silence.

Eunuch Hou outside bowed his head deeply.

The eldest princess held her chin high with a proud look on her face, but she felt cold in her heart.

Your Majesty, this is...

Yoshihisa
Ye Zheng slowly spoke, "Your Majesty, haven't you heard that if the law is not enforced, it is violated from above?"

"You, you, okay, are you really going to go against me? I told you to reflect on your mistakes behind closed doors, what did you reflect on? Did you know your faults? Huh?" Emperor Qing was furious and questioned him repeatedly, shaking with anger.

Chen Pingping lowered his head and said nothing.

The eldest princess had tears in her eyes, not because her brother was protecting her, but on the contrary, her brother...

Fan Xian was stunned and his eyes were dazed for a moment, as if he had received some signal.

"Your Majesty," he bowed.

"What do you have to say?" Emperor Qing asked in a bad tone.

"Your Majesty, I think Commander Ye has gone too far," Fan Xian said.

"Oh?" Emperor Qing frowned, looking puzzled, "What do you mean?"

Fan Xian glanced at Ye Zheng and continued, "The princess is a royal descendant, a supreme and noble person. She should be treated with dignity. How can she be killed with a knife?"

"Are you pleading for her?" Emperor Qing asked again with a puzzled look on his face.

"Your Majesty, I think that severe punishment must be imposed to set things right, but how should it be judged? I still say what I said before, Your Majesty has your own wise will, and I dare not speak rashly." Fan Xian said without hesitation.

Emperor Qing nodded, looked at Ye Zheng, and asked, "Ye Zheng, what do you think of what Fan Xian said?"

Ye Zheng's face showed struggle and regret, and he said, "I failed to understand your majesty's difficulties. This is my fault. Fan Xielü's words are very enlightening. I have heard them and I am deeply aware of my mistakes. Please punish me, Your Majesty."

Emperor Qing nodded gently, "Finally you know to pull back from the brink of disaster."

"Your Majesty, the prince requests to see you." Suddenly, the voice of Eunuch Hou sounded.

Emperor Qing looked at Li Yunrui and said, "The person who pleads for you is here."

Meeting his gaze, Li Yunrui felt a chill in his heart, but still kept a smile on his face.

……

Guangxin Palace

Li Yunrui's face was as pretty as ever, but looking at his expression, he seemed empty.

"…The princess was not good at judging people and had no moral integrity, which led to the fall of a loyal man…"

The prince's plea was more about going through the motions; the prince, she, and Emperor Qing all understood this.

Just kick her out of Kyoto and ask her to return to her fiefdom in Xinyang.

This imperial edict...although it was embellished and concealed in some ways, it was an imperial decree of reprimand and a disguised way of sentencing her to death!

There was a flash of madness in Li Yunrui's eyes!
Ye Zheng, Fan Xian...

……

At this moment, the Imperial Study
Lao Deng is so bad!

As soon as he ordered Li Yunrui, Chen Pingping and Fan Xian to leave, he drafted an imperial edict to punish them.

The key is not to let him get up.

Bad seed!

Bad pus!

bad…

"Get up."

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

Ye Zheng had just stood up when he heard Lao Deng say, "You've met Zhu Ge, the director of the First Division of the Inspection Institute, right? Before he died, he said that Fan Xian lacked respect for the royal family in his bones. I think you are a good match for him after all the trouble you've made."

What else can I say?

Ye Zheng bowed again, "I am so terrified."

Emperor Qing snorted coldly and said, "Everyone keeps saying they are loyal and for the Qing Kingdom, but they never think about what I want them to do."

Ye Zheng was silent.

A long time, no shorter than the previous time.

Emperor Qing wrote for a while, not knowing what he wrote. He then took out the big seal and stamped it deeply.

Then he blew on it gently, waited for the ink to dry, and slowly rolled it up.

Ye Zheng only caught a glimpse of it and it turned out to be an imperial edict.

I only heard Lao Deng slowly say, "Ye Feng, Ye Xin, Ye Cai, Ye Yu and others will be transferred back to Dingzhou. I hope they will guard the border diligently and protect our Daqing territory."

"Your father... the garrison of Kyoto cannot be separated from him. I would not feel at ease if he were someone else."

"As for you..."

(End of this chapter)