"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu"
Jamel Xiao knelt on the ground, unable to speak at all because his mouth was blocked.
King Cheng looked at Xiao Mu: "Mu'er, tell me, what's going on? How did you two brothers get to this point?"
"Your Majesty!" Xiao Mu took a step forward and cupped his fists.
"Didn't they all call me father? Why did they change it back?" King Cheng corrected him.
"Father!" Xiao Mu changed his words.
"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu"
Xiao Jamrong, who was kneeling on the ground, was speechless.
When does this happen, does my father still have time to care about this?
Don’t you see that your life is almost gone?
"Mu'er, what on earth is going on?"
King Cheng continued to ask.
Xiao Mu saluted and then said: "Father, my son has confirmed that the eldest brother is the person who stole the property from Lingyuan Pavilion back then?"
"Really?" King Cheng was shocked.
"Yes!" Xiao Mu nodded, then winked at Liu San.
Liu San quickly stepped forward, knelt in front of the prince and said: "Back to the prince, I can confirm that the eldest young master was indeed the one who stole the treasure from Lingyuan Pavilion back then. The person who cooperated with him back then was me!"
"You?" King Cheng obviously didn't want to believe it.
"It's really me!" Liu San raised his head and said, "Back then, the eldest son made an appointment with me. As long as I helped him, he would find a miraculous doctor to cure my son's disease. But he broke his promise. After getting the property, the miraculous doctor But it has not been found yet.
My son died pitifully! The eldest son and I have an sworn hatred, so I will never admit the wrong person no matter what! "
"He, is what he said true?" King Cheng pointed at Xiao Jamrong, his hands shaking.
Jamel Xiao struggled and shook his head, refusing to admit it.
Xiao Mu continued: "Father, in addition to this matter, my eldest brother also admitted another matter just now!"
King Cheng: "What's the matter?"
Xiao Mu: "The eldest brother said that he has known since he was a child that he needs to fight for his own things by himself, so he was the one who set the fire in my yard that year."
"You..." King Cheng pointed at Xiao Jinrong, as if he had a thousand words to say, but he didn't know where to start.
He trembled and endured for a long time, but finally turned his head, looked at Xiao Mu and said: "Mu'er, father knows that you have hatred in your heart. Your elder brother has done these things, and you want to tear him into pieces.
But Mu'er, as a father, I have lived to this age, and this is the only son who can make achievements in the court, and the old ministers also praise him highly.
If you ask me to take him back, I will interrogate him severely. If he really did those things, I will punish him severely.
But the family scandal should not be made public, so just spare him this time and don't send him to court, okay? "
Xiao Mu originally wanted to take Xiao Jinrong back to the palace.
But he never expected that the prince would have such an attitude!
What is meant by not exposing family scandals?
Just because he is his brother, his murderous plot becomes a family matter?
Just because he is his brother, does it count as stealing if he steals things from Lingyuan Pavilion?
"My lord, you are also a loyal minister of the imperial court. Don't you know that the state has national laws and the family has its own rules? How can you not distinguish between inside and outside and shield a criminal? Is this worthy of your own status?"
King Cheng didn't expect Xiao Mu to say such words.
"Don't you care about our family ties at all?" he asked.
Xiao Mu said expressionlessly, "Do you think the son you value most just committed these crimes? Even if I want to let him go, I'm afraid no one will let him go?"
"Who? Who else won't let him go? As long as you nod your head, I will definitely be able to handle these matters to your satisfaction."
Xiao Jinrong, who had been kneeling on the ground, heard tears of emotion in his eyes when he heard his father protecting him like this.
Under the gaze of King Cheng, he nodded desperately, saying that he would definitely obey his father's arrangements. As long as his father asked him to do it, he would do it without hesitation!
"I won't let him go!"
Just when Xiao Jamrong thought there was room for improvement, another person walked in from outside.
The visitor was wearing purple and gold official uniforms and an official hat, with a majestic expression.
King Cheng was startled, turned around and saw the person coming, and couldn't help blurting out: "Marquis Ding'an?"
"Become a king!"
Marquis Ding'an cupped his hands towards the prince, then stood still and took the imperial edict from the attendant.
Without looking at the others, he directly unfolded the imperial edict and shouted: "Become the king and receive the edict!"
King Cheng immediately knelt down.
Xiao Mu and others around him also knelt down.
The Marquis read: "By God, the emperor decreed that Xiao Jingrong, the son of King Cheng, while serving as the Minister of Rites, colluded with local officials in many places, formed cliques for personal gain, operated in secret, disrupted the imperial examination system, and caused a large number of brain drains in our dynasty. Silverfish villain But he was able to hold important official positions in the court. Now the Marquis of Ding'an has found out the facts and ordered King Cheng to arrest his eldest son Xiao Jinrong!
Admire this! "
King Cheng's legs became weak when he was halfway through listening. When the Marquis finished reading all the words, he sat down on the ground and muttered: "Impossible, this is absolutely impossible!"
Seeing that he did not accept the order, the Marquis had to remind him again: "Your Majesty, accept the order!"
King Cheng suddenly came to his senses, knelt down properly, and raised his hands above his head: "I accept the order!"
After the prince put the imperial edict in his hand, the prince immediately stood up.
He grabbed the Marquis's sleeve and refused to let go. He looked straight into his eyes and asked, "Lao Su, what's going on? How could Jingrong do such a thing? Did you check wrongly?"
The Marquis wanted to throw away the prince's hand, but he held it too tightly, so he had no choice but to say: "Hey, Lao Xiao, let me go! How can you behave like this?"
King Cheng calmed down, but still refused to let go.
He grabbed the sleeve of the Marquis and continued to ask: "Is there something wrong with their Minister of Household Affairs, and they put all the blame on Jing Rong.
I have watched him grow up, and he has always been gentle, courteous, and well behaved. How could he do such a rebellious thing? "
The Marquis laughed angrily when he heard this.
"Gentle and polite? Moderate in manners? Are you sure you are talking about Jamel Xiao?"
He looked at the person paralyzed on the ground, and then at Xiao Mu.
"Old Xiao, I'm not telling you, you're just old and you're not blind. You can't even see this little trick of his?"
