The prince is very fierce

Dong Dong——

The morning bell rang throughout Chang'an, and the palace gates of the majestic imperial city opened wide. Officials and minor officials dressed in various colors of court uniforms walked neatly through the white stone imperial road and entered the Tai Chi Golden Palace in the center of the dynasty.

The golden melon warrior stands in the flying snow, making the carved golden palace look solemn and solemn.

Under normal circumstances, the civil and military courtiers standing in the golden palace should wait with bated breath for the emperor to come out of the side palace. At most, they would make eye contact with each other to discuss what they would report later.

But this morning, the atmosphere in Tai Chi Hall was completely different, even a little noisy.

"You're so unconscionable! Your entire Li family is nothing. Do you think you have any respect for kingly law..."

The loud curses resounded through the Golden Palace, and they were so angry that they drowned out the whispers of the officials.

The one who started the scolding was naturally Yan Guan Qi Xinghan. Qi Xinghan was originally a weak scholar, but at this time he rolled up his sleeves and wanted to rush up and beat the loyal and brave Marquis Li Baoyi who was standing in the military attache team with his wat board.

The officials next to him all tried to comfort her, but of course, their words of comfort also cursed the Li family for not being a thing.

No one who dares to be a public official is a coward, and there is no dust in his eyes. Even the emperor sitting on the dragon throne dared to scold him, let alone a young prince.

In front of the Golden Palace, Prime Minister Xiao Chuyang closed his eyes and concentrated, with no intention of stopping him.

Xiao Chuyang has sword-shaped eyebrows and a hooked nose. His eyebrows are quite majestic. He is the backbone of the Xiao family in Huainan and the backbone of the Dayue court. He is only forty-five years old and has served as prime minister for twenty years. In addition to giving birth to Xiao Ting, his image is tarnished. , everything else is impeccable.

Next to Xiao Chuyang, Lieutenant Liu Pingyang, Zhisu Neishi Lu Chengan and others also looked on with cold eyes and did not respond.

Li Baoyi's face turned red and he lowered his head as he was scolded by a group of officials. He didn't dare to retaliate even if he was wrong, but his head was covered in sweat in the winter and he wiped it with his sleeves from time to time.

Tread——

The sound of footsteps sounded from behind the Golden Palace, and the Golden Palace fell into solemn silence as everyone bowed.

Eunuch Jia, the eunuch in the palm of his hand, held a fly whisk and spoke with a male duck voice:

"Shengchao!"

The voice was not sharp, it was even very deep, and could be heard by the petty officials waiting for summons outside the palace gate.

Inside the door of the side hall, Emperor Song Ji, dressed in a bright yellow dragon robe, walked quickly through the steps above the golden hall, waved the hem of his dragon robe, and sat on the dragon chair, frowning with a somewhat displeased expression. .

Song Ji was only forty years old. He was the elder brother of Song Yu, King of Yan. Compared with the previous monarchs of Dayue, he was relatively diligent. After the queen died of illness a few years ago, he did not establish a queen. He did not even leave the palace and was busy with government affairs day and night. , his political achievements and skills can overpower a group of vassal princes, and his prestige is very high.

"See Your Majesty!"

Hundreds of officials held wat tablets and bowed their heads in unison. You could hear a needle drop in the golden palace, and blurred reflections could be seen on the smooth floor tiles.

Ta da——

Sweat dripped on the floor tiles, and Li Baoyi remained motionless, not even daring to breathe.

The silence lasted for a moment, and then Song Ji raised his hand:

"What's going on in White Horse Village?"

The murder case in Baima Village last night had been reported back to Chang'an City, and reached the emperor's ears through the Detective Department in the middle of the night.

In the early morning, dozens of wealthy gentry and officials' children who participated in the gambling game were all suppressed by the imperial guards. Also brought back were more than thirty incomplete skeletons and five corpses, as well as tigers and bears in iron cages.

Chang'an has a population of one million, and many warriors die in private fights every day, but this is the first time such a nasty thing has happened. If the common people in the city knew that the prince who lived on Kuishou Street actually let the poor people fight tigers for fun, many officials standing in the golden palace would probably be drowned in spittle.

The emperor spoke, and Xiao Chuyang took a step forward, bowed and spoke:

"Your Majesty, yesterday Quanzi heard that there was something strange in Baima Village, so he took a wolf guard from the Detective Department to check it out. It turned out that there was a secret basement under Baima Village, and a gambling house was set up in it, where people and animals compete..."

I basically knew what I said, Xiao Chuyang just repeated it.

Li Baoyi waited for the prime minister to finish speaking before he came out, knelt down and said mournfully:

"Your Majesty, I have failed to teach my son the right way, and I have betrayed the love of Your Majesty. Your sin deserves death. Please punish me, Your Majesty!"

"Punishment?"

Song Ji frowned and patted the armrest of the dragon chair: "Nearly forty people died, I've killed all nine of your clans!"

The words were a bit harsh, and Li Baoyi turned pale with fright. He touched his head to the ground and trembled:

"Your Majesty, calm down... The guilty party will not escape the blame for what happened at Baima Village, but... but those people are all gamblers and have already signed their life and death certificates..."

"You farted, and people were caught by you, and they signed whatever you wrote..."

Qi Xinghan had a bad temper and immediately started to curse.

After that, the civil and military officials began to argue. The Li family could not escape the blame, but it was still a bit measured. The people killed were all market bugs with dirty roots, and the status of life and death was also something the imperial court tacitly approved of. It would obviously not be appropriate to kill the Li family whose ancestors had served as protectors based on forty lives.

Song Ji's words were serious to show that he had no intention of protecting the Li family for selfish reasons, and he didn't speak much after that.

There are also many officials who have good relations with the Li family. The eldest son of the Li family is still guarding the border, so it is not good to impose excessive penalties.

After a fiery argument, the Li family was finally saved. Li Baoyi was fined only three years' salary and his land in Baima Village was taken back. His son made a big mistake but was young and ignorant. He served in the corvee for three years and was banned from being an official for life. He came up with an idea. The counselors and retainers beheaded in public to calm the people, even if this matter is understood so well.

Thank God that Li Baoyi could save his son's life. If he dared to say more than a few words, he would be punished honestly.

And Xiao Ting, who made a great success this time, attracted many officials' attention. They praised him highly in the court, but they were a little confused in private.

Xiao Ting's reputation in Chang'an City is well known to everyone. He never made big mistakes but kept making small mistakes. He had basically no talent. Moreover, the wealthy families in Kuishou Street basically knew that he was a coward and loved to cry in front of the Queen Mother.

It was a bit abrupt for a playboy who had no knowledge to suddenly go to Baimazhuang to advocate for justice.

In the morning, Xiao Ting came back with the Imperial Guards and the Wolf Guards. Even the Xiao family thought that Xiao Ting had made a big mess. They were afraid that Xiao Chuyang would not care, so they sent people to the palace to ask the Queen Mother for mercy. Finally, after understanding the cause and effect, no one believed that Xiao Ting did it.

After all, the killing was too decisive, which was not like Xiao Ting's style. There were many retainers in the Xiao family who could kill a tiger with one sword, but the retainers had to listen to the orders of the head of the family before they would act. According to Xiao Ting's temperament, if he knew about the White Horse Manor, he should have gone to the Queen Mother to ask for credit.

However, at this point, the court officials could not question Xiao Ting, and could only secretly suspect that it was Xiao Chuyang who instructed Xiao Ting to do such a big thing to wash away his reputation of "unlearned and incompetent".

The Xiao family naturally knew how much their stupid young master weighed and how much he could do. It was impossible for him to do such a feat. No retainers followed Xiao Ting out yesterday. There must be a master helping behind the scenes.

However, who this master was, the Xiao family really couldn't figure it out for a while...