"Dad, how are you?" Dou Huaizhen hugged the fainted Dou Dexuan and shouted anxiously: "Dad, wake up, wake up..."

Li Xiangcheng was a little panicked. Why did this man faint just because he said he fainted? She said uneasily: "Wang Ning'an, he... what happened to him?"

Wang Ning'an smiled and said: "What's wrong? Hahaha... Brother Jinwuwei, tell the princess, what's wrong with him?"

A Jinwu guard standing beside Dou Dexuan and his son immediately said: "Back to the princess, Master Dou asked Lord Dou to pretend to faint."

"You are talking nonsense. You are slandering me." Dou Huaizhen hugged Dou Dexuan and said to Cheng Yaojin: "General Cheng, your men have slandered me so much, don't you plan to give me an explanation?"

Cheng Yaojin said in a deep voice: "If you want to explain, I will give it to you. Let me come in."

A group of Jinwu guards filed in, drew their sabers and surrounded everyone.

"Arrest both the Dou family and his son."

"yes."

Immediately, four Jinwu guards put their knives on the necks of the Dou family and his son. Even so, Dou Dexuan did not even open his eyes.

Dou Huaizhen's face finally showed the calmness that Wang Ning'an had been waiting for for a long time. He put down Dou Dexuan, then stood up and said angrily: "General Cheng, you are using swords against our father and son without any evidence. I will definitely report it to your majesty.

, I want an explanation."

Cheng Yaojin said: "I'm afraid of you. Come here, break this wall open and arrest all the assassins inside."

Wang Ning'an said: "Uncle Cheng, I will leave the assassin and Dou Dexuan to you. The princess and I will take Master Dou to the teahouse together."

"Well, go ahead, I'll send two people to protect you." Cheng Yaojin said.

Wang Ning'an said: "Thank you very much, Uncle Cheng."

Then Wang Ning'an, Li Xiangcheng and others escorted Dou Huaizhen back to the teahouse.

When Cheng Yaojin saw Dou Dexuan still lying motionless on the ground, he sneered: "Master Dou, stop pretending. From the very beginning, Wang Ning'an asked me to send someone to monitor every move of your father and son. Even I have been watching.

You, you are all aware of your little moves."

Dou Dexuan still didn't open his eyes, as if he had really fainted.

Cheng Yaojin curled his lips and ignored Dou Dexuan, who was lying on the ground pretending to be dead. He said to his men: "Everyone, pay attention. There are many assassins behind the wall."

The Jinwu guards held their sabers against the wall and were on alert. As soon as the assassin came out, they would rush forward immediately.

"Smash the wall."

Wang Ning'an rushed to the teahouse with Li Xiangcheng and others.

Li Xiangcheng said in confusion: "Wang Ning'an, since you have found the secret passage, why don't you help General Cheng find the secret passage mechanism and then leave."

Wang Ning'an said as he walked: "Two reasons. One is that the search took too long.

We don't have much time. The play is about to end. As one of the protagonists, Master Dou, how can he not be here?"

"What about the second one?" Li Xiangcheng asked again.

Wang Ning'an said: "That's because of you, princess."

"What's wrong with me?" Li Xiangcheng asked very puzzled, but he soon thought that Wang Ning'an was worried about his own safety. He didn't know why, but he felt a little happy in his heart.

In the teahouse, the play has reached its final scene.

‘Tian Huaizhen’ arrested the boss and his family, and insulted his daughter in front of his father.

"No, no, dad, save me, save me..." the boss's daughter begged for help heartbreakingly.

"Don't touch him, please don't touch her, please, please..." The boss and his wife kept kowtowing and begging for mercy.

Seeing this scene, the people were all filled with righteous indignation and cursed them one by one. If someone hadn't been maintaining order and kept telling everyone that this was just an act, it was an act, otherwise the people would have rushed up and beat the person playing Tian Huaizhen to death.

The officials on the second floor all had different moods at this time. Many of their descendants acted in a somewhat outrageous style. Although they were not as outrageous as Tian Huaizhen in the drama, they were still hanging on the moral bottom line.

Li Er frowned slightly. He was deeply disgusted with Tian Huaizhen's evil deeds and wished to have "Tian Huaizhen" executed. He had long forgotten that he was acting.

Li Yuan kept watching the performance with a smile. Suddenly, he said, "Wang Ning'an and Dou Huaizhen haven't come back yet?"

Only then did Li Er remember that he had been so involved for a while that he had forgotten that this was a performance arranged by Wang Ning'an, and that Tian Huaizhen in it was probably Dou Huaizhen.

When he thought of this, Li Er fell into an extremely entangled mood. If Dou Huaizhen really committed such a crime and the various yamen in Chang'an really protected Dou Huaizhen, what should he, the emperor, do?

Seeing that no one agreed to his words, Li Yuan looked at Li Er who was frowning next to him, smiled slightly, and then said: "Shimin, are you fascinated by this?"

Li Er replied: "That's true. Wang Ning'an's drama performance is very good. I was fascinated for a while."

"Then what do you think of Tian Huaizhen, a dandy?" Li Yuan asked.

"I will never forgive such evil deeds." Li Er said solemnly.

Li Yuan nodded and said, "What if Dou Huaizhen also committed such evil deeds?"

"Father, I'm afraid this is impossible, right?"

"Why do you have to deceive yourself? Wang Ning'an did this not to tell you about Dou Huaizhen's evil deeds. You should think about how to face the angry people." Li Yuan said with a smile.

Li Er's face darkened. How could he not know this? He had even asked Li Sheng to investigate. The results of the investigation were told to Wang Ning'an.

Same, but the entire Dou family has not yet decided how to punish Dou Huaizhen.

The punishment was light. I'm sorry to the people for leaving a stain on him, the emperor who had just ascended the throne.

If the punishment is severe, his mother's family will decline or even be destroyed.

He wanted neither of them, which really made it difficult for him to choose. As for the performance arranged by Wang Ning'an, he had known for a long time that he would agree to watch it because he wanted to force himself to make a decision.

Li Yuan said again: "Shimin, I know this matter is very difficult for you, but you must remember your identity. You are the emperor, the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, the emperor of all people in the world, not the emperor of the Dou family.

I heard a very good saying recently. Let me tell you, water can carry a boat and also capsize it. You should understand it yourself."

"Water can carry a boat and it can also overturn it." Li Er's tangled mood was instantly relieved and he said, "Thank you, Father, I understand."

Li Yuan nodded with satisfaction and said: "Shimin, although I am very angry with you, you are still my child and the emperor of the Tang Dynasty. No matter what you do in the future, you must remember that you are the emperor of the Tang Dynasty."

"Yes, Father." Li Er said solemnly, feeling happy because of Li Yuan's words and making up his mind at the same time.

On the stage, a person appeared again. This person was Liu Che, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty.

At this time, Wang Ning'an took Dou Huaizhen back to the teahouse.

They came to Li Er and Li Yuan.

Wang Ning'an and Li Xiangcheng cupped their hands and said: "The guilty minister (son minister) meets your majesty (father emperor), the supreme emperor (grandfather emperor)."

"Please forgive me for being rude and unable to salute His Majesty and the Supreme Emperor," said Dou Huaizhen, whose hands were tied.

Li Er frowned and said: "What's going on? The Emperor just asked you to call someone. Why did you tie him up?"

"Father, this is what I asked for." Li Xiangcheng said.

"What's going on?"

Since it was his daughter who said it, there is something wrong with it.

Li Xiangcheng said: "Father, you may not know that the county government found a group of assassins to attack, and all the people who sued the Dou family were killed by the assassins. General Cheng and the county magistrate Zhou Jian chased the assassins together and caught up with Dou.

Home.

The Dou family refused to admit that the Dou family was related to the assassins, but under the investigation of the son-in-law, they finally found the assassins, so they brought Dou Huaizhen."

"Dou Huaizhen, are what Xiangcheng said true?" Li Er looked at Dou Huaizhen unkindly.

Dou Huaizhen immediately knelt down and said: "Your Majesty, it's unjust. I was wronged. I don't know what happened to the assassin?"

"Unjustly accused? Humph, then tell your father that there will be assassins in your father's secret passage, and those assassins may be the dead soldiers raised by your Dou family." Li Xiangcheng said again.
Chapter completed!