Originally, the eldest son of the Bai family broke into a cold sweat immediately after listening to the emperor's order.
He knew that as soon as this little girl from the Su family opened her mouth, something bad would happen!
This girl seems to be born to be at odds with the Bai family!
Now, the eldest man of the Bai family touched Mr. Xia again, with a look that threatened to peel him off. Not only did he break into a cold sweat, but his body trembled a few times.
——My tendons hurt!
"Your Majesty, this matter is just some rumors." The elder of the Bai family endured the fear in his heart and said dryly: "It can't be the nonsense of some ignorant people after dinner."
When the eldest man of the Bai family said this, he looked at Mr. Xia's eager expression despite the pressure.
He added: "Dali Temple is busy with affairs and has always been dealing with major and important cases. To deal with such trivial matters is really overkill and underutilized. In my opinion, it is better to leave it to the governor's Yamen to handle..."
He has someone in the governor's office.
When the time comes, you can just go around and find a few scapegoats, and the matter will be over.
The eldest son of the Bai family had a good idea, but Master Xia disagreed.
"Master Bai, what you said is wrong!" Master Xia retorted righteously: "This is about the honor of our Dayan, and the reputation of all our officials in Dayan. How can it be a trivial matter?"
"Is it possible that in Mr. Bai's heart, the national prestige of my Dayan is just a trivial matter that is not worth mentioning?"
The eldest man of the Bai family: "..."
Cold sweat breaks out again!
Sure enough, this man named Xia tried every means to harm himself!
This hat is too big, and the eldest man of the Bai family dare not accept it.
"Master Xia, please stop talking nonsense!" The eldest man of the Bai family said angrily: "I definitely didn't mean that, but this matter was caused by Miss Xia. As her father, you should avoid suspicion!"
"Otherwise, if you use your power for personal gain and attack dissidents, wouldn't you implicate many innocent people?"
Master Xia was furious and shouted: "How can I be that kind of person?!"
"Who knows?" The eldest man of the Bai family sneered and retorted: "That kind of person will naturally not admit that he is that kind of person, just like a bad person, he will never admit that he is a bad person in public!"
Master Xia: "..."
Angry, but speechless to refute.
Moreover, what Mr. Bai family said makes sense.
As Xia Siya's father, he really has to avoid suspicion according to the law.
"In this case, I will evade this!" Mr. Xia said through gritted teeth, "This case will be handled by the young minister of Dali Temple under his own supervision!"
"What's the difference between that and Mr. Xia's personal supervision?" The eldest man of the Bai family was smooth this time, and said in a strange tone: "Those people in Dali Temple are your Mr. Xia's subordinates, so naturally they look after you, Mr. Xia.
Act with your eyes.”
Master Xia: "..."
Mr. Xia was so angry that his face was livid.
However, after all, he had been an official for many years and quickly calmed down.
"Master Bai spared no effort to prevent Dali Temple from investigating this case. Isn't it because he has some evil intentions in his heart?" Master Xia sneered and said pointedly: "Is it possible that the person spreading rumors behind this is you, Master Bai?"
As soon as Mr. Xia finished speaking, the civil and military officials around him, as well as the married women, all showed suspicious expressions.
Originally, the Bai family was the most suspicious.
After all, the dispute between the Bai family and the Xia family was the cause of this incident.
Now that Mr. Xia has pointed it out, everyone feels that Mr. Bai's behavior is clearly because there is no three hundred taels of silver in this place.
The eldest man of the Bai family looked at people's eyes and couldn't help but feel guilty.
Fortunately, his facial expression was maintained well. He looked like he had been greatly wronged and shouted loudly: "Xia Rongtian! Don't talk nonsense! As the minister of Dali Temple, you have framed the imperial official without any basis. What should you do?
crime?"
After saying that, he knelt down heavily in front of Emperor Tianxi.
"Please make the decision for me, your Majesty!" the eldest son of the Bai family said angrily: "I am preventing Master Xia from participating in this matter, firstly because the law does not allow it, and secondly because there is a dispute between the Bai family and the Xia family!"
"I was afraid that Mr. Xia would avenge himself and casually placed the charges on me, the Bai family. Now, Mr. Xia has framed me without any verification and asked the emperor to uphold justice!"
Mr. Xia also knelt down and said confidently: "Your Majesty, I have been ordered by the Emperor to thoroughly investigate the rumors. Now that the Emperor has not taken back the order, I can naturally make reasonable inquiries and inferences when I see someone who is suspected!"
The sugar baby immediately gave his godfather a thumbs up.
Godfather’s words are really reasonable!
Emperor Tianxi looked at the eldest man of the Bai family kneeling on the ground and felt a headache.
Emperor Tianxi felt that the sentence "there is no three hundred taels of silver here" has been perfectly interpreted by the eldest son of the Bai family.
However, the Bai family is his maternal family after all.
The Bai family's face is so ugly, and the Queen Mother's side will definitely be dishonored as well.
Emperor Tianxi pondered for a moment and said in a deep voice: "Leave this matter to the supervision of the Ministry of Punishment!"
The Bai family must save some face, but they must also fight hard.
Otherwise, there may be some trouble in the future.
The eldest man of the Bai family: "..."
Ministry of Punishment?
The Ministry of Punishment is not easy to unclog...
The eldest man of the Bai family looked towards the second prince.
I wonder if the second prince can smooth things over and find someone to take the blame?
The second prince felt the look in the eyes of the eldest member of the Bai family, and his heart sank.
He didn't start the rumors, but he fueled them.
"Father, in my opinion, it would be better to leave this matter to the governor's office." The second prince suggested: "The governor's office has been walking around the streets all day long, and has gotten to know all the three religions and nine streams in the capital, but when it comes to interrogating, it is actually
It’s twice the result with half the effort.”
Emperor Tianxi: "..."
Civil and military officials and others: "..."
Okay, another one who doesn’t have three hundred taels of silver here.
The eldest master of the Bai family and the second prince didn't know it yet, but their vests had completely fallen off.
Almost all of the people present here have been trained as foxes for thousands of years.
When the matter involves the second prince, the emperor's face is also involved.
So all the civil and military officials stopped talking.
Mr. Xia did not expect that the second prince would also interfere.
Although he is on the side of the Third Prince, he is a proper Third Prince faction.
However, the second prince is the emperor's biological son after all...
Master Xia is also a little embarrassed about the relationship between father and son.
For a moment, the scene fell into an eerie silence.
The eldest man of the Bai family: "..."
Second Prince: "..."
Why do you feel something is wrong with the atmosphere?
Sugar baby is a little regretful.
He finally raised the flag and escalated the incident to the level of national reputation. As a result, when these two people were exposed, the emperor was afraid that he would be concerned about the Queen Mother and the second prince, his own son, and would take this matter seriously.
Put it down gently.
Tangbao thought of this and looked towards Xuanyuan Jin.
Brother, give the emperor a step.
Tangbao blinked at Xuanyuan Jin.
Now that the result is known, there is no need to take advantage of others by selling things like this in front of the emperor.
As everyone knows, Tangbao and Xuanyuan Jin secretly communicated with each other through their eyes, but in other people's eyes, it was different.