Summary of the previous chapter: The Yanguan Group collectively impeached Ma Xiaoquan, but before that, King Xin Zhu Youjian had said a lot of good things about Ma Xiaoquan to Emperor Zhu Youxiao, so at the scene of the impeachment, Emperor Tianqi Zhu Youxiao did not immediately punish Ma Xiaoquan.
But protect him first...
When Wei Zhongxian heard that the emperor wanted to protect Ma Xiaoquan, he was very unwilling to do so. He spent a lot of effort to impeach Ma Xiaoquan this time. Although the officials in front of him were not very greedy for money, there were still some lustful people.
For this reason, Wei Zhongxian specially brought a dozen unmarried girls from outside and gave them to these officials, with the purpose of letting them impeach Ma Xiaoquan severely and try to kill Ma Xiaoquan in one fell swoop and never stand up again.
But... the emperor's words just now clearly showed that he didn't believe what Yan Guan said.
"Your Majesty..." Wei Zhongxian finally couldn't bear it anymore and wanted to personally add fuel to the fire.
"Your Majesty," Wei Zhongxian burst into tears and fell to his knees with a thud, "I beg the Emperor to clearly understand Ma Xiaoquan's guilt."
Wei Zhongxian cried like this, and all the officials also knelt down and "cryed". Don't worry about whether these gentlemen were really crying or pretending to cry. Anyway, this scene was shocking enough.
Ma Xiaoquan was extremely angry. These idiot officials spend all their time impeaching this and that. Mr. Ma, I have never messed with you grandsons, but you never expected that you would be aggressive to each other again and again.
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Zhu Youxiao was originally a person with no independent opinions. In addition, he was young and had not enough experience. He was a little shaken when Yan Guan and Wei Zhongxian cried so hard.
"This..." Zhu Youxiao hummed several times, "Then..."
While Zhu Youxiao was speaking, Ma Xiaoquan had secretly summoned Xiaoshuang, the flame girl in his body.
If Zhu Youxiao changes his mind temporarily, then Ma Xiaoquan will definitely not mind a bloodbath on the spot. Of course, he will only kill officials who have no name in history. As for the Emperor Xinwang Wei Zhongxian, he cannot kill him.
At this critical moment, King Xin Zhu Youjian, who was standing next to Zhu Youxiao, suddenly spoke to dissuade him: "Your Majesty, wait a minute."
"Huh?" Zhu Youxiao looked at his younger brother, "What's wrong, Youjian?"
Zhu Youjian stepped forward and said respectfully: "Your Majesty, why did all the officials start crying when Wei Zhongxian started crying? There must be some subtle problem involved, right?"
Zhu Youjian said, looking at Wei Zhongxian who was kneeling on the ground with a burning gaze.
When Wei Zhongxian and Zhu Youjian's eyes met, the hairs all over their bodies stood up immediately, and Wei Zhongxian was frightened.
This feeling of fear radiated from the inside out and was unstoppable. In an instant, Wei Zhongxian felt that it was a little difficult to breathe.
"Well, what the emperor brother said is not wrong." Zhu Youxiao really didn't have any opinions. Zhu Youjian said a word and he changed his mind again.
"Okay, then just stay with me, Ma Aiqing. You will investigate Ma Aiqing's matter thoroughly."
Zhu Youjian said respectfully: "It's the emperor!"
Zhu Youxiao waved his hands to the public speaking officials and said impatiently: "You all go back, I..." Before Zhu Youxiao finished speaking, several more senior officials led by Lu Zhan
The official stood up and said loudly: "Your Majesty, we still have evidence!"
"Evidence?" Zhu Youxiao was stunned and looked at Zhu Youjian.
Zhu Youjian frowned and said, "Bring it up and show it to the emperor quickly."
Lu Zhan stepped forward with a proud face and said respectfully: "Your Majesty, our evidence now only has witnesses!"
"Well, witnesses are also fine. Call them quickly."
"Yes!" Lu Zhan looked at Ma Xiaoquan with a face full of schadenfreude, and suddenly said loudly, "Send the emperor's order and bring someone to prove it!"
"Bring your ID...bring your ID..."
After a while, a young man and woman ran over respectfully. When they saw Zhu Youxiao and Zhu Youjian, they knelt down on the ground without even looking.
"Caomin Zhang Yi and Zhang Jing bow to the Emperor. Long live the Emperor. Long live the Emperor."
Zhu Youxiao nodded: "Well, get up."
"Thank you, Your Majesty!" The two stood up respectfully and looked up at Ma Xiaoquan.
Although their expressions were serious, their eyes were full of pride.
Zhu Youjian said: "Are you the witnesses Mr. Lu said?"
"To tell you what the prince said, we are exactly the same!" the Zhang brothers and sisters said excitedly.
Zhu Youjian glanced at Zhu Youxiao, who nodded, and Zhu Youjian asked again: "Okay, then tell me, what evidence do you have to prove that Ma Xiaoquan had an affair with a foreign enemy?"
"Back to the emperor, my prince, at this moment, Ma Xiaoquan is sending people to prepare supplies on the outskirts of the city and secretly transport them to the foreign enemy Jurchen! My sister and I both saw it." Zhang Yi said respectfully.
"Oh? Is this happening?" Upon hearing this, Zhu Youxiao's face suddenly turned pale.
Ma Xiaoquan was shocked. Although the preparation of supplies had been planned in advance and there was nothing shameful about it, he still felt very unhappy when he was falsely accused on the spot.
Zhu Youjian also had a serious expression. He turned to look at Ma Xiaoquan and asked, "Ma Xiaoquan, is this true?"
Ma Xiaoquan said respectfully: "Back to the emperor, my prince said that the ministers are preparing supplies, but they are not colluding with the foreign enemy Jurchen, but transporting them to Ningyuan to support our Ming soldiers."
"Ma Xiaoquan, you lied!" Zhang Jing was so excited that she couldn't help but interject. She wanted Ma Xiaoquan to die now.
Zhang Yi quickly grabbed Zhang Jing, and only then did Zhang Jing react. She was so frightened that she knelt on the ground and did not dare to look up again.
"Come here!" Zhu Youxiao suddenly ordered, "Tie Ma Xiaoquan for me!"
Ma Xiaoquan: "...Your Majesty, this humble minister has been wronged!"
"Humph, Ma Xiaoquan, you had an affair with a foreign enemy and you dared to cry out that you were wronged? Everyone came together and tied him up!" Lu Zhan was extremely excited and took the lead to rush towards Ma Xiaoquan.
Ma Xiaoquan gritted his teeth with hatred, but in front of the emperor and prince, he could not turn his back so quickly, otherwise he would be guilty of his crime.
Although Ma Xiaoquan himself was able to escape unscathed, what about the Ma family? What about the servants of the Ma family and Qinghan and the others?
Ma Xiaoquan did not resist and allowed Lu Zhan and others to tie him up.
While tying up Ma Xiaoquan, Lu Zhanhe secretly punched Ma Xiaoquan several times.
Although he was not very strong, he was insulting Ma Xiaoquan and his Ma family.
With a "pop" sound, Lu Zhan kicked Ma Xiaoquan to the ground, proudly stepped on one of his feet, and stomped twice hard.
Ma Xiaoquan's ankle clicked, and a sharp pain instantly surged into his heart.
"Lu Zhan, you! You villain!"
Lu Zhan laughed and ignored Ma Xiaoquan at all.
"Your Majesty, the criminal Ma Xiaoquan has been brought to justice. I hope your Majesty will be punished as soon as possible!" Lu Zhan stepped forward and respectfully petitioned.
As soon as Lu Zhan opened his mouth, Wei Zhongxian spoke in agreement, and as soon as Wei Zhongxian opened his mouth, all the officials also followed suit.
