Only then did the young father-in-law come to his senses and stepped forward to report, "Your Majesty, the Crown Prince of Jingnan wishes to see you."
The emperor already knew that Xie Boting and Su Tang had been found, but when they entered the palace, the emperor knew that something was wrong, "Let him in."
The young father-in-law left, and after a while, Xie Boting came in.
The emperor was still looking at the memorials, trying to find something different, but he couldn't find one after searching for a long time. Suddenly, Eunuch Yuan started coughing.
In the quiet imperial study room, it was even more obvious that Eunuch Yuan's cough was loud and harsh. The emperor frowned, and when he looked at Eunuch Yuan, he glanced at Xie Boting first.
The corners of the emperor's eyes bulged.
It has been seventeen years since he ascended the throne, and no minister has ever appeared in front of him with such disheveled appearance.
Prince Jingnan is the only one.
He was dressed in rags. Those who knew him were rushing to see the saint, but those who didn't know thought he came to the palace to beg for food.
The emperor raised his hand to his forehead. Was there something urgent that he wanted to report so urgently that he didn't even have time to change his clothes?
Thinking like this, Xie Boting walked forward and knelt down directly, "I am guilty, and I came here to plead guilty to the emperor."
He held the imperial edict high above his head.
The emperor's brows were knotted.
Imperial decree?
How could Prince Jingnan have an imperial edict in his hand?
The emperor frowned and asked, "Where did the imperial edict come from?"
Xie Boting looked at the emperor and said, "I falsely conveyed the emperor's oral instructions and went to the Minister of Household Affairs of Zhongyonghou Mansion to get back the emperor's imperial edict to search the Zhongyonghou Mansion."
Before Xie Boting finished speaking, the emperor's face turned black and he slapped the Long Case angrily. The memorial on the Long Case was so shocked that all the memorials on the Long Case jumped to their heads, "Falsely passing on the imperial edict? How dare you!"
Eunuch Yuan also felt that Prince Jingnan was too courageous. He quickly persuaded the emperor to calm down, "Your Majesty, don't be so angry. Prince Jingnan is not a reckless person. Falsely spreading imperial edicts is a capital crime. It's too late to hide it."
He immediately went to the palace to apologize to you, he must have some difficult reasons."
The emperor looked at Xie Boting who was kneeling on the ground, his anger not gone away at all, "Tell me! What is the reason that makes you pretend to pass on my oral instructions even when you don't care about the lives of hundreds of people in the Jingnan Palace?!"
If the reason is not sufficient, he doesn't care that he is the son of King Jingnan and the grandson-in-law of the emperor's uncle. He will decide this head!
Xie Boting looked at the emperor and said, "Not only did Marquis Zhongyong have no fault in negotiating the collapse of the Salt Trial, he also made great contributions."
The emperor's brows furrowed into the Chinese character "Chuan", "Did you achieve meritorious service by negotiating the collapse of the salt treaty?"
Xie Boting stopped kneeling and stood up directly. His knees hurt and he replied, "Zhongyong Hou saved hundreds of thousands of taels for the court. He has certainly made a contribution."
This made the emperor laugh. After laughing, he became even more angry, "If you don't spend money, you will save money? You have made so many people in Ning Chao not eat salt, right?!"
The emperor couldn't hold back anymore and wanted to ask someone to drag Xie Boting out and beat him.
No.
He was sent directly to the death row of the Ministry of Punishment! This chapter has been completed!