The maid Chunhan took the memorial from Yang Cheng, the imperial censor, and gave it to Emperor Xiao.
Emperor Xiao opened it and saw two words written on it.
The first one is the Book of Ten Thousand Names.
It was Yang Cheng who jointly submitted the memorial with hundreds of civil and military officials in the DPRK and the imperial city and tens of thousands of families in the imperial city, hoping that Emperor Xiao could make peace with the Central Holy Kingdom and avoid war.
The second item is to practice in Huguo Temple.
Yang Cheng said that the purpose of building the Huguo Temple was to give the ascetics a place to stay, in order to demonstrate the imperial style of Shenwu Kingdom and to make His Majesty Emperor Xiao famous all over the world.
As for the third article, it was not in the memorial, but was added temporarily after Yang Cheng saw Chu Jiangliu leading his troops to the palace just now.
Before Emperor Xiao read the memorial, the generals below could no longer hold it in any longer. A warrior immediately stood up, clasped his fists and said: "Your Majesty, our Shenwu Kingdom and the Central Holy Kingdom have become like fire and water. It is absolutely impossible to say anything.
The effect of peace is that Master Yang Cheng’s words are undoubtedly asking us to surrender to the Central Holy Kingdom."
"Your Majesty, Prince Chu has worked hard and made great achievements. He has fought for the Shenwu Kingdom for more than ten years and has made numerous military achievements. Please forgive Prince Chu."
"Your Majesty, within the imperial city, a group of ascetics disrupted our territory, destroyed our court, and asked us to build temples for them. Wouldn't it make the world laugh at me? I think this move is not to demonstrate the imperial style of the Shenwu Kingdom, but to
You are blind in insulting His Majesty Xiao Emperor, Yang Cheng, your words are destructive!"
When Yang Cheng heard this, he immediately retorted sharply.
A group of civil servants also followed Yang Cheng and began to argue with the generals.
The court hall suddenly became more like a vegetable market.
"Okay, stop arguing."
After Emperor Xiao read the memorial, he shouted lightly.
In the Golden Palace, silence returned again.
Emperor Xiao handed the memorial to Chunhan, indicating that Chunhan should give it to Lin Bai.
Chunhan held the memorial in his hand and handed it to Lin Bai under the attention of the officials.
Lin Bai held the memorial, but before he could look through it carefully, his eyes fell on Shang Lang, and he chuckled: "Shang Lang."
Imperial Master Shang Lang immediately stood up and bowed respectfully: "Prince Sword."
Lin Bai chuckled and said: "I still remember the few times I returned to Shenwu Kingdom. At the court, the civil servants were led by you, and the military generals were respected by the King of Chu. But today when I left the country, it seemed different. The military commanders still regarded you as the leader of Chu."
The king is respectful, but the civil servants... seem to have stopped listening to you."
The national teacher Shang Lang said with a smile: "I feel ashamed, I feel ashamed to have been cultivated by His Majesty Emperor Xiao and Prince Jian."
"But Lao Cheng still wants to defend himself. I wonder if Prince Jian will allow it."
Lin Bai smiled and said, "Tell me and listen."
The National Preceptor Shang Lang said: "Since ancient times, people with different Taoism will not work together. Although the old minister is at odds with the Prince of Chu, this time... The old minister, like the Prince of Chu, is the main fighting faction; while the other civil servants advocate making peace.
They are from the same sect, so the old minister has different views from them, so naturally they cannot talk to each other."
Lin Bai's eyes flashed and he said with a smile: "Oh? Shang Lang, I remember you are not a soldier, right? Why are you taking the lead in the battle this time? Shouldn't all civil servants be the leaders? Don't you want to see the world full of war? Don't you want to
Seeing that fame in the world means nothing? Shang Lang, this is not what a national teacher should think about."
The national preceptor Shang Lang immediately knelt down and said sincerely: "Prince Jian, I am different from Yang Cheng. I followed His Majesty Xiao Emperor from Lingdong. I know how difficult it is for the Shenwu Kingdom to get to where it is today. What the Shenwu Kingdom has achieved today."
The territory was obtained by the sacrifice of the soldiers of the Shenwu Kingdom by throwing their lives and blood. How can we say that we just gave it away?"
"When has there been no smoke in this world? Where in this world has it not been possible to live without fame?"
"So many soldiers of the Shenwu Kingdom died on the battlefield, and so many families lost their beloved children. Should we not care about the lives of these people?"
"If we make peace now, how can we be worthy of those soldiers who died fighting for the Shenwu Kingdom!"
"Therefore, the old minister tried his best to lead the battle. Even when the battle was over, there was only one soldier left, and he refused to make peace!"
The words of the National Master Shang Lang were resounding and powerful.
The Golden Palace was silent, and no one seemed to stand up to refute the Imperial Master.
After Lin Bai heard this, he nodded slightly and said with a smile: "Get up, you don't have to kneel."
Imperial Master Shang Lang stood up and returned to his seat.
At this time, Lin Bai slowly opened the memorial in his hand, glanced at it briefly, looked at Yang Cheng in the golden palace, and said with a smile: "Who are you?"
Yang Cheng hurriedly reported back: "Yang Cheng, the doctor of Yushiyuan, pays homage to Lord Sword."
Lin Bai rolled up the memorial and slapped it in the palm of his hand: "You are a mere official in the Yushiyuan, with a first-class official position. How dare you dare to slander the supreme prince of Shenwu Kingdom, Prince Chu, in this golden palace?"
After hearing Lin Bai's words, all the generals breathed a sigh of relief.
It sounds like Lord Sword is going to stand up for the Chu River.
"Old Zhang, did you hear that? Prince Jian is going to complain about Prince Chu."
"That's natural. The friendship between Prince Jian and Prince Chu is more than just love. Have you forgotten? But when Prince Nian Jian was still the consort and Prince Chu was still the heir apparent, these two people dared to go there.
Fengyuefang is full of emotions, Prince Jian naturally cannot understand someone slandering Prince Chu with such feelings."
"Now there's something good to watch."
"Hmph, Prince Chu has always disliked the intrigues in the court. In the past, there were some rude words in the court. Prince Chu was unwilling to argue with them, but it is different with Prince Sword. Prince Sword has always been decisive and ruthless in his actions, and there is no room for sand in his eyes.
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"These civil servants will probably suffer if they offend Lord Sword today."
A group of generals returned to their original positions and looked at the group of civil servants with a smile.
Yang Cheng was stunned and hurriedly explained: "Prince Jian was wronged. When did I ever slander Prince Chu?"
Lin Bai said: "You said that Prince Chu led troops into the Golden Palace, then take a closer look at the soldiers in the Golden Palace. They are the Shenwu Sword God Camp. Chu Jiangliu does not have such great ability to mobilize the Shenwu Sword God Camp.
Even if Chu Jiangliu wants to rebel, he should dispatch General Chu."
"Tell me, am I right?"
Yang Cheng's face turned pale, and he hurriedly defended: "I am a civil servant, I don't understand the organization of the army, and I don't recognize the Shenwu Sword Shenying Camp. I was anxious for a while, so..."
Lin Bai immediately interrupted: "Since you said you don't understand the organization of the army, it means that you admitted that there is no evidence, and then you just told Emperor Xiao to impeach the King of Chu with empty words. Isn't this considered slander?"
"The majestic prince of the Shenwu Kingdom, the supreme general of the entire Shenwu Kingdom, how can you impeach him at will?"
"I have been wronged, Your Majesty, Emperor Xiao. Your Majesty, I have been wronged!" When Yang Cheng saw that he could not speak to Lin Bai, he hurriedly said to Emperor Xiao with tears in his eyes: "Even though I was wrong, I did not recognize the Shenwu Sword Shenying and mistakenly accused the King of Chu, but I
He is also very loyal, and I would like to ask His Majesty Emperor Xiao to learn from it."
"Even if he is not the King of Chu, the person who mobilized the army to enter the Golden Palace must have evil intentions and be suspected of treason. Please investigate carefully, His Majesty Emperor Xiao."
Lin Bai sneered: "I was the one who sent the order for the Shenwu Sword God Camp to enter the Golden Palace. Yang Cheng, Yushi, are you saying... that this king has the intention to rebel?"
When Yang Cheng heard this, his eyes widened with fright, as if he had been struck by lightning, and he broke into a cold sweat.
"You first falsely accused the King of Chu, and then pointed your sword at me. You also accused two high-ranking princes of the Shenwu Kingdom, Yang Cheng Yushi, in one breath. Your official authority must be too great. Otherwise, the position of emperor of the Shenwu Kingdom will be lost.
Let you do it?" Lin Bai stared at Yang Cheng, with a bright smile on his lips, but this smile made Yang Cheng's heart feel cold.