One touch and one silence

The prime minister could no longer care about anything else at this time and hurried to the palace.

It was such a terrible thing for the Prince of Zhennan to leave the capital. If all his family members and descendants left the city, the consequences would be unimaginable.

This time, the prime minister didn't even care about anything else and rode his horse around the palace.

The gatekeeper saw that the prime minister was holding the token of His Majesty, and no one dared to stop him since he was here in person.

The emperor happened to hear the Jinwu Guards reporting what had just happened.

He heard that the Prime Minister came to see him late at night for something, so he quickly asked someone to invite the Prime Minister in.

The first thing the prime minister did when he came in was to kneel down immediately, and Xue Yan also knelt down with him.

The emperor was a little confused by this kneeling.

"Teacher, what are you doing? Get up!"

"Your Majesty, quickly go and have someone stop the people from the Zhennan Palace from leaving the city. I will use this token to have the city gates closed and no one is allowed to enter or leave."

"Your Majesty, the families of the ministers have been arrested and used to threaten the important officials in the court. This is a sinister intention! Your Majesty"

"Is the news accurate?"

The emperor's face turned grim.

"Come here, go surround the Zhennan Palace for me, and don't let even a fly escape."

"Qin Feng, take people to guard the secret passage. If anyone comes out, arrest them all. Crown Prince, take people to see if the Prince of Zhennan is in the palace."

The emperor almost gritted his teeth as he gave this order.

"Keep the Eighth Prince under guard for me."

When he turned to the Prime Minister, he said respectfully, "Teacher, please get up!"

"Your Majesty, I am guilty. This is my son, Xue Yan, who I found today. He kidnapped the Seventh Prince and seized the official documents. He was also responsible for the previous assassinations. I know this is a capital crime. I originally wanted to come and plead guilty tomorrow. I will treat this as a father-son relationship tonight and turn myself in tomorrow morning. But my son told me about this matter. Time is urgent, so I had no choice but to bring him here to plead guilty."

"Your Majesty, please convict me!"

The emperor was stunned for a moment, but immediately helped the prime minister up.

"Teacher, he is he and you are you, you don't have to be like this!"

"Your Majesty, if a son is not well-educated, it is the fault of the father! I am too ashamed to see you!"

The prime minister was in tears and filled with grief.

He didn't want to send his son to die himself, but he had no other choice!

"Everyone in the world knows that your son was lost when he was two years old. What does this have to do with you? You don't have to take the blame on yourself."

The emperor looked at this father-like man, who taught him step by step how to be a good emperor, and had assisted him until now without making any mistakes. He felt a little reluctant in his heart.

"Your Majesty! I know you are grateful to me, but he is my child and has my blood. I did not take good care of him and let him be taken away by someone with ulterior motives. I am sorry!"

"I am the sinner Xue Yan. I am honored to meet your majesty. I am responsible for everything that happened. It has nothing to do with my father... the Prime Minister. I have not recognized this... Prime Minister, so the sinner's mistakes have nothing to do with him!"

"If you want to punish someone, please punish the criminal Xue Yan!"

After Xue Yan finished speaking, he kowtowed hard.

"Where did you hurt the Seventh Prince?" The emperor had a stern face and looked unhappy.

"I pinched the Seventh Prince's neck and frightened her. This Prince was too smart. I didn't know that the Prime Minister was my father."

"Humph!"

Of course the children he gave birth to were smart.

As long as Xiao Qi wasn't hurt, the emperor was relieved.

"Manager Xu, send some of the palace's calming incense to the Seventh Prince. Don't scare him."

The emperor returned to his throne and looked at the father and son kneeling on the ground.

"Since you have hurt the Seventh Princess, wait until she is well again, and then you will go to her house in person to apologize until she forgives you. Do you understand?"

"As for your previous matter, I understand your father and do not want him to be childless. I will investigate this matter thoroughly. During this period of time, you must stay in the Prime Minister's Mansion and are not allowed to leave the city."

"Teacher, this is the only arrangement I can make temporarily." He also wanted to silence the gossips of the people.

The emperor was also in a dilemma. This man was a killer leader in the underworld and also the empress dowager's man. If he was not the prime minister's only son, he would have killed him directly.

Hey!

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your grace!"

The prime minister was very grateful, and he also knew that the emperor had spared Yan'er for his sake.

The emperor, sitting on the high throne, glanced at Steward Xu.

Chief Steward Xu immediately stepped forward to help the old Prime Minister up. "Your Excellency has served the country and the people for so many years. Your Majesty deeply appreciates your hard work. If it were someone else, there would be no such honor."

The Prime Minister's tearful face gave a bitter smile, "I know, thank you for your advice, eunuch!"

"I will not disturb your majesty any longer! I am leaving now!"

"The criminals, please leave!"

Xue Yan hurriedly helped up the prime minister who was praised by everyone in the Daling Dynasty. This man was actually his father, who even risked his life to protect him.

It turns out that he also has a family and parents.

"General Manager Xu, please come with me to see how Xiao Qi is doing. By the way, send someone to tell the Crown Prince to find the families of the princes and ministers and send them back quietly."

"King of Zhennan!"

Ha ha……

I'm worried that I don't have any evidence!

When the emperor went to the Seventh Prince's Mansion, Nanzhi had already been coaxed to sleep by Liuyue.

When Liu Yue saw that her master had fallen asleep, she told the nanny to keep a good eye on him. She returned to her room and called other secret guards.

I don't know where she took out a stick from, and stood in the yard with an unclear expression.

When the eight secret guards arrived, she handed the stick directly to Erwu.

"The deputy commander of the secret guards, Liu Yue, failed in his duty today and caused His Highness to be frightened and injured. He will punish himself with 100 military sticks, and the execution will be carried out in twenty-five strokes!" Liu Yue ordered sternly.

She stood in the yard, her body straight, with only a middle shirt on her body.

Erwu took the military stick that the adult threw to him, squeezed it, and without hesitation, hit Liuyue on the back with the stick.

"Haven't you eaten?" Liu Yue scolded sternly.

Erwu became stronger now and he didn't hold back anymore. He hit the men hard in the flesh with every blow. The others instantly fell to their knees without a word.

Gradually, the stick was covered with blood, and Liu Yue's white inner garment was all covered in blood. She didn't say a word, just endured it, clenched her teeth, and the sweat on her face flowed from her forehead to her cheeks, and finally fell to the ground and disappeared.

It was not until the last stick fell that Liu Yue became a little unsteady and loosened his teeth.

"As for you, accept the punishment yourself!"

After Liu Yue finished speaking, he still straightened his back and went into the house.

Erwu took off his clothes directly, revealing his naked upper body.

"Sir, punish yourself with 100 sticks. We need to save some energy to wait for the master. Twenty-five will punish yourself with 80 military sticks, and you can beat me with eighty-nine!"

When the stick hits your body, you will realize how much it hurts. Every stick hits your flesh and no one will let you off. This is a punishment for yourself and also a lesson for yourself.

At that time, they should have been by the master's side at the first moment. It was because of their carelessness that the master was taken hostage.

If His Highness did not have his own trump card, life or death would be in danger today.

They did as they had agreed, you beat him first and then he beat you, and then he beat you again.

No one backed down, no one uttered a word of pleading.

They are all men of steel.

Even if their master did not blame them, they could not escape blame.

When the emperor saw Xiaoqi fell asleep, he looked at the pinch marks on her neck with a dim look in his eyes and did not disturb the sleeping Nanzhi.

He originally wanted to ask about Liu Yue, but he was not there. This made him even angrier. He wanted to go and see what on earth these secret guards were doing when their master was hurt like this.

He stopped the person who was going to report the news, but when he walked to Deputy Commander Liu's yard, he saw this scene.

He didn't say the words of punishment he originally wanted to say. He just watched quietly for a while before leaving.

The emperor came quietly and left quietly.

Nanzhi slept particularly soundly because of the calming incense. When she woke up the next day, she felt quite energetic, except that her voice was a little hoarse when she spoke.

Who knew that she had only eaten half of her meal when someone at the door came to report that the Prime Minister had come with the young master who had just been brought back to the Prime Minister's Mansion to apologize.

Nanzhi paused while picking up the food, and had to put down her chopsticks, "Take them to the side hall!"