The coroner and the concubine doctor pursue the murderer in the Dali Temple

Chu Yunxi's eyelids twitched. It was over. She had offended a group of imperial doctors again.

Emperor Sui Ming raised his head and said to Chu Yunxi, "Come here."

Chu Yunxi was reluctant to go over, but she had no choice. She took two steps forward, stopped at a distance, and knelt down, "Your Majesty."

Emperor Sui Ming frowned slightly, but did not show anything. He just said, "You have performed a great deed today. I promised you that I would reward you. Tell me, what do you want?"

Chu Yunxi asked: "Can I have whatever I want?"

Emperor Sui Ming had a bad feeling in his heart, but he was not joking, especially in front of the retired emperor and the empress, so he had to bite the bullet and said, "As long as I can give it, it's all right."

Chu Yunxi glanced at the emperor, who nodded to her imperceptibly. She took a deep breath and said in a clear voice, "I want your majesty to order a re-investigation of the case of the loyal and brave mansion collaborating with the enemy and treason. If it is found to be a false accusation, I implore your majesty to issue an edict of guilt and redress the case for the loyal and brave mansion!"

"How dare you!" Emperor Sui Ming stood up suddenly, his face flushed with anger. Xiao Mubei knelt down, took two steps back silently, and fell to the ground.

Empress Yuan was so frightened that her handkerchief dropped to the ground. She took two steps back, not daring to breathe, and stood aside with her eunuch, watching their faces, as if they didn't exist. The retired emperor picked up a cup of tea, blew away the floating leaves on it, and slowly drank it.

Emperor Sui Ming pointed at Chu Yunxi, his hands shaking like a sieve, and it took him a long while to find his voice, "Chu Yunxi, don't push your luck. I have spared your life, which is already a leniency. The case of the Loyal and Brave Marquis Mansion has solid evidence and has been concluded. How can we just reinvestigate it?"

Chu Yunxi said calmly, "Your Majesty, there is an injustice in the Loyal and Brave Marquis's Mansion. I do not believe that my father would collaborate with the enemy and betray the country. Your Majesty certainly does not want to disappoint the thousands of soldiers fighting on the front lines of Sui State. If it is really a loyal minister who was killed by mistake, and Your Majesty does not investigate it today, if the truth is revealed to the world in the future, how will the meticulous history books record this, and how will they record Your Majesty?"

"How insolent!" Emperor Sui Ming's chest heaved with anger. Chu Yunxi actually dared to threaten him. When had he ever been threatened like this as the Son of Heaven?

Empress Yuan saw that something was not right, so she quickly stepped forward to support Emperor Sui Ming and said to Chu Yunxi, "Yunxi, let's talk about this later. Your royal grandfather is not feeling well today, so let's not bother him here."

The emperor didn't even raise his eyelids, and said lightly: "I feel very comfortable now. Xiao Yunxi's medical skills are not bad."

Empress Yuan was stunned for a moment, not knowing how to respond, but Xiao Mubei had already spoken, "Father, I have already found out that there is someone else who collaborated with the enemy and betrayed the country. I was also on the battlefield at that time, and I can confirm that there is indeed injustice in the Loyal and Brave Marquis' Mansion."

Emperor Sui Ming was furious, "Old Eight, are you going to disobey me too?"

Xiao Mubei knelt on the ground, but his voice did not sound hesitant. "Father, I dare not disobey you, but if there is really injustice in this matter, it may damage your wisdom. I am afraid that you have been plotted against by someone with ulterior motives. If we cannot rectify the situation, won't that let the villain succeed?"

Emperor Sui Ming gasped for breath, waved away Empress Yuan with his hand, and sat down next to the retired emperor.

Emperor Xiao Zhongyuan handed over a cup of tea and said slowly, "Chu Xiuyao has been with me for many years. I'm afraid he doesn't have the guts to commit treason."

Emperor Sui Ming was about to receive the tea, but when he heard the words of the retired emperor, his hand paused. After a long while, he took the teacup with trembling hands and said, "Father, do you also think that this case needs to be retried?"

"I don't care about the affairs of the court. The emperor can make the decision whether to re-examine the case. I am just talking about Chu Xiuyao who I know."

After the emperor finished speaking, he went back to drink tea, but Emperor Sui Ming felt like a basin of cold water was poured over his head.

After the retired emperor abdicated the throne to him, he never interfered in the affairs of the court again. At the beginning, he was always afraid that he did not do well, and liked to ask the retired emperor for his opinion on everything, but the retired emperor always let him make his own decisions, and he never interfered no matter whether he was right or wrong. After repeating this many times, he was sure that the retired emperor had really let go, and slowly he dared to make his own decisions.

Over the years, he had become accustomed to making all decisions on his own and never thought of asking the retired emperor for his opinion. Even when he was moving towards the Marquis of Loyalty and Bravery's Mansion, he issued the imperial edict without hesitation and never thought that the retired emperor would object.

The evidence was irrefutable, and he believed that even if he told the emperor, it would not change the result.

But now, the emperor said this.

Although he said that he didn't care about the affairs of the court, his words implied that he believed that the Marquis of Loyalty and Bravery was wrongly accused. Since the emperor said so, the case must be retried.

Emperor Sui Ming was holding a teacup with a serious look in his eyes. Chu Yunxi and Xiao Mubei were kneeling on the ground without moving, as if they were not going to get up unless they agreed.

Finally, Emperor Sui Ming drank the tea in the cup in one gulp, put the cup heavily on the Eight Immortals Table, and said in a deep voice: "Notify the Ministry of Justice and the Censorate, as well as your Dali Temple, and have the three courts hold a joint trial in three days to re-examine the case of the Loyal and Brave Marquis' Mansion."

Chu Yunxi breathed a sigh of relief, knocked her head to the ground, and said loudly: "Thank you, Lord!"

"Thank you, father." Xiao Mubei also bowed his head.

Emperor Sui Ming snorted coldly, threw a waist badge to Chu Yunxi, and said: "I allow you to enter the palace at any time. From today on, the emperor's body will be in your hands."

"Your Majesty, I obey your command." Chu Yunxi did not refuse. She picked up the badge and put it in her arms. Seeing that she agreed so readily, Emperor Sui Ming's expression finally looked a little better. He no longer paid attention to the two people kneeling on the ground and turned back to say goodbye to the emperor.

After leaving the Emperor's bedroom, Emperor Sui Ming's face was as gloomy as water. He said to Empress Yuan: "Don't tell anyone about what happened today."

Empress Yuan smiled apologetically, "I can tell the difference between the important and the unimportant, Your Majesty, rest assured."

The retrial of the case of the Marquis of Loyalty and Bravery may or may not overturn the verdict, but no matter what, the fact that Chu Yunxi dared to threaten the emperor must not be known to anyone, otherwise, how can he keep his dignity as an emperor?

In Yongshou Palace, as soon as Emperor Sui Ming left, Xiao Zhongyuan said, "Everyone, get up. Who are you kneeling for? And the eunuch, make tea for these two people. Look, how dry their mouths are."

After the father-in-law hurriedly responded, Xiao Mubei stood up and went to the side of the emperor, but Chu Yunxi did not get up, still lying on the ground and said: "Granddaughter-in-law thanks the emperor grandfather."

The Emperor said, "What are you thanking me for? If you want to thank me, you just saved my life. Shouldn't I kneel down and kowtow to you to express my gratitude? Hurry up and get up."

Chu Yunxi raised her head, smiled, and finally stood up. She came to the bed, stood beside Xiao Mubei, and said, "Grandfather, I never thought you were so kind."