The blacksmith lady is killing people in the harem, and her son is responsible for it.

Censor Geng's words touched Zhao Zhen's sore spot. Zhao Zhen narrowed his eyes. Censor Geng could not be kept.

At this time, the emperor, who rarely spoke, spoke up, "Come here, Censor Geng is talking nonsense, drag him out and behead him!"

The court officials: “….”

As soon as the emperor said this, the whole hall fell silent.

The ministers in the court couldn't believe that this was an order the emperor would give.

At this time, the soldiers outside the hall came in and dragged Censor Geng out.

Censor Geng came back to his senses and immediately began to cry out for justice, "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, I am innocent! I am only doing this for the good of the Yan Dynasty!"

Censor Geng was dragged and his shoes fell off as he struggled.

He didn't expect that he would be beheaded for such a small suggestion. He was really scared now. "Your Majesty, I am innocent. I only care about the good of Yan Dynasty!"

The emperor raised his hand, and the soldiers who were dragging Censor Geng stopped.

"Censor Geng, do you know what you are proposing? Jing Xuan is my eldest grandson, the eldest son of the Crown Prince, and the future Crown Prince. Today, you actually proposed that the Crown Prince be sent as a hostage to the enemy country!"

The emperor's words "Grandson" made the ministers below have different thoughts.

The second prince clenched his hands tightly.

"Our Yan Dynasty has not yet reached the point of destruction, nor has it fallen to the point where we have to rely on women and children to exchange for peace!"

"Geng Yushi, as the imperial censor, you have not fulfilled your duty to supervise the officials, but have been keeping an eye on our royal family all day. Today, you even dared to second such a ridiculous proposal. You deserve to be killed!

I see that you have long harbored rebellious intentions and colluded with foreign enemies!"

"Come here, pass on my decree that Censor Geng is collaborating with the enemy and that he be beheaded at five gates. All of Geng's family property will be confiscated. All male members of Geng's family over the age of six will be beheaded, and all female members of the family will be sent to the Jiaofang Bureau."

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

Censor Geng did not expect that even his family members would not be spared. He immediately looked at his immediate superior. He did not beg for mercy from the emperor, but shouted, "Lord Su, save me, save me!"

Censor Su didn't expect that Censor Geng, a fool, would ask him for help at this time.

The emperor looked at Su Yushi, "Doctor Yushi, what's the matter? Did you instruct Yushi Geng?"

Censor Su immediately stood up and knelt down, "Your Majesty, this is absolutely not the case. I didn't know that Censor Geng would reconsider such a heart-breaking plan."

The emperor glanced at Su Yushi with a half-smile. It was not appropriate to move this old man now. "That's good!"

When Censor Geng was dragged out, his mouth was full of obscenities. In addition to begging for mercy from the emperor, he also cursed the Su family.

"Su Xun, you old bastard, you are the one who has harmed me!"

"Su Xun, you have harmed my entire family. Even if I become a ghost, I will not let you go!"

"Su Xun, our Geng family's today is your Su family's tomorrow. Sooner or later, your Su family will be buried with our Geng family!"

"........."

Censor Su knelt on the ground, feeling extremely regretful. He shouldn't have been so hasty.

This time he was the one who was anxious.

Thinking of his granddaughter in the Eastern Palace, Su Xun's face suddenly turned ugly. If it weren't for his granddaughter, he would not have made this mistake and confronted the Crown Princess and the Emperor's grandson.

At this moment, Censor Su blamed his granddaughter for his own wrong decision.

The other ministers in the court were also saddened to see the result.

Some ministers who wanted to join in the persuasion were already sweating coldly on their backs.

They were very glad that they did not say much at the time, otherwise they would have been charged with treason and their family would have been finished.

At the same time, they also realized at this time that the emperor was not a paper tiger. If they touched his reverse scale, his methods would be no softer than those of the prince.

Zhao Zhen looked at the ministers below who were as quiet as chickens and sneered in his heart.

He felt that the disobedient person should have been replaced long ago.

Anyone who goes against the imperial court should be killed.

The emperor looked at Qi Pei and other envoys and said, "Envoy Qi, go back and tell your master that our Yan Dynasty does not agree to the marriage, let alone the hostage issue. If Liang wants to go to war, our Yan Dynasty is ready to fight at any time!"

Seeing that the emperor said to kill people, Qi Fei was afraid of being chopped to death, so he touched his neck and hid behind Langbu.

He whispered, "Langbu, answer for me."

Langbu glared at Qi Pei with disdain, then stood up and said, "Your Majesty means that we will bring it back to our prince!"

Langbu did not persuade Yan Dynasty for marriage anymore. Yan Dynasty no longer had a suitable princess, so there was nothing to talk about.

As for letting the prince be a hostage, he felt that the person who first proposed this had his head eaten by a dog.

Only a fool like Qi Pei would dare to bring this up so brazenly in the hall.

Fortunately, Zhao Nanxiao is not a villain, otherwise it would be hard to say whether they could survive.

"Your Majesty, if that is the case, then we will set off for Liang tomorrow and tell our prince about the Yan Dynasty's decision."

The emperor nodded, "Yes!"

The emperor had no intention of making things difficult for the envoys, and he didn't take these people seriously.

After Feng Shun announced the resignation of the court, he helped the emperor leave.

At this time, the ministers in the hall walked out one after another.

Censor Su knelt on the ground for a long time, and when he stood up, he was very slow.

At this time, the second prince came over and said, "Master Yushi, slow down!"

Censor Su looked up and saw that it was the Second Prince, "Thank you, Your Highness!"

The two of them communicated for only a moment, and it seemed as if they had reached some kind of cooperation.

After leaving the Taiji Hall, Duke Su immediately came to the Second Prince and asked, "Your Highness, what should we do now?"

The second prince looked around and said, "Let's go to my palace and talk."

"it is good!"

The Second Prince's Mansion.

"Father-in-law, I didn't expect the emperor to react so strongly and kill Censor Geng on the spot."

The Second Prince now trusts Duke Su very much. Even though Pan Yanshuang is just a concubine, the Second Prince calls him father-in-law in private.

In fact, the title of father-in-law can only be given to the father of the second prince’s wife.

Duke Su was also very satisfied with the Second Prince's attitude towards him. "Your Highness, it's fortunate that the Crown Prince's people were fighting among themselves, which allowed us to take advantage."

"We sent a message to the envoys, asking them to propose the emperor's grandson as a hostage. Fortunately, the person we arranged did not speak in time, otherwise the emperor would have found out about us."

"The current situation is not the worst. At least the emperor doesn't know we are involved."

The second prince nodded in agreement, "Yes, I also didn't expect that father would be so angry."

Duke Su recalled the emperor's words, and his expression became heavy again. "The emperor seems to have changed his mind about the crown princess. Now he actually acknowledged in court that the little grandson is the crown prince!"

The titles "Imperial Grandson" and "Crown Prince" are only one character different, but their status is very different.

"Your Highness, you must not let the Emperor name his grandson the Crown Prince!"

The second prince's hands fell heavily on the table. "Father is partial. Seeing that the little lion looks the same as his elder brother, he dotes on him. Humph!"

The second prince’s guess was right, he got the truth.

If the little lion didn't look exactly like Zhao Zhen, the emperor would indeed have hesitated.

But who can blame the little lion for growing so fast?