The daughter of the emperor is beautiful and holds the power over the world

Concubine Xin was so furious that her lungs were about to explode. In her entire life, no one had ever dared to accuse her of this, not even the emperor. Yet today, she was humiliated by a maid.

Concubine Xin tried her best to control her trembling body and turned to look at the emperor beside her.

"Your Majesty, look at this! How dare a little girl talk nonsense about state affairs? How dare she speak so arrogantly and humiliate me! I beg Your Majesty's permission to expel this evil woman from the court."

The emperor also looked unhappy. Humiliating the imperial concubine was humiliating him.

But he felt that the girl had a point.

Prince Yong defeated 200,000 enemies and recaptured Beiyan Pass. If he really killed Prince Yong, he would have become a tyrant.

He knew very well that Concubine Xin wanted to kill Prince Yong today in order to eliminate Prince Xin's only rival.

Prince Yong's health is already like this. If he is imprisoned again, how can he still survive?

It’s time to control the power of the Xin family.

His health was deteriorating. Although Prince Xin was his most valued son, the mother was strong and the son was weak. If anything happened to him, the world would belong to the Xin family.

"Little girl, be careful with your words." The emperor said lightly.

Then, he looked at the Imperial Concubine and said, "My beloved concubine, please don't bother with an ignorant girl."

The imperial concubine’s eyes widened. What nonsense was the emperor talking about?

Was she hallucinating?

Prime Minister Xin also wondered if the old emperor had taken the wrong medicine. Hadn't he always doted on the imperial concubine the most? Why did he allow Si Yan to humiliate the imperial concubine?

Could it be that he fell in love with Si Yan because of her beauty?

Si Yan had long learned from his father that the emperor wanted to control the power of the Xin family, so he became bolder in speaking.

"Since the Imperial Concubine has accused me of talking nonsense about state affairs, I would like to remind you that you are a concubine in the harem, but now you are sitting beside His Majesty and discussing matters in the Taiji Hall. This is inappropriate.

"Those who know think that the Imperial Concubine is considerate of Your Majesty's hard work and is helping to relieve His Majesty's worries. Those who don't think that the Imperial Concubine is trying to interfere in state affairs."

"How outrageous!" Concubine Xin couldn't stand it anymore.

She suddenly stood up and pointed a trembling finger at Si Yan, "Your Majesty, this witch is talking nonsense and disturbing the court. Please expel her."

Concubine Xin took a tough attitude this time. All her smiles and calmness were shattered under Si Yan's provocation.

The emperor looked slightly displeased, but said nothing.

Si Yan knew that his test was successful.

At this moment, Lord Situ Si Zhengxuan, who had been silent, stood up.

"Your Highness, first of all, this is my daughter, not a witch. Secondly, I am the fiancée of Prince Yong, and I accompanied him to the border on this expedition. Now that Prince Yong has risked his life and made great military achievements, Your Highness, you keep accusing him of guilt.

"It's natural for me to be overly emotional, so it's normal for me to defend my fiancé. If I've offended the Imperial Concubine, please forgive me."

Si Zhengxuan spoke in a gentle tone, and his words were the same as the emperor's, asking the imperial concubine not to bother with a maid.

Concubine Xin controlled her emotions and slowly sat down.

She knew in her heart that the emperor remained silent because he did not want to punish Prince Yong.

Concubine Xin's smile returned to her face: "Master Situ, this is the court. We are discussing important state affairs. It is abnormal for your daughter to appear here."

Si Zhengxuan also smiled and said, "My daughter is here because His Majesty has summoned her. Does the Imperial Concubine want to question His Majesty?"

Concubine Xin's nostrils twitched twice, and she turned to look at the emperor: "I spoke out of turn, Your Majesty, please forgive me."

Si Yan looked up and saw that Concubine Xin was able to advance and retreat as she pleased. No wonder she had been favored in the harem for more than twenty years.

If the old emperor had not come to his senses now, I'm afraid the world would have belonged to her Xin family.

It's a pity that her sister and brother are not doing their job. They have been eliminating dissidents, disrupting the court, and persecuting loyal ministers and generals, making the current Daxuan court a mess.

"Okay, I'd like to hear what this little girl thinks."

By repeatedly disobeying the Imperial Noble Consort, Si Yan successfully attracted the Emperor's attention.

The emperor discovered that this girl was very eloquent and was no less eloquent than her father Si Zhengxuan.

Since the emperor has asked, Si Yan will naturally try his best to fight for Prince Yong.

This was an easy question, but since the emperor wanted Si Yan to answer it, she had to answer it beautifully.

Si Yan bowed respectfully, neither servile nor arrogant: "Your Majesty, if Prince Yong is truly guilty, we will accept death without a single complaint.

"However, I believe that Prince Yong, despite his injuries, bravely rushed to the border to protect the territory of Daxuan and enhance the prestige of our country. He is not only innocent, but also meritorious."

"absurd!"

Xin Rui flung his embroidered robe, his face filled with anger. "According to you, if everyone disobeys the imperial decree, then everyone is innocent and even meritorious?"

Si Yan turned around and looked at Xin Rui calmly and calmly: "First of all, not everyone will disobey the imperial edict, because this is on the battlefield, and we must respond flexibly according to the time, place, and military situation. The Prime Minister may not have fought in a war, but he should have read books, right?"

Xin Rui said angrily, "You have humiliated the Imperial Concubine, and now you want to humiliate me, the Prime Minister?"

"That is not the intention of the subject."

Si Yan sneered and said, "Since Prime Minister is well-read, you should know that our founding general You Qi expanded our territory for Daxuan and established immortal achievements. General You disobeyed the will of Emperor Taizu three times, but Emperor Taizu not only did not punish him, but also praised him many times. Does Prime Minister know about this?"

“…” Xin Rui was confused. He really didn’t know.

But he couldn't admit it, so he just remained silent.

"The events of Emperor Taizu and General You Qi are so long ago, let's not dwell on them. Instead, during the reign of Emperor Taizong, the renowned General Wu Tu, the Great Cavalry, once fought against the Rong and Di tribes at the border. He, under the pretense of disobeying the emperor's orders, disobeyed Taizong's order to withdraw his troops. Ultimately, General Wu launched a surprise attack and decisively defeated the enemy. Surely, Prime Minister, you know about this?"

Xin Rui: ...

He seemed to have some impression, but he was a civil official and was not very clear about the affairs of military generals.

What's more, it has been two hundred years since the reign of Emperor Taizong. Who would care to know about it?

Concubine Xin slowly straightened her back. She had thought that this girl was a bitch, but she didn't expect that she came prepared.

Si Yan was of course well prepared. After she persuaded Prince Yong to disobey the imperial edict, she found out all the cases of disobeying the emperor's edict in the 300-year history of Daxuan.

Not only did she look for the deeds of Daxuan, she also traced back to the previous dynasties...

Throughout history, there have been countless cases of generals on military campaigns disobeying the emperor's edicts.

Of course, their endings were different, but most of the time, as long as they won, the emperor didn't care.

"General Pei Wu of the previous dynasty, General Nan Huan of Great Chu, and General Zhou Hong of Great Qi all disobeyed the imperial decree based on battlefield conditions, but were ultimately rewarded by the emperor for their victories... Is this known to the Prime Minister?"

Pei Wu was a famous general, Xin Rui had heard of him, but he didn't know the others...

Xin Rui has a very big head.

He used to be most annoyed by the group of people in the Censorate who quoted scriptures and dismissed them one by one, suppressed them, and turned the Censorate into a decoration and the officials in it into mute.

I didn't expect that a little girl would now follow their example to refute him.

However, the Si family is a family of military generals, and their generations have all been military generals. Only Si Zhengxuan turned to literature and even worked his way up to the position of Situ, becoming their biggest rival in the current court.

Si Yan knew these military matters, but they were taught by Si Zhengxuan, so they were nothing special.

Xin Rui said with a gloomy face: "I, the Prime Minister, know what you said, but this is a different time..."

"Not only that, I know another person." Si Yan didn't give Xin Rui a chance to continue, and looked up at the emperor on the high throne. "This person also violated the emperor's decree, but was also rewarded by the emperor. This person is now in this hall."