The entire court was silent, and you could hear a pin drop.

The court officials all gasped. This...

Although according to North Vietnamese law, those who collaborate with the enemy and commit treason should be executed, Prince Jing is still the son of His Majesty after all. How can he really be executed?

Besides, Your Majesty has already punished severely.

Being beaten with a stick one hundred times and depriving the title was an extremely severe punishment for a prince. It meant that not only would he lose the throne, but he would also lose all the benefits of being a royal prince, such as the fiefdom.

When Xie Tingyu heard what his father said, he was completely disheartened and had lost hope, but he was still secretly relieved in his heart. At least his father had spared his life.

As long as you are still alive, even if it is a little difficult, there is still room for maneuver.

But when he heard Jiuqian Sui's words, his face turned pale in an instant. He was terrified and shouted at the upper-ranking Emperor Beiyue: "Father, Father, don't do it!"

"I was simply bewitched. I didn't do it on purpose. Father, please don't kill me. Father—"

The voice was extremely shrill and tears were streaming down his face, causing the court officials to sigh.

If it weren't for Eunuch Gui's support, the Emperor of Beiyue would almost fall.

No matter how stupid Yu'er is, he is still his son!

But Yu'er actually committed such an unforgivable crime...

I wanted to give him a lighter sentence, even if he couldn't become a prince, at least he could keep his life...

The Emperor of Beiyue glanced at Fu Jiuli. Although he had always relied on him and knew that he was telling the truth, he still felt a little resentful.

Fu Jiuli was roasting him, the emperor, on the fire!

He swept his eyes over the courtiers standing in the hall one by one, and as his eyes swept over them, the courtiers lowered their heads one by one.

It seems that he doesn't want to get involved in this mess anymore.

The Emperor of Beiyue was unsure what to do. He closed his eyes and spoke with difficulty, "What do you think of this matter, my dear ministers?"

Censor Liu was extremely confused at this moment.

He could see that His Majesty did not want to kill Prince Jing, but the difficulty lay in the fact that the laws of Northern Vietnam indeed stipulated so, and it had been pointed out by the Ninth Thousand Year Old Prince.

If someone else had said this, he wouldn't have been incapable of arguing, but the one who said this was Nine Thousand Years Old...

He dare not.

So he lowered his head deeply, afraid that the emperor would point at him.

However, what are you afraid of?

Seeing no one answering, the Emperor of Beiyue finally set his eyes on the uneasy Censor Liu: "Censor Liu, you speak."

Censor Liu:!!!

His eyes widened. There were so many people here, why did they choose him?

If I had known earlier, he would have claimed to be sick and rested at home today!

"Imperial Censor Liu?" There was displeasure in the Emperor of Beiyue's voice.

Censor Liu was startled and knelt down: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, I...I think..."

What should he do? He dared not offend either His Majesty or the Ninth Prince!!!

At this time, Xie Tingyu was still crying: "Father, it was Shen Ming who deliberately lured me into making mistakes..."

Censor Liu had an idea: "Your Majesty, Prince Jing has committed such a serious crime. According to the laws of Northern Vietnam, he should be executed..."

Having said this, Censor Liu clearly felt that His Majesty's breathing was heavier, and he hurriedly continued: "But considering that Prince Jing didn't really make a big mistake, and was lured into making a mistake by Shen Ming..."

"I believe that since Shen Ming can be shown mercy, Prince Jing's crime does not deserve death, and he may be given a lighter sentence."

After saying this, he kowtowed deeply.

This way, I haven't refuted the words of the Ninth Prince, and I've also taken His Majesty's thoughts into consideration. Is that okay?

It's really hard for him to be a censor...

The Emperor of Beiyue was obviously more relaxed: "My dear minister, please stand up."

Censor Liu breathed a sigh of relief. Since the emperor called him "my beloved minister", he must be fine.

However, just as Censor Liu stood up, Grand Tutor Xu came out.

He held the tablet in his hand, bowed his head and said respectfully, "Your Majesty, I think Censor Liu is wrong. Prince Jing was not induced to commit a crime by Shen Ming."

"As far as I know, after Shen Ming regained his memory, he devoted himself to the Northern Yue Kingdom. This time, he simply used a trick to catch the person with evil intentions, but this person just happened to be Prince Jing."

Taifu Xu glanced at Censor Liu with displeasure. He had finally found his nephew, and now he wanted to put the blame on his nephew?

Do you think he is dead? !

Duke Xu then stood up and said respectfully, "I second the motion."

Censor Liu, who had just stood up, felt a chill in his heart.

Oh no, how could I forget that Shen Ming is the nephew of these two?

This time I offended two people...

Lord Shen couldn't stand it any longer and stepped out: "I second the motion."

Censor Liu's heart skipped a beat. He had offended three people!

Shen Nanxing also bowed and said, "Your Majesty, if Prince Jing had not been secretly colluding with Donglai, how could the Crown Prince of Donglai have had the opportunity to massacre the people of the two cities of Beiyue?"

After saying this, he kowtowed deeply and said, "Your Majesty, I beg you to give justice to the people of the two cities!"

Speaking of the innocent people of the two cities, some upright officials among the court also boldly stepped forward, knelt down and said in unison: "Your Majesty, please give justice to the people of the two cities!"

They are usually timid and dare not offend His Majesty.

But for the people of the two cities, these are tens of thousands of lives!

Because of Xie Tingyu's selfish desires, he killed so many people and the two cities were flooded with blood...

Not to mention that among these dead civilians, it is inevitable that some of them are related to the court officials in the hall at this moment.

At one point, most of the ministers in the court knelt down, just begging for the culprit to receive the punishment he deserved!

Only a few pro-royalists were still standing, but at this moment they were trembling with fear and had no idea what to do.

The heart of the Emperor of Beiyue also sank completely at this moment.

In the end, he couldn't save his son.

Finally, he gave the order: "Come here, throw Xie Tingyu into prison and execute him in the autumn."

The whole hall shouted: "Your Majesty is wise!"

Xie Tingyu fell to the ground, his eyes dim, and he had completely lost hope. He let the guards drag him away like a dead fish.

"You can't go in, my lady!"

"My queen, please don't leave anymore. Swords have no eyes!"

Concubine Duan stepped forward regardless of the knife at her neck. The guards outside the palace retreated step by step with their knives in hand, trying to persuade her but not daring to hurt the emperor's concubine. They were in a very difficult situation.

As a result, Concubine Duan actually broke into the court.

When she saw two guards dragging her son, her eyes turned red and she rushed up like a madman, kicking and beating the two guards.

He was crying and shouting, "Let go! You're hurting him!"

"Yu'er, damn Yu'er!"

The Emperor of Beiyue's face turned pale: "Concubine Duan, stop!"

Upon hearing this, Concubine Duan looked at the Emperor of Beiyue angrily, her eyes filled with tears, and her voice was extremely shrill: "Your Majesty, Yu'er is your own son! Even a tiger won't eat its own cubs, how could you kill him?"

"How dare you!" The Emperor of Beiyue said in a cold voice, "When he was collaborating with the enemy and betraying his country, why didn't you consider that he was my biological son?"

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