The First National Preceptor of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 1217

King Yinglan gave an "oh," but inwardly sighed that he had been deceived.

"Never mind then, I forgive you, Xu Tian," said King Yinglan, indicating that nothing had happened before.

Xu Tian paused for a few seconds and asked, "May I have the imperial physician bring you into the palace to examine your illness?"

"I am cured." King Yinglan snorted coldly, and then ordered several servants to take Lord Xu Tian away.

Xu Tian sighed helplessly and finally left the mansion. After he left the palace, he met with the imperial physicians.

The imperial physicians seemed to have anticipated this, and didn't say much more.

At the entrance of the mansion, King Yinglan stood with a solemn expression.

"Send someone to summon those civil officials! They're outrageous!"

King Yinglan said he had been tricked! It turned out that Xu Tian had never intended to target King Yinglan.

Upon hearing this, several civil officials came to the palace to pay their respects to King Yinglan.

"Sir, what business do you have with us, a lowly official?"

Several civil officials asked, some with awe of King Yinglan. King Yinglan's power was now immense; even a sneeze from him could cause an earthquake in Chang'an.

“Your superiors said they never intended to target me. You petty officials are so audacious as to drag me into this mess.”

King Yinglan gave a forced smile, his true thoughts unknown.

The civil officials were immediately terrified and stammered, "Sir, we didn't expect this either. What if Xu Tianzhen turns on us?"

King Yinglan stopped his fake smile. Perhaps Xu Tian's apology was just a pretense?

Seeing that there was hope for the matter, the civil officials continued to explain: "Xu Tian told us that he wanted to dig up old, messy accounts, but he said there weren't any when he came to you, sir. It's clear that Lord Xu Tian was just fooling you."

Uh... King Yinglan pondered for a moment. Although he doubted Xu Tian's words, he wouldn't completely believe the words of these civil officials either.

"You may go back. I will not pursue this matter any further," King Yinglan said, waving them away.

So the civil officials left.

Several advisors came to the door, and King Yinglan told them about the matter.

“My lord, Xu Tian is of high rank. How could he go back on his word? Xu Tian’s words are the most trustworthy.”

An aide said that the King of England agreed with the assessment.

King Yinglan said, "But Xu Tian is too formidable; I am terrified of him. Tomorrow, I will have both civil and military officials put pressure on him until he gives up completely."

The next morning, Xu Tian went to court, but this time the palace was unusually quiet.

Most of the civil and military officials looked at Xu Tian.

Xu Tian stood in his place and noticed that many people were looking at him.

When the civil and military officials inquired again about the matter of choosing an heir, Xu Tian and his men firmly opposed it. Therefore, following the advice of Prince Yinglan, the officials refuted Xu Tian's claims.

Xu Tian sneered and said, "You who eat the salaries of the Tang Dynasty should remember how hard-won the foundation of the Tang Dynasty was."

The civil and military officials dared not speak out; they were actually quite afraid of Xu Tian.

After the court session ended, Xu Tian left.

Charlie rushed over immediately and comforted Xu Tian.

“Lord Xu Tian, ​​do your best. Even your subordinates are having some complaints about you right now,” Charlie said, referring to the previous audit.

Xu Tian sighed, realizing he was still too naive.

"Let's go to an inn in Chang'an for a drink."

Xu Tian said that he left the palace with Charlie.

They arrived at an inn and had a drink.

Suddenly, a guard arrived with soldiers.

The guard, panting, said, "Lord Xu Tian, ​​His Majesty summons you back to the palace."

"what?"

Xu Tian was incredulous after hearing this and followed the guards back to the palace.

Charlie was also shocked. He had been extremely disappointed just moments before, but now hope had appeared.

At this time, several imperial physicians also arrived at the palace upon receiving orders.

Inside the palace, King Yinglan stood upright.

Li Zhi was in bed, drinking medicine prepared by the imperial physician. The guards outside the palace had all been replaced by Li Zhi's own men.