Chapter 39 : Reprimand

Originally wanted to the second prince to go to the greenhouse and embezzlement of public funds of the matter suppressed, their own people internally dealt with just, do not want to find out the next day during the morning court, things do not know how to leak out, the dynasty and the field of discussion, the second prince disappointed to the extreme.

The emperor's mood is depressed to the extreme.

Feng Taishi's face was no better, slating his face and not looking at anyone.

Pei Si Yan didn't move and looked at the few officials behind her who were talking, her heart had long been happy-

Yesterday, it was her and Li Qingyan who went to Floating Fragrance House to kidnap Shirong in disguise. To say away from the light dye disguise skill is quite good, she almost do not recognise their own, now the government according to the portrait to catch the kidnapper is like fishing for the moon in the water, there will not be any gain.

However, after tying the person out, Li Qingdan sent her home for safety reasons, and then went to the Ten Mile Pavilion alone to continue the next plan. He came back with one hundred thousand taels of silver tickets in his hand, and it was said that he made the Second Prince wait for more than half an hour at the Ten Mile Pavilion, and then dragged out the nonsense for half a day, and dragged it out until the Imperial Capital city gates were closed after the stroke of midnight, and only then did he hand over the money with one hand and release the person with the other.

Early this morning, she recruited Shen Zhongning and a few officials, told them that the second prince to go to the greenhouse news, let them spread it, say that someone happened to see the second prince hit the greenhouse out.

Seeing the emperor's face is difficult to see so, Pei Si Yan is not difficult to imagine the emperor in knowing that the second prince not only went to the greenhouse but also misappropriated 100,000 public funds after how furious, will hesitate to register the second prince as the crown prince.

This is the effect she wants to achieve, not only to expose the mask of hypocrisy of the second prince, but also to ...

Pei Si Yan looked at Feng Taishi.

Let the Emperor know that, in fact, Imperial Master Feng "has an ulterior motive"!

The protagonist of the whole thing - the second prince stood in the centre of the hall with his head hanging down, a sad face. Being discovered going to a green house, he could only admit his own bad luck. It was all his own fault that after hearing about Shirong's kidnapping, he was too panicked to cover up and rushed out of Floating Fragrance House through the main entrance, which was just right for someone he knew to see.

The Emperor cleared his throat forcefully, his gaze grimly sweeping everyone present, and the hall was suddenly silent.

"The second prince, punished you are grounded for three months, not allowed to step out of the palace half a step, in the bedchamber to me to reflect! In addition, within three days pay back the 100,000 taels of silver that was misappropriated from the Ministry of Revenue. Imperial Prefect!"

"I am here."

"Immediately bring people to seal that green house, all people and so on exiled to the frontier, never to return to the imperial capital. Especially ... the woman who pestered the second prince, execute her immediately."

"Father!" The second prince subconsciously let out a cry of alarm.

"Boom," the Emperor heavily pounded the armrest of the dragon chair, furious, his eyes widened as he stared at the second prince, as if he couldn't wait to swallow him alive.

"You still have the face to talk back? Look at yourself, as a royal son, mixing with the triads, what's the matter with you? Failing the expectations and trust that I and my subjects have placed in you, what else do you have the face to say? The face of the royal family has been lost to you, and this punishment is already polite enough for you! You don't know what's good and bad, you don't know what's important!"

Pei Si Yan raised an eyebrow inadvertently, it was true that when holding great expectations and beautiful dreams, once the mask of hypocrisy was uncovered, the simultaneous disappointment and anger that arose was difficult to describe in words, as if a volcano that had been silent for hundreds of years had suddenly erupted with dust and flames that covered the sky and the sun.

The second prince cowered and hung his head, not daring to say another word for fear of upsetting his father.

Eunuch Feng glanced at him and sighed without knowing what to expect.

Wuluo looked at Eunuch Feng and asked nonchalantly, "As a teacher of the imperial sons, what is Lord Feng usually teaching? I'm really curious."

Taishi Feng bristled and did not reply.

Wuluo's words caused the Emperor's attention to shift to Taishi Feng, remembering all the circumstances over the years, his brows couldn't help but wrinkle up between his brows, his face growing more and more ugly, the hand resting on his knee clenched into a fist.

"Lord Feng, the education of the Emperor's son is a matter of the world's life and the face of the Royal Family, so please tell us," Wuluo saw that the Emperor was not speaking, and became even more unforgiving, "All of you present must also be very curious about this issue, right?"

Feng Taishi was so angry that his face was purple, he looked at the emperor who didn't speak, coughed a few times, and said faintly, "This time, it is the old man's dereliction of duty, failing to ..."

Wuluo interrupted him, "Lord Feng, failing in his duty to educate the emperor's son is a great sin, what do you want?"

Eh? Pei Si Yan raised his head and looked at Wu Luo and Taishi Feng with interest, he didn't need to stand up for himself, there were already people who wanted to embarrass Taishi Feng, pushing people towards the issue of having a bad heart.

Feng Taishi argued, "People are not sages, who can't make mistakes?"

"Oh, so that's how it is." Wuluo nodded meaningfully, "But it seems that Lord Feng is really getting old, why don't you take this opportunity to resign and go back to your hometown, or else I'm really worried that you'll have even more serious problems with the education of your imperial son in the future."

The courtroom was in an uproar.

The months-long fight between Wu Luo and Feng Taishi had finally come to the point where the words were made clear!

Wu Li secretly looked at Wu Luo, thinking about whether he was the owner of that anonymous letter or not, hesitating to help.

Imperial Master Feng said in a cold voice: ''Lord Wuluo, old me is in good health and does not need to resign! Moreover, old me has always been fully responsible for large and small, countless affairs of the court, if old me really leaves, who can take over?"

The Emperor's gaze became even colder, as if in thought.

Wu Dai also got involved and said disdainfully, "Your Excellency really underestimates others, doesn't he? Are our four great auxiliary ministers just receiving the court's salary and not doing anything? Not to mention the fact that my Blue Country is full of talented people, we will definitely be able to find a replacement."

"You, you guys!" Imperial Master Feng gritted his teeth in hatred as he swept towards the officials of his faction, but he saw that they all lowered their heads, not daring to speak.

Just when the atmosphere in the hall was awkward and stiff, a small chamberlain ran in from outside the hall, he knelt down behind the second prince and loudly reported, "Your Majesty, there is an eight hundred mile urgent intelligence from the border!"

The emperor coldly looked at the officials who were just now in tit-for-tat but now silenced, "Pass it on!"

The chamberlain climbed up and ran out, then a middle-aged man dressed as a general with a dusty, dusty face came striding in with an anxious look.

"The last general sees Your Majesty!" The general knelt on one knee and raised the letter in his hand high, "Your Majesty, there is a rebellion in the southwestern tribes, the defenders have been killed and injured, requesting for support!"

Low murmurs resounded in the great hall, Eunuch Feng quietly breathed a sigh of relief, finally he could not dwell on the embarrassing topic.

The Emperor took the letter from Eunuch Qian and asked, "How did this happen?"

The southwestern border region of the Blue Country was a dense forest, a place where some ancient tribes lived in diaspora, and the cultural practices were much different from other places. Under the effective management of the generals sent from the imperial capital, it has always been safe and sound, with few incidents of tribal rebellions, and even if there were, the local army would be able to suppress them very quickly, but this time, it was so serious that it required a request for the imperial capital to send reinforcements?

"Your Majesty, it is because the people are dissatisfied with the high taxes, as well as some of the decrees, and it is only this serious after they have secretly built up their strength."

Eunuch Feng said, "Your Majesty, this is a serious matter, please send reinforcements immediately."

The emperor covered his mouth and coughed a few times, Pei Siyan suddenly felt that he seemed to have aged a lot in a single night, and there seemed to be something wrong from the look of his face ...

"King Hui."

Lan Xuan heard his father call out to him and immediately stepped out.

"It's up to you to bring enough troops and horses and go forward to support." The Emperor said.

"Yes, my son will take orders."

"Alright, retire from the court." The Emperor waved his hand and was assisted by Eunuch Qian to leave.

The second prince immediately turned his head and rushed out of the hall, wanting to go save girl Shirong. Eunuch Feng's eyes were on the verge of sparking as he hurriedly chased after him.

Pei Si Yan shuffled out of the great hall last, and saw Lan Xuan standing alone at the edge of the steps, looking up at the sky with a tantalising expression on his demonic face.

"Your Highness King Hui." Despite the secret alliance, etiquette was still necessary in the palace.

"Another chance to build up my achievements, I wonder if Father will praise me when I return victorious?" Lanxuan said this on his lips, but he couldn't see that he was looking forward to it at all.

Pei Si Yan comforted, "It will definitely be possible, especially now that the second prince has made such a serious mistake, the emperor must be full of expectations for you." She thought, Lan Xuan must be very eager to regain his father's love and care, right?

"Actually, I don't care about that at all," he turned back around and looked at the golden dragon chair from afar, "It's enough for me to just get it. Lord Wuban, this good show today, did you secretly plan it out?"

Pei Si Yan did not intend to hide it from him, "Yes, the second prince is an obstacle in your path." The more help given, the more benefits will be received later on.

"It seems that people have underestimated you too much, Lord Wuban." Lanxuan laughed, stepping down a step.

"The more underestimated you are, the more arrogant your enemies will return, and arrogance makes people stupid, the better my chances of winning." Pei Si Yan smiled, it was true that only with pressure could one be motivated, and with motivation, potential would be stimulated. The life before crossing over was a little too comfortable, so it made her lazy and made her willing to be mediocre.

Not wanting to be the one on the guillotine, the only way was to clear all the obstacles on the road ahead!

"Thank you for everything you've done for me, and I'll definitely double it when the day comes." After saying that, Lan Xuan's footsteps became faster and he hurried away.

Pei Si Yan owed a bow and watched Lan Xuan leave, intending to go to the Council of Governance as soon as possible.

"Lord Wuban, please stay!"

She searched for the sound and saw Eunuch Qian running to her, exhausted and sweating profusely.

"What's wrong with you, Eunuch Qian?"

Eunuch Qian gasped for a few breaths and lowered his voice, "Lord Wufan, the Emperor, he ... may have vomited blood last night because he was too angry, and just now when he returned to the imperial study, he vomited blood again ... Yesterday when the imperial physician came to see him, he said that was ..."

Pei Si Yan was shocked and asked, "Said what?"

Eunuch Qian had tears in his eyes, "I'm afraid the Emperor is dying ... It is estimated that he can only live for two or three months at most."

Pei Siyan's jaw dropped, no wonder he felt that the Emperor was a little off, the original was a lingering illness that had reached the point where he was about to run to the Yellow Springs.

"Who all knows about this?"

Eunuch Qian thought for a moment and said, "The Emperor did not allow the Imperial Doctor and the lackeys to spread the news, so right now only the Emperor, Lord Wu Pan, the lackeys and Imperial Doctor Jiang know."

Pei Si Yan bit her lips tightly as her brain raced.

"Thanks to Eunuch Qian for telling me, I have some rare herbs at home, so I'll bring them at that time to see if they have any effect on His Majesty's illness. It's really worrying ah ... Eunuch Qian, don't tell anyone else about this matter, okay? Tough on you." After saying that, she lifted her skirt and ran as fast as she could in the direction that Lanxuan had left.

She had to stop Lanxuan from running to the southwest with his troops to fight!