"Thank you, Your Majesty!"
Fang Xuanling cried bitterly.
At the same time, he slipped the resignation letter back into his sleeve.
Now that he had achieved his goal, this resignation letter was useless.
Li Er was a wise ruler for thousands of years. Looking at the history books, many of the founding heroes had ended up being killed by the cunning rabbit and cooked by the dog. However, during the Zhenguan period of the Tang Dynasty, there were many pictures of the harmony between the monarch and his subjects. Li Er's open-mindedness played a decisive role in it.
The purpose of him entering the palace to meet the emperor was to get an explanation from Li Er. He did not really want to fight and hand in his resignation. Li Er was very considerate, so he should give Li Er a ladder at this time to let him down without losing face.
"Your Majesty, I'm back!"
Soon, Cheng Yaojin rushed back from outside with a livid face. Behind him, two palace guards were holding a pale-faced woman.
"Say what you said just now without missing a word.”
Cheng Yaojin turned around and scolded him.
"Yes, sir!"
The brothel madame knelt on the ground, cold sweat dripping down her forehead. She never thought that she would appear in front of the emperor like this one day. She did not even dare to raise her head and said with a trembling voice,"At noon today, the Fang family's little Langjun came to the Drunken Immortal Inn to redeem the courtesan Mingyue. When he left, he ran into His Highness King Qi, and they had a small argument…"
"Later, King Qi's guard came to me and said that he was preparing ten jars of Drunken Immortal Wine.”
"Your Majesty, I really don't know that these ten jars of Drunken Immortal Brew were prepared by His Highness the King of Qi for my little Langjun!" the brothel madame sobbed.”
"Drag him out!"
After hearing this, Li Er's face turned ashen as he spoke.
The two palace servants agreed and left Taiji Palace with the bawling brothel madame.
At the same time, King Qi arrived. Like the six guards, he was carried in.
Li You's injuries were the lightest, but he looked like he had to go through a funeral. With five bright red palm prints on his right cheek, he groaned as he asked the palace servants to carry him to Taiji Palace.
"Father!"
As soon as he entered Taiji Palace, Li You had a sorrowful expression."You have to make the decision for your son!"
Cheng Yaojin, Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui, Cheng Huaimo, Du He, and the others looked at him strangely, then carefully glanced at Li Er, whose expression was getting darker and darker.
"Zhen will seek justice for you!"
Li Er looked at him expressionlessly. When he saw Li You's happy expression, Li Er's expression suddenly turned fierce. He swung his palm and slapped Li You's face.
Pa!
Li You spun around on the ground and covered the palm print on his left cheek. He looked at Li Er in disbelief and couldn't speak.
"Bastard, look at what you've done outside!”
"You still have the face to ask me to help you?" Li Er shouted angrily. Then who would make the decision for Fang Yi 'ai? You're this one's child, so Fang Jun isn't this one's subject? As King Qi, it's fine if you don't want to improve, but you've even used your status to threaten him and force him to drink eight jars of Drunken Immortal Wine. What does the law of the Great Tang mean to you? You've completely disgraced me!"
"Imperial Father, your son did not know that it was Drunken Immortal Brew!”
Li You's expression changed drastically, and his throat moved a few times. The pain on his face was far less than the fear in his heart. He knelt on the ground, his forehead pressed against the ground, and he said with cold sweat,"Your son only asked his subordinates to take a few jars of wine and did not have any ill intentions. They must have misinterpreted your son's intentions, resulting in this outcome!”
"Is King Qi telling the truth?"
Li Er looked coldly at the six guards kneeling on the ground.
The six guards yawned, wanting to say that everything had been done according to King Qi's orders, but they knew that it was false, so they didn't dare to speak the truth. If they did, they might even implicate their families.
"Your Majesty, King Qi is speaking the truth.”
One of the guards said with a pale face,""We misunderstood King Qi's words.”
"Men!"
"Drag these six people away and get eighty sticks!" Li Er said coldly. This matter started because of King Qi, so you can't avoid it. Drag him out and give him forty strokes of the cane. Then pack his things and scram back to your fief today. You're not allowed to return to Chang 'an without my order!”
"Thank you, Imperial Father!"
Although Li You was unwilling, he could only pinch his nose and admit defeat when he saw Li Er's firm attitude. He obediently took the forty spines.
"Zhijie."
After the palace guards dragged them all away, Li Er turned to Cheng Yaojin and said in a deep voice,""Those six guards are no longer suitable to follow King Qi. You will personally supervise the execution of the spine cane.”
The moment he said this, the fate of the six guards was set.
Cheng Yaojin cupped his fists in response. He knew that Li Er did not intend to let these six guards live in this world. The eighty spines would definitely kill them. As for King Qi's forty spines, they would probably only cause their skin to split open.
"Xuan Ling."
Li Er tilted his head and looked at Fang Xuanling. He felt a wave of discomfort in his heart and sighed."This one is to blame. This one didn't discipline King Qi well.”
"Your Majesty, I am content."
Fang Xuanling sniffled, his eyes red."Your Majesty can clearly distinguish right from wrong and see through every detail. I am also guilty.”
Li Er's expression relaxed. He knew that this matter was over.
However, he still felt a knot in his heart. You didn't give this one an explanation for the slap Fang Jun gave King Qi. You can't let this matter go as well, right? Now that King Qi was punished, it's Fang Jun's turn!
But he couldn't say it directly.
Thus, Li Er gave Du Ruhui an understanding look.
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