Cough cough!
Then, Li Shi Min woke up. He seemed to have been too excited.
He quickly sat down and pretended to cough to hide the awkwardness in his heart.
"Beloved ministers, I order you to immediately go to Yuchi Jingde's Great General of the Right's residence tomorrow morning and immediately bring that little master to the palace. At the same time, get Yuchi Jingde to come and see me.”
Li Shi Min ordered.
"But, Your Majesty, you also know that General Yuchi has always been proud of his achievements. If we rashly come to him, I'm afraid he won't even bother with us.”
Gao Chunxing smiled bitterly.
"How about this, Zhen will give you an imperial edict. Bring Yuchi Jingde and that storyteller monk to the palace and convict Yuchi Jingde.”
Li Shi Min said.
"Your Majesty."
Fang Xuanling immediately bowed to receive the decree.
……
The night was silent. The next morning, the sky had just brightened.
After Yuchi Jingde got up and washed up, he had breakfast with his family and was about to go to the backyard to see Li Yi.
"Old Master, something bad has happened. An official wearing an official robe has arrived outside the door. He has an imperial edict in his hand and wants Old Master to go out and receive it.”
At this moment, a servant ran in from outside with a panicked expression.
"What is it? Imperial decree?"
A trace of shock flashed across Yuchi Jingde's face.
However, he did not panic. He did not think that the Emperor had issued an imperial edict to punish him.
"What are you panicking about? This is the General's Residence. Even if there is an imperial edict, we can just go out and welcome it. There is no need to panic.”
Yuchi Jingde swept a glance at the servants and was about to lead the way out.
However, before he could go out, the person with the imperial edict had already entered.
"Yuchi Jingde, you really are very awe-inspiring. You even dare to look down on His Majesty's imperial edict?"
At this moment, a seven-foot-tall official in his sixties walked in with an imperial edict in his hand. He was wearing a purple official robe and had an extraordinary aura.
There were two teams of about twenty people behind the officials. They were all wearing bright armor and carrying sharp Mo knives. Their eyes were cold and their auras were imposing.
The person who delivered the decree was Prime Minister Fang Xuanling of the Great Tang.
It was because Fang Xuanling knew Yuchi Jingde's martial strength and also knew Yuchi Jingde's temperament. If Yuchi Jingde became muddle-headed and ignored the Emperor's edict, then he would probably not be able to complete the mission the Emperor had given him.
That was why he had asked Li Shiming for these two imperial guards to intimidate Yuchi Jingde.
"Fang Xuanling is you?"
Seeing Fang Xuanling walk in, Yuchi Jingde frowned.
"What did you mean by that?”
Then, Yuchi Jingde asked.
"What do you mean? You, Yuchi Jingde, are so bold to kidnap the people in the streets. His Majesty already knows about this and has ordered me to bring you back to the palace for questioning.”
Fang Xuanling said.
"Abduct the people?"
Yuchi Jingde recalled carefully. It seemed that he had just returned to Chang 'an yesterday and had not done anything to kidnap the people!
Suddenly, he thought of the storytelling monk he had snatched from the street yesterday who was still in the backyard.
Could it be that the Emperor gave him the decree because of that storytelling monk?
Impossible!
How could a mere storyteller monk without any background alarm the current Emperor?
Fang Xuanling didn't waste any time and immediately said,""Right Marquis Great General Yuchi Jingde accepts the decree.”
No matter how proud and arrogant Yuchi Jingde was, he didn't dare to be rude to Li Shimin's imperial edict.
Therefore, he could only kneel down to receive the edict.
At this moment, Yuchi Jingde's wife, Wang, his sons, Yuchi Baolin and Yuchi Baoqi, his grandchildren, Yuchi Xunyu, Yuchi Xunji, and Yuchi Xunyan, and his granddaughters, Yuchi Min and Yuchi Lan, all came out from the back of the residence and knelt on the ground to receive the decree.
" In accordance with the order of the heavens, the Great General of the Right Marquis, Yuchi Jingde, disregarded the law and violated his personal morals. He rode his horse on the streets to commit murder, forcefully captured a storyteller, and imprisoned him in the residence. He committed a heinous crime. Now I order the left prime minister Fang Xuanling to bring Yuchi Jingde and the storyteller into the palace to see me, find out the reason, punish them, and respect them.”
After reading the imperial edict, Fang Xuanling looked at the kneeling Yuchi Jingde."How is it, General Yuchi?”
Of course, Yuchi Jingde couldn't defy the edict, otherwise it would be considered treason. He could only kowtow and accept the edict."Thank you, Your Majesty."
Seeing Yuchi Jingde receive the imperial edict, Fang Xuanling was not prepared and continued to stay in the Right Martial Marquis's mansion. He continued,""General Yuchi, please…"
When they heard that Yuchi Jingde had committed a heinous crime and was about to be summoned into the palace by the current Emperor to be punished, Yuchi Jingde's wife and descendants immediately broke down and cried.
The entire Right Martial Marquis General's Residence was filled with sorrow.
All along, Yuchi Jingde had always been the backbone of the Yuchi family.
At this moment, seeing that the backbone of the Yuchi family was about to collapse, these people could be said to be completely disheartened.
"Why are you crying? Back then, before the Great Tang had taken over the empire, I had already fought for the Great Tang and rendered meritorious service. Back then, at the battle of the Black Tortoise Sect, I even repelled the enemy and saved His Majesty. I don't believe that His Majesty would really punish me for a storyteller monk.”
Holding the imperial edict in his hand, Yuchi Jingde saw his wife and descendants crying and losing face in front of outsiders. He was instantly furious and shouted.
Yuchi Jingde could be said to have accumulated prestige in the Yuchi family for a long time. With Yuchi Jingde's roar, no one dared to cry out.
Many women could only cover their mouths with reddened eyes, afraid that if they made a sound, they would be reprimanded by Yuchi Jingde.
Fang Xuanling, who was standing at the side, saw this scene and sighed in his heart."Yuchi Jingde was originally a famous general of his generation, but he was arrogant and despotic. He would often boast about his contributions to others. Even if he survived this calamity, he would probably incur the displeasure of the Emperor in the future, and his end would not be good.”
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