fake prince

Chapter 1309

The emperor leaned on the pillow, staring straight at the roof, his deep eyes flickering, and said indifferently for a long time, "There are no other clues? For such a big matter, you are in charge of the Imperial City Department, and you only found such a little clue?"

Ma Shunde's face turned pale, and he quickly kowtowed: "It's a servant who is incompetent! Please forgive me, Your Majesty!"

Seeing Ma Shunde kowtow again and again, the emperor felt sad.

However, the sadness in my heart was not because of Ma Shunde's distressed appearance at the moment, he was just a domestic slave, why should he be decent?
"Oh, King Qi..."

Thinking of his family's mess, the emperor usually doted on King Qi, but what did this son give him in return?
King Qi has privately stored armored soldiers, and he has actually believed it.

To put it bluntly, false accusations are to start with those places that are difficult to implement and frightening to think about.

It is rare to start with a soldier who can be found out at a glance.

The emperor stared at the silk curtain with gloomy eyes and remained silent for a long time.

Although the words are clear in my heart, I almost prefer to believe that this is a lie, otherwise, wouldn't he, the father and the emperor, have suffered a crushing defeat in some respect?
Nowadays, people outside don't dare to say anything about him on the surface, but he doesn't need to guess what he thinks about him in his heart.

Do you even want your own son to turn against you?

Those old eyes narrowed when they looked at Ma Shunde again.

This servant girl can't be said to be not loyal enough.

But even if he knew that Ma Shunde was loyal to his duty and was involved in King Qi's private storage of armored soldiers, but he reported it from this person, he still couldn't help showing a bit of coldness.

Yes, Ma Shunde's own son Qi Wang had nothing to do with the private armored soldiers. Even Ma Shunde reported the matter to let himself know, so that he could make preparations early, so that the incident would not happen and he would be caught off guard.

But what a slave is, it is for the master to vent.

For a moment, the emperor even wanted to kill the crow with a stick.

This world lacks everything, but there is no shortage of loyal servants.

"The servant is incompetent! The emperor forgives me!" Ma Shunde kowtowed repeatedly on his knees, his forehead was blue, so he couldn't see the eyes of the emperor.

Zhao Bingzhong stood bowed and didn't speak. Looking at this scene, he felt familiar.

His eyes also fell on Ma Shunde who was kneeling, a mixture of relief and a little sadness rose up.

You, Ma Shunde, have today too!

After all, when he was in trouble at the beginning, Ma Shunde directly made trouble, and even robbed the Imperial City Secretary, causing his status to plummet.

Seeing Ma Shunde today, he naturally felt that retribution had arrived.

But more is sad.

"Oh, the emperor's might is unpredictable..."

Zhao Bingzhong bowed and watched the candle silently, his pupils were shining, and he knew in his heart that the situation he had fallen into at the beginning was simply Ma Shunde's trouble?

It's not that the emperor abandoned himself and didn't even think about hard work, so he wouldn't let himself fall to that point.

"Flowing water does not rot, and household hinges do not moth. This is a nice saying, but to a certain extent, it is as if merits and demerits do not offset. It is nothing more than crossing the river and tearing down the bridge."

"Ma Shunde is dead."

To be loyal, whoever is not loyal, so loyal still dies.

"Your majesty, if you didn't leave any room for your empress, your grandson, or your servants, how could you have come to this point?"

Zhao Bingzhong felt sad, since the last time he submitted the certificate, he had no room for regret. Turning his eyes, he thought of the message sent by the empress.

At that time, I had a feeling in my heart - grandson and empress empress, are they finally going to start?

At that time, I still thought about what kind of introduction would be used to launch it.

Unexpectedly, it was such a big move from the beginning.

Let's start with King Qi's private storage of armored soldiers, what a big deal!
Ma Shunde, who was kneeling on the ground, had his forehead broken, felt the emperor's gaze, and his heart was icy cold.

"Where's the file?" Finally, the emperor said coldly.

When Ma Shunde heard the emperor asked about the file, he knelt and climbed a few steps as if he had been granted an amnesty, hurriedly took out the file, and submitted it.

Zhao Bingzhong took it and handed it over to the emperor who was sitting on the bed.

"Let me see, which guard's Qianhu is it..."

The emperor opened the file and just squinted to look at it.

At first glance, I didn't see it clearly, but when I got closer and finally saw the content above, the emperor suddenly changed color.

In the bedroom, Ma Shunde could still be heard kowtowing on his knees, saying: "... Your Majesty, please forgive me. The servant ordered someone to check carefully. There is only this file, and there is no specific number of the guards. It must be The archivist neglected his duty, so there is no record of which guard army it is... But since there are names, surnames and year numbers, if you go to the detailed files, you will be able to find out..."

Ma Shunde's forehead was blackened, but he still kowtowed: "Your Majesty, give this servant a few more days, and this servant will definitely bring the Secretary of the Imperial City to find out the eight generations of this person's ancestors..."

"shut up!"

The emperor suddenly roared, and Ma Shunde froze there in shock, he even forgot to kowtow, and even looked up subconsciously.

Looking around, I saw that after the emperor roared, his face was pale and his cheeks were slightly flushed. The madness mixed with morbidity made Ma Shunde tremble uncontrollably.

He didn't understand at all that his words could cause such a big reaction from the emperor.

Could it be because he didn't find out which guard army Huo Lianqi was in?
No, it shouldn't be!

Ma Shunde contemplated, he was trying to figure out what he meant, and he also had some experience, so that he could not fail to see that he had indeed said something wrong, but it was not because of what he said, but because of the person he said.

Huo Lianqi, is there really a big problem?
Even the problem is so big that even the records of which guard army have been obliterated?
Slowly, Ma Shunde guessed something, and suddenly, his back was wet.

"Your Majesty, please stop being angry!"

The emperor yelled out, wanting to say something, but immediately became weak and gasped for breath. Zhao Bingzhong, who was on the side, had already made preparations, and had already come over with a jade cup, carefully serving the emperor to drink it in one gulp.

The wine with a strong medicinal taste flowed down the throat, and soon exerted its power, and the warm current flowed down the stomach and spread in all directions.

Zhao Bingzhong put the empty cup aside, and supported the emperor to lie down slowly.

Ma Shunde, who was kneeling on the ground, was as stiff as a stone statue, he didn't dare to get up, and he didn't dare to make a sound, just lying there.

Hu Huai'an was even more afraid to take care of the emperor with Zhao Bingzhong and report with Ma Shunde. He would rather be an invisible person at the moment and not be remembered by the angry emperor.

Although he didn't report this matter, but who knows if the emperor will be angry with himself when he is furious?
However, when the emperor sent Ma Shunde away, his chance came.

Thinking of this, Hu Huai'an glanced at Ma Shunde, stood aside, motionless.

After a while, the lying emperor's expression gradually improved, but he didn't get up immediately, but just lay there.

"Thousands of Huo Lianqi from the Divine Strategy Army!"

The moment he saw the document, the emperor remembered as if enlightened.

The founding army was the only one, not only the number was cut off, but even the history was cut off, and even if it had to be recorded, the people who belonged to it did not mention the number of the guard army they belonged to.

Twenty years have passed, and the emperor thought that he had gradually forgotten, but at this moment, he realized that this was Taizu's thorn, and it was also his own thorn.

Bright and painful, the emperor could not help murmuring.

It's been 30 years, why don't you just die obediently?

(End of this chapter)