The naughty and cowardly little crybaby sold himself out

The people in the hall started talking.

Of course, they all didn't know that the emperor had previously determined that Chu Jian was guilty of lying, so they didn't know why Jing Muyang was so impulsive as to break into the palace at night. Jing Muyang couldn't say anything, as he couldn't let others find fault with Chu Jian.

Some people spoke up for Jing Muyang, saying that he was in a hurry and nervous and impulsive, which was understandable. This was what the prince's faction said;

Some people also took advantage of the situation and said that Jing Muyang couldn't keep his composure over such a small matter and couldn't handle the heavy responsibility in the army. This was what the Third Prince's faction said;

There were also those who remained neutral and did not speak, like the queen who liked to play the bad guy, and the eighth prince did not say a word from beginning to end.

Listening to the words in the hall, the emperor was angry and annoyed, but what Chu Jian said hit the mark exactly what he wanted. No matter what the reason was, the helpers he had finally recruited for the prince could not be brought down so easily.

The emperor looked at the ministers who were arguing and kneeling down to ask him to arbitrate.

"Everyone, please stand up. I am also responsible for this matter, but it is wrong for the War King to abuse his power and break into the palace at night! Considering that he did not neglect his duties, did not lie about military intelligence, and admitted his mistakes with a good attitude, he will be punished with forty military sticks and fined half a year's salary!"

"Your Majesty..." He wanted to continue speaking. After all, it would be good if he could take this opportunity to take away some of Jing Muyang's military power.

"That's it!" The emperor interrupted them and waved his hand to signal them to leave. It seemed that a few ministers needed an opportunity to give them a good beating!

“Father!” Before the ministers and princes could move, Chu Jian knelt down beside Jing Muyang with red eyes and shouted, “Chu Jian refuses to accept!”

"You! What are you dissatisfied with?! Do you think my punishment is too heavy?!"

The emperor was furious. She always found trouble every time they met for the first time! And she found trouble regardless of the occasion! Did she know what kind of trouble Mu Yang had caused? If the minister who had just suppressed him took the opportunity to seize it, he would not be able to show favoritism!

"No, Father punished Mu Yang, and I accept it. But what about me? I was wrongly accused for no reason and locked up in the Buddhist temple all day and all night. No one even gave me a sip of water, and I was also mercilessly mocked by them. I don't care who Father believed in or who was wronged. I just want an explanation or compensation!"

When I first saw her, she had tears in her eyes and looked extremely aggrieved.

"you!"

The emperor became even angrier. He thought she would say a few words to help Xiaojiu, but she was only thinking about herself!

The emperor rubbed his solar plexus. It was true that he had listened to slander and misunderstood from the beginning to the end. But how could he explain it? Should he admit his mistake to her? Did he, the emperor, have no face left?

The emperor glared at Concubine Ming fiercely again.

But what else can we do? We have already spoken at the beginning. We have indeed been wronged. We cannot bring up family affairs in front of so many ministers.

"Okay! Tell me! What compensation do you want!" The emperor said with a gloomy face.

Chu Jian leaned back to look at Jing Muyang's back, and reached out to touch his waist and hips, as if Jing Muyang had been beaten. She was so heartbroken that she burst into tears.

"Wow, wow, wow... I want thousand-year-old ginseng, thousand-year-old ganoderma, northern deer antlers, South China Sea pearls, iceberg snow lotus... I also want a thousand taels of gold!"

At first glance, a series of precious medicinal materials were reported, and gold was added at the end.

Not only the emperor, but everyone present was stunned. Princess Zhan's appetite was really big.

However, the emperor was pleased with her series of small actions, especially the heartache in her eyes when she touched Xiaojiu. Ha, she still had some conscience.

The emperor waved his hand to signal Eunuch Liu, which meant he agreed.

"Clean up the Buddhist temple for me! If you can't restore it to its original state, you will have to live in it and never come out!" When the emperor got up to leave, he remembered something again and turned back to yell at her.

"Yes." Chu Jian accepted the response. She did not expect the emperor to agree so readily. Jing Muyang would not be able to escape the forty military sticks, and it was not too much to ask for some medicinal herbs. Besides, the thousand taels of gold was much more than half a year's salary. She did not expect the emperor to agree.

As for cleaning the Buddhist hall, that’s all trivial matters.

Everyone in the hall dispersed with their own thoughts. The direction of the court and the emperor's thoughts became more and more confusing.

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After Jing Muyang received the military stick, he was carried to Yonghe Palace. The military stick was not an ordinary punishment. Twenty or thirty blows of the military stick could kill an ordinary palace maid. Even someone like him who had been on the battlefield and had internal strength, was seriously injured.

The emperor was waiting in Yonghe Palace. When he saw Jing Muyang's bloody back, especially his buttocks, which were a mess of flesh and blood, he felt heartbroken.

But if he is not punished, he could be charged with conspiracy to treason and usurp the throne if he broke into the palace at night with a military order, which is a capital crime and no one can save him.

Concubine Yun has been crying the whole time. She was crying about why she found such a daughter-in-law who was eating her son to death; she was also crying about how fortunate it was that she found such a daughter-in-law because all the medicinal herbs she had requested had been delivered; she was also crying about how she almost killed her son!

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