"Li Yujing?!"

After hearing this, Du Sheng's chest shook violently and he almost shouted out what was in his heart.

Last night he and Li Yujing drank until dawn and drank nearly eight jars of wine.

He has a pretty good alcohol tolerance and can still sober up now.

When the guards dragged him away just now, Li Yujing collapsed on the ground like a dead person.

Moreover, the arrival of this letter was quite strange.

He had clearly destroyed all the letters sent by Li Yujing on the spot, so how could he have left any?

Judging from the emperor's expression, he could roughly guess the contents of the letter -

Most likely, it was to expose his collusion with the prince's faction and frame the Wei family and King Ming.

Who did it?

Could he really be from the Wei family?

If this is true, then Li Yujing is currently at his home, which confirms the contents of the letter!

Thinking of this, Du Sheng lowered his head and sighed heavily.

Just as he was complaining in his heart, the sound of guards' chaotic footsteps was heard outside the hall.

Upon hearing the sound, the emperor and all the ministers looked towards the door.

Two burly guards were seen slowly walking in with Li Yujing, who was drunk and reeking of alcohol.

The two men put Li Yujing on the floor, then stood up and reported to the emperor.

"What's going on!" The emperor smelled the scent of alcohol wafting towards him, his brows furrowed even tighter, and he looked at Li Yujing with pure disgust in his eyes.

"Your Majesty, I found Li Yujing in General Du Sheng's house. He is still drunk, so we had to carry him here."

When the emperor heard this, his disdain grew even stronger: "I really overestimated this Li Yujing. Not only is he not motivated to make progress, he has also been colluding with the Xia family to murder loyal officials and my prince!"

When he thought about how he had locked up Song Xuanlin and Wei Xun without any reason half a month ago because of these villains, he felt more and more guilty and angry.

I really shouldn't have listened to the slander of these villains!

The emperor cursed inwardly, glanced at Li Yujing who was sleeping soundly on the ground, and ordered in a cold voice: "Come here, pour the coldest water on him to wake him up!"

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

After a while, the guard came quickly to Li Yujing's side carrying a heavy bucket.

"Crash-"

The cold water suddenly hit Li Yujing's face like a heavy rain.

"Cough, cough, cough -"

After a while, Li Yujing opened his eyes after being stimulated by the cold water.

But the guards were afraid that he had not woken up completely, so they did not stop until all the water in the bucket was poured out.

It is now late autumn, and the water in the palace pond has been shrouded in cold air for a long time. Li Yujing was choking and coughing violently, and had to drink some ice water into his stomach.

He was already full of alcohol, and after mixing it with cold water, his abdomen instantly began to ache, and he became completely sober.

"Ouch - ouch my stomach -"

He didn't notice the emperor's cold gaze on him, and he rolled over and over on the ground, groaning.

"How dare you, Li Yujing, not kneel down before the emperor!"

At this time, Eunuch Gao saw that although Li Yujing had woken up, she had not yet figured out the situation, so he warned her.

"Hmm? Your Majesty?"

Li Yujing was rolling around, but when he heard the word "Emperor", he immediately forgot the pain.

He sat up with a somersault, and after looking around the hall, his collar was instantly soaked with sweat.

This is early morning!

What did I just do!

When he thought of what he had just done, his nerves almost broke, and he immediately rolled and crawled to his knees in the center of the hall.

After taking a quick glance at the emperor's face, which was as dark as the bottom of a pot, he shuddered all over and kowtowed heavily.

"I beg your Majesty to forgive me. I drank too much yesterday and now I am hungover. I didn't realize I was already in the palace. I was inappropriate!"

"Heh, Li Yujing, impoliteness is nothing now."

The emperor smiled instead of getting angry, but he couldn't hide the cold light flashing in his eyes: "Do you know why I summoned you here today?"

"This..." Li Yujing's mind was in a mess at this time. How could he figure it out in such a short time? He replied in a hoarse voice, "I... don't know. Please let the emperor know clearly."

"I don't know?" The emperor sneered even more, "You have been serving for three years, and I didn't know you were so capable."

He said halfway, and signaled the guard to hand the letter on the ground to Li Yujing: "Tell me, when did you get close to the prince and the Xia family, huh?"

Li Yujing held the letter in front of him with trembling hands, rubbed his eyes, and then he could see the words clearly.

After reading ten lines at a glance, Li Yujing's mind was full of question marks.

How could I have written this myself!

The handwriting was imitated about 80%, and the word choice habits between the lines were also imitated to be my own.

However, I am sure that I have never written this letter!

"Your Majesty, I am innocent. I did not write this letter!"

But the emperor now couldn't believe him anymore: "You're going to say it was forged by someone else, right?"

"Yes, Your Majesty, this is absolutely forged. They want to pin this false accusation on me and others!"

Li Yujing also sensed the emperor's impatience, and he hurriedly tried to defend himself, "It doesn't matter if I die, but this also concerns the reputation of the crown prince and General Xia. Please, Your Majesty, look into it and give them justice!"

"At this time, you are still asking me for justice. You are really a wicked person!"

The emperor clenched his fists in anger: "One is the Minister of Revenue, and the other is a former General of the Imperial Household. They should have obeyed my orders, but they secretly helped the prince do these shameful things. Do you have justice in your hearts, or do you have the righteousness of your family and country?!"

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