Reborn to marry the emperor, I just want to confuse the emperor and seize the throne

After hearing this, the emperor was furious and said, "Wake up Su Dehai."

"Yes." Xie Shang ordered people to bring several large buckets of water and pour them on Su Dehai.

Soon, Su Dehai woke up. Seeing that he was already in front of the emperor, he turned over and got up. At this time, he was soaked like a drowned rat.

"Your Majesty? Where am I? What happened?" Su Dehai knelt on the ground.

The emperor asked General Su, "My dear, are you feeling okay? Do you remember what happened at the prince's mansion?" How much wine did he drink?

Su Dehai had some impressions in his mind. He was drinking while watching the dancers dance. The further he danced, the more he felt that the dancers' figures were light and graceful. He felt hot and uncomfortable, and thought that the dancers were deliberately seducing him. Then he entered the dance floor and danced with them. The more he danced, the more excited he became. An irresistible excitement rose in his heart. The feeling was ecstatic and endless.

Seeing him in a daze, the emperor said again, "My dear Lord Su..."

"Your Majesty, I can't remember clearly what happened last night?" In fact, he had been woken up by Su Xuan a long time ago, and he knew what happened on the way. It was Su Xuan who asked him to continue pretending to be drunk. The emperor would not punish him too severely for what happened while he was drunk.

Censor Zhu continued, "I was there at the time and saw General Su flirting with the dancers. The ministers also saw it. General Su wants to brush it off by saying he can't remember clearly?"

"Ah! Is that true? This general was drunk and really doesn't remember anything." Su Dehai insisted on saying this.

"Su Dehai." The emperor shouted angrily, "Do you admit your guilt?"

"I am innocent. I did not mean it. I was drunk and confused." Su Dehai knelt on the ground quickly. "I was drunk and I really don't remember anything."

"Where is the Chief Justice?" the emperor asked sternly.

"I'm here." Lu Yun was so scared that he almost lost his courage.

The emperor said, "According to the laws of the Great Zhou, if an official in the court has a lack of moral conduct, what crime should he be charged with?"

"Reporting to the emperor, according to the laws of the Great Zhou Dynasty, if an official's moral character is compromised, he may be dismissed from office or fined, exiled, imprisoned, or even sentenced to death if the circumstances are serious and cause serious consequences..." Lu Yun said slowly.

Upon hearing this, Su Dehai hurriedly said, "Your Majesty, I was really drunk. I don't know anything. I am innocent!"

Su Xuan could no longer stand and knelt before the emperor. "Your Majesty, my father was not in his right mind at the time. I suspect he was drugged and that's why he did such absurd things. I hope Your Majesty will investigate this."

"This is nonsense. I was also drinking in the Crown Prince's Mansion, how come no one drugged me?" Tang Shangshu also said, "It was clearly General Su who drank and couldn't control himself and almost made a big mistake. If he hadn't been stopped, he would have taken off his clothes and pants and pushed the dancer down. We all saw it. He didn't look like he was drugged at all. He was clearly shameless and unashamed."

"Young General Su said that your father was drugged. You can produce evidence and even find out who drugged him," said Minister Tang.

Su Xuan was speechless for a moment. He really had no evidence, and he didn't even have the time to look for evidence. Who wanted to harm his father? This time it couldn't be Jiang Fenghua because she was giving birth.

That day, the prince sent Wu Changshou's body to the Su Mansion as a warning, and today he made his father go crazy at the banquet. Could it really be the prince's doing? He was going to start dealing with the Su family.

It seems that my father can't escape this time.

He knelt on the ground and clenched his fingers. Xie Shang hadn't even secured his position as the crown prince yet, but he dared to target the Su family. Did he think that once he became the crown prince, he would never be replaced?

Su Xuan hated this feeling of powerlessness. He felt like he was being slaughtered. He wanted to be the executioner who slaughtered others instead of being the one being slaughtered.

The Su family guards the border for the Xie family, but he dares to plot against his father.

Xie Shang, just wait and see. The day will come when I ask you to beg me for mercy. Do you think you can rest assured after defeating the Hu people?

In fact, Xie Shang had already found someone to go to the border to replace the Su family. He just needed an opportunity to get that person to take office.

Xie Shang and Jiang Fenghua had the same idea. He wanted to force Su Xuan to rebel so that he could have a legitimate reason to attack the Su family.

Only then can he give a reasonable explanation to the soldiers and the people.

The emperor said, "Su Dehai, I will withhold your salary for one year and punish you to face the wall in the Su residence in Shengjing for one year. After the term is over, you will return to the frontier to take up your post. During this time, you will stay in the mansion to cultivate yourself. Do you have any objection?"

Su Dehai said, "Your Majesty, I have to go back to the border to train the soldiers. Even if I put aside the border affairs, the border cannot do without me!" He was reluctant to leave his mandarin duck pond and the beauty in the pond. After returning to Shengjing for a few months, he could no longer hold back, as if he was addicted.

Xie Shang said, "Your Majesty, while General Su is in Shengjing, the border affairs do need a capable person to take charge of the overall situation. I recommend General Peng Fei from the Xixiao Camp to take over his position at the border. Although General Peng is young, he has made great contributions in helping me to repel the barbarians of the Hu tribe. He is very capable."

The emperor thought about it again and again. He knew what the prince wanted to do. He wanted to slowly disintegrate the power of the Su family.

"Su Xuan, listen to my orders." said the emperor.

"I order you to temporarily take over your father's position and guard the border for me." Shang'er's haste in placing people in would only backfire.

"I obey your order." Unexpectedly, this turned out to be a blessing in disguise. The emperor was still afraid of the Su family and would never let the prince touch the Su family.

Xie Shang stared at the emperor, with a hint of coldness in his eyes.

Su Xuan said, "If Your Highness the Crown Prince really admires General Peng, I can let him go to the border to be a deputy general. After all, it is a pity to keep a talent like General Peng in Shengjing City to train new soldiers." Su Xuan said.

"Since the reign of Emperor Shengzu, General Su has been guarding the borders for the Great Zhou and resisting foreign enemies. He has worked hard and made great contributions. I respect him. General Su has a lack of virtue and has tarnished the holy name of General Su. However, Junior General Su has the heroic spirit of his grandfather. I would like to congratulate Junior General Su on his position as the general. General, you must guard the borders well when you go there, so that I will have no worries." Xie Shang's eyes were deep, his voice was cold, and his aura was imposing.

Su Xuan was stunned, then he said respectfully, "I am terrified, but I will definitely fulfill my mission."

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After seeing off the ministers, the emperor left Xie Shang alone and said in a deep voice, "The Crown Prince is still one step behind!"

“If it weren’t for your Majesty holding me back, I wouldn’t necessarily lose this chess move.” Xie Shang said in a deep voice.

"It's not like I haven't tried this before. It's always a risky move." The emperor's face was gloomy. "You have to know that the Su family has been in the border fortress for decades. Their power is already deeply rooted. It's hard to get in. I have placed people there before, but the officials I appointed there all had a narrow escape. They were incompetent for various reasons, either dead, injured, or sick."

Xie Shang said coldly, "Even so, I don't believe that our royal family can still let the Su family lead us by the nose."

The emperor sneered, "To fight foreign enemies, we must first stabilize the country. I have bought you a year, and it depends on what you can achieve in this year."

Xie Shang's eyes lit up, "Father, you did this on purpose."

"I'm tired and I don't have the energy anymore. I need to catch up on my sleep. You will preside over the morning court." The emperor said this and walked towards the inner hall.

Xie Shang's heart was surging, and he said loudly, "Thank you, father. I will take my leave first."

After the prince left, Cao Zongguan personally helped the emperor to sleep. Seeing the emperor smiling, he said, "The prince has really grown up! I am so excited to see him become the prince."

"Shang'er has been keeping his eyes on the Su family, and it seems that he is really going to take action against the Su family. He was having a passionate affair with the daughter of the Su family. Humph! I thought he would be bewitched by the women of the Su family." The emperor felt that the Su family was just an appetizer for Xie Shang.

"When the emperor did not allow the crown prince to marry Su Tingwan as his principal consort, wasn't he also trying to prevent the Su family from growing stronger? As the saying goes, old ginger is still the wisest. The crown prince is still young, so naturally he is not as thoughtful as your majesty."