The First Traitor [Rebirth]

Yuan, who was able to rest for five days because of her marriage, returned to the court hall that was as chaotic as a vegetable market after the holiday.In recent days, the emperor's desk has been piled up with the memorials requesting the prince to be established early, the emperor saves trouble and directly throws these memorials to the four great scholars, saying: "What do you think?"

Wu Xuhao said: "In terms of the order of seniority, it is natural that the king of Qi should be established."

Yuan Ye pretended to be confused: "Whether it's about seniority or concubine, King Puyang should be recalled."

Everyone was caught off guard by his attitude: "King Puyang is an abolished prince. He has committed a serious crime and has been decreed by the emperor that he will not recover in this life. Are you teasing us?"

Yuan Ye expressed his innocence: "When Emperor Shengwu Daxing succeeded to the throne, there were still two older brothers in front of him."

When it came to the Emperor Shengwu who was a concubine who seized the throne by conspiracy, Wu Xuhao knew that Yuan Ye's words were not disrespectful to Emperor Shengwu, but he dug a hole for him, so he panicked: "You are a fool! How can it be child's play to fight for the foundation of the country now?"

The emperor agreed: "Well, this matter concerns the foundation of the country and should not be trifled with."

So Yuan Ye fell silent again, and even Lin Xuanda and Luo Lao Hanlin, who had been silent all this time, stopped expressing their views.Seemingly feeling something, Liang Wang and Zhao Wang's party gradually calmed down, but Qi Wang's party became more and more emotional.For a while, it seemed that the only voice left in the whole court was Li Qi Wang as the crown prince.

It was night, when the emperor was about to go to bed, a servant quietly came to the door of the bedroom, handed a letter to the servant guarding the door, and said: "Please pass it to Manager Liu."

The servant at the door glanced at him and ignored it, and the servant gave him some silver taels again, and he accepted the letter with a smile and walked in.Seeing Liu Xiao, he said in a low voice, "Director Liu, this was submitted by the head of Yinshoujian."

Liu Xiaodao: "He is in charge of the Jiku, Fu Yan, Xinfu and other things, what is he doing with this thing?"

"This..." The waiter was at a loss for words, and he didn't ask in detail, and after receiving the benefits, he went to help him in a flash.Now that Liu Xiao asks, he is not easy to explain.

"What else did he say?" Liu Xiao asked again.

"He only asked the slave to submit it to Director Liu, and didn't say much."

Liu Xiao hesitated for a while, then took the letter and opened it to read.Seeing this made him terrified, he hurried back to the dragon couch, hesitant.The emperor saw him lingering, his eyes flickering and absent-minded, and he was still holding a few pieces of paper in his hand, so he asked, "What's the matter?"

Liu Xiao came back to his senses, hid the letter behind his back, and then said with a tactful smile: "It's nothing, nothing."

"Hmph, what are you pretending, I saw it!" The emperor snorted coldly, his eyes froze, "What is it, show me."

"This……"

"Do you dare not listen to my words?" The emperor glared at him, so Liu Xiao had no choice but to hand the letter to the emperor.

"What is so mysterious?" The emperor accepted it with a smile.His eyes swept over it, and then turned cold again, and raised his head, "Where did this thing come from?!"

"It was submitted by the head of Yinshoujian." Liu Xiao didn't dare to hide it.

"Call him here, and also, order Puyang to guard and see him!"

The guard in Puyang was an eunuch who was in charge of guarding the ancestral mausoleum. The emperor summoned him to see him, so he rushed to Puyang all night and ordered him to return to Beijing.At this time, the matter is serious, and the emperor ordered Liu Xiao to handle it carefully and not to make a fuss.Later, in order to deceive others, he summoned the eunuchs and eunuchs to write an edict to summon the king of Qi to return to Beijing.

The palace gate sent out two imperial edicts in succession, and it was impossible to hide them now.King Liang and King Zhao woke up at night and hurriedly asked what was going on, but all they could get was that the emperor summoned King Qi back to Beijing, so they thought it was the emperor who issued two imperial decrees to call King Qi back to Beijing.

"Go to Yuan Mansion!" King Zhao ordered in a panic.

"Go to Luo Lao!" Liang Wang thought for a while and could only do so.

King Zhao disguised himself and arrived at the Yuan Mansion, Yuan Ye and Yuan were already waiting. Seeing them, King Zhao said, "Father has issued two imperial decrees to summon King Qi back to the capital. imperial decree!"

"My lord, don't worry, we have already got the news." Yuan Ye said.

"Why did the father call him back to the capital? Why did it happen so suddenly?" Zhao Wang couldn't calm down at all. "Recently, there are voices in the court asking to make the king of Qi the crown prince. Could it be that the father really has this intention?"

"No." Yuan Ye shook his head resolutely. If the emperor intended to make King Qi the crown prince, he would not wait until today.

They pondered for a long time without an answer, but Yuan actually kept silent.Zhao Wangdao: "Yuan Erlang, you have the most ideas on weekdays, can you guess why the father summoned the king of Qi?"

Yuan Jing said, "Wait a little longer!"

"What are you waiting for?" Zhao Wang was already anxious, he muttered, "If I knew it earlier, I shouldn't have listened to your orders, Li Shangshu and the others gave up the chance to ask me to be the crown prince..."

Yuan Ye sighed: "My lord, sometimes, not to fight is the best way." With King Qi gaining the upper hand, it would be ugly if King Zhao still ordered his followers to fight.And no matter how much Qi Wang fights, if the emperor doesn't like him, he will naturally ignore those memorials.

When Zhao Wang heard this, he calmed down a little. At this time, his situation was already unfavorable. If he still offended Yuan Ye, then he was really hopeless.So he also quieted down, until there was another news from Yuanfu.

Yuan actually held the secret letter handed out from the palace, and said expressionlessly: "The emperor summoned the head of Yinshoujian."

"Prince Yinshou, isn't that in charge of things like iron coupons, edicts, talismans, letter talismans, etc. What does it have to do with the King of Qi?" King Zhao hurriedly asked, "Is it really a matter of making the King of Qi the crown prince?"

"This matter, there will be a result tomorrow." Yuan Ye sighed.

In the early morning of the next day, many officials belatedly heard the news from others that the emperor issued two imperial decrees in the middle of the night to call the King of Qi back to Beijing. They were astonished and hurried to inquire about the news.Within a day, the news was already flying all over the sky, but the emperor still remained silent.

Another day later, Yuan Ye and Luo Lao Hanlin had a face-to-face meeting, but they all shook their heads to express that they didn't know.The emperor still did not go to court, and he only summoned four grand scholars and a few officials.As soon as they entered, they were frightened by the guards waiting in full force, and they didn't know what happened, and they suddenly found that King Qi had returned to the capital, so they were in the hall!

The emperor sat on the dragon chair and looked coldly at the people who came in, but Yuan Ye found that when he met his gaze, it was extremely cold and ruthless.He was startled, but still saluted calmly.The emperor asked everyone to get up, but Yuan Ye was the only one who didn't get up. He became more and more sure that something might happen to the Yuan family again.

"Masters, do you know why I called you here today?" the emperor asked coldly.

"I don't know..." Old Luo Hanlin said, and everyone else agreed.

The emperor said: "I received a secret report that King Puyang resented me for deposing him and ordering him to guard the mausoleum. He resented me."

Everyone looked at each other in dismay, Wu Xuhao was secretly happy when he saw King Qi's eyes, but on the surface he pretended to say: "Who played this, is it a fabrication to frame King Puyang?"

"The secret letter also said that King Puyang conspired with Yuan Shangshu and Yuan Shaoqing to conspire against him by exchanging letters." The emperor's eyes swept away, and Yuan Ye's heart trembled, and all the muscles in his body tensed.

"I've been wronged!" Yuan Ye said.

"The King of Puyang used the army guarding the mausoleum of Puyang as a cover to secretly recruit troops. The original Shangshu and his son bribed the nobles of the capital with money, and waited for an opportunity to control the capital to kill the king..." the emperor said slowly again.

Yuan Ye has already started to kowtow: "I am wronged!"

"This..." Luo Lao Hanlin and Lin Xuanda were caught off guard, but Luo Lao Hanlin reacted quickly, he said, "Since the secret letter is so convincing, there must be evidence, if there is no evidence... "

"Evidence? Don't worry, we'll talk about it when everyone is ready." The emperor narrowed his eyes and coughed uncontrollably.

After a while, Yuan Jing's figure appeared in front of the palace gate. She saw Yuan Ye who kowtowed until his head was bleeding, so she rushed over quickly, almost kneeling beside Yuan Ye, and saluted the emperor first. He hurriedly asked Yuan Ye what was wrong.

Wu Xuhao gloated and said: "Yuan Shaoqing, now someone has reported that you father and son have correspondence with King Puyang and conspired to rebel, are you guilty?!" No matter what, he had to put a hat on first, so that Yuan Jing could look up Can't get up!

"This is nonsense, this is a false accusation!" Yuan Jing shouted.

"Presumptuous!" Wu Xuhao said, "You must not be presumptuous in front of the emperor!"

"Your Majesty, this is nonsense, I have never had any correspondence with the King of Puyang!" Yuan Jing said calmly as he prostrated himself on the ground.

"No wonder the original Shangshu asked the emperor to recall King Puyang and re-establish him as the crown prince. It turns out that you have conspired together!" Wu Xuhao took the opportunity to say.

When this matter was mentioned, the officials who were on the sidelines suddenly realized.Yuan Ye found that he really jumped into the Yellow River and couldn't wash himself away, he burst into tears: "I have absolutely no intention of plotting against you, I hope the emperor will learn from you!"

The emperor took out the secret letter, walked down the high steps, unfolded the secret letter, and read it word by word.As soon as everyone heard it, their hearts started to beat, and the more they listened, the more they felt chills down their backs.This letter is all about how the Yuan family comforted King Puyang, and advised King Puyang to wait patiently for the Yuan family to carefully arrange everything.And many of these things are supported by the actions of the original family on weekdays as evidence, making it impossible to refute!

After reading the letter, the emperor slammed the letter in front of Yuan Ye and said, "Look for yourselves!"

Yuan Ye opened the letter and read it word by word. He wanted to see something, and finally the seal at the signing place told him thoroughly that all of this was true!His mind was blank, and he said in astonishment: "How could it be!"

Old Luo Hanlin was also sweating, he was completely unaware of the matter of the Yuan family, if it was true, then the Yuan family would undoubtedly have to exterminate the six clans, and even the Luo family!It's just that he didn't show it, but kept observing everyone's reactions. When he saw King Qi's confident expression, after thinking about it in his heart, he knew that King Qi must have real evidence to be so confident.

He also understood that the emperor summoned King Qi back to the capital for the purpose of setting up a prince.But he would rather be for the establishment of the crown prince!

"How could it be? This letter was intercepted by Xiao'er, and it has your Yuan Ye's seal on it, and there are witnesses to prove that this letter was written by you! There are all witnesses and material evidence, so how can you deny it?" the emperor asked. His eyes were sharp and ruthless.

"If you don't give up, wait for the three divisions to interrogate and let you know how you were exposed!" King Qi smiled slightly.

Yuan actually didn't pay attention to him, but took a look at the letter, and then frowned.After a while she asked: "May I ask if this letter really came from the minister?"

The emperor glanced at her, his anger lessened a little, but he was still wary of her.Liu Xiao took out his confession and said, "It was written by Yuan Shaoqing himself."

Yuan Jing said: "But... this is not my handwriting."