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"Are you threatening me?" Emperor Chu's complexion changed, and his killing intent became even more serious.

Xi Ruier said: "Don't dare, I'm just telling the truth. Your Majesty may not care about your reputation, but I have to care about it, let alone let a dirty person ruin your reputation for a lifetime! I know you are annoyed that I don't speak well. But Your Majesty, if you think about it carefully, is what I said really unreasonable? If you deal with me here today, what will the border guards think of you, what will the courtiers think of you? What will the border people think of you? It’s all harmful but not beneficial, but someone encourages you to do this, I’m really angry! Some people do this, where will you be!”

If he presses every step of the way, he will definitely force out Emperor Chu's rebellious psychology; if he is nice and angry from the beginning, Emperor Chu may not take his words seriously. It is precisely at this time that Emperor Chu's pride has just been damaged. , Xi Ruier was tight but showed weakness intentionally or unintentionally, assuming an attitude of considering him, and only then did he listen to Xi Ruier's words.

Emperor Chu thought about it carefully, and what Xi Ruier said was indeed not unreasonable.

The Wei family's father and son have just made great contributions and sacrificed their lives for the country. He has just posthumously conferred the title of General Wei as Duke Wen Zhong, and called him a model for all officials. Is it possible that at this moment he is going to punish the only surviving youngest son of the Wei family?No matter how confused Emperor Chu was, he also realized that this was inappropriate.

Since the incident of the Yi tribe's invasion was revealed, the hearts of the court officials have been fluctuating, and many people have expressed their dissatisfaction with the Emperor Chu's way of protecting his cronies, both openly and secretly.Emperor Chu was a little helpless for a while, he urgently needed to restore his image in the eyes of the courtiers, and the Wei family and his son became the best breakthrough.Through the flag of the Wei family and his son, he can establish his image of being kind to the heroes, and the Wei family and his son are indeed rare loyal ministers. By rewarding them as an example, he also hopes that other courtiers can learn from the Wei family and follow him. The meaning of the king's loyalty.

At this time, he can't touch Wei Lingxi no matter what, even if Wei Lingxi makes a big mistake.Through Wei Lingxi, he wanted to show the royal family's friendly attitude towards those who made meritorious deeds, and to make those ministers who were on the sidelines turn their hearts towards him.

After thinking about this, Emperor Chu gave Xiang Ru a hard look, obviously dissatisfied with his actions.

It was impossible for Emperor Chu to admit that he had done something wrong, so the only ones who were wrong could be those around him.Xiang Ru, who had been actively applying eye drops to Wei Lingxi by Emperor Chu's side, became the culprit.Of course, it's not bad to say that he is the culprit. If he hadn't been provoking in Emperor Chu's ears all the time, why would Emperor Chu think of coming to trouble Wei Lingxi specifically?

Seeing that Emperor Chu gradually accepted this statement, Xi Ruier said again: "As an orphan of a hero, if I want something, why don't I ask His Majesty directly? Even if Your Majesty doesn't like me, he will still treat me a bit. After all, Your Majesty is a king who is 'sympathetic' to his subjects." The word "sympathy" comes from his mouth, which is quite meaningful.

Emperor Chu didn't hear it, and nodded, "Naturally."

"So, what reason do I have to be jealous of a new favorite from a lowly background?" Xi Ruier glanced at Xiang Ru with disdain.

If it was at the beginning, Emperor Chu would have felt sorry for Xiang Ru when he heard this, and then turned angry at Xi Ruier, but now he listened to Xi Ruier's analysis and felt that it was very reasonable, so he gradually became dissatisfied with Xiang Ru in his heart , I only said that Xiang Ru was born in a humble background, with shallow knowledge, and couldn't even discern such an obvious powerful relationship, which almost caused him to make a big mistake.

Seeing the cold expression on Emperor Chu's face, Xiang Ru couldn't help biting his lips in aggrieved way: "Your Majesty, don't listen to his nonsense. How can it be so easy to spread the matter of the harem to the previous court? Concubine Wei is clearly using the excuse to provoke your majesty." From now on, he only needs to rely on his status as the deceased father and brother to disregard you and manipulate you wantonly. A Ru is really worried about you. In the future, don’t you want to hold Concubine Wei to the sky Go, so that you can show your benevolence? If you don't follow Concubine Wei's thoughts, could it be that the ministers below will say that you don't have pity on loyal ministers? After that day—"

He glanced at Xi Ruier timidly, as if he had made a great determination, and said to Emperor Chu: "In the future, will you or Concubine Wei be the one who decides in the palace? Today you will hold Concubine Wei accountable. The concubine immediately brought out her deceased father and brother to suppress you. Tomorrow, he will repeat his old tricks. What will you do? If things go on like this, what will be the king's prestige and the country's face!"

After saying this, he glanced at Cyril with poisoned eyes, and then quickly withdrew his gaze.He lowered his head and acted apprehensively, as if he was really worried about King Chu's status.

It has to be said that his words just hit the most sensitive nerve of the King of Chu. Hearing these words, the King of Chu's expression changed suddenly, and he felt very reasonable in his heart.

It is true that he wanted to win over some of his courtiers by treating Concubine Wei kindly, but if Concubine Wei got on top of him by virtue of this, he would not be able to bear it no matter what.

Xiang Ru was right, Concubine Wei could rely on this and force him to back down once, there would be a second or third time!This wind cannot be encouraged, it is bound to be stifled!

At this time, the truth of the matter is no longer what the king of Chu cares about. What he cares about is whether his majesty as an emperor can be preserved.

Xi Ruier frowned, looking at Xiang Ru seriously for the first time.He had to admit that he really underestimated King Chu's new favorite.I thought that Xiang Ru was born as a young man, so it should be easy to handle, but I didn't expect that he would turn his advantage into a disadvantage with such a sophistry and a few words.

However, it's a pity that he doesn't plan to take the blame given by Xiang Ru!

"You are really interesting, you young lady. You are full of words about your Majesty, but you don't mention that this matter was caused by you. Your Majesty came to look for me, and I also listened to your slander. What I want is never His Majesty's concession, but You, the chief culprit, apologized to me, but you said it as if I wanted to force His Majesty. It's ridiculous, can you represent Your Majesty? Are you His Majesty?"

"You distorted the facts and lied to your majesty, this is the first crime; you used your majesty for your own selfishness, this is the second crime; you confuse the public, you played tricks in front of your majesty, you turned black and white, and fooled your majesty, this is the second crime." Three crimes; you trespassed on the Zhaohua Palace, you were disrespectful when you saw a high-ranking person, and you were disrespectful, and you committed the above, this is the fourth crime! You say that I ordered the servants to harm you with a dog, so show evidence! Otherwise, You are using His Majesty as a gunman, and those who offend the majesty of the king are unforgivable!"

Countless thoughts flashed through Emperor Chu's mind, and at this moment, he had already listened to Concubine Wei's words.Originally, he was willing to believe the words of the new favorite and punish Concubine Wei for him because he didn't care about it, he just did what he wanted to do, whoever was wronged and who got the benefits for nothing, what does it have to do with him?But it was different now, the truth of this matter was related to his dignity as an emperor, and he couldn't help but delve into it no matter what.

As Concubine Wei said, if Concubine Wei's persecution of Concubine Xiang Ru was false, then wouldn't he, Emperor Chu, become Xiang Ru's gun against Concubine Wei?Xiang Ru said that Concubine Wei regarded herself as a descendant of a hero, and she might disrespect the king in the future, so how can he be better?At least Concubine Wei hadn't had time to make an inch of it, but Xiang Ru had already started to take advantage of him, treating him like a fool!

After saying the above words, Xi Ruier still had more thoughts, and added: "You have no rank or rank in the palace now, but it is because of His Majesty's favor that you can be on an equal footing with other people. If you don't have His Majesty's love, you are a cheap I don’t know where I am now, you are a native! Right now you can fool His Majesty like this, and use His Majesty by any means to achieve your goals. If you are promoted to a higher position in the future, you don’t know how to be rampant. Your Majesty trusts you and loves you. Respecting you, you not only don't know how to repay His Majesty, but also rely on His Majesty's love for you to stir up trouble everywhere, it's really abhorrent!"

Emperor Chu kept nodding, yes, right now, Xiang Ru is just a petty male favorite, and he is so bold, if he is allowed to climb to a high position in the future, what's the deal?If you dare to fool the monarch today, will you dare to kill the monarch tomorrow?

Xi Ruier successfully planted the seeds of doubt in Emperor Chu's heart.In the future, even though Emperor Chu was coaxed back by Xiang Ru's rhetoric and gave Xiang Ru various precious rewards, he never mentioned the matter of promoting him.Subconsciously, he believed Xi Ruier's words and realized Xiang Ru's threat, so he doted on him and guarded against him at the same time.For Emperor Chu, small things can be pampered and loved, and he will reward some things when he is happy, but he will never give Xiang Ru a chance to threaten him.

"It is clear that you disrespected His Majesty first! When Your Majesty first entered Zhaohua Palace, how rude you were to His Majesty! Don't say that you were not wronged, even if you were wronged, you shouldn't be rude to His Majesty! You are right Your Majesty's rudeness comes first, and provoking the king's prestige comes second. You have never taken Your Majesty seriously, otherwise, you would never have persecuted Your Majesty in this way! Do you really think His Majesty can't see it? Now, you are still arguing and pretending to be innocent , It turns out that this is the queen of the loyal minister, what a concubine Wei!"

When the word "loyal minister" was mentioned, Xiang Ru's eyes were red, and the excitement on his face was more than ever.

Xi Ruier was suspicious, if it wasn't for sure that none of his father's original political enemies had the surname Xiang, he might have thought that his Wei family had an enmity with this child.

"Whether I am a loyal minister or not, I don't need you to go into details. My father and elder brother can see it in the spirit of heaven, the king can see it, and all civil and military officials can see it! You don't need to worry about it just now. Since I am a loyal minister, I will abide by my principles." Xinxin, I will never do anything to disgrace the reputation of my father and elder brother. If I really get carried away and disrespect Your Majesty, the first one to jump out and accuse me is not you, but the civil and military officials!"

After speaking, Xi Ruier said to Emperor Chu again: "Your Majesty has always known that I am a straightforward person who does not know how to beat around the bush. The only principle is not to lie. There is absolutely no falsehood in my words."

Emperor Chu remembered the series of behaviors of Concubine Wei since entering the palace, and nodded.When Concubine Wei first entered the palace, he didn't think that he was disobedient, even if he occasionally made a mistake and was pointed out by Concubine Wei, it was just a trivial matter.But no one can stand that his wife and concubine have been not nice to him all the time, coupled with the death of Wei's father and son, Wei Concubine cried like a tearful person all day long, the Emperor Chu didn't like to go to his palace even more, he But she didn't want to see Concubine Wei's crying face at all.

However, Rao had a lot of dissatisfaction with Concubine Wei, and Emperor Chu had to admit that Concubine Wei had indeed inherited the fine traditions of the Wei family in terms of conduct. She never lied and always spoke out.

In the past, Emperor Chu had a headache for Concubine Wei, but now he feels that this is not bad.Although Concubine Wei, who was straightforward, was a bit unpleasant, but at least she would not harm him or lie to him.

The Emperor Chu's freshness towards Concubine Wei has passed. Although he has not yet started, he has completely lost the nature of conquering Concubine Wei.From now on, he just needs to keep Concubine Wei well in the palace and make a good appearance outside, he is not going to pamper Concubine Wei.Of course, he will not give less honor than he deserves, it can be regarded as a reward for being so loyal and patriotic to the Wei family.

As for the sweet-talking little thing next to the pillow... He should be more on guard.Although he loves to hear what comes out of that small mouth, but who knows which sentence is true and which sentence is false?In the future, he can only listen to Xiang Ru's words, and he has to guard against what should be guarded against.

In terms of power, Emperor Chu has always been sober, and it is absolutely impossible for him to do things that want beauty but not power.For him, ensuring that his life is safe and his power is not diminished is the most important thing. No matter what other things are, they are ranked after these two.

After making a decision in his heart, Emperor Chu interrupted Xiang Ru who was still arguing with Xi Ruier: "Enough, what is right and what is wrong, you didn't say it out of your mouth, I will check it out. After all, the score is higher than yours, and after Wen Zhonggong, you don't want to rely on me to favor you, just don't distinguish between superior and inferior."

Emperor Chu has a characteristic. Before he makes a decision, he is just a weed on the wall. He will fall wherever the wind blows.As long as others have some reason, they can shake his judgment.And once he has confirmed something in his heart, or made a certain decision, it will be difficult for others to shake him.

Now, Xiang Ru has obviously hit the big luck.His image in Emperor Chu's mind will probably be finalized from then on.

Seeing that Emperor Chu was leaning towards Xi Ruier without concealment, Xiang Ru's eye circles turned red again, looking quite pitiful.However, his pity could no longer move Emperor Chu and shake his will.

Emperor Chu turned his head away, and said coldly: "Okay, you go back to your palace first, don't bother Concubine Wei anymore. Later, when I find out the truth, I will give Concubine Wei an explanation." He A cold light flashed in his eyes: "If you really intended to frame Concubine Wei in this matter, you can come to Concubine Wei to receive punishment on your own, and I will never cover it up."

Xiang Ru knew that it would be useless to fight any longer, and would instead increase Emperor Chu's bad impression of him. Therefore, he didn't say anything, but saluted Emperor Chu in the appearance of a weak and harmless little white rabbit, and then returned alone. own residence.Emperor Chu didn't announce him that night, and he didn't make any noise, just treated him calmly.