12dz Chapter 262: The picture shows the dagger
Chapter 262: The picture shows the dagger
"Prince Zhan, aren't you being too arbitrary? What if it's just the Regent of Nanqing who wants to disrupt the government of Dongchu?!"
"Yeah! Who knows whether the list he wrote is true or false, and what his intentions are!"
"Besides, isn't it child's play to accuse someone like this?"
……
The ministers kneeling on the ground and those standing by were talking about it.
After all, the emperor and the war king at the top seemed to have reached an agreement, and it was the turn of those guilty court officials to feel uneasy.
Now that they can no longer rely on the Queen Mother or Prime Minister Zhuang, they can only question the accuracy of the list.
But before the War King responded to these discussions, Zong Kui, who had been watching coldly from the sidelines, spoke first: "My Lords of Dongchu, are you questioning me?"
When Zong Kui spoke, the court officials of Dong Chu suddenly quieted down.
After all, the reason these people colluded with foreign countries was to curry favor with Nanqing. So when Zong Kui spoke, they didn't dare to say anything.
"I have to say this, I have evidence for everything." Zong Kui glanced at the officials of Dong Chu with a sneer, "So, please do not question the authenticity of the list in front of me."
Zong Kui spoke calmly, and by himself he suppressed the court officials who were still shouting.
He holds the evidence against these people in his hands, and no one can guarantee whether Zong Kui will reveal this evidence.
"This king's list, guaranteed to be authentic!"
Zong Kui glanced at Su Jixue standing beside him, as if to prove his sincerity.
Bei Su lowered his eyes, unable to bear watching this scene.
The War King glanced at Zong Kui with his icy eyes, and saw his concern and flattery for Su Jixue. A cold light flashed in his eyes, and he opened his thin lips slightly: "Since the Regent of Nanqing is guaranteeing you, you will not still be optimistic, right?"
The War King's eyes were cold as he scanned the faces of the people on the list one by one.
"I will give you three breaths to apologize."
"After three breaths, all those involved will be severely punished!"
The cold voice of the War King echoed in the Golden Palace, making everyone feel depressed.
For a time, Zong Kui seemed to have become a tool in the hands of the War King, and the War King was the master who controlled the power of life and death.
"one,"
A slender jade-like finger slowly stretched out.
Plop... a group of people knelt on the ground.
"two,"
Someone else couldn't help but kneel down.
……
Many ministers with sweat on their foreheads seemed to be still struggling, but before the word "three" was uttered by the War King, the floor of the Golden Palace was already filled with kneeling people.
The War King slowly retracted the three fingers he had extended.
There was silence in the hall.
At this moment, Eunuch Feng happened to rush back. Although he didn't know the current situation, he still reported to Empress Dowager Xie that her headache had relapsed and everything was up to the emperor.
The kneeling court officials could not help but feel fortunate that they knelt down in time. After all, the situation was already hopeless.
Emperor Ming had already put down the list in his hand and looked at the kneeling people with angry eyes.
Good, good, this is the backbone of Dongchu.
These are his courtiers!
The ministers who were still standing in the Golden Palace looked at each other in bewilderment. No one had expected that so many people would kneel down, and that they involved important officials from the six ministries.
Even Su Jian couldn't help but be shocked. He wondered if Prime Minister Zhuang didn't want to implicate him. Although Su Jian noticed some of the disturbances in the Gu'an battle, he did not participate.
Now it seems like a blessing.
"These are the important officials of Dong Chu!" Seeing these people kneeling, the War King laughed in anger, his thin red lips curled into a cold smile: "Are you worthy of the official robes you wear and the 120,000 soldiers buried in the northern border?!"
"You guys deserve to die!"
The last words of the War King were almost inaudible, yet they were as powerful as thunder.
The people kneeling on the ground could not help but bow their heads deeply and kowtow to the ground.
"My lord is guilty!"
Some court officials, feeling guilty, could not help but kneel on the ground.
"My lord is guilty!"
These voices of regret rose one after another.
Some of them truly regretted it, while others just wanted to protect themselves.
"You deserve to die!" Emperor Ming grabbed the paperweight from the table and threw it at the courtier in the front row, knocking him unconscious. This was the first time Emperor Ming had publicly lost his temper, and the first time this young emperor's face was so gloomy.
The air pressure in the Golden Throne Hall suddenly dropped.
Su Jixue looked at the people kneeling in front of her. These people far exceeded the names written on the list. You know, the ones given by Zong Kui were all key figures in the Battle of Gu'an.
Not only court officials in the capital, but also officials along the way.
But out of concern, these people all knelt down and apologized.
This was because they were frightened by the War King's notoriety and deceived by Zongkui's list.
These people alone are enough to shake the foundation of a country.
The presence of Empress Dowager Xie in Dongchu is a sign of national doom. Su Jixue thought of her adopted mother. Originally, Empress Dowager Xie became the Empress Dowager of Dongchu not for Dongchu.
From the very beginning, Empress Dowager Xie had ulterior motives.
It has only been exposed so far.
"Emperor Ming, I know you are angry, but could you please not be angry for now? You can solve the internal affairs of Dongchu later." Zong Kui looked at the scene in the court of Dongchu that was about to explode, but could not help but speak lightly, attracting all the attention to himself again.
"The more important thing now should be the negotiations between our two countries!"
Zong Kui was sitting in a wheelchair, coughing as he spoke, and everyone could see that he was coughing up blood again.
Emperor Ming took a deep breath and suppressed his anger. "What does the Regent want to discuss?"
Zong Kui now turned his gaze to Su Jixue: "Miss Su, I have expressed my sincerity. How can you save me?"
Zong Kui knew Su Jixue very well. If she didn't want to save people, she would never return to the Golden Palace.
Returning to the Golden Palace means that Su Jixue wants to get the conditions she wants in front of everyone.
"Regent, whether I save people or not is not a negotiation between two countries..." Su Jixue looked at her nails nonchalantly, without raising her eyebrows, and seemed not interested in Zong Kui's words at all.
"I understand, but I wonder if Emperor Ming understands?" Zong Kui turned his gaze to Emperor Ming sitting on the dragon throne. From the moment the ministers apologized to Zong Kui interrupting the tense situation in Dong Chu, he brought all the attention back to himself.
Now he was taking advantage of the situation and making everything go according to Su Jixue's wishes.
This is what Zong Kui was trying to do, forcing everyone to acknowledge the negotiation conditions that he and Su Jixue would have later.
"Of course." Emperor Ming looked at Su Jixue with complicated eyes. If it weren't for Su Jixue, the situation would definitely not be like this tonight.
No one knows the War King better than him.
If the War King had handled tonight's events with his personality, the Golden Palace would probably be a river of blood by now, instead of everyone kneeling and apologizing like this.
"Your Majesty, I have my master's orders and I really don't want to save anyone." Su Jixue continued to keep the secret, then changed the subject: "Unless—"
"The price offered by the Regent is truly satisfactory to this young lady."