Lady forced to seek prince

The King of Yu sent Nie Ping to the capital, bringing with him twenty heads. Among the twenty heads, eight were deputy generals and military leaders of the rebel army, and four were generals and guards of the Prime Minister's Palace.

Xiao Min summoned Nie Ping to the palace for an audience. The grand master sat under Xiao Min, and three officials from Zhongshu Province stood aside.

Naturally, the twenty heads were not taken into the palace, but were stopped at the palace gate and guarded by the imperial guards.

Nie Ping presented the memorial written by Xiao Yu to Xiao Min.

After Xiao Min read it, he handed it to the Grand Master, and officials from Zhongshu Provincial Department also came over to check it out together.

The document clearly stated the recent war with King Xiang and the identities of those who were beheaded, but only twelve of them were mentioned.

The Grand Master looked at Nie Ping: "Where are the remaining eight people? Are they also rebels?"

"I don't know." Nie Ping said.

The Grand Master frowned slightly, with a surprised look on his face: "Why is this?"

Nie Ping saluted the emperor and reported: "These eight people are the assassins we caught. They sneaked into the vassal territory and assassinated the princess. The prince ordered the vassal state to be sealed off and captured and interrogated them. However, these people refused like dead soldiers. opened their mouths, so the prince himself killed them."

The hall fell silent again. Everyone had never heard that Princess Yu was assassinated before, and now their faces were full of surprise.

Xiao Min thought of Aunt Meng's words. Aunt Meng said that she would send people to the domain to inquire about the news. He subconsciously felt that these eight people might be related to Aunt Meng.

Xiao Min is a child after all, and the officials of Zhongshu Province got more information from these words.

These eight people were probably not members of the Prime Minister, otherwise Nie Ping would have made it clear just now. Furthermore, since they were assassins who had sneaked into the vassal territory, their number must not be large, and eight people would be enough if not all of them.

In other words, after the assassination of the princess, King Yu should have vigorously cleaned up the entire vassal area. The officials who figured this out felt the anger from King Yu.

But King Yu really didn’t know who sent these eight people to the vassal territory?

They don't believe it.

If such a big matter cannot be brought to trial, it will not be tried? Also kill everyone? Will King Yu let go of such an opportunity?

It's just a lie to children. It's impossible for officials to believe it.

The Grand Master asked: "Is the princess okay?"

Nie Ping shook his head: "I don't know."

A cold look flashed on the Grand Master's face, but the people sent by King Yu didn't know anything about it. Needless to say, it was King Yu's attitude. King Yu obviously had reservations about the court, and his "reservations" were already very serious. Clearly show it to the court, letting the court know that King Yu's anger has not subsided.

It may be difficult to find out everything about Princess Yu.

The grand master didn't say anything, but the Zhongshu Provincial official next to him got the hint and was about to step forward to ask Nie Ping. Unexpectedly, before he opened his mouth, Nie Ping already said: "It is because nothing was found that the prince died." Come to the capital and ask the emperor to make the decision for Prince Yu’s palace and catch the mastermind behind the assassin.”

"In addition, the princess was assassinated and the vassal territory is now unstable. The prince has to return to the vassal territory to take charge. He really has no time to take care of himself. The prince asked the court to send another general and troops to capture the prime minister."

In other words, if King Yu gives up, what King Xiang will do and what he plans to do later has nothing to do with the vassal territory.

Now the officials in the main hall couldn't sit still. The three Zhongshu Provincial officials looked at each other, and they all saw confusion in each other's eyes.

King Xiang and the Grand Master teamed up to deal with King Yu. King Yu may not have known that King Yu was still willing to die because King Yu also wanted to use this to capture the Grand Master.

For Prince Yu to be like this, the support of the little emperor is indispensable, but the little emperor's thoughts cannot be brought to the surface.

This time King Yu was defeated, and the young emperor lost his last chance. From now on, he could only be at the mercy of the grand master. Now that King Yu suddenly wants to withdraw, this balance will be broken, and the Taishi Party will almost win without a fight. You must know that the current situation is very good for the little emperor and King Yu. Why did King Yu give up?

A ray of light flashed in the minds of the Zhongshu Province officials, and they got the answer almost at the same time. The eight assassins might have been sent by the emperor.

Therefore, King Yu was angered and prepared to give up his alliance with the young emperor.

The Zhongshu Provincial official looked at the Grand Master cautiously.

Did the Grand Master already know this? Does the sudden rift between King Yu and the young emperor have something to do with the Grand Master?

It was impossible for Xiao Min to come up with an idea. He was young and had not yet figured out the whole thing.

So it was the Grand Master who spoke up: "The eight assassins are dead. How does King Yu want the court to review the case?"

Nie Ping bowed again: "We have some inside information related to these assassins. Our prince said that if such assassins are not eliminated, the internal affairs of Daqi will not be stable. We have some experience in tracking down these assassins in the vassal territory." , Your Majesty sent us to Beijing to cooperate with the court and continue to track down the remaining assassins. As long as we get the remaining assassins, it will not be difficult to follow the clues and let all the truth come to light."

Everyone finally understood that the people sent by King Yu to the capital were not to sacrifice heads at all, but to raise an army to question the perpetrators.

The Grand Master did not refuse Nie Ping: "Assassinating Princess Yu is not a trivial matter. The court will naturally conduct a strict investigation. As expected, there is any evidence and clues in the vassal area. We can go to Dali Temple."

In other words, Zhongshu Sheng was willing to issue a document and order Dali Temple to cooperate in the investigation.

After the grand master finished speaking, he looked at Xiao Min specifically: "What does the emperor think of how the minister is treated like this?"

A childish voice came from Xiao Min's mouth: "It should be so, just follow the imperial edict."

Nie Ping was talking about two things. The investigation was the most important. Therefore, even if the Grand Master did not mention anything about sending troops to capture the Prime Minister, Nie Ping did not hold on to it, but followed the Grand Master's wishes. Bow and leave.

After Nie Ping left, the Grand Master also bowed to Xiao Min: "Your Majesty, it seems that only by catching the remaining assassins and finding the mastermind behind the scenes can we appease King Yu. The fiefdom of King Yu is in the northwest border. This place is not trivial and cannot be tolerated. I’m sorry, please ask your Majesty to show more kindness in your letter to King Yu.”

Showing more kindness means to stabilize King Yu's mood with brotherly love.

Xiao Min said: "I will write to brother immediately."

The Grand Master and the Zhongshu Provincial officials resigned together, and the group walked out of the main hall. Xiao Min then took Cao Chamberlain and others back to the palace to rest.

No one spoke a word during this journey, and it looked no different from usual, but the palace attendants felt the depressing atmosphere.

Xiao Min returned to the palace and ordered people to grind. He was going to write a letter to King Yu as the Grand Master said, asking about Princess Yu's situation, and telling King Yu that he would order Dali Temple to investigate the case and would definitely pay back Princess Yu. A fair one.

He was thinking like this, but Xiao Min couldn't put down the pen he raised because he seemed to know who the person King Yu wanted to arrest. The servant Cao next to him looked pale and his forehead was covered with cold sweat. He had been eager to speak. , but didn’t know what to say.

Until there was a rush of footsteps, Xiao Min raised his head and saw Aunt Meng. He couldn't help but froze there, and then disappeared for a while. Aunt Meng seemed to be a different person.

His face was pale, his steps were staggering, and his whole person suddenly lost all energy.

"Your Majesty," Aunt Meng's legs softened when she saw Xiao Min, and she knelt on the ground, "Your Majesty... I went to the palace gate and saw... I saw..."

She saw the heads with her own eyes.

Xiao Min's hands clenched slightly, he stared at Aunt Meng, and asked in a childish voice: "Is that so?"

Was he the person she sent?

The sallow and black faces appeared in front of Aunt Meng's eyes, and the eyes that had never been closed. Their faces were distorted, as if they were questioning her.

Why did they lose their lives?

Aunt Meng tilted her body and fell to the ground.