Your Majesty the Empress, I am really not a traitor!

"..."

"Since you're awake, there's nothing wrong with me, but I suggest you rest first. You're still weak now, so rest more."

"By the way, where's Xia Yuxiao?"

"Your Majesty the Emperor? She seems to be busy investigating something outside right now, and she's at work by the way. I think it may be related to the two of you."

Obviously, Eleanor didn't intend to waste too much time with Lingyan. After saying this, she walked up to Qin Ji's side and patted him.

Qin Ji's whole body trembled, and he jumped up almost like a conditioned reflex, and then he saw the sitting face with sleepy eyes.

"you're awake?"

"Well, wake up."

"Just wake up..."

Qin Ji said in a low voice, and sat back as if he had lost his strength again.

"Let the young master worry about you."

"No, this thing is me..."

"Okay, you two talk slowly first, I still have something to do, so I'll go first." The True Ancestor probably saw it at this time, and simply chose to see nothing.

Seeing the true ancestor who decisively chose to leave at this time, Qin Ji didn't stay, but stood up, opened the door and said a few words to the outside.

Not long after, a maid came in with a tray of snacks and a glass of milk, and put them in front of Lingyan.

"Eat more, your body is still relatively weak now, your master has come to see it before, and said that he will arrange time for you to recuperate."

"Master, between Your Majesty and you...these things are afraid..."

"You can take care of your body, and I will take care of these things."

Qin Ji interrupted him.

.........................

The moment General Bai entered Tai'an City, he felt that the atmosphere in the whole city was far from usual.

The people are still living as usual, and the shops in the city are open normally. However, the security force of the entire Tai'an City has been significantly improved, and some spies have appeared in many places. Ancheng.

When he entered the palace, he was not stopped by anything. He directly took out the signboard to prove his identity, and was then brought in front of Xia Yuxiao.

"Your Majesty, what do you need from me?"

General Bai looked at Xia Yuxiao who was sitting in front of the desk reviewing the memorial, and asked.

"Here we come. I called you here this time because an important person wants you to do it." Xia Yuxiao looked up at General Bai, and then handed the edict she had written to General Bai. "Follow the instructions above. Do what you say, go now."

General Bai took the edict with both hands, and then glanced at the words on it.

He was silent for a long time.

"Your Majesty, this is impossible..."

"Impossible, the evidence is conclusive, you have to bring someone over to ask for clarification. You just need to do your thing well, and I'll take care of the rest."

Xia Yuxiao tightened the robe she wore around her body.

"Your Majesty, I'm afraid it's too late for such a big event..."

"You don't need to come to find someone. There are ready-made manpower in the court. What you have to do is to always prepare the troops outside the city to enter the fighting state. After all, I am not sure whether the other party will give me a big blow. .”

"Yes."

"Let's go on. In terms of defense, although I have the Dragon Guards, if there is a large-scale fight, you are better at it and can suppress the situation."

"I will live up to His Majesty's trust."

After General Bai finished speaking, he took his leave and left.

Looking at his leaving back, Xia Yuxiao pondered for a moment.

"Come on."

"Your Majesty, what are your orders?" Liu Songyao was waiting by the side, and immediately came over when she heard Xia Yuxiao's call.

"Ask Wang Yushi for me, I have something important to discuss with him."

"understood."

"By the way, when I was talking about it, I said that I also invited Taiwei and Prime Minister Long to be with me."

"Ok."

Chapter 59 A Deserving Death

At noon, the study.

Xia Yuxiao was taking a nap on the table when a notification came from outside:

"Your Majesty, Lord Censor, please see me."

"Let him in."

Xia Yuxiao rubbed her eyes and said.

Wang Yushi walked into the study quickly, and when he saw Xia Yuxiao, he immediately saluted.

"No, come and sit." She said with a smile.

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

The two sat opposite each other, and the air was filled with the aroma of tea.

"I don't know what your Majesty called the minister to discuss this time? I heard that the Taiwei and the Prime Minister were also invited by His Majesty?"

"Well, however, the Prime Minister has a slight illness on his side, so I will allow him to go to rest. As for the Taiwei, he will come in a while." Xia Yuxiao poured the tea and took a sip by herself. I also know that there was a bit of chaos in the palace because of my problems before, and now I am calling you here, and I hope to discuss the next thing with you."

"Your Majesty, although the Taiwei is unwilling, he is not an unreasonable person. I suggest that Your Majesty should have a good talk with Qin Ji, maybe it will be understandable."

"It's not about this."

Xia Yuxiao was sitting and said.

"Isn't that the case? That's again..."

Before he finished speaking, Xia Yuxiao clapped her hands, and the door of the study was closed.

At the same time, beside Xia Yuxiao, the figure of Master Ling appeared. She leaned on a cane and sat down beside the two of them like no one else, like a shadow with no emotion.

"Your Majesty, are you?"

"Wang Xiang, when I came to the throne, I once told you that I hope to create a prosperous world with all the ministers and achieve the great cause of Great Xia, and you are also one of the people I trust the most," Xia Yuxiao looked at him With that consistent expression, he continued, "Then, I want to know why you are this time."

"this time".

She didn't say which time it was, but Wang Xiang was silent for a long time.

"Your Majesty's methods of judging the case are extremely accurate and clear, and I am greatly admired." He opened his mouth and squeezed out these words.

"No matter how accurate I was, I still couldn't break your heart."

"..." Wang Xiang looked at the cup of tea in front of him, picked it up, and took a sip, "Your Majesty, I just hope that Great Xia will live in peace."

"But what you did is not something that can make Daxia's long-term peace and stability."

"That's because it's difficult to check and balance the current court." Wang Xiang looked at her with those firm eyes, and said in a low voice, "Your Majesty, I have seen what the Taiwei did. It is true that the Taiwei Wei is a hero of the Great Xia, and should be treated preferentially. But in today's Great Xia, the gentry who can maintain the country for His Majesty are suppressed too hard and too strictly by the Taiwei. Your Majesty, I don't think that the gentry should be suppressed, but if you blindly The prestige of the earth will bring disasters sooner or later. A consultant Cheng and a Taiwei will completely disrupt the balance between the government and the opposition, so..."

"Whether it's the Taiwei or the consultant Cheng, both of them are working hard for Daxia's country, but in your eyes, they have broken the so-called balance? Is it true that I am going to let these gentry continue to run amok?"

There was no anger in her words, just disappointment.

"But Your Majesty, you have not long been enthroned."

"If I take the throne for another two years, will they dare to become king directly?" Xia Yuxiao asked with a sneer.

"I don't dare to speak nonsense, but, does your majesty feel that the Taiwei has a patriotic heart in his heart? Does your majesty still remember the sudden death of hundreds of civil and military officials before you ascended the throne? Don't you know who did it? Your Majesty What the magistrate has done this time is heinous, but..."

"But you are trying to save Great Xia."

She let out a long breath, and tapped lightly on the table with her slender fingers.

"Wang Xiang, Wang Xiang, what you have done is not just a matter of disrupting the court. Which army is the person who went to attack the Taiwei this time?"

"I can't say it, and I dare not say it. In their eyes, they are just following the edict to perform tasks, that's all. I implore your majesty, don't pursue this matter any further. If you continue to investigate, it will be nothing more than big It’s just that there are a few more graves in Xia’s territory.”

He said so.

"If Qin Ji dies, what will happen to him? Have you ever thought about it?"

Hearing his firm answer, Xia Yuxiao asked helplessly.

Originally, she thought Wang Xiang was one of her own, and even thought about promoting the consultant Cheng to his subordinate, to rectify Chao Gang.But now it seems that it is her own wishful thinking.

"Your Majesty, I naturally know what it means after the death of the Taiwei. However, in this court, His Majesty has more power. After the death of the Taiwei, the government and the public will be chaotic, but your Majesty can completely control the situation. What is the extent of the loss? So what if the loss is too great? In the past, the ancestors used all their strength to suppress the rebellion, and there was a lot of bloodshed in the country, but the successor king made the country prosperous. Compared with the short-term turmoil of the country, I am more worried What’s more, is the whole disruption that will happen at some point in the future.”

He continued to talk about his own opinion, it seems that because he knew that his crime was too great, the current Wang Xiang, instead of his elegant and easy-going demeanor in the past, poured out all the words he hadn't said before.

"Short turmoil? Wang Xiang, don't you think it's scary when you say that?"

Xia Yuxiao put down the teacup, pointed outside:

"During the reign of the first emperor, he fought in all directions, and the burden on the people in the country was heavy. [-]% of the remains of hundreds of thousands of soldiers are still buried in foreign countries. What is the reason for? It is to create a peace for the successors who will no longer have wars all over the country. day."

"Now tell me, for the sake of long-term peace and order in your mouth, you have recruited the crooked ways that have harmed the country and the people in the past, and together designed to kill the Taiwei, it doesn't matter even if it causes turmoil!? The short-term turmoil you talk about is behind millions or even tens of millions of people. Years of hunger and cold, homelessness. Let me ask you, did you read your book into the stomach of a dog?!"

"Your Majesty, the overall situation is the most important thing. With a turmoil, a future subversion that can destroy the court is avoided. Isn't it worth it? Your Majesty, you have always acted like this?"

"Now Daxia can still withstand internal friction? Do you think Daxia will be able to overcome internal and external troubles by killing the Taiwei?"

"I think it's enough. Your Majesty, don't you know what else you can do? As long as you use the Tianshi Mansion, Your Majesty, everything will be fine."

"Tianshifu...do you actually think of them like this?"

Xia Yuxiao shook her head with a wry smile. She turned her hands behind her back and looked out the window:

"I don't want to cause chaos in the court again, and I don't want other people to know about it. You understand what I mean."

"......clear."

"Of course, if you can't do it yourself, someone can do it for you." She lowered her voice, and then said to the screen behind her, "Come out, you've heard enough."

Behind the screen, a figure flashed past.