An imperceptible hint of pride appeared on Xia Zhengqi's face.

Hehe, my dear daughter, today daddy is going to interrogate Grand Tutor Jiang in front of all the civil and military officials.

"Who is kneeling?" Xia Zhengqi asked sternly.

"Jiang Rong." Grand Tutor Jiang, dressed in prisoner's clothes, knelt in the center of the Golden Palace, his tone neither humble nor arrogant.

He raised his head calmly, brushed away his messy hair, and revealed his face. His expression was surprisingly calm.

The powerful aura emanating from inside and outside seemed to be the same arrogant Grand Tutor Jiang from before.

"Jiang Rong, a search of your mansion revealed letters of collusion between you and the court officials over the years, as well as account books of corruption. Do you plead guilty?"

Xia Zhengqi couldn't help but feel angry when he saw his unrepentant look.

Jiang Rong's face remained calm: "I am innocent. What crime can I confess?"

There was a shameless tone in his voice, "What can you do to me, kid?"

"You..." Xia Zhengqi was choked with anger.

[As expected of the book's number one villain! ]

[After all, he was a treacherous and evil man who had attempted to usurp the throne. His aura and courage were truly remarkable.]

Xia Miaoyuan sat in Xia Zhengqi's arms and couldn't help but complain.

The officials standing solemnly below could not help but whisper to each other.

"Master Jiang is so awesome!"

"As expected of Grand Tutor Jiang, you're not afraid at all!"

Seeing this, Xia Zhengqi's anger intensified. He shouted coldly, "Master Cui, in front of the entire court, please read out Jiang Rong's crimes."

Cui Lie stepped out, unfolded the stack of papers in his hand, and read aloud.

All the civil and military officials in the court listened attentively.

There are a total of 12 charges, ranging from corruption and bribery, forming cliques for personal gain, to disregarding the law and oppressing the people. The number and severity of the charges are staggering.

Xia Zhengqi straightened up, his face dark, his voice filled with unquestionable imperial authority: "Jiang Rong, these twelve charges were all based on substantiated evidence from your investigation, and they were confessed by the relevant ministers."

"Now that we have all the evidence, will you plead guilty?!"

Xia Zhengqi's eyes were red and his look was cold and scary.

"Hehehe!" Jiang Rong actually laughed heartily.

"Your Majesty, I have already explained to the Ministry of Justice that I am a descendant of a founding hero, and I only wish to devote myself to the Great Xia state."

"I have never committed any of these acts of corruption or abuse of power. These were all committed by my eldest son, Jiang Zhiyuan."

[Wow! What a ruthless guy, Old Man Jiang!]

Xia Miaoyuan couldn't help but complain.

Xia Zhengqi's face was dark and terrifying, and he stared at Master Jiang fiercely, as if he wanted to eat him.

Seeing this scene, all the civil and military officials in the court were shocked. They all stared at Master Jiang with their mouths open.

Grand Tutor Jiang remained calm and continued, "I never imagined that Jiang Zhiyuan would be so audacious as to collude with ministers in the court under my name, even forging my handwriting to exchange letters with them."

"If I am guilty of anything, it's that I failed to educate my son properly, raising him to be a corrupt official!"

Master Jiang's tone was sonorous and powerful, and he seemed to have full confidence in his heart.

If an uninformed person heard his speech, they would definitely believe that he was just an innocent old man implicated by his son.

"Tsk tsk tsk, Lord Jiang is awesome!"

"Master Jiang's courage is admirable!"

"Oh my god, what Master Jiang said is truly admirable!"

The ministers below couldn't help but start talking again.

Bang!

Xia Zhengqi grabbed the teacup at hand and threw it hard in front of Master Jiang.

The ministers shut up instantly.

"My men personally searched your villa and found 5 million taels of silver, 300,000 taels of gold, and dozens of boxes of jewelry and jade!"

"You personally commissioned people to build that villa ten years ago. You stay there several times every year. How dare you say that the stolen silver in the villa has nothing to do with you?" Xia Zhengqi spoke each word, his body trembling slightly with anger.

"I do stay at the other courtyard every year, but the stolen silver in the other courtyard is not mine. Your Majesty can ask Jiang Zhiyuan about this."

After Master Jiang finished speaking, he curled his lips in pride, and his expression seemed to say, if you have the ability, wake Jiang Zhiyuan up.

"You! Do you think you can clear your name by denying it like this?" The veins on Xia Zhengqi's forehead were throbbing.

"Even if you don't plead guilty, if I want, I can execute your entire Jiang family without sparing a single one!"

[Daddy, are you going to go big? ]

Xia Miaoyuan was shocked to see Xia Zhengqi's expression.

All the civil and military officials in the court were so frightened that they lowered their eyes and stood in silence, not daring to move.

They had been with Emperor Mingxi for many years, but had never seen him so angry.

Jiang Rong straightened his body, stretched out his hands, and saluted diagonally upwards, saying, "Your Majesty, please be careful with your words. The Jiang family has a golden medal of immunity from death!"

"Back then, Emperor Taizu, in recognition of my father's meritorious service in saving the emperor, bestowed upon the Jiang family a golden medal of immunity from death."

"With this gold medal, as long as it's not the heinous crime of regicide, you can be spared from death!"

[What? A death-free golden medal!]

Xia Miaoyuan widened his eyes in surprise and stared at Master Jiang.

[Help! This plot is wrong! When did the Jiang family get a golden medal of immunity from death?]

Xia Zhengqi's face was also full of confusion.

"Does Daxia still have a golden medal of immunity from death?"

"Have you ever heard of the golden medal of immunity from death?"

The ministers began to discuss among themselves again.

"I have never heard of Emperor Taizu giving any meritorious official a golden medal of immunity from death. Jiang Rong, stop talking nonsense." Xia Zhengqi suppressed his emotions.

Master Jiang stroked his beard and said, "When Emperor Taizu was still alive, he forged a golden medal that granted immunity from death, but the specific recipient was never announced; it was kept secret."

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