Xiao Churen praised him in an odd tone.

"Thank you. I will definitely make the King of Chu look at me with even more admiration in the future."

Xiao Ye retorted provocatively.

"Hmph, then I'll be waiting!"

Xiao Churen snorted coldly, flicked his sleeves, and left.

Although he didn't leave any evidence against him this time, he still lost a lot of money. Now he would have to find another way to support that group of private soldiers.

Thinking of this, Xiao Churen felt both angry and pained.

After leaving the court, he went directly to see Consort Liu.

Similarly, after all the civil and military officials had left the court, Xiao Ye secretly went to the Imperial Study to request an audience with Emperor Wenjian.

"What else do you want to say? Why didn't you say so in court just now?"

Emperor Wenjian looked at Xiao Ye with a puzzled expression.

"Father, I am guilty of a crime in this bandit suppression campaign, and I beg you to punish me."

Xiao Ye suddenly knelt down before Emperor Wenjian to beg for forgiveness.

"What do you mean by that?"

Emperor Wenjian looked at Xiao Ye with even more confusion.

Xiao Ye then had someone hand over the set of military armor he had found on Langya Mountain and present it to Emperor Wenjian.

“Father, this is what I found in Langya Mountain. I suspect that the bandits in Langya Mountain are not really bandits, and they were not all burned to death. Perhaps they escaped.”

"What!"

Emperor Wenjian roared in fury when he saw the armor being presented to him.

He could certainly recognize it as military armor; no one else would use it unless they were soldiers on the march or fighting.

He immediately understood what the appearance of such a thing on Langya Mountain meant.