Chapter 1236: Madam, it might be a man

He was still interrupted, the emperor still spoke in an indifferent tone, and he still directly pointed out what Shen Yuanhao cared about most.

Shen Yuanhao was stunned and looked at the Queen of Great Xia who stood up.

The empress who is now called the "Ancestor of the Restoration" by many people and is compared to Emperor Taizu Gao.

Su Changan stood up without saying a word and stood beside his wife.

Xia Fengxiang looked at Shen Yuanhao: "If you have put so much thought into keeping something behind just to see me and the Queen, then use those..."

Xia Fengxiang raised his hand and pointed at the box that had not yet been taken out. "Prove your so-called talent. Then use what you are saying now to tell me that the Queen and I will do the same in the future, and that Great Xia will do the same. That means that you really have no talent at all, and what they said is very true."

As they spoke, Xia Fengxiang walked. When they reached the corridor outside the lobby, he looked at Shen Yuanhao and said, "Because of Mr. Shen, after everything is settled, I have decided to confer the title of Duke of Anguo on him and inscribe him into the Great Xia Martyrs' Shrine. As his younger brother, you will inherit his title of Duke. Later, I decided to send you to Liaozhou. Both the Queen and Du Yu said that it is very suitable for growing crops there. It can be the granary of Great Xia. However, the fertile land needs to be cultivated, and the complicated matters require the supervision of talented people. I have discussed this with others before, but they all told me to think twice, saying that you are not capable of such a big responsibility. Now it seems that I am acting emotionally, and I want to make up for my guilt towards Mr. Shen on you, but you really have no talent."

"I gave you two chances, and once you said a lowly official wasn't fit for a position of such talent, and the other time you said this?"

Shen Yuanhao looked at the empress, clenched his fists, gritted his teeth, and the next moment, he shouted, "These!? Your Majesty! Are you talking about these?"

As he spoke, Shen Yuanhao took a step forward!

Aunt Sun, Feng Chun, Ruyu, Sheyue, Kuangjian, and Lu Cai hurried forward.

But Xia Fengxiang waved his hand and no one came over.

Shen Yuanhao, however, looked at the others in the hall and said, "These? Ask them if they care about the position of Crown Prince of Daxia! There are three kinds of unfilial behavior, and having no heir is the worst. You are the military commander of a country. Although you are not yet mature enough to stand on your own feet, you are also a man of great talent and strategy. However, the world is full of unexpected events, and life and death can be decided in the blink of an eye. You are not wrong to marry a queen, but having no heir is wrong!"

As he spoke, he looked at Mu Xu: "Mu Xu! Mu Jijiu! Do you care about this matter? You are a great writer. A hundred years later, you will be published in the Confucian sages' books. The monarch has no heir, and you don't care? And you! Xun Kuang! You have hidden ambitions in your heart, but I know you want the world to call you Xunzi. Your Majesty can fulfill your ambitions, but what about the next one? Who should we find? The King of Yue has become a monk, the King of Chu has entered the world of martial arts, and although he has a daughter, she is wild and can't change. The Crown Prince of An, hmph. The other two kings are free and easy and don't care about state affairs. Only the King of Shu is left. Do we have to bring Li Nishang's son to him?"

Shen Yuanhao pointed at Li Lingyun, "You! Li Lingyun! I know that many of your censors in the Censorate have already written many memorials, hoping that His Majesty would take a concubine, but you stopped many of them. A few did reach the Secretariat and then His Majesty, but His Majesty ignored them, didn't you? And those were sent by you on purpose. You also know that the Eastern Palace of Daxia is vacant. It doesn't seem to have any effect now, but over time, people's hearts will be in turmoil! You! Su Ziyu, when you were serving as the governor of a state, overseeing military and political power, did you ever think about what would happen to your Su family if your adopted daughter was a man?"

Su Ziyu looked unhappy, but he said nothing.

Shen Yuanhao obviously didn't let anyone go, and pointed his finger at Luo Anxu again: "Lord Luo, you have always kept to yourself, doing your own thing in your own little piece of Jingzhao Prefecture. But one time you got drunk in your own house and mentioned the matter of the Eastern Palace. You said it would be great if there was an Eastern Palace, right!"

Luo Anxu was stunned and immediately looked at Xia Fengxiang.

But Xia Fengxiang looked at Shen Yuanhao with a smile on his face, but waved his hand, indicating that Luo Anxu didn't need to say anything.

Shen Yuanhao pointed at Ku Yue who was standing beside him and said, "Deputy Commander Shen Tu, I heard that when you were drunk, you once said to others that His Majesty had once quarreled with His Majesty over the issue of children! You are a member of the Holy Emperor's court."

Kuyue blinked: "Did I say that?"

Shen Yuanhao sneered: "Didn't you say that?"

Ku Yue frowned immediately: "I will kill you, believe it or not, I said this when I was lying"

When she said this, Kuyue looked at Sheyue and found that Sheyue was looking at her with a worried look and nodded.

Ku Yue frowned slightly, and suddenly realized something. She immediately bit her lower lip and looked at Su Changan and Xia Fengxiang pitifully.

Su Changan glanced at Ku Yue and smiled gently.

Xia Fengxiang didn't pay attention to Kuyue, but looked at Shen Yuanhao: "Kuyue said this at the Prince of Yue's Mansion. I remember it was about a month ago. When she was sent to me, I didn't let her eat snacks for a week. Go on."

Ku Yue widened her eyes, then counted the days on her fingers, and suddenly raised her head. No wonder Sun Shang Gong and Yan Yunxiao didn't let her have snacks that week!

What a cruel heart!

Shen Yuanhao looked at the still calm empress, clenched his fists, and stared straight at Xia Fengxiang: "You don't care at all?! You don't care about Daxia!?"

Xia Fengxiang said: "I just don't care about the Great Xia you mentioned."

After saying that, Xia Fengxiang exhaled, "If you have nothing else to say, just get straight to the point and tell me what you haven't said yet. I'm a little hungry, and these ministers have been busy for so long, it's time for them to rest."

Shen Yuanhao's face became even uglier.

But Xia Fengxiang turned away, no longer looking at Shen Yuanhao, and continued, "From the other people we arrested the day before yesterday, we learned that they had placed people in many people's mansions, from doormen to maids, using the same tactics as you, either bribery or setting traps and threats. You got all this information from them, right? And after Lu Cai's interrogation, someone confessed that you had met the Raojiang assassin who assassinated Prince An and Prince Chu. Although he never saw him in person, what you told them yourself, in other words, can I understand that there are other Raojiang assassins in the capital? Even if they are not Zhijie, Raojiang's skill with poison is also a big problem."

By this time, Xia Fengxiang had already reached the low table. Su Changan took the cushions and helped her sit down. Xia Fengxiang then looked at Shen Yuanhao and said, "I hope you are not talking about other assassins. Otherwise, you will disappoint me even more."

Su Changan glanced at Xia Fengxiang. It was true that according to the confessions of the people sent by Lu Cai, they had arranged people in each mansion, but when was there any news that Shen Yuanhao had met with the assassin from Rao Jiang who assassinated Prince An?

A trick?

Su Changan's expression was calm, and he just looked at Shen Yuanhao.

Lu Cai was a little stunned, but he kept his head down and no one noticed his expression. He also knew that he had to keep his head down at the moment, otherwise his expression would be seen and it would be bad.

Shen Yuanhao looked at Xia Fengxiang with surprise in his eyes, but the next moment he roared, "Xia Fengxiang, are you really not going to consider the future of Daxia? Let me tell you, you have no children, and these people! In a dozen years, no! In a few years, chaos will immediately arise. By then, it won't be you, Su Changan, who can stop Xia Fengxiang from taking a male concubine into the palace! They! These people will all oppose you!"

"From high to low, you will fall hard. By then, all these people, those outside the palace, and those who are currently fawning over you in Daxia, will criticize you for not having children. They will all point fingers at you, Su Changan, and call you a jealous woman because there are no male concubines in the palace, which means Daxia will have no descendants! By then, everything you have now, everything you have, will be gone."

Xia Fengxiang whispered, "Kuyue, cut off your tongue."

Upon hearing this, Ku Yue, such a small person, took a step forward. When she reappeared, she had already pressed Shen Yuanhao's face with one hand, and took out a dagger from somewhere with the other hand.

For Ku Yue, cutting off someone's tongue is as easy as pie.

Blood splattered.

Shen Yuanhao cried out "wuwu" and his mouth was full of blood.

Xia Fengxiang said, "Mr. Shen gave you a favor, and I'm offering you three chances to forgive you. You've used them all, so there's no need for me to continue. And it seems you're talking about the assassin Rao Jiang still in the capital. By the way, those people didn't say you'd met Rao Jiang. I lied to you. After all, I've been thinking over and over what bargaining chip you could offer, and when it comes to Shu, I've come to this, so I tried to trick you. I didn't expect it to be true."

Xia Fengxiang continued, "I won't kill you. I'll let you live and see the future of Daxia. When you see it, I'll kill you! As for Mr. Shen, if he blames me for not taking good care of you in the future, then let him blame me."

"But Mr. Shen would probably tell me, 'His brother is causing me trouble.' And you, you spread rumors and slandered the Empress, were disrespectful to the people, and even framed all the officials. Of course, they are also a bunch of fools with no moral integrity! You also disrupted Daxia, brought disaster to the court, and colluded with foreign nations to smuggle armor. I don't care! But fifteen ships of grain, fifteen ships! If they were sent to Shu and eaten by people, I wouldn't be so angry! But you dumped it into the sea! It all fed the fish! Your crimes are so severe that I have no reason to forgive you. Throw you back to prison!"

Lu Cai and Sheyue immediately clasped their fists.

Shin Won-ho obviously wanted to say something, but his mouth was full of blood and blood splattered out as soon as he opened his mouth.

Looking at Xia Fengxiang's appearance, Su Changan put one hand on Xia Fengxiang's belly, feeling a little worried.

No official in the hall dared to look at the emperor; they all lowered their heads.

But Mu Xu glanced at the emperor and happened to see the queen's actions, then hurriedly lowered his head.

Xia Fengxiang glanced at Su Chang'an and shook his head, indicating that he was fine. Then he looked at the people in the hall and said, "Everyone, we need to interrogate those people outside and find out if they know anything else. The Dali Temple, the Ministry of Justice, and the Secretariat will decide how to convict them. I have no other requirements, only four words: to serve as a warning to others!"

Dugu Ruyuan and Lu Qingxu immediately stood up and bowed to accept the order.

However, Li Endi, the assistant minister of the Ministry of Justice, looked at Xia Fengxiang and said, "Your Majesty, what about the assassin from Raojiang?"

Xia Fengxiang said, "Don't worry about it. Making a big fuss will easily alert the enemy. The Thirteen Guards and the Guards will be able to investigate. Moreover, if they are from Raojiang, even if they are not Zhijing, they are experts in poison. If we are not careful, it will easily cause chaos. There are many people in the capital now, and envoys from other countries that have not been destroyed have also arrived one after another. We can't let any chaos happen in the capital now."

Li Endi immediately clasped his fists and said, "Yes."

Xia Fengxiang glanced at Li Endi and said, "Li Wei and his crew's ship is about to dock, right? Any news?"

Li Wei and others were the students who went to Japan last October. News had been sent back earlier saying that they were on their way back.

Li Endi immediately spoke up, "If it were a normal Jiaozhou port, we would probably not be able to return until the third or even fourth quarter of this year. But we're going through the former site of the Korean Kingdom, where Lord Du built a small port. We'll be docked there. If we don't stop along the way, we should be able to return by the end of the month."

Xia Fengxiang nodded, but just as he was about to speak, he saw Su Changan looking at him.

Seeing that look, Xia Fengxiang immediately avoided it and didn't look at Su Changan's gaze. The main reason was that he felt guilty because his old habit came back and he suddenly started asking about government affairs again.

Then he looked at Li Endi and said, "Well, I will reward them when I come back. If the Queen's silver-for-gold method is fully implemented, they will all have made great contributions."

Li Endi immediately said: "I am just following and learning."

Xia Fengxiang nodded and stopped talking.

Su Changan said with a smile: "Everyone, please have a midnight snack first. There are so many people outside, and some of them are busy."

Everyone in the hall clasped their fists.

Naturally, there is nothing more to say next.

After all, everything that needs to be said has been said, and everything that needs to be known is known.

Everyone should leave now and start the interrogation quickly.

But after all, the Empress had prepared midnight snacks, so naturally I had to stay and eat them first.

However, while eating, everyone noticed that Deputy Commander Shentu ran over to massage the Queen's legs and feet in a very flattering manner, but was thrown out by the Queen.

Moreover, the queen also chatted and joked with the chief priest and others.

It was as if she had returned to the easy-going queen that everyone knew.

But everyone is upright and has nothing to fear, so why would they care about the appearance of those queens before?

And in the eyes of Lu Qingxu, the Minister of Justice, that was the majesty that an empress should have.

After midnight snack

Everyone left.

Mu Xu left with the help of Xun Kuang. He didn't need to participate in the interrogation, he just needed to be present when the conviction was made.

In the carriage after leaving the palace, Xun Kuang looked at his teacher with his eyes closed in deep thought, and he wanted to say something but stopped himself several times.

Mu Xu said, "You should be a little tired tonight. Wait until Dugu Ruyuan and the others are in the hearing. Listen carefully to see if there are any people they arranged to enter the Imperial College."

Xun Kuang nodded immediately: "Yes, teacher."

But after he finished speaking, Mu Xu opened one eye and looked at Xun Kuang: "If you want to fart, just let it go. It's not like I haven't smelled it much. I can bear it."

Xun Kuang curled his lips, the teacher's mouth is really...

But looking at Mu Xu, Xun Kuang said: "Tonight, Shen Yuanhao."

But just as he opened his mouth, Mu Xu laughed and scolded him, "Do you care about what he said?"

Xun Kuang shook his head: "What he said, as Your Majesty said, is the Great Xia he mentioned. It has nothing to do with us."

Mu Xu nodded in satisfaction, but looking at Xun Kuang, he laughed and scolded, "I've said all this, but you're still hesitant and don't dare to ask me. Have you also noticed that something's wrong with His Majesty?"

Xun Kuang swallowed hard, "Teacher, it's not just His Majesty who's wrong, the Queen is wrong too. And from Shen Yuanhao's disrespectful words and Your Majesty's response, I feel... I feel something is wrong, but I can't put my finger on it."

Mu Xu was silent for a moment: "If you think about it, if the queen is a man, will everything be right?"

Xun Kuang was stunned for a moment, then looked at Mu Xu: "Huh?"

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PS: Maybe I was too tired yesterday and fell asleep at night and slept until this afternoon, so I updated it. This is mine.

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