"Explain things clearly." Zhu Youxiao looked at Xu Xianchun and said slowly in a very low voice.

His face was so gloomy that it looked like water was about to drip. Obviously, Zhu Youxiao was angry at this time.

All the palace servants in the room did not dare to breathe. They all held their breath, bent their bodies and stood cautiously, for fear of angering Zhu Youxiao.

"Your Majesty, the Wenxiang Sect has rebelled!" Xu Xianchun said with a mournful face, "I was escorting Kong Yinzhi back to Qufu, but they attacked us halfway."

"There were over a thousand of them, armed with all sorts of weapons, and they attacked my escort convoy. I had originally wanted to risk my life to escort Kong Yinzhi and the others away, but who would have thought that Kong Yinzhi was actually in cahoots with them!"

"Not only did he refuse to go with me, he almost led me into danger. They deliberately slowed down their progress, allowing those behind them to catch up, and my entire army was nearly wiped out. I have let Your Majesty down. I failed to recognize Kong Yinzhi's evil ambitions!"

As he spoke, Xu Xianchun started crying again, banging his head, and the blood gradually dyed the small piece of carpet red.

Seeing Xu Xianchun crying, Zhu Youxiao's heart shuddered.

Apart from anything else, if Xu Xianchun continued to kowtow like this, he would probably get a concussion. It must be said that Xu Xianchun was really willing to do this to himself.

"How dare you! Nonsense! How could a descendant of Confucius do such a thing?"

Zhu Youxiao slammed the table and shouted angrily, "You must be afraid of the Wenxiang Sect. You abandoned Kong Yinzhi and fled back without caring about their safety. Now you dare to brazenly accuse others here? This is simply outrageous! Come, drag him down and chop him off!"

After hearing this, Chen Hong looked at Xu Xianchun in surprise, then at Zhu Youxiao, feeling a little confused.

According to common sense, the emperor should have taken advantage of the situation and made things happen at this time. Why is he punishing Xu Xianchun now?

Compared to Chen Hong, Xu Xianchun is much smarter.

He immediately understood what Zhu Youxiao meant, and stood up straight, saying, "My loyalty to Your Majesty is evident to all. You say I'm afraid of the rebels and cowardly. I have no words to refute."

"I was anxious to return to Jining City because I wanted to inform Your Majesty of the rebellion, hoping that Your Majesty could make early preparations. Now that the news has been delivered, I have no regrets. At this point, I can only die to prove my innocence!"

After saying this, Xu Xianchun stomped his foot, opened his eyes, and his face became ferocious. He rushed towards a pillar not far away, as if he was going to crash into it and die.

Chen Hong was shocked when he saw this scene and rushed forward to stop Xu Xianchun.

However, Chen Hong's speed was not as fast as Xu Xianchun's, and he could only reach the corner of Xu Xianchun's clothes.

With the sound of clothes being torn, Xu Xianchun crashed directly into the pillar with a thud. His head was instantly broken and he fell directly to the ground.

His forehead was torn and his face was covered in blood. Blood was flowing down his temple, making him look very scary.

After seeing this scene, Zhu Youxiao's face darkened even more, and he asked angrily, "Is he dead?"

Chen Hong was still in a daze, but when he heard his own prince's questioning, he suddenly came to his senses as if waking from a dream. He reached out to feel Xu Xianchun's breath and said, "Your Majesty, he fainted."

"Why don't you find someone to see him?" Zhu Youxiao looked at Chen Hong and said angrily, "Even if you want to kill him, you should wait until he wakes up and find out everything. Now go find the imperial physician and don't let him die."

"Yes, Your Majesty. I'll go right away." Chen Hong was startled and quickly turned around and wanted to go out.

"Just send someone." Zhu Youxiao waved his hand and said, "Go find Xu Guangqi and Zhang Weixian. I want to tell them about this matter."

"Tell them about the situation here." Zhu Youxiao nodded again and said.

"Yes, Your Majesty." Chen Hong quickly agreed and went to find someone.

Xu Xianchun was quickly carried away to bandage his wounds.

At the same time, Chen Hong also came in front of Xu Guangqi and said with a serious face: "Lord Xu, His Majesty summons you."

After hearing this, Xu Guangqi quickly stood up.

Seeing Chen Hong's very ugly face, Xu Guangqi hurriedly asked: "Eunuch Chen, what happened?"

"Someone's rebelling." Chen Hong sighed and said, "His Majesty has summoned the Minister and the Duke of Ying."

"What's going on?" Xu Guangqi took a breath and asked quickly.

Chen Hong did not hide anything and told Xu Guangqi everything that had just happened.

After saying this, Chen Hong continued, "Your Majesty does not believe that the Kong family would rebel. Even if the Kong family were colluding with the Wenxiang Sect and sold all the relief grain from the court to the Wenxiang Sect as rations for the rebel army, Your Majesty still does not believe that the Kong family would collude with the Wenxiang Sect."

Xu Guangqi looked at Chen Hong with a wonderful expression on his face.

Since when did this eunuch Chen start talking like this?

You know, Chen Hong's words were full of thorns. The few words he said before were enough to prove that the Kong family and the Wenxiang Sect were in collusion.

Reselling the imperial government's disaster relief grain to provide military rations for the Wenxiang Sect's rebellion was a crime alone that was enough to result in the confiscation of property and the extermination of the entire clan.

The Kong family is definitely an accomplice of the traitors, there is nothing to say. Now, during the escort process, the person was actually taken away by the Wenxiang Sect.

Xu Xianchun said that he had taken her away, but His Majesty did not believe him. As a result, Xu Xianchun was ready to kill himself in front of His Majesty in order to prove his innocence.

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