Chapter 328 What Crime Will Prime Minister Su Use to Arrest Me?

The guards wielding tridents couldn't help but shudder at the sight of Prince Yong's frantic resistance.

Shang Rong cried out in fear, "Quick! Grab him!"

I never expected that even at this point, Prince Yong would still have such strength.

It took eight people working together to barely hold Zhao Minghong down; his golden crown was already askew and his hair was disheveled.

His face was forcefully pressed against the cold bricks, and the flames in his eyes were burning intensely.

It was confirmed that Prince Yong's limbs were firmly pinned to the ground once again.

Su Fengyue sneered, then stood up, walked around Prince Yong, and stepped on his shoulder and back.

The feeling of truly trampling these noblemen underfoot was so wonderful that Su Fengyue felt the wound on his head no longer hurt.

"Your Highness, it is utterly foolish of you to lay a hand on me in my own residence. Don't you understand now? Forget about women, your dignity, your status, and your power will soon become worthless."

Su Fengyue had a mocking smile on his lips.

"I must thank you for telling me that the Emperor has passed away. No wonder I haven't been able to get any information from Zhaoyang Palace lately. It turns out that Zhao Mingyan is already dead."

Duan Mingfeng was the emperor's confidant, and with him guarding the palace, not a breath of wind could get out.

According to Xi Jin's report, the emperor's injuries were severe and he was not long for life; logically speaking, he shouldn't have been able to survive for so many days.

It turns out he had been dead for a long time, kept secret.

Prince Yong revealed a smile even more mocking than Su Fengyue's, a smile that made him cough loudly.

The cough interrupted Su Fengyue's imagination and planning for the future.

Su Fengyue asked with displeasure, "What are you laughing at?"

Zhao Minghong remained silent, glanced at him sideways, and then laughed even more wildly.

Su Fengyue stomped his foot on Prince Yong's head, furious, and said, "I'm asking you, what are you laughing at? You're about to become a pathetic wretch, what's so funny about that!"

Zhao Minghong said hoarsely, "I laugh at you. Your death is imminent, yet you're still gloating."

Su Fengyue said, "I see you're about to die, but you're still being stubborn. Take him to the woodshed and lock him up. No one is allowed to approach him without my order."

The guards dragged Zhao Minghong up from the ground, and Shang Rong was about to lead his men down himself.

"The secret room in the woodshed has been discovered."

A voice came from afar, calm yet cold.

When everyone looked over, they discovered that a tall figure was standing at the door, his face shrouded in shadow cast by the lamplight.

Su Fengyue's right eye was swollen, so he squinted with his left eye to look, but he couldn't see clearly from several feet away.

Who is it?

Shang Rong glanced at him a few times before confirming his identity and said, "Master, he is a farmhand from the backyard of the mansion."

Su Fengyue was skeptical of what the man said.

"He said the secret room in the woodshed had been discovered? Why didn't anyone report it to me?"

He looked at the butler, Shang Rong, who shook his head, indicating that he was also unaware of the matter and had not received any information.

Su Fengyue asked, "Why did you come alone? Where is the guard of the woodshed?"

The farmhand said, "He's dead."

Su Fengyue couldn't sit still, so he stood up, took a few steps closer, and stared at his face.

"Who did this? Did you see clearly?"

The farmhand stood upright at the door and said, "I didn't see clearly, but they looked like people from the palace."

Su Fengyue's forehead throbbed with pain. He said, "Come in and give me your answer."

The farmhand walked in with steady steps, stood in the room, and glanced briefly at Prince Yong, who was being supported by several people, without lingering.

Su Fengyue said, "I see that you are steady in your actions and are a useful talent. From now on, I will transfer you to be a guard in the front yard. Tell me in detail what you have seen."

The farmhand said, "When I arrived, the door to the woodshed was wide open, and the secret room had already been broken into. There were also two men in black guarding the door."

After pondering for a moment, Su Fengyue asked again, "How did you determine that they were sent by the palace?"

The farmhand said, "They were the ones who said they were coming to search for evidence."

Su Fengyue's expression changed drastically, aggravating the injury on his right eyebrow, and he hissed in pain.

His face twisted slightly as he asked, "What evidence?"

The farmhand explained word by word: "Evidence of their crimes of colluding with the Western Jin and betraying the country."

Su Fengyue's eyes suddenly sharpened, and he abruptly ordered, "Seize him!"

Apart from the guards supporting Prince Yong, the other eight men surrounded him.

The farmhand didn't panic; he just chuckled softly.

"On what charge will Prime Minister Su arrest me?"

He raised his hand to his ear, removed the human skin mask, and revealed a handsome, godlike face.

The servants in the mansion had never seen the emperor's face before and did not know that the person in front of them was the emperor who was rumored to be "dead." However, due to the imposing aura he suddenly released, they dared not make any rash moves.

Su Fengyue's gray eyebrows and beard trembled uncontrollably.

"you......."

"That's right, it's me," Emperor Wusu said calmly.

The emperor and his ministers stood facing each other, unlike the usual court etiquette. Tonight, Su Fengyue stood at the head of the table, while Zhao Mingyan stood below him.

But one's aura is never determined by one's position.

Emperor Wusu stood with his hands behind his back, as if all the radiance around him had been absorbed by him.

"I came to your residence specifically to see Prime Minister Su, so why is he unwelcoming and even ordered his men to arrest me?"

As he spoke, he walked over to Prince Yong, who was being held down by his guards.

"What crime is it to detain a prince? Does Prime Minister Su know?"

Upon seeing the emperor reveal his true face, Zhao Minghong's eyes immediately welled up with tears, and large red veins appeared in his eyes.

He turned his head away, not wanting his elder brother to see his current embarrassing state.

"You lot, do you want to die?"

Emperor Wusu's casual remark caused the four men holding Prince Yong to break out in a cold sweat and were about to loosen their grip.

Shang Rong shouted, "Arrest them all!"

The steward said to Su Fengyue, "Master, don't worry about who he is, whether he's the emperor or a farmhand. Since he's come to our manor, let's make sure he doesn't leave alive!"

Su Fengyue, however, stood there like a wooden chicken, showing little reaction.

From the moment Emperor Wusu appeared before him unharmed, he knew he had lost.

The whole game is lost.

From leaving the palace to pay respects to his ancestors to the various illusions of returning to the palace severely injured, including the olive branch extended by Prince Yong today, all of these were intended to deceive him, make him lower his guard, and make him believe that the kingdom of Beili was already in his hands.

The person in front of me never fights a battle unprepared.

Since they dared to appear so brazenly in front of him, they must have left themselves an escape route while blocking his own.

Su Fengyue's breaths were in segments, and it took him a long time to exhale completely.

"Why don't you let this old minister guess why His Majesty is in the mood to come to the Su family's front hall late at night to reminisce with this old minister?"

His mind was still relatively clear: "It's because the Emperor didn't discover any evidence of my crimes in the dark room."

Su Fengyue placed his hands on his abdomen, in the same posture he usually adopted when attending court.

"The secret room is nothing more than the old minister's shady hobbies. I wonder which law of Beili I have violated?"