Chapter 153 Ruthless Hurt
With the midwife and Xia Yunjie, they no longer waited passively, but decided to take the initiative.
At the morning court the next day, Ye Linghan ordered people to bring all of Li Yuan's ministers, as well as Xia Yunxi who had been under house arrest, and Ye Lingrui who had not been seen for a long time.
Li Yuan was so excited when he saw Ye Lingrui who was fine, and immediately accused Ye Linghan: "Didn't you say that the emperor was ill? You really have evil intentions!"
Ye Linghan didn't bother to argue with Li Yuan at all and just glanced at Li Yuan coldly.
Li Yuan could not control his anger and continued to shout: "As long as I am here, I will never let your conspiracy succeed. You'd better give up this idea as soon as possible!"
Although the other ministers were also filled with indignation, they were still afraid of Ye Linghan and did not dare to be as unrestrained as Li Yuan.
It was Su Xing's first time attending the morning court, and he should have been nervous and uneasy, but when he saw such a scene, he only felt angry.
This Li Yuan is really out of his mind. He can't tell right from wrong. How can such a person be the Taifu? It's a joke!
When will Ye Linghan get to the point? Su Xing could hardly bear it anymore.
He looked at Ye Linghan anxiously, and Ye Linghan just said: "Li Yuan, it seems that you are really old and confused..."
Everyone present was not stupid and they all understood what Ye Linghan was talking about, especially Li Yuan.
He was immediately furious, his face flushed, his chest heaving: "Don't slander me! I know exactly what I'm doing!"
As he said this, he suddenly knelt down on his knees in front of Ye Lingrui and said, "Your Majesty, please give an order immediately to arrest the traitors. I will protect this country for you even if I risk my life!"
But Ye Lingrui just looked pale and panicked, and didn't dare to say a word.
"Your Majesty!" Li Yuan knew that this was not easy for Ye Lingrui at such a young age, but he had to force him: "Do you want to watch everything the late emperor passed on to you fall into the hands of thieves? As long as you give the order, we will follow you to the death!"
After saying that, he turned around and looked behind him: "What are you waiting for? At this point, do you think he will let you go?"
The ministers were shocked at first, and then they all knelt down on the ground as if they were infected by Li Yuan, crying out in pain: "We are willing to follow the emperor until death!"
Ye Lingrui still said nothing. His frightened eyes looked at Ye Linghan for a while, then at Xia Yunxi. He was extremely uneasy.
Li Yuan knew that it was useless to count on Ye Lingrui, so he turned to Xia Yunxi and said, "Queen Mother, as the Queen Mother of Ye Country, you have every right to take charge of the situation at this time. Please take on the responsibility, Queen Mother."
Su Xing's heart suddenly skipped a beat. Xia Yunxi would definitely not let go of such an opportunity.
What is Ye Linghan waiting for? Why don’t we get to the point?
However, Xia Yunxi's response shocked everyone: "Master Li, you are too kind. I am just a woman and cannot take on such a heavy responsibility."
"Empress Dowager!" Li Yuan stared in disbelief. He never expected that Xia Yunxi would be unwilling? This is for her son!
But he soon found a reasonable explanation. It must be Ye Linghan who threatened Xia Yunxi, so she didn't dare to speak.
Looks like it's time to take it out.
"This old minister knows what the Empress Dowager is worried about." Li Yuan said as he tore open his sleeves and reached in to feel for something. After a moment, he took out a piece of golden cloth and held it high: "The late emperor's will, everyone accept it!"
Including Ye Linghan, everyone knelt down.
"I have little time left, so I am leaving this imperial edict in consideration of my son's young age. Prince Ye Linghan is not my own flesh and blood. Considering his military exploits for the Ye Kingdom, as long as he has no ambitions for the throne, this imperial edict does not need to be made public. Otherwise, he can be sentenced to death based on this imperial edict!"
While Li Yuan was reading the imperial edict, Su Xing kept staring at Ye Linghan.
Although he did not know the late emperor, he could roughly guess the content of the imperial edict. It must be another ruthless harm to Ye Linghan.
Sure enough, although it was difficult to detect, he, who was with Ye Linghan every day, still saw a hint of very subtle pain between Ye Linghan's eyebrows.
His heart tightened. It would be fine if he was not a biological son, but Ye Linghan happened to be the biological son of the late emperor.
The late emperor himself didn't understand the situation clearly, but he was still on guard against his son everywhere. He didn't forget to deal with him even after his death!
He couldn't imagine how he would feel if he were Ye Linghan facing such a scene.
But Ye Linghan's expression still did not change. After Li Yuan finished reading, he stood up slowly.
Li Yuan looked at Xia Yunxi again and said in a deep voice, "Empress Dowager, the late emperor's will is here. You don't have to worry. Please issue an order!"
Seeing this, the other ministers knelt on their knees again and said in unison: "Please give your order, Queen Mother!"
Su Xing was getting anxious, why didn't Ye Linghan say anything?
His eyes shuttled between Ye Linghan and Xia Yunxi, expecting Ye Linghan to speak quickly, but also worried that Xia Yunxi would speak first.
"Master Li." Xia Yunxi spoke first, but not in the way Su Xing worried: "I have already said that I cannot take on such an important task."
"Empress Dowager!" Li Yuan was even more shocked than before. Now that things had come to this, what was the Empress Dowager still worried about?
But Xia Yunxi remained unmoved and even looked away.
Li Yuan was furious, but he could only sigh hard and said, "If that's the case, then I'll be the leader!"
"All guards, listen up!" Li Yuan looked fiercely at the palace guards inside and outside the court: "I order you in the name of the late emperor to capture the thief Ye Linghan immediately!"
After the words fell, the entire court fell into silence, as if the air had frozen.
After a while, there were gasps of surprise one after another.
Because no guards took any action, the gasps came from the ministers.
"You!" Li Yuan was furious and shouted, "You also want to rebel?"
Still no one took action, as if no one cared about this matter. Throughout the whole process, Li Yuan was the only one performing a ridiculous one-man show.
"It's really a shame for my Ye country!" Li Yuan suddenly covered his chest and cried out in grief. The next moment, he seemed to have changed into a different person. He suddenly frowned and shouted to the outside of the palace: "Where is the Ye army!"
Everyone thought that Li Yuan was mad, why did he call on the Ye family army?
Wasn’t the Ye Family Army established when the previous emperor was still alive?
They only take orders from the late emperor, and will automatically disband after the late emperor's death, and can no longer serve anyone.
Only Ye Linghan narrowed his eyes, his black eyes staring outside the hall like a poisonous tongue, waiting quietly.
Not long after, heavy and solemn footsteps were suddenly heard outside the hall.
The next moment, dozens of men in black with grim expressions rushed into the court like a cold wind.
Everyone was immediately shocked. They were actually the Ye family's army. Even their clothes and appearance were exactly the same!
Li Yuan glanced around fiercely and ordered, "On behalf of the late emperor, I order you to capture Ye Linghan immediately!"
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