Chapter 190: Betray the enemy and betray the country

But the carefree and high-spirited Cheng Sheng wrote such a farewell letter.

Cheng Jin always felt something was wrong, but Cheng Sheng was far away at the border, and Cheng Jin could do nothing but hope that he could return safely.

After seeing Cheng Sheng's handwritten letter, Cheng Jin was visibly depressed every day. Chu Chengye quietly sent a lot of letters to the border, hoping to get accurate news about Cheng Sheng, but they were all like a stone sinking into the sea, and no letter was sent back from the front line.

Cheng Jin looked forward to hearing the news of the victory of the border every day, but after nearly two months, the border seemed to have lost contact and no news was sent back.

Just when Cheng Jin thought that he would not be able to wait for a while, he heard that Cheng Sheng had lost the battle and had surrendered on his own initiative. He even went into the enemy camp alone to negotiate peace. It seemed that he wanted to betray the country and rely on people at the border for survival and profit.

Cheng Sheng surrendered and wanted to withdraw his troops without asking for permission from the capital. What he did was extremely treasonous. The border sent a message asking the emperor how to deal with him.

This gave the court officials who disliked Cheng Yishou something to do. Every day they either went to Cheng's house to ridicule him or went to Yangxin Palace to think of ways to impeach Cheng Sheng.

Cheng Jin went to Yangxin Palace the moment he got the news.

Cheng Jin was always comfortable in Cheng Jin's presence, and this matter concerned Cheng Sheng. Cheng Jin was inevitably a little anxious. She almost ran here and entered the hall without any notice.

At this moment, there was a row of officials with beards standing in the Hall of Yangxin. Seeing Cheng Jin rushing in so unruly, excitement flashed in his eyes, and then he straightened his face and warned Cheng Jin with a righteous look.

"How can the noble concubine be so ignorant of the rules? Women in the harem are not allowed to interfere in government affairs. Why don't you stay in the harem and come to the Yangxin Palace?"

"Don't blame me for being harsh, my queen. I have served two monarchs and have never seen anyone as reckless as you. Shouldn't you learn some more etiquette in this palace?"

Cheng Jin knew that she had lost some of the rules. She bowed her head and saluted Chu Chengye in a proper manner, "Your Highness."

Chu Chengye responded slightly, and said calmly,

"I am discussing matters with the ministers. If you have anything to do, I will come to you later."

"You can go out."

Cheng Jin looked up and met Chu Chengye's eyes. Chu Chengye looked at Cheng Jin indifferently.

Cheng Jin didn't say anything else, just nodded, turned around and left.

After Cheng Jin left, an official inside deliberately raised his voice as if he was afraid that Cheng Jin could not hear him.

"It's the same with Master Cheng. He taught Cheng Sheng to do such a thing. The Royal Concubine has been in the palace for so many years and still doesn't know how to behave. They are really the same kind."

"Everyone teaches men to protect their country, but Master Cheng taught his son to betray the country."

His tone was sarcastic and mocking.

He raised his hand and saluted Chu Chengye. "Now that there is solid evidence that Cheng Sheng betrayed the country and colluded with the enemy, it has become a foregone conclusion. Please, His Majesty, convict Cheng Sheng of a crime as soon as possible, so that the soldiers at the border can be strangled if they see him." Treason and colluding with the enemy

. Treason and

colluding with the enemy.

Cheng Jin repeated these four words several times in her heart, but she still couldn't believe it. It was clear that Cheng Sheng's fate had changed, so how could he go down the path

of treason and collusion with the enemy? Cheng Jin knew that this could never be true. With Cheng Sheng's unyielding personality, he would never betray the enemy and collude with the country even if he was defeated and captured or died.

Cheng Jin wanted to know the reason, but she was so far away from the border in the capital, she could do nothing.

But there was no way here. Cheng Jin knew that what Chu Chengye said to her just now was not sincere, but because those people blocked Chu Chengye inside, Chu Chengye had to do it.

Now the Cheng family is in the spotlight again. If Cheng Jin is protected at this time, those people will inevitably point their knives at Cheng Sheng who is far away at the border and push her into an embarrassing situation.

But there is no other way now. In order to prevent others from catching her, Cheng Jin has to return to Chunhe Palace first.

Wei An followed Cheng Jin and comforted her: "Your Majesty, don't worry. The troops at the border haven't come back yet, and the things may not be true. The emperor said that your majesty should stay in the palace for the next few days. With the emperor, the matter of Deputy General Cheng will be fine."

Cheng Jin nodded, and the worry on her face did not diminish at all.

Chu Chengye saw Cheng Jin had left the Yangxin Palace through the crack in the door. He waited for a while, thinking that Cheng Jin had gone far away, and then he leaned on his arm to support his forehead, frowning and shaking. He

looked very annoyed and in a bad mood.

The officials below did not seem to notice, and he continued to chatter about the execution of Cheng Sheng, the dismissal of Cheng Yishou, and the banishment of Cheng Jin.

"It is an established fact that Cheng Sheng betrayed the country. If the son is not well educated, it is the fault of the father. Cheng Taifu naturally has an unshirkable responsibility and can no longer be the Taifu."

"This matter may not be related to the Royal Concubine. Cheng Sheng is the Royal Concubine's brother. The relationship between them cannot be broken. The Royal Concubine, as the sister of the guilty minister, naturally cannot be worthy of the Royal Concubine's status. In my opinion, it is best to agree."

"Please make a decision as soon as possible, so as to give an explanation to the court, the people, and Southern Qi."

After the official finished speaking, he knelt on the ground and saluted Chu Chengye.

The words were very sincere, but unfortunately they were all nonsense.

Chu Chengye didn't even listen to him, but stood up after he finished speaking and walked to the side of the official.

He paced back and forth beside the official with his hands behind his back.

Chu Chengye deliberately stepped heavily and pretended that he didn't mean to step on the official's hand.

The official didn't know whether Chu Chengye did it on purpose or not, and didn't dare to say anything.

Chu Chengye stopped right in front of the official. He laughed coldly and repeated the question to the official.

"Are you saying that I should order the execution of Deputy General Cheng, the dismissal of Grand Tutor Cheng, and the demotion of Concubine Rong to a concubine?"

Chu Chengye looked down at the person in front of him, and his words were without any emotion.

The official seemed to hear that Chu Chengye's tone was not very good, but he could only bite the bullet and answer yes.

"Yes, that's what I meant."

Chu Huaian had arranged this for them long ago. After this incident, the good days of the Cheng family will come to an end. As long as the Cheng family falls, the pro-royal party that is truly loyal to Chu Chengye will also fall with it, and there will be few people in the entire court who are Chu Chengye's people. It will

be easy to overthrow Chu Chengye.

Facing Chu Chengye, the official was a little scared, but he couldn't show a moment of panic when he went out to play, and he had to get this thing done.