The man said he was an envoy from the Western Regions, and Xu Mao already believed him 70%. Otherwise, Xu Mao would not have thought of asking the Prime Minister what to do about this matter.
But he didn't expect that Situ Yao's movements were so fast and he arrived before he could move.
Although he couldn't escape, Xu Mao wouldn't surrender. He was being held by two men, shouting, "It's unfair! It's unfair! Your Majesty, you can't believe these rumors."
Unfortunately, Xu Mao had no idea that Jie Ya, the daughter of the Western Regions envoy, could testify to this matter. Situ Yao knew exactly whether it was a rumor or not.
Not far away, a woman hid behind someone else's stone lion and watched all this happen. She only came out from behind the stone lion after everyone left.
This person was none other than Xu Mao's wife, Madam Xu. It turned out that Madam Xu had gone back to her parents' home today for something, and had just returned from her parents' home. Before she even got home, she saw a group of people gathered at her door.
She was about to go forward and ask what was going on when she saw her general being taken away. At that moment, she didn't care about anything else and hid behind the stone lions.
She heard it clearly just now. The general was calling the emperor, which meant that the person who wanted to arrest the general was the emperor. She didn't know what the general had done to offend the emperor. If she showed up, she might be arrested too.
That's why Madam Xu didn't show up. After everyone left, Madam Xu looked anxious: "What should I do? General, how can I save you?"
Suddenly, Mrs. Xu remembered that the general was the prime minister's disciple and had always been quite close to the prime minister. Moreover, the prime minister's status was second only to the emperor. Perhaps she could ask the prime minister for help.
Thinking of this, Madam Xu immediately went to the Prime Minister's residence. When the Prime Minister heard the servant come to report that Madam Xu wanted to see him, he was very confused. How could a woman dare to come to see him?
However, he felt that if a woman came to see him, something must have happened, so it would be difficult for him not to see her. After all, Xu Mao was still useful to the prime minister.
"Prime Minister, please save the general!" As soon as Mrs. Xu came in, she knelt on the ground and said to the Prime Minister with tears in her eyes.
After hearing this, the Prime Minister was shocked: "What happened to Xu Mao?"
Although Madam Xu did not know the specific reason why the emperor arrested Xu Mao, she knew that Xu Mao had arrested people, and when she heard the emperor say that he had secretly detained the envoy, she understood most of the situation.
At that moment, Mrs. Xu told the Prime Minister everything about the matter. After learning the whole story, the Prime Minister frowned.
Damn Xu Mao, why did he have to arrest the envoy from the Western Regions when he could do anything else? He loves dancing, so what does it have to do with you? But you had to arrest him. Now, the emperor knows about it and has thrown him into the Sky Prison. How can I save him?
Not only can I not save him, but I have to distance myself from it. After all, I have nothing to do with this matter and I don't want to be dragged into it.
Thinking of this, the Prime Minister said to Madam Xu, "Madam Xu, I'm afraid I can't help you with this matter. Unauthorized detention of an envoy is no small matter, and the Emperor has already personally intervened."
He said this in order to make Madam Xu give up and stop bothering him, but he didn't expect that after hearing this, Madam Xu not only did not leave, but instead stared at the Prime Minister.
"My Lord Prime Minister, now I can only ask for help from you. You and the general have always had a close relationship. I believe you don't want to see the general go to jail." As she said this, Madam Xu kowtowed to the Prime Minister.
The Prime Minister felt that Madam Xu was ungrateful. He had already refused her, but she still asked him to do so. No matter how good his relationship with Xu Mao was, she could lose her head if she was not careful. Could he easily help her?
"You are forcing me to do something I can't do." The Prime Minister was no longer in a good mood.
"Prime Minister, are you really going to stand by and watch? If it weren't for the Prime Minister, why would the general cause such trouble? If that's the case, I'm afraid the general will die, and I don't want to live in humiliation."
After Mrs. Xu finished speaking, she stood up from the ground and ran straight towards the wall, bumping into it headfirst.
"Madam Xu, Madam Xu, what are you doing? Someone, come quickly!" Seeing Madam Xu banging her head against the wall, the Prime Minister panicked. He couldn't let Madam Xu die in her own home.
The Prime Minister had not expected that Madam Xu would be so fiery-willed and would not live at all. At the same time, he also knew that he would not be able to remain unscathed in this matter.
The doctor bandaged Madam Xu's wound and left. Madam Xu lay on the bed. Not long after, she slowly opened her eyes. The pain in her head made her react, and in a blink of an eye, she saw the prime minister next to her.
"Prime Minister, why bother saving me? It would be better for me to die. If I can't save the general, why should I live in this world?" Madam Xu was about to get out of bed after saying this.
Alas, the Prime Minister sighed and said, "Madam Xu is doing this and that, threatening to commit suicide. How can I just sit back and watch? I can go to the palace and plead with the Emperor, but I can't guarantee the outcome."
This was the Prime Minister's last resort. He couldn't just watch Madam Xu commit suicide in front of him and remain indifferent.
After receiving the Prime Minister's approval, Madam Xu's pale face showed a smile: "Thank you, Prime Minister. I am very grateful for your willingness to help."
In An Lirong's palace, Jie Ya was bowing to An Lirong: "Your Majesty, this time thanks to your help, Jie Ya is very grateful. If Your Majesty needs Jie Ya for anything, Jie Ya will never refuse."
Jie Ya said this sincerely. She was very grateful to An Lirong. If it weren't for An Lirong, even if she asked to save the emperor, who would believe her identity and what she said.
"What is Miss Jie Ya doing? I just told the emperor about this matter, and it's mainly because the emperor believed it." An Lirong did not dare to take credit for it. She just told the emperor about this matter. If the emperor didn't care, she would have no way to do anything.
Seeing An Lirong refuse, Jie Ya didn't care. She smiled slightly, revealing her white teeth: "No matter what, the queen is my father's benefactor, and this will not change."
After she finished speaking, Jie Ya remembered that her father was still waiting outside An Lirong Palace, so she continued, "Your Majesty, to be honest, my father is waiting outside your palace right now. First, I want to thank you for saving my life, and second, my father has something to ask you."
What? The Western Regions envoy is now outside her palace? An Lirong was startled by the news. When she heard Jie Ya say that her father had something to ask her, An Lirong remembered that the Western Regions envoy had called her "Princess Highness". It seemed that the Western Regions envoy was obsessed with this matter. An Lirong thought about it and felt that some things were probably inevitable.
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