I have to say that the Prime Minister is indeed the Prime Minister. His plans are going smoothly. Unfortunately, the person in front of him is not an envoy from the Western Regions, so he will not choose to forgive for the sake of face or other reasons.
In front of him was Situ Yao, the emperor of this country. He had no intention of letting Xu Mao go, but wanted to teach him a lesson.
However, the Prime Minister actually planned this matter so well, which made Situ Yao very unhappy. He, the king of a country, has not forgiven you yet, so what qualifications do you have to do so?
Thinking of this, Situ Yao's face immediately turned cold. "Prime Minister, you are thinking too simply. Privately detaining an envoy is a serious matter and cannot be resolved in a few words. Prime Minister, you should go back. I will make the final decision on this matter."
Situ Yao had already said this. If the Prime Minister had stopped there, then everything would have just passed. Unfortunately, since the Prime Minister had come, he wanted to get things done.
Just as he was about to speak, he heard Situ Yao say, "Prime Minister, please don't make me angry."
He was warning the Prime Minister that he had already given him face by letting him leave. However, the Prime Minister felt embarrassed after hearing Situ Yao's words.
I am the prime minister. Even if Situ Yao is the emperor, he cannot treat me like this. It is too unreasonable.
"Your Majesty, how can you do this? I have served in the court for many years. Even if I have no merits, I have worked hard. Can't Your Majesty release General Xu Mao for my sake?" The Prime Minister felt humiliated and was determined to persuade Situ Yao to release Xu Mao.
Situ Yao had repeatedly given the Prime Minister face, but seeing that he was still aggressive, he immediately became displeased: "Since the Prime Minister is so stubborn, then stay in the warm room for now. When you figure it out, you can leave."
At the command, someone came in immediately and took the prime minister away. The prime minister couldn't believe that he was actually under house arrest by the emperor.
Yes, house arrest. Although Situ Yao only told him to stay in the warm room, both of them knew in their hearts that this was Situ Yao punishing the prime minister.
"Your Majesty, you can't do this. You can't." The Prime Minister was brought down and kept shouting, hoping that Situ Yao would hear his words and change his mind.
"Madam, it's bad. The Prime Minister has been locked up by the Emperor." A servant ran into the Prime Minister's Mansion and told the Prime Minister's wife the news.
"What? What's going on? How could the Prime Minister be imprisoned by the Emperor?" Upon hearing the servant's words, the Prime Minister's wife, like the Prime Minister, looked incredulous. The Prime Minister had been in the court for decades and had weathered countless storms, big and small. How could he be arrested by the Emperor? The Prime Minister's wife felt that the servant must have made a mistake.
However, the servant swore and told the prime minister's wife everything he knew about the whole cause and effect. After hearing this, the prime minister's wife became anxious. What should she do? The prime minister has been captured by the emperor. What can she, a woman, do?
Helplessly, the Prime Minister's wife could only come to the palace to find her daughter. At this time, Lin Xiangru and Lin Xiaoxiang had already learned that the Prime Minister had been arrested.
Lin Xiangru saw her mother's anxious look and said to her, "Mother, don't worry. I already know about this matter. I will go to the emperor and plead for mercy for my father."
No matter what, the prime minister is his father. If something happens to his father, Lin Xiangru cannot stay out of it.
So Lin Xiangru hurried to find the emperor, and halfway there, he saw Lin Xiaoxiang rushing over.
"Lin Xiangru, what are you going to do in such a hurry?" Lin Xiaoxiang asked when she saw Lin Xiangru walking in a hurry.
I thought to myself, could it be that as I thought, Lin Xiangru was going to plead for his father?
Sure enough, Lin Xiangru said, "Why are you stopping me? Can't you guess what I'm going to do? My father has been arrested by the emperor, don't you know?"
The fact that the prime minister was arrested was not suppressed, so most people in the harem knew the news. Therefore, Lin Xiangru did not believe that Lin Xiaoxiang was so uninformed that she did not even know this.
"What? You really want to plead with the emperor for your father? Don't be silly. Your father has angered the emperor. You will get nothing good if you go to plead for him." Lin Xiaoxiang thought, why did Lin Xiangru, who seemed so smart, act so stupid at this time?
When Lin Xiangru heard what Lin Xiaoxiang said, she knew that Lin Xiaoxiang must be laughing at her in her heart at this time, but she had no choice. That man was her father, how could she just ignore it?
"No matter what you think, I will definitely save my father. He is our father. How can you be so unmoved?" Lin Xiangru couldn't understand why Lin Xiaoxiang could act like an outsider and laugh at his own joke.
So what if he is a father? It’s the same even if they are husband and wife. Husband and wife are birds of the same forest. When disaster strikes, they fly away separately. What’s more, he is just a father.
Seeing that not only did no one respond to her words and Lin Xiangru gave up looking for the emperor, but Lin Xiangru blamed her, Lin Xiaoxiang could not help but sneer: "I tell you, if I don't go to ask the emperor, you can't go either."
She knew that her father had offended the emperor, which was definitely not a simple matter. If she appeared in front of the emperor at this time, it would definitely make the emperor dislike her even more. Therefore, Lin Xiaoxiang was not going to save the prime minister.
Moreover, she could not ask the emperor for help, and neither could Lin Xiangru. After all, they were sisters. Even if they were incompatible, their blood relationship was indelible.
If Lin Xiangru appeared before the emperor and pleaded for the prime minister, and if that made the emperor unhappy, she, as Lin Xiangru's sister, would definitely be implicated.
Lin Xiangru was disgusted by her idea. At that moment, Lin Xiangru did not say much to Lin Xiaoxiang and left directly.
Seeing that she couldn't stop him, Lin Xiaoxiang gritted her teeth and simply ignored it. At worst, she could explain herself later and let the emperor know that she only obeyed him.
In the Imperial Study, Lin Xiangru entered and saluted Situ Yao: "Your Majesty, my father has spoken rudely to you and offended you. I hope you can forgive him and let him go back."
Lin Xiangru was straightforward. She knew that if she beat around the bush, it would probably make Situ Yao even more unhappy.
Situ Yao did not expect that at this time, Lin Xiangru would come out to plead for the Prime Minister. However, after hearing Lin Xiangru's words, he was still a little unhappy.
The Prime Minister is not only rude in his words, he is actually trying to make decisions for himself. How can such behavior be easily forgiven?
Thinking of this, Situ Yao's face turned cold: "Kneel down."
What? Lin Xiangru looked up at Situ Yao, his eyes full of disbelief, but the next second, Lin Xiangru knelt down.
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