Zhao Qiu Ming's crying made people feel heartbroken. He cried and said, "Who hurt my son's life?!"
The Dali Temple Minister also sounded very sad, and said, "Prime Minister, the dead cannot be brought back to life. Please accept my condolences. I will investigate this matter thoroughly!"
Zhao Qiuming said: "We must conduct a thorough investigation!"
The Dali Temple official responded in agreement, and then he scolded the Dali Temple runners: "Useless people, why do the court support you?"
The yamen runners pleaded guilty in a low voice. From the sound, we could see that Zhao Qiu Ming and the Chief Justice of the Dali Temple were followed by many yamen runners.
Xianzong asked, "Is Zhao Qiuming healthy? Isn't his son still alive?"
Yu Xiaoxiao nodded and said, "He is sick."
Xiaozhuang and Xiaowei continued to be wallflowers.
The muscles on Zhao Beicheng's cheeks trembled violently for a few times, and he tried several times before he shouted out: "Father!"
The prison cell was suddenly silent, and everyone could hear their own heartbeats.
After being stunned for a moment, Zhao Qiu Ming quickly turned the corner in front of him. The first thing he saw was Xianzong and Yu Xiaoxiao standing in the cell.
Yu Xiaoxiao turned her head to look at Zhao Qiu Ming, waved to Prime Minister Zhao, and said, "Hi."
Zhao Qiu Ming felt that this was impossible. How could these two be here?
The Dali Temple Minister also thought it was impossible. How could His Majesty, who should be staying in the Imperial Palace, appear in the Dali Temple's prison in just a set of underwear? There were no beauties in the prison!
When Emperor Xianzong saw his two ministers staring at him blankly, not even being polite, his face immediately darkened and he said, "Zhao Qiuming, don't you recognize me?"
Zhao Qiuming took a few quick steps toward the cell, then knelt on the ground with his knees weakened, saying, "Your Majesty, I pay my respects to you!"
How could this happen? Prime Minister Zhao asked himself. He had agreed with his men that after the mission was accomplished, they would light a fire outside the Dali Temple as a signal. When the fire started, he and the Dali Temple Minister would go to the Heavenly Prison to act out a scene of losing their beloved son. Now his followers saw the fire basket thrown out of the Dali Temple, but when he entered the Heavenly Prison, he saw his living son and the royal father and daughter!
Yu Xiaoxiao had no idea that the lantern she casually threw outside the wall would cause such a big misunderstanding. She looked at Zhao Qiuming and said, "Don't cry, your son is alive."
Xianzong asked, "Who told you that Zhao Beicheng was dead?"
Zhao Beicheng was speechless. He was always telling lies, but this time he couldn't help but make up a lie.
Xianzong said: "I am asking you a question, why don't you answer my question?"
Yu Xiaoxiao twisted her mouth. What could this guy say? This guy wanted to kill his son.
Zhao Beicheng looked at the Dali Temple Minister and asked sternly, "What's going on?"
The Dali Temple official turned around and asked a yamen runner leader behind him: "What's going on?!"
At this time, Yu Xiaoxiao handed a few sugar-roasted chestnuts that Xiaozhuang had peeled to Xianzong, and told him to eat while watching the show. Anyway, she knew everything but she just didn't say anything.
Xianzong took the candied chestnuts and put them into his mouth. When he was in a bad mood, eating something would help him cheer up.
The head of the bailiffs knelt on the ground and bowed his head, saying, "I heard Young Master Zhao shouting in the cell, and I saw him spitting blood, so I thought..."
"Useless thing!" the Dali Temple Minister cursed.
"I deserve to die," the head of the yamen runners kowtowed desperately. He was the only one who had to take the blame for this crime, otherwise Prime Minister Zhao would not let his family go.
Xianzong pointed at Zhao Beicheng and said, "Does he look like he's about to die?"
Zhao Qiuming said: "Someone, drag this rubbish away."
Yu Xiaoxiao chuckled.
Prime Minister Zhao’s heart almost stopped beating.
"Your Highness," Zhao Beicheng called Yu Xiaoxiao in a sad voice from behind.
Yu Xiao: "Father, please let him go."
Xianzong felt that this was not right and he had to think about it again.
Yu Xiao: "Don't you want people to make mistakes? Zhao Beicheng is not dead anyway, so what does it have to do with you whether his father is sad or not?"
Xianzong felt that his daughter was right. What was he thinking about when Zhao Qiuming's son was in trouble? Xianzong immediately gave up his ongoing mental activity and said to Yu Xiao: "Did you really take Xiaoliu, no, Ziming out of the palace?"
"Yes," Yu Xiao said, "Let him go quickly."
Zhao Qiuming's heart was beating fast, but he felt dizzy. Was the princess trying to exonerate Zhao Beicheng? What happened during the time his son was in jail?
Xianzong pointed at Yu Xiaoxiao and said to Zhao Beicheng, "Go back to the mansion."
Zhao Beicheng still sat on the ground with his back against the wall, not moving.
Zhao Qiu Ming said: "Evil son, why don't you thank the emperor for his grace?"
Zhao Beicheng looks at Yu Xiaoxiao.
Yu Xiaoxiao shrugged at Zhao Beicheng.
Xianzong asked his daughter, "What else do you want?"
Yu Xiao: "It's okay, I'll take you home."
Xianzong flicked his sleeves and walked out. The air in the prison was filled with a musty smell, and Xianzong didn't want to stay there any longer.
Yu Xiaoxiao, Xiaozhuang and Xiaowei followed Xianzong out.
Zhao Beicheng saw that Yu Xiaoxiao was really hiding the fact that Zhao Qiuming had ordered someone to kill him, and suddenly he choked up and said, "Your Majesty, I have something to report."
Xianzong stopped and looked at Zhao Beicheng impatiently and said, "What else do you want? Do you blame me for wrongly imprisoning you?"
Zhao Beicheng glanced at Zhao Qiuming who was kneeling outside the prison, and reluctantly bent his legs, knelt on the ground, and said to Emperor Xianzong: "Your Majesty, I am a sinner."
"What?"
"Evil son!"
Xianzong and Zhao Qiuming said loudly at the same time.
"What's going on?" Xiaozhuang felt that things were developing too quickly tonight and his brain was not enough.
Yu Xiaoxiao looked at Zhao Beicheng and said, "This person is probably also sick."
Xiao Wei said, "I feel sorry for him." As the eldest son of the Zhao family, he was so rich and powerful that it would be terrifying if others would tell them about him, but now it seemed that he could not live as freely as an orphan like him.
"Shut up!" Zhao Qiu Ming scolded Zhao Bei Cheng, "The emperor has spared you this time, but you don't appreciate the emperor's grace. What are you going to say to the emperor, you evil boy?!"
Zhao Beicheng looked calm at this moment. He kowtowed to Emperor Xianzong and said, "Your Majesty, in the battle between Beilang Pass and the White Tiger Army, the person who actually repelled the enemy was Gu Xinglang. I have stolen his credit and put him in an unjust situation. I deserve to die."
"Zhao Beicheng!" Zhao Qiu Ming didn't even scold his son, but shouted at him by his full name.
Zhao Beicheng knelt on the ground with his back straight, not moving.
After listening to Zhao Beicheng's words, Xianzong was stunned for a long time, and then asked Yu Xiaoxiao: "What did he say just now?"
Yu Xiao: "He said Gu Xinglang is innocent."
"Who was the person who colluded with the enemy in front of the battle?" asked Xianzong.
Yu Xiaoxiao felt that this guy's IQ was too worrying, and frowned and said: "My Xiao Gu is innocent, the one who made the mistake is him!" Yu Xiaoxiao pointed at Zhao Beicheng.
"Are you collaborating with the enemy?" Xianzong glared at Zhao Beicheng.
Yu Xiao: "He admitted it himself, why are you still asking?"
Xiao Wei felt that the IQ of the father and daughter was worrying, so he said to Emperor Xianzong: "Your Majesty, what the eldest son of Zhao meant was that he took away the credit of the prince consort and falsely accused the prince consort of collaborating with the enemy on the battlefield." So there was no collaborating with the enemy, only stealing the credit and framing. Is this hard to understand? My masters!
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