After struggling to get up, Tao Jingyu walked a little further into the hall, grinned, and knelt, "Your Majesty, I wish you the best of health!"
"Puchi" someone couldn't help but burst out laughing in the quiet hall.
"Tao Jingyu, do you know the person next to you?"
In the hall, the other court officials were as quiet as chickens, and no one was willing to step forward at this moment.
Xiao Lichen's cold voice sounded in the hall at this time.
Tao Jingyu raised his head and looked to his side, and saw Li Rui covered in wounds. The pupils in his small eyes suddenly contracted.
"He is a good friend of my brother, the great general who guards the country."
"Oh, did you know that General Tao has been accused of keeping a male lover?"
Xiao Lichen interrogated him directly in public, but Tao Jingyu didn't know him and didn't think much about it.
"This is pure slander. My brother is innocent. How could he do such a ridiculous thing?"
"But Li Rui confessed to the prison warden that you were the mastermind behind his framing of General Tao for keeping a male concubine."
Before Xiao Lichen could finish his words, Li Rui quickly denied it, "Your Majesty, I was tortured into confessing by the Xiao Yuwei. I did not harm General Tao."
Tao Jingyu now understood that what Li Rui had done had been exposed and that Xiao Yuwei had caught him.
No, he couldn't admit to conspiring with Li Rui.
"Your Majesty, where did these rumors come from? How could I possibly go and harm my own brother?"
Tao Jingyu is quite good at acting. He ignored the pain and banged his head loudly.
After hearing this, the court officials stood up and spoke for Li Rui, a minor official.
"Your Majesty, the Xiao Yu Guards are lawless and abusing their power. Please, Your Majesty, dismiss the Xiao Yu Guards."
A low-ranking official bravely stepped forward and made a proposal out of sympathy.
"Your Majesty, this is probably not the only incident where the Xiao Yuwei have been tortured into confessing and wrongly accusing innocent people. Please order a thorough investigation. If any illegal acts are found, these Xiao Yuwei must be punished according to the law."
Another minor official who was barely able to attend court meetings stood up and spoke.
These Xiao Yu guards are omnipresent, monitoring their every move. These minions should not exist.
If they don't stand up now, today's Li Rui may become them tomorrow.
The ministers who were more thoughtful looked at this young man who rushed out and were secretly happy.
They had long wanted to withdraw the Xiaoyu Guards, but these people were like the invincible swords in His Majesty's hands, hitting wherever they pointed, causing them a lot of headaches, but they had no way to stop them.
Now, someone is risking their lives to point it out to them, how can they not be happy.
After hearing this, Emperor Jianchang looked at Xiao Lichen, "What did Chen'er say?"
He believed in his nephew's ability and would not be here without preparation.
Xiao Lichen looked at Li Hugua who was kneeling beside him, "Neither of them admitted it."
Li Hugua was quiet for a long time. At this time, he was no longer afraid of the emperor in the Golden Palace.
"Your Majesty, it was Mr. Tao that I saw at Young Master Qingfeng's house." He pointed at Tao Jingyu and continued, "I was very surprised at the time. There aren't many people with the surname Tao in the capital, only the General Guarding the Nation has one. So how could General Tao do such a thing?"
"I will leave Master Qingfeng's house quickly before I'm discovered.
Then, I forgot about it.”
"Not long afterward, I returned home from my shift and saw this Lord Li Rui riding in a carriage and entering Young Master Qingfeng's house for several days in a row."
"The night before last, I returned home in the middle of the night and saw a dark figure jump into Master Qingfeng's house. Thinking it was a thief, I jumped over the wall and chased after him. Unexpectedly, I overheard a shocking secret..."
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