Chapter 405 Settlement of Accounts

"Shut up!"

Emperor Nanqi was not willing to listen to Bailitao's explanation.

Having someone to be his punching bag, Emperor Nanqi did not hesitate to vent all the pain he suffered from Ling Fengxun on Bailitao.

"Drag him away and give him thirty strokes of the cane!" After all

, he was a prince, so Emperor Nanqi was more restrained.

After a while, another guard came out from the door and dragged Bailitao out as well.

When Bailitao heard that he was going to be beaten with a stick, the prince who was usually pampered was immediately scared and kept begging for mercy.

But even his father could see that his brother was angry, and knowing that his son would not die from thirty strokes of the cane, he kept silent.

Then, not long after, the sound of beating came from outside the banquet.

The guards outside were all stunned by this scene, after all, this was the second beating incident at the banquet tonight.

After beating Bailitao, the expression of Emperor Nanqi was slightly better, "Prince Regent, this matter is indeed because the envoy arranged by me, Nanqi, was too young and acted carelessly. Now I have severely punished him."

Ling Fengxun curled his lips and said, "Whether to punish or not is the matter of the emperor's own country, and has nothing to do with me."

Emperor Nanqi's eyebrows jumped: "Even if Princess Zhaoyue is not my blood, she is also my daughter who was raised by me. Now she died in Beiling. How can I just let it go like this?"

Ling Fengxun stood up from the chair.

"We really can't just let it go like this."

He suddenly raised his hand, and Ying Feng behind him immediately took out a booklet from his arms.

The booklet densely recorded everything Xu Meir had done in secret since she came to Beiling Country, including the crimes!

Ling Fengxun unfolded the booklet in front of everyone, then narrowed his eyes and said, "Princess Zhaoyue of Nanqi invited a sorcerer to murder me and my princess, hiding more than a dozen pregnant women in a secret room in an attempt to confuse the royal bloodline. After giving birth to a freak and being banished to the cold palace, she also intended to harm the royal heir in the belly of the concubines in the harem of Beiling. All the evidence is conclusive. Do you need me to unfold this evidence for everyone in Nanqi to see?"

The Emperor of Nanqi waved his hand and asked someone to take the booklet from Ling Fengxun.

He flipped through the booklet, which was densely covered with various testimonies.

There were the men who helped Xu Meir in secret, the old Taoist priest of Qingfeng Temple, and the pregnant women who were captured

. The whole process was complete, and Ling Fengxun naturally preserved all the evidence.

The more the Emperor of Nanqi read, the uglier his face became.

After a moment, he closed the book in his hand and threw it aside.

"Princess Zhaoyue entered the palace of Beiling Kingdom alone. Who knows if this evidence was fabricated by you? Forget it, the person is dead, so let's not talk about it. It's not worth it to affect the harmony between the two countries because of a woman."

The Emperor of Nanqi was horrified.

Ling Fengxun came prepared, and he had no advantage in reasoning.

All the things recorded in the book were done by Xu Meir, and it was not unjust.

Ling Fengxun heard this, but stood with his hands behind his back, raising his eyes with a cold look.

"Your Majesty, you can't just forget about it. This woman intends to confuse the royal bloodline. This alone is enough to make her die several times. If it weren't for your face, even if her entire family was exterminated, it would not be too much. You just said forget it and want to let it go?"

Emperor Nanqi clenched his fingers into a fist, "Then what do you want, Regent?"

Ling Fengxun seemed to be waiting for him to say this: "I will not make it difficult for you, Your Majesty. The alliance between the two countries is still there. Why don't you arrange for another person of real noble status to visit my Beiling. This time, my Beiling will definitely treat him well."

The Emperor Nanqi naturally knew what Ling Fengxun meant. It

doesn't matter whether it is a man or a woman, which means that as long as the status is noble, it can be a man or a woman.

What he wants is a hostage.

The Emperor of Nanqi narrowed his eyes: "Princess Zhaoyue has been raised by my side since she was a child. I have canonized her as the only princess of Nanqi. If I want to find someone with a more noble status than her, there are only a handful of such people in Nanqi. I can't hand over the only prince to you."

Ling Fengxun glanced at Baili Yunhe.

Baili Yunhe raised his eyebrows, as if he was quite interested in this proposal.

If he could go to Beiling Kingdom as a hostage, he would have the opportunity to be with his relatives every day, which seems not bad.

However, he has already returned. It is difficult to turn back now.

Ling Fengxun seems to have a candidate in mind.

He narrowed his eyes and suddenly laughed: "I heard that the emperor brought a beauty into the palace half a month ago and directly made her a concubine. It can be seen that the emperor attaches great importance to the Concubine Qing, which means that this person is equally noble."

The expression on Emperor Nanqi's face became even uglier.

Half a month ago, he arranged a play to make everyone think that the wanted Madam Xu was dead.

There was no body left.

Therefore, the big suspense that could have caused a stir finally came to an end.

Outsiders thought that Madam Xu was dead, and they felt a little sorry that they couldn't get her head. Some people often lingered around the place where Madam Xu pretended to die and refused to leave, as if they were trying to dig out two pieces of Madam Xu's bones to see if they could get some reward money.

Of course, these are all later stories

. Madam Xu has now entered the palace and become Concubine Qing.

"Concubine Qing is my beloved concubine. How can I send my woman away?"

Ling Fengxun pondered for a moment: "It's okay to take Prime Minister Lin's daughter."

Prime Minister Lin's face almost turned green.

He trembled and raised his head with a panic on his face.

What is this matter? What does it have to do with him, a minister? His daughter is not a royal relative!

Although she will become a princess soon

Emperor Nan Qi refused again: "Prime Minister Lin's daughter will marry the prince in two days and become the crown princess. Of course that's not possible."

Ling Fengjin's eyes flickered.

"I don't want to embarrass your Majesty. Since neither of these two people are successful, I am willing to do the next best thing and invite the prince, Bailitao, to be a guest in Beiling."

Among the crowd, a middle-aged fat man who was sitting in the front row stood up directly.

"No!"

The person who spoke was not someone else, but Bailitao's father, the only prince of the Southern Qi Kingdom, Prince Xiao!

He was wearing a royal royal uniform, and the navy blue robe wrapped around his round body. While walking, the flesh on his belly and face was trembling slightly.

Prince Xiao walked out of his seat with an ugly face and saluted the Emperor of Southern Qi above.

"Royal brother, I have only this one son, and I usually treat him as a treasure. If something happens to him, then I will be extinct!"