Chapter 115 Exactly the same
After leaving Xiao Heng, Rong An did not dare to go to Ningshou Palace, for fear that at this critical moment, rumors would spread that he and the Queen Mother were colluding or discussing something.
At this moment, Rong Ruxiang was still wrapped in a thick quilt because of poisoning.
But her heart was completely cold from beginning to end.
She really wanted to bring Rong An into the palace and ask him what was going on in his head.
But at this moment...she couldn't do that.
"Is there any news from Mr. Ge?" Rong Ruxiang asked the people around her.
Nanny Xian can only serve outside now, and the person beside Rong Ruxiang is replaced by Nanny Qu.
Madam Qu replied cautiously, "Her Majesty, there's still no news from Doctor Ge."
"It's been more than a month, right?" Rong Ruxiang recalled. It was only a month, but why did she feel that time passed so slowly, as if several years had passed?
"I remember..."
Rong Ruxiang no longer wanted to send anyone to remind Doctor Ge.
"I remember Dr. Ge had a little grandson, only four years old..."
Madam Qu understood immediately, "Your Majesty, I will do it right away."
After she left, Rong Ruxiang leaned weakly on the bed, staring at the bed curtain with lifeless eyes.
Is it true that she won't live until autumn?
no!
He struggled to open his lifeless eyes, trying to make himself more energetic.
However...no effect.
Ling Chan and his group had already arrived outside the capital, but they could not enter the city for the time being.
Because the imperial court and the underworld had signed a ban, people from the underworld could not enter the capital, and they could only wait outside the city for the emperor's order.
"I don't know what the court and the underworld talked about more than ten years ago." Ling Chan stood at the city gate with his arms folded across his chest.
Xiao Jin stood beside her, listening to her dissatisfaction, "What's wrong?"
"As long as the court and the underworld are balanced, the benefits will definitely outweigh the disadvantages. Why sign such a ban?"
This ban itself needs to be signed because of mutual distrust.
"The Qingyi Tower now governs the martial arts world. In the next ten years, you can resolve the grievances between the martial arts world and the imperial court..."
Ling Chan didn't know what she was thinking about, the corners of her mouth curled up and she smiled complacently.
"What did you think of?" Xiao Jin asked.
Ling Chan thought of the Queen Mother...If she knew that Qingyi Tower was not only not besieged by Gongzhou, but also became the leader of the martial arts world, she wondered what she would think.
But she probably doesn't have time to think about these things now. After all... Bing Xin's poison should have taken effect.
Two hours later, Xiao Heng's decree finally arrived. He allowed those people from the martial arts world to follow Xiao Jinlingchan into the palace.
The group walked on the streets of the capital, attracting the attention of many people.
Everyone was talking about Rong An and Rong Ruxiang's treason, and when they saw Gong Zhou, some people even threw rotten vegetable leaves at him.
Although the border war will not reach the capital, once a border war breaks out, the national treasury will be depleted. Once the national treasury is empty, the court will increase taxes. After the taxes are increased, the lives of the people will be in dire straits.
"Smash him to death." Someone in the crowd shouted.
The people were outraged and those who didn't have rotten vegetable leaves on their hands simply grabbed anything on the ground and smashed it.
In a short while, Gongzhou was covered in filth.
Ling Chan was almost affected several times, but fortunately she reacted quickly and avoided it.
But the soldiers who were escorting Gongzhou were not so lucky. Like Gongzhou, they were covered in all sorts of things.
Zhu Xu ordered the soldiers behind him to step forward to stop the excited people, which allowed them to pass safely.
After entering the palace, the emperor first let Xiao Jin and Ling Chan in to meet him.
"Your humble servant Wanyue greets His Majesty." Xiao Jin and Ling Chan said in unison.
"Hurry up, Wanyue, I'm back." Xiao Heng came down excitedly, "You've worked hard along the way."
"It's not hard." Ling Chan shook her head. "It's Prince Rui who is hardworking."
Xiao Heng looked at Xiao Jin, "My Royal Brother, you've worked hard..."
He sighed, "It's just... the matter that Zhu Xu presented..."
"What does my royal brother think?"
Xiao Heng walked back to the high seat and looked at the two of them. "Do you think... the letter Zhu Xu found is real?"
Ling Chan looked at Xiao Jin.
Xiao Jin said, "Your Majesty, Zhu Xu is very cautious in his work. Neither I nor Princess Wanyue have seen those letters."
"The authenticity of the letter... can only be determined after the Emperor has read it."
Xiao Heng and Rong An often handled memorials together, and Rong An's handwriting...Xiao Heng knew it very well.
So he could tell whether the letters were real or fake.
Xiao Heng saw that their expressions did not seem fake, and he knew that Zhu Xu was indeed a cautious person.
"Let Zhu Xu in." He said to Fu Lu beside him.
Fu Lu sang loudly, "Xuan, Zhu Xu, come to the audience."
Zhu Xu walked in with his head held high and his chest puffed out. "Zhu Xu greets the Emperor. Long live the Emperor."
Xiao Heng raised his hand and said, "No thanks."
"Where is the letter you found at Floating Cloud Villa?"
Zhu Xu took out a stack of letters from his arms. During the days he was on the road, he had kept these letters close to him and did not dare to neglect them for even a moment.
"Your Majesty, these letters were found in the secret room beneath the study of Gong Zhou, the former head of the Gong family."
"I have kept it close to my body since I found it."
Zhu Xu handed the letter to Fu Lu who was walking down.
Xiao Heng said slowly, "If that's the case, why do the people have such rumors?"
Now the people are talking about it, questioning Rong An, implicating the Queen Mother, and also have complaints about him as the Emperor.
If the news hadn't spread, how would everyone discuss this?
Ling Chan was leisurely drinking tea and eating cakes, as if it had nothing to do with her and she didn't care at all.
Xiao Jin glanced at her sideways and asked the palace servant to give her the pastries beside him.
"I don't know." Zhu Xu really didn't know... In fact, he was puzzled all the way.
If it was just the people's guess, it was too accurate.
"Maybe..." He couldn't always use the excuse of not knowing to evade the emperor, "It's just the people's speculation..."
Xiao Heng has received the letter and is reading its contents.
He saw the letter from the Great He to Gongzhou, the letter from the Queen Mother to Gongzhou, and also saw the unsigned letter...
The handwriting on the unsigned letter...Xiao Heng recognized it as Rong An's at a glance.
Xiao Heng's breathing became rapid and the veins in his hands became prominent.
When Fu Lu saw him like this, his heart tightened. The emperor was angry, and furious.
Xiao Heng continued reading and saw several more signed letters.
In these letters, Rong An's handwriting is the same as before, and the tone is the same...
Seeing Xiao Heng get those forged letters, Ling Chan was not worried at all.
High-tech equipment is very powerful. Not to mention that Xiao Heng didn't know that such things existed in the world, even she, who had seen high-tech, couldn't tell that these letters were disguised.
After all, apart from the handwriting and tone...even the ink, dryness, paper color, etc. are exactly the same.
Before Xiao Heng saw the letter, he was still wondering if someone was framing Rong An.
Or perhaps the content of the letter isn't that important.
However, he didn't expect that the evidence was so direct that Rong An had actually been betraying Da Qi.
Xiao Heng slammed the letter on the table and said, "Someone come here."
A dozen guards filed in from outside the palace, "I'm here."
"Tie Rong An up and bring him to me." Xiao Heng's face turned pale and his eyes burned with anger.
The guards only listened to Xiao Heng, "Yes."
After they left, Xiao Heng handed the letter to Fu Lu, "Show these letters to Prince Rui and Princess Wanyue."
Fu Lu walked down with the letter and handed it to Xiao Jin first.
Xiao Jin thought he was seeing these letters for the first time and read them carefully one by one...
Then let Fu Lu hand it over to Ling Chan.
But Ling Chan waved her hand, "Your Majesty, Wan Yue dare not interfere in government affairs..."
"Just looking at these letters, how can it be considered interfering in politics?" Xiao Heng insisted on letting her read it.
"Wanyue, your mother is the Marquis of Zhenbei. She used to be known as the one holding a tiger talisman in her mandarin duck sleeves. You are her daughter, and now she is the leader of the martial arts world. You should take a look."
Xiao Jin seemed very happy that Ling Chan became the leader of the martial arts world.
After hearing what he said, Ling Chan took the letter from Fu Lu.
She knew exactly what these letters contained.
However, in order to cover up, I still have to read each letter one by one.
"Your Majesty, the handwriting on these letters...is it Lord Rong's handwriting?" Ling Chan asked knowingly after reading it.
Xiao Heng replied, "It is indeed Rong An's handwriting."
He no longer calls Rong An the King's Uncle. In the past, no matter what others impeached Rong An for, he never changed his words. It can be seen that he is really angry this time.
"Then Lord Rong cannot escape the crime of treason." Ling Chan said bluntly.
"But, Lord Rong is the emperor's uncle, why would he collaborate with the enemy and sell out his country?" She really couldn't understand. "What benefits did Gongzhou promise him?"
"Also...does the Queen Mother know about this?"
Xiao Heng exhaled a breath of turbid air. Why would he be collaborating with the enemy and betraying his country? Is there any need to ask this? Of course, he was plotting to usurp the throne.
As for the Queen Mother...
Ling Chan glanced at Xiao Heng. Actually, she wanted to say a few words to provoke him, but the Queen Mother was his mother after all. He must be feeling very uncomfortable in this situation.
Thinking about how the emperor had never made things difficult for her since she traveled through time until now... Ling Chan didn't continue.
The hall fell into silence...
Zhu Xu lowered his head. He had the lowest official rank among the people in the hall, so he didn't dare to speak.
Soon, the guards tied Rong An up and brought him to the palace.
Rong An had completely lost his usual arrogance at this time, and he knelt down with a thud as soon as he arrived in the hall.
"Your Majesty, I am wronged. I am wronged."
"Your Majesty, I am innocent!"
He ignored Xiao Jin who was always arguing with him in the hall, and begged with tears and snot.
"Your Majesty, I am loyal to you. Someone must have framed me."
Ever since Rong An learned about this, he went back and thought about it carefully.
He and Gongzhou had an agreement that the letters they received should be burned promptly.
Although he didn't know why Gongzhou left behind several letters, but judging from the date he wrote to Gongzhou, during this period, he did not reveal any secrets of the border in his letters. At most, he told Gongzhou that Liu Hong had set off to the border to replace Ling Rui.
He had already thought of his defense.
"Your Majesty, I have admired Gongzhou since I met him more than ten years ago."
"The reason I told him that Liu Hong went to the border to replace Ling Rui was because I wanted him to understand what was going on in the Ling Mansion. After all, Ling Rui is his brother-in-law, and Princess Wanyue is his niece."
Ling Chan wanted to applaud him. This was a really good excuse. At least if Xiao Heng wanted to protect him, he could still do so.
But alas...
Xiao Heng grabbed a few letters from the table and threw them in front of Rong An.
"That's nonsense."
"Have you forgotten what you wrote?"
"Then take another good look at it!!"
Rong An picked up the letters on the ground and read them one by one...
The first few letters were indeed written by him, and just as he expected, there was nothing special in the letters.
But! The next few letters...
Not only was it signed, but a lot of confidential information was also written in it.
For example, how will Liu Hong adjust the battle plan when he goes to the border this time, how will he provide military supplies, and how will he arrange military rations...
In order to obtain this information, Ling Chan watched all the historical surveillance footage in the palace.
So these secrets...are all true.
Only the emperor, Rong An and Liu Hong know these secrets.
"Impossible." Rong An held the letters in his hands. These letters... were his, the tone was his, and the content was true.
But he didn't write this letter.
"The only ones who know these secrets are me, General Liu, and you, Rong An."
"If these letters weren't written by you, Rong An, could it be that I wrote them? Or General Liu?"
"Rong An, I hope you tell the truth." Xiao Heng couldn't think of any words to defend Rong An.
"Your Majesty, these letters... were not written by me." Rong An said without any confidence.
He even doubted whether he had actually written the letters, but he just didn't remember.
"Your humble servant..." Rong An was helpless, "Your humble servant never signs his name when writing to Gongzhou..."
"These signed letters were truly not written by me."
Ling Chan asked, "Why didn't Lord Rong sign his name when he wrote to Gongzhou? Could it be that he was afraid of being discovered?"
Xiao Heng grabbed the teacup on the table and smashed it towards Rong An's head. "Rong An, what else do you have to quibble with?"
"Can't I recognize your handwriting?"
Rong An's calligraphy...is unique and has its own little habits. Xiao Heng often looks at his calligraphy and is very familiar with it.
The more Xiao Heng thought about it, the angrier he became. He stood up from his chair and said, "Rong An, I respect you as my uncle, so I understand if you act a little arrogant."
"But I never expected that you would actually do such a thing as treasonous betrayal."
By saying this, he was convicting Rong An.
Rong An panicked, "Your Majesty."
He knelt on the ground, crawled to Xiao Heng on his knees, and grabbed Xiao Heng's dragon robe, "Your Majesty, I didn't do it. I really didn't do it."
"Your Majesty, I am loyal to Daqi."
Xiao Heng kicked Rong An away and said, "Come here, take Rong An away and order the Ministry of Justice, the Ministry of War, and the Ministry of Personnel to jointly investigate him."
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty is wronged."
"The Queen Mother is here." Rong An was still crying out for injustice when Rong Ruxiang arrived.
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