Emperor Xuan nodded slightly and agreed to Fu Xiaoguan's proposal.
The Taoist temple's eldest senior brother, Su Jue, is of the Saint rank. He is upright and knows etiquette. He is indeed an excellent candidate for the leader of the Six Gates.
"I already know the identity of Jia Nanxing. I also know a little about what the Ant Colony did in the Yu Dynasty."
Emperor Xuan looked up at Fu Xiaoguan and asked, "Do you know why I still dare to use Jia Nanxing?"
Fu Xiaoguan shook his head.
He believed that Emperor Xuan knew about the ant colony. After all, this was Jinling, and Xiyu Tower's spies were everywhere. It was impossible for the ant colony's actions to be completely hidden from Xiyu Tower's eyes.
Eunuch Jia is a rare Saint-level master, so it is not difficult to find out his identity.
Emperor Xuan smiled slightly and said, "Because he was recommended to me by Senior Official Fu."
Fu Xiaoguan was surprised. "Do you trust that fat guy so much?"
"Hahaha, Fatty... He wasn't fat before, he was actually quite handsome. People all thought he ran away from the Wu Dynasty to the Taoist temple thirteen years ago, but in fact, he had already been there.
Thirteen years ago, Empress Dowager Xi launched the Shili Pinghu Massacre. Her original plan was to eliminate the fat man who happened to have returned to the Wu Dynasty, but she did not expect that Emperor Wen would send the news to the Taoist temple.
The abbot of the Taoist temple at that time, who was also the fat man's master, rescued him, so much so that even the people of the Wu Dynasty thought that the fat man entered the Taoist temple at that time.
Of course, after the Shili Pinghu bloodbath, Fatty never returned to the Wu Dynasty. He was entrusted by Emperor Wen to take root in Linjiang to take care of Xu Yunqing and you.
"I was still the Crown Prince at that time, and I had known him as early as the 40th year of Taihe. At that time, he was in the Taoist temple and often came to Jinling because he said the food there was not good.
I first met him at Hongxiu Zhao. That night we drank a lot of wine together and became friends... I have very few friends in my life, but Mr. Fu is my most trusted friend!"
"My friend recommended Jia Nanxing. I trust Mr. Fu, so I naturally didn't worry that Jia Nanxing would harm me. After all these years, I was not wrong about this friend. Although Jia Nanxing was just a worker ant in the ant colony, he did nothing to harm the Yu Dynasty."
"So, when Jia Nanxing retires and leaves, I am truly sad to see her go."
Emperor Xuan sighed, "Everyone says that the emperor is heartless, but in fact, the emperor that Mr. Fu is related to is affectionate, and I am definitely not a heartless person."
Fu Xiaoguan listened quietly, and suddenly felt a little dazed.
He didn't understand whether what Emperor Xuan said to him at this moment was to reassure him or was from the bottom of his heart.
He never relaxed his vigilance after Yan Beixi's warning. No matter what, his destiny must be in his own hands.
After sighing for a moment, Emperor Xuan looked at Fu Xiaoguan and said, "I know that the ants have investigated the matter of Shuiyue Temple. I want to tell you here that I ordered the execution of that palace maiden, and her body is buried in the princess's back garden.
As for why this arrangement was made, it was the eldest princess' idea. She was worried that someone would use this incident to harm Queen Shang. If that were to happen, she would take all the blame."
Fu Xiaoguan was truly shocked. He looked at Emperor Xuan and said, "This isn't a big deal. Why make such a fuss?"
Emperor Xuan was stunned. "Isn't this a big deal? The Empress of such a great Yu Dynasty is a remnant of the Moon Worship Sect. If this isn't a big deal, what is?"
"If I hadn't used this treasure as an opportunity to expose the Queen as an undercover agent today, do you believe that when that news reached the court, the ministers would have demanded an explanation from me? Deposing the Queen would have been the least severe punishment, and they would have forced me to execute her!"
"The consequences would not only cost Queen Shang her life, but would also make it impossible for Yu Wendao to succeed the Crown Prince..."
Emperor Xuan took a deep breath and said with some fear, "I may be the Son of Heaven, but I also rely on these court officials to govern the country. If all the court officials really force the emperor to abdicate, I will be helpless against them."
Fu Xiaoguan understood.
He thinks this is a trivial matter, and this is how he looks at the problem.
In his mind, the so-called Second Elder was just a title, and he even felt that it had a bit of a legendary color.
But in the minds of Emperor Xuan and others, this was a case of not coming from a legitimate background and being unclean. If one is not upright, one cannot rectify the world. The empress of a country is a bandit. What is her motive?
Fu Xiaoguan thought for a moment and asked, "What is hidden in that tree?"
"I have burned the list."
Emperor Xuan did not say who was on the list, but since it had been burned, Empress Shang's name must be on it.
Fu Xiaoguan touched the list in his sleeve pocket and decided to go to the palace one day to give the list to Queen Shang to see how she would react.
The sedan chair stopped at the foot of Confucius Temple.
Emperor Xuan and his ministers did not go up because Fu Xiaoguan said that the explosion would be very violent and they were afraid of danger.
Fu Xiaoguan, Xu Xinyan and Huo Huaijin climbed up the stairs and reached the halfway point of the mountain.
The security here is even tighter, with thousands of guards guarding it.
Five ladders were built down from the cliff. Fu Xiaoguan climbed up the ladders and landed on the cliff, where craftsmen had carved a row of very deep grooves.
The explosives were buried in the trough, and five long fuses were pulled under the jujube tree.
Fu Xiaoguan carefully checked it and asked everyone to climb up.
"Tell everyone to evacuate. Don't leave anyone here. After everyone has evacuated, you'll have to light the fuse. After lighting it, you'll have to use your Qinggong skills to quickly leave. Otherwise... I'm afraid you'll be blown to pieces."
Fu Xiaoguan said something very carefully to Huo Huaijin, and then he took Xu Xinyan down the mountain.
Xu Xinyan turned around to look at the jujube tree and asked, "Will this tree be destroyed as well?"
"It's hard to say."
"Oh...if they explode, we won't be able to eat these dates."
"Hey, there are also jujube trees on Wofeng Road."
"Um."
Fu Xiaoguan returned to Emperor Xuan's side and said, "Your Majesty, everything is ready. In about an incense stick of time, the treasure will be revealed to the world."
Emperor Xuan stroked his beard and tried to remain calm, while all the civil and military officials around him were eagerly waiting.
At this moment, the area from the Confucius Temple to the Qinhuai River was filled with people from Jinling.
A few days ago, the imperial guards sealed off the Confucius Temple, and today the emperor is here. Could it be that this Confucius Temple still has some secrets?
The onlookers were whispering to each other, but they were completely unaware of what was happening.
There is a pleasure boat docked by the Qinhuai River, it is the Hongxiuzhao.
At this moment, Huqin Hu Dajia stood at the bow of the ship. She looked at the huge imperial procession, then at the densely packed crowd, and instructed Liu Yan'er beside her:
"Tell the boatman to set sail."
"Where are you going?"
"Stay away from this place and go to the center of the river."
Liu Yan'er didn't understand what was going on, so she walked down. However, Mr. Hu looked at the Confucius Temple and suddenly a knowing smile appeared on his face.
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