King Dong Yao excitedly put his hands on the armrests and stood up: "Quick, quick, announce it."
Soon, Sheng Jicheng entered the hall, lifted his robe, and knelt down.
"Your humble servant greets His Majesty, and the three princesses. I have come to apologize!"
King Dong Yao was distressed and wanted to reach out to help Sheng Jicheng up, but because Feng Ming was still there in a threatening manner, he controlled his hands.
"Oh, General Sheng arrived quickly!"
"I know I was wrong. I should have escorted the princes to the palace, but I was anxious to deal with the erring soldiers first, so I was a little late."
Seeing Sheng Jicheng still kneeling, King Dongyao no longer cared whether Fengming felt wronged or not. He just looked at Sheng Jicheng anxiously: "Jicheng, Cheng'er, get up quickly and answer me."
"If the princess doesn't forgive me for my poor arrangements, I won't be able to get up. If the princess doesn't forgive me, I will kneel forever."
Sheng Jicheng held his head high and knelt refusing to get up, as if he had admitted his mistake and would not get up until Fengming forgave him.
Fengming found it a little funny that Sheng Jicheng was still using this trick.
Xin Wu said that she fell in love with Sheng Jicheng because she saw him kneeling down on the street to admit his mistakes. That's why she became interested in him and got to know him and their relationship developed into such a close one.
But I didn't buy into Xin Wu's apology back then, but I won't buy into it now. Do I have to accept your apology and say it's okay? Whether you apologize or not is your business, and whether I forgive you or not is my business. These are two completely different things I don't want to do. Get it clear, my friend!
"General Sheng, are you threatening me?"
Feng Ming laughed instead. Did Sheng Jicheng still think that she was a naive girl who allowed himself to be bullied by him? Since you want to kneel, then kneel down.
"General Sheng, you may kneel if you like, but please do not put the blame on me. I am the victim now. My poor brother is suffering in the guesthouse after being terribly frightened. I don't know how to write to my fourth uncle to explain this matter."
"Um, how is the little prince?"
King Dong Yao seemed to have just remembered to ask about Feng Xiyun's situation. He only said that the young prince was fine, but he didn't know whether he was in any serious trouble or not.
"Oh, Brother Yun, although he tried his best to withstand the rain of arrows, he was exhausted. He fainted as soon as he returned to the guesthouse. We asked the imperial physician to see him, but we don't know how he is doing. Wuuwuwu..."
Feng Yuyun, who had been silent all the time, saw the right opportunity and began to cry softly and weakly. She had a pitiful appearance to begin with, and now she was crying like a pear blossom in the rain, which was really heartbreaking.
Xishan quickly walked over and hugged Feng Yuyun to comfort her, and Fengming also walked over and patted Feng Yuyun on the shoulder.
King Dongyao was also a little panicked. He didn't know Feng Xiyun had fainted. "Third Princess, don't cry, don't cry. Xishan, quickly comfort the Third Princess."
"Okay Yuyun, Xiyun will be fine. I believe King Dongyao will give us justice."
Fengming said the second half of the sentence while looking at King Dongyao. Seeing Fengming's burning eyes, King Dongyao became a little panicked. He finally realized the crux of the matter. How could he explain to Emperor Daqing that these three people were in danger on his territory?
"Yes, Third Princess, don't worry. I will find out the truth and give the young prince an explanation."
“Ohh…Okay…Ohhh.”
Feng Yuyun began to sob softly and chokedly.
"Your Majesty, I came here today to say goodbye. Xi Yun was surrounded by a hail of arrows in the camp outside the city, and he fainted from exhaustion while trying to protect us. First, I don't know why General Sheng arranged this. Second, I don't know what the guards were doing, as no one came forward to help. Third, when we tried to leave, General Sheng tried to stop us. For the sake of diplomatic relations between our two countries, we originally didn't want to talk about this, but General Sheng suddenly appeared out of nowhere and threatened to kneel down. Now, I still hope Your Majesty will give you an explanation. In addition, I will report the danger in the camp outside the city to my father truthfully."
After Fengming finished speaking with reason and evidence, he was no longer stern and serious, but he was serious about it.
"Yes, yes, the princess is right. Ji Cheng... General Sheng, please get up quickly. Don't kneel down. I want you to investigate thoroughly. Give me an explanation within five days... no, three days."
King Dong Yao looked at Sheng Jichen in panic. He really didn't know how to deal with this matter. He was able to ascend to the throne thanks to his brothers' short lives. None of them lived to inherit the throne. This allowed him to get a great bargain. A little bastard without a powerful maternal grandparents actually became the most noble person in Dongyao.
Over the years, he has been cautious and obediently obeyed the leadership of the Daqing Kingdom, paying tribute on time every year. Of course, the tribute also brought him more generous rewards, making his life smooth and easy. So even if he had no talent for governing the country, he was able to keep his little Dongyao safe.
It was not until Sheng Jicheng became successful that his military and statecraft talents gradually emerged, which gave hope to King Dongyao, who had been successful for many years. He felt that he also had the hope of becoming a king like the Emperor of Daqing, so he relied more and more on Sheng Jicheng. Even now, when he encountered an incident where Sheng Jicheng was clearly the murderer and should be investigated, he actually thought of letting Sheng Jicheng investigate first.
"Father!"
Xishan, who had been paying attention to this side, felt that something was wrong and shouted to remind King Dongyao, but King Dongyao did not understand what she meant.
"Princess, how do you think about this?"
He even had the nerve to seek advice from Fengming.
"Father, this is inappropriate!"
Before Fengming could speak, Xishan couldn't help but speak first.
King Dongyao turned his gaze towards Xishan with a hint of curiosity: "What's wrong?"
This was the first time Xishan thought her father was stupid. She even asked what was wrong. Fengming had said so bluntly that Sheng Jicheng might be a suspect, and you actually let Sheng Jicheng investigate. What's in your head? Tofu dregs!
But he was her father after all. For Dong Yao's face, Xishan had no choice but to do something different from before. She picked up the hem of her skirt and ran to the throne in a few steps.
"Father, we can't let Sheng Ji... General Sheng go investigate now!"
"Oh, why not?"
"Tsk... Oh, Father, this morning's accident happened in the camp outside the city, under the arrangement of General Sheng. General Sheng was the one who directly arranged it, so he should bear the greatest responsibility and is the biggest suspect. How could we let a suspect investigate the truth of the matter?"
"Oh! Yes, you are right, but who should investigate?"
King Dong Yao finally understood that he was basically a person without his own opinion, and subconsciously changed the person he relied on to Xishan.
Xishan frowned and thought for a while: "Let big brother go investigate!"
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