The Drum of Grievance had not sounded for a hundred years. The moment the Prince of Zhenbei sent Lan Tingche to the Drum Tower, the Imperial Guards ran for their lives towards the palace gate.
Immediately report this; the Prince of Zhenbei is up to no good again.
"Yuwen Tingche, the orphan of the former crown prince, has come here to plead his case and beg the emperor to overturn the verdict against the former crown prince and his wife."
"Back then, there were many suspicious points surrounding the explosion at the capital's sacrificial ceremony. Tingche brought witnesses and physical evidence to ask his imperial uncle to overturn the case!"
Since Huo Xiaolong arrived in the capital, there has been a lot of excitement at the palace gates every few days, with crowds gathering around and pointing at the man on the Drum Tower.
Do you know about what happened back then?
"I don't know, I was too young to remember that year."
"I heard that the altar exploded that year, killing many people, including the former crown prince and crown princess."
"How could it explode?"
"I heard that the Crown Prince is planning a rebellion, and that this matter was used to threaten the late Emperor."
"He's already the crown prince, yet he still rebels?"
"Tsk, aren't these all suspicious points? Their son is here demanding an explanation, isn't he? Royal secrets are not something ordinary people like us should know."
When Yuwen Xuanhong heard the news, he was reviewing memorials and playing the grievance drum. It was obvious what grievance Lan Tingche wanted to seek justice for.
He summoned Lu Kai and said through gritted teeth.
"Go! Bring in that ancestor of the Prince of Zhenbei and his future princess!"
The man swept the folded paper off the table, leaving a mess on the floor.
Yuwen Xuanhong felt that Huo Xiaolong was quite heartless.
real.
The girl in the python robe, along with her father and brother, were brought in. Lan Tingche followed behind them, dressed in white with a white headband, seemingly determined to confront the truth head-on.
The man sat on the dragon throne, looking at the girl staring at him. He couldn't help but ask her this question.
"Prince Zhenbei, what exactly do you want?"
"She is my birth mother! How am I to deal with her? Are you trying to force me to my death?"
In fact, after arriving in the capital, many things went more smoothly than Huo Xiaolong had expected, the girl discovered.
Yuwen Xuanhong wanted to atone for his sins, or rather, he wanted to be a good emperor.
At least that's how he sees it.
He followed his own advice because his suggestion would make the Great Yan Dynasty better and allow him to hold onto the imperial power more tightly.
But……
"Can things that have been done really be treated as if they never happened, Your Majesty?"
Upon hearing this, the emperor knew that Huo Xiaolong intended to fight him to the death!
Yuwen Xuanhong nodded, tapped the table twice, and said to Lu Kaidao beside him.
"The Grand Tutor Xu, the Chancellor Chen, and the Ministers of the Six Ministries are hereby summoned for an audience."
"yes."
The emperor then turned to look at Huo Xiaolong and pointed at her, saying...
“Prince Zhenbei, you have truly disappointed me.”
The girl in the python robe rolled her eyes. "You're disappointed now? Weren't you disappointed when you killed their parents?"
Shameless old man.
Standing below the hall are the highest echelons of power in the Great Yan Dynasty. Not counting military generals, there are only two at the top of the military general ranks: Huo Xiaolong and Xiao Lanyi.
One filed a complaint, while the other, having failed to file a complaint, led troops in rebellion.
"As you all know, the Marquis of the Southwest is going to overturn the verdict on the former Crown Prince today. Come, my dear ministers, tell me what you think."
"In my opinion, this matter has already been investigated and clarified back then, and there is no need to bring it up again," said Minister Wei of the Ministry of Rites, stepping forward first.
The Emperor is his in-law; as long as the Emperor is alive, the Wei family can continue to thrive for decades to come.
"Lord Wei is quite right. Marquis of the Southwest was still young back then. You should know that His Majesty is very righteous. It is already a great mercy that he spared your life. I did not expect that you would want to overturn the case now. Marquis of the Southwest, do you think that someone harmed the Crown Prince and the Crown Princess back then?"
Lan Tingche looked at Grand Tutor Xu and said coldly:
"Otherwise what?"
Immediately, the man's cold eyes turned to Yuwen Xuanhong.
“Marquis of the Southwest, the right to overturn the case is in my hands. As long as I do not agree, no one in Great Yan will dare to investigate the old case from back then.”
"When the grievance drum was set up, our ancestors instructed that if the grievance drum was sounded, the case would be accepted."
"Do you know what it takes to get onto the grievance drum? Rolling on a bed of nails and being beaten with sticks, which one did you do?"
“He didn’t do any of them,” Huo Xiaolong said to the Emperor.
"Your Majesty made a promise to me back then, so let it be fulfilled today. I request Your Majesty to thoroughly investigate the case of the former Crown Prince!"
After speaking, Yuwen Xuanhong clenched his fist under the table.
Huo Xiaolong is brave, resourceful, and highly skilled in martial arts.
If only she were on my side.
He had said before that the late emperor was too fortunate, so fortunate that even after his death, his grandson was able to rely on this great mountain.
"What does the Prime Minister think?"
Chen Songyun usually doesn't speak in the imperial court, but whenever she does, the emperor will give her some face.
"I think it is acceptable."
Yuwen Xuanhong chuckled self-deprecatingly.
As expected, this three-dynasty prime minister was a staunch royalist.
So steadfast was their unwavering devotion to their former master.
"Very well, I will grant your request and thoroughly investigate this case!"
The crowd watching the commotion outside the palace hadn't dispersed yet, because someone from the palace was coming to deliver a message: whether the Emperor had agreed to reopen the case, and if he had, how long it would take to conduct a thorough investigation.
The ministers who attended court every day also heard the news, especially those in the Censorate.
Fan Tiezui kept telling them to be patient and that this case must not be mentioned.
No amount of doubt is as important as saving your life.
What about now?
Now that the main party has filed a complaint, shouldn't we add fuel to the fire?
That's for sure. Fan Tiezui straightened his official hat again and again, looked at himself in the mirror, waved his hand, and swaggered towards the palace with his son, granddaughter, and former subordinates.
"Oh dear, even Imperial Censor Fan has joined the fray?"
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