Chapter 108 – Making a virtue of one’s crime

Instantly, the imperial sons and daughters turned their heads and looked at the eldest princess. Princess Lin’an, who was hugging Emperor Yuan Jing’s arm, also couldn’t help but look over.

The Crown Prince’s afterglow swept the Rapunzel.

One thought surfaced in their minds at the same time: Huaiqing wanted to promote his own people again.

There are two ways for imperial sons and daughters to expand their power, one: to draw in courtiers and make them their advocates. Two: Promote their inner circle.

In the former case, because of Emperor Yuan Jing’s strong desire to control and the emperor’s heart skill is pure, the rest of the royal sons, including the crown prince, do not dare to blatantly form a party.

The latter is their usual tactic.

But it also depended on the timing, and the royal sons and daughters felt that right now was not a good time because the task was too difficult.

Emperor Yuan Jing narrowed his eyes and smiled, “What candidates does Huaiqing have?”

Rapunzel replied, “The gong of the night watchman’s court Xu Qi’an.”

The Second Princess suddenly realized, “Yay”, and said innocently, “Is that the gong who acted very much in admiration of Sister on the day of the ancestor festival? Sister was even talking and laughing with him.”

That’s a mean thing to say!

In front of Emperor Yuan Jing, he secretly poked and shaded the Eldest Princess.

You know, the eldest princess has not yet married, although the Yuan Jing Emperor has been obsessed with cultivation in the past few years, and his son and daughter’s marriages have not been taken care of. But what’s wrong with a princess attracting butterflies all the time?

The eldest princess continued, “Father should have heard of this person, he is the nephew of Xu Pingzhi, the Imperial Sword Guards Hundred, who was implicated in the tax and silver case.”

Emperor Yuan Jing finally came to be interested: “I remember, there is such a person, but also refined the fake silver. If not for the fact that fake silver is inconvenient to preserve and consumes a lot of salt, I would have let the Siantian Supervisor refine it in large quantities.”

The material for the fake silver was salt, which was too expensive, and after listening to the report of the warlocks of the Si-Tian Supervisor, Emperor Yuan Jing dismissed the idea of mass-producing the fake silver.

“More than that, when this person was on duty in Changle County, he performed excellently and repeatedly solved murder cases.” The Rapunzel added fire.

Emperor Yuan Jing laughed, “In that case, you don’t have to be redundant.”

Rapunzel bowed her head, heartfelt: “Father Emperor Mingjian, just yesterday, that copper gong Xu Qi’an and yamen in a silver gong conflict, a knife will be chopped into serious injury. The following offenses, according to the law, when the waist beheaded.

Now that the man is being held in the dungeon, my son can ask my father to allow him to redeem himself.”

The Rapunzel did not explain the reason for the conflict, did not defend Xu Qi’an because she knew that none of this mattered.

Father doesn’t care who’s right or who’s wrong. Father only cares who’s useful and who can do the job.

As expected, Emperor Yuan Jing did not even hesitate or think about it and nodded his head, “Good, since Huaiqing is pleading for him, I will allow him to make up for his mistakes and collaborate on the case, if he cannot catch the real culprit who destroyed the Great Ancestor’s temple within half a month, I will directly behead him.”

“Thank you, Father.”

….

The imperial sons and daughters left the imperial study and met up with their respective guards, and the eldest princess received her own sword from the head guard.

The Second Princess took the arm of her compatriot brother, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, and said in a low voice, “Oops, being preempted by Huaiqing.”

Prince shook his head: ”It may not be a good thing, this case even Wei Yuan feels tricky, Huaiqing is just taking an idle step. That gong can really solve the case, is an unexpected joy. If it doesn’t work, Huaiqing has no loss, itself is to be beheaded.”

“Hmph, Huaiqing’s heart is really dark.” The Second Princess wrinkled her tiny nose and asked, “Brother, what’s going on with the Yongzhen Mountain and River Temple?”

As he walked, the Crown Prince looked around and whispered, “This case is not simple, otherwise Wei Yuan would not be so worried. The secret of it, I’m afraid only Father knows.”

Of course, in the future, I can know …. He silently added a sentence in his heart, and at the same time, his mind was filled with resentment as the woman’s State Master’s untainted and dusty face appeared in his mind.

“Linan!”

The Rapunzel suddenly shouted, calling out to the siblings.

The Crown Prince and the Second Princess turned back together, and Princess Lin’an returned with a fierce, “What for!”

Obediently, she tightened her arms around her Prince brother.

Changgong presided over the sword and came over, saying, “There’s nothing …. wrong.”

In the simultaneous relaxed expressions of the siblings, a sudden sword swipe struck the Second Princess’s upturned buttocks.

In the severe pain, the Second Princess first blanched, then cried out with a “wow” a few seconds later, pointing at the Eldest Princess and screaming, “Huaiqing, this palace is going to kill you.”

Royal brothers and sisters, hypocritically, come over to persuade and act as peacemakers.

With a stern face, the Crown Prince said in a deep voice, “Huaiqing, you’ve gone too far.”

“Just testing Lin An’s martial arts, if Lin An is unconvinced, he can also test the same this Palace.” Rapunzel turned around, her green silk unfolded with a “brush”, beautifully animated.

The Second Princess looked at her back and cried out, “I’m going to sue and go to Father.”

The Crown Prince said helplessly, “Some other time, how can Father have the heart to take care of you right now.”

If there is a conflict or a fight between the imperial sons, Emperor Yuan Jing must be in charge of it, and it must be strictly controlled and heavily punished.

When imperial daughters fought amongst themselves, everyone would take the attitude of resting on their laurels.

The main thing is that most of the princes have practiced martial arts, fighting will have damage. Several royal daughters, on the eldest princess practiced martial arts, other royal daughters if the fight, elegant point of slap, temper, is to grab hair to bite.

When it is detrimental to the face of the Royal Family, they are reluctant to go to the top, and usually settle the matter privately.

Princess Lin’an clenched her small silver teeth and cursed brokenly, “Wait for me, I’m going to snatch everything from you.”

…..

The next day, early morning.

Wei Yuan, who had just finished meditating and meditating, received an oracle from the palace.

“His Majesty’s oracle slave has brought it, Wei Gong, go to the dungeon and invite that gong.” The little eunuch who conveyed the message had a humble attitude:

“His Majesty hasn’t even eaten a few bites this morning, his mind is very heavy, and I hope Duke Wei solves the case soon.”

Sending the eunuchs away, Wei Yuan revealed a smile.

Yang Yan, who had come over to accompany his righteous father for breakfast, sighed in relief and said, “It seems that there is no need for righteous father to bother saving him.”

Nangong Qianlou “heh” a sound, ridiculed Yang Yan is a practice martial arts to brain training stupid fool, said:

“Why do you think Righteous Father said that to the Princess last night?”

Yang Yan thought about it and reacted as an afterthought.

Yesterday, the eldest princess sent someone to investigate the beginning and end of the incident of the conflict between Xu Qi’an and Zhu Chengcu, so she thought that she was more attentive to him.

Righteous father deliberately hinted at the eldest princess last night, and out of the tacit understanding of smart people, the eldest princess took the opportunity to recommend Xu Qi’an to his majesty, so that he could take the blame for his crimes.

In this way, Xu Qi’an would be able to get off the hook in name only, and no one would be able to say anything.

Yang Yan had long anticipated that his righteous father would save Xu Qi’an, and escorting him to the dungeon and sentencing him to be beheaded at the waist seven days later were all done for the people at the Yamen.

The more power you have, the less you can do as you please.

He frowned, “But if Xu Qi’an doesn’t solve the case in half a month?”

Wei Yuan smiled, “Then he will only die and enter the jianghu. The number Xu Qi’an, from bright chess to dark chess.”

The righteous father actually thinks so highly of him …. Nangong Qianlou and Yang Yan straightened their faces.

Wei Yuan seemed to remember something, squinted his eyes and smiled, “Send someone to notify Li Yuchun that His Majesty has granted Seven An special permission to pay for his sins, and he, Li Yuchun, will be reinstated to his official position.”

Pausing for a moment, Wei Yuan’s expression was smiling, “Be grand.”

…..

Song Tingfeng and Zhu Guangxiao, led by their jailers, came to the dungeon with joyful faces to receive their colleagues out of jail.

At this moment, Xu Qi’an was dumping his swollen bladder, holding the wall with one hand, and he was so startled by the sudden rush of his fellow officers and jailers that his little hand shook ….

“Damn…” cursed Xu Qi’an, wiping his hands on his prison uniform.

“Ning Banquet, Ning Banquet you don’t have to die!” When the jailer pulled out the key to open the door, Song Tingfeng said with a big smile:

“His Majesty permits you to make up for your sins and make up for them.”

Your Majesty?

Xu Qi’an froze, and his first thought was, Crap, number one is His Majesty?

He then dismissed his speculation, and without moving, patted Song Tingfeng on the shoulder and said in a deep voice, “What’s going on?”

Song Tingfeng was in a hurry to share his joy, not realizing that he had been backstabbed, and told Xu Qi’an in detail what had happened.

Explosion in Sampo …. Yongzhen Mountain River Temple Collapses ….. Xu Qi’an’s pupils contracted for a moment, instantly recalling the odd cries for help he had heard during the ancestor sacrifice.

In other words, the previous guess was not wrong.

That cry for help wasn’t directed at him, he just heard it because he was special in some way.

So, towards whom were the cries for help coming from the Sandpiper?

“What about the divine sword enshrined in the temple?” Xu Qi’an asked after a long moment of contemplation.

Song Tingfeng shook his head, indicating that he didn’t know much, and added: “Because of you, the headman was dismissed from his post, and after you were put in the dungeon, he ran downstairs to the Haoqi Building, scolded the yamen, and slapped Duke Wei’s face in public ….”

This was indeed something that Chun could do… Xu Qi’an was a little touched in his heart.

Retrieving his uniform, belt tag, and saber from the jailer’s head, Xu Qi’an was relieved to be told that the jade mini-mirror had been taken by his cousin.

Unsurprisingly, Wei Yuan did not want to kill him. Even without His Majesty’s pardon, Father Wei thought that he would have saved him for a different sensible and reasonable reason.

After leaving the dungeon, the two of them walked towards the outside of the government office, and as they approached the main entrance, they suddenly heard a gong being struck.

Li Yuchun was escorted into the courthouse by several gongs, and the one in the lead struck an ordinary gong, shouting as he did so:

“Li Yinluo Officially Reinstated ….”

The mandarins and watchmen came out to watch, pointing toward Li Yuchun.

Chun blushed and scowled as he sprinted away.

Not far away, the three little old brothers looked at each other in dismay, and Xu Qi’an proposed, “The chief’s official reinstatement is a cause for celebration, so we’d better not bother.”

Can t afford to lose this person …. Song Tingfeng and Zhu Guangxiao nodded their heads as the three of them reached an agreement.

Chun this is by Wei Yuan to the whole ah, yesterday you hit him in the face in public, today he knocked a gong to beat your face …. Xu Qi’an decided in his heart that he could not easily offend Wei Yuan in the future.

Xu Qi’an, stinking and in a hurry to get home to report his good news, did not stop at the Yamen, mounted his beloved filly, and rushed home with all the wind.

More than half an hour later, back at the Xu Mansion.

Old Zhang, the concierge, nearly wept with joy, and Xu Qi’an threw the horse’s reins to him and entered the courtyard, intending to report his joy to his family first.

At this hour, the family had already eaten breakfast, and the second uncle had gone on duty, leaving Xu Xinxin alone at home, talking with his mother in the back room.

When she saw Xu Qi’an return, her aunt’s beautiful eyes lit up for a moment, then she pressed down her joy and gave her nephew the customary look of disgust.

Xu New Year was pleasantly surprised, “The Eldest Princess made a move so quickly?”

Xu Qi’an was stunned, suddenly clearing his thoughts, no wonder Emperor Yuan Jing knew about a small person like him, it didn’t make sense.

It was the eldest princess who recommended herself in front of Emperor Yuan Jing …. Well, it can’t be ruled out that it was Wei Yuan who seized the opportunity to create a chance for him to redeem his merits.

“Don’t be optimistic too early, something happened… “Xu Qi’an looked at his aunt and paused: “We’ll talk later …. Hey, I’ve let my aunt worry about me for the past two days, so I’m ashamed of myself. I heard from Ru Lao that aunt stayed up all night for me.”

When the aunt heard this, she exploded, cutting a fierce glance at her mouthy son and raising her snow-white, sharp chin, “Hmph~”

Xu New Year went on to say, “Father went to the Si Tian Supervisor yesterday to ask the white-clothed warlocks to plead for mercy, but learned of a piece of bad news.”

He hesitated, “The overseer is ill.”

“What?” Xu Qi’an questioned, “The Supervisor is sick?”

A first-class warlock, sick!

And it’s also a warlock of a cultivation system that started with saving lives.

The old detective Xu Qi’an immediately launched the association, could it be related to the mutation of Sangpo. It is impossible that Lord Supervisor Zheng locked himself in the Bagua Terrace, watching the earth, watching and giving the wind a cold.

“The specifics are unknown.” Xu New Year said, “I’ll go to the Imperial Blade Guard camp to find father and settle his heart.”

His mother, who had been grunting at his cousin all day, was up all night worrying, so you can imagine how hard it was for his father.

“Good!” Xu Qi’an said, “I’ll go check on Ling Yue and Suzaku first, and there’s something else I have to do later, so I have to go back to the courthouse.”

We’ll talk about Sampo later, there’s no rush.

“By the way, that mirror was left in my study, turn around and go get it yourself, big brother. The monk you asked me to look for has already left, saying that he has a clue about senior brother.” Xu New Year said.

I told you, how can No. 1 be the emperor, this matter No. 1 does not know …. at all. My father Wei and the Princess are still reliable.

Xu Qi’an came to came to the backyard and saw Xu Suoyin sitting under the eaves with her head hanging down, a tiny one.

No one plays with her and no one is in the mood to talk to her.

The foolish child also knew that something had happened to his elder brother, and was not happy to play with the little goose, but hung his head and scribbled on the ground with a twig.

“Huh, whose stupid kid is this.” Xu Qi’an stood still not far away and laughed.

Xu Suoyin jerked her head up and froze as she looked at him, and after a few seconds, a bright smile spread across her small face.

“Big brother!”

She got up in a frenzy, striding her short little legs, spreading her arms wide and pouncing on Xu Qi’an.

Xu Qi’an also greeted him, and in Xu Suoyin’s smiling expression, he made a wrong turn and hugged his sister behind him.

Pouncing, Xu Lingyin turned back in bewilderment.

“Wooooooo…. Big Brother ….”

Xu Lingyue clasped her hands hard around Xu Qi’an’s waist, burying her soft body in her cousin’s arms as she cried her eyes out.

My sister’s waist was full, her hair smelled ethereal, and her body smelled faintly of rouge and powder.

Xu Qi calmed her back and comforted her, “It’s alright, big brother is back.”

Xu Ling Yue didn’t care, twisted her slender waist and cried harder.

The last time her big brother was imprisoned in the Criminal Ministry’s court, Xu Lingyue was already very sad, but that time it was a conflict with the court, which was ultimately a personal grudge.

And this time, the night watchman who came to the house to deliver the message but said that big brother will be chopped at the waist in the vegetable market in seven days.

The nature is completely different.

Of course, the fact that Xu Lingyue was so attached had something to do with the fact that her relationship with her cousin had skyrocketed during this period of time.

“Ah, it’s still the sister of this era that’s good, soft and cute.” Xu Qi’an embraced his sister’s delicate body and sighed in his heart.

In his last life, he didn’t have a sister, but he had a cousin who didn’t know how to be pouty and cute, didn’t know how to cry and show tenderness, and would only sneer at you with a disdainful smile: Heh, brakes.

“Big brother big brother…” said Xu Suoyin happily as she bounced in place twice, “I’m going to go tell Mother, she definitely doesn’t know you’re back.”

Xu Qi’an wanted to tell her that he had walked in through the door, not back over the wall. After thinking about it, she felt that there was no need to explain.

Nodding, “Go on!”

“By the way,” he called out to Xu Lingyin again, saying, “Are you so happy because you can eat three bowls of rice at night?”

Xu Lingyin was taken aback, she didn’t expect her big brother to know what she was thinking, big brother is really powerful.

She ran away in fear.

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