When Li Zhi and Wu Zhaoyi held a banquet to thank Yun Weng and Qingyuan, the wind and dust all the way, Liu Yinhuan and his party in Chang'an also rushed to the Duke of Lu's mansion to pay homage to Cheng Yaojin.

"Haha, this is Little Jinlian, right? Oh, she has grown so big in the blink of an eye," said Cheng Yaojin, who saw Liu Yinhuan and others in the living room of the mansion, and smiled at Xue Jinlian first.

Cheng Yaojin, Xue Rengui's two wives and the six generals of the Imperial Army were all acquainted with each other, and they were greeting each other.

Immediately, Chen Yaojin couldn't help but frown at Liu Yinhuan and Zhaoyang and said, "Hey, why are you all here here all the way?"

"Old Qiansui! My husband suffered in the heavenly prison. Zhaoyang and I live like years, so can we stay in Jiangzhou?" Liu Yinhuan sighed helplessly: "Old Qiansui, Yinhuan is here today. I believe that Lao Qiansui also understands the purpose."

Cheng Yaojin couldn't help but sigh helplessly: "Hey! I naturally understand. In order to save Rengui, I also tried my best to save Rengui. The big old man was even killed in the palace. However, Li Daozong was insulted and the emperor trusted him. This matter is really difficult to deal with! However, the emperor will not kill Rengui for a while because of this series of noisy."

"Old Qiansui, Mr. Yuchi, we have heard about Mr. Yuchi, who came to Chang'an," Liu Yinhuan couldn't help but cry, "Meng Yuchi, Mr. Yuchi, loved him, and Rengui, who was the foster father. Originally, the foster father passed away, and we should have gone to pay tribute to him. However, this time he died for Rengui. Our orphans and widows really have no face to go to the Duke of E's mansion!"

Cheng Yaojin hurriedly said, "Yinhuan! Don't think so! Big Hei was killed in the palace, although it was because of pleading for Rengui. There were reasons for the emperor. We didn't think about this. But since it happened, we can only face it! Our old brothers have been going through ups and downs for most of their lives, and they have never experienced it? Big Hei just wanted to go to see Brother Qin first! You don't have to blame yourself for this!"

"Sister, Mr. Cheng is saying that. After all, we should go to the Duke of E to pay homage to the adoptive father on behalf of the minister." Zhaoyang also advised Liu Yinhuan.

Just as they were talking, the housekeeper of the mansion came to report, and Luo Tong and Qin Huaiyu came to ask for a meeting.

Cheng Yaojin couldn't help but say, "I knew these two boys couldn't hold back. Tell them to come in!"

Soon, Luo Tong and Qin Huaiyu came to the living room together. Seeing Liu Yinhuan and Zhaoyang, they couldn't help but hurried forward and kneel on one knee: "Two sisters-in-laws. We are useless. We can't save Brother Xue!"

"Two brothers, what are you doing? Get up quickly!" Zhaoyang hurriedly got up and helped them.

Cheng Yaojin slapped the table and stood up and shouted, "Luo Tong, Huaiyu, you two brats! Is there any use to apologize? Leave that little effort and think more about how to save Rengui."

"Uncle Cheng, you have always been wise and can't even think of a good idea. We really can't think of any good idea!" Luo Tong smiled bitterly at Cheng Yaojin helplessly.

"You two, a pair of waste!" Cheng Yaojin, who was not angry and cursed, then said: "Okay! I'm too lazy to scold you! Wait a minute, let's go and worship Da Lao Hei first."

Qin Huaiyu couldn't help but frown and said, "Uncle Cheng! You're not in a hurry to pay homage to Uncle Chi, right? Let's think about how to save Brother Xue first! Or I'll ask the princess to see the emperor again. Otherwise, I'll ask the emperor to summon two sisters-in-laws!"

"I just know what the use of thinking about some useless bad ideas? If you want to plead with the emperor, how many people can I have better face than Lao Cheng?" Chen Yaojin said angrily.

Luo Tong looked at Chen Yaojin thoughtfully and said, "Does Uncle Cheng want to find a breakthrough from the two Aunts Yuchi? Let them ask them to see the emperor?"

"I finally got my brain, but it wasn't completely right," Cheng Yaojin said: "What's the use of just pleading with mercy? Do you think there are many pleading lovers? You can't explain the reason. If you don't give the emperor a step, it's useless to plead with more people. You, learn more!"

Seeing this, Luo Tong and Qin Huaiyu, who were looking at each other, could only smile helplessly.

While speaking, the group rushed towards the Duke of E's mansion.

"Two sisters-in-law!" At the gate of the Duke's mansion, Yuchi Baolin and Yuchi Baoqing personally welcomed Liu Yinhuan and Zhaoyang.

Liu Yinhuan and Zhaoyang also hurriedly brought Xue Jinlian forward to say hello. Xue Jinlian was also very obedient and sensible and called the uncle to the two brothers Yuchi Baolin.

"Uncle Cheng! Two sisters-in-laws! Jinlian! Brother Luo! Brother Qin! Let's talk about it first!" Yuchi Baolin said, and together with Yuchi Baoqing, he led everyone to the Duke E's mansion.

In the main hall of the mansion, the mourning hall has not been removed, and the tablets of Yuchi Jingde of the Duke of E Kingdom are enshrined on it.

The black and white lady in plain clothes also greeted Cheng Yaojin and her party at the entrance of the main hall.

Liu Yinhuan, Zhaoyang took Xue Jinlian and went forward to salute the two wives first.

"Two ladies! The old duke was killed in the palace for our Rengui. Yinhuan was really shameless to face the two ladies! Our Xue family will never be able to repay the love of the old duke," Liu Yinhuan knelt down with tears in his eyes.

Seeing this, Mrs. Hei and White hurriedly stepped forward and helped her up: "Yinhuan, it's not your fault! Master recognized Rengui as his adopted son. If something happened to Rengui, how could he not save him? Master's death is no wonder anyone, it's all fate. Only by saving Rengui can he comfort his spirit in heaven!"

"My sister-in-law is right, Yinhuan, don't think too much!" Cheng Yaojin also said hurriedly.

Liu Yinhuan, who had nodded his tears, immediately entered the main hall with the help of Zhaoyang and Xue Jinlian, and respectfully worshiped Yuchi Jingde's spiritual position.

In the palace, in the Ganlu Hall, a banquet is coming to an end.

Li Zhi and Yun Weng, Qingyuan talked casually, and seemed very happy.

And at this moment, the prince suddenly came in and reported: "Your Majesty, the two ladies who stand shoulder to shoulder with the king are asking for a meeting!"

"Well? Why are they here?" Li Zhi was stunned when he heard this, and then frowned slightly and said, "No! Let them go! Just say I don't have time to see them."

The king was about to leave when Yun Weng suddenly asked, "Your Majesty, is the king who side by side the side of the army? "

"That's right! Why, Yun Weng has heard of him?" Li Zhi raised his eyebrows slightly and looked at Yun Weng.

Yun Weng nodded and stroked his beard and smiled: "Your Majesty doesn't know. I have been in Jiangzhou for a while before. When I was in Jiangzhou, I went to the royal palace to diagnose the two wives who stood shoulder to shoulder with the king!"

"Immortal, are the two wives who are standing by the king? " Wu Zhaoyi asked with some surprise.

"Not bad! The eldest lady lived a hard life in her early years and was weak. This time, she heard that the King of Sides was sent to the Heavenly Prison by His Majesty, and she became sick. Fortunately, I took the lead in diagnosis and treatment, and the condition was relieved." Yun Weng nodded and said, "Although the second wife is also a martial arts practitioner, she is in better health. However, she was injured in her early years and left her old illness. This time she was worried about the King of Sides, and the old illness recurred. In short, they should be sick this time. They traveled day and night from Jiangzhou and came thousands of miles away!"

Wu Zhaoyi couldn't help but nodded and said, "The two wives who are shoulder to shoulder with the king are in love and righteousness, it's really rare!"

"Hmph!" Li Zhi snorted coldly, "This Xue Rengui, the late emperor, was highly kind to him and appointed him as king. His two wives were even more virtuous and kind to him. However, he was arrogant because of his favor and killed me in a drunken state. It was really unforgivable."

Yun Weng asked with a curious look: "Your Majesty, I have heard of the case of Princess Cuiyun killing the case of Princess Cuiyun. However, people say that the case was not tried before, and the Princess Shangyang was thrown into the heavenly prison, which is really accused of being wronged. What's more, it is said that the royal rabbit is dead and the dog is cooked!"

"What? It's outrageous!" Li Zhi immediately slapped the table in anger when he heard this, but he immediately said to Yun Weng, "Yun Weng, I'm not talking about you! It's not that I don't want to be tried in this case, but that Xue Rengui is still hungover and has no way to interrogate it! Moreover, the evidence in the case is conclusive, and both people and physical evidence are there."

Yun Weng waved his hand and asked with a smile: "Your Majesty, I am a medical practitioner and have some research on this wine. As far as I know, this wine is not so strong. I think that a general Xue Rengui must have a lot of money on weekdays. How can he drink some wine and not wake up for so long? This is really unreasonable. The only explanation is that other things are placed in the wine. It is similar to a drug, so that people who drink this wine can keep sleeping. In this case, the purpose of the person who drinks this kind of wine will make people think deeply."

"This" Li Zhi's expression changed slightly and stopped talking. If someone else said this, Li Zhi might not be interested in listening. However, the person who said this was Yun Weng, and he said it with reasonable and reasonableness. Li Zhi couldn't help but worry!

Wu Zhaoyi, whose beautiful eyes flashed slightly, also said softly: "Your Majesty, Mei Niang also thinks that something is strange! Otherwise, Your Majesty will send an imperial physician to investigate?"

"Yun Weng, do you want to plead for Xue Rengui?" Li Zhi waved his hand slightly to signal Wu Zhaoyi not to say much, but turned to Yun Weng and asked slightly seriously: "If Yun Weng is willing to plead for your sake, then for your sake, I may not let Xue Rengui live a life. After all, he has made great contributions to the Tang Dynasty."

"Haha! Your Majesty doesn't have to be too careful. I'm not very interested in Xue Rengui's life and death. Everyone has their own fate. If Xue Rengui's life is not extinguished, he will never die. If his life is extinguished, it will be difficult to save it!" Yun Weng shook his head slightly and said casually.

Qingyuan smiled and said, "Your Majesty, in fact, Xue Rengui's life and death are completely in your mind. The so-called king lets his minister die, but he has to die. However, I want to say more. Xue Rengui is a rare talent for generals. If Your Majesty really feels that he can't use him anymore, it doesn't matter whether he stays or not. But if Your Majesty can still use him one day, then killing him now is afraid that Your Majesty will regret it in the future."

"Hmm?" Li Zhi immediately frowned at Qingyuan and said, "Qingyuan, are you saying that there will be a big war in my Tang Dynasty? Do I still need to rely on Xue Rengui?"

Qingyuan shook his head and smiled, "Your Majesty, the secret of heaven cannot be revealed! Xue Rengui is your minister, and life and death are under your control. Do you want him to live or die? What is his life useful to Your Majesty and what damage to Your Majesty will suffer from death? It is all within your own thinking."

"This" Li Zhi, who frowned slightly when he heard this, suddenly looked flickering and pondered silently.

On the other hand, Wu Zhaoyi, who was beside him, looked at Qingyuan with a bright look in his beautiful eyes.

After a while, Li Zhi looked up at the Prince Wang who was waiting below and ordered calmly: "Eunuch Wang, let the two ladies who stood shoulder to the royal garden wait in the Imperial Garden, and I will see them later. By the way, they should be sick. Take care of the tea carefully and do not neglect!"

"Yes, Your Majesty!" The prince, who responded, hurriedly retreated.

After the prince left, the banquet was soon over. Li Zhi, who accompanied Wu Zhaoyi and Qingyuan to drink some tea and chat for a while, then accused Qingyuan and Yun Weng and stood up and left.

After Li Zhi left, Yun Weng and Qingyuan also stood up and claimed the crime and left.

Wu Zhaoyi, who was originally going to chat with them, had to nod slightly when he saw this and watched them leave regretfully.

"Empress, are you tired? Are we going back?" Seeing Wu Zhaoyi's jade hand slightly supporting her temples, the eunuch standing not far away, he couldn't help but step forward slowly and said.

Wu Zhaoyi, who rubbed his temples with his jade fingers, asked softly with a narrowed eyes, "Eunuch Lu. Do you think that Xue Rengui is wronged?"

"This! It's hard to say," Eunuch Lu was slightly stunned and said in a hint.

He glanced at Wu Zhaoyi, who was looking at Eunuch Lu, and then turned his lips and said: "It doesn't matter whether he is wronged or not. The key question, Qingyuan said before, is to see if he has value in existence. If it is useful to the court, he must be kept. Watch it! Our emperor will not really kill him."

"Empress's Profile!" Eunuch Lu's eyes flashed slightly when he heard this, and then he smiled and said with apologies.

Besides, Li Zhi summoned Liu Yinhuan and Zhaoyang. After hearing their narration, he couldn't help but feel that Xue Rengui's case was even more problematic. Then, the Black and White Lady also came to talk about his love. Li Zhi felt guilty about the death of Yuchi Jingde, so he naturally had to pay attention to Mrs. Hei White's words.

Especially after sending the imperial physician to examine Xue Rengui, the situation he got even more annoyed Li Zhi. The wine that Xue Rengui drank was indeed a problem. It seems that the emperor uncle was hiding some things! How could Li Zhi not be angry when he was deceived by the trusted emperor uncle?

In the palace, Li Zhi, who was reviewing the memorials, was also a little annoyed. He frowned and casually put an uncensored memorial on the table, making a crisp sound.

"Your Majesty, what's wrong?" Wu Zhaoyi, who happened to walk in with ginseng soup, saw Li Zhi's appearance, couldn't help but step forward in confusion and asked, "Is there something happened in the court that bothered Your Majesty?"

Seeing Wu Zhaoyi, Li Zhi, whose expression was slightly slow, couldn't help but sigh and grabbed Wu Zhaoyi's jade hand and said slowly: "Mei Niang, do you really want to believe in the emperor? If one day, in order to achieve your goal, will you deceive me too?"

"Why did Your Majesty ask this?" Wu Zhaoyi, whose pretty face changed slightly, then said calmly: "My Niang naturally won't deceive Your Majesty. Even if she cheated, the purpose was for Your Majesty to consider."

Li Zhi couldn't help but smile when he heard this, and turned to sigh: "I'd love if those court officials could treat me like a charming lady!"

"What a pity! They are all doing whatever they want for their own interests!" Li Zhi shook his head and sighed, gritted his teeth and said in secret: "Prince Cheng, Uncle Wang! I trust him so much, but he lied to me. In order to kill Xue Rengui, he did not hesitate to take his daughter's life as a price. The tiger is poisonous and does not eat any children! He is actually even more poisonous than a tiger!"

When Wu Zhaoyi heard this, she immediately covered her mouth with a shocked jade hand: "What? Emperor, did you say that in order to kill Xue Rengui, the prince killed his daughter Princess Cuiyun at the same time?"

"Yes! This is my good uncle!" Li Zhi slapped the table and felt deeply resentful: "In front of me, I pretended not to compete for fame and fortune. I was deceived by him and was fooled by him like a monkey!"

Seeing this, Wu Zhaoyi was slightly silent. After a while, Li Zhi calmed down slightly before asking softly: "Your Majesty, then how are you going to deal with Xue Rengui?"

"Xue Rengui?" Li Zhi murmured, but his eyes were slightly closed and his words remained silent.

At the court meeting the next day, Duke Xu Mao of the British appealed for Xue Rengui to appeal for the injustice. Surprisingly, Li Zhi rejected it without listening to it, but let him speak to his heart's content.

Xu Maogong made a statement and pointed out the many suspicious points in the Xue Rengui case. Li Zhi ignored Prince Cheng's somewhat excited quibbling words and took the initiative to cooperate with the medical officer to investigate.

The results of the imperial doctor's investigation showed that Xue Rengui drank a kind of wine called Qianrijuan.

"A thousand-day drunk, it's so good wine!" Li Zhi looked at Prince Cheng with a slightly changed face: "Uncle Wang, you are so willing to give up. Please drink such a good wine by side with the king."

When Prince Cheng heard this, he trembled and lay on the ground: "Your Majesty, Old Minister."

"Your Majesty! You have also seen that something is wrong with this matter. The old minister asks you to report it to the point of finding out," Cheng Yaojin hurriedly stepped forward and said without waiting for Prince Cheng to finish his speech.

He looked at Cheng Yaojin calmly, and Li Zhi suddenly stood up and said, "Okay! This matter has caused a lot of storm in the city, and it is time to end! Xue Rengui, I remember that he had made contributions to the country and the country of the Tang Dynasty, and saved the former emperor and pardoned him. From today on, remove the throne of Xue Rengui, who was standing by the king, demoted him to a commoner, and let him go back to his hometown in Shanxi!"

"Your Majesty" Cheng Yaojin suddenly glared slightly when he heard this, and then he was about to speak again, but Xu Maogong reached out and grabbed him.

His eyes swept Cheng Yaojin with a slightly cold look, and then Li Zhi said in a deep voice: "Sanchao!"

After saying that, Li Zhi left first, which made the ministers slightly stunned and then hurriedly knelt down.

After the morning court, Cheng Yaojin, Xu Maogong, Luo Tong, Qin Huaiyu and others rushed to the heavenly prison.

Here, Liu Yinhuan, Zhaoyang, Xue Jinlian, and the six generals of the Imperial Army have arrived, and they have taken Xue Rengui, who was awakened by the imperial doctor, out of the Heavenly Prison.

Seeing the extremely weak Xue Rengui being helped by Zhaoyang and Xue Jinlian into the carriage, Cheng Yaojin and the others were all sighing secretly.

"Yinhuan, are you planning to leave Chang'an now?" Cheng Yaojin frowned and looked at Liu Yinhuan.

Liu Yinhuan said calmly: "Old Cheng is a thousand years old, and his husband has been killed on the battlefield for half his life. He has a rare life in peace for a few years, but he has suffered a sudden disaster. Now he has been lucky enough to save his life and has been deprived of his title by the emperor. This is good, our family can finally live some ordinary life."

"Yinhuan, don't worry, Rengui will understand what happened. At that time, the emperor will still rehabilitate Rengui and restore his title," Cheng Yaojin hurriedly said: "I, Cheng, promise to do what I say!"

Qin Huaiyu also hurriedly said, "No, right! Brother Xue devoted his efforts to the Tang Dynasty and made great achievements. His title was granted by the former emperor and deserved it. The emperor will always know the truth."

Xu Maogong stepped forward and said gently to Xue Rengui in the carriage: "Rengui! Go back and take good care of your health, and the court will use you again."

"Military advisor, Rengui has experienced so much and no longer cared about fame and fortune. He just wanted to live a peaceful life," Xue Rengui shook his head slightly and said.

Xu Maogong smiled slightly and didn't say much. Everyone watched the six imperial generals escort Xue Rengui's family of four leaving, but they were all in a complicated mood and sighed. (To be continued...)
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