Chapter 85: Pulling and defeating Qi (Subscription Request)
"The Inspection Bureau is spying on Lu Changhe everywhere, meeting His Majesty!"

Lu Changhe stood in the hall, knelt on one knee and bowed to Emperor Qing.

"Well, tell everyone what's going on." Emperor Qing pointed at Lin Gong and said.

"Yes!" Lu Changhe stood up and glanced at Lin Gong first, which made the other party extremely angry.

Then, he was about to speak and explain what had happened.

But at this moment, Lin Gong knelt down directly, and said with a look of regret: "Your Majesty, I am ashamed of your grace!"

On the way to the palace, Lin Gong and Lin Ruofu talked a lot and planned many situations.

If nothing happened, that would be the best. But now both the physical evidence and the witness evidence are complete. If we really want to convict him of this, it would be the three major crimes of deceiving the emperor, collaborating with the enemy, and treason.

With these three crimes combined, even his status as the prime minister's son could not save him.

If he is really convicted at that time, it will be all over, so at this time, Lin Gong needs to reduce the charges!

The method used is nothing more than sophistry.

Officials in the court must master the art of speech. If they cannot speak, sooner or later they will be treated as garbage and kicked out.

Although Lin Gong has a bad personality, is not smooth enough and is rather rigid, he still has the basic speaking skills.

After kneeling down, he quickly said: "I did collude with Northern Qi, and I did take Cheng Jushu to Kyoto."

"But my original intention was definitely not to assassinate Fan Xian. He is my future brother-in-law. How could I assassinate him?"

Damn~

Fan Xian was standing aside, dumbfounded as he listened to what Lin Gong said.

He never expected that Lin Gong would have such a side to him.

Yan Ruohai has been talking for so long before, and Dean Chen has also come out, but you refuse to admit any crime.

Suddenly a key figure comes out and you kneel down and confess your guilt.

This expression changed too quickly!
And Lin Xiang, didn't you just argue with reason? Why are you silent now?

While Fan Xian was complaining in his heart, Lin Gong continued to talk.

"My purpose was to pretend to cooperate with the Northern Qi Jinyiwei, and then take this opportunity to catch all the Northern Qi spies in the capital. However, I didn't expect that Cheng Jushu lost control and attacked Fan Xian. I am extremely saddened by this!"

Lin Gong burst into tears, "I hope Your Majesty will understand!"

At this point, since the matter has been exposed and all targets are directed at Lin Gong, it is impossible for him to be implicated anymore. He just needs to take the responsibility alone.

"So, everything is just a misunderstanding. Not only are you not wrong, but you have actually done something meritorious?" Emperor Qing was delighted.

"I dare not! I know this matter has a huge impact on Daqing, but please believe me, Your Majesty, I am truly devoted to Daqing! Now that things are out of control, I only ask Your Majesty to give me a chance to redeem myself and make meritorious contributions. I will definitely eradicate all Northern Qi spies in Kyoto!"

After he said this, the hall suddenly became quiet.

Chen Pingping didn't say anything because he was waiting for Emperor Qing's attitude. Lin Ruofu did the same. He wanted to observe Emperor Qing's reaction after hearing this.

At this time, Lin Ruofu probably already knew Emperor Qing's purpose, which was nothing more than to weaken the Prime Minister's Mansion, especially to attack Lin Gong, so that Wan'er and Fan Xian's marriage would not be affected.

And now, Lin Gong’s words are actually a test, testing how Emperor Qing will deal with Lin Gong.

He won’t be killed, but I don’t know how much power he will retain in the future.

Suppress them a little? Or demote them to common people? Or exile them? Or even put them in prison?

All of these require Emperor Qing to make the decision.

"Chen Pingping, what do you think?" Emperor Qing did not ask Prime Minister Lin directly, but asked Chen Pingping first.

The two of them are cooperating with each other. It is not easy for Emperor Qing to take action directly, so he sends Chen Pingping to take action.

"Your Majesty, although Master Lin is devoted to the Kingdom of Qing, he colluded with Northern Qi spies and collaborated with the enemy. This is a serious crime! According to the laws of our Kingdom of Qing, he should be sentenced to death!"

When the word death penalty was uttered, everyone present was startled.

This is the second son of the Prime Minister’s Mansion!
Lin Xiang's eldest son is a fool. This Lin Gong is equivalent to Lin Ruofu's root and the future of the Lin family. Is Chen Pingping so cruel to kill him? !

But Fan Xian, who was standing behind Lin Gong, felt very interesting at this moment.

Because he could see that Dean Chen was the typical good-guy!

The Emperor Qing above should be the one playing the good guy.

"death penalty?"

Emperor Qing was surprised and asked, "Lin Gong is also doing this for the good of Qing State and is eager to make contributions. He shouldn't be sentenced to death, right?"

After saying that, he looked at Lin Ruofu and asked in a deep voice: "Prime Minister Lin, what do you think?"

Lin Ruofu knew that this was his chance to express his opinion.

Today's drama, after all, is nothing more than a transaction.

Chen Pingping played the good guy and threatened him with the death penalty.

Emperor Qing showed some kindness and said that the death penalty would not be necessary.

The hidden meaning of this sentence is that the only way to save his son is to throw him into prison or exile him.

What Lin Ruofu has to do now is to avoid these two possibilities and try to be demoted to a commoner. In this way, he may have a chance to become an official in the future.

After all, his position as prime minister has not been affected. As long as he stays here, Lin Gong will always be promoted in the future.

Thinking about it, he cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty, as the sages said, if a son is not well-educated, it is the fault of his father. My son has made such a mistake, and I, the prime minister, have also made a mistake. Please punish me, Your Majesty."

He was retreating by advancing, otherwise blindly giving in would only make Lin Gong worse off.

Chen Pingping said, "Minister Lin is the head of all officials. He is usually very busy and has little time to teach his children. We should understand this. What's wrong with this?"

"Chen Pingping is right. Prime Minister Lin has worked hard to help me share my worries. He is right! But his son colluded with Northern Qi's secret agents. Although he is wholeheartedly working for Qing, the national law cannot be abolished."

Emperor Qing hesitated for a moment and said, "First, temporarily detain him in the Ministry of Justice. We will discuss the specific punishment later!"

With this move, Emperor Qing really had Prime Minister Lin under his control.

Lock up your son first, and the specific punishment will depend on your subsequent performance.

It was like a sword of Dalmos hovering over Lin Xiang's head, ready to fall at any time.

"Your Majesty, thank you very much!" Prime Minister Lin had already been cursing Emperor Qing in his heart, but he still had to bow to express his gratitude on the surface.

To Fan Xian, watching this court struggle was like watching a sitcom.

Even though his son was arrested, the father still had to say thank you.

"Go down." Emperor Qing waved his hand.

The imperial guards came immediately and took Lin Gong and Si Lili away. Naturally, Lu Changhe followed them as well. What happened afterwards had nothing to do with them.

When Lin Gong was taken away, he did not shout, but just followed him quietly.

At this time, seeing this, Fan Xian was also ready to leave.

Emperor Qing shouted, "Fan Xian!"

"I'm here." Fan Xian was stunned and bowed quickly.

His current identity is the Director of the Inspection Institute. Although it is not an official position, it is okay for him to call himself a minister at this time.

Since the matter has ended, why did Emperor Qing call him back?
"You killed Cheng Jushu and captured Si Lili alive, which is a great contribution to the country. I will appoint you as the Assistant Law Officer of the Taichang Temple!"

Give an official title?
Fan Xian had not expected this at all and was stunned.

I was thinking, what does the Xielülang of Taichang Temple do? And where is Taichang Temple?
As he was thinking, Yan Ruohai turned to look at him and said, "Fan Xian, why are you still standing there? Thank you."

Upon hearing this, Fan Xian immediately bowed and said, "Your Majesty, thank you for your grace!"

In the TV series, because he was given an official title in private, Fan Xian also asked Emperor Qing what rank this official was.

Now we are in the imperial court, with so many people here. Fan Xian is not a fool, so he naturally knows the etiquette.

"Go down." Emperor Qing waved his hand.

Fan Xian let out a long sigh and returned to where he was originally standing.

Xin Qiwu, who was standing by, smiled and bowed to him, "Congratulations, Master Xiao Fan!"

Hearing this, Fan Xian's mouth twitched. Lord Fan is Lord Fan, but the name of Little Lord Fan is...
Although he complained in his heart, he still bowed in return, "Thank you, Lord Xin."

In fact, it is not wrong for others to call Fan Xian "Little Lord Fan". After all, his father Fan Jian is already Lord Fan, and Fan Xian is not very old, so it is just right to call him "Little Lord Fan".

This is just like the son of Lord Yan, the Ming weightlifting champion, who is also called Little Lord. Fan Xian did not care about this title, because at this moment, something big was happening in the hall.

Chen Pingping cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty, I think Master Lin must have been deceived by the Northern Qi spies, so he escorted Cheng Jushu to the capital."

"Dean Chen, what do you mean?" Yan Ruohai asked from the side.

"That's right. Northern Qi is taking this opportunity to assassinate Fan Xian and disrupt the situation in Kyoto. They are also bringing Si Gu Jian's disciples with them!"

"This shows that Northern Qi still wants to involve Si Gu Jian of Dongyi City in this matter. This method is extremely vicious. I beg Your Majesty to issue an order to raise an army and choose a day to attack Northern Qi!"

"What?! You said you want to attack Qi?!" Emperor Qing had an expression of shock that was totally unexpected.

The court officials in the hall also became agitated at this time, with countless officials whispering to each other.

This is a national war!

This matter is too serious, no wonder an emergency court meeting had to be held!
"quiet!"

After a while, Eunuch Hou sang.

"The national war is a matter of great importance and we must not act rashly!" Emperor Qing sighed.

As an emperor, he did not want to be labeled a tyrant, so the war had to have a legitimate reason and he could not agree to it on his own initiative.

Emperor Qing must appear to be passively agreeing so that he can have a good reputation.

At this moment, a eunuch came into the imperial study, bowed to Emperor Qing and said, "Your Majesty, the deputy commander of the Imperial Guards, Gong Dian, requests to see you."

"Let him in." Emperor Qing waved his hand.

Soon, Gong Dian came into the hall.

He cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty, the assassin who came to the palace this morning has been interrogated. He is from Northern Qi!"

"Oh? Northern Qi assassin?"

Chen Pingping bowed and said, "Your Majesty, Northern Qi actually sent assassins into the palace to kill Your Majesty. Such wolfish ambitions and vicious means are really outrageous to both humans and gods!"

"Your Majesty, I once again implore you to raise an army and attack Northern Qi!"

The Inspection Institute had known about this assassin since the first day he arrived in Beijing. Subsequently, the Institute sent many people to inquire about his whereabouts in an indirect way to strengthen his belief.

Finally, he made up his mind to come and assassinate Emperor Qing.

This was the reason why Emperor Qing originally planned to attack Qi, but he didn't expect that the Niulan Street assassination happened ahead of time, which had a better effect.

Now, the matter of the assassin will be just a side issue, and the decision to attack Qi will be made in front of all the civil and military officials!

"Prime Minister Lin, what do you think?" Emperor Qing turned his gaze to Lin Ruofu.

How can I see it?
First, Lin Gong was detained, and his crimes have not been sentenced yet. Now this drama is being played out. If Lin Ruofu doesn't know what's best for him, does he not want his son anymore?
So at this time, Lin Ruofu directly bowed and said: "Your Majesty, Northern Qi has ulterior motives and is ambitious. I beg you to go north to attack Qi!"

The prime minister is the head of all officials. If he supports it, and Chen Pingping, the director of the Inspection Institute, also supports it, there will be no resistance to this matter.

Emperor Qing paused, then said sternly: "I never want bloodshed, but Northern Qi is really going too far and pressing forward step by step!"

"Let's fight this battle!"

"Qin Ye!"

"I'm here!" Qin Ye stood up and bowed.

As the Chief Envoy of the Privy Council, he is the first person in the Privy Council. If a war is going to happen, naturally they will look for him.

The Privy Council was the former Ministry of War. After listening to Ye Qingmei, Emperor Qing renamed it the Ministry of Military Affairs, and later changed it to the Privy Council.

As for Qin Ye himself, although he is not young, he possesses the strength of the ninth rank and is even known as the number one person under the grandmaster. This shows how strong he is.

"Immediately mobilize the troops and prepare to attack Qi!"

"The minister obeys the order!"

"Fan Jian!"

"I'm here!" Fan Jian also stood up immediately.

As the saying goes, a cannon shot is worth a thousand taels of gold. War is extremely expensive, so the second place Emperor Qing went to was the Ministry of Revenue.

"The Ministry of Revenue should immediately transfer money and grain to the front line. If the war is delayed, you will be held responsible!"

"The minister obeys the order!"

Now, the biggest purpose of today's court meeting has been achieved.

By the way, there is also the scapegoat, Dongyi City.

Emperor Qing continued, "People from Dongyi City showed up in Qing State to participate in the assassination. Send someone over immediately and ask them to give an explanation!"

At this point, the court meeting ended successfully, and the world was achieved where only Prime Minister Lin was injured.

"Alright, everyone go down, Lin Xiang, Fan Jian, and Fan Xian stay behind."

Emperor Qing left a few people behind, naturally he had something to say, the others could not fail to understand and left one after another.

Among the crowd, Ye Zhong, the garrison commander of Kyoto, was in a very happy mood.

Because Emperor Qing had said before that he would punish him, but in the end he forgot about it because of the attack on Qi, so he was spared punishment and was naturally happy!
However, he also understood that Emperor Qing's main target today was Prime Minister Lin, and he was just a small fish or shrimp affected.

After everyone left, Fan Xian approached Fan Jian and asked quietly, "Your Majesty, why did you keep us here?"

"You'll find out later."

Fan Jian smiled and said nothing.

Soon, several people gathered together, and Emperor Qing walked directly towards Fan Xian, who had a confused look on his face, and patted him on the shoulder with a smile.

"Fan Xian, you are great. You did a great job in killing Cheng Jushu!"

Emperor Qing was naturally happy that his son had such outstanding talent in martial arts and was also very smart.

"Thank you for the compliment, Your Majesty." Fan Xian was somewhat flattered and said quickly.

After praising him, Emperor Qing stopped caring and turned to look at Lin Ruofu standing beside him and asked, "Prime Minister Lin, I heard that you intended to cancel the engagement between Lin Wan'er and Fan Xian?"

Hearing this, Fan Xian immediately became nervous, his heart in his throat.

Fortunately, Lin Ruofu quickly said, "Your Majesty, I think Fan Xian is a handsome man and a good match for Wan'er."

Hearing this, Fan Xian wanted to kowtow to Lin Ruofu. This uncle was too sensible. He liked to hear this.

"In that case, the engagement will remain the same. Go away!" Emperor Qing waved his hand and drove several people out of the imperial study.

After everyone had gone far away, he laughed a few times, obviously in a good mood.

At the door of the imperial study, Fan Xian wanted to go up and talk to Prime Minister Lin.

However, the latter snorted coldly and left, leaving Fan Xian somewhat confused about the situation.

"This"

"What are you thinking? Minister Lin's son was just thrown into jail because of you. Wouldn't you be asking for trouble if you go there?" Fan Jian said.

"How can you say it's because of me?" Fan Xian said depressedly.

Then he asked, "Is that Dean Chen? Is he waiting for you?"

"Waiting for me? No, he is waiting for you!" Fan Jian said with a smile.

Fan Xian was confused, "Do I know him? Why is he waiting for me?"

Soon, Fan Xian, full of doubts, came in front of Chen Pingping.

The latter stared at Fan Xian's face for a long time, as if he wanted to stare flowers out of it, and finally said.

"Like! So similar!"

Fan Xian: “???”

Wait, why does this opening line feel familiar? I seem to have heard it somewhere before.

　This time it's almost 1.3 words. This plot is quite difficult to write. I watched the TV series "Court Contest" over and over again for more than a dozen times, and it really gave me a headache.

　　The names of the characters in the previous chapters have been changed. Just refresh the page. App users can download the chapters again and the updates will appear.

　　I'm really sorry about this problem, I will check it carefully before posting next time.

　　
　
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