Luo Qinghan knew very well in his heart that the big truths that King Linnan said were just excuses for his desire to seize power.
The wolf ambitions of these feudal lords are already obvious.
However, they occupy the moral high ground. If Luo Qinghan can't give a reasonable explanation today, he will be charged with murdering his father and killing the monarch, and become the target of the vassal kings sending troops to crusade.
The clansmen were all dying of anxiety.
They all depended on their kinship with the emperor to honor the title, and many of them couldn't even lift a knife.
If the vassal kings really lead their troops into Shengjing City, they don't even have the ability to resist, so they can only wait to die.
They don't want to fight!
Someone could not help but stand up and say.
"His Majesty has always had a very good relationship with the late emperor. How could he be able to kill his father and kill the emperor? This must be framed by someone else!"
This remark immediately caused a group of people to echo.
"Yes, yes! Your Majesty is pure and filial, and it is absolutely impossible for him to harm the late emperor!"
"There must be some misunderstanding here!"
"Actually, the Empress Dowager is just guessing. If you want to know the truth, you still have to come up with real evidence."
"Yes, a letter alone cannot convict Your Majesty, you have to have real evidence!"
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The clans seized on this and tried to whitewash the emperor.
King Linnan had expected this for a long time.
He smiled and said: "It's very simple to have real evidence, you just need to have Eunuch Gan Fu and Concubine Xiao face to face, and then it will be clear who is lying, and Wei Chen can ask Eunuch Gan Fu to come here to confront him at any time. , I wonder if Concubine Xiao can easily show her side?"
Luo Qing did not speak with a cold face.
King Linnan asked again in a serious tone.
"I wonder if you can ask Concubine Xiao to come forward and explain?"
Luo Qinghan: "Concubine Xiao has left Shengjing."
King Linnan: "Really? But Wei Chen heard that the current noble concubine, the concubine, looks somewhat similar to the concubine Xiao."
It is well known that the imperial concubine and Concubine Xiao look somewhat similar, and the clansmen have naturally heard about it. They all thought that the emperor loved the concubine because he regarded the concubine as a substitute for Concubine Xiao.
But now listening to King Linnan's tone, it seems that things are not so simple.
Combined with what King Linnan just said...
The clansmen came up with a bold guess. Could it be that Concubine Concubine Xiao and Concubine Xiao are actually the same person? !
King Linnan said calmly, "I know you don't really believe what I said, it doesn't matter, I still say that, as long as you ask the concubine to confront Gan Fu, the truth will be known."
Although the imperial concubine's status is noble, it is not that she cannot be confronted.
After all, this matter is too important.
The clansmen persuaded the emperor to agree to King Linnan's proposal and ask the concubine to explain it.
As long as the explanation is clear, the misunderstanding will naturally disappear.
Luo Qinghan was not so optimistic.
First of all, he didn't want to let Xixi face this situation that was questioned by everyone.
Secondly, he doubted the real intention of King Linnan to let Xixi show up.
He greeted King Linnan's eyes as if he was holding a winning ticket, and said calmly.
"The imperial concubine is not a cat or a dog on the street. She is my beloved concubine, and she is also the princess of Nanyue Kingdom. How can you just come and go?"
King Linnan raised his eyebrows: "Your Majesty is trying to protect the noble concubine?"
Luo Qinghan stood up slowly: "I will not protect anyone, I will go to the imperial concubine to ask clearly, no matter what the result is, I will give you an explanation, and I hope you will wait here for a while."
King Linnan was obviously very dissatisfied with the result.
He wanted to say something else, but Luo Qinghan stopped looking at him and walked out.
King Linnan immediately stood up and tried to catch up, but was blocked by the guards.
Zhao Xian respectfully said: "Your Majesty said, please wait a moment again."
King Linnan could only retreat unwillingly.
He clenched his hands into fists and shouted at the back of the emperor who was walking away.
"Please, Your Majesty, don't forget your identity. Maybe the late emperor is looking at you in the sky now. I hope you don't do anything to disappoint the late emperor!"
Luo Qinghan's footsteps did not stop, and the tall and straight back quickly disappeared into the thick night.
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Xiao Xixi planned to leave Shengjing overnight with Fang Wujiu and rushed to Nanyue to rescue the master.
While Baoqin was going to get the clothes, Xiao Xixi knocked Baoqin unconscious from behind.
She picked up Baoqin and gently placed it on the low couch beside her.
Fang Wujiu: "You can tell her about it, she will definitely be on your side, you don't need to knock her out."
Xiao Xixi sighed softly.
"When we left, the emperor made a thorough investigation after the incident and learned that Baoqin deliberately let me go, which will definitely cause Baoqin to be punished.
I don't want this to happen.
I knocked her out now, and when she woke up, she had a reason to shirk and didn't need to be punished. "
Fang Wujiu glanced at the night outside and reminded: "We are running out of time."
Xiao Xixi opened the closet, took out a black dress and put it on, removed all the pearl hairpin jewelry on her head, and only wrapped her hair with a simple dark blue scarf.
Pharaoh jumped in from the window lightly, and meowed at them twice.
Fang Wujiu took out all the small dried fish in his sleeves, put it in front of Old Wang, and touched its chubby little head.
"We're leaving, and it may be a long time before we see each other."
Lao Wang held a small dried fish in his mouth, and looked at him with round eyes, not quite understanding what this human being was talking about.
Xiao Xixi carried the small bundle of blue flowers on his back, and also took a sword.
"Let's go."
Fang Wujiu glanced at the sword in her hand, didn't ask anything, and walked out with her quietly.
They performed light work, concealed the patrol of Yu Linwei, and left Yunxiu Palace quietly.
Now that the news of the Empress Dowager's death has not yet reached the palace, the palace is still very quiet.
In the darkness of the night, the two figures moved forward like ghosts.
They avoided all the guards without error and headed straight for the city gate.
Just as a carriage carrying swill was about to leave the palace, Xiao Xixi and Fang Wujiu hid under the carriage when they were unprepared.
The two stuck close to the bottom of the carriage like spiders, and followed the carriage out of the palace gate.
When the swill cart gradually moved away from the palace gate, Fang Wujiu deliberately popped a small pebble to create a movement, so frightened that the eunuch who transported the swill cart stopped immediately and looked at the sound, wanting to see if there was something there
Xiao Xixi and Fang Wujiu seized this moment's opportunity and quietly got out from under the swill cart, their bodies flickered, and they quickly disappeared into the vast darkness.
They returned to the small courtyard where Fang Wujiu lived in the city.
The yard is very quiet.
There were no lights in the room, apparently everyone in the room had already slept.