He had already sent a message to his confidant, asking him to rush back through the back door faster than Liu Sanzhi, and have the guards guarding the ancestral hall at home search it. Only after they were sure that nothing was found would they let the Jinwu Guards and Liu Sanzhi send people to search.
The only thing Xie Ji didn't expect was that Shen Xihe was so bold that he actually let a beast frame her, not even afraid that she would lose her life if she was not careful!
He just saw that this beast was as fast as lightning and as light as a feather, so it evaded the guards of the ancestral hall and made them unaware, thinking that no one had ever entered the ancestral hall!
"I just said that my cat is familiar with my things. It was it that brought me to Duke Xie's mansion. Otherwise, why would it break free and rush in as soon as I entered the mansion?" Shen Xihe gently stroked the fur on the short-lived man's back. "I don't want to argue with Duke Xie. The right and wrong will be determined by the saint."
After leaving these words behind, Shen Xihe took the gold medal and walked away hoping for a short life.
This time she took the initiative to enter the palace, and met Hongyu who was waiting for her in the palace. Zhenzhu walked towards Hongyu, Shen Xihe brought Biyu and Moyu into the palace, and Duke Xie and Yuan were both brought into the palace.
She had basically done what she was supposed to do. She had openly searched the Mansion of Duke Xie and taken away the two heads of the Mansion to keep them here with His Majesty.
The rest will be left to Xiao Huayong. If King Xun escapes again this time, she will question Xiao Huayong's ability.
"Your Majesty, I don't know why the imperial gold medal is in the palace. Just as the princess said, I have no grudges against you." Xie Ji immediately knelt down and presented it to Emperor Youning. "And the imperial gold medal is only held by you in the world. It is useless for me to steal it."
"Everyone in Kyoto naturally knows that the gold medal belongs to the princess." When Tao Zhuanxian heard that Shen Xihe led his troops into Duke Xie's mansion, he immediately went to the palace to ask for an audience, ready to fight for his granddaughter at any time. Even if it was unreasonable, he would still argue with some reason, "Once you leave Kyoto, it will be of great use."
Local officials didn't care who the gold medal originally belonged to. They only knew that the imperial gold medal was real and they followed orders.
This is like the emperor himself coming, how dare they neglect it? Even if they misbelieve and do the wrong thing, they can't be blamed, because the person who lost the gold medal will be held responsible.
Xie Ji choked: "Your Majesty, the Xie family has been heroes for generations, and I have no second thoughts!"
"You just said that there is no gold medal in Xie's house?" Tao Zhuanxian said again, "Didn't you find the gold medal in your Xie's house? Now you say you have no second thoughts. Your heart is in your body. How can we know if you have second thoughts?"
Shen Xihe pulled it gently. Her grandfather was indeed worthy of being the Imperial Censor.
"Your Majesty, I have never stolen the princess's gold medal." Xie Ji could only kowtow deeply, and everyone could hear the crisp sound.
Emperor Youning looked at Xie Ji and said nothing. Instead, he turned to look at Shen Xihe and said, "Zhaoning, was the imperial gold medal really stolen by Duke Xie?"
Facing the emperor's unfathomable eyes, Shen Xihe said calmly: "Your Majesty, the imperial gold medal should not have been stolen by Duke Xie."
Everyone was slightly surprised; they didn't expect Shen Xihe to say that.
"Since it was not stolen by Duke Xie, why did the imperial gold medal end up in the Xie family ancestral hall?" asked Emperor Youning.
"You have to ask Duke Xie about this." Shen Xihe glanced at Duke Xie who was still bowing his head to the ground. "Your Majesty should know that Zhaoning is getting healthier day by day, thanks to a doctor. This doctor is none other than Doctor Qi who broke off relations with Duke Xie and changed his surname to take his mother's. If it weren't for saving Zhaoning, Doctor Qi would never have come to Kyoto, this sad place, again.