coobybook Chapter 200 The evidence is conclusive
Chapter 200 The evidence is conclusive
Three days later, General He Yi returned to the palace with serious injuries and a stack of so-called evidence.
The emperor carefully looked over the letters he brought back, his eyes gradually turning cold.
He Yi covered the injured area with a painful expression and reported Nie Changyuan's condition to the emperor.
"I found these letters under General Nie's bed, ahem."
The emperor quickly read the envelope and handed it to the eunuch beside him: "Where is he? Why didn't he come back with you?"
"General Nie said that the late emperor had agreed to his resignation and hoped that the emperor would let him stay in Qinshan to retire for the sake of the late emperor.
In addition, he admitted to having a private affair with the princess of the enemy country, saying that although they maintained this relationship through letters, it did not involve the slightest bit of family and national affairs.
I hope the Emperor will show leniency to him in consideration of his contributions in assisting the late Emperor and establishing the Nanyao Kingdom."
He Yi knelt on the ground, blood oozing from the corners of his mouth.
The emperor felt nervous, but even more angry: "You wanted to take him back, and he beat you like this?"
He Yi didn't answer, but his silence was deafening.
The emperor slammed his palm on the table in anger, murderous intent swirling in his eyes: "I am not even dead yet, and someone is already disregarding my imperial edict. Come here!"
He called the guards in a stern voice, but before he could give any orders, Chen Ye rushed in.
"Your Highness." He knelt down and bowed, then quickly went to He Yi's side.
"Commander He, how did you get injured like this?"
He asked while turning his head to look at the emperor: "Your Majesty, Commander He is very skilled. He was beaten like this even with his soldiers. This shows how powerful Nie Changyuan is.
Now he has disobeyed the imperial order and refused to return to the palace to face punishment. If he is allowed to go unpunished, he will surely become a grave threat to our country in the future."
The emperor sat down on the dragon throne angrily, looking at him with deep and unfathomable eyes.
"What do you think should be done?"
The question he asked was very meaningful, because the way these people sang in unison made him feel like he was being led by the nose.
Xiao Mo has made many military achievements in recent years. At present, it seems that these people want to use Nie Changyuan to deal with her.
If Chen Ye's answer contained any words to deal with Xiao Mo, then he would have to think deeply about the authenticity of Nie Changyuan's matter.
Chen Ye knelt on one knee on the ground, his back straight with a look of righteous indignation.
"In my opinion, since Nie Changyuan is unwilling to come back and has committed such a heinous crime,
Then the Emperor will send 10,000 elite soldiers to capture him. Once captured, there's no need to bring him back to the imperial city. To prevent him from escaping, it's best to execute him right there."
The emperor raised an eyebrow and looked at him: "Isn't it too much to use ten thousand elite soldiers to capture one person?"
"Nie Changyuan's skills are unpredictable, and we don't know if he has any accomplices, so to be on the safe side, it would be better for Your Majesty to send more people."
Chen Ye lowered his head and waited quietly for the emperor's reply.
The emperor's eyes moved slightly, and the light under his eyelashes flashed abnormally, and his unfathomable gaze moved back and forth between the two of them.
"Xiao Mo is his disciple. Do you think she knows about this?"
Chen Ye glanced at He Yi and replied respectfully, "That's hard to say, but it's not difficult to find out. The Emperor can summon her to the palace for questioning immediately."
Xiao Mo once used her life to protect the people of Western Xinjiang from foreign invasion.
In the emperor's opinion, she might not know about Nie Changyuan's affairs.
But this matter is of great importance. He cannot rely on his feelings alone. He has to see the results with his own eyes to feel at ease.
"Someone, come! Summon Xiao Mo to the audience immediately."
At Prince Chen's Mansion, when Qi Minxiu saw that all the guards guarding inside and outside the mansion had retreated, he knew that there was already news in the palace.
He put down what he was holding and just as he went out, he ran into Ling Su who came back in a hurry to report the situation to him.
"Your Highness, there is news. He Yi brought back a bunch of evidence from Qinshan, saying that it is the correspondence between General Nie and the princess of the enemy country.
Also, He Yi wanted to bring General Nie back, but the general refused and beat He Yi severely.
The Emperor was furious and had already sent for General Xiao to be brought into the palace for questioning."
Qi Minxiu walked faster and faster, and Ling Su could only jog to keep up with him.
"Have you got your horses ready?"
"It's ready, at the gate of the mansion."
In the palace, Xiao Mo followed the eunuch who led the way and had already roughly learned the whole story.
She didn't believe that her master had anything to do with the princess of an enemy country, and she didn't believe that he would beat someone up and seriously injure them.
In her opinion, this was all a conspiracy and someone was trying to frame them.
Fortunately, the emperor still thought of summoning her to the palace to question her, otherwise he would have secretly sent someone to kill her master without her knowing.
In the hall, when Xiao Mo entered, she happened to see the guards helping the injured He Yi out.
They passed each other, and He Yi turned his head to look at her, his gaze lingering on her face for a moment.
The moment Xiao Mo looked at him, she could tell from his eyes that there was definitely something wrong with him.
Chen Ye turned sideways and nodded to Xiao Mo with a smile as a small gesture of courtesy.
Xiao Mo walked past him, glanced at him coldly, came to the emperor, knelt down and saluted.
The emperor raised his hand to signal her to stand up. Without beating around the bush, he told her directly what He Yi had reported.
She frowned and knelt down again: "Your Majesty, please understand. My master would never hit anyone. There must be some misunderstanding."
"General Xiao is wrong. Everyone has different attitudes towards their relatives and outsiders.
When General Nie was young, he was prone to fighting at the slightest disagreement, but you just haven't seen it."
Chen Ye refuted her seriously with a faint smile on his lips.
Xiao Mo tilted her head and glared at him fiercely: "Master, even if you don't agree with me, you will start a fight. I am still a reasonable person.
Maybe he took action because someone framed him or made him angry?"
The emperor was stunned by her words. It seemed that he had never thought of words like framed and wronged.
Looking back at the discussion about Nie Changyuan in the court a few days ago, it seems as if all this was arranged by someone.
"But it's true that he secretly had an affair with the princess of an enemy kingdom and disobeyed the emperor's orders by refusing to return to court, right?
Any one of these charges would be enough to get him killed several times over, General Xiao, what do you think?"
Chen Ye, standing one meter away from her on the left, refuted her words again.
Xiao Mo sneered and looked away from him with disdain.
"I haven't even seen the person, and the emperor has never seen my teacher's handwriting, so who knows if those letters are forged?
Another thing is, we can't just listen to He Yi's words about the master beating people.
What if he was deliberately provoking me or his way of expressing himself was inappropriate? After all, he brought the troops with him, didn't he? "
Chen Ye was stunned by what she said and immediately couldn't think of how to refute her.