Chapter 838

At this time, Li Long stepped forward from outside the hall, his body straight, his whole body exuding a sharp aura.

But when he saw Gao Yang, his tiger-like body clearly trembled.

Gao Yang looked at Li Long with deep meaning, a smile rising at the corner of his mouth.

"Commander Li, now the Second Princess of Great Chu slanders the Prime Minister for colluding with Great Chu and smuggling armor and weapons. The court knows that Commander Li is fair; you will make a trip to the Prime Minister's residence and search it thoroughly; you must restore the Prime Minister's innocence!"

Gao Yang spoke slowly, his voice suddenly resounding through the Jin Luandian.

The hundred officials heard no problem with these words, but for Li Long, the amount of information was immense.

Fair!

Search thoroughly!

Restore the Prime Minister's innocence!

Li Long said with a stern face, "Your Majesty, Lord Gao, rest assured, this subject has always been fair; I will surely search the Prime Minister's residence thoroughly, never letting go of a corrupt official, but also never wronging a good person!"

Xu Xuanji breathed a sigh of relief.

He had always known Li Long's reputation; he was famously upright and simple in his ways; he could at least be at ease.

Li Long strode down.

Soon, the Great Princess of Chu, Chu Ningyu, stepped into the hall; when she saw Chu Qingluan, her beautiful eyes immediately turned red.

Chu Qingluan's rosy cheeks and her coiled hair all revealed a message.

She immediately looked at Gao Yang fiercely!

This bastard, sooner or later, she would have to skin him!

Gao Yang's slightly threatening gaze fell on Chu Ningyu, and then he began a new round of questioning.

Such framing and slander naturally required acting skills, so Gao Yang used various established threats, from Chu Qingluan to the Chu diplomatic mission, and then to peace between the two countries.

But Chu Ningyu insisted that no one had colluded with Great Chu, but the more Chu Ningyu acted this way, the more it seemed like there was something fishy.

Finally, after Gao Yang threatened her with Chu Qingluan remaining in Great Qian for life, Chu Ningyu began to act.

She gritted her teeth and said, "Animal!"

"Living Yama, you are not human! You are despicable, shameless, and vile!"

These two sentences were spoken clearly and roundly, full of true feelings.

Subsequently, Chu Ningyu looked at Xu Xuanji beside Gao Yang with a face full of guilt, "Xu Xiang, I didn't want to betray you, but the Living Yama threatened me with Qingluan's life; I'm sorry!"

"The person who smuggled weapons and armor to my Great Chu is indeed the Prime Minister, and the Prime Minister even wrote a letter of surrender to my Imperial Father; as long as he breaks through Great Qian, he promises him to be the Emperor of Qian, ceding half the country, and ruling the north and south separately!"

"As long as Your Majesty is willing to release Qingluan, I am willing to write a letter, ordering my Imperial Father to send the Prime Minister's letter of surrender!"

Boom!

Following Chu Ningyu's words, the entire court was shocked; they widened their eyes and looked at Xu Xuanji in disbelief.

"Xu Xiang!"

"It really is the Prime Minister!"

"Animal, I didn't expect the Prime Minister to have defected to the Chu Kingdom, intending to rule the north and south separately and declare himself Emperor!"

"I will state first, although I am a student of the Prime Minister, I was born hating evil; for such a traitor, I think he should be executed to warn others!"

"I am also a student of the Prime Minister; I support executing such a traitor. We scholars are at odds with evil!"

The hundred officials discussed.

Xu Xuanji looked at Chu Ningyu in disbelief, his eyes widening, and then he looked at Gao Yang.

At this moment, what else did he not understand? From the beginning of this morning's court session, this game had started targeting him!

Gao Yang, Wu Zhao, Chu Qingluan, Chu Ningyu—these people had colluded long ago!

This Living Yama was trying to kill him!

The Jin Luandian exploded, the sound echoing constantly.

Bang!

Wu Zhao slapped the table and said angrily, "Xu Xiang, you have disregarded my trust in you; I didn't expect you to betray me!"

Wu Zhao looked pained, her slender fingertips pointing at Xu Xuanji.

Xu Xuanji was also panicked, a layer of fine cold sweat seeping from his forehead, and he hurriedly said, "Your Majesty, based solely on the words of Great Chu, this is not enough to be believed! It is clear that someone is framing your subject and wants my life!"

Xu Xuanji gritted his teeth, his eyes staring fixedly at Gao Yang, the meaning self-evident.

Gao Yang nodded and said, "Your Majesty, your subject also feels that the Prime Minister is wronged!"

But at this time.

Li Long strode in from outside the hall; he knelt on one knee and said, "Reporting to Your Majesty, this subject has searched the Prime Minister's residence and found a large amount of gold and jewelry of unknown origin; the quantity is simply staggering!"

"It has all been sealed!"

As soon as these words were spoken.

The hundred officials seemed to explode.

If Censor Li's attack was only the first sword and not fatal, then the subsequent swords almost all stabbed into Xu Xuanji's heart.

Xu Xuanji looked at the righteous-looking Li Long in disbelief.

"A large amount of gold and jewelry of unknown origin; Commander Li, when you say this, does your heart not hurt?"

But before Xu Xuanji could clutch his chest and retreat, Gao Yang was the first to clutch his chest and retreat continuously.

He pointed at Xu Xuanji, as if he couldn't believe it.

"Xu Xiang, you... you... this official trusted you so much and wanted to restore your innocence, but you actually made this official lose so miserably!"

"This official was truly mistaken!"

Gao Yang's voice echoed in the Jin Luandian; Xu Xuanji's old eyes widened, and he stared fixedly at Gao Yang.

In this world, the person who wrongs you knows better than you how wronged you are!

Even if Gao Yang returned and didn't say he had returned, then it should be Xu Xuanji's turn to die; he wouldn't be this uncomfortable.

But Gao Yang insisted on saying it.

And now he was shouting about betraying trust!

Damn it!

Xu Xuanji clutched his chest, a mouthful of blood flowing backward and spraying out.

Pfft!

Bright red blood splashed across the hall.

"Living Yama, you..."

Xu Xuanji clutched his chest, pointing at Gao Yang.

"This official knows the guilt in your heart, but Xu Xiang, vomiting blood is useless, and pointing at this official is even more useless!"

"With both human and material evidence present, no matter how big this official is, I am not bigger than justice!"

"Xu Xiang, as the Prime Minister of Great Qian, thinking back to those years, with a feather fan and silk scarf, a talented scholar of Great Qian, able to govern the country with literature and handle jade with martial arts, trusted by Your Majesty, holding the position of Prime Minister, you were the head of the hundred officials!"

"You are confused!"

Pfft!