Chapter 1621

"Your Highness, be careful with your words! Regarding the safety of Imperial Consort Xiao and the safety of the Prince's mansion, I will naturally report to His Majesty and let His Majesty decide. I cannot promise Your Highness anything for the time being, so I ask Your Highness to be understanding."

Sun Daojing was unclear about Emperor Yuanding's attitude.

If the poisoning was instructed by the palace, if he accepted the case, it would be equivalent to offending the palace.

In any case, he would test the Emperor's attitude before making plans.

Prince Ning could play the drama of crying, making a scene, and threatening to hang himself, so he was clearly not an easy person to dismiss.

It was impossible to appease him with just one sentence.

He sneered, "As the victim, I come to your Ministry of Justice to report the case, and your Ministry of Justice pushes it away; what is the reason? Is it that you all are certain I am about to die, so you are too lazy to spend effort?"

"Your Highness, stop talking nonsense; Your Highness is in good health and will surely live a long life."

Sun Daojing had a headache.

He was not good at arguing with people and was clumsy with words.

Yet he couldn't use power to suppress people and drive them out of the office.

The other party was a Prince, and he was only the Minister of Justice.

Let someone come and save his life.

Suddenly, a flash of inspiration, and he thought of someone. Perhaps it could work.

He hurriedly ordered the servant, "Go and invite Jiang Jiang Yucheng Chen. Say it's an emergency, waiting for him to save my life!"

The servant didn't know the reason and only knew how to obey orders. He rushed to the Heavenly Prison and started urging Chen Guanlou as soon as he saw him.

"Emergency, waiting for Jiang Jiang Yucheng Chen to save a life, hurry, hurry, hurry!"

Chen Guanlou:...

He was drinking tea and singing, when Sun Daojing's servant suddenly ran over to disturb his peace.

"Did something happen?"

"Prince Ning is making a scene at the Ministry of Justice, and my lord can't handle it, so I ask Jiang Jiang Yucheng Chen to hurry to the Ministry of Justice to help my lord resolve the siege."

"There are hundreds of people in the Ministry of Justice, could it be that they are all useless?" Chen Guanlou's tone was very disdainful.

The servant was anxious and didn't know how to argue, "I only listen to my lord's orders, so I ask Jiang Jiang Yucheng Chen to make it convenient."

"Fine! I'll go with you."

If there's excitement not to watch, I'm a bastard.

He was very curious about how Prince Ning was making a scene at the Ministry of Justice, to the point that Sun Daojing had to invite him as external aid.

Rushing to the Ministry of Justice, Prince Ning was throwing a tantrum, talking about dying with every breath. The two Vice Ministers couldn't persuade him, and Minister Sun had a blue face and didn't want to speak.

As for the other officials of the Ministry of Justice, they were not qualified to step forward to persuade, fearing that Prince Ning would give them a heavy blow and they would suffer in vain!

It involved the Imperial House, and it was too late to hide, so no one would take the initiative to join the battlefield.

Chen Guanlou, as the invited external aid, was entrusted with a heavy responsibility as soon as he appeared.

Others didn't dare to take action, but Chen Guanlou had no scruples and directly pressed the rowdy Prince Ning onto the chair.

Prince Ning was furious and wanted to get up, but found he couldn't move.

He wanted to scold people, but found he couldn't make a sound.

He was so anxious... he could only express his anger with fire-breathing eyes.

"Can you speak properly now?" Chen Guanlou asked.

Seeing that the other party was still breathing fire, he laughed, "It seems Your Highness still needs some time to calm down."

Sun Daojing reminded him in a low voice, "Don't go too far!"

Chen Guanlou sneered, "Old Sun, don't be so hypocritical. Before you called me here, you should have anticipated this scene. Now you are pretending to be kind in front of His Highness, putting me on the fire to roast; do you have a clear conscience doing this? Your Highness, do you agree with what I said?"

Sun Daojing was so angry his heart was rising.

He knew it would be this situation.

Chen Guanlou was a double-edged sword, hurting outsiders and his own people. If the other party wasn't happy, no one would be happy.

"At least give me some face." He reminded in a low voice.

Chen Guanlou chuckled, "Face can't be eaten or drunk; in front of His Highness, no one should want face today. Does Your Highness want to speak? Fine, you can speak now."

"You, you, you..." Prince Ning found he could really speak, feeling both excited, angry, and fearful, "Unreasonable! Chen Guanlou, I know you, who allowed you to treat me like this? This is great disrespect! You will be punished."

"Does Your Highness want to punish me?" Chen Guanlou smiled, his tone teasing.

Prince Ning stammered, "I won't punish you, you let me go first."

He couldn't move his whole body, which was truly stifling.

"If Your Highness promises not to make a scene and not to seek death, I will let you go. A reminder, I am a Ninth-Rank martial artist; in the huge Ministry of Justice, besides me, no one can save Your Highness."

Chen Guanlou reminded him kindly, but in the ears of others, it was clearly a threat.

Prince Ning gritted his teeth, "Fine, I won't make a scene, everything is negotiable."

"That's good! What Your Highness seeks is nothing more than justice. What Minister Sun seeks is nothing more than peace! There is no conflict of interest between you, so why fight to the death and benefit the culprit? Am I right?"

Chen Guanlou looked left and right, seemingly seeking opinions from both sides.

Prince Ning was finally able to move, got up and moved his hands and feet, and said angrily: "The key is that I seek justice, but no one can give it to me. As one of the six ministries, I report a case, and the Ministry of Justice refuses to accept it; this is clearly dereliction of duty!"

"I didn't say I wouldn't accept the case. I just said that I need to seek the opinion of the palace first."

"What does my case have to do with the palace? Could it be that Minister Sun subconsciously thinks that Mother's poisoning has something to do with the palace?" Prince Ning smiled, his tone sarcastic, clearly digging a hole to bury people.

Sun Daojing took a deep breath, suppressing the irritability and anger in his heart, "Your Highness misunderstood! Regarding Imperial Consort Xiao, such a big thing, it should be reported to the palace first according to emotion and reason. The Ministry of Justice cannot act arbitrarily! I hope Your Highness will be understanding."

Seeing both sides at daggers drawn, neither willing to obey the other, neither willing to compromise, Chen Guanlou simply said: "Minister Sun, why don't you and Prince Ning enter the palace now."

Sun Daojing glanced at Prince Ning, "I have no opinion, I just don't know what Your Highness thinks."

Prince Ning sneered, "Once the complaint is accepted, I will enter the palace to see the Emperor with Minister Sun."

Sun Daojing was dissatisfied, "Which office should handle this case must be decided by the Emperor."

"I only recognize the Ministry of Justice!" Prince Ning looked like he wouldn't listen to anything.

Sun Daojing was furious and gave Chen Guanlou a wink.

Chen Guanlou simply stepped forward and hugged Prince Ning's shoulder.

Prince Ning was furious and couldn't believe it.

Such great guts!

How could there be such a reckless person in the world, daring to defy heaven and not knowing life or death!

He was a dignified Prince, even if he fell, his status and position were there, and everyone, regardless of what they thought in their hearts, had to be respectful on the surface.

No one dared to step forward to hug his shoulder, especially without his permission.

Even those brothers of his, because he was the eldest son, didn't dare to be presumptuous in front of him.

He had grown up to this age, and this was the first time he had experienced the treatment of being hugged on the shoulder.

It could be called a miracle!

He opened his mouth to scold, but didn't expect the other party to take the lead, looking like brothers, "Your Highness has been arguing in the Ministry of Justice for so long without making a name for yourself. Why not go out for a drink with me to relax, and I'll help you think of a way."