After three years of slavery, the entire mansion begged me for forgiveness

Xiao Heng quickly followed the guards and left. When he returned to the imperial study, an incense stick of time had passed.

The emperor was reviewing the memorials. He looked up at Xiao Heng and said coldly, "Didn't the prime minister let you take a few more hits?"

Xiao Heng stepped forward and knelt on the ground, then said, "He knew what the emperor meant, so he naturally didn't dare to ask for it."

Hearing this, the emperor snorted coldly, "Then tell me, what do I mean?"

Xiao Heng knelt with his back straight, "The emperor specially asked the prime minister to watch the execution to let the prime minister know that the emperor is not biased, but I am the emperor's man, so he still needs to be more discerning."

"You bastard!"

The emperor threw the pen in his hand on the table. "You are so reckless just because I love you?! Let me ask you, besides the Prime Minister's Mansion, in which other mansions have you placed spies?"

Hearing this, Xiao Heng's brows sank slightly, but he still reported truthfully, "Anyone above the third rank, all of them."

Upon hearing this, the emperor was so shocked that he stood up from the dragon throne.

He walked quickly to Xiao Heng, pointed at his nose, then retracted his hand, paced back and forth for a while, and then shouted, "You are so bold! What are you going to do by stretching your hand so far? Do you know that if you do this, I can directly hold your entire Xiao family accountable!"

Xiao Heng naturally knew it.

He had placed spies in various government offices and had gathered leverage over countless people, which was equivalent to holding the lifeline of most of the court in his hands.

It is a small matter to gather information, but at the critical moment, even if it costs one's life, it is not a big deal.

If other people knew that Xiao Heng had done such a thing, the impeachment memorials would probably pile up like a mountain, and the emperor would have no choice but to punish the Xiao family!

Yet, Xiao Heng actually answered truthfully!

The emperor was furious.

But Xiao Heng lowered his eyes and looked at the shoes on his hands, then said, "I had no choice but to do this. Your Majesty, have you forgotten that the Xiao family almost died five years ago?"

That year, the military power in Xiao He's hands became a huge piece of fat meat, and the civil and military officials in the court seemed to have joined hands to tear the Xiao family into pieces and divide them up.

How could he forget the miserable situation of the Xiao family that year?

Therefore, the first thing he did after returning victoriously was to slowly place his own spies.

But he didn't ask for anything else. He just hoped that if what happened five years ago happened again, he would at least get the news in advance so that he could respond.

The emperor naturally knew the intention of Xiao Heng's action. What made him angry at the moment was not that Xiao Heng held the lifeline of most of the court, but that he had exposed the fact that he had spies so easily.

"Since you know how serious this is, why are you so impulsive today?"

Since the emperor could guess at once that Xiao Heng had planted spies in the prime minister's residence, how could the prime minister not think of it?

Maybe this memorial will be delivered to this desk tomorrow!

Xiao Heng didn't respond.

His lowered eyes flickered slightly.

Are you impulsive today?

Xiao Heng thought that if he came here rationally, it would indeed be impulsive.

It was not easy to place a spy in the Prime Minister's Mansion. It took him a whole year to find a smart one and successfully put him in.

Now, just for a woman, he has exposed his spies. Maybe the prime minister will use this as an opportunity to dig deeper and dig out all the roots.

At that time, failure would be a small matter, but as the emperor said, making the entire Xiao family guilty would be a big deal!

Can you regret it?

Of course not.

His rationality had already made him wrong once three years ago, so he certainly couldn't make the same mistake again this time!

Seeing that he didn't say anything, the emperor couldn't help but ask again, "Xiao Heng, Xiao Heng, you are a general of our dynasty, with great military achievements. Don't you want any woman? Now, for the sake of Qiao Nian, you let your years of planning fail. Is it worth it?"

"value."

It was just a short word, spoken without any hesitation.

The emperor's brows sank slightly, and then he raised his eyes and looked outside the imperial study, "Did Lord Qiao hear it?"

Hearing this, Xiao Heng was startled and turned around abruptly to look outside.

He saw the petite figure standing in the corridor, with her hands clasped in front of her, her eyes looking at him, clear and calm, without any emotion.

When he arrived just now, he heard footsteps, but he thought it was just a eunuch or a palace maid.

I didn't expect it would be her.

At this moment, hearing the emperor's question, Qiao Nian slowly walked into the imperial study, knelt down and saluted, "Your humble servant Qiao Nian greets the emperor."

The emperor said calmly, "Get up!"

Having said that, he turned around and returned to sit on his dragon chair, then asked, "Tell me! What happened today?"

Qiao Nian kept looking forward, deliberately avoiding looking at Xiao Heng.

When he heard the emperor ask this, he reported Meng Yingzhi's matter truthfully, "Although I didn't see Wan Zhongcheng committing the crime with my own eyes, I really can't think of anyone else in the whole mansion who dares to insult the eldest grandson's wife in the prime minister's mansion except Wan Zhongcheng."

After hearing what Qiao Nian said, the emperor frowned tightly, "I will arrange two maids to accompany you back to Prince Pingyang's Palace to examine Meng Yingzhi's injuries."

Meng Yingzhi is from the Queen's maternal family, so in fact, he should be Meng Yingzhi's uncle.

Wan Zeyue bullied Meng Yingzhi in this way. Not to mention the Meng family, even he, as his uncle, cannot be forgiven easily!

After saying that, the emperor looked at Xiao Heng again, "So it seems that you can escape this disaster?"

Since the Wan family was at fault first, the prime minister would certainly not dare to make a big move. The matter of planting spies might be able to be resolved in this way, and eventually it would be left unresolved.

Xiao Heng still didn't respond, but subconsciously looked at Qiao Nian.

But Qiao Nian was looking straight ahead, as if she didn't see him.

Then the emperor said, "I will find time to talk to the prime minister about today's matter. You can leave first!"

"yes."

Qiao Nian and Xiao Heng bowed together and turned to leave.

But just as Qiao Nian was about to leave, he heard a gasp beside him.

"hiss!"

It’s Xiao Heng.

Qiao Nian finally couldn't help it and looked over. She saw him holding his waist with one hand, his body slightly bent, his brows furrowed, and his face full of pain.

She heard that he had been tortured and appeared to be seriously injured.

Seeing Qiao Nian stopped, Xiao Heng smiled at her and said, "It's okay."

As he said this, he was about to walk out, but his brows were furrowed more and more, and even his steps became extremely slow and heavy.

Thinking that he was injured because of her after all, Qiao Nian finally stepped forward and supported Xiao Heng.

Xiao Heng looked at Qiao Nian with slight surprise.

Just listen to Qiao Nian saying, "Let's go."

Only then did he go out with Qiao Nian.

The smile on the corner of his mouth became more and more unrestrained and ostentatious where Qiao Nian couldn't see.

Looking at their backs, the eunuch beside the emperor couldn't help but whisper, "I have already told the executioner to be gentle, why is General Xiao still so badly injured?"

Hearing this, the emperor couldn't help but smile and shook his head slightly.

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