The legitimate daughter is reborn and the fake Bai Lian is completely panicked

High up in the throne, Emperor Ren De’s face was almost twisted with anger.

He looked down at the trembling King Qi who was kneeling on the ground below, and shouted angrily: "I ask you, was Miss Wen murdered by the concubine in the mansion?"

"Say!"

The angry shout startled all the civil and military officials in the court.

The emperor was furious, and all the court officials held their breath, fearing that they would be the ones to suffer the consequences.

The King of Qi trembled, and when he looked up, he met the cold eyes of Emperor Ren De.

He trembled and said, "Yes."

Emperor Ren De sneered, "A concubine dares to cut the flesh of the principal wife for medicine. How could she do this if you didn't condone her?"

"Is it possible that the Great Yan Kingdom is going to be disrupted?"

He sat back in his chair, narrowing his eyes and staring at King Qi.

"The King of Qi abused his power, embezzled the military pay of the soldiers on the frontier, favored his concubine and killed his wife, and allowed his concubines to kill the original King of Qi's wife. He was arrogant, extravagant, and licentious, and behaved improperly."

"You have disappointed the government and the public. Effective immediately, you will be dismissed from your post as the Left Vice Minister of the Ministry of War, your engagement with the Shen family will be cancelled, you will be demoted to a commoner, and exiled to the Beiling Territory. Without the emperor's order, you are not allowed to return to Yanjing!"

A bone-chilling voice was heard, and the King of Qi fell to the ground, shaking all over, and kowtowed hard.

"Father, Father, I don't want to go to Beiling! I was wrong, please forgive me, Father, please have mercy!"

"Father, please have mercy!"

The heart-wrenching sound echoed throughout the court and the country.

Several soldiers came in from outside, helped the King of Qi, whose head was covered in blood, up from the ground, and dragged him out of the hall.

The atmosphere in the hall was so oppressive that it was hard to breathe.

The prince stood in the crowd, his eyes drooping and he said nothing. He was usually close to the King of Qi and was afraid that this matter would bring him into trouble.

Besides, apart from him and the King of Qi, no one else knew about the fact that the King of Qi embezzled military funds. So who leaked this information?

If an ordinary official were to commit the serious crime of embezzling military funds, he would be beheaded.

Now, Emperor Ren De only exiled the King of Qi to Beiling, which was considered merciful to him.

After the King of Qi was taken away, Emperor Ren De, who was in a high position, set his eyes on Lord Liu, the Minister of War.

"Minister of War, although you have made meritorious reports, you did not govern your subordinates strictly and ultimately failed in your duties. You will be fined half a year's salary."

The Minister of War, Lord Liu, immediately came out from among the civil and military officials and knelt on the ground: "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your grace."

Emperor Rende said impatiently: "Let's leave the court."

"Retreat!"

As the eunuch's loud voice rang out, all the civil and military officials in the court finally breathed a sigh of relief.

The emperor's eyes fell on Murong Che, and he said in a deep voice: "Prince Rui, Crown Prince, follow me to the imperial study."

Murong Che frowned, looking nonchalant.

In the Royal Study Room of the Imperial Palace.

Emperor Ren De sat on a chair, put the memorial in his hand on the table, and his eyes fell on Murong Che who was leaning lazily on the chair.

"Prince Rui, why don't you express your opinion on the matter concerning the Prince of Qi?"

Murong Che played with the teacup in his hand and smiled wickedly: "Father has issued an order, can I, your son, still refute it?"

"Now, I don't have that ability."

"However, I still feel that Father is too merciful."

"How many soldiers on the frontiers were hungry because of the lack of military pay? How many soldiers died on the battlefield? I'm afraid my father has never counted them."

"That's right. Father has never fought on the battlefield, so he doesn't know how dangerous it is."

There was a lot of unruliness and arrogance in his tone.

Emperor Ren De squinted his eyes and looked at Murong Che. He knew his son's temperament.

No one in Yanjing City dares to mess with him, but he is also a law-abiding person.

"So what do you think?"

Murong Che curled his lips slightly, picked up the teacup on the table casually, and took a sip.

He laughed, very wickedly.

"Of course, behead them and offer condolences to the souls of the soldiers who died on the frontier."

"As for the concubines in the mansion, they should be torn into pieces by five horses or torn apart by a chariot."

"Well... it would be best to gouge out the eyes, cut off the nose, and pull out the tendons of the hands and feet. Hang the body on the city wall until it dries and stinks, so as to serve as a warning to others."

After saying those playful words, Emperor Ren De shook his sleeves impatiently.

“That’s all.”

"You have been an adult for two years now, and you are not young anymore. It is time to choose a princess for you."

Murong Che sneered, full of evil spirit: "Oh, father, are you so kind to choose a princess for your son?"

"If you can give me half of the three thousand beauties in my father's harem, I might consider it."

"Ridiculous!" the emperor was furious and stood up from his chair.

He angrily said: "Murong Che, I am your father, how dare you speak to me like this!"

Murong Che also stood up from his seat and laughed wildly, "Father, please don't be angry. Anger makes you age faster."

"I am here, but I am in your eyesore. I will leave now!"

After saying this, Murong Che left the imperial study without mercy and without looking back.

The emperor looked at his back as he left and threw the memorial on the table to the ground. "This stinky boy is going to piss me off to death!"

At this moment, the prince who was sitting in his seat slowly stood up and walked over to comfort Emperor Ren De.

"Father, my brother is like this. He doesn't listen to anyone but Grandpa."

On the surface it was a consolation, but in reality it meant that Emperor Ren De was not as important as the emperor in Murong Che's heart.

Emperor Ren De sat back on the dragon chair and looked at the prince.

"Jing'er, what do you think about your third brother's situation?"

The prince said: "Since the emperor has issued an order, we will naturally follow his will."

"However, Father sent him to Beiling naturally to give Third Brother a chance to reform."

The emperor was silent for a moment, then asked in a deep voice: "Is this the answer you gave?"

The prince nodded: "Whatever the emperor says, that's what it is. I will naturally obey the emperor's will."

Emperor Ren De looked unhappy.

Obviously, the prince did not think further and just said something to please him.

He said in a deep voice: "Forget it, Jing'er, you can go back too. I'm tired."

Murong Jing frowned slightly. Could it be that he was wrong?

Seeing that Emperor Ren De looked unhappy, he could only bow.

"I'll go down first."

……

At this moment, Shen Mi, who was still in the Imperial Garden, saw Concubine De, dressed in gorgeous clothes, being supported by several palace maids, hurriedly heading towards the Imperial study.

Then he knew that the King of Qi was probably punished.

Then the engagement with Shen Li should also be cancelled, right?

In her previous life, she married into the Eastern Palace and accidentally learned from the Crown Prince that the King of Qi had embezzled military pay, and many soldiers on the border died on the battlefield due to a lack of food.

Later, Shen Li was bullied by a concubine in the Prince of Qi's mansion. She went home to complain to her and let the prince of Qi embezzle military pay slip out of her mouth.

Shen Li didn't know about it at first, but she became suspicious when she saw the extravagant food, clothing and other expenses of the King of Qi's concubines. Finally, she found out when she overheard the conversation between the two.

Now that the King of Qi has behaved like this, it can be considered that he is getting retribution for his evil deeds.

He intended to defile Shen Li, and in his previous life he colluded with the concubines in the mansion to kill Shen Li. This was retribution in this life.

However, she still had to find a way to get the secret about the prince out of the King of Qi.

Thinking of this, Shen Mi grabbed her dress and slowly walked out of the palace.

After walking for a while and passing the corner of Renhe Hall, Shen Mi suddenly felt a darkness in front of his eyes.

She subconsciously raised her eyes and saw an obscene man, about 40 or 50 years old, staring at her.

The man had a rat-like face and a hunched back. His eyes were cloudy and cunning, and when he grinned, you could see a few buck teeth.

The man stared at her with a lustful look on his face.

This person was none other than Prince Xin.

Then, Old Chen's familiar voice fell into Shen Mi's ears.

"Miss Shen, how are you?"

Shen Mi unconsciously shrank back, clenched his fists, and knelt down immediately.

"Greetings to His Royal Highness Prince Xin."