After understanding the thoughts of animals, I became more successful in escaping famine!

Li Yu Niang looked very embarrassed. She didn't expect to witness such a scene.

She raised the thing in her hand to her eyes and looked aside: "Am I disturbing you? You continue, I will go down first..."

Before Song Wanning could shout, Li Yu Niang had already run out and considerately closed the door for them.

"It's all your fault. You scared Yu Niang!"

Song Wanning blamed Yun Che unhappily, staring at him with her round eyes.

Yun Che thought she was adorable, and he lowered his head to kiss her eyebrows. Song Wanning subconsciously closed her eyes.

"Stop making trouble. We have to hurry on our way soon. Don't make them wait anxiously." Song Wanning pushed him.

Sure enough, as soon as he finished speaking, he heard Lei Ting talking loudly outside.

"General, why haven't you gotten up yet? It's already so late. Are you tired from the long journey? General, are you okay?"

The veins on Yun Che’s forehead jumped. He clearly heard that Lei Ting was yelling so loudly on purpose.

Song Wanning laughed out loud: "Look, I let you act silly, and you got laughed at, right?"

The two of them then got dressed and washed up and went outside to eat with everyone else.

During the morning court session that day, officials standing in the Prime Minister Xu Wuzhi's camp continued to report on Yun Che's affairs.

“Your Majesty, Yun Che is getting closer and closer to the capital. If we don’t seize the opportunity to capture him, he will definitely cause more trouble. The border has just been pacified, and it is time to recuperate. The people can’t stand another shock, Your Majesty!”

The Minister of Personnel knelt on the ground, crying with every word he spoke, and he was determined to ask the emperor to order the arrest of Yun Che.

All civil and military officials in the court were originally led by the prime minister, who was the head of all officials. However, in order to check and balance the prime minister, the late emperor established the position of Minister of Personnel, whose duties mostly overlapped with those of the prime minister.

The previous Minister of Personnel was dismissed and investigated due to the scheme of Prime Minister Xu Wuzhi. The current one was promoted by him, so he will naturally obey his orders.

The emperor sat on a high throne, looking at the officials kneeling below through the pearl curtain in front of his forehead, not wanting to pay any attention to them.

Yun Che's trip back to the capital was not a big deal, but rather a low-key one. The Minister of Personnel knew Yun Che's itinerary so clearly, so he must have sent many people to keep an eye on him along the way.

Although most of the officials in the court were controlled by Xu Wuzhi, there were still some who adhered to their duties and refused to be involved in corruption with him.

"The Minister of State also said that the border turmoil had just been quelled. General Yun had made great military achievements. He should be welcomed and admired by thousands of people when he returned to the capital. The Minister of State was so anxious to convict General Yun, don't you feel guilty and uneasy?!"

“It is a fact that Yun Che colluded with the leader of the Barbarian Country and committed treason. Convicting him is the only way to be responsible to the people of the world and to put their hearts at ease! The Minister is so protective of Yun Che, could it be that he is secretly colluding with him?” The Minister of Personnel snorted coldly and began to throw dirty water on him.

"Whoever is secretly forming a clique and maliciously colluding, everyone knows it in their heart!"

"you!"

"Enough!" Xu Wuzhi stood up at this time and said in a lukewarm tone.

The Minister of Personnel indeed shut up, and the Vice Minister turned away, looking angry and disdainful.

“Your Majesty, as the saying goes, it is better to kill a hundred people by mistake than to let one go. Yun Che holds the military power, and the size of the Yun family army is growing. The defense forces in the capital are far from being able to reach them. If Yun Che really wants to rebel, we will not be able to react or fight back in a moment.”

"The only solution now is to arrest him. As for the charges, we will investigate thoroughly afterwards. If it is true that General Yun has been slandered, I am willing to take all the responsibility. For the sake of the people of the world, I am willing to be the person who is criticized and insulted by the world. As long as I can eliminate hidden dangers for the emperor and the people, I will not hesitate to die!"

Xu Wuzhi finished speaking with tears in his eyes and knelt down.

As long as Yun Che was arrested, wouldn't it be easy to prove that he was collaborating with the enemy and committing treason? By then, he would definitely defeat Yun Che and not give him the slightest chance to turn things around.

His followers also knelt down one after another, and the emperor was so angry that he kept coughing.

"Ah...are you forcing me?!"

Chunzhi hurried forward and patted the emperor on the back to calm him down: "Your Majesty, don't be angry, don't be angry."

After the emperor calmed down, he waved to Chunzhi and asked him to leave.

“I have seen Yun Che’s loyalty and I have kept it in my heart. The crime of going to the Barbarian Country and making peace with the Barbarian leader must be punished, but it will have to wait until Yun Che returns. This matter will not be discussed further. If there is nothing else to report, then I will adjourn the court!”

The people below looked at each other in bewilderment, and then cried out in a long, mournful voice: "Your Majesty, please think twice!"

The emperor sneered, stood up and left.

Chunzhi hurried forward and shouted, "Withdraw from the court!"

The minister felt relieved, and when he met the Minister of Personnel before leaving, he did not forget to taunt him: "Since you have been an official, I guess you haven't helped the emperor with much worry, otherwise why would the emperor not listen to your advice? Then I am confused, who is the real master of the Minister? Can you see clearly?"

The Minister of Personnel was embarrassed and angry: "You!"

Just then, Xu Wuzhi walked over, stood between the two of them, stopped and glanced at the minister.

The assistant minister lowered his eyes and gestured to him in greeting.

Xu Wuzhi said nothing more and walked away.

The Minister of Personnel felt relieved, shook his sleeves at the Vice Minister, and followed Xu Wuzhi away.

The assistant minister cursed in a low voice: "What are you so proud of, you are just a dog who relies on the power of others?"

On the other side, the emperor went straight back to the imperial study after the court session and flew into a rage: "Did you see it? Did you see it all!?"

He asked Chunzhi, "Just now in the court, they teamed up to force me to agree. If I really compromise and put Yun Che in jail, I'm afraid Yun Che will be forced to commit suicide the next day. Do you really think I don't know their thoughts and methods!?"

Chunzhi nodded and came behind the emperor to massage his back and shoulders: "Your Majesty, take care of yourself and don't get angry."

"Doesn't the Minister of Personnel usually get along with Xu Wuzhi? Why is he standing and talking with Xu Wuzhi today?"

"This..." Chunzhi hesitated to speak.

"If you have anything to say, say it quickly! Don't hide it from me." The emperor was angry, and his tone was not very good.

"I just heard that although the Shangshu and Xu didn't communicate much in the court, they had a very good relationship in private. Before Shangshu entered the Spring Examination, he was a student of Xu."

"What a Xu Wuzhi! He stretched his hands so far that they even reached the imperial examination. It seems that I was too kind to him in the beginning." After hearing this, the emperor became even angrier.

"I heard about it too. After all, Lord Xu is the head of all officials. It is normal for him to have some connection with every official."