"If even a little girl can scare them, then what kind of literati character can we officials of the Jin'an Dynasty have? We will be useless trash laughed at and despised by the enemy in the future!"

The fifth prince was a military man, and it was said that he was a disciple of the old General Pingnan. He was usually impulsive and reckless. If it weren't for the protection of Prince Chen, who knows how much trouble he would have caused.

But they didn't expect that such a reckless person would hit them directly in the sore spot, leaving these literati with no way to refute.

After all, the Fifth Prince was right, they were really afraid, afraid of a young girl who had just come of age.

Although Emperor Qinglong's face did not change, he was very happy in his heart. For the first time, he wondered how this old man could talk so well.

If possible, he really wanted to stand up and say to Lao Wu: If you can speak, just say more. I am here to listen and support you.

Shen Zhikang looked at Ye Xuanke coldly: "Fifth Prince, what you said..."

But Ye Xuanke didn't give him a chance to speak: "What's wrong with what I said? Those who keep saying that Song Yunxi endangers the people of the capital, may I ask if anyone has been injured or killed? Has anyone's life been threatened?"

Not really.

Now even Shen Zhikang was stumped by this question.

"I, the prince, would like to ask you again, are you really worried about the people in the capital, or are you worried about your own life and death?"

Ye Xuanke's eyes swept over the ministers who insisted on executing Song Yunxi with a playful look: "Swear on your wealth and your children and grandchildren, if you lie, your family will be exterminated and your descendants will be cut off!"

No one could have imagined that the Fifth Prince, who usually laughed and joked and was the most talkative among the princes, could actually hit the nail on the head with every word he said.

The court was silent for a while, and no one stood up to answer Ye Xuanke's question.

They didn't dare. They didn't dare to gamble with the life and death, prosperity and decline of their entire clan and the continuation of their family's bloodline.

Seeing this scene, Emperor Qinglong felt extremely satisfied.

Taifu Zhu and General Pingnan and his son snorted in disdain. They all just wanted to use this opportunity to get rid of Song Yunxi. Their ultimate goal was to make the Imperial Preceptor, who had always opposed making the Sixth Prince the Crown Prince, turn against the Emperor. They even had the nerve to speak so righteously. It was a shame for scholars!

Ye Xuanke aimed at Shen Zhikang: "Do you dare to swear, Ning'an Hou's son? If you have ulterior motives, you will not be a human being in this life. The Shen family will be extinct after you, and all the members of the family will not have a good death!"

For some reason, everyone felt that when the Fifth Prince said this to Prince Shen, it seemed as if they had an irreconcilable blood feud.

Rather than asking Master Shen to swear, it was more like what the Fifth Prince wanted to do to Master Shen... no, to the Shen family.

Those ministers who supported Ye Xuanrong's reliance on the Shen family felt a chill down their spines, as if they would be the next people to be treated like this.

Shen Zhikang looked at Ye Xuanke with sinister and fierce eyes, as if he was ready to bite off his neck at any time.

Ye Xuan Ke didn't dare to accept such a vicious oath because he found that he was already somewhat powerless when he was with Song Muxue.

I was clearly as excited as before, but I found that that part of my body was not as excited as before.

He had secretly consulted Doctor Lu, and the result was that there was no problem, but the reality was that he was becoming increasingly powerless.

No one else knew about this matter except him and Doctor Lu, otherwise he would have to worry about whether Ye Xuan Ke knew something.

It was precisely because of this that it was even more impossible for him to accept Ye Xuan Ke’s oath.

Ye Xuanke laughed sarcastically: "It seems that all the gentlemen, including Master Shen, are quite selfish!"

The embarrassment of being exposed by Ye Xuanke ended early in the morning court session, and no one mentioned the execution of Song Yunxi again.

After the court session, Ye Xuanke, who had just spoken righteously in the court, felt his legs go weak and supported Ye Xuanqi: "No, fourth brother, I can hardly stand."

Ye Xuanqi laughed and scolded: "Look at what you have accomplished."

"This is the first time I have quarreled with these eloquent officials. I am really afraid of how I will respond after they swear without paying any attention to me. If that happens, I really won't be able to say a word."

Ye Xuanqi said with certainty: "They won't, and they don't have the courage to do that."

Ye Xuan Ke asked curiously: "Why is Fourth Brother so sure?"

That’s right, all his actions in the court today were in compliance with the instructions of his fourth brother, and every word he said was taught by his fourth brother.

"It's just human nature."

It is true that those ministers supported Ye Xuanrong in wanting to establish his reputation as a loyal follower of the emperor, but they would never sacrifice everything for it.

Ye Xuanke nodded, not quite understanding.

Thinking of Shen Zhikang, he couldn't help but ask, "Fourth brother, why did you add inhumanity to Shen Zhikang's oath?"

He was actually quite embarrassed to say this in public.

Ye Xuanqi just smiled and asked back: "Shen Zhikang used a hidden weapon to plot against Yun Xi in the palace last time. Do you think that with her vengeful nature, she would let him go so easily?"

Ye Xuan Ke was confused: So what?

He remembered that Song Yunxi had stabbed Shen Zhikang's own poisoned hidden weapon into his body, and Shen Zhikang was unable to move at that time. Later, Concubine Shen urgently summoned Shen Qiaoping into the palace to detoxify him and take him out of the palace.

Ye Xuanke's pupils suddenly dilated: "So Song Yunxi poisoned Shen Zhikang under that circumstance?"

Ye Xuanqi smiled and praised him: "You seem to have become smarter recently."

He only found out later that in a split second, Song Yunxi had actually added poison to Shen Zhikang's hidden weapon.

According to her, she prepared it specially for Shen Zhikang.

"I said on the day when the Shen family broke off the engagement in public that I would make the Shen family extinct. I wasn't just saying this."

"Shen Zhikang should have noticed the abnormality in his body by now. In the days to come, his little brother will become weaker and weaker, and more and more useless. The Shen family will definitely be extinct because of him!"

She said this without blushing or feeling guilty: "Don't worry, the poison I made is colorless and tasteless. I'm not afraid even if he searches all the doctors in the Imperial Hospital. No one can diagnose it!"

After hearing this, Ye Xuanke felt a chill between his legs and shuddered. He swore in his heart that he would never offend Song Yunxi!

From now on, if she says east, he will never go west, and if she says south, he will never go north!

Well, he still has this awareness!

The crisis in the court against Song Yunxi, or rather against Song Wentian, was easily resolved by Ye Xuanqi, but the crisis facing the National Master's Mansion could only be resolved by Song Yunxi himself.

Master Song Wentian and his three disciples were still in seclusion. Although Ye Xuanqi believed in Song Yunxi, he couldn't help but worry, so he sneaked into the Imperial Master's Mansion after the court session.

There was indeed no gloom in the Imperial Master's Mansion. Looking at the team of guards in black uniforms, he knew that Song Yunxi had mobilized her own secret guards.

"Get everything ready. These things must be delivered to Wenyuan Hou's mansion without any mistakes tonight!"

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