"Father, you are finally awake. I can finally rest assured."

The King of Jin also came to Emperor Hui's bed with a worried look on his face.

Eunuch Huang carefully fed Emperor Hui some water, and then he spoke,

"Your Majesty, when you fainted, His Royal Highness the Prince of Jin was extremely worried and stayed by your side the entire time. I noticed that His Royal Highness had lost a lot of weight. Fortunately, you woke up. His Royal Highness's filial piety was not in vain."

After hearing this, Emperor Hui's eyes softened when he looked at Prince Jin.

Then he remembered what he had heard when he woke up, and asked the Prime Minister,

"You just said what King Xuan did!"

The Prime Minister knelt down hurriedly. He had not expected that Emperor Hui would wake up while he was talking, and just happened to hear these words. He could only bite the bullet and speak.

"Your Majesty, calm down! You just woke up, so your body is the most important thing. Let's deal with things after you feel better."

Emperor Hui waved his hand.

"Just tell me, I can handle it!"

It's just a sword wound on the shoulder. The wound will heal almost immediately if I sleep for a few more days. It's really hard to hold on.

Yan Qi was secretly complaining in his heart but did not show it on his face. He just listened from the side.

"The mastermind behind your majesty's assassination this time was none other than King Xuan!

He tricked His Majesty out of the palace, but in fact he had already made arrangements to attack His Majesty on the day of the flower-viewing garden party.

King Xuan explained that he had originally intended to cast a spell on Your Majesty, making Your Majesty his puppet from now on, obeying his orders in everything."

Upon hearing this, Emperor Hui was furious.

"He's out of his mind! This rebellious son! A rebellious son!"

Emperor Hui still remembered how he was injured, and now he hated King Xuan to the core. If King Xuan were here now, Emperor Hui would have wanted to step forward and kick him hard twice.

He became even more furious after hearing the prime minister's words. This rebellious son actually wanted to seize his throne?

We must not let him go this time!

"Keep talking!"

Emperor Hui spoke angrily.

"Yes!"

The Prime Minister could only continue speaking.

"King Xuan found a sorcerer who specialized in forbidden magic from Jiaozhi and kept him in his palace in preparation for that day.

In the past few days, King Xuan has been accompanying Your Majesty every day in order to please Your Majesty, so that he can take Your Majesty out of the palace on the day of the flower-viewing garden party and take action against Your Majesty.

Moreover, Prince Xuan was trying to control His Majesty with his evil magic, while Empress Yun and His Majesty worked together to replace the people around His Majesty without making a sound. "

Emperor Hui then came to his senses. He realized that the person who had been serving him since he woke up was Eunuch Huang, while Eunuch Zhang and others were nowhere to be seen.

Before Emperor Hui asked, Eunuch Huang wiped his eyes and said to Emperor Hui,

"During the chaos that day, it was Eunuch Zhang who risked his life to protect Your Majesty."

Emperor Hui's eyes dimmed, and his hatred for King Xuan deepened.

"Go on! How dare that rebellious son be so arrogant? He must have something to rely on!"

It was rare for Emperor Hui to be so smart, and the Prime Minister was very indignant when he heard this.

"Your Majesty is wise!

His Royal Highness Prince Xuan's move was supported by the Xie family in the south. Prince Xuan was the first of His Majesty's princes to be crowned king, and he was very fond of Concubine Yun. Unexpectedly, they were still not satisfied!

Concubine Yun's maternal family, the Xie clan, actually dared to secretly station troops, intending to help King Xuan ascend the throne!

If the Prince of Qin had not encountered an assassin on his way to Qi State, and had not accidentally entered the place where Xie Jia's private soldiers were stationed when he hid in Ganzhou, who knows how much disaster would have been caused. "

When Emperor Hui heard this, he seemed to see Yan Qi, who had been standing beside him.

"Did you discover that the Xie family had stationed troops?"

"Yes, Father."

Yan Qi spoke calmly,

“I was being hunted all the way and was forced to flee to Ganzhou. I unexpectedly discovered the location where the Xie family stationed their troops.

After some investigation by me, I found out that the Xie family has been stationing troops for a long time, in order to one day help King Xuan ascend to the throne."

After hearing what Yan Qi said, Emperor Hui did not suspect anything. Ganzhou was the territory of the Xie family. How did Yan Qi find out the secrets of the Xie family in Ganzhou on his own?

At this time, Emperor Hui was filled with only hatred and anger towards King Xuan, and he struggled to sit up.

The wound on his shoulder made Emperor Hui grimace in pain, and Eunuch Huang quickly stepped forward to support Emperor Hui.

"Your Majesty, be careful not to tear the wound on your shoulder."

"I have shown great favor to Concubine Yun and the Xie family, but I never expected that they harbored evil intentions!"

"Your Majesty, this is the report sent from Ganzhou. All the members of the Xie family have been detained and are awaiting your Majesty's decision!

The private soldiers of Xiejiatun have been purged by the Minister of War himself. Your Majesty, please give your order on how to deal with these people."

"How dare they rebel and attempt treason? I will kill them! Ahem..."

After shouting out these words, Emperor Hui started coughing, and Eunuch Huang hurriedly brought Emperor Hui another glass of water.

"Your Majesty, calm down and take care of yourself!"

After hearing Emperor Hui's words, the Prime Minister, the Prince of Jin, and several other court officials exchanged glances.

The Xie family has several thousand private soldiers. How can they just kill them?

If so many people were executed, wouldn't people all over the world accuse the court of killing innocent people?

"The Xie family's stationing of troops has caused great suffering to the local people. The soldiers did not volunteer to fight against the court. Your Majesty, please show some leniency to them.

Moreover, if so many people were executed, it would damage your Majesty’s reputation.”

Whenever the prime minister gave advice, Emperor Hui habitually listened to it.

"What the Prime Minister said is right. So what do you think we should do?"

Eunuch Huang placed a cushion behind Emperor Hui, and Emperor Hui adjusted his posture and leaned on it comfortably.

“In my opinion, Your Majesty should pardon the soldiers’ crimes and issue an edict to commend them for taking the initiative to expose the Xie family’s rebellion.

In order to reward them for their wholehearted support for the court, they were allowed to join the army, but they had to be divided and sent to generals in various places.

In this way, not only did the Xie family's original private soldiers disperse, but they also replenished the military forces in various places."

When Emperor Hui heard the prime minister say that he wanted to reward these people, he was about to get angry, but he suppressed his anger and listened to the prime minister's words. He felt that the prime minister's arrangements were very good, so he returned to his previous state of not worrying about anything.

"Do everything according to the Prime Minister's wishes. I am seriously injured and can't worry too much."

"Yes! I will write a letter to the Minister of War and ask him to settle these people as soon as possible."

The Prime Minister bowed to Emperor Hui and winked at Jingzhao Yin and Lord Cui behind him.

Jingzhao Yin and Lord Cui hurried forward to pay their respects to Emperor Hui.

"Your Majesty, we have something to report."

Emperor Hui rubbed his brows.

"What else do you want?"

“Your Majesty, on the day of the flower viewing party, Zhou Ling, the daughter of Xizhou Assistant Commander Zhou, was killed by the fifth daughter of the Han family. Xizhou Assistant Commander filed a lawsuit against the Han family.

The fifth daughter of the Han family also lost her life in the chaos that day. The Han family sued King Xuan for murdering their daughter. In particular, the grandmother of the fifth daughter of the Han family, Princess Qingyang, had gone to the government office to make trouble many times.

Jingzhao Yin's eyes looked bruised, and he must have had a hard time these past few days.

"This case involves the royal family. I dare not act on my own. I can only come to ask for your Majesty's will."

Just as Jingzhao Yin finished speaking, before Emperor Hui could even open his mouth to speak, Minister of Justice Cui also stepped forward to pay his respects.

"Your Majesty, on the day of the flower viewing garden party, King Xuan ordered the execution of all those present. Many officials and their families were among them, some dead and some injured. The officials whose relatives were killed or injured have jointly submitted a petition to the Ministry of Justice, demanding that King Xuan be severely punished.

This case is against the prince of the current dynasty, so I have no choice but to come before you and ask your majesty to deal with it."

After listening to what the two said, Emperor Hui recalled the embarrassment of that day and hated King Xuan so much that he decided to punish King Xuan without asking the Prime Minister's opinion.

"You are simply unable to deal with him because of his status as a prince. I am now issuing an order to abolish Yan Xu's title of prince and demote him to a commoner. You two are to investigate and report all the cases involving Yan Xu!

As for Prince Xuan's Palace, the City Defense Battalion will seal it off and lock up all the people involved in it!"

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