Rebirth, guarding the mute at the tip of my heart

After staying at home for several days, he finally stood in the court again. Xie Ze stood aside calmly, dozing off skillfully while listening to the noisy voices of the ministers.

This group of people are quite energetic so early in the morning, and they can argue for half a day over trivial matters.

Xie Ze was drowsily complaining in his mind, when the next moment, an unfamiliar censor stood up and suddenly pointed the finger at him.

To be precise, it was Jiang Xin.

The man stood in the center of the court and said confidently:

"Your Majesty, I have a petition to make! I want to impeach His Royal Highness the King's companion Jiang Xin for being arrogant because of his favor! He has no sense of propriety and does not distinguish between superiors and inferiors! This has caused rumors to spread throughout the capital, damaging the reputation of His Royal Highness and the royal family. Please punish him severely!"

Xie Ze's sharp eyes suddenly swept towards the person who was speaking, and he sneered, "Ah Xin has no achievements, and he is not an official in the court. Is it your turn to impeach him?"

In the Dali Dynasty, the prince's tutor was not a formal official position and could at most be regarded as a close attendant of the prince or prince.

If they wanted to serve as officials in the court, they had to take the imperial examination like everyone else, or make meritorious services and be personally conferred an honor by the emperor, or inherit the title from their family.

Impeachment is only when there is something objectionable about the private life of an official, and the news gets out, causing displeasure among the censors.

Although Jiang Xin now works with Xie Ze in the Ministry of War, he does not hold an official position after all. Even if his daily behavior is inappropriate, he cannot be impeached.

The censor was choked by Xie Ze, but he did not let it go. Instead, he stiffened his neck and said with a cold face: "Although Jiang Xin has no official position, since he is your highness's companion, he should fulfill his obligations as a companion and advise your highness on his usual words and deeds.

But judging from the rumors, he not only failed to persuade His Highness, but also used his status to confuse His Highness. He is not upright and has been too close to His Highness. Such a person is not worthy of being a study companion for the prince. "

Xie Ze sneered: "This is the first time I've heard that a tutor who is close to his master can be criticized. If that's the case, it's better not to be a tutor!"

He originally went to Emperor Kang Yuan to ask for Ah Xin to be his study partner just to have a legitimate opportunity to get close to Ah Xin and protect her without causing Ah Xin's vigilance and disgust.

Now that Ashin has remembered things from his past life, and he and Ashin have confessed their feelings to each other, this identity is naturally of no use.

Although this person had bad intentions, he did remind him that if his role as a study partner prevented him and Ashin from being too close, it would be better to give him up early.

"You——!" The censor was infuriated by Xie Ze's reaction. He obviously didn't expect that this madman would just give up the position of companion to Jiang Xin that he had begged His Majesty to fight for. It took him a while to recover and he said with a glare:

"This is ridiculous! How can you just say no to the companion appointed by His Majesty?! Does His Royal Highness take His Majesty seriously?!"

Xie Ze had a blank expression on his face, and said bluntly: "Your Majesty's kindness to me should be cherished by me, but you are the one who wanted to impeach Ah Xin and said that he was not worthy of being my companion. It was you who said that Ah Xin was disrespecting the emperor's grace by not being my companion.

You are so reckless and you are using Your Majesty as a shield to sow discord between me and Your Majesty. What is your intention?!"

"...You! You are slandering me!" The censor's face suddenly changed, and he knelt down and shouted to Emperor Kang Yuan: "Your Majesty, I dare not provoke the relationship between Your Majesty and the virtuous king!

I just can't stand the fact that the virtuous king and Jiang Xin don't care about their own status at all and are so close to each other, which has led to others' wanton speculation and affected the reputation of Your Highness and Your Majesty."

"It caused others to speculate? I would like to know what those others speculated. You might as well tell me everything." Xie Ze glanced at the people present with a sinister look and said in a cold tone.

Everyone was startled at once, and pretended not to hear what Xie Ze said.

To be honest, since Xie Ze returned to the capital, many people have reported him, but so far, no one has succeeded in dampening his enthusiasm.

First, His Majesty is protecting him, and second, this madman doesn't care about his reputation at all. Also, I don't know if he learned the bandit spirit in the military camp, but he never shows mercy when he attacks others, and often makes people angry to death.

After one or two times, these people learned their lesson. As long as there was no conflict of interest, they would not bother to report the trivial matters to the wise king on weekdays, and would rather turn a blind eye to them.

This censor had just been transferred back to the capital recently. He had not seen the virtuous king go crazy yet, and he didn't know who his man was, but he so brazenly pointed the finger at Jiang Xin in the court.

Everyone knows by now how closely the virtuous king protects Jiang Xin. Targeting Jiang Xin would probably be more likely to anger this madman than targeting the virtuous king himself.

Everyone present is a smart person. Naturally, they would not stand up for no reason to help such a small censor offend the wise king. Don’t they have anything to do?

Even the Fourth Prince and the Second Prince's men stood quietly where they were. They had all contributed to the rumors that spread throughout the capital and were afraid that Xie Ze would find out about them. They were feeling guilty and would not show up at this critical juncture to attract Xie Ze's wrath.

The censor saw that Xie Ze and Jiang Xin had caused such a big commotion, and now no one in the court stood up to help him accuse them. He was really angry and disappointed, and couldn't help but said angrily: "You are afraid of the prince's intimidation and dare not speak, but I am not afraid.

The prince and Jiang Xin acted like that, so what else do you need to ask others to speculate? Of course, your behavior is ambiguous, as if you are doing something illicit, and I'm afraid you are..."

"So it's about this." Before he could finish his words, Xie Ze quickly interrupted him and said calmly, "In this case, you don't have to speculate secretly every day and keep an eye on my private affairs all day. I can tell you now."

Emperor Kang Yuan was just listening quietly without making any statement, waiting for the two to finish arguing and then calming them down. Suddenly, when he heard Xie Ze say this, his heart skipped a beat and he quickly stood up to stop them: "Xie Ze, stop..."

Before he could finish the word "口", Xie Ze spoke calmly: "This prince has a preference for both men. He has a crush on Jiang Xinxin and wants to pursue him. He likes him."

A group of court officials: "..."

Emperor Kang Yuan: “…” This brat!

"You, you..." The censor was obviously a man who had never seen the world. He was so frightened that he could only point at Xie Ze and tremble all over, wanting to scold him for being a heretic, for being ignorant, and for turning upside down moral principles.

But maybe it was because Xie Ze’s tone was too matter-of-fact, he kept saying “you” for a long time but couldn’t utter a single curse.

However, he didn't curse, but Xie Ze didn't intend to let him off easily, and said coldly: "What about me? Did I eat your rice? Who I like, who I admire, who I want to be with, has caused natural disasters or caused the suffering of all people? Is it necessary for you to be so aggressive?"

"...You, you are the prince!" The censor's face turned purple after being retorted by Xie Ze. Finally, he couldn't bear it anymore and uttered some nonsense.

Xie Ze chuckled, as if he was waiting for him to say this, and retorted without any hesitation:

"I am a prince, so what? The succession of the royal heir is the emperor's business. What is your intention for staring at my bedroom affairs all day? Are you trying to rebel? But even if you want to rebel, it's better to find someone else. I don't have such a wolfish ambition as you."

"……I don't!"

Xie Ze didn't care whether he had it or not, he just stood in the court with his hands behind his back, looked directly at Emperor Kang Yuan calmly, and said in a resounding voice: "Your Majesty, I have been upright all my life, loyal to the emperor and patriotic, and I feel that I have done my best to Your Majesty and the people.

Now that I have met the person I am willing to spend my life with, I am willing to guarantee that I will never hurt others because of indulging in love, and I will never forget my responsibilities and mission. I only ask Your Majesty to fulfill my selfish wishes and agree to let me pursue Ah Xin.

If I am lucky enough to get Ah Xin's true heart in the future, I sincerely ask Your Majesty to grant me marriage. I only wish to spend the rest of my life with Ah Xin."

"Xie Ze!" Emperor Kang Yuan was really angry this time. He frowned and glared at him. After seeing those eyes that were more stubborn than a cow, he was so angry that he covered his chest. Then, as if he had thought of something, he turned the gun around and looked coldly at the censor who was provoking trouble. He said expressionlessly:

"You Qing cannot distinguish right from wrong and easily believes rumors. Go back and reflect on this. I am tired and I am going to leave the court!"

If this person hadn't brought up the matter in the court, Xie Ze wouldn't have said all this in public for no reason, causing trouble for no reason.

"Your Majesty!" The censor named You was dumbfounded. He was transferred to the capital with great difficulty and wanted to create an image of himself that was not afraid of power to win the favor of His Majesty. However, he was reprimanded by His Majesty on the first day.

As a censor, if he loses the emperor's favor, then he will be completely finished...

The ministers were too lazy to pay attention to the feelings of a small censor. They, including several princes, were so shocked by Xie Ze's words that they were speechless.

Does this lunatic know what he just said? !

In front of His Majesty and the ministers of the court, he admitted that he had a crush on Long Yang and that he liked Xie Ze. He was even so arrogant as to ask His Majesty to grant him a marriage! He was simply, simply audacious!

No, this is not the most outrageous thing. What is even more unbelievable to them is that he said that he would only spend the rest of his life with Jiang Xin. Doesn't this mean that he will only have Jiang Xin in this life?

There will only be one person, Jiang Xin, but Jiang Xin is a man! If he really only stays with Jiang Xin in this life, it means that he will never have children in his life. Does he really want to go to such lengths for a man?

It couldn't be false for him to say such things in front of everyone. Otherwise, if he abandons Jiang Xin and finds a new love in the future, or marries three wives and four concubines and has many children, wouldn't that be contradicting himself?

Who would do such a stupid thing?

This guy is really a lunatic!

There were also many princes and nobles present who loved men and kept male favorites at home, but none of them had the courage and bravery like Xie Ze.

For a moment, everyone looked at Xie Ze with complicated eyes. They really didn't know whether to laugh at this madman who was blinded by emotions, or to admire his courage, straightforwardness and frankness...

"Brother, you are not burdened by the reputation in the outside world. You are willing to follow your heart despite the disapproval of the world. I admire your courage." The third prince was the first to react. He bowed to Xie Ze generously and expressed his admiration.

What Xie Ze said today meant that he had given up on becoming the emperor, so he was naturally no longer an enemy to them.

It can even be said that there is no better person to win over than Xie Ze. Even if they ascend the throne and become emperor in the future, it does not matter as long as Xie Ze continues to be in charge of the military power.

He and Jiang Xin will not have children, and a hundred years later, the military power will be returned to the emperor.

Thinking of this, several people who had ambitions for that position inevitably began to show their goodwill to Xie Ze.

Even the Second Prince and the Fourth Prince, who had been in constant friction with Xie Ze some time ago, came out to praise Xie Ze with compliments and flattery.

"Brother Wang and Young Master Jiang are so deeply in love that it really makes others envious!"

"There are three thousand rivers, but I only drink from one ladle. My brother is so carefree and generous, I can't even compare to him!"

However, Xie Ze was still the same Xie Ze. He seemed to not understand the overtures of the others. He raised his chin slightly and said in a boastful tone, "You have married a lot of wives but haven't found a true lover. It's human nature to envy me and Ashin. Try harder."

The princes: "..."? It was just a few polite words, why did it feel like something strange was showing off to me?

*

Perhaps it was Xie Ze's unexpected behavior at the morning court that dispelled the hostility in the hearts of several princes. After returning home, the second prince was not angry for the first time when Jiang Liangcai rejected his recruitment due to various concerns.

However, Yuan Jiang could no longer hold his temper, and ran to the Second Prince with an anxious look on his face: "Your Highness, Jiang Xin's weapon blueprint must have come from Jiang Liangcai. We can't just let him work for Xie Ze, otherwise..."

"What if we let him work for Xie Ze?" The Second Prince was already very dissatisfied with Yuan Jiangze for always asking him to target Xie Ze, and he immediately said to Yuan Jiangze in a somewhat unhappy tone:

"It was you who said Xie Ze would be my biggest threat, so I listened to you and did so many stupid things! In fact, Xie Ze has no intention of becoming the emperor! There are so many people eyeing me, why should I provoke him?

Regardless of whether Jiang Liangcai has real talent or not, his brother is Jiang Xin, so it is normal for him to want to join Xie Ze, as long as he is not used by my other brothers. "

Yuan Jiang was stunned for a moment, then frowned and asked, "Who said Xie Ze has no interest in the throne?"

"He said it himself." The second prince was a little emotional when he thought of what happened today. He sighed and said, "You are right about one thing. This guy is really a romantic. He even dared to ask the emperor to grant him and Jiang Xin a marriage in front of all the civil and military officials, and said that there will be no one else in the future..."

Yuan Jiang couldn't hear anything else that was said afterwards.

He only knew that the plan he had been planning for so long, and he thought it would put Xie Ze in a dilemma - the choice between the throne and his lover, turned out not to be a multiple-choice question from the beginning.