The Duke's Daughter is Reborn

The emperor's eyes tightened, and his extremely cold gaze locked on Mo Chong: "Continue."

The officials in the Golden Palace couldn't help but shiver under this aura, and they all lowered their heads tightly, fearing that one careless mistake would anger His Majesty.

As the center of the storm, the pressure Mo Chong is currently under is self-evident.

However, Mo Chong's expression was extremely calm at this moment. He silently took out a crumpled paper from his arms, spread it out carefully, and presented it with both hands: "Your Majesty, this is a petition from the people where Bai Xiang's private soldiers are stationed.

I respectfully invite Your Majesty to review this."

The emperor slowly glanced at Bai Xiang and the others, then winked at the eunuch beside him, slightly opened his tightly pursed lips, and uttered three words: "Present it."

The eunuch nodded and saluted, then stepped aside, took the paper from Mo Chong's hand, and after carefully checking it to make sure it was correct, he respectfully presented it to the emperor.

After receiving the petition, the emperor wanted to glance over it, but his eyes were unconsciously drawn to the various signatures on the petition.

The petition was very long and had to be spread out by two eunuchs from the left and right.

The paper was very wrinkled, so it seemed that the process of collecting signatures was not very smooth.

The signatures on the petition are of various styles, and most of the handwriting is extremely immature and unfamiliar, with even simple horizontal, vertical, and diagonal strokes being written crookedly.

What's worse, some people directly used a pattern or a horizontal line to represent their own names and stamped their thumbprint on it.

Presumably, for most of the people in the petition, the only word they will ever write is their own name.

Mo Chong paused for a moment, giving the emperor time to read the petition.

Mo Chong waited for the emperor to speak before continuing, "Your Majesty, for many years, the Bai family has used Prime Minister Bai's power in the court to oppress the people and force the common people to build five secret bases in the mountains to station troops. Each secret base can accommodate tens of thousands of soldiers."

Hearing this, the emperor, who had always suppressed his anger, reached out for the teacup beside him and held it tightly.

After a moment, the emperor closed his eyes, and when he opened them, the anger in his eyes had been suppressed.

"Bai Qi, do you have anything to say?"

Prime Minister Bai knew that since His Royal Highness the Crown Prince chose to launch the attack in the Golden Palace today, he must have made sufficient preparations, and he would not be able to conceal the matter of the secret base.

But the matter was done in secret, and Bai Xiang was unsure how much the Crown Prince knew about it.

"Your Majesty, I have no knowledge of what Mo Chong said."

Mo Chong snorted coldly: "The prime minister of this dynasty is a man who dares to do things but not to take responsibility.

Over the years, we common people have been detained in a secret base day and night, and all the soldiers we saw were wearing official uniforms of the imperial court.

The soldiers drilled day and night, wearing official uniforms, thinking they were loyal to the emperor, but they never thought it was all a joke! "

Although Mo Chong's words were poisonous, Bai Xiang was not afraid at all: "If it is true as you said, there are tens of thousands of troops stationed there, then how did you escape?

It’s amazing that these petitions can be collected!

It seems that you are a master of the time, able to move freely among thousands of troops."

Without the secret help of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, how could Mo Chong have been able to enter and exit the secret base so easily.

When Yang Qi first met Mo Chong, although there were many soldiers surrounding Mo Chong, these soldiers were appointed by Bai Xiang to guard Mo Chong!

Normally, these soldiers follow Mo Chong's orders, but once Mo Chong has rebellious intentions, the soldiers' swords can be pointed at him at any time.

"Mr. Bai, although you have planned everything and are vicious, you have forgotten that although I have been expelled from the Mo family, I am still a member of the Mo family. I have the blood of the Mo family in my body!

Your Majesty, although I have no martial arts skills, these secret bases were all built by me.

Even with thousands of troops, the common people still have a path to light."

Bai Xiang and Mo Chong spoke to each other sharply, neither giving in.

Everyone present, except His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, had a changed expression.

All along, whenever the emperor sat on the dragon throne, he felt that his mind was clear.

While the princes and ministers below were quarreling and confronting each other, the emperor always believed that everything was in his control.

But this time, the emperor felt the fear rising from the bottom of his heart.

I never expected that my trusted ministers and son, whom I have always relied on, have done so many things without my knowledge and have formed their own army!

A secret base can accommodate tens of thousands of people, and Mo Chong knows of five of them.

Glancing coldly at Yuan Ruiyin, the emperor now felt extremely miserable.

Although Mo Chong did not mention the Fifth Prince in his current words, the recruitment of so many soldiers and the disappearance of so many young and middle-aged people are not trivial matters.

If it weren't for the coordination of the Fifth Prince, a son of the royal family, the planning of Bai Xiang, the head of all officials, and the cover-up of Nian Chuan, the Minister of War, how could such a great event be accomplished!

The Bai family already controls Jiangnan. If they really want to train troops, there is really no need to travel thousands of miles away.

A bloody taste surged from his throat, and the emperor silently covered it with a handkerchief to hide the matter.