How can I bow my head and serve the powerful officials?

Outside the hall, Xie Chengze, wearing a red fur coat, strode into the hall, raised his hand to wipe off the snow on his body, and stared at the emperor on the dragon throne, "Father, why do you have to embarrass these ministers? Am I not the best candidate to go to Liaozhou?"

"Nonsense!" Emperor Jian frowned and scolded, "Do you know how fierce the bandits are?"

They are all desperate criminals who love to lick the sword and blood. It would be fine if they went to Liaozhou to deal with case files, but going there to wipe out bandits would be just sending themselves to die in vain!

"I have Wuhen Wuji to protect me, so I will be fine." Xie Chengze said in a sonorous tone, "Could it be that these ministers are protected by masters like Wuhen Wuji?"

All the ministers nodded quickly.

That's right, they are just a group of old, weak, sick and disabled civil servants. It's okay for them to go to Liaozhou to do some work, but it would be overestimating their abilities to go there to suppress bandits!

What's more, some of them don't want Shen Yuan to be alive!

"No!" Emperor Jian still refused to give in. "In the deep mountains and heavy snow, what's the use of having great martial arts skills? Liaozhou is not like Yizhou, a remote and cold place. If something happens to you, there will be nothing you can do to save you! I will never allow you to take such a risk!"

"Father! I have made up my mind!"

Xie Chengze stepped forward and said earnestly, "Didn't you ask me again and again before whether I was willing to go to Liaozhou? I will answer you now. I am willing to go!"

"This is different!" Emperor Jian slammed the dragon table heavily and coughed angrily, "Cough cough cough! If Shen Yuan hadn't disappeared, I would have been relieved if you had stayed in Liaozhou! But now Shen Yuan is missing, heavy snow has arrived, and you have to go up the mountain to suppress bandits at this critical moment. How can I rest assured?"

Eunuch Zhao hurried forward, calmed down the anger on Emperor Jian's back, and persuaded Xie Chengze, "Second Prince! Don't act on impulse! How could His Majesty be willing to let you go!"

"Then are we going to let these ministers go?" Xie Chengze was also annoyed, and said indignantly, "If you don't feel sorry for these ministers, then your son does!"

Emperor Jian:?

Ministers:?

Ministers: Second Prince, you are a very nice person, right?

"Nonsense!" Emperor Jian was both angry and amused. "The lives of these ministers are not worth your life!"

"In my eyes, the lives of these ministers are more important than me!" Xie Chengze howled at the top of his lungs, not fearing the emperor's power at all. He raised his head and said stubbornly, "If any minister dies, I will be extremely sad!"

"When Minister Yang died, I was already heartbroken. How can I watch these good officials being harassed by you and embarking on the road to certain death in Liaozhou!" Xie Chengze's face became more and more sorrowful. He covered his chest and cried out, "Alas! Minister Yang! If you are still alive, please persuade my father!"

Xie Chengze's words were all from the bottom of his heart, and his feelings were witnessed by heaven and earth. The ministers in the hall couldn't help but shed tears after hearing them. They felt that the Second Prince was now covered in golden light, like a compassionate Bodhisattva descending to the earth.

The second prince always liked to grab things to do, even though he was average at it, but at least he did something real!

What's more, if the Second Prince takes over Liaozhou, even if the task is not accomplished, the Emperor will not punish him, and he will also have personal masters to protect him. It can be said that the Second Prince is simply the best candidate to go to Liaozhou!

"Your Highness, you are so kind. The people of Liaozhou are so lucky to have you looking after them!"

"Second Prince! I have wronged you before. Your heroic appearance today really makes us feel ashamed!"

"I didn't expect that the Second Prince loves me so much. I am so moved that my clothes are stained with tears!"

"No, no, it's all as I should do, as I should do." Xie Chengze waved his hands, like the leader of a military parade, nodding and smiling.

"You!" Emperor Jian rubbed his brow helplessly and sighed, "Well, since you want to go so much, then go! But the court has limited military strength now, I can only assign you a hundred cavalry at most, and let General Dingyuan accompany you to Liaozhou. You are not good at military affairs, and he should be able to help you."

General Dingyuan came out and bowed slightly, "I will definitely assist the Second Prince to wipe out the bandits and find Minister Shen!"

"Such a small number of people..." Xie Chengze seemed a little disgusted, but soon changed his tone and said with a smile, "It's not a big problem. The Crown Prince and Lord Shen told me before they left that some ministers secretly raised soldiers in the capital. Even if these soldiers were caught, they would be dead. Why not let me take them to Liaozhou and make amends."

After saying that, he took out a piece of yellow paper and began to call out names like the King of Hell.

The ministers who were named: ???

The ministers who were named: !!!

No? This is too sudden, this is too sudden!

The ministers were stunned by the sense of emptiness and absurdity that their end would come in the blink of an eye. It took them a long while to react. They knelt on the ground and trembled, saying, "Your Majesty! Your Majesty is wronged! How dare I raise soldiers for my family!"

"Your Highness, this is a frame-up! This is absolutely not happening!"

"Second Prince! We have offended you, yet you want to accuse us of such a serious crime!"

Xie Chengze waved his hands and shirked responsibility, "The Crown Prince and Shen Yuan told me, what does it have to do with me! Although I was indeed a little eager for quick success, you shouldn't bite me! I was also used as a gun by them!"

Those ministers:?

No?

You knew you were being used as a pawn, but you still said it? Are you venomous? ? ?

All the ministers could not help but glare at him angrily, cursing Xie Chengze a hundred times in their hearts, and even more so, they were cursing the Crown Prince and Shen Yuan, for somehow finding out their details and knowing that they were raising soldiers at home!

"There is such a thing!" Upon hearing Xie Chengze's words, Emperor Jian pretended to be furious and slammed the table, "Li Ren, you must lead the imperial guards to conduct a thorough investigation immediately. If these people are really raising private soldiers, throw them into jail immediately!"

"I obey your command!" ** bowed hastily, thinking to himself, could this be another conspiracy between His Majesty and the Second Prince?

Your Majesty has long suspected that someone is raising soldiers, but he has no evidence. He did not expect that the Second Prince would suddenly bring it up today. This will allow Your Majesty to take advantage of the situation and solve his biggest problem...

Emperor Jian actually didn't expect Xie Chengze to know about this. He said to Xie Chengze happily, "Ze'er, since you want to go, go ahead. But you must be careful. If you really can't find Shen Yuan..."

He sighed, "That's fate."

"Yes, father." Xie Chengze bowed quickly and stuffed the yellow paper with the name just called into his sleeve.

That yellow paper was actually just some waste paper used to wrap cakes, and there was nothing written on it.

When he was talking nonsense just now, he habitually reached into his sleeves and took out this piece of waste paper. So when he heard the emperor say that the military force was limited, he used the names of the prince and Shen Yuan to expose the ministers who were harboring evil intentions.

What a genius he is.

Oh no, it's a toxic genius hehe~

Xie Zimiao, who was standing aside, glanced at Xie Chengze, who was looking down in delight, and then at Emperor Jian, who was trying hard to hold back his laughter, and couldn't help but say, "Father, I, your son, also want to go to Liaozhou..."

"Go, go." Emperor Jian waved his hand and agreed so quickly, as if he was just a gift.

Xie Zimiao immediately smiled happily and ran towards Xie Chengze, "Second brother! I'll go with you, so I can take care of you!"

Xie Chengze: ...

No? Why is it that he has to face so many obstacles when he goes to another state, but Xie Zimiao can go to another state without any hesitation!

Dog Emperor! You are too biased!