When Yan Mu rushed to Chengtian Palace, the old priest had already been driven out of the hall, but he was still scolding.

"Emperor, it is easy to conquer the world and difficult to defend the world. The ancestors laid the foundation for great glory. Even if the younger generations cannot expand their territory, they should also defend this foundation! Emperor, at this time, the country is in danger, please go out of the Chengtian Palace and go outside to take a look. The war in the border south has already started, and the people in the border south are in dire straits! How can you not see or hear? All the people are calling you to save them! This Piaoyue Tower cannot be built. On the one hand, it will cost a lot, and on the other hand, it will hurt the hearts of the ministers and the people! They are all looking at you. If you are really a wise monarch, you should sit on the temple, think with your ministers, and feel the suffering of the people!"

Several ministers who followed Yan Mu heard this and stopped a few steps away, shook their heads and sighed.

Yan Mu glanced at the closed hall gate, his face darkened, and told several ministers to come forward to persuade the old priest to stop scolding him.

Every sentence he scolded was like a knife. If he cut the emperor's face, he would probably kill him.

Several ministers rushed forward to persuade him, but the old priest refused to listen and pushed them away.

"The emperor must wake up, and if you close your eyes and listen like this, Darong will be over!" Old Jijiu shouted in pain.

Several officials were so scared that their faces turned blue, and they all asked the old priest to whisper.

"I just want the emperor to hear it, I want to wake him up with a hammer!"

The old priest said as he rushed up the steps, rushed to the palace gate, and shouted inside: "Your Majesty, I was your master. I have taught you the way of sages and lords. You have probably forgotten all the way! My great Rong was once the most powerful country in the Central Plains. Since you ascended the throne, the national strength has been changing day by day. Until now, other countries have violated my borders arbitrarily, but we dare not respond to the challenge! Sad! It's a pity! The root of all the mistakes is in the emperor! You harm the loyal and kind! You favor the treacherous and honest! You are foolish!"

"Rareless!" There was a loud shout inside, and it was the emperor's thunderous wrath.

"Every old minister is true. Please stop and return to the right heart!"

After the old priest said righteously, the inner palace suddenly became quiet. It was so quiet.

Several ministers retreated behind Yan Mu, and the Minister of Works whispered: "It's broken, it's broken. This old sacrificial sacrificial wine will cause a big disaster today."

Today, he scolded the emperor as a foolish monarch and counted so many crimes. With the emperor's nature, he must not forgive him.

Several others were also sweating for Lao Jijiu. One of the Ministry of War officials said: "If it really doesn't work, let's carry Lao Jijiu away?"

"This is a good method! You have to block his mouth!"

"Let's go together!"

Several ministers were about to step forward when the hall suddenly shouted: "Come on, take down this...this old thing that is wronged!"

This is the emperor's voice. I guess I was so angry that I couldn't speak just now, and I was still out of breath at this moment.

Because of this order, the guards surrounded them from both sides.

"Emperor!" the old priest shouted, "Are you worthy of the ancestors of the Qin family?"

"Kill him!"

"Your Majesty! Wake up!"

The old priest shouted this sentence at the top of his lungs, then his eyes were fixed and rushed towards the pillar next to him.

In the astonishment of everyone, with a clang, the old priest splattered blood on the spot with determination.

"Old sacrificial wine!"

After several ministers were shocked, they rushed up.

When Yan Mu saw this scene, he seemed to have been knocked by a hammer and was stunned.

"Your Highness! Your Highness! The old priest has something to say to you!" a minister shouted to Yan Mu.

Yan Mu came back to his senses and hurriedly ran forward, but saw the old priest's face full of blood, looking straight at him, his lips trembling, "Crown Prince... Darong... cannot be destroyed... Darong people... You are saved... You are... Qin family... I am... I am... I, Darong, have also... strong soldiers and horses... prosperous times..."

After saying the last sentence, Lao Jijiu closed his eyes.

"Old sacrificial wine!"

"Old sacrificial wine!"

Several ministers cried around the old man. He was a great scholar and a teacher for the world.

After a long time, the emperor in the palace scolded: "Xu Zhong is the most serious crime to kill the nine clans. The case is handed over to the crown prince. All the nine clans of the Xu family must be arrested and beheaded ten days later!"

In the study room, Shangguan Xu and Hongxuan sighed repeatedly.

"All literati in the world claim to be Mr. Xu's students. He is a real teacher of the world. Today, he is outside Chengtian Palace to show his ambitions. The literati in the world will definitely be greatly shocked. If the prince, you arrest his family and behead them all, then you..." Hongxuan couldn't continue to say this, and could only sigh.

Shangguan Xu continued: "Then you will be scolded by literati from all over the world, no, it may be cursed by all over the world!"

"You have lost the people's hearts."

"And this is a shady blame, the emperor clearly asked you to take it."

"You have to recite it."

"Everyone is watching you."

"If you don't follow the emperor's orders, you are disobeying the imperial edict. If you follow the emperor's orders, you are a sinner for the ages."

"How to choose, I can't choose."

"A step forward and backward are the abyss."

Yan Mu twitched his lips, "Can you two say something useful?"

Shangguan Xu then sighed again, "Nothing is useful."

Yan Mu silent for a moment and said, "Catch the Xu family first."

Shangguan Xu and Hongxuan sat upright and looked at Yan Mu, "Your Highness, the Xu family cannot be killed!"

Yan Mu sighed, "Who said that I want to kill them?"

"Then..." Hongxuan changed his mind and immediately realized, "Your Highness is to show the emperor, and to protect them."

"Well, just in case someone with bad intentions takes advantage of the chaos and makes a bigger mess."

Shangguan Xu nodded, "It's just that the prince needs to be scolded."

"Ha, I've been scolded for so few times?"

"What after that?"

Yan Mu sighed and said, "Drag."

On that day, the camp in the suburbs of Beijing arrested the Xu family. All the young and old were among the nine tribes, and all the people in the nine tribes were to be imprisoned. The Xu family had a large number of people, including hundreds of people in Shengjing City. So the team lined up a long street, and the people watched from both sides of the street.

"The Xu family is kind and generous, they are all great people."

"Yes, their family is very kind."

"Oh, I'm not letting go of the baby in my cradle."

"I heard that the prince ordered the arrest of the people."

"This is the treacherous minister."

"Crown Prince Xu was forced to do so. Don't forget that during the famine, the Crown Princess helped us."

"Yes, there was also the war in Zhenbei Pass that year, and the prince was pacified."

"The riots in Nanzhou were also pacified by the Prince's Zhenbei Army."

When he went to the study room, Hongxuan stroked his beard, "Although the people had their own words, most of them did not scold the prince, and they also said that you would definitely preside over justice for the Xu family and would not kill them."

Yan Mu sneered, "Where do they get their confidence in me?"

"The people's eyes are bright. They see what you and the Crown Princess do over the years."

Yan Mu hummed, "I have no confidence in myself."
Chapter completed!