The prince of Huainan King Xiao Shaozong walked to the center of the hall and knelt down to the emperor. As soon as he knelt down, the little emperor had already leaned forward slightly and raised his hand and said, "Hurry.... Flat!"

But Xiao Shaozong still bowed respectfully. After getting up, he saw the ministers looking at each other, but Xiao Shaozong looked calm.

The ministers thought that although Xiao Shaozong was a member of the royal family, he was still guilty now. The King of Huainan rebelled and although the young emperor did not severely punish Xiao Shaozong, as the eldest son of the King of Huainan, Xiao Shaozong naturally could not escape the identity of the son of the criminal minister. In fact, there were many people in the court who were once the King of Huainan, including Dou Kui, the Minister of Revenue.

After the King of Huainan committed suicide, Sima Lan wanted to take the change of the imperial tomb as an opportunity to kill all the members of the King of Huainan. However, the young emperor obviously did not want to see such a situation. If the strength of the court opposing Sima family was eradicated, the Sima family would be the dominant one and would have no power to check and balance. Therefore, he immediately appointed Qi Ning as the Minister of Justice, and the purpose was naturally to protect the officials who had followed the King of Huainan as much as possible.

Dou Kui and others naturally saw the emperor's intention and immediately defected to Jinyi Qi's family.

Qi Ning may not necessarily hope to form cliques with this group of people, but it is in line with the interests of the emperor and even the Jinyi family to maintain the power of protecting the Sima family. Qi Ning naturally would not refuse.

Today, when he saw the prince of Huainan suddenly coming to court, Dou Kui and others were naturally surprised.

Dou Kui was once a capable general under the King of Huainan. He frequently went to and from the King of Huainan Mansion, so he naturally often saw Xiao Shaozong. Even his son Dou Lianzhong had a good relationship with Xiao Shaozong. At this time, he saw Xiao Shaozong standing in the main hall, but his expression was quite complicated.

The Huainan Prince's Mansion was investigated, but the royal palace itself was still left to Xiao Shaozong to live. However, all the civil and military officials in the court knew that Xiao Shaozong was actually under house arrest in the royal palace. After all, Xiao Shaozong was terminally ill and his life was not long. The royal palace was waiting for his cage to be imprisoned.

"Criminal, there is a note here, but you sent someone to present it?" The eunuch held the eunuch with a fame wink at the side. The eunuch immediately walked to Xiao Shaozong with a note and handed it to Xiao Shaozong. Xiao Shaozong took the note, opened it and glanced a few times, and said, "It was the guilty minister who presented it to the emperor!"

The ministers were even more surprised and thought to myself that Xiao Shaozong was under house arrest in the royal palace, so why would he even give the emperor a memorial? But he didn't know what it was in his memorial?

The emperor coughed and said, "You said you would present something to me, and in front of the court... all the civil and military officials, I will summon you into the palace today. What do you want to present it?" His voice was a little hoarse, and the ministers thought that it seemed that the emperor was indeed in a dragon's body.

But the ministers were even more confused about what Xiao Shaozong had to present to the emperor, and in front of the civil and military officials in the court.

Xiao Shaozong took out a note from his arms, and everyone was even more surprised when they saw the note with red paint at the corner.

Lighting red paint means that the secret in the secret. Since it is a secret to be folded, I wonder why Xiao Shaozong took it out in front of the civil and military officials in the court?

But he saw Xiao Shaozong present the secret letter to the eunuch standing beside him. The eunuch carefully held the secret letter and sent it to the Golden Palace. However, Xiao Shaozong had already said: "I heard from the emperor that there is a secret order, which was also handed to his father before the death of the late emperor. He also asked the emperor to make a clear explanation!"

As soon as this statement was spoken, a commotion immediately caused.

No one expected that before the late emperor died, he would hand over a secret decree to the King of Huainan. No one knew about this before the civil and military officials of the court.

Some people even wondered, and thought that before the late emperor passed away, they issued an order for Sima Lan to change the city defense and transfer the Black Knife Camp into the city. At that time, everyone knew very well that it was to prevent the King of Huainan from taking the opportunity to cause trouble.

The situation of the late emperor was critical at that time. At that time, the King of Heaven, who was only the crown prince, was on a mission to Dongqi. Once the late emperor suddenly passed away, the new emperor could not ascend the throne immediately, and serious problems would naturally arise.

The country cannot be without a king for a day. All the ministers in the court know that the King of Huainan has always been upset about the throne, and no one can guarantee that the King of Huainan will not take advantage of the situation. As the eldest son of Emperor Taizu, the King of Huainan is also considered a righteous and has sufficient qualifications to inherit the throne.

Since the late emperor made arrangements before his death to prevent the King of Huainan from usurping the throne, how could he leave a secret order for the King of Huainan?

What kind of decree is this secret order?

The ministers were suspicious that the eunuch who held the rituals had received the secret order and presented it to the little emperor. The emperor opened the memorial and took a closer look. Fengtian Palace was silent at this time. After a while, he saw the eunuch who held the memorials and said, "Read it!"

The eunuch who held the ceremony received the secret order, opened it, and said loudly: "My secret order: The King of Huainan is the same blood relative as me, and he will serve the country with loyalty. In the future, the Sima family will only be plotting against the enemy. He asked the King of Huainan to protect the country and protect the king, kill the Sima family, and I respect this!"

The ministers in Fengtian Hall were stunned, and many people even thought that something was wrong with their ears.

When the King of Huainan sacrificed the imperial tomb, he arranged in advance that he arranged an assassin to disguise himself as a Taoist priest in Longhu Mountain in the imperial tomb, intending to assassinate Sima Lan to seize power. Although the assassin arranged at that time did not directly assassinate the emperor, setting up ambush in the imperial tomb and even bribing the tomb guards, this was an unquestionable rebellion.

The King of Huainan was successful and committed suicide. Afterwards, the emperor directly decided that the King of Huainan was a rebel minister. The rebellion of the imperial tomb was a final conclusion.

But at this time, the eunuch held the rituals to read out the secret order in the court, just waiting for the real instructor behind the imperial tomb change to be the former emperor, if this is true, then the King of Huainan was not a treason, but a loyal minister who stood up to protect the power of the Great Chu emperor.

No one expected that Xiao Shaozong would come up with such a secret order today.

After a silence, he suddenly saw Dou Kui, the Minister of Revenue, kneeling down: "I heard from the emperor that the rebellion of the Emperor of Huainan is a conclusion, but... If this secret order was indeed left by the late emperor, then the Huainan king was ordered by the late emperor. Not only was it not a rebellion, but it was a destruction for the country!"

"The emperor said, on the day of the change of the imperial tomb, the ministers were also on the scene." Another official came out of the ministers and knelt down on the ground: "I remember very clearly that the goal of the King of Huainan that day was indeed to eradicate Sima Lan, which coincided with this secret order. Although the deployment of troops without authorization during the sacrifice to the imperial tomb, the secret order of the former emperor, and the King of Huainan was ordered to act, it would not be a rebellion."

When the ministers saw the two people who had left the list, they knew that these two were both fellow disciples of the King of Huainan at that time.

The two of them obviously saw the opportunity to clear the crime of Huainan's rebellion, so they immediately stood up and said they were determined to defend the rebellion of Huainan, which was not entirely true.

Everyone in the court knew that Dou Kui and his group were very close to the King of Huainan at the time and were not dismissed. It was nothing more than the Emperor and Qi Ning's efforts to protect it. However, no one could guarantee that there might not be no one who would implicate the group again in the future with the case of King of Huainan rebellion.

Dou Kui and other old party members of the Huainan King were very clear. As long as the charges of the Huainan King's rebellion could not be cleared, a sharp sword would always be hung on his head. No one knew when the sharp sword would fall. A word from the Huainan King's party members would be enough to make these remaining old party members fall one after another.

If we can rely on this secret order to clear the charges of King Huainan today, from now on, Dou Kui and others will not only not have to worry about being pursued, but will instead become loyal ministers because of working with King Huainan to eliminate traitors.

As an official in the court, the mystery of this can be easily understood. For a moment, four or five officials stood up to call for justice for the King of Huainan.

"The emperor said, before the change of the imperial tomb, Sima was committing evil in the court and the people, and Sima Lan had great power to exclude dissidents in the court." An old Huainan King official whispered loudly: "The prince was worried day and night at that time. He was worried that the Sima family would become stronger and threaten the emperor one day, and even plot to usurp the throne, so the prince had been trying to find a way to eliminate the treacherous and treacherous. Although the ministers and others did not know that the late emperor had left a secret order for the prince, they also knew that Sima Lan was arrogant and domineering and must not let the treacherous and treacherous in the court. Therefore, the prince supported the prince to stand up and eliminate the treacherous and treacherous for the court. It was a pity...!"

The ministers in the palace all watched several officials complain about the King of Huainan, thinking that Dou Kui and others seemed to be really going to completely reverse the case of the rebellion of the imperial tomb at the court meeting.

Suddenly, he saw the Minister of War Lu Xiao coming out and knelt down and said, "I heard that the emperor had left a secret order for the King of Huainan before. Today, the prince suddenly took out the secret order. I am really surprised. The case of the King of Huainan has been concluded. If this secret order is true, we will naturally investigate again, otherwise...!" He glanced at Xiao Shaozong, who had not spoken, and continued: "I think we must first determine the authenticity of this secret order."

Dou Kui turned his head to look at Lu Xiao, frowned and said, "Mr. Lu, what do you mean is that the secret order that the prince took out is fake?"

"I didn't say that, but this matter is very important, so we have to confirm it again and again." Lu Xiao said in a deep voice: "Criminal, I have something I want to ask, I wonder if the prince is willing to answer?"

Xiao Shaozong nodded slightly and said, "Master Lu just ask."

"The prince said that this secret order was handed over to the King of Huainan by the late emperor." Lu Xiao stared at Xiao Shaozong and said, "Then why is this secret order now in the hands of the prince? The secret order of the late emperor naturally needs to be kept strictly confidential. The fewer people know, the better. When did the King of Huainan hand over this secret order to you?"
Chapter completed!