"The prime minister will actually seize the people's property for his own benefit!"
"Is this the kind of person you are, Xiao He?"
Liu Bang asked with a smile.
Just as the guest said, Liu Bang was not angry, but looked happy, staring at Xiao He's face with a smile on his face.
Xiao He was silent for a moment, but did not defend himself, "I have failed His Majesty's holy grace."
"If others do this, I can understand it, but Prime Minister, why would you do such a thing?"
Liu Bang questioned him several times, and Xiao He's face turned red and he lowered his head without saying a word.
Seeing Xiao He like this, Liu Bang did not question him again. He just threw the letters of accusation sent by Zhao Yao to Xiao He and cursed: "Looking at your past achievements! I will forgive your crime! You go there in person.
Apologize to the people!"
"Give back everything that was taken from the people!"
Liu Bang finally had a straight face this time and looked majestic for a long time.
"Thank you, Your Majesty! I will go now!"
Xiao He was about to leave when suddenly he stopped and said, "Your Majesty, I have not been able to see Your Majesty these past few days. There is something I need to inform Your Majesty."
"What's up?"
"The area in Chang'an is narrow, and there is really too little land for farming. Your Shanglin Garden occupies a large area, and you don't go there on weekdays, causing it to be abandoned. It's better to distribute it to the people and let them farm there.
After the harvest, the grain belongs to the people, but the straw is not allowed to be taken away and is left as food for the animals in the garden..."
Liu Bang was furious. He jumped up suddenly and pointed at Xiao He in front of him, "You seize other people's land yourself! But you come to ask for my Shanglin Garden?!"
"Extremely shameless!"
"Here comes someone! Capture him and hand him over to Lieutenant Ting!"
The soldiers rushed into the Xuanshi Hall and looked at the prime minister in front of them with hesitant expressions and did not dare to take action.
“Don’t delay it any longer!!”
Liu Bang roared, and the soldiers no longer dared to hesitate, and hurriedly stepped forward and captured Xiao He from left to right.
Xiao He raised his head and said, "Your Majesty... there is a lot of open space in Shanglin Garden... we can't let it go to waste..."
"Put him on a torture device! Drag him down! Drag him down!!"
After the soldiers dragged Xiao He away, Liu Bang sat angrily on his seat, panting heavily, his face extremely ferocious. He covered his heart, stood up, and walked back and forth in the palace, "I will definitely kill you."
!Kill you!”
As he talked, he walked back and forth for a few times, then suddenly calmed down again and looked at the empty entrance of the hall.
"Someone is coming!"
"His Majesty!"
Several soldiers knelt in front of him, but Liu Bang looked extremely hesitant. After hesitating for a long time, he waved his hand and asked them to leave.
The prime minister was arrested, causing an uproar in the court.
Xiao He's eldest son Xiao Lu hurried home, holding his young brother and crying loudly. After entrusting his younger brother to Zhao Ping and others, he hurried out. He wanted to find his father's friends and let them know.
They interceded for their father.
The first thing he did was go to Zhao Yao, the imperial censor.
Zhao Yao had a business-like attitude, completely gone from his usual amiable appearance, "Xiao He committed a crime, and your Majesty wants to punish him according to the laws of the Han Dynasty. Is there anything left to plead for? Is it because of his status as prime minister?
, can his crime be pardoned?"
Xiao Lu was stunned, and then angrily defended: "My father is definitely not someone who bullies the people!"
"You can speak to His Majesty personally!"
Zhao Yao left without saying a word.
Xiao Lu went to find Chen Ping again, but no matter how loudly he shouted, the people from Chen's mansion wouldn't let him in and blocked him at the door.
He found Xia Houying again. Xia Houying looked a little embarrassed. He said helplessly: "I went to the palace yesterday to intercede for the Prime Minister, but His Majesty refused to see me..."
Xiao Lu suddenly burst into tears in despair.
Seeing Xiao Lu's appearance, Xia Houying couldn't bear it, and whispered: "If we want to rescue the prime minister, only one person can do it."
"Who?"
"Her Royal Highness the Queen..."
"But how can I ask Her Majesty the Queen for rescue?"
"Fan..."
Xiao Lu did not dare to stay, so he thanked Xia Houying with a prostrate bow and left in a hurry.
Lu Yu helplessly looked at Xiao Lu who was kneeling in front of her. She pondered for a moment and said, "Master, please get up. I will tell the queen about this. The prime minister has worked hard and achieved great results, and he cannot make the heroes feel cold..."
"For your great kindness and virtue, you should be honored in life, and you should be repaid with weeds in death!"
Xiao Lu kowtowed excitedly.
But Xiao Lu didn't know that long before he went to Lu Empress, someone had already interceded for Xiao He in front of Empress Lu.
"Mom! What kind of person is the Prime Minister? Don't you know yet?"
"Without him, would we be able to sit here and sit back and relax?"
"Even if he is at fault, how can such an old man be put in chains?! Doesn't my father still want to kill him?!"
Liu Chang stood excitedly in front of Empress Lu, with an angry look on his face, gnashing his teeth and roaring loudly.
The only person in the world who could roar at Empress Lu was Liu Chang.
Empress Lu was very calm. She still regarded Liu Chang in front of her as a ball of air, completely ignored him, and calmly read the bamboo slips in her hand.
"Mom! Please tell me something! My father doesn't see me at all now! As soon as I yelled, he had me thrown out!"
Hearing these words, Empress Lu glared at Liu Chang, "Who asked you to rush in and shout "Jie and Zhou"? Just throwing it out is already very polite.
Liu Chang wandered back and forth, just feeling angry in his heart. Although he didn't have much contact with Xiao He and didn't read many books on weekdays, he knew that Xiao He was definitely a good prime minister. I don't see you, after Xiao He was arrested,
Duke Gai was so angry that he resigned and went home. He stopped attending classes and did not even want to stay in the palace.
He didn't understand what his father was thinking. Even a little kid like himself understood what the Prime Minister was like. Didn't he understand?
Just when Liu Chang was complaining to Empress Lu about his father's behavior, a guest suddenly arrived.
The person who came was Liu Chang's aunt Lu Yu. Liu Chang was very angry. When he saw his aunt, he just saluted glumly and said nothing.
The two sisters sat together and chatted casually for a few words. Then, Lu Yu talked about the real purpose of coming here.
"Sister, the Prime Minister has always fully supported Ying and has a very close relationship with him... No matter what, we should save the Prime Minister's life."
When Empress Lu heard this, she looked very unhappy.
"I thought you had made a lot of progress in these days... I didn't expect you to say such things!"
Faced with the eldest sister's scolding, Lu Yu did not dare to refute and bowed her head to accept the punishment.
"What do you mean, sister?"
"Do you really think His Majesty will execute Xiao He?"
"He couldn't even bear to kill Han Xin... Is Xiao He more terrifying than Han Xin? Is he more powerful than Peng Yue?"
"The prime minister is friends with the ministers, but he never wins over them. He supports the prince, but is not close to the prince... Your Majesty will not kill him at all. You don't need to pay attention to this matter..."
As a mother of a child, Lu Yu just lowered her head under the scolding of her eldest sister and did not dare to say a word.
Empress Lu spoke for a long time before she said: "By the way, keep an eye on those two silly boys in your family. Don't let Liu Chang lead them to do mischief again... Especially during this time, Chang, you also give me
remember...."
Queen Lu looked aside, but it was empty. Liu Chang had long disappeared.
"Where are the others?"
"Weren't you still there when I came in?"
Empress Lu rubbed her forehead, "This guy...is really not a worry..."
"Your Highness the Queen!"
"The prince is kneeling in front of the Xuanshi Palace, saying that he will not get up unless His Majesty pardons the Prime Minister..."
The attendant hurriedly walked into the palace and reported to Empress Lu.
Queen Lu stood up suddenly and cursed: "It doesn't make anyone worry!"
"Come here! Go and capture Liu Ying! If you don't want to, tie her up!"
.......
"Don't cry, leave this matter to us. We all know who the Prime Minister is!"
Liu Chang gently patted Xiao Yan's shoulder, and then looked at his brothers.
"My brother's parents are also our parents, how can we watch him being humiliated?"
"Your Majesty...then what should we do?"
"Which of you knows where the Prime Minister is being held?"
The wise men in Chang'an were all dumbfounded and looked at each other. How could they know where Xiao He was being imprisoned?