King Loulan burst into tears at this moment, finally there was someone who could prove his innocence!
The third princess also looked like she was watching a good show. Li Mingyue actually had a private meeting with a wild man in the princess's mansion. If this spread, wouldn't Li Mingyue be disgraced?
Thinking of this, the third princess said, "Brother Imperial! What Princess Mingyue has done is really a shame to our royal family! We will definitely report my father's downfall. Otherwise, where is the face of our Kingdom of Zhou?"
Prince Zhou nodded and said, "What the emperor said makes sense!"
After that, the Crown Prince of Zhou called his guards and said, "Come, come with me to catch the adulterer!"
Under the leadership of King Loulan, a group of people rushed in mightily.
When everyone entered, the first thing they saw was Xiao Ye in front of the princess mansion.
King Loulan pointed at Xiao Ye and said, "That's him! That's the person, that person is the accomplice of the thief!"
The Crown Prince of Zhou couldn't help being slightly startled when he saw Xiao Ye: "Deputy envoy?"
Xiao Ye saw King Loulan and asked doubtfully: "This person broke into a house and had evil intentions. Why isn't he punished according to law?"
King Loulan gritted his teeth and said, "You're slandering me! It's obviously Princess Mingyue's secret meeting with a man, and now they must be doing so in the bedroom!"
King Loulan was also surprised for a moment when he heard the prince address the person in front of him as deputy envoy, but he was not surprised for long.
Nowadays, various countries in the Western Regions have sent more or less envoys to the Zhou Kingdom, and many small countries in the Western Regions regard the Central Plains costumes as beautiful. These are common things, and they are among the envoys from various countries in the Western Regions who are still in the Zhou Kingdom.
Loulan is the largest, so as the leader of a country, King Loulan feels there is no need to be afraid of them.
Xiao Ye said: "It's not a burglary, why did you climb over the wall and come in? I can see it clearly!"
King Loulan gritted his teeth and said: "My purpose is to catch the adulterer!"
Xiao Ye crossed his arms and said: "Who can prove it? Maybe you, King Loulan, can't meet the princess, and you want to sneak in secretly to get a glimpse of the princess's face. If this deputy envoy hadn't discovered it in time and stopped it, you wouldn't have known about it.
What will he do to the princess?"
When Xiao Ye said this, the eyes of the Crown Prince of Zhou and the third princess shifted from Xiao Ye to King Loulan.
King Loulan gritted his teeth and said: "Your Highness, please don't believe this man's words! It was obviously another man who came in first, and the two of us are here to catch the traitor!"
Xiao Ye; "Do you have evidence?"
King Loulan said in a deep voice, "What I see is the evidence!"
Xiao Ye waved his hand and said: "Be clear, you are not the evidence now, but the defendant."
King Loulan and the attendants in black were shocked when they heard Xiao Ye's words. They were here to catch an adulterer. They were obviously witnesses, and no matter how bad they were, they were also accusers. Why did they become defendants when it came to this young man's mouth?!
King Loulan gritted his teeth and said: "Even if you are right, why are you standing outside while the man who never made a move from beginning to end is inside the house with the princess? Do you dare to say that you are not on lookout for them?"
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Xiao Ye said: "Brother Xu is the envoy and I am the deputy envoy. Since it is our country's envoy who rescued the princess, is it wrong for the princess to thank the envoy in advance?"
King Loulan had never seen such a shameless person, and said angrily: "You are using strong words to make excuses!"
Xiao Ye said disdainfully: "I still have some reason to take it away, unlike some people who can't even find reason..."
At this moment, a group of palace guards poured in from outside the palace and said, "Your Majesty summons you to enter the palace!"
Princess Mingyue was to be sent to Loulan for a social gathering. There were people in the palace who were always paying attention to every move in Princess Mingyue's mansion. The prince, King Loulan, and the three princesses all gathered there. Princess Mingyue had already alerted Emperor Zhou.
King Loulan looked at Xiao Ye and said solemnly: "Do you and your envoy dare to follow me to His Majesty to distinguish between good and evil?!"
Xiao Ye smiled and said, "Why don't you dare?"
Emperor Zhou ordered these people to enter the palace. Xu Qing and Li Mingyue could no longer hide in the house and watch the show, so they walked out and entered the palace with them.
Li Mingyue walked beside Xu Qing and sighed, not knowing how much time would be wasted in this way.
Xu Qing said softly: "Don't be afraid, I'm here."
When Li Mingyue heard Xu Qing's words, she just lowered her head and got closer to Xu Qing.
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In the royal study
Emperor Zhou sat behind the imperial desk, looked at the group of people who had been taken to the imperial study by the palace guards, and said: "Half the capital has almost heard the sound of your quarrel. What are you fighting for?"
King Loulan was the first to file a complaint, pointing at Xu Qing and saying, "Your Majesty, this man had a private meeting with the princess in the mansion! I was about to arrest him with my subordinates, but unexpectedly he had an accomplice, and I and the guards were injured on the ground.
, please make the decision, Your Majesty!"
Emperor Zhou couldn't help but feel a hint of bitterness in his heart when he looked at Xu Qing and Xiao Ye. King Loulan really gave him a difficult problem. These two people were from the Chu State, and one of them was equivalent to the crown prince. Now the Chu State almost dominates
For half the world, if he were to fall into disgrace as Xiao Ye, it would be no different from the humiliation of the crown prince of Chu.
But if the accusation of Xu Qing's secret affair with the princess is proven true, no matter how Zhou Guo deals with it, he will offend Chu State. Originally, Zhou Guo owed Chu State a favor. If he betrayed Chu State's envoys at this time, the relationship between the two countries would be in jeopardy.
It will inevitably get worse.
If the strength of the two countries is evenly matched, the relationship will be different. If it is really a private affair with the princess, it is the Chu State who was at fault. However, the Chu State is now the strongest country in the world, and the Zhou State is still in a weak state against the Chu State.
Don't be careless.
But now that the arrow is on the string, if he really wants to ignore it and it will damage the prestige of Zhou State, wouldn't it mean that Zhou State is afraid of Chu State?
Thinking of this, Emperor Zhou looked at Xu Qing and asked, "What does the envoy say?"
Xu Qing cupped his hands and said: "As I said in the princess's palace just now, the foreign minister and the deputy envoy discovered that King Loulan and his subordinates crossed the courtyard wall and entered the princess's palace. The foreign minister naturally thought that King Loulan was the thief.
Draw your sword to help when the route is uneven, and capture this thief for the princess's house, that's all!"
King Loulan said angrily: "Nonsense! When I came in, I clearly saw you and Princess Mingyue relying on each other in the courtyard! Your Majesty, please tell me clearly!"
Xu Qing looked at King Loulan and said: "Assuming that what you said is correct and you are here to catch a traitor, then you can just go through the main entrance. After getting certification like the third princess Qi Ru or the prince, you can go in freely through the main entrance. What are you doing?
Why do you want to climb over the wall?"
King Loulan snorted coldly: "Even if what you said is true, didn't you climb over the wall and get in?"
Xu Qing shook his head and said: "That's a big difference. The two of us thought that a thief had entered the princess's house. To catch the thief, we naturally need to be quick and resourceful. After all, people can be selfish every day. Can't a thief always catch a family of thieves? Missed it.
After this time, who knows which house they will steal next time? Naturally, the sooner the better, is there any problem with this?"