"Your Majesty, although the regent is the son of Princess Chaoyang, he is not the orthodox of our royal family. What the prince's bodyguard said may not be false. For the sake of the stability of the country, your majesty please handle it according to the law."
"Your Majesty, it would be unfair to punish the Regent just based on the words of one of the guards. There is no evidence to prove that the Regent has different intentions."
The ministers each held their own opinions and argued endlessly.
Xiao Chongjun listened to the quarrel among the hundreds of officials in the hall, slammed the table and scolded: "Shut up, everyone."
As he spoke, he couldn't help but cough.
Furui, the nearby eunuch, quickly brought a cup of tea and handed it over: "Your Majesty, you have to take care of your dragon body."
Xiao Chongjun drank half a cup of tea and managed to suppress the itching in his throat. He asked, "Is there any news about King Qi?"
On that day, Xiao Qiyan went to Beichen after Xiao Chengyi left and has not come back yet. After the prince disappeared, he wrote a letter to King Qi. King Qi replied a few days ago, saying that he would come back as soon as possible.
Furui said: "His Royal Highness King Qi has arrived in Nanyue and will arrive in Beijing soon."
Xiao Chongjun nodded. He waved his hand to signal Furui to step back. Then he looked at Manchao Wenwu and said, "It concerns the Crown Prince of Nanyue and the Regent. Who do you think is the most appropriate person to take charge of this matter?"
Someone stood up and said: "Dali Temple Minister Shen Chi has solved countless cases, so it is most appropriate for him to try this matter."
"inappropriate."
Some courtiers stood up and retorted: "Everyone knows that Lord Shen has a close relationship with the Regent. This matter cannot be left to Lord Shen to investigate.
On the contrary, he should also avoid suspicion and ask His Majesty to temporarily remove Mr. Shen from his post. Not only that, everyone in the Shen family should be grounded as a precaution."
"Master Li, what do you mean?"
Some courtiers couldn't bear to listen. Li Wei, the imperial censor, clearly wanted His Majesty to besiege the Shen Mansion in order to blackmail the Regent. This was simply a joke.
Li Wei said: "This is just in case. If the regent really has evil intentions, we will have a bargaining chip in hand."
The minister who was aggrieved for the regent said: "If the regent is unjustly accused, wouldn't this chill his heart?"
"Unjustly accused?"
Li Wei snorted coldly. He looked at Xiao Chongjun and then cupped his hands and said: "Your Majesty, I met two common people when I entered the palace today. The two people were discussing the regent. I was curious and asked a few more questions. Who is it?
I was surprised.
Your Majesty does not know something. The regent has won the hearts of the people in Youzhou. Not only do the people regard him as king, but they also build temples to worship him, so that the people of Youzhou only know that the regent does not know about your majesty."
As he said that, he knelt on the ground and said, "If your Majesty doesn't believe it, you can tell two common people to ask."
Xiao Chongjun's face was gloomy, and he said in a cold voice: "Pass."
Soon the two common people were brought up. They were a pair of brothers, about thirty years old. They knelt on the ground in fear.
Xiao Chongjun looked at them and said, "Do you know the regent?"
When the regent was mentioned, the two people's eyebrows lit up, and one of them said: "I know, why don't you know, the regent is a good person.
We in Fengdu City have always been unable to grow crops and cannot even afford food, but since the regent came, we have all lived a good life."
Xiao Chongjun was a little curious: "Oh? Let's talk about it."
The man continued: "The regent said that there are iron ores in our mountains, so we can't grow crops, so he asked us strong men to mine ores and gave us a lot of wages."
All the officials were shocked when they heard this. There was iron ore in Fengdu? But they didn't know anything about it.
Li Wei also looked surprised. He quickly asked: "When did this happen?"