The Duke of Lu is making such a fuss because he just wants to save his granddaughter. It is better to comply with his wishes and save him from crying anymore.
Xiao Chongjun thought for a while and was about to speak when he heard Xiao Chengyi say: "I am not a cold-blooded person. Miss Lu is injured and I have sent someone to treat her. Duke Lu can rest assured."
Duke Lu was stunned. He raised his head and looked at Xiao Chengyi, with flames soaring in his eyes.
Xiao Chongjun sighed, rubbed his aching head, and glared at Xiao Chengyi fiercely.
Xiao Chengyi turned a blind eye and continued: "Just now, the Duke said that the relationship between Miss Lu and Miss Chu was just a quarrel at the girl's house.
According to the Duke, this is a trivial matter in the first place. Since it is a trivial matter, does it mean that Miss Chu doesn’t need to apologize for hurting someone?"
Lu Guozheng said: "How can this be done? Miss Chu committed a murder in the street, and so many people saw it. If she is not severely punished, where is the national law?"
Xiao Chengyi sneered: "Now the Duke of the country is thinking about raising the country's hair? Your granddaughter used Miss Chu's inconvenience to humiliate her. When she was beating and scolding others, why didn't you mention the country's laws?
Your granddaughter hit someone, insulted someone, and there was a quarrel in the girl's family. If Miss Chu resisted and hurt someone, she would be punished according to the national law? What is the truth?
Is your granddaughter the only one who is honored? Where did you get the confidence to think that your Duke of Lu should enjoy the honor that others cannot have?
Just because you are His Majesty's teacher? You are a teacher but you fail to set an example and raise such a arrogant and bold granddaughter.
Don’t you feel ashamed, Lord Lu? How can you have the dignity to claim to be His Majesty’s teacher?”
Duke Lu Guo had a sullen look on his face. He raised his head and looked at Xiao Chongjun and said, "Your Majesty, do you really want to condone the regent's shamelessness?
I know that you are unworthy of Princess Chaoyang and want to make it up to her. But after all, the regent is not from my Nanyue royal family, but he holds great power.
Now that his reputation is higher than that of the prince, where will you put the prince at risk by doing this?"
As soon as these words came out, everyone was shocked, as if they didn't expect Duke Lu to be so bold and dare to say such words.
In the main hall, there was silence for a while, and then the prince Xiao Jue said with a smile: "Don't worry about it, Duke Lu. If the regent likes it, I can give up the country of Nanyue.
I and him are also brothers, and what belongs to me belongs to the regent. We don’t distinguish between each other, right, father?"
Xiao Chongjun nodded and said: "The prince is absolutely right. Duke Lu, your worries are unnecessary. In my eyes, there is no difference between the regent and my son.
If he likes this country, I wish I could give it to him. After all, the regent is much better than the prince, so I can rest assured that this country is in his hands."
Duke Lu's eyes widened and his jaw dropped. What on earth did he hear?
Your Majesty actually intends to give the land of Nanyue to the regent? To a person who is not an orthodox member of the Xiao royal family?
"Your Majesty, you are trying to destroy the inheritance of our ancestors."
The Duke of Lu came to his senses and hurriedly admonished him. As the emperor's master, he could not just watch the emperor do such a thing.
His eyes moved, and he suddenly looked at Xiao Chengyi and said: "It's you, is it you who bewitched His Majesty and the Crown Prince? I should have thought of your wolfish ambitions."
Xiao Chengyi felt that Duke Lu was really hopeless, and he was too lazy to argue with him.
Xiao Chongjun said in a deep voice: "That's enough! The regent didn't deceive me. I know that you, Duke of Lu, have made great contributions in helping me conquer the country, and I haven't forgotten it either.
I have always remembered your teachings, thinking that you have not dared to slack off in the past twenty years.
I thought that I was a wise king, but in fact I was not. Is it really because of your granddaughter that you sued the regent?