In the Qinzheng Hall, the officials were lined up on both sides as before, waiting anxiously.
Not long after, I heard the eunuch shout: "Your Majesty has arrived."
When all the officials heard about the reputation, they saw Yan Jingxuan walking in leisurely.
He was not wearing a dragon robe today, only casual clothes, but his aura remained intact.
However, all the officials had already reached a consensus to expel him from the throne just because of his life experience, so no one knelt down to salute.
Yan Jingxuan went to the palace, but did not sit on the dragon throne. He looked at the civil and military officials and asked: "It seems that you are not going to recognize me as the emperor?"
Officials, you look at me, I look at you, finally someone stood up and said: "Your Majesty, please give us an explanation? Why is Xiao Chengyi still alive? Wasn't he killed by you back then?"
"Yes, has His Majesty colluded with the traitors a long time ago? Want to plot Beichen's kingdom?"
"Please give us an explanation, and then return the throne to King Jing."
"Yes, return it to King Jing."
All the officials were extremely excited and became a noisy mess.
As soon as they heard the sound of Cengceng, everyone turned around to see a group of imperial guards surrounding the place.
Someone strode out of the hall. The man's hair was tied up in a jade crown, his appearance was peerless, and his bearing was extraordinary.
His whole body was full of aura, and suddenly the palace became quiet and no one dared to make a sound.
The officials just watched Xiao Chengyi walk in quietly, watched him walk towards the dragon chair step by step, then lifted up his robe and sat on it.
Someone woke up and shouted angrily: "Xiao Chengyi, what are you doing?"
Xiao Chengyi raised his eyes and glanced over with cold eyes: "What do I want to do? Don't you ministers still know?
Aren't you all shouting to bring order to the chaos? As the orphan of the late Prince Chen, I am the legitimate member of the royal family of the Beichen Yuan clan. Am I not qualified to sit here?"
"Prince Chen united with Nanyue to rebel and was executed by the late emperor. This is something everyone knows. Even if you are the orphan of Prince Chen, you are still a traitor. You are just sitting here plotting rebellion."
The court officials argued hard and refused to give in at all.
Xiao Chengyi snorted: "When Queen Han died in the cold palace, she personally exposed Yuan Hao's crimes.
Twenty years ago, Yuan Hao teamed up with the Han Yan family and framed my mother for colluding with Nanyue and my father, resulting in their tragic deaths.
Now twenty years have passed, and I have come back to clear my father's wrongdoing. If you have any doubts, just raise them."
Someone stood up and said, "You said that Prince Chen was framed. What evidence do you have? When Empress Han testified against the late emperor, it was just empty talk."
Xiao Chengyi glanced at him and suddenly asked: "I heard that Mr. Zhao's wife unfortunately passed away from illness?"
Zhao Liang's expression changed, he calmed down and said, "Yes, my wife contracted an illness and unfortunately passed away six months ago."
Xiao Chengyi raised his eyebrows and said: "Did he unfortunately catch the disease, or was he poisoned by you?
You are well aware of what Yuan Hao has done, but you just didn’t expect that for your own benefit, you would actually be willing to defend someone like him who has committed evil deeds. Don’t the faces of the courtiers feel hurt?"
The courtiers all had dark faces when they heard this. After all, the shocking inside story that was revealed when Queen Han died was more or less related to them.
There were only a few courtiers whose families were not harmed by Yuan Hao, and this incident was a pain that would never be erased from their hearts.
Even if Yuan Hao was crushed to ashes, it would still be difficult to eliminate the hatred in their hearts.
Seeing that they were silent, Xiao Chengyi said in a cold voice: "Whether my father was wronged or not, you know better than anyone else.
It's just that you have been officials for decades and have already taken your rights too seriously.
You should ask yourselves, since Yan Jing proclaimed himself emperor, have you ever done anything that is sorry for the people and the country?"