After being stunned for a moment, Xia Lie's broad brows furrowed and his eyes widened: "What does Eunuch Li mean by this? Xia was ordered to die by the prince and was personally guarding the safety of the princess. How could he..."
"shut up!"
Before he could finish his words, Xia Caiyue stopped him: "My father asked you to protect me because I was outside. This is the palace. Your Majesty loves me and protects me. How can it be your turn to be so arrogant?"
These words immediately made Xia Lie enlightened, and he knelt down on the ground: "I am used to being lax in the countryside, and I made a mistake for a moment. Please forgive me!"
If Xia Caiyue hadn't reminded him in time, what this rude man had just said would definitely have touched the King of Great Xia's back!
Everything in the world is not the king's land, and the shores of the land are not the king's ministers.
The daughter of the King of Huainan actually dared to bring her own "bodyguards" when she came to visit Gu's palace? Doesn't this make it clear that her intentions are evil?
After a while, the slightly lazy voice of the King of Great Xia slowly came out: "That's it. Come in and talk."
"Thank you, Your Majesty!"
Xia Lie stood up and stepped in.
The great eunuch Li Zongming followed closely behind. With a whisk, a gust of wind came out and closed the heavy palace door again.
In the temple of Yang Yang, candles are brightly lit.
The leader of the Acropolis stood before His Highness with his head bowed.
Xia Yuanlong leaned lazily on the golden armchair. On the sapphire square couch in front of him, there was a half-completed chessboard.
Chen Zangfeng, who was originally playing chess with him, was not in the main hall at this moment.
After Xia Lie kowtowed, the King of Great Xia did not ask him to stand down, but only said: "Xia Lie, I want to ask you: Where are you this evening?"
"I and Princess Caiyue are painting the boat pavilion in the West Lake."
The King of Daxia narrowed his eyes: "Oh? Did you leave midway?"
"Never left." Xia Lie said firmly.
"Really... I ask you again, did you ever know about the imprisonment of Chen Shen, the son of the general?"
Hearing this, Xia Lie sneered in his heart: "Haha, are you really going to intercede for Chen Zangfeng's grandson? It's not that simple!"
Then, he clasped his fists tightly and responded respectfully: "I heard about this from Princess Caiyue. Most likely, Chen Shen ran wildly at the Imperial Capital Academy and injured a student. That student's heart
He was angry and refused to keep it private. The teacher in the punishment hall had no choice but to severely punish him according to the law and put Chen Shen in custody in the school prison."
Xia Yuanlong nodded slightly: "In your opinion, the punishment hall's treatment of Chen Shen is a bit excessive? Or does it make you dissatisfied?"
"I believe that the emperor is guilty of the same crime as the common people when he breaks the law. Since Chen Shen has violated the school rules, he should be severely punished according to the law!"
Hearing this, Xia Yuanlong's lazy eyelids suddenly twitched, and his heart was full of doubts: What on earth does Xia Lie mean?
Since he felt that they should be severely punished, why did he kill the three instructors? He also left a note afterwards, exposing their misdemeanor, heavy punishment, and abuse of lynching.
It turned out that, through the report from the Acropolis commander and Tanmen's on-site investigation, Xia Yuanlong was 90% sure that the Xingxuan King in front of him was the real murderer long before Princess Caiyue and Xia Lie came to the palace for an audience!
He originally thought that when he asked this question, the other party would definitely give a set of prepared excuses, move them with emotion, convince them with reason, and put a veneer of justice on his murderous act.
Never thought that Xia Lie would react like this...
"Isn't he the real murderer? Or does this guy have other motives?"
After a long moment of silence, the King of Daxia spoke again: "Xia Lie, what you just said are all true?"
"Yes, I will never dare to deceive you with false words!"
Xia Lie originally thought that his simple and crude speech based on the law might make the King of Xia look at him differently and give up his protection for Chen Shen and his grandson.
However, what happened next was very different from Xia Lie's fantasy.
Hearing the snort of the King of Daxia, his face darkened: "Humph! What a man who dares not speak nonsense to deceive the king!"
"Xia Lie, I originally thought that you killed the three torture hall teachers because you were anxious for justice. Although you are guilty, you can still be merciful."
"I never thought that you are a coward who dares to do something but not be worthy of it! For this reason, you even commit the crime of deceiving the emperor! You are just a three-year-old child, can you play around as you please?"
Xia Lie had no idea what was happening, but he was furious when he saw Long Yan.
"Damn it, you said that I killed the instructor of the execution hall? Isn't that nonsense?" The dignified one-star Xuanwang couldn't help cursing in his heart at this moment, and an inexplicable feeling of suffocation arose spontaneously.
"Your Majesty, I have been wronged!" Xia Lie kowtowed heavily: "I have no enmity with the people in the imperial capital academy, so how could I kill them? Your Majesty, please be careful!"
"You still dare to argue?" Xia Yuanlong's eyes widened, his tiger eyes were as sharp as a sword, and it was chilling to the eye!
With a flick of his wrist, he threw the note in front of Xia Lie.
Quickly scanning the contents of the note, Xia Lie's face was full of bitterness: "Your Majesty, this, this is not my handwriting at all. Someone must have framed me!"
"Oh? Who would frame you?" Xia Yuanlong's tone became more and more gloomy: "I have sent someone to investigate carefully and found that the three teachers of the execution hall who died were all nine-star Xuanshi."
"The killer used fire-based profound energy. The three nine-star mysterious masters were unable to resist at all in front of him. It can be seen that this person's profound energy cultivation must be above the eight-star mysterious master."
"In this imperial capital, there are only a handful of people who are skilled in fire-based mystical energy and whose cultivation level is above the eight-star mystical master."
Xia Lie frowned suddenly and said in dissatisfaction: "Your Majesty is so angry that I am terrified! But I have been wronged and I have no choice but to file a lawsuit."
"Chen Shen is the grandson of General Chen Zangfeng. The person most likely to stand up for Chen Shen should be Chen Zangfeng, right?"
"As far as I know, his mysterious energy attribute is also the fire element! In addition, there are two or three elders in the Chen Mansion who have a profound energy cultivation level above the Eight-Star Xuan Master. Their suspicion seems to be greater, right?"
"I boldly assert that the three torture hall teachers must have died at the hands of the Chen family. Among them, General Chen Zangfeng is the most suspected. And the person who framed me is most likely also him!"
Hearing this, Xia Yuanlong laughed angrily: "Hahaha, Chen Aiqing, did you hear that? He actually poured dirty water on you."
While he was talking, an old man with white hair and long beard slowly walked out from behind the screen. Who else could it be besides Chen Zangfeng?
"Why are you here?" Xia Lie was dumbfounded.
"Not only is he here, but he has been playing chess with Gu all afternoon and talking about military affairs. You actually said that Chen Aiqing is the real murderer?"
"As for the elders of the Chen family who are above the Eight-Star Xuan Master, Gu Ye has already sent people to patrol, and they all have sufficient evidence of alibi. But you..."
The more Xia Yuanlong talked, the more angry he got. He stood up suddenly, looked down at His Highness with a pair of dragon-like and tiger-like eyes, and asked one word at a time: "Aren't you still willing to bow your head and plead guilty?"