At this mont, it was squinting its eyes, looking as if half asleep and half awake, as if the birdcage above held no appeal to it at all.
Inside the birdcage, Luo luo was singing loudly, apparently feeling no threat whatsoever. It was mimicking, most of all, Little Yanyan’s speech.
The rascal pig scrutinized the scene in front of it for quite a while before stealthily moving forward.
The mont it started to move, the dog’s eyes swiftly turned towards it, its gaze intense like two sharp swords.
After realizing it was the rascal pig, the dog’s fierce glow subdued, and it lazily flopped back down, squinting its eyes again.
The rascal pig approached and nudged the dog with its snout.
The dog, resigned, got up to make way.
The rascal pig, without any courtesy, swiftly took the spot where the dog had just lain, arrogantly claiming the area that originally belonged to the dog, and fell asleep to the tornting calls of the myna bird above.
The dog sniffed the rascal pig gently with its nose, circled around it, then lay down at the other end of the bench, once again looking up at the myna bird above.
The myna bird, Luo luo, was completely oblivious to the abnormality below, continuing to mimic speech.
"Mother, co play with Yan Yan! Play with ..."
The opportunity for Qin Yi and Su Pan’er to bond, disrupted by the rascal pig, had led to both of them losing interest in continuing their bath, and they both redressed and left the hot springs.
As soon as they stepped out, Eunuch An and others who had been waiting outside quickly approached.
"Your Majesty, Empress."
"Hmm."
Qin Yi let out a cold hum, giving Eunuch An a deep stare, "Is there anything unusual?"
Eunuch An bowed even more deeply, "To report to Your Majesty, all is normal. It’s just... King Xian had co by earlier."
The abilities of the rascal pig were well known to Qin Yi and Su Pan’er. If it didn’t want to be noticed, with just Eunuch An and his group of incompetents, it would be impossible to detect it. But King Xian...
Qin Yi and Su Pan’er exchanged a look and saw surprise in each other’s eyes.
King Xian Qin Feimo had been waiting outside the Purple Imperial Hall for quite so ti!
Ever since he had abdicated the throne and yielded his position to Qin Zitong, blaming himself for cris, he buried his passionate aspirations deep within, enduring humiliation and striving to live strong. Even after Qin Yi’s ascent to the throne, he still remained that Virtuous King, living in a place where sunshine could never reach.
He hadn’t thought about rebelling, even going so far as to visit the Jinxin Temple to see his birth mother...
"King Xian, His Majesty summons you."
Little Shunzi ca out to pass on the ssage, pulling Qin Feimo back from his daydreams.
He imdiately smiled and hurriedly bowed, "Thank you for the ssage, Eunuch An, please!" and deftly slipped an envelope into Little Shunzi’s hand.
"No problem, no problem. King Xian, please follow ."
Little Shunzi, walking in front, chuckled and tucked the envelope into his sleeve.
The small weight of the envelope, probably filled with silver banknotes, left Little Shunzi grinning even broader as he quickly strode ahead to lead the way.
Inside the Purple Zen Hall.
Qin Yi sat on the dragon throne, his impressive aura completely on display, while Ye Han stood waiting below, silent.
When Qin Feimo entered, this was the scene he was greeted with.
His heart gave a start, Qin Yi’s montum was growing increasingly formidable! He hastened forward to pay his respects.
"Arise."
Qin Yi commanded, casually flipping through the morials on the dragon desk. He threw the morial in his hand to the ground and berated angrily, "I have heard that barbarians are incessantly harassing the borders of Our Great Zhou outside the Tongzhou pass, while within the pass, mountain bandits are frequently disturbing the peace, and nurous leaders have raised armies in rebellion. There is even soone who has led the entire city’s soldiers to surrender to the barbarians. Is this true?"
Qin Feimo dared not quibble and hastily prostrated himself on the ground.
"This servant is guilty! I beg His Majesty to administer punishnt."
His refusal to explain and instead directly confessing his guilt made Qin Yi’s expression soften slightly as he stared at him without uttering a word.
Ye Han, who was seated to one side, rely moved his eyebrows slightly and remained silent.
"Punishnt? If re punishnt could offset your grievous sins, I would not hesitate to discipline you."
Qin Yi reined in his anger sowhat and pointed towards the morials on the ground, "Take a look for yourself, are the things written in these morials true?"
Qin Feimo then stood up, picked up the morials from the ground with both hands, and slowly unfolded them to skim through quickly.
The more he read, the more his heart raced, and his hands trembled holding the morials.
Upon reaching the end, he felt his face turn pale, and with a thud, he knelt to the ground, ceaselessly kowtowing.
"Your Majesty, I beg for Your Majesty’s discernnt! The contents written in these morials are all nonsense, an attempt to fabricate charges against ! Your Majesty, this servant has never harbored such disloyalty, Your Majesty..."
Qin Yi remained unmoved by his pleas, instead letting out a cold laugh.
"The ’disloyalty’ you speak of, does it refer to your failure to et with the emissaries from Western Xia, and your concealnt of it? Or does it refer to the fact that you did not visit your mother at the Jinxin Temple and that you accepted the connections she handed over to you?"
"This..."
Qin Feimo was still in a state of shock, he looked up at His Majesty briefly then hurriedly lowered his head again.
"Are you wondering how I ca to know of these things? Heh heh!"
Qin Yi let out a few cold laughs, tapping his finger lightly against the dragon desk, "I gave you a chance, yet you said nothing. Now, what else do you have to argue?"
As he spoke, he glanced briefly at Ye Han beside him.
Qin Feimo clenched his teeth, remaining silent for a long ti.
Qin Yi also had patience, lightly tapping his finger on the dragon desk at intervals, a look of certainty on his face.
After a long while, Qin Feimo finally conceded, heaving a sigh and then deeply kowtowed three tis before raising his head.
"This servant has nothing to say! But..."
Qin Feimo gritted his teeth and let out a wry laugh, "What kind of person this servant is should be clear in Your Majesty’s heart. How I have served Your Majesty and my cousin over the years... Your Majesty should understand. My loyalty towards Your Majesty is as clear as day and night. If others wish to use , to guide Your Majesty’s thoughts and actions, that is beyond my control."
Bang!
Qin Yi slapped his palm onto the dragon desk, furious!
"What you an to say is that I am a foolish emperor, unable to distinguish right from wrong? Qin Feimo, you have so nerve!"
"Your Majesty, it is because I am not audacious enough that my cousin has suffered so much over these years! What I, Qin Feimo, have sought in life is not wealth or position; otherwise, back then I would not have... would not have..."
Qin Feimo argued, paused for a mont, and sighed, before bowing again, "Your Majesty, what this servant asks for is nothing more than the basic necessities. If Your Majesty desires this life of mine, then please, take it!"
Was he so sure that I wouldn’t lay a hand on him?
"Very well, very well, very well!"
Qin Yi nodded repeatedly, obviously infuriated, saying three ’very well’ in a row, "You think I will let you off easily, isn’t that it? Guards, arrest the Virtuous King and throw him in the Imperial Dungeon. No one is permitted to visit. Any violators will be punished severely without rcy!"
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