After Cui Lin's words fell, not to mention Tang Ning and Cao Dejiang, the corners of their mouths twitched, and even the two innocent people who were involved in the Criminal Department and Dali Temple couldn't help but complain in their hearts.
The Zhao family's face was even more bruised and purple, and Zhao Yuanlang blushed at first, and then turned pale.
"Your Majesty, Your Minister......"
"Enough!"
Without waiting for Zhao Yuanlang to quibble, Emperor An, whose face was sinking like water, was the first to speak out angrily.
If he can't see that there is something wrong with today's affairs, then he is hopelessly stupid!
"Zhao Yuanlang, you are so bold, you dare to calculate?!"
Emperor An slammed his chair with a "bang".
Zhao Yuanlang's face was pale: "Your Majesty, I was wronged, and I don’t dare to deceive Your Majesty."
“I am indeed disgusted that his daughter has lost the face of the Zhao family, but she is my own flesh and blood, how can I harm her?"
"I have never come forward to intercede for her before, although he has the intention of protecting the Zhao family, but it is also because he knows that His Majesty has always been fair, and Lord Xiao is also neat, he will definitely be able to bring Xuan justice."
"But the matter of Lingyun Temple has passed for more than half a month, and the Privy Council has not only not produced results for a long time, but also made the matter bigger and bigger, I was afraid that if the matter of Yinxuan continues like this, it will lose royal face, and more people will be involved, so that people in the world will question His Majesty's wisdom, so he begged his mother to enter the palace to intercede with the Queen Mother."
Old Madam Zhao listened to her son's words, and her mind was also in a hurry, and she knelt on the ground and burst into tears.
"Your Majesty, the courtiers are a little careful when they enter the palace, but they don't dare to calculate Your Majesty, if it weren't for the refusal of Lord Xiao to close the case, how could the courtiers dare to disturb the Queen Mother."
"Although the Zhao family is not a big family, it is also a pure white family, there are still girls in the house who have never been out of the cabinet, and those women who marry out must also live, the affairs of the fourth princess made the Zhao family lose face, if it drags on like this, what will they do in the future?"
The old lady Zhao with gorgeous hair paused on the ground, and did not defend herself for pretending to be sick just now, and even admitted that she suddenly entered the palace because of a calculation, but she wiped her tears and only said that it was for the daughter of the Zhao family.
Her voice choked: "I have some calculations, but we just want to close the case as soon as possible so that this matter can pass as soon as possible."
"Yinxuan is my own granddaughter, a child I watched grow up, how could I kill her? And Cao Gong said that the Zhao family is clever, why don't you say that the county lord of Xiangning is so coincidental, His Majesty just sent someone to find Lord Xiao, and bumped into my daughter-in-law with my family's nonsense?! ”
Tang Ning frowned angrily, "What you said is totally unreasonable. I watched Madam Zhao being hunted down, and I was going to watch her die without helping her. If I had known that you would blame me, I would have just left it alone!"
Her face flushed with anger and her eyes were foggy.
"Besides, what's the matter with His Majesty looking for my brother? My brother is valued by His Majesty. After he was seriously injured while saving His Majesty that day, His Majesty sent people to visit him from time to time, and also specifically told my brother to take good care of his injuries."
"My brother's injury recurred a few days ago. He tried to force himself to go to the palace but almost got into trouble. When I sent him medicine last night, he said with guilt that Your Majesty relied on him. He was angry about the disturbances outside and scolded the people in the Privy Council for their poor performance. He said he would get better soon and return to the court to share Your Majesty's worries."
"Your Majesty will not believe the nonsense and provocations of you people, right, Your Majesty?!"
The little girl was obviously angered by what the Zhao family said. Her already pretty face was tense and the mist in her eyes was about to come out, but she still tried hard not to show any fear.
Emperor An even wondered if she would be so angry that she would jump up and cry in the next moment.
Facing the little girl's tearful and trusting eyes, Emperor An stuttered: "Of course I believe in Xiao Yan."
Tang Ning raised his chin and snorted, "Did you hear that? Your Majesty will never doubt my brother."
"Your Majesty is worried about my brother's injury, and he often gives him rewards, and even asks Eunuch Feng to bring Doctor Jiang to visit him. You people just have bad intentions. It's obviously you who did something bad and Madam Zhao found out, but you still want to wrongly accuse me and my brother. You are simply shameless!"
The little girl was sulking like a cat with its fur standing on end.
He kept calling "Brother" and "Your Majesty" as if he had someone's support and he wished his tail would fly up.
Emperor An remained silent for a long time, feeling strangely guilty, at her words that showed his special trust.
So this little girl thought that he sent Yu Yanfeng and Eunuch Feng to lead that large group of guards to Jiyun Lane to visit Xiao Yan?
Cao Dejiang and the others were also very quiet.
Cui Lin's mouth twitched. This Song Tangning must be a fool.
Tang Ning seemed not to notice their gazes, and only snorted softly: "The people of the Lu family are not good people. You are not mixing with the Lu family with good intentions. His Majesty is so wise that he will not be deceived by you."
Emperor An looked at the little girl who regarded him with trust: "..."
cough.
He coughed softly, and quickly sat up straight, trying to be as dignified as possible: "Of course, Xiao Yan is my right-hand man, how could I doubt him? It's the Zhao family..."
"His Majesty!"
Zhao Yuanlang kowtowed fiercely: "I have never meant to embarrass Governor Xiao, but everyone in the capital knows Governor Xiao's methods. The matter of Lingyun Temple is not difficult to handle. Even if someone else had investigated for more than half a month, they should have come up with a result. However, the Privy Council, which is always vigorous and resolute, has not come to a conclusion for a long time."
"This matter could have been resolved as soon as the person behind the scenes was found out, but it got bigger and bigger. The princes and dukes in the court were dragged into the water one after another, rumors spread everywhere, and officials in the morning court frequently used this to attack us. My Zhao family has become a huge joke."
His eyes were red,
"Dare Xiao Yan to say that he has no selfish motives?"
"If he hadn't ignored it, how could the people in the Privy Council dare to be so negligent? I don't know who bewitched my wife to slander me like this, but if Xiao Yan hadn't been unable to investigate this matter, how could my daughter have died?"
"Xiao Yan is clearly trying to seize power for himself. He is watching things get out of hand and taking the opportunity to stir up trouble in the court. He treats everyone as fools. How can he still have His Majesty in his eyes?!"
Zhao Yuanlang spoke with extreme grief and indignation. Emperor An, who had already cleared up his doubts about Xiao Yan because of Tang Ning and Madam Zhao's performance after they came in, suddenly looked a little gloomy.
Tang Ning's heart sank when he saw this.
Zhao Yuanlang!
There was a flash of murderous intent in her eyes.
Just when everyone in the hall was looking puzzled, someone outside came with a message saying that Eunuch Feng had returned.
Zhao Yuanlang's eyes lit up, and Cui Lin and the others also looked towards the door.
When Eunuch Feng hurried in, he met everyone's gazes head-on. He paused, cursing in his heart, but his expression remained unchanged as he walked quickly towards Emperor An.
"Your Majesty, I pay my respects to you."
Emperor An glanced at the empty space behind him and asked, "Where's Xiao Yan?"
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You can read ahead to chapterr 470 (100+ extra chapters) here
T/N: Tangning is doing her best but we need Xiao Yan asap===============
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