Royal Palace.

The emperor sat at the top, flipping through the memorials casually.

Xiao Yuanshi stood below in shock, looking at the confession in his hand.

Although he had made preparations in his mind that he would be found out, he did not expect that the emperor would call him over so directly and show him the confession.

After reading it, a thin layer of sweat broke out on his forehead.

After thinking about it for a moment, Xiao Yuanshi raised his head with surprise and said, "Your Majesty, this Mo Yan is the personal servant of my wife's brother. I really didn't expect that he would go out to pay for murder."

The emperor looked away from the memorial and asked, "Does your brother-in-law's servant have a grudge against Xiao Hanzheng and his wife for killing their father?"

He then changed the topic and said with cold eyes: "Or maybe he is a spy from the enemy country and deliberately wants to kill the person who donated the seed so that he can be blamed on me."

"Let the people feel that I can't even protect those who donate God-given fine seeds, so that they think I can't be an emperor?"

A layer of cold sweat broke out on Xiao Yuanshi's back this time, and he knelt directly on the ground, "Your Majesty, you can ask Dali Temple to check whether this person has anything to do with the enemy country. I am not familiar with him either."

The emperor asked meaningfully: "Do you think he is an enemy spy?"

Xiao Yuanshi thought for a while and said cautiously: "I dare not make any judgments. I just speculate that this may be the instigation of my brother-in-law."

Before he was ordered to enter the palace, he had a bad feeling.

But luckily I made preparations in advance.

From the beginning to the end, he did not let his own people take action, but arranged for Ge Chunyi's cronies to do this.

Although the other party was a confidant bought by Ge Chunyi himself, he arranged to send it to the other party.

Mo Yan's family is in his hands and they are his from beginning to end.

In addition to cultivating Ge Chunyi because of his wife's relationship, it is also natural that he can be used by him.

If Ge Chunyi keeps up his performance, he can be his right-hand man in the future.

If the other party fails to live up to expectations, or if he wants to break away from him when he becomes promising, then he has plenty of means to deal with it.

Now that Ge Chunyi is dead, he will of course use the waste.

He never did anything to directly give away the clues, so when he wanted to deal with the bad daughter-in-law, he used someone other than his own.

His arrangements were very secure and there would never be any trace of him.

Ge Chunyi was a chess piece thrown out by him, and he was at most responsible for an oversight.

The emperor raised his eyebrows, "Why did your brother-in-law pay to kill Xiao Hanzheng and his wife? They have a grudge?"

"Or why do you want to kill the person who donated the seeds? Is he a spy of the enemy country?"

Xiao Yuanshi's heart skipped a beat, he couldn't accept the latter part, otherwise as his brother-in-law, he would become someone related to the enemy's spies.

He looked distressed and said, "It should be that he is jealous of Xiao Hanzheng and his wife."

"He was originally very promising, but he was deposed because of Xi Rui. I heard that Xi Rui had a good relationship with Xiao Hanzheng's wife, and I had held a grudge in my heart before. I thought it was Shi Qingluo who encouraged Xi Rui to harm him."

"In addition to the matter of donating seeds, he will hold a grudge even more, and then he will think about paying someone to kill someone."

"I hope your Majesty will investigate the matter of spies thoroughly."

When he hired the murderer, he was already prepared to blame it all on Ge Chunyi if he was discovered.

After raising him for so many years, it's time for him to repay him.

The emperor looked at Xiao Yuanshi and said, "Ai Qing, it seems that your brother-in-law has a very bad character!"

Xiao Yuanshi sighed, "I didn't expect that he would develop such a petty and ruthless character."

"I was at fault. I should not have allowed him to do this, and I failed to notice that he would do such a thing."

He first apologized and asked the emperor to punish him.

The emperor narrowed his eyes, "I heard that Xiao Hanzheng is your son?"

Xiao Yuanshi knew that as long as his son Xiao Hanzheng achieved something, their relationship would be revealed.

Although he didn't want to, he couldn't help but face it now.

"Xiao Hanzheng is indeed Chen's son, but we are no longer related."

He did not argue, but said with a face of shame: "In this matter, I made a mistake because of my hotheadedness."

"I shouldn't have said angrily that I would break up with my son and separate the family because of my current wife."

"I didn't think about Zheng'er at the time, so I agreed directly."

"Before returning to the capital, I also wanted to save him. I asked him if I could bring him to the capital for training, but he refused."

"At that time, I felt that my dignity as a father was being challenged, and now that my wife was angry because Zheng'er's mother had a miscarriage, I stopped caring about them."

"I originally thought of letting them go for a while and then bringing the three siblings back to the capital to raise them."

"Perhaps I had discussed this matter with my wife and brother-in-law at home before, which made my brother-in-law completely resentful of Zheng'er and his wife and decided to pay for the murder."

"This is all my fault. Please punish me, Your Majesty."

In front of the emperor, unnecessary sophistry is useless. It is better to admit your mistakes frankly, so that you can put yourself to death and survive.

He kept kneeling on the ground and waited for a long time without hearing the emperor's words. He was so flustered that he forced himself to calm down.

After another moment, the emperor said: "I see, my dear, you are indeed confused about this matter."

"Recently, the scandalous things about your family have been widely circulated in the capital, and they have been treated as jokes."

"My dear, you are good at marching and fighting, but you are not good at handling housework."

"I don't want my general to become a big joke in the capital."

He also emphasized: "The right way is to have a peaceful home."

Xiao Yuanshi immediately kowtowed, "Yes, I will definitely handle matters at home well in the future."

The emperor nodded: "You should go back and reflect carefully. If you punish me, I will keep it for you first."

Then he added meaningfully, "I still have a high opinion of Aiqing. You better not let me down."

When Xiao Yuanshi heard this, his heart not only did not let go, but his heart lifted even higher.

What I fear most is that if the emperor doesn't punish him directly, it will be a big trouble in the future.

It seems that the only way to get rid of this problem is to cut off the flesh.

That son and bad wife are really here to restrain him.

The bargaining chip he originally held in his hand to make great achievements was about to be wasted, and his heart began to bleed again.

But for the sake of his official career and to prevent the emperor from being unhappy about this incident, he had no choice but to give up.

He kowtowed a few more times and said, "Yes, I will reflect on it carefully when I go back, and I will never disappoint His Majesty again."

Of course it cannot be taken out now, otherwise what would the emperor think?

You have to come down and arrange it, and find an opportunity to contribute.

The emperor looked at Xiao Yuanshi's appearance and thought that the beating was probably successful.

It just depends on when Xiao Yuanshi takes out the things to make up for the mistake.

Not to mention Xiao Hanzheng and his wife are really his lucky stars.

As for his great general, he is really selfish.

The emperor thought for a while and said: "If word spreads about the assassination of a man who has contributed to the donation of seeds, it will have a bad impact. I will not hand over this matter to the Ministry of Punishment."

He added: "For Aiqing's sake, I won't spare his life, but since your brother-in-law broke the law, I can't just let him go. It's up to you to decide what to do."

Xiao Yuanshi is really going crazy. If he is asked to do it, isn't it embarrassing for him?
Chapter completed!