Concubine Jia sat aside and seemed to be close to her with concern, “Fortunately, the injury is not serious, and the Crown Prince is really good. Why are you in the mood to go to Hongluan Courtyard? That kind of place cannot be visited.”
Wang He, Wang Qi and Su Qiyan stood on both sides of the hall, kneeling between the Xue family father and son, Li Qing, the prefect of Yingtian Prefecture, and Zeng Yuanhao, the commander of the patrol battalion.
Xue Tai looked beaten by Xue Desheng again, and his whole face was swollen like a pig’s head, and he could hardly see a person. Xue Desheng knelt on the ground, not daring to raise his head.
The emperor slapped the table and said, “Bold”
Xue Tai and Xue Desheng kowtowed and begged for mercy, and blood was coming from Xue Tai’s forehead. The prefect of Yingtian Prefecture Li Qing and the commander of the patrol battalion Zeng Yuanhao also lay on the ground and did not dare to get up.
“Zeng Yuanhao, your subordinates arrest people casually without discrimination. What should you blame?”
Zeng Yuanhao knelt forward and walked forward and said, “I did not restrain my subordinates well, and I deserve to die.”
The emperor said angrily, “Where is that little governor?”
Zeng Yuanhao hurriedly said, “Wei Chen has already blamed him for one hundred major boards, cut off his post as the little governor, and imprisoned him in a prison, waiting for His Majesty to give up.”
Xiao Yan stepped forward and said, “Father, then the little governor Cai is not embarrassed. He just listened to the villain’s words and arrested the wrong good man, and regarded the son minister as a troublemaker.”
The emperor then calmed down a little and said to Zeng Yuanhao, “Since the prince pleads with mercy, let him go. But you are not strict in your constraints, so that your subordinates arrest people randomly and go to get thirty boards.”
“Thank you for your kindness, thank you for your wiseness.” Zeng Yuanhao was a man who was sitting at home, and disaster came from heaven. I can only be glad that Xiao Yan said a good thing, and fortunately Cai Xu was still a little brainy.
Zeng Yuanhao retreated with gratitude. Li Qing knew it was his turn, so he hurriedly went up and kowtowed, “I missed the prison, so the prince was in trouble, so he came to apologize.”