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Chapter 580 The General Was Rescued (55)
The emperor sat upright on the dragon throne, staring gloomily at Huo Yuan who was kneeling on the golden brick ground below.
Huo Yuan remained kneeling on the ground, motionless, like a sculpture, quietly waiting for the emperor to make his decision.
As time passed, the atmosphere in the hall became increasingly solemn and depressing, making people feel suffocated.
Finally, the person who couldn't control his temper first - Crown Prince Chen Jiyao - took action first.
He frowned and shouted at Huo Yuan impatiently, "General Huo, are you trying to force me to abdicate today? Humph! I just gave some women to the ministers, what's the big deal?
If you really like it, I can give you a beautiful woman! How about...giving you the girl Xue Liangyuan, who I just brought into the palace?"
However, in the face of Chen Jiyao's words, Huo Yuan seemed to have not heard them, and remained silent, not even raising his eyelids.
Seeing this, Chen Jiyao couldn't help but feel a surge of nameless anger in his heart, but he still suppressed his anger and continued: "This prince knows that my Xue Liangyuan seems to have had some emotional entanglements with you.
Thinking back, it was indeed inappropriate for me to forcefully take someone's beauty away, and I apologize to you here. How about this, I will immediately order someone to send her to your mansion, and you can get up quickly!"
These words, which sounded rather absurd, instantly tinged the originally serious and tense scene with a romantic atmosphere.
Everyone present began to whisper to each other, and many people began to secretly speculate, could it be that this turmoil was just an internal conflict in the palace caused by a woman?
The emperor turned his head slightly, glanced at his son Chen Jiyao standing beside him, and slowly said: "If one woman is not enough to satisfy you, my dear, then I might as well reward you with a few more beauties.
As the saying goes, a real man never has to worry about not having a wife, Lord Huo, you don't have to be so stubborn!"
When Huo Yuan heard the emperor's words, he slowly raised his eyes. His eyes were as cold as a knife, piercing straight at the emperor and his son.
"Your Majesty, you think that killing your brother is not a big mistake, and planting spies in the houses of your ministers is not a big mistake." He spoke in a low voice, with the corners of his mouth slightly raised, "It is not a big mistake to rob a woman in the street, and it is not a big mistake to embezzle the money for repairing the river.
It is not a big mistake to frame a loyal person, and it is not a big mistake to send your own woman to the palace to give to your father. But is it a big mistake to hold military power and be able to assassinate the king at any time?"
The emperor's face darkened: "What do you want to do? Huo Yuan, has the prince done all these things all these years? Even if he did something wrong, can you be blamed?
Don't forget that the people of the Luo family will be killed, and you also have a share of the credit! Dare you say that today's situation is not caused by you helping the tyrant?"
Huo Yuan stopped kneeling at this time. He stood up with his back straight. His expression was a little more relaxed than before: "So I want to correct this mistake!"
"It's too late. There is no chance anymore." The emperor looked a little lonely. "We have no other choice."
Obviously, the emperor knew everything Chen Jiyao did, but he only had this one son, and there was no better way than to turn a blind eye.
Just as Huo Yuan was about to say something else, an arrow shot in from outside the Golden Palace without warning.
"Oh wow!" Chen Jiyao howled and covered his thigh, "Huo Yuan, you bastard, you actually tried to sneak attack?"
"I didn't?" Huo Yuan looked very wronged. Although he had ambushed archers outside the palace, he did not give any orders.
Moreover, he arranged all the shooters to be good, so how could they possibly shoot Chen Jiyao in the shoulder? If they did, it would definitely be in the throat.
"Your Highness, General Huo has indeed been wronged this time." Xue Asi, dressed in tight clothes, walked in with Luo Yue.
At this time, Luo Yue was holding a large bow in her hand, and it was obvious that the arrow just shot was shot by her.
"It's you?" Chen Jiyao couldn't believe that the woman who had always been played around by him could actually cause such a big wave.
Throughout his life, Chen Jiyao liked women, controlled women, and used women, but he also never looked down on any woman.
Because in his eyes, women are just his tools.
"Doctor Xue!" Huo Yuan didn't seem to understand why Xue Asi was here at this moment. He frowned and said, "You can't act recklessly in the Golden Palace, and you can't bring weapons."
Xue Asi didn't even look at him. He took out a stack of papers from a cloth bag he brought with him and said to the emperor, "I wonder if you have time to take a look at the evidence that my brother presented to the emperor that day!"
As soon as these words came out, Huo Yuan's face turned pale instantly.
"Brother?" Huo Yuan pointed at Xue Asi tremblingly, "You are...you are Xiao He?"
"Are you from the Luo family?" Crown Prince Chen Jiyao also realized that there must be something fishy going on. "Weren't you burned to death? Are you a human or a ghost?"