Chapter 31
"I really don't know what other crimes I have committed. Your majesty, don't trust other people's words. Wanwang knows the truth!" Du Long, who was already on the verge of riding a tiger, could only bite the bullet and continue to answer in a trembling voice according to the original plan.
"Du Long! Since you have not pleaded guilty, then I will not be polite! The first crime, I asked you if you ever took the princess to the Zuixiang Tower to drink and have fun? The second crime, I asked you if you made a big noise in the Zuixiang Tower last night. Did you just rob a prostitute Xia Qinglian from there? During the period, I heard that your kid actually went all the way from the second floor of Zuixiang Building to the first floor, and you just made a bloody way to rob Xia Qinglian!"
hum!
In the Chengde Hall, after hearing the two crimes mentioned by the emperor, many ministers and their family members who were still kneeling in the hall began to discuss in a low voice, obviously stunned by Du Long's actions.
The matter of Du Long taking the princess to the land of wind and dust happened early. With the intentional spread of Li Xiaojun and others, many people knew about it and didn't care much about it. Not many people know about the feat that the famous prostitute Xia Qinglian robbed!
Knowing this, Fan Wei and Li Xiaojun stayed in their room for a whole night to get rid of the bruises on their faces after returning home, and they didn't have the time to spread the word. Tiangangqi was quick to get rid of the bruises on his body, and only then did they have the face to participate in the annual New Year's celebration.
Of course, after this incident, their hatred for Du Long became much deeper in their hearts!
"Your Majesty!" Du Long spoke again, and His Highness's discussion disappeared immediately. Everyone's ears were pricked up, wanting to hear how he argued for himself. .
Du Zhentian and Zhou Ruoxue, the parents of the two parties involved in the crowd, even raised their hearts to their throats. Zhou Ruoxue's beautiful eyes were full of tears, and her face was as pale as paper. She had already been frightened.
"First of all, let's talk about taking the princess to Zuixiang Tower! At noon that day, the villain and a few friends were going to Zuixianglou to have a light meal, and then listen to a little song or something, but happened to meet Princess Huofeng, who happened to be hungry too I insisted on going to have dinner with me. The little one reminded the princess that Jinzhiyuye could not go there, but she insisted on going to the villain, but she couldn't stop it! It wasn't that the villain deliberately led the princess to Zuixianglou !"
"Secondly, let's talk about the second crime. I went to the Zuixiang Tower to do business under the emperor's imperial decree, and I didn't just forcefully break into the Zuixiang Tower and kidnap Miss Xia Qinglian!"
"Presumptuous! When did I order you to go to the Zuixiang Tower to do business? Du Long, do you know that the false imperial decree will be exterminated?" On the Dragon Throne, the emperor was obviously irritated by Du Long.
A sentence of extermination scared Du's mother, Zhou, almost fainted on the spot. The cold and happy smile on Dewey's face, who was still a little gleeful, froze, leaving only a face full of fear.
People like Li Xiaojun, Fan Wei and Zhao Lin'er looked excited, and they all waited expectantly for Du Long to continue to offend the emperor, so that the furious emperor could destroy the Du clan!
"Please look, Your Majesty!" Du Long hurriedly stretched his hand into his bosom, actually took out two things from the interspatial ring, and then presented them with both hands: "One of these is the pardon that Princess Huofeng asked the Emperor for." Order, and the other is Princess Fire Phoenix's princess gold medal!"
"The pardon was indeed issued by a genius who remembered Xia Qinglian's filial piety, but I didn't order you to go to the Zuixiang Tower to do business! Du Long, if you give me a convincing statement today, the crimes of your Du family are terrible. That's great!" The emperor looked at the golden book of pardon and nodded, admitting that it was indeed issued by himself.
"Your Majesty! Princess Huofeng received your pardon order, and then handed it over to my subordinates together with the princess' gold medal, and sent the villain to the Zuixiang Tower to pardon Xia Qinglian, the daughter of the guilty minister, for her lifelong prostitution. Xia Qinglian was taken away from the Zuixiang Tower, and there was the emperor's pardon and the princess' gold medal, so the villain is running errands for the princess? Indirectly, he is also doing errands for the emperor, right?"
"This..." The emperor was dumbfounded on the spot, and being surrounded by Du Long, a brat, he really ordered him to go on an errand.
At this moment, Princess Huofeng, who had been kneeling in the ranks of the royal family, suddenly stood up, strode to Du Long, knelt down and said softly: "Father! What Du Long said is reasonable, and the princess's gold medal is indeed true." It was handed over to him by Erchen himself, in case Zuixianglou would not let him go! Sure enough, Zuixianglou didn’t even bother to pay attention to the princess’s gold medal, and it didn’t even pay attention to the emperor’s pardon. ! From this we can see how insane the forces behind Zuixianglou are!"
hum!
Emperor Qin Ying sat on the dragon chair, his eyes were like torches, and he swept across the officials and their family members who were still kneeling below. Princess Huofeng's words made some people's faces turn ugly. With just one glance, he could see that A lot of information.
Zuixianglou, on the surface, belongs to a chamber of commerce called Belin. This chamber of commerce is not only famous in the Haotian Empire, but also in the other two empires of the Star Continent, and the Sixteen Kingdoms have their branches. It is known as one of the three major chambers of commerce in the Star Continent.
Compared with this kind of multinational top-level chamber of commerce, the three major chambers of commerce in the Haotian Empire are somewhat insignificant, and there is no comparison at all!
The headquarter of the Belin Chamber of Commerce is located in the Blue Moon Empire adjacent to the Haotian Empire. They also have a great influence in the Haotian Empire. According to the information received by the emperor, this multinational chamber of commerce seems to be very close to the Fan family in recent years.
In other words, one of the hidden shareholders behind Zuixianglou has the shadow of Fan's family!
Because of this, all the officials of the Fan Department who knelt down at the bottom showed a look of shock. Princess Huofeng's words just hit the pain of these people. It is strange that they are not worried.
In a short while, the emperor sitting on the dragon chair thought a lot, and various thoughts flashed through his mind!
"Feng'er! Don't make a fuss about it! After all, Zuixianglou has suffered a lot in this matter, and it's a good reason that they don't want to hand over Xia Qinglian to Du Long unconditionally!" His thoughts turned, and the emperor Qin Ying restrained himself All kinds of distracting thoughts in my heart interrupted my precious daughter's alarmist words.
"Report to the Emperor! When Zuixianglou took Xia Qinglian away from Dali Temple, it spent a total of 1,200 gold coins. Last night, besides returning the 1,200 gold coins, the little one gave another 800 gold coins. In addition, Xia Qinglian has also made a lot of money for Zuixianglou in recent years, but the Zuixianglou party is still unwilling to let her go, and wants to detain Miss Xia Qinglian and auction her!
You know, he is a beloved man who was personally pardoned by the emperor, what right does Zuixianglou have to auction him? The young one was out of righteous indignation, coupled with Princess Huofeng's exhortations before leaving, and then forcibly rescued the weak woman Xia Qinglian from the fire pit, and hope the emperor will find out! "Du Long took the opportunity to add.
Princess Huofeng also said cooperatively: "That's right! When Du Long was going to redeem someone last night, my minister told him that if anyone still refuses to let them go after seeing the princess' gold medal, I will beat them up!"
The two of you said one word, I said one word, and in a few words, all the crimes were pushed to Zuixianglou!
The emperor sitting high on the dragon chair suddenly became indecisive, and the queen next to him reminded in a low voice at the right time: "Your Majesty! Today is a great day for the New Year celebration. If such trivial matters are dealt with at this time, it will make your highness and officials Just a joke, Feng'er and Du Long haven't performed the coming-of-age ceremony, according to my concubine's opinion, don't pursue this matter anymore, it's all caused by impulsive and ignorant children, besides, their explanation just now is also very reasonable !"
After being beaten and slashed by the empress, what was originally a trivial crime immediately turned into a trivial matter. The emperor glanced at the officials who were still kneeling together, and then sighed: "That's all! This matter has come to an end." So far, Du Long, if you dare to take the little princess to that kind of place again, I will let you know how serious the consequences are!"
