In the Imperial Palace.

The Emperor sat at the top while flipping through the memorials casually.

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

Although he was mentally prepared to 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 in surprise and said: “Your Majesty, this Mo Yan is the personal servant of my wife’s brother. I didn’t expect that he would go out to hire assassins.”

The Emperor looked away from the memorial and asked: “Your brother-in-law’s servant and Xiao Hanzheng and his wife have a grudge that they want to kill them?”

He then changed the topic and said with cold eyes: “Or maybe he is a spy from the enemy country, deliberately trying to kill the people who donated the seed so that he can pour dirty water on me.”

“Let the people feel that I can’t even protect those who donated God-given seeds, so why should I continue to be the emperor?”

This time, a layer of cold sweat broke out on Xiao Yuanshi’s back. He knelt directly on the floor and said: “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.”

He had a bad feeling before he was ordered to enter the palace.

So, he made preparations early.

From beginning to end, he did not let his people take action but arranged for Ge Chunyi’s cronies to do it.

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 was in his hands, so they were his people from beginning to end.

Ge Chunyi was cultivated not only because of his relationship with his wife but also because he could be used by him.

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

If the other party doesn’t live up to expectations or wants to break away from him if he has a promising future, then he has plenty of means to deal with him.

Now that Ge Chunyi was useless, of course, he had to recycle the waste.

He never gives away the clues directly, so when he hires the assassins to deal with his bad daughter-in-law, he never uses his people.

His arrangements were very safe and have no trace of him.

Ge Chunyi was the chess piece he threw out. He was at most responsible for an oversight.

The Emperor raised an eyebrow: “Why did your brother-in-law hire assassins to kill Xiao Hanzheng and his wife? Do they have a grudge?”

“Or perhaps, is he a spy of the enemy country, so he wanted the person who donated the seeds to be killed?”

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

He looked distressed and said: “It should be because he is jealous of Xiao Hanzheng and his wife.”

“He was originally very promising, but he was crippled by Xi Rui. I heard that Xi Rui had a good relationship with Xiao Hanzheng’s wife. He held a grudge in his heart before, so he might have thought that Shi Qingluo encouraged Xi Rui to harm him.”

“With the addition of the seed donation, he held a grudge even more, and that’s why he thought of hiring assassins to kill them.”

“I hope Your Majesty will investigate the matter of spies thoroughly.”

When he hired the assassins, he was already prepared. If he was discovered, he would blame it entirely on Ge Chunyi.

After raising him for so many years, it’s time for the other party to repay him.

The Emperor looked at Xiao Yuanshi and said: “My beloved minister, it seems that your brother-in-law has a very bad character!”

Xiao Yuanshi sighed: “I didn’t expect him to 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 squinted his eyes and said, “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 doesn’t want to, he has no choice but to face it now.

“Xiao Hanzheng is indeed this minister’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 in a moment of anger.”

“I shouldn’t angrily say that I want to break ties with my son and separate the family because of my current wife.”

“I didn’t think Zheng’er would agree directly at that time.”

“Before returning to the capital, I wanted to bring him to the capital to train him, but he refused.”

“At that time, I felt that my dignity as a father was being challenged, and also, my wife was angry because Zheng’er’s mother harmed her by causing her to miscarry, so I stopped caring about them.”

“Originally, I wanted to let them go for a while and then take the three siblings back to the capital to raise them.”

“Perhaps I had discussed this matter with my wife and my brother-in-law heard it before, which made my brother-in-law completely resentful of Zheng’er and his wife, and then hired the assassins.”

“This is all my fault, please punish me.”

In front of the Emperor, unnecessary sophistry was useless. It was better to admit his mistakes frankly so that he could survive.

Xiao Yuanshi knelt on the floor for a long time without hearing the Emperor’s words. He couldn’t help but be flustered, but he forced himself to calm down.

After a while, the Emperor said: “I see. You are confused about this matter, my beloved minister.”

“Recently, the turbulent things about your family have been widely spread in the capital, and they have been treated as jokes.”

“My beloved minister, 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 handle matters at home well in the future.”

The Emperor nodded: “You should go back and reflect carefully, and I will keep the punishment for you first.”

Then he added meaningfully: “I still think highly of you. 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.

The thing he feared the most was not the Emperor’s punishment, but leaving him behind, a big trouble in the future.

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

That son of his and bad daughter-in-law came to restrain him.

The bargaining chip he originally held in his hand to make great achievements was about to be wasted, so he felt his heart begin to bleed.

But for the sake of his official career and to prevent the Emperor from remembering this incident, he had no choice but to give up.

He kowtowed a few more times and said, “Yes, I will reflect carefully when I go back, and I will not disappoint His Majesty again.”

Naturally, it cannot be taken out now, otherwise, what would the Emperor think?

He has to calm down make an arrangement, and then find an opportunity to contribute to it.

The Emperor looked at Xiao Yuanshi’s expression and thought that the beating was probably successful.

It now depends on when Xiao Yuanshi will take things out to make up for his mistake.

Xiao Hanzheng and his wife were his lucky stars.

As for this man, a great general, he was selfish.

The Emperor thought for a while and said: “Hiring assassins to assassinate people who have contributed to the donation of seeds will have a bad impact if word spreads. I will not hand over this matter to the Ministry of Punishment.”

He added: “For the sake of my beloved minister, I will spare his life, but since your brother-in-law broke the law, I can’t just let him go. You can figure it out yourself.”

Xiao Yuanshi was going crazy. He’ll let him do it? Isn’t this making things difficult for him?

But he did not dare to refute: “Yes!”