Bai Cheng refused on the spot and even wanted to attack Tao Yaoyao. Xie Lan, who had been standing beside him, saw this and stepped forward to grab his arm, with murderous intent in his sinister eyes.

Although Prime Minister Bai is over seventy years old, he is a scholar who has never been on the battlefield or killed an opponent, and the current King of Dingbei is no longer the child who still needed the protection of his father, emperor and queen more than ten years ago.

At this time, just one look from him made Prime Minister Bai retreat and become frightened.

But he was extremely face-conscious, and even though he was afraid, he refused to admit it, and even forced himself to rebuke, "No matter what the reason is, my Ziye's death has something to do with the prince.

It has been so many years since this happened. If the prince is not happy, you can tell me something. I am willing to compensate you, even if you kneel down and kowtow, but how can you disturb the grave of the deceased? Do you want me to do this? The ancestors of the Bai family cannot rest in peace. "

They were clearly talking about the cause of Bai Ziye's death, but Prime Minister Bai insisted on involving others. Xie Lan was tired of hearing this kind of drama and said coldly, "I originally wanted to wait and mention the Xie family later. Since Prime Minister Bai is so anxious, , then let’s carry it together.”

"You said that Bai Ziye was killed and the ancestors of the Bai family could not live in peace. What about my Xie family? Because of your words, everyone in my Xie family was killed. Have my ancestors of the Xie family ever entered your dreams in these years?"

"It's been more than ten years, Prime Minister Bai, it's time to pay back what you owe the Xie family."

"You..." Prime Minister Bai was so frightened by his eyes that he took two steps back. After seeing that he couldn't explain it to him, he turned back to look for His Majesty. Tao Yaoyao stood aside and smiled at him with satisfaction.

Yes, a shameless family like the Bai family should use this method to deal with them.

At this point, if the emperor still can't see what Xie Lan wants to do, he is stupid, but he never thought that the Dingbei King who would rather be misunderstood by the world would risk everything to get the truth today.

He had clearly made a decision before, but today why...he thought of something, and the emperor's eyes were full of dissatisfaction.

Xie Lan looked at him intently, with only magnanimity in his eyes. At this time, Mr. Huang came in. He didn't know what happened, but after seeing Bai Ziye's coffin, a flash of dissatisfaction flashed in his heart.

The news that Xie Lan had dug up the Bai family's ancestral grave had spread throughout the city of Kyoto, but he didn't know that Bai Ziye's body was carried to the imperial study room. What were they going to do? Could it be...

Thinking of a possibility, Mr. Huang subconsciously looked at Prime Minister Bai. Prime Minister Bai was too busy taking care of himself right now, so he had no intention of exchanging glances with him.

Master Huang heard the emperor's inquiry when he received no response.

"Did you examine Bai Ziye's body back then?"

His Majesty invited him to the palace for this reason.

"Replying to your majesty, it was a subordinate who did it." Mr. Huang suppressed his uneasiness, carefully observed the emperor's expression, and tried to think of the next countermeasures.

"This is your autopsy result from that year. Please take a look." The emperor threw the autopsy form down on the table. Master Huang picked it up and took a look at it, and then asked, "But what's wrong?"

He felt that more than ten years had passed since this incident, and Bai Ziye's body had turned into bones. Even if there were any problems with his autopsy results back then, they couldn't find out now.

That's why I asked so confidently, who knew I would be slapped in the face the next second.

"Miss Tao, talk to him." The emperor looked like he didn't want to get involved in this matter, so he simply left the matter to Tao Yaoyao.

Tao Yaoyao was still afraid that the emperor would protect the Bai family. After hearing this, she was naturally willing to explain, "Master Huang, please look..." Tao Yaoyao came to the coffin and repeated what he had just said.

Mr. Huang was not a professional widower, so he studied with the old widower for two years. When the old widower died, he became the new widower. Later, he was promoted quickly because of his contribution to saving the Queen Mother.

So strictly speaking, he was not good at autopsies, and naturally he didn't know anything about the professional terms Tao Yaoyao said. However, he was the one who examined Bai Ziye's body after all, and now it's hard to say that he had forgotten it or was unclear about it.

He pretended to be stupid and said, "Is this... is this caused by the injury? Shouldn't this be a break caused by the body being sealed in the coffin for many years?"

Mr. Huang thought he was speaking professionally, but he saw Tao Yaoyao looking at him like a fool. In response, Master Huang's eyes flashed with dissatisfaction.

After all, he was an elder and an official of the imperial court. It was unreasonable for Tao Yaoyao, the daughter of a minister, to dare to look at her like this.

But now that the emperor and King Dingbei are here, he can't say anything more. He can only remind her secretly, "It has been many years, and I can't remember it clearly."

"Is it because I can't remember clearly, or because I don't dare to admit it?" Tao Yaoyao didn't care at all whether Mr. Huang admitted his negligence or not. She just wanted to let the emperor know that there was another hidden reason in this matter.

Soon, the person who beat up Bai Ziye was also reported to the Imperial Study Room.

The imperial study room was very lively today. A few people entered the palace soon, and the news soon reached the second prince. When the second prince learned that Bai Ziye's body was carried into the imperial study room, his first reaction was that he thought Xie Lan was stupid.

In this world, even sons like them must be supported. According to His Majesty, Xie Lan knows that he is not favored. It doesn't matter if he doesn't flatter His Majesty on weekdays. Today, he knows that His Majesty is doing something about Jiu Qingzi and Aunt Zhou. I am upset, but I still want to look for bad luck at this time.

With such a lack of expression, if the father doesn't hate her, then who does he hate?

Originally, the second prince wanted to watch the fun, but after thinking about it, he changed his mind and said, "Go and watch for me. It's rare to see a good show, so I won't go out today."

There were many people who had the same idea, so the palace was unusually quiet today. The quiet imperial guards felt strange and worried.

Mr. Pei reminded them, "Don't pry or ask too much. If you want to survive, just do your job well. Don't blame others."

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imperial study room

The prince who beat up Bai Ziye was already in his thirties. He didn't know why before he came. After he came, he roughly guessed what it was and started to act stupid.

Fortunately, Xie Lan found other witnesses. It was useless for this person not to admit it. In desperation, Prince Wang had to admit it. However, Prime Minister Bai was still unwilling to admit that Bai Ziye's death had nothing to do with Xie Lan.

"Even if Mr. Wang hits him a little harder, without King Dingbei's fist, my son would not have died."

Tao Yaoyao laughed at Prime Minister Bai's shamelessness, "Prime Minister Bai, at your age, you should have accumulated good deeds. You are buried up to your neck in loess and don't care about life or death, but what about your family, the younger generations of your Bai family?

You must not forget that the prince was only a seven-year-old child back then. He had not even started practicing martial arts when he beat Bai Ziye. How could such a child be able to beat a woman without causing any problems? Damn your son.

Or is it that Prime Minister Bai did not dare to admit that he had slandered the prince in the past, and was worried that he would not be able to protect his future, so he insisted on biting him? If so, fine. But you can't keep the reputation of your Bai family today. "

After saying this, Eunuch Liu left with the witnesses. After the hall became quiet, Xie Lan asked someone to present all the evidence he had found over the years that the Bai family had framed the Xie family.

When the emperor looked at the evidence, Prime Minister Bai looked at Tao Yaoyao with an unhappy expression.

Tao Yaoyao looked back without fear, "I behave properly and sit upright, so naturally I am not afraid of Prime Minister Bai's threats. But Prime Minister Bai, if I were you, I would not have the heart to hold grudges against others right now.

It is obvious that every bad thing you have done will leave traces. It was not discovered before, but the time has not come. Now that the time has come, you can't escape.

And you are not unjust. What is really unjust is the Xie family who were killed by you. "

Prime Minister Bai opened his mouth to retort, but the emperor dropped what he was holding on the ground.

"Didn't you tell me back then that these were evidence that the Xie family wanted to rebel? Why are these things pointing to your Bai family now?"

After being stunned for a moment, Prime Minister Bai knelt down and picked up the things on the ground. He looked at them one by one, his face changing from disbelief at the beginning to pale at the end, and then expressionless at the end.

"Your Majesty, this is not true, this is not true."

Prime Minister Bai wanted to quibble, but Xie Lan stood up and asked coldly, "When Prime Minister Bai handed over these evidences, what Prime Minister Bai said was that the evidence was conclusive and he hoped that my grandfather could admit it so as not to implicate the Xie family.

But in the end, he did not let me go. The Xie family is full, so Your Majesty, please be aware of everything and don't let the guilty people go. "

Xie Lan knelt in the main hall with a firm attitude. Tao Yaoyao knelt next to him, waiting for the emperor's answer. As time passed, the atmosphere in the hall became more and more depressing. Just when everyone was worried that the emperor was going to be angry, the emperor held his forehead and sighed.

"Prime Minister, I really can't protect you this time."

When Prime Minister Bai heard this, his heart was filled with despair.

He never thought that what caused the Bai family to be full of people was the things and reasons he used to harm the Xie family in the first place, and he never thought that the person who took out these things was Xie Lan.

This prince, whom he never looked down upon, became the executioner of his Bai family.

The Royal Forest Army took Prime Minister Bai out of the palace, and Xie Lan followed him out and watched him leave. After taking a few steps, Prime Minister Bai suddenly stopped, turned around and asked, "If I guess correctly, you have been getting those things for many years." , why didn’t you take action before, but choose to do it today?”

Why?

Maybe because time is running out? Probably because she said that in life, it is difficult to have both.

If he wants one thing, he has to lose another. People who are too greedy tend to get nothing.

In the past, he didn't want anything, but now, he seemed to have something he wanted, so... he wanted to try, how would it feel to choose one thing and lose the same thing?

Now it seems that it is not bad.

"Maybe... I am in a good mood today."

Prime Minister Bai was stunned for a while before he came back to his senses. In the past, King Dingbei, who was as cold as ice and refused people thousands of miles away, also had a day of making people laugh.

But he was unwilling to accept that his entire Bai family was wiped out like this.