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The Minister of The State of Fang said angrily: "If it weren't for you bringing the barbarians into the palace, how would things have happened today."
"If it wasn't for the duke persisting in the match, this wouldn't have happened." Hua Ruge looked at him and said, "If my memory is correct, then the Duke of Guo had boasted at that time that he would compensate all the losses."
Minister of The State of Fang pondered for a moment, then began to organize the language.
The Emperor continued, "The two of you won't be able to escape punishment for what happened today."
In order to take Hua Ruge out, the emperor had already spent his capital and decided to implicate the Fang family. After this event, he would find a reason to release the Minister of The State of Fang.
Minister of The State of Fang had the attitude of a victor, but now he was completely stunned.
However, the Emperor didn't seem to be ruthless when he saw her expression. He could vaguely guess what was going on.
Hua Ruge's eyes became stern: "I'm afraid that Your Majesty's actions are unfair. You've allowed for the competition before, and you've even promised to compensate Minister of The State of Fang for the losses, I'm innocent."
She already knew that the old thing had ill intentions and had already made preparations to fall out. If she had to tear into pieces, she also had a way out.
All of the officials were stunned, this matter was originally the suggestion of the Minister of The State of Fang, the Emperor allowed the battle, and after the Barbarians mineralized the competition, Hua Ruge once asked them to stop.
Regardless of whether Hua Ruge was sincere or not, he definitely should not have taken responsibility at that time.
Even if it was a crime for her to bring a barbarian into the palace, it was at most a punishment.
These people had previously smelled the emperor's enmity towards Hua Ruge, with the emperor's personality, this enmity might not even last a day or two.
There were many ways to do this.
Therefore, all the officials remained silent.
Mao Jun wanted to stand up, but was stopped by Yan Zixing.
Mao Jun asked: "Why are you pulling me?"
"Don't add to the mess, what do we do if we see Ruan Ge? If not, we'll think of something." Yan Zixing frowned, his eyes filled with worry, but he was much calmer than Mao Jun.
Mao Jun trusted him, so he did not make a sound, but looking at the fist under the table, it was clear how anxious he was.
At this time, Minister of The State of Fang understood what the Emperor was trying to do and quickly said, "This subject is guilty, I don't care what the Emperor says, but the barbarians are after all the Lord of The Wah's men, she cannot escape the blame."
"Hua Ruge, what do you have to say for yourself?" the Emperor asked with a dark expression.
Hua Ruge did not get angry, but instead laughed and said: "Why do you need to blame yourself for this? I only want to ask one thing: Does the Emperor really want to punish me for a crime that you don't even know of?"
When she spoke, the aura around her body was released, and her entire aura changed.
Before, she gave people the impression of being noble, lazy, and proper, but now, from her eyes that were bright like the stars, flowed out an icy cold aura, causing her entire aura to seem cold. She was like an unsheathed sword, ready to take someone's life at any time.
If the Emperor dares to say that one is him, she has no intention of bearing the shame.
She also had a way to deal with the falling out. If she could save herself, then save herself. If she couldn't, then she might as well rebel for them.
Anyway, it was only a matter of time before the old emperor would kill her time and time again.
She was already mentally prepared.
Just as the Emperor was about to speak, a eunuch ran over and said something to the Emperor. The Emperor's face instantly turned unsightly.
The eunuch then took out a jade slip and passed it to the Emperor.
The emperor received the jade strips and first glanced at Hua Ruge, then went to read the contents of the jade slips.
Hua Ruge understood that the content must be related to him.
When the emperor finished reading the jade slip, his expression became even worse, he stared straight at Hua Ruge, as though he was going to swallow her whole in the next moment.
Hua Ruge had already sensed that something was amiss.
With such an expression, it was obvious that the Emperor had no way of dealing with her. Otherwise, why would he not give the order directly and instead stare at her in such a manner?
And what changed the Emperor's attitude was the contents of the jade slip.
And whose hand would the content come from?
Who could talk to the Emperor and at the same time try to protect her?
A name was about to be spoken.
She subconsciously lifted her head to look around her surroundings, as if she would be able to see that familiar black figure with just a few glances.
However, she was disappointed. Other than the increasingly peculiar gazes from the crowd, there was nothing else.
Hua Ruge squinted his eyes, concealing his disappointment, and stood straight in front of the emperor once again.
At this time, Minister of The State of Fang spoke again, "Your Majesty, this subject asks that we be punished."
He had seen through the emperor's plan to get rid of Hua Ruge, so he naturally wanted to show off.
"He deserves to be punished!" The Emperor gritted his teeth as he stared at the Minister of The State of Fang, "Men, drag him down for me. At the same time, plunder all of the Fang family's wealth and use it to rebuild the palace."
The emperor's heart was currently filled with anger and he didn't know where to vent his anger, but it just so happened that the Minister of The State of Fang was sending himself over.
He also hated the fact that the Minister of The State of Fang was incapable, so naturally, his anger was greater.
Minister of The State of Fang was completely stunned, she forgot to even beg for mercy when she heard the emperor's words.
All the officials were also dumbfounded. This seemed to be different from their previous decisions.
"Your Majesty, this subject has been wrongly accused ?" The Minister of The State of Fang shouted, but the emperor did not care about it, and was dragged away by the guards.
No one knew what the emperor was going to do with Hua Ruge next.
But Hua Ruge knew that he was safe.
If it was him, how would he let himself be in danger?
As expected, after a moment, the emperor seemed to have aged a bit. He said in a hoarse voice, "Hua Aiqing, I've thought about it. The food really has nothing to do with you. Take a seat.
This turn of events was a little too drastic. No one knew just what happened to cause such a drastic change in the Emperor's attitude.
Hua Ruge nodded his head, expressed his gratitude in a symbolic manner, and returned to his seat.
However, she was no longer as free and easy as before, and her face was still filled with thoughts.
Mao Jun gave her a thumbs up, quietly went over and asked, "How did you do it? "You must have given that jade slip to the Emperor. Otherwise, he wouldn't have punished you after he read through it."
"I also want to know who sent it." Hua Ruge said in a bland voice. He seemed to be joking, but he was actually being extremely serious.
However, Yan Zixing said, "Looks like someone is keeping such a song, there's no need for you to investigate."
Mao Jun believed that his IQ was not high enough and silently drew circles for himself.
Hua Ruge smiled at Yan Zixing, but did not say a word.
Yan Zixing saw that she was not in a good mood, he raised his teacup towards her and comforted her.
Hua Ruge laughed casually, and also raised his own teacup, after touching it for a while, the two of them started to drink.
Everyone had also reacted, it was most likely some kind of jade chip. Seems like someone did indeed want to protect Hua Ruge, and was even able to make the emperor compromise.