My Wife is Unbeatable in the Whole World, Touch Me If You Dare!-Chapter 405 - 275 Hunter and Prey [9000 words merged into one]_2

His hair, once fully black, had turned to silver, and wrinkles appeared on his face. In less than a quarter-hour, he shifted from a middle-aged appearance to an elderly one.

Though the officials of the Spiegel Bureau were shocked, none dared show any disparity.

However, when he swallowed a pill, his aura fluctuated, and his hair turned from white back to black, the wrinkles on his face quickly disappeared, and his skin became taut again.

The Xia Emperor took a deep breath and said, "Let Li Xuanjing come to see me."

After a long while, a figure walked slowly into the room, bowed to him, and said, "Your Majesty."

The Xia Emperor asked, "When did you learn about the matters of the Eastern Palace?"

Li Xuanjing said, "Not long ago."

The Xia Emperor continued, "Why didn't you inform me earlier?"

Li Xuanjing said, "It involved two princes; without verification, I dared not disturb Your Majesty."

The Xia Emperor looked at him and asked, "You were waiting for the Wang family to make a move, weren't you?"

Li Xuanjing fell silent for a moment, then said, "Your Majesty, I don't quite understand what you mean..."

The Xia Emperor waved his hand and said, "Enough, stop pretending in front of me. You killed the Wang Family's legitimate son at night to force the Wang family's hand, using this opportunity to severely damage the Wang family, avenging your past grievances. You've been with me for twenty years, others may not understand you, but don't I?"

Li Xuanjing did not open his mouth.

Without showing anger or the like, the Xia Emperor paused before saying, "If you don't act, then fine; but once you act, show no mercy, and eradicate thoroughly, no wonder people call you Yama Li."

After speaking, his tone shifted, his gaze grew deeper, and he slowly said, "However, this indeed makes a good excuse. The Wang family, relying on having produced two Martial Path Half-Saints in recent years, has forgotten whose world this is. It's time to remind them. As for Li Long and Li Xing..."

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His expression became complicated, and he said through gritted teeth, "These two unfilial sons..."

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Chang'an.

For ordinary people, today was an ordinary day.

For courtiers, however, today was somewhat special; it was the mid-month court assembly, which officials of and above the Standard Fifth Rank in Chang'an had to attend early.

It should have been a normal court assembly, but the atmosphere was extraordinarily peculiar.

Usually, the nobles who didn't attend court on days without issues turned up in significant numbers today, and they were all high-ranking nobles.

First-class marquises stood at the back.

Ahead of them were Dukes, Commandery Princes, and Kings.

This month's Prince Regent was King Han.

In past court assemblies, aside from the Prince Regent, other princes would not appear.

But today, except for King Rui and King Gong, there were as many as five Kings present in the hall.

King Han, King You, King Xin, King Xuan, King Ji... In recent years, this assembly of various kings had only been seen during grand court assemblies.

Just a moment ago, King You had publicly read a memorial.

In the memorial, taking the recent incident where Li Xuanjing had forcibly taken the Fengyang County son from Zongzheng Si as the lead, it detailed dozens of major and minor charges against the Minister of Justice, Li Xuanjing.

These included forming cliques for personal gain, excluding dissidents, monopolizing power, abusing authority, corruption and bending the law, harming the loyal and good, callous disregard for life, misleading the country and the people, and deceiving the emperor...

Each charge was supported by detailed evidence, often more than one.

Merely reading the memorial by King You had taken just under a two-hour period.

At the end, he requested the Three Provinces to rectify the state apparatus, severely punish the corrupt, restore stability to the court, and return the skies to the people.

In the past, many had impeached Li Xuanjing.

But none had ever had such a grand scale as this time.

After King You finished presenting, King Xin, King Xuan, and King Ji also expressed their support.

Four out of the eight Prince Regents stood out.

Following them, a group of nobles spoke up.

Among the Commandery Princes were the Ruyang County Lord, the Dingping County Lord, the Xingyang County Lord, and the Dongping County Lord.

Among the Dukes were the Le'an Duke, the Jinyang Duke, the Xiping Duke, and the Linru Duke.

Marquises included the Marquis Shouyang, the Marquis Lantian, the Marquis Huaiyang, the Marquis Yunyang, and the Marquis Fengyang. As for the Earls and Viscounts, they simply didn't have the standing to come forward.

Following these nobles, several ministers also stood up.

Officials nearly from the entire Capital Prefecture and Zongzheng Si mobilized, led by the Minister of Zongzheng and the Capital Governor.

Two Scheeren from the Secretariat, the Chief of Staff Left Prime Minister from the Ministry of Personnel, the Left Minister, the Ministry of Supervision had one Yellow Gates Assistant Minister, two Auditors.

Taichang Si, Taipu Si, Taifu Si, Guanglu Si, Guardian Si also had officials standing up. From among the Six Departments, the Right Assistant Minister of Revenue, Right Minister of Revenue, Right Assistant Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, Ministry of Rites, Ministry of Industry, Ministry of War...