Chapter 1193: To Quell the Rebellion, only Coordinates Are Needed (Second Update)

Zong Ruoan's words made everyone stunned for a moment.

Emperor Tan Tai Hongyuan looked uncertain, looked at Zong Ruoan, and said slowly: "Ruoan, for your mother's sake, I will pretend that I didn't hear what you said today."

"Go back and don't get involved in this matter."

Zong Ruoan's mother is the eldest princess of the empire, the emperor's eldest sister Tan Tai Jinyu.

It was because she suddenly gave up the right to inherit the throne that the prince Tan Tai Hongyuan who was behind her could succeed to the throne.

For so many years, Emperor Tan Tai Hongyuan has been very generous to Tan Tai Jinyu, and has also given very high treatment to the children born by Tan Tai Jinyu.

Zong Ruoan stood up and said relentlessly: "Your Majesty, I am standing here as a member of parliament, not as a relative."

"Why should your Majesty damage your image for a small civilian?"

"Xia Chujian's life is insignificant, but your Majesty's eternal reputation is greater!"

What he said at least pokes Emperor Tan Tai Hongyuan.

Because he did not just contradict and refute, but started from the emperor's standpoint, under the banner of doing good for the emperor.

However, Emperor Tan Tai Hongyuan's determination to execute Xia Chujian is unprecedentedly firm.

He said lightly: "I have done a lot of things, and this one is not a big deal."

"After I die, what does my eternal reputation have to do with me?"

Zong Ruoan: "..."

This is just being stubborn.

His cousin Zong Ruoning said at this time: "Your Majesty, Xia Chujian is a student of our school."

"According to the imperial law, military school students have certain immunity when they make mistakes."

"I think what Councillor Zong Ruoan said makes sense. If Xia Chujian makes a big mistake, she should be given a chance to be tried, rather than letting Your Majesty punish her in violation of the constitution."

The only law that is currently effective for the emperor in the Beichen Empire is the constitution.

Other laws are useless for the emperor.

If everyone thinks that the emperor is unconstitutional, from a small point of view, they can disobey the emperor's decree or ask the emperor to withdraw his order.

From a large point of view, they can even directly change the emperor of the Beichen Empire.

Anyway, although Tan Tai Hongyuan has no legitimate children, he still has a sister, the eldest princess, as well as relatives and nephews from his uncles and aunts.

Theoretically, Tan Tai Hongyuan is no longer the emperor, and the eldest princess is currently the first heir.

Of course, when the eldest princess married the Zong family, she had already given up the right to inherit the throne.

Otherwise, Zong Ruo'an would have the right to inherit the next emperor, but he would change his surname to Tan Tai.

Now, we can only count on the old emperor, that is, the descendants of Tan Tai Hongyuan's father.

According to the constitutional order, these people all have the right to inherit the throne, although they are ranked farther.

Zong Ruoning hit the snake at its weakest point, which made Emperor Tan Tai Hongyuan's eyes flicker.

The chief cabinet commander Quan Juntai, the two speakers of the Senate, and the five chiefs of staff of the military all nodded and said, "The constitution is fundamental, and we cannot violate the constitution."

This is an endorsement of Zong Ruoning's words.

The subtext is that if you dare to violate the constitution, we dare to change the emperor.

Although the cost of changing an emperor must be very huge, it is not impossible.

The emperor's ability to surrender cannot be used recklessly.

When the number of people facing reaches a certain level, such as facing millions of troops, his ability to surrender will not be effective.

But at that level, it is a military coup.

It is not time to take that step yet, and both sides are very cautious not to cross the line.

But this time, Emperor Tan Tai Hongyuan tried to cross the line secretly.

One of the authorities of constitutional monarchy is to use law to determine the order of succession to the throne.

It is not only the emperor's children who have the right of succession.

Instead, the order of succession is arranged according to the closeness of the blood relationship with the emperor.

Unless the royal family members voluntarily give up the right of succession, such as the eldest princess Tan Tai Jinyu, the right of succession will be erased.

Among the royal family members, in addition to Tan Tai Hongyuan and his children, there are also his former uncles and brothers, as well as their descendants.

These all have the order of succession.

Anyway, the previous one dies, and the latter one will take over.

In order.

Of course, if Tan Tai Hongyuan has another child with the queen, that child will "jump the queue" and become the first heir.

And so on.

This is also one of the restrictions on imperial power.

When Emperor Tan Tai Hongyuan heard this, he felt a surge of anger rushing to the top of his head.

He almost cursed, his fingers trembling, and said angrily: "You bunch of traitors!"

"That Xia Chujian, she knew my son was the crown princess, but she dared to shoot her!"

"Such a rebellious and born traitor, you actually don't allow me to execute her?! What are you all planning, don't you think I don't know?!"

Zong Ruoan hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, we are not against shooting Xia Chujian, but we are against shooting her directly without any trial."

"She is not a member of a terrorist organization, nor a traitor, you can't do this."

To deal with criminal acts, accusations require evidence.

To fight terrorism, a list is needed.

But to suppress the rebellion, only the coordinates are enough.

Emperor Tan Tai Hongyuan glared at him and thought, if I had known earlier, I would have said that Xia Chujian was a member of a terrorist organization and a traitor, and I could have shot her directly...

Why hand it over to the Special Security Bureau?

You only know how to ruin his reputation!

Feeling confused, Emperor Tan Tai Hongyuan glared at Huo Yushen again, thinking that although he was obedient, he was too rigid!

If you had given him advice earlier, kill Xia Chujian as a "terrorist and traitor", wouldn't everything be fine?

Of course Huo Yushen would not give him such advice.

The current situation is just a tactic that Huo Yushen came up with in a hurry.

As long as Xia Chujian is not shot immediately, there is room for change.

But now it seems that these people are not very powerful.

This Zong Ruoan even directly gave "advice" to the emperor...

Huo Yushen felt lucky in his heart.

Zong Ruoning glanced at Zong Ruoan and felt that Zong Ruoan had something to say that didn't need to be said.

He spoke again: "Your Majesty, everyone knows the entire case of Xia Chujian's case."

"Tantai Jing made a mistake first..."

Emperor Tantai Hongyuan interrupted him coldly: "If I make another mistake, Tantai Jing was also the crown princess at that time!"

"Who gave Xia Chujian the courage to shoot my first heir!"

"You actually think that her behavior of being without a king or a father is not worthy of being shot on the spot?!"

"Do you still take me seriously?!"

Emperor Tantai Hongyuan roared and entered the imperial study room with a puff of sleeves.

Everyone followed in together.

Huo Yushen came last and closed the door of the study room.

Emperor Tantai Hongyuan sat down behind the large desk in the imperial study.

On the desk, a young chamberlain had already made him a cup of tea and placed it there.

Emperor Tantai Hongyuan opened the lidded bowl, took a sip, and placed the tea cup heavily on the desk, causing water drops to splash everywhere.

He didn't care and said grimly: "I have made up my mind!"

"If you object, you will be as rebellious as Xia Chujian!"

These words made everyone afraid to speak again.

Mecha Master Su Buyan stood behind his father, High Priest Su Yanxing, and kept tugging on his father's clothes, trying to get him to intercede.

Su Yanxing vaguely knew that his son had a close relationship with Xia Chujian, but he didn't know what the relationship was.

At this time, he noticed his son's behavior. He thought about it, coughed, and said, "Your Majesty, if you really want to sentence Xia Chujian to death for killing the crown princess, you still need to go through the procedures."

"Killing a member of the royal family who is still the first in line to the throne is a heinous crime and cannot be simply shot."

"Not only must she be sent to a military court, but she must also be handed over to the Holy Church to see if there are any other forces behind her."

When Su Wuyan heard this, he was dumbfounded.

He wanted his father to help intercede, not to push Xia Chujian into a deeper pit!

He almost jumped out and spoke, but Quan Yuxun was one step ahead of him.

Quan Yuxun said: "Your Majesty, the reason why you want to execute Xia Chujian immediately is because she does not know Tantai Jing's true identity and dares to kill her even if she is the crown princess."

"From this perspective, Xia Chujian is indeed heinous."

"But the question is, what if Xia Chujian actually knew Tantai Jing's true identity?"

"If she had known that Tantai Jing was not the queen's daughter, she would have understood that Tantai Jing is not a member of the royal family at all, and certainly not the first in line to the throne."

"Not even a noble."

"In this case, when she was chased by Tantai Jing and had no choice but to kill her in anger, she did not know the law and break the law, but it was within the legal principles and was nothing more than reasonable."

Emperor Tantai Hongyuan narrowed his eyes and said, "Does Yu Xun think that before Xia Chujian killed Tantai Jing, he knew her true identity and that she was not the queen's biological daughter?"

"But, even I know this top secret. How did Xia Chujian know it?"

Quan Yuxun bowed and said, "This requires her to be put on trial."

"If there is no trial, I don't know what kind of power is behind her, and she is shot directly. Maybe the betrothed will soon fall into someone else's trap..."

Obviously, Quan Yuxun's strategy was the same as Huo Yushen's, which was to first dispel the emperor's idea of ​​executing Xia Chujian immediately.

As long as the execution is not imminent, there is still time to operate.

The next step was to find evidence to prove that she had known for a long time that Tantai Jing was not the Queen's biological daughter.

This can prove that when she killed Tantai Jing, she was consciously killing an impostor and did not intentionally kill the crown princess.

As long as this is proven, Xia Chujian will be immediately acquitted.

Emperor Tantai Hongyuan hesitated.

Of course, what made him hesitate was not actually the "reasons" spoken by Quan Yuxun, Zong Ruoning, Zong Ruoan and Su Yanxing.

Instead, these people came together to see him and stopped him from killing Xia Chujian immediately!

What does this mean?

Is the first meeting in summer important to these people?

Or do these people simply not like that they, the emperor, have the power of life and death? !

This is the second update. There will be a new update at 05:00 in the evening!