Chapter 1194 Tool Man (First Update)

The emperor's power of life and death has been firmly restricted by the constitutional monarchy constitution five hundred years ago.

Without this power to kill people at will, Tan Tai Hongyuan felt that he was in vain as an emperor and his thoughts were not clear!

And this time he was clearly right, but there were still so many people who opposed him, which showed that those people were also very concerned about restricting this power!

Emperor Tan Tai Hongyuan thought carefully and realized that he didn't have to kill Xia Chujian immediately, but he intuitively had an irresistible killing intention towards her!

Moreover, he also wanted to try to use this incident to knock on the door of the constitution and slowly take back the royal power restricted by the constitution.

With each step, he will abolish the constitutional monarchy law one day!

But now it seems that the time is not right.

Among the high-level government agencies in the empire, only the Special Security Bureau led by Huo Yushen stood on his side and unconditionally executed his orders.

No, it can't be said to be unconditional.

Huo Yushen is too "rule-based" in his work...

That constitution not only restricts himself, but also restricts the Special Security Bureau, the knife in his hand!

The rest of the people, including the Cabinet General Quan Juntai, the Speakers of the Senate, the five military chiefs of staff, and even the High Priest Su Yanxing, all have their own calculations in their hearts...

Do you think you don't know? !

Although he is the emperor, even with a Special Security Bureau, it is not enough to fight the cabinet, the Senate, the military and the temple.

Emperor Tan Tai Hongyuan had so many thoughts in his mind, but it was only a moment.

He said in a deep voice: "So after all, you just don't want me to order her to be killed immediately!"

The high priest Su Yanxing sighed and said: "Your Majesty, human life is at stake... It's better to be cautious in such a major case."

"What if it's the same as what Chief Quan said, Xia Chujian has long known that Tan Tai Jing is not the Queen's biological daughter, then her self-defense counterattack when her life is seriously threatened is completely legal and reasonable..."

Emperor Tan Tai Hongyuan glanced at the high priest with a little surprise, lowered his head and smiled: "I didn't expect the high priest to come to plead for Xia Chujian..."

"I have seen her appearance, she is ordinary and unremarkable, and you are all concerned..."

The people in the imperial study twitched their mouths at the same time.

Who would care about a sophomore? !

Aren't they just against the emperor using this incident to dig out the imperial power from the constitution!

Emperor Tan Tai Hongyuan still did not dare to hand this matter over to the cabinet, the Senate and the military for joint discussion, because he found that Xia Chujian seemed to have considerable support from the four nobles...

He did not want to take risks, and he was also very angry about this!

In the past, when the emperor dealt with those nobles, he had to send the Special Security Bureau to collect evidence and then present it to the cabinet and the Senate. After the two parties passed it together, they imposed various punishments on those nobles, such as confiscation of property, shooting or extermination of the clan.

There has never been such a big case like now. He said he would kill, without considering the power and face of the other departments!

But these are taboos that can be done but not said.

Some people know each other well, but no one will take the initiative to mention what they really care about.

As for Xia Chujian, he is just a tool for the game between the two sides.

In fact, who cares about the life and death of a tool?

Those who really care can only use the game between the two sides to fight for a living space for Xia Chujian.

Even Zong Ruo'an, after entering the lower house of the Senate as a senator, has become much calmer.

He is not as self-talking as before, but he still stubbornly sticks to his own ideas.

He thought about it and changed his words: "Your Majesty, we are not pleading for Xia Chujian."

"We have gathered together for Your Majesty and for the long-term stability of our Beichen Empire. We hope that Your Majesty can withdraw his order and use other reasonable and legal methods to punish Xia Chujian."

Zong Ruoning was silent for a while, and suddenly said: "I can testify that Xia Chujian has long known that Tan Taijing's identity is problematic."

"If Xia Chujian is to be sent to a military court, I can be her witness."

Quan Yuxun looked at him meaningfully, nodded and said: "Commissioner Zong is not only the political commissioner of the first military academy of the empire, but also a nobleman. If he testifies in court, it will be very important."

Emperor Tan Tai Hongyuan seemed a little surprised to hear what Zong Ruoning said.

He said: "Ruoning, do you know how Xia Chujian knew about Tan Taijing's identity?"

Zong Ruoning pursed his lips, with an uneasy look on his face: "It was me. I accidentally told her about some of Tan Taijing's past with the queen in the palace..."

"After hearing it, Xia Chujian asked me if the two mother and daughter were not real mother and daughter at all?"

"I said, nine out of ten."

Emperor Tan Tai Hongyuan's heart tightened, and he said: "Xia Chujian believed this sentence?"

Zong Ruoning looked at the high priest again, as if he had made up his mind, and continued: "Of course, she didn't believe it immediately, but asked me if I knew any inside information..."

"I just revealed a little..."

Emperor Tan Tai Hongyuan's face darkened: "How did you know it?!"

Zong Ruoning didn't say anything else, but looked at the high priest Su Yanxing.

Su Yanxing understood and said with a wry smile: "So it's me who's the big mouth..."

"But your majesty, please believe me, I didn't mean it."

"I didn't tell Ruoning about this. I mentioned it once in a while when I was chatting with my sister, Ruoning's mother..."

As the high priest, Su Yanxing was in charge of verifying the royal bloodline. Of course, he had known for a long time that Tantai Jing was not the queen's biological daughter.

But as long as she is the emperor's biological daughter, and he knows that the emperor also knows this, he will naturally not be meddlesome and expose this matter.

When Emperor Tantai Hongyuan heard this, he immediately stopped asking further questions. He just said with a gloomy face, "So, Xia Chujian has indeed known about this for a long time?"

At this moment, the queen arrived with her female officials.

As soon as she entered the Imperial Study Room, she said: "Everyone is here. It just so happens that I am here to ask for a favor from Your Majesty."

With that said, she saluted Emperor Tantai Hongyuan and said, "Your Majesty, please forgive me for seeing Xia Chu."

"Although she beat Tantai Jing to death, she was excusable and her crime did not lead to death."

Emperor Tantai Hongyuan suddenly raised his head, looked at everyone in the imperial study, and said, "So you all don't want Xia Chujian to be executed?!"

Quan Yuxun smiled and said, "Your Majesty made a strong statement."

"We don't care about Xia Chujian's life or death. We only care about His Majesty's reputation in history books and the majesty of the Constitution."

Another famous "Quan Yuxun's smile" made Emperor Tantai Hongyuan look away with fear.

Emperor Tantai Hongyuan closed his eyes and said angrily: "Okay, Xia Chu is lucky!"

"Not only did the cabinet, senate, military and church jointly endorse her, but the queen personally interceded with her."

"I must give it to you, to give the Queen this face."

"Yu Shen, you don't have to interrogate her."

"She can escape the death penalty, but she cannot escape the living penalty!"

"According to my decree, Xia Chujian is deprived of her student status at the First Royal Military University of the Empire, her military rank is deprived, and she is directly sent to the front line of Shaofu Star as a starry sky marine."

"Remember, you can't give her any privileges."

"Oh, by the way, I have to take back the second-generation mecha prototype Su Buyan gave her."

"She doesn't deserve such a good battle weapon!"

No matter how strong Huo Yushen's mentality was, his heart sank at this moment.

With the physique of an ordinary person like Xia Chu, without the second-generation mecha, he would definitely be cannon fodder on the front line of the battle against the Zerg!

For a moment, Huo Yushen almost wanted to drop everything he was doing and "escape" with Xia Chujian...

But he was a very rational person, and that kind of deviant idea only flashed in his mind for a moment before he abandoned it.

Su Buyan became anxious at this time and said loudly: "Your Majesty, what is the difference between doing this and executing her immediately?!"

"Without the second-generation mecha, she would have died under the attack of those Zerg soldiers in less than three minutes on the front line!"

"Rather than do this, why don't we just shoot her!"

"Death is not that painful!"

They all know that if they really go to the front line, it would be a good thing to die, but they are afraid that they will not die...

That's really life worse than death!

Emperor Tantai Hongyuan frowned, but before he could speak, the queen already said softly: "Since your majesty has already given some leniency, please be kind and follow through."

Emperor Tantai Hongyuan looked extremely reluctant and said, "It seems that Xia Chujian has really caught the Queen's eye."

"In this case, the second-generation mecha will still be retained."

"But her academic status and military rank must be taken away!"

"She must serve on the front line of Shaofu Star as the lowest-level starry sky marine!"

Quan Yuxun's eyes flashed slightly and he still wanted to speak. Quan Juntai, the commander-in-chief of his father's cabinet, had already spoken: "If it is handled this way, it is within the authority of His Majesty. Our cabinet has no objection."

Then he looked at Quan Yuxun calmly.

Quan Yuxun had no choice but to shut up.

The two speakers of the Senate and the five chiefs of staff of the military did not speak from beginning to end.

They were indeed not interested in Xia Chujian. They came here just to show their united front.

Because they can only fight against the imperial power by joining a group to keep warm.

Quan Juntai bowed to Emperor Tantai Hongyuan and said, "Then I will take my leave."

He walked out first, followed by his son Quan Yuxun.

Then came the two speakers of the Senate, with the member Zong Ruoan, and the five chiefs of staff of the military.

Finally, there was the high priest Su Yanxing. He looked at Su Buyan and Zong Ruoning respectively, and took his son and nephew away.

The queen also bowed to Emperor Tantai Hongyuan and left in a hurry with her female officials.

Soon, only Emperor Tantai Hongyuan and Huo Yushen were left in the imperial study.

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