Chapter 274 Return to the Imperial Capital, Shangguan Yaqing
"What are they doing here!" Emperor Xue Ye looked slightly cold.
"These nobles and lords are all here for the murder of the head of the Stephen family!" the knight leader replied.
Emperor Xue Ye frowned slightly upon hearing this. Although it is uncertain who killed the patriarch of the Stephen family, his son was killed by Chu Qin!
Therefore, Emperor Xue Ye presumed that this matter was mostly done by Chu Qin.
Emperor Xue Ye was in a difficult situation, he knew the power of Chu Qin, and the latter was his son-in-law. However, the Eight Great Families are the biggest dignitaries in the Heaven Dou Empire. The system of the Heaven Dou Empire is a bit like a feudal system. These princes have soldiers and horses in their hands. If you offend them rashly, it will not do!
In other words, the imperial power of the Heaven Dou Empire is not highly centralized, there are kingdoms and duchies outside, princes inside, the country is China!
The Heaven Dou Empire is not like the Star Luo Empire at all, the emperor is an absolute existence! This is also the main reason why the Heaven Dou Empire will be divided in the future.
"Li An, where is the prince?" Emperor Xue Ye looked at the knight leader and asked.
"Return to Your Majesty, according to the news sent back by Captain Rogerson, Your Majesty Wang Jue is expected to arrive at the imperial capital tomorrow!" Commander Li An replied.
"Where's Qinghe?" Xue Ye continued to ask.
"His Royal Highness is still sick!" Li An replied.
"This Qinghe, why is he so weak recently?" Xue Ye sighed, "In this way, how can I rest assured that I will hand over the foundation to him!"
"Your Majesty, do you want to visit His Highness the Crown Prince?" Li An asked.
"No need! There's no reason for the emperor to look at the crown prince!" Xue Ye shook her head.
"Go and tell the dukes, just say it's getting late and I'm tired, let them stay in the hotel first, and come back tomorrow." Emperor Xue Ye replied, "Remember, I'm so welcome!"
"Yes!" Li An was ordered to quit!
"Hmph! The Eight Great Families should die too!" After Li An left, Emperor Xue Ye's gaze revealed a fierce look!
In the early morning of the next day, the Rogerson Knights and the Women's Knights, surrounded by Chu Qin's luxurious carriage, arrived outside the imperial capital.
"I'm home, I'm home!" Xue Ke raised the curtain of the carriage and looked outside, looking extremely excited.
"That's right, that's right! Every time I go back to the Heaven Dou Empire from the outside, it makes me feel comfortable!" Ning Rongrong followed with a smile.
Chu Qin smiled calmly, and patted Ning Rongrong and Xue Ke's upturned buttocks at the same time.
However, Ning Rongrong and Xue Ke didn't care about Chu Qin at all, they were still breathing the air outside!
"Hoo!"
At this moment, the carriage stopped suddenly, Xue Ke and Ning Rongrong almost overturned, but fortunately they were hugged by Chu Qin in time, who smiled lightly, "How, did I say it's dangerous?"
Immediately afterwards, Chu Qin looked outside and shouted, "Rogson, what's going on?"
"His Majesty Chu and Qin Mian, it is Li An, the commander of the palace guards beside His Majesty! He is ordered by His Majesty, please, Your Majesty, please go to Tiandou Palace as soon as possible!"
Hearing this, Qian Renxue and Chu Qin were shocked.
"Chu Qin, shouldn't it be that you killed Patriarch Stephen?" Su Jin asked worriedly.
"I don't know! But, Jin'er, you don't need to worry about me!" Chu Qin replied with a smile.
"Ziji Erlong, Xue'er, Ke'er and I are going to the Heaven Dou Palace, you take Jin'er and the others back to Qinglong Academy first!" Chu Qin turned to Ziji and said.
"Okay!" Ziji and Liu Erlong nodded at the same time.
In the Royal Study Room!
Here, a group of dukes and marquises came. The three leaders were the same as them, wearing gorgeous robes, two men and one woman.
Both men are old men! It is Sima Yulong, the patriarch of the Sima family, and Oslo, the patriarch of the Oslo family.
And that woman, who seemed to be only thirty or forty years old, was extremely beautiful!
The woman's facial features are extremely beautiful, a face like an oval egg, a slightly protruding Qiong nose, a pair of clear and bright red phoenix eyes, and cherry-like red lips, which together form a beautiful face.
She was wearing a gorgeous carved phoenix dress, with countless gold and silver jewels on her head, her chest was half open, revealing a deep gully, her lower body was a long dress similar to a cheongsam, with the sides open, Two tall and slender black silk long legs can be clearly seen, and below, there are still cool high-heeled boots like gold-plated.
The gorgeous manicure and the instep without any blemishes made people unable to take their eyes off.
She is the head of the eight major families, Shangguan Yaqing, the patriarch of the Shangguan family!
"Your Majesty, please make the decision for us!" At this moment, Oslo looked at Emperor Xue Ye and said, "The patriarch of the Stephen family, Duke Stephen, died in Tianshui City!"
"Died by accident?" Xue Ye pretended not to know, and said, "Find it out, who did it?"
"Your Majesty, the murderer has not been found, not even Duke Stephen's body! However, at the same time that Duke Stephen died unexpectedly, his son was..." Sima Yulong said.
"By what?" Emperor Xue Ye still deliberately asked.
"I was directly killed by King Qinglong!" Sima Yulong continued.
"I heard that Stephen Lin, the lord of Tianshui City, has done nothing in his post. In addition, he wants to molest the dean of Tianshui College, who is a wife of Lord Chu Qin. Isn't it normal to kill him?"
"Your Majesty, Stephen Lin is not guilty of death, but Duke Stephen is innocent. Your Majesty, is it too much to kill him together?" Shangguan Yaqing said with a shallow smile.
"If the prince really did it, it would be too much! But, Duke Shangguan, you also said that the murderer who killed Duke Stephen has not been found!" Xue Ye replied.
"Your Majesty, Stephen Lin offended His Majesty, and Duke Stephen just died in Tianshui City. Is this a coincidence?" Oslo asked.
"Why can't it be a coincidence?" Xue Ye said with a calm smile, "Everything must be based on evidence. It would be too much for you to suspect me, the noble and supreme prince of the Heaven Dou Empire, for no reason!"
"Your Majesty, Lord Qinglong is your son-in-law, aren't you showing favoritism to him?" a Marquis from the Stephen family asked.
"What did you say!" Xue Ye immediately cast a cold glance at the Marquis!
The Marquis immediately knelt down when he heard the words, "Your Majesty, calm down! Duke Stephen is my brother, and I am a little anxious!"
"Your Majesty, calm down!" Duke Oslo said, "Duke Stephen is the vice president of the Federation of our Eight Great Families. His accident has caused a great loss to our Eight Great Families. We all want to represent him in front of Your Majesty." Seek justice!"