When Yuan Zai entered the side hall of Tai Chi Palace, Li Qing had already sat in the main seat. At this time, Li Qing did not show any attitude of a winner, but looked at Yuan Zai with a smile.

The four words "Success, King, Defeat, and Band" really have a very magical power. In just one day, Yuan Zai, who was in his fifties, suddenly seemed to have become an old man in his seventies, which was enough to show the destruction of him in the court this time.

Li Qing had no good idea for such a situation, he could only say sorry. That's what happened to the power. As the person involved, if he loses, he must look like he loses.

Especially now that Li Neng is the king and Yuan Zai is the minister. It can be said that Yuan Zhe's life and life are all in Li Neng's hands. It is not only his life and death, but also his family's life and death. Now it is all Li Neng's words, so he must appear in front of Li Neng and exchange his pride for his life.

"My memory, Yuan Zai, please see Your Majesty!"

Li Neng ascended the throne for so long, but he didn't see Yuan Zai giving such a great tribute to him. However, at this time, Li Neng didn't care much about the current situation. He enjoyed the process of conquering Yuan Zai's huge stumbling block. Li Neng was really not so excited about the result.

"Get up, what's wrong with Prime Minister Yuan coming to me today, but it's okay."

There were only two kings and ministers in the side hall, Li Neng and Yuan Zai, the king and ministers. Li Neng's expression was also very peaceful, which made Yuan Zai feel a little relieved.

"Your Majesty, the old minister, is here to resign."

These words, coupled with Yuan Zai's expression when he said these words, was already very clear. The prime minister of the Tang Dynasty who was still instructing the country in the court one day before was really surrendered.

After saying that, Yuan Zai pulled out a few pieces of paper from his arms, knelt on his knees and wanted to present it to Li Qing.

In this era, it is rare for ordinary officials to retire and return home to such a formal process. Yuan Zai did this just to reassure Li Yan. Li Yan naturally knew this very well.

After taking what Yuan Zai was in his hand, Li Qing took a quick look and realized that this was not that Yuan Zai wanted to resign from his post, but that he and his three sons were going to resign.

Li Neng had never paid attention to Yuan Zai's three sons before, because their official positions were really small for Li Neng and were not worth paying attention to.

"What's wrong with Yuan Xiang? If you want to say that you resigned because of your age, I have nothing to say. What about you, the three young men?"

Although Yuan Zai felt that Li Yan was asking, he still knelt on his knees and said, "I am indeed old and my mind is a little confused. Naturally, I am not suitable to take on important responsibilities in the court. I have seen these younger generations for so many years. They are not suitable to be officials in Chang'an City, and they cannot make any decent contributions to the Tang Dynasty. So I beg Your Majesty to let our Yuan clan return to our hometown. From then on, the fate between our clan and the Tang Dynasty's officialdom will be over."

Li Qing understood as soon as he heard this. Yuan Zai said something and told a truth between the lines, that is, he really accepted his fate, and only Li Qing needed to spare his lives and his sons.

And he told Li that he was going back to his hometown, and the meaning was that Li said that he could not care about anything in the Tang Dynasty.

Of course, Li Neng knew that Yuan Zai was just an ant under his feet. If he put the rumors and the Uighurs on him next time in the court, he would not only be unable to stay in the court, but his life would definitely not be able to be saved. Not to mention anything else, he would be in trouble just because he was the prime minister of the Tang Dynasty who secretly accepted the gift from the Uighur Khan.

So if Li Qing wanted Yuan Zai to survive, he could not expose this matter in the court. Although neither of them said it at this time, it was tacit.

Li Qing looked at the old man crawling under him in front of him. Yuan Zai had known him. Once upon a time, he was also a poor student. He worked very hard to get a fame and fortune. Like Zhang Xun, he passed the Jinshi and became a county lieutenant.

When he got to this position, he also got up from the bottom step by step, but after reaching a certain level, he forgot his original intention.

"Since Yuan Xiang said so, I should not stop him. But I hope that if Yuan Xiang really resigned and returned to his hometown, he would open his eyes and see how the lives of the people of the Tang Dynasty were. The best situation was that Yuan Xiang also lived the life of ordinary people of the Tang Dynasty, and see how much pain the people would suffer in the court. When Yuan Xiang felt the same way and found the feeling of the time when he passed the exam decades ago, I would probably have no resentment towards you."

Li Qing didn't say anything too explicit, but just these two sentences were enough to let Yuan Zai know that he was definitely a big door in Li Qing's heart, and there was no secret at all.

And Li Yi's words are also clear. You, Yuan Zai's family, can go back to their hometown, but it is definitely not enough to go back to their hometown to enjoy life. When you go back, you will live like an ordinary Tang people. Otherwise, Li Yi would still not want to spare him.

Although Yuan Zai did not have many things in the court, with him, the court in the Tang Dynasty would definitely not be a court that does practical things. At least in Li Heng's dynasty, Yuan Zai delayed the court in the Tang Dynasty, and in Li Qing's opinion, these all have to be paid.

"Your Majesty, I will keep your teachings in mind. After returning home, I will definitely support myself with the people in the palace and will serve as a person in the Tang Dynasty as a person in the court for the past years."

Since he had already said the word "Atonement" and although no one said what his sin was, Li Neng understood that it was considered to be his recognition.

"Since this is the case, I have approved Yuan Xiang. I wonder when Yuan Xiang will be planning to return?"

"Before leaving today, the old minister had already ordered the people in the mansion to disperse their slaves and decorate their luggage. Before the city gate is closed tonight, the old minister should have left Chang'an City."

"Okay! Since that's the case, Yuan Xiang will walk all the way and take care of himself!"
Chapter completed!