Chapter 216: What to Do
Yu Wenhong smiled and said, "What the imperial sister-in-law said is good. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info" said and turned his head to look at the Queen Mother, and said with a smile: "But after all, it is the nephew of the Queen Mother, and I am also afraid that I have wronged the prince of Ningguo, so I will ask the people present at the time if the prince of Ningguo has become a princess." ”
After speaking, he looked at Xu Zhaorong with a smile and asked, "Xu Zhaorong, you led someone to rush in, can you tell me what you saw the prince of Ning Guo doing to Princess Cheng after you entered?"
Xu Zhaorong looked up at Empress Dowager Cui, who was staring at her fiercely, and then at Yu Wenhong, who was looking at her with a smile, sweating all the time on her face. At this time, she said that if she didn't see anything, she would offend the emperor, and she said that if she saw Cui An becoming a princess, she would offend the queen mother and the Cui family. At this time, she only hated the person who was using her behind the scenes.
Xu Zhaorong said "I, I" several times, but he didn't come up with a way to not offend.
Yu Wenhong didn't seem to have any intention of embarrassing her, and said, "Since I can't think of it for a while, then I'll ask others first." Then he turned his head to look at Li Jieyu and Zheng Cairen, and said, "Li Jieyu Zheng Cairen, tell me what you saw at that time?"
Li Jieyu lowered her head slightly, and said first: "Back to the emperor and the queen mother, the concubine came in late with Zhaorong Niangniang, and I really didn't see what happened before. But when the concubine came in, she only saw Princess Cheng fall on the screen, disheveled, whether this was Princess Cheng herself or was pushed and fell, and the concubine really couldn't guess. ”
It may sound like I'm just stating the facts, but if you listen closely, you can still hear that the inclination is obvious.
Zheng Cairen continued: "What the concubine saw was the same as what Sister Li saw, but when the concubine was at the gate of Xuanhua Palace, she vaguely heard Princess Cheng shouting 'help' inside. However, the situation was a little chaotic at that time, and I didn't really hear it, whether it was the concubine's auditory hallucination or the real sound of 'help', the concubine was not very sure. ”
This "help" is naturally not, and Jiang Wan will not shout for help to lure people over at that time, but at this time, Zheng Cairen said such a thing to help her, although she didn't know why Zheng Cairen would help her, so Jiang Wan naturally would not deny it, and quickly sobbed again: "It is still Zheng Cairen's ears that are sensitive, and the concubine did shout 'help' at that time, but it is a pity that Xuanhua Palace is remote...... Fortunately, the latter few mothers came. ”
Empress Dowager Cui's face became more and more gloomy, but the head wind disease was getting more and more serious, but she had to endure it in front of Yu Wenhong, and her expression was even a little distorted under the torture of anger and pain.
Yuwenhong turned his head, but he still looked at the Empress Dowager Cui with a smile and asked, "Empress Dowager, this fact is already very clear." Or does the Queen Mother think that she should call the palace people who were present at the time and ask them again?"
Empress Dowager Cui said in a calm voice: "No need. "Today's matter, even if it is not calculated by the emperor in front of him, he will take this opportunity to clean up the Cui family fiercely, and even if he asks again, he will not ask the second result. It's already embarrassing enough now, why bother making a fool of yourself in front of the palace people.
Yu Wenhong finally looked at Cui An again and said, "Cui An, Li Jieyu and Zheng Cairen have no grievances with you, and they will never wronged you, what else do you have to say now?"
Cui An's face was very dark, and he understood that he was speechless today. Whether it is Li Jieyu or Zheng Cairen, they are Yu Wenhong's harem, naturally they wear a pair of pants with the emperor, and they both know that their words are not accurate, but this kind of words cannot be justified.
And at this time, the people from the palace outside came in lightly and reported: "Your Majesty, the Queen Mother, Ning Guogong asks to see you." ”
Yu Wenhong said: "It's just in time, he is Cui An's father, and he is the uncle of the dynasty, so I should ask him how to deal with today's affairs." And he said, "Let him come in." ”
Ning Guogong came in quickly, bowed and hurriedly came in, glanced at Cui An who was kneeling on the ground, his face was gloomy and frowned, and then knelt on the ground, and said: "The minister visits the emperor, meets the queen mother, the minister is guilty, and the minister asks the emperor and the queen mother for guilt." ”
Yu Wenhong laughed and said, "What is Ning Guogong's crime, Ning Guogong is a meritorious minister of my Great Zhou." However, it is the prince of Ningguo, who has become a princess, and the trial of me and the queen mother has also been completed, but now I am very rare, and I don't know what to do with the prince of Ningguo. The disposal is heavy, I am afraid that I will hurt the harmony between me and the Queen Mother, and the disposal is light, and it is not good to explain to Princess Cheng. Why don't you Ning Guogong come and help me think about how to deal with today's affairs. ”
Ning Guogong turned his head and glared at Cui An, and then slapped Cui An in the face fiercely, with an angry look, and said sharply: "You rebel, you actually did such a thing, you are simply sorry to die." ”
Ning Guogong knew very well that no matter what the truth of today's matter was, since the emperor had already completed the trial and confirmed the charge before his arrival, he could not refute it, so he could only grit his teeth and admit the charge, and then strive for a light punishment.
Cui An received Ning Guogong's slap, but he didn't say a word.
Ning Guogong said again: "You rebel, if you don't kneel down to make amends to Princess Cheng, if you don't get Princess Cheng's forgiveness, you will apologize with death." ”
Cui An said in a deep voice: "Yes, father." After speaking, he knelt down and turned around, faced Jiang Wan, and said: "Today is the minister's fault, it was the minister who collided with Her Royal Highness the Princess, and asked Her Royal Highness the Princess to forgive her sins." After speaking, he prostrated his body and slammed his forehead on the floor, but his heart was a little ruthless, and his hands were clenched into fists. He has grown so big, and he has never suffered such humiliation.
Ning Guogong looked at Jiang Wan again, and said: "Your Royal Highness the Princess, today's matter is that Xiao'er is at fault first, and it is also a crime for the minister to teach his son. His words were polite, but his tone was a little persecutive.
What he is relying on is Jiang Wan, the princess who has no power and no power to guard the widow, and he doesn't dare to completely offend their Cui family. If Princess Cheng is a party who doesn't care about today's affairs, the emperor has no reason to punish his son severely because of today's affairs. Anyway, let's save my son first.
At this time, Jiang Wan was indeed a little hesitant, and her sobbing voice gradually eased. When Xu Zhaorong and others rushed in, she accused Cui An of subconsciously protecting herself, but the situation where things came to this point was a little out of her control. If she really keeps pestering, she will indeed offend the Cui family and the Empress Dowager Cui. She is a widowed princess, and her mother's family is still in the Cui family's camp, and she offended the Cui family and the Empress Dowager Cui, and she really can't clean it up in the future.
The best thing to do is to stop there.