Chapter 671: Provocation (Five Watches)
Here, the Emperor of Western Qin was in a hurry to send the letter to the border pass for 800 miles. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
At the border pass, because Shen Yue returned to the Ning Dynasty, General Zeng was furious and wrote a letter to the prince, which was also an eight-hundred-mile rush.
Question first, the people escorted by the prince of Western Qin in the province went back to complain, which can be regarded as the first strike.
After all, losing Shen Yue is equivalent to losing a few cities, and I can't afford this crime.
However, General Zeng didn't know that the assassins did not go back to tell the prince, but the key around his neck was sent by the prince of Western Qin, and many generals saw it at that time and could testify to him, not that he lost it, or was copied by someone, Shen Yue returned to the Ning Dynasty safely, and the fault was the prince.
The officers and soldiers on both sides met at the post station, but no one knew anyone, and without a word of greeting, they hurried forward.
Emperor Xiqin was worried that the letter would be delayed for ten days, and he was so anxious that he didn't expect that in only three and a half days, there would be a reply from the border pass.
"I sent the letter back so quickly, isn't it Ning Chaozhen who replied that he should exchange the city for Prince Xuan's princess?" The minister of Western Qin said in horror.
If the prince was so happy before he fell ill, they would all be happy.
But now, this is the last thing they want to see, and everything they come back will have to be returned, and it will get worse.
But no one expected that General Zeng sent someone back to send back the worst news, and there was no one left.
After reading the letter, those ministers shut up, in fact, it's good to change the city, but now you can't even change the city, not to mention, the prince is still poisoned and unconscious, how many days have it been, life and death are uncertain.
In the past, Xiqin was a lamb to stay, but now they are lambs.
The heavens are clear, and the retribution is unpleasant.
The Western Qin Emperor was anxious and angry, and immediately summoned the Manchu civil and military forces to discuss countermeasures.
The lord and faction dominated by Lord Meng began to fall into the ground, and at the beginning persuaded the emperor to release Prince Xuan's princess and concubine, not to do such a thing as exchanging cities, but he didn't listen to persuasion, and the prince and the party were stubborn, and now they have pitted themselves, and they don't know how to get up.
Lord Meng was secretly happy in his heart, Zhou Yuan was worthy of being the son of General Zhou Huaiwu, and he really didn't disappoint him.
The crown prince has planted a big heel this time, and the matter of his breaking his word and getting fat will spread to every corner of Western Qin with his poisoning, and the name of virtue will disappear.
Of course, Lord Meng's ridicule will not be so straightforward, saying that the emperor is not happy, and wants to kill people desperately to vent his anger, he quoted scriptures, insinuated, pointed at Sang and scolded Huai, and said that the old face of the Western Qin Emperor was red and ashamed.
The literati scolded, and it was you who scolded, and you would wonder if you had misunderstood.
After discussing for a few hours, for the sake of the crown prince, Xi Qin had to put down his body and beg Prince Xuan for the princess, even if he lost one or two cities, he had to change the antidote and come back.
But if you want to send Prince Xuan and the princess away in one or two cities, the emperor thinks too well, right?
Thinking that Shen Yue saved Mrs. Li, Lord Meng's daughter, and had a way back to Beijing, and there was such a two-point friendship, the emperor handed over the matter of changing back the antidote to Lord Meng and Lord Li's son-in-law.
This unfortunate errand, Lord Meng just didn't say that Prince Xuan's princess and concubine had lived in the palace for more than a month, and she met the queen every day, and the relationship was better.
The emperor's order was difficult to disobey, and after Lord Meng returned home, he packed up his baggage and set off for the border pass.
Before leaving, Lord Meng asked the emperor to give a bottom line on the grounds that the prince was poisoned and could not be delayed, and if the bottom line was within the bottom line, Ning Chao did not exchange the antidote, he could only return to Beijing.
Emperor Xiqin looked up angrily, "Aren't you usually very able to speak?" Can't you use your three-inch incorruptible tongue to convince Prince Xuan and the princess?! ”
Lord Meng couldn't cry or laugh, "Your Majesty, there is an ancient saying, it is difficult to raise villains and women, and there is also a saying, Xiucai meets soldiers, it is unreasonable to say, Western Qin hijacked Prince Xuan's princess, although in the name of invitation, what can be done is not related to the word please, Emperor, you can't pin all your expectations on the minister." ”
Emperor Xiqin endured and endured, so he didn't smash the black jade paperweight on the dragon case on Lord Meng's head, and hoped that people would get the antidote back.
"The city, only two are allowed, and in addition, you can pay some grain and grass," the Western Qin Emperor said bitterly.
The queen's face is too valuable!
Thinking of this, Emperor Xiqin said angrily, "A group of wine bags and rice bags in the Criminal Department, how long has it been since this happened, there are no clues about the queen being poisoned, and if you can't find it out, you will get out!" ”
The whole department was in a state of panic.
Just when the Criminal Department was at a loss, the Yamen of the Criminal Department received a letter from a small beggar.
The letter was written by Shen Yue himself, and the Lord Shangshu of the Criminal Department personally opened it, but the content of the letter was written to the princess Dongyang County Lord.
At the beginning, they discussed in the imperial garden, and the county lord of Dongyang quietly gave the antidote to the queen.
But the lord of Dongyang County broke her promise, and she took the opportunity of sending the antidote to frame the poisoning on Prince Xuan's mansion, breaking her promise first.
The enemy is unkind, and she is unjust.
There is no need for her to help the Dongyang County Lord hide it.
After reading this letter, Lord Shangshu of the Criminal Department was sincerely afraid, he did not expect that it would be the lord of Dongyang County who poisoned the queen, and his heart could be punished.
Afraid that someone was deliberately sowing discord, the Criminal Department also specially asked the Tai Hospital for a prescription written by Shen Yue for comparison, and it was determined that her handwriting was undoubted.
The criminal department Shangshu doesn't know what to do, this letter is like a hot potato in his arms, if it is true, the crown princess knows about it, I am afraid that it will kill people.
You can't rashly present it to the emperor, after all, a letter was written by Prince Xuan's princess, what if it was slander?
The criminal department is also a smart person, he entered the palace to face the saint, did not tell the content of the letter, but asked the emperor to send a few masters to protect him, he said that there are some clues, I am afraid that he will be killed, I hope the emperor understands.
The emperor is angry, as long as he can catch the poisoner, not to mention a few secret guard masters, it is all, he also agreed.
The emperor sent four henchmen to protect the Shangshu of the Criminal Department.
The criminal department Shangshu was at ease.
After returning to the Criminal Department, he sent someone to secretly tell the county lord of Dongyang that Prince Xuan sent a letter to him, saying that it was about the queen being poisoned.
At that time, the county lord of Dongyang changed his face.
She didn't know that it had been a day since Shangshu received the letter, but he had just received it.
The county lord of Dongyang was afraid that he would immediately tell the emperor to know, so he sent someone to invite the secretary of the criminal department.
The Shangshu of the Criminal Department was calm, he said, "Prince Xuan's letter named the princess and said that the princess poisoned the queen, the minister didn't believe it at first, I am afraid it was a plan to discord, the prince was poisoned and unconscious, the emperor was worried, and the minister did not plan to tell for the time being, but I didn't expect the princess's eyeliner to be all over the yamen of the criminal department, and she was so anxious to find me, it seems that Prince Xuan's letter is true." ”