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Zhao Rin's eloquence was very good, but he didn't expect to really invite Mr. Peng, and Mr. Peng helped to invite several other Confucians.

The news that the Great Confucian commented on the candidates' articles during the scientific examination had already been informed through the Zhang Bang, and on that day, the periphery of Chengtianmen was full of lively people.

The great Confucians and the troublesome candidates have a war of lips and tongues, and those candidates can't argue with the Confucians, and they can't write about the articles about these Confucians, who became famous in their early years.

In the end, the Confucians commented on their articles as useless, and there was an old man who pointed out that their minds did not need to be on reading, but they wanted to gain fame by coercing the imperial court, and misbehaved, which was a shame for the scholars.

In the end, all these people were discredited according to what was agreed in advance, and those who took the lead in inciting scholars to make trouble were imprisoned, including Han Zhongyuan, who was also canceled from his fame. At the same time, the staff member surnamed Qiu was also arrested.

At this time, in King Hui's mansion, King Hui was very disappointed and sighed to Princess Hui: "I didn't expect that this strategy also failed, but it increased the prestige of the prince." ”

The words of the Great Confucian are more effective than all the scholars who say that the spring is unfair.

Princess Hui comforted King Hui and said, "Your Highness, don't be too disappointed, the days are still long, we can always find an opportunity to bring down the crown prince." ”

King Hui waved his hand, then stood up and went out.

In the Changkun Palace.

Mu Lan also smiled at this time and said to Lin Yan: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is still smart, and invited the great Confucian to comment on the articles of those sour scholars, which directly embarrassed those stinky scholars." Saying that, he snorted: "After reading a few books, I really take myself seriously, and I should dare to kneel in Chengtianmen to coerce the emperor." He snorted again and said, "The floor in front of the Chengtian Gate is too dirty for them to kneel, and these people should be thrown into the torture room of the Criminal Department and squatted." ”

It's still too cheap to just deprive them of their fame.

Princess Rui said beside her: "It's too bad to be from Nafu surnamed Wu, and you dare to think about arranging the reputation of the queen mother and bad mother." ”

Mu Lan said with a smile: "I heard the little eunuch who often goes out of the palace to run errands say that now there is no one outside the palace to arrange the mother. On the contrary, those beggars arranged for the Xuanguo Mansion and Zhaoyang Palace to come, saying that she and the Xuanguo Mansion were arbitrarily powering, inciting scholars to make trouble, and slandering Niangniang. ”

On the contrary, Niangniang was portrayed as extremely charitable in those small words sung, Wu Guifei did bad things several times, and Niangniang begged the emperor to let her go, hoping to influence her with love, but Guifei Niangniang took revenge, and this time deliberately ruined Niangniang's reputation.

I just don't know who did a good deed this time without leaving a name, and helped Niangniang clarify the stigma.

Princess Rui's face was smug, and her eyes and eyebrows were about to fly. This is all due to her, Brother Sheng, and Yuan Lang, the Wu family is looking for someone to make up small words, and they will too.

But she can't tell the queen mother about this, the queen mother doesn't allow her to leave the palace, if she knows that she runs away from the palace again, she will definitely be scolded to death.

Lin Yan glanced at Princess Rui, looked at her triumphant face, smiled slightly, but did not speak.

And in the palace of diligent government.

The emperor looked at the testimony that came out of the mouths of Han Zhongyuan and that Qiu staff, and instructed Wan Gong next to him to say fairly: "Go and invite Xuanguo Gong and Xuanguo Gongshi into the palace." ”

Wan Gong said yes, and then went out.

After Xuanguo Gong and Xuanguo Gong's prince came in, the emperor threw the testimony in his hand on them and asked angrily, "What do you say?" ”

Xuanguo Gong and Xuanguo Gongshi glanced at each other, then picked up the testimony and glanced at it at a glance, and then Xuanguo Gongshi stood up and said in a fierce voice: "Slander, this must be slander." This surnamed Qiu was the staff of the minister who drove him out, and it was because his hands and feet were not clean that the minister drove him out. How could the minister instruct him to do such a thing, and the surname Qiu did not identify the minister as the person behind the scenes. As for this Han Zhongyuan, the minister has never been in contact with him, and his testimony is not credible. ”

The emperor looked at him and didn't speak, and the surnamed Qiu and Han Zhongyuan, who were arrested and tortured, had a very hard mouth, and he didn't confess half a sentence of the Xuanguo Mansion or the Xuanguo Gongzi until now. But the mouth of the surnamed Han was easier to pry, and after three times the torture instrument was passed, he finally confessed everything. It was the surnamed Qiu who instructed him, and the surnamed Qiu made it clear to him that he had the support of the Xuanguo Mansion behind him.

However, based on these testimonies alone, it is indeed difficult to determine that the Xuanguo Mansion did it.

The emperor threw two more silver tickets on them and said, "What about this, this is the silver ticket that your little servant took out from the Huitong ticket number after Han Zhongyuan instigated the scholars to make trouble, and later these silver tickets were taken by the surnamed Qiu to Han Zhongyuan to buy other scholars." Could it be that you still want to say that it was the little guy next to you who colluded with the surname Qiu and stole your seal to get the silver ticket of your Xuanguo Mansion? ”

Prince Xuanguo was surprised, and then sweated on his forehead. As soon as he wanted to say something, the emperor had already spoken: "You take a good look at these two silver tickets, there are the marks that I asked people to make the Huitong ticket number, and only the silver tickets that were redeemed to you are there." ”

In order to prevent silver from being stolen, real money and silver generally have the mark of each province, and real money and silver are not easy to carry, and it is too dazzling to hold in the hand, so it is exchanged for silver tickets.

But it's not that difficult to get a touch of money on the silver ticket.

Xuanguo Gong, who was still kneeling on the ground, closed his eyes, sighed, and then ruthlessly, stood up and slapped Xuanguo Gongzi directly in the face, and scolded angrily: "You rebel, you actually did this kind of thing without me." ”

After speaking, he knelt down again and said to the emperor: "The emperor forgives the sin, it is all the ministers who have no way to teach the son, and let this rebel do such a big rebellious thing." This rebel is guilty and is at the disposal of the emperor. ”

The prince of Xuanguo covered his cheeks and looked at Xuanguo Gong, but he quickly figured out that Xuan Guogong wanted to sacrifice him to protect the Xuanguo Mansion, and even to keep King Hui and the concubine.

The prince of Xuanguo also immediately knelt down and confessed: "The emperor forgives the sin, this matter is indeed done by the minister, ask the emperor to forgive the minister's sins." ”

Staying in Qingshan is not afraid of no firewood, only after keeping the Xuanguo Mansion first, and keeping King Hui and the concubine can they talk, if the Xuanguo Mansion falls with him, then the Wu family will really be ruined.

The emperor sighed, looked at Xuan Guogong, and said, "Xuan Guogong, are you really just a godson?" After a pause, he continued: "You and the Xuanguo Mansion have assisted me in ascending the throne, so I have always been tolerant of you and the Xuanguo Mansion, but you are too disappointing to me. ”

Xuan Guogong lowered his eyes and said loudly: "The ministers have no way to teach their sons, please forgive the emperor." ”

The emperor continued: "Since you said that you are a godson without a way, then I will temporarily believe that you are a godson without a way." But Xuan Guogong, you are old, it is better to go home to retire, I heard that your health has not been very good in the past two years. ”

Turning his head to look at the prince of Xuanguo, he continued: "Prince Xuanguo, what you have done is to encourage scholars to coerce me and let people ruin the reputation of me and the queen. Now that you have confessed your guilt, go to the prison of the Criminal Department to explain your crimes. ”

The prince of Xuanguo exhaled a breath of "heh", as if the spirit on his body and the muscles and bones of his whole body had been sucked away, and Xuanguo Gong, who was kneeling on the ground, was also pale, and his body was almost shaky. (To be continued.) )