Chapter 179: The Darkness Before Dawn
On the fifth day after the departure of the Qincha to investigate Shen Ze, Shen Pei, the concubine of the Duke of Weiguo, wrote an article that revealed the detailed evidence of his father, brother, and sister-in-law abusing and murdering his mother-in-law, as well as the fact that Shen Bin, the Duke of Weiguo, went to the Yaowang Valley to recuperate. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info the whole article is half-true and half-false, not only concealing Xiao Fei's past evil deeds, but also mixed with a lot of evidence to catch the wind and shadows, people who don't know the inside story read it, and they can't find half a flaw at all.
That's not all, along with this article submitted to the emperor, there are also thirteen elders of the Shen clan who jointly signed a letter, asking the emperor to allow them to remove the name of the Duke of Weiguo from the clan.
The people who were originally skeptical of Shen Pei's words were filled with righteous indignation when they saw this letter. From the peddlers and pawns to the high-ranking officials and nobles, everyone has a deep understanding of the Weiguo Mansion, and the cries for immediate accountability are getting higher and higher.
But in this case, the emperor, who showed thunderous anger at Shen Ze at the beginning, is now silent beyond everyone's expectations, and those twists and turns that are like snowflakes against the father and son of Wei Guogong are all sunk into the sea after being sent to the palace, and there is no response. As for the Shen clan's request, of course, there was no reply.
This time, however, the anger of the people did not subside quietly because of the attitude of the monarch, and Fenning treasoned only the officials; But Shen Ze, who is currently in command of the largest army in the country, will treason, and the most direct consequence will lead to the destruction of the country.
Day after day passed, the crowd outside the palace was passionate, but the palace was still silent. Shen Pei and the thirteen elders who had jointly signed the letter would get together every day, and the topic of the meeting began to discuss how to denounce Shen Bin and his son in front of His Majesty, and how to convince His Majesty that the Shen clan had never participated in or knew about their treason, and gradually evolved into discussing His Majesty's strange attitude.
Even Shen Pei, who had always been in his chest, began to be worried, but as the initiator of this matter, not only could he not reveal his uneasiness, but he also had to cheer up and comfort the other thirteen elders.
It's a pity that what Shen Pei didn't know was that what silenced the emperor was nothing else, it was the masterpiece that he was so satisfied with. This testimony, which has won the trust of countless people, is full of loopholes in the eyes of the emperor.
He thought that the emperor would order Xiao Fei to be killed, all because he listened to the words of his eldest sister-in-law; He thought that Shen Bin's visit to the frontier was the exclusive secret he had found out; He even thought that the emperor was angry because he was suspicious of Shen Ze...... It was this kind of self-righteousness that caused the emperor to see through his wolf ambition at a glance after reading this flawed article, and he was disgusted.
On the first day of the sixth month, the morning pilgrimage reopened after a few days. Shen Pei and the thirteen elders of the Shen clan received a summons from the emperor at the same time, and asked them to personally confront the people who had written and complained before.
Among the various scenarios that everyone had imagined was the current result, so no one was surprised to receive the summons, and everyone stepped into the Jinluan Hall with a belly full of manuscripts.
However, when I went to the court, I found that in the position that originally belonged to Wei Guogong, there was a woman with luxurious clothes and decorations, and when I looked at it, it was the princess Lu.
Before everyone was surprised, the chief eunuch made a report and kicked off the early dynasty.
The ministers knelt and bowed, shouted three times long live, and after the routine greetings, an imperial historian took the lead in standing up and attacking the only woman in the Jinluan Palace.
"I would like to ask Your Majesty, why is there a woman in this solemn court? Si Chen, it is really a harbinger of the death of the country, your majesty! ”
The woman he accused did not change her face, and turned to the civil and military officials to pay a salute.
"The lord was serious. The concubine appeared here, not to interfere in the government, but because the family and her husband were accused by the villain a few days ago. Thanks to His Majesty's failure to listen to the rumors, he allowed my Patriotic Mansion to confront those villains in front of the court to prove his innocence. That's why Concubine Ben will have the courage to go beyond the norm and stand here. ”
She treats each other politely, but the imperial history is still aggressive. "Since it is a confrontation, why did the Patriotic Mansion send a woman? Why is Lord Wei Guo absent? Could it be that the heart is empty? ”
Zhihua straightened her back, and the aura she exuded in an instant actually suppressed the imperial history arrogance by three points.
"Among the villains that Concubine Ben just mentioned, Uncle Shen Pei is the one who is the leader. The family was caused by his great rebellion to relapse into an old disease, vomiting blood and falling into a coma. Fortunately, the disciple of the Medicine King was still in the house, and the treatment was timely and did not cause a major disaster. After waking up yesterday, the family had made a vow to cut off all relations with the two concubines and never see each other again. After explaining the reason for Shen Bin's absence, she paused and turned to fight back. As the imperial history of the supervising officials, the adults should be cautious in their words and deeds, and there must be something in their words. You just asked the reason for the family's absence, but you didn't wait for the concubine to explain, you speculated without permission, and accused the family of being weak-hearted, dare to ask if the adults have real evidence to prove that the family is illegal? ”
was accused by a woman and couldn't refute it, the imperial history immediately blushed, and argued strongly: "The evidence of the crime of defending the country has already been announced to the world by his parents and sons, so how can he still show it to the official?" ”
Zhihua didn't give an inch, and sneered: "There are too many people like you in the world, and all kinds of bizarre and absurd rumors will be widely circulated without verification. You praise the wolf-hearted and dog-lunged man who smeared the reputation of his father and brother for killing his relatives with righteousness, and if there are also concubines in your mansion who stand up and openly slander you in the future, before the adults are angry, should they also sigh that they understand the righteousness? ”
All kinds of dry coughing sounds that disguised hilarious came everywhere, and even the emperor, who had been sitting on the top of the show for a long time, almost couldn't hold back his laughter. Yushi, who has always relied on his mouth to eat, was refuted by a woman and was speechless, and it was really unseemly to spread it. Thinking of this, the emperor cleared his throat and said, "Okay, whether Shen Pei is a wolf's heart or a righteous murderer, after the confrontation, the truth will naturally come out." It's not too early, let's get started. ”
"Where are Shen Pei and the thirteen elders of the Shen clan?"
As soon as the emperor's words fell, the people who were named came out one after another, kneeling in the middle of the Jinluan Palace.
"Wechen (grass people) see Your Majesty." Many of these people are in public office, so their voices are a little messy.
"A few days ago, you wrote a complaint against the father and son of the Duke of Weiguo, showing several of his crimes, and now that the princess of the Duke of Weiguo is here, do you dare to confront her face to face?"
Everyone was in high spirits and kowtowed again: "Weichen (grass people) is not afraid." (To be continued.) )