Chapter 406: Calculation step by step
In the face of Mei Cangyun's anger, Zhou Zifeng instinctively felt a little frightened. was kneeling on the ground, but his knees still moved back involuntarily.
He didn't really want to. Although he has always had some resentment towards Mei Cangyun's grandfather, he is obviously a relative, but he has to clear up the relationship, just because his mother married his father, a businessman, he doesn't recognize his mother's daughter, so that he is always pointed at and ridiculed for being a lowly businessman.
However, it is only a little resentment. He didn't think about destroying the Prime Minister's Mansion and destroying his grandfather, to be exact, he never dared to think that he could do any harm to Mei Cangyun, the Prime Minister, with his identity.
When he personally poisoned his biological mother for the position of the eldest young master of the Fang family, the only thing he thought about was how to use Prime Minister Mei, his grandfather, to control the Zhenyuan General's Mansion. However, he was too naΓ―ve.
Although he concealed the truth about Prime Minister Mei's mother's death, he couldn't escape Fang Xiaoyu's control.
Originally, such a thing as poisoning his mother was forced by Fang Xiaoyu. His mother's death was all pushed on Fang Xiaoyu's body. He wanted to get the identity of the eldest young master of the Fang family first, get rid of the reputation of being the son of a lowly merchant, and then slowly figure it out and take the Zhenyuan General's Mansion into his own hands.
He thought that sooner or later he would avenge his mother, and he would make Fang Xiaoyu no longer be able to look up to him in front of him, but humbly prostrate at his feet, begging him to forgive her. He was convinced that he had the ability to do so, and that success was in the near future.
However, he underestimated Fang Xiaoyu too much.
First, the eldest princess got married, which made all his original plans fall through. The eldest princess is much more difficult to deal with than Zhi Fang Xiaoyu, after all, she is the princess of a country, and she is the eldest sister who is respected by the emperor for three points, he does not dare to be presumptuous in front of the eldest princess. What's more, the eldest princess loves Fang Haozhi abnormally, as if she is her own son, but she is lukewarm to him, even if he has the heart to please, but it is just a touch of ashes.
At that time, he put all his thoughts on making a false deal with the eldest princess, but he was lax about Fang Xiaoyu. But who would have thought that his every move, every gathering with people, what he said, what he did, and what he thought were all watched by the other party one by one. She is like an immortal who can predict everything, and she can see all the darkness in his heart clearly. On the contrary, he is like a clown who plays with himself, thinking that he is in control of everything, but in fact, he has been grabbed by someone, and he can't even control his life.
When Fang Xiaoyu asked him to testify in the court and make Prime Minister Mei's 'crime' public, he instinctively wanted to refuse. He and Fang Xiaoyu are enemies, but Prime Minister Mei is his grandfather. Although this grandfather has always ignored his existence, because of his mother's death, he has gained his grandfather's trust, as long as he continues to make false promises in the future, he can get his grandfather's support, why does he have to help Fang Xiaoyu get rid of his backer?
However, everything was not up to him at all. When Fang Xiaoyu pointed out to himself what he had said and done before, his brain was blank, and his body trembled completely involuntarily, as if he was a beast locked in a cage by Fang Xiaoyu, usually fierce, but still a pathetic marionette.
Only then did he know that he had always been under Fang Xiaoyu's control.
And Fang Xiaoyu wanted to get rid of him too easily. If he had the confidence to defeat her before, now he no longer had such delusions.
He wanted to live.
Having finally gotten rid of the lowly status of the son of a merchant, he didn't want to go back to the past.
And Fang Xiaoyu promised him that although he could not inherit everything from General Zhenyuan's mansion, he could always retain his identity as the eldest young master of the Fang family, and then give him a fortune that was enough to be prosperous and rich for a lifetime, so that he could live comfortably and worry-free, and he would never be looked down upon again.
His heart was moved.
When he lost hope in seizing the Zhenyuan General's Mansion, he retreated to the next best thing, and he wanted to live at least happily and carefree. So he chose the temptation of Fang Xiaoyu and stood on top of today's court.
Although he will be sorry for his grandfather, but he doesn't kill the heavens and the earth for himself, he just wants to live and live well, what's wrong with this?
What's more, this grandfather has always ignored him before, and there is no deep affection between them, just strangers who use each other. He chose to live comfortably, and he didn't feel it was wrong.
So, his gaze gradually became firm.
Standing here today, he has offended Mei Cangyun, his grandfather, and there is no turning back from the bow, he has no choice but to go down the path he chose. Even if there is a cliff ahead.
"Your Majesty, the grass people didn't dare to get too close at the beginning, so they didn't hear all about it, but they also knew a lot of things. The grass people hid in the dark, not daring to make a single sound, for fear of being killed, they kept covering their mouths until the cult demon left, and only dared to go back. After that, the grass people were very scared and did not dare to tell anyone about it. But I was worried about my grandfather...... Prime Minister Mei really wants to do something rebellious. The grass people were also afraid of being implicated, so they found the princess and told the matter......" Zhou Zifeng shrunk his neck, as if he realized that he had missed his mouth, and quickly paused. But in fact, this is just a deliberate act on his part.
Previously, he said righteously that he was the subject of Dacheng and was Mei Cangyun's grandson, in order to prove his loyalty. But he knew very well that although the emperor praised him, he must have thought that he was too false, and they might not believe all of them. So he pretended to accidentally leak his mouth at the moment, letting everyone know that he was actually correcting Mei Cangyun for fear of being implicated. After all, once Prime Minister Mei Cheng's crime of collaborating with the enemy and treason is discovered, it will almost wipe out the nine clans. And as Mei Cangyun's grandson, he will never be spared, so he chose to betray Mei Cangyun out of fear, this reason is really tenable and easy to believe.
Since he has decided to stand up and testify against Mei Cangyun, he naturally wants to perform the play well. Now that his life is in Fang Xiaoyu's hands, he has no way back.
In fact, the incriminating evidence he accused of Mei Cangyun was all made up by Fang Xiaoyu. He had never seen his grandfather meet with a cult demon, and it was even less likely that he would hear any evidence of treason against the enemy. It all started with Fang Xiaoyu's self-written and self-directed script, he was just a play hired by Fang Xiaoyu to act.
However, at the beginning, his mother was threatened by Prime Minister Mei to sever the father-daughter relationship because she insisted on marrying a businessman. After that, Mei Cheng really ignored them, and everyone in the capital knew about it. Although Prime Minister Mei still felt sorry for his mother in private and secretly helped, on the surface, he was disappointed and heartbroken and never contacted again.
However, after the death of his mother, it is no secret that he entered and exited the Prime Minister's Mansion, many people have seen it, and there are rumors outside that Prime Minister Mei is distressed that his grandson lost his father and mother, and finally relented and allowed him to enter the door. Therefore, it is not unbelievable that he will appear in the Prime Minister's Mansion and hear the conversation between the Prime Minister and the cult demon.
All of this was calculated by Fang Xiaoyu. Including the so-called evidence, it is also done as if it were real. Even if we investigate afterwards, it will be difficult to overturn it.
Fang Xiaoyu took care of everything, even if he wanted to help, there was nothing he could do. Once Prime Minister Mei is really knocked down by Fang Xiaoyu, and he refuses to listen to her orders, he will inevitably become a thorn in her side. And his identity as Prime Minister Mei's grandson is the best reason for her to attack him.
So he can only cooperate with her. In order to save himself, he can only be sorry for his grandfather.
"When I eavesdropped on what they were talking about, the grass people were afraid that they would forget, so they wrote it all down. The emperor can send someone to investigate, and the grass people will never dare to bully the king. Zhou Zifeng buried his head very low, and his whole body covered his eyelids that jumped heavily, as well as the trembling of his hands.
Including the piece of paper he was going to present, the content recorded on it was also arranged by Fang Xiaoyu. Even what was written on the paper, although it was in his handwriting, was not written by him. Fang Xiaoyu found someone to imitate his handwriting, and wrote this piece of paper a long time ago, so the ink on the paper is not new, and it can be seen that after some time, it will not be suspected that it was just written.
He was surprised that Fang Xiaoyu had even calculated this step, which was enough to prove that her intention to deal with Prime Minister Mei was not a day or two. But what surprised him the most was that it was written on the paper that the prime minister mentioned to the cult demon that they had secretly organized a rebel army, just to let them rebel when the court was criticized, so as to disturb this troubled water. Fang Xiaoyu told him that he could boldly say that he wanted the emperor to investigate it himself, which meant that maybe this rebel army really existed. Could it be that Fang Xiaoyu really organized a rebel army in order to get rid of Prime Minister Mei? This blood cost is inevitably too big.
After all, the collusion between Prime Minister Mei and the cult demons is all fake, and it was made up by Fang Xiaoyu, so this rebel army must not have been secretly established by Prime Minister Mei himself. Could this joke really be so powerful, and he didn't hesitate to go to such trouble just to bring down the prime minister?
"Rebel ......" The emperor looked at the paper presented by Zhou Zifeng, and the word rebel on it was unusually dazzling, which made the emperor's eyes narrow in a dangerous arc, and his eyes looking at Mei Cangyun were full of sharpness and murderous intent.
"I really need to look into it. If this is really the case, Mei Cangyun, you deserve to die! But if you open your mouth and wronged the prime minister, you should also know the consequences. Saying that, the emperor glanced at Zhou Zifeng meaningfully, and then fell on Fang Xiaoyu.
Fang Xiaoyu's face was always almost ruthlessly calm.
She wasn't worried that the emperor would really check it.
Mo said that the emperor was in the same group as her, and even if she wasn't, she wasn't afraid of the emperor to investigate.
This rebel army is real, and they are hiding in the darkness waiting for an opportunity. It's just that the owner of this rebel army is not Mei Cangyun, but Ye Shucheng.
In his previous life, Ye Shucheng used this rebel army to do some unsightly things. Even the inside and the outside joined forces and let the rebels fight outside the gate of the capital, this kind of thing has really happened.
If it weren't for the eldest princess suddenly standing up, Ye Shucheng would probably have succeeded in becoming a hero who drove away the rebels. He didn't care about the life or death of this rebel army, and the purpose of establishing the rebel army was just to set off his own status and ability.
If you follow the time of the previous life, the rebels have successfully assembled at this time, but they have not yet begun to move. They were waiting for the orders of their masters behind the scenes, and even the rebels themselves did not know that their master was none other than His Royal Highness the Second Prince of Dacheng, whom they were fighting against. Only a few of the rebels' petty leaders know who their masters really are and what their existence is.
Therefore, in this life, at this moment, Fang Xiaoyu took the rebel army first. This treasonous hat was first buckled on Mei Cangyun's head, as for Ye Shucheng......
No hurry, now is not the time.
But it's also coming soon.
"Your Majesty, the old minister has never seen any cult demons, nor has he ever said these great rebellious words. These so-called evidences are just framed by Fang Xiaoyu, and the old minister is wronged. Strange injustices through the ages! Mei Cangyun could only deny it.
He hadn't done it before, not to mention that if he was convicted, his family would be finished.
"What do you think? Tell me about it, too, and let me hear it. Immediately, the emperor nodded to one of the ministers and said, "Liu Aiqing, what do you think of this matter?" β
The person who was called Liu Aiqing by the emperor was called Liu Bing, and he was a firm prime minister, so he said: "Back to the emperor, the minister feels that this matter is quite strange. If the prime minister really had something to do with that cult demon, how could he not find a hidden place to talk about such a sensitive topic? How can it be so easy to be overheard? Therefore, the minister thought that the evidence of the princess's accusation against the prime minister was untrue. β
The emperor was expressionless, and asked another person: "What does Li Aiqing think?" β
"Back to the emperor, the minister agrees with Lord Liu's words, I'm afraid there is something strange about this matter." This Lord Li also sided with the prime minister.
"What does Luo Aiqing think?" This time the emperor ordered another person.
Lord Luo, who was called, stood up and said: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that there must be a reason for the groundless trouble, and some things need to be investigated carefully." After speaking, he paused again and said: "It's just that Lord Luo of the border city of Beiyan mentioned by the princess should be Luo Liang, the nephew of Weichen, and Weichen has also received a letter from Luo Liang, and he can't say anything about Beiyan, but he feels that he has something to say." It's just that Weichen didn't know that such a big event would happen to Beiyan at that time, so he didn't care about it, and now it seems that this matter must have been traced for a long time. β
This Lord Luo was on the side of Fang Xiaoyu. Although it seemed quite fair, his words were still biased towards Fang Xiao's words.
Fang Xiaoyu smiled. This is to be expected. This Lord Luo is the Shaoqing Luo Fu of Taichang Temple, the uncle of Lord Luo Liangluo of Beiyan.
During the period when Beiyan closed the city, the people did not die. Although he was forced by Liang Bo's threat, as Beiyan's parent official, he had an unshirkable responsibility for such a major event.
This kind of responsibility is possible to demote officials at least or kill heads at worst, and it may affect Luo Fu's uncle. Their Wen'an Hou Mansion is already in decline, and if they are involved again, I am afraid that it will really decline.
And Fang Xiaoyu was willing to take the initiative to excuse Luo Liang, this Taichang Temple Shaoqing Lord Luo Fu couldn't ask for it, how could he go against Fang Xiaoyu? (To be continued.) )