Chapter 022: Intercession
"Brother Huang, in this way, it may not be easy to find the evidence of Ai Gaoyi's guilt from their deaths. After all, we have no way of knowing exactly when Ai Gaoyi gave them the Gu. Long Zening said a little gloomily.
"None of this matters anymore, so let's take a look at it first." Long Zeye handed the letters to Long Zening and Qi Yidao.
Long Zening and Fu Yi were also very surprised after seeing it, and they hurriedly looked at Long Zeye and asked, "This is"
"You don't have to worry about what you have done so for the time being. Now immediately you will go with your troops, surround Ai Fu, and capture Ai Gaoyi. Long Zeye handed a holy decree that had already been prepared to Long Zening's hand and said.
This time he won't give Ai Gaoyi another chance to turn the tables.
Long Zening and Fu Yi did not stop for a moment, and immediately ordered two hundred troops to besiege Aifu.
The dark night sky was illuminated by countless torches, and King Xiang personally led the troops before no one dared to stop him.
Ai Gaoyi hurriedly came out of the inner courtyard in his usual clothes, and said with obvious anger and coldness on his face: "The prince and Lord Dong are visiting in the middle of the night like this, but what is the important matter? If not, don't blame the old minister, I will make trouble in front of the emperor and let the two of you give an explanation! ”
"Ai Gao Yi takes the order!" Long Zening smiled coldly at Ai Gaoyi, revealing a bright yellow holy decree.
Ai Gaoyi obviously didn't expect it, the expression on his face changed slightly, but as experienced as him, he still reacted as quickly as possible, knelt down and received the order: "Minister, take the order!" ”
"Fengtian carrier, our emperor's edict said: After investigation, Yu Shi Ai Gaoyi formed a party for personal gain, intending to rebel, and now the evidence is conclusive, and he will be immediately taken into custody. Chin this! ”
When Ai Gaoyi heard this, the whole person was shocked. This is impossible, he obviously handled everything properly. There is no way there will be any so-called evidence
"Ai Gaoyi, you still don't receive the order!" Long Zening closed the holy decree and looked at Ai Gao Yidao with an imposing attitude.
"No, it can't be! I was wronged, and I want to see the emperor. Hearing this, Ai Gaoyi immediately got up from the ground, intending to break free from the officers and soldiers who stepped forward to take him.
"When the court goes to court tomorrow, the emperor will interrogate him in court. Then you will naturally meet the emperor. The corners of Long Zening's mouth furled. Said coldly, "Come on, take him away." ”
Ai Gaoyi did not cooperate. I tried to break free, but I couldn't help the crowd, and in the end I was sent away by the knife.
"Ai Fu listened to the order, and from now on, no one is allowed to enter or leave. Once the offender is discovered, he will not be spared! Walk! After Long Zening finished speaking, he left with all the officers and soldiers.
After he left, Uncle Wen, the housekeeper of Ai Mansion, immediately recruited two clever masters who were trained single-handedly. instructed: "You go to the Lilac Garden to find the eldest young master, let him not go back to the house for the time being, and avoid the limelight outside." If something really happens, the master will not be dead. ”
"And you. Immediately ask someone to send a message to the peach girl next to the eldest lady, and ask the eldest lady to find a way to help the master. When Uncle Wen saw that this time the matter was strict, he didn't dare to delay for a moment. Arrange it now.
He has been following the master for most of his life, and he must try his best to help the master get through this difficulty.
"Uncle Wen. Now that the whole house is surrounded by officers and soldiers, we can't get out even if we want to? One of the family members said with an embarrassed face.
"It's not difficult, you come with me." As he spoke, Uncle Wen led the two of them towards Ai Gaoyi's study.
When he was young, he was worried that one day a catastrophe would come, so he set up a secret passage in the study early so that he could save his life in a critical situation. But I don't want to, the old man himself still can't use it after all.
Before the two family members entered the secret passage, Uncle Wen did not forget to instruct: "Remember, you can't let people know that you are coming out of Aifu. Especially you, when you go to the palace, you can't say that you are looking for a concubine. You just said that you are the distant cousin of Miss Peach, and you are looking for her, understand? ”
The two family members nodded repeatedly. After going out of the secret passage, they went their separate ways.
Uncle Wen immediately turned back after watching the two of them leave, he still had to look at everyone, especially the concubines of the master, and he must not let them make any more trouble.
And Ai Duoer in Huaqing Palace got the news soon after the accident in Ai Mansion. This is thanks to Zhuang Tiancheng and Yu Concubine, if they weren't worried that their father's accident would affect them, they wouldn't be so anxious to spread the news of their father's accident to themselves.
If it really depends on the ability of the family in the house, the news will have to reach Ai Duoer's ears early tomorrow morning at the earliest.
After learning the news, Ai Duoer didn't have time to redress her makeup, put on her clothes and hurriedly ran to Changle Palace. But he was helplessly stopped outside the palace gate by the Royal Forest Army.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, the concubines have important matters to ask to see, and please ask the emperor to let the concubines in." Ai Duoer put down the pride that originally belonged to the concubine, and shouted loudly outside the palace gate regardless of it.
shouted several times in a row, but it was not Long Zeye who came out, but just Fan Chengfu.
"Concubine Niangniang, the emperor said, it's late at night, you go back, and I'll talk about it tomorrow." Fan Chengfu bowed to Ai Duoer and said lightly.
He couldn't help but be a little surprised and frowned when he looked at Aidoer's hair that was so casually draped and her slightly untidy clothes. Since the first time she met Ai Guifei, she has always paid great attention to dressing up, and every time she is neat and decent, she has never been rude in front of others. But now it seems that the concubine is really anxious, Lord Ai!
"No, this palace must see the emperor tonight, and my father-in-law asks you to inform the emperor again." As soon as Ai Duoer finished speaking, she knelt directly at the door of Changle Palace, and said in a firm tone, "If the emperor doesn't see the palace, the palace will always kneel here until the emperor is willing to see the palace." ”
When Fan Chengfu saw it, he hurriedly stepped forward to help, but was pushed away by Ai Duoer.
"Mother, why do you bother! The emperor has already rested with Concubine Yi, and he won't see you tonight. ”
"Jian Ning? Jane Ning! It's her again! Why does she have to get along with Hongu! Ai Duoer's hand gradually clenched into a fist, gritted her teeth and said hatefully, "Father-in-law, just go and help the palace report again." ”
She didn't believe that the emperor was really so ruthless, after all, she was the first woman to enter his mansion, and she had been by his side for many years
When Fan Chengfu saw it, he shook his head helplessly after all and walked back.
After standing outside the Yongning Hall to report, I only heard Long Zeye's cold voice coming from inside: "If she refuses to go back, she doesn't have to be reluctant, just kneel if she wants to!" ”
Fan Chengfu didn't dare to say anything more. After going back and conveying the words to Ai Duoer, he persuaded again: "Niangniang, you better go back." Although it is already summer now, this is more exposed, don't hurt your body again. ”
"This palace said that it would kneel until the emperor is willing to see this palace." Receiving such a ruthless reply from Long Zeye, Ai Duoer's heart was like dripping blood, but her personality was also a hard character.
Fan Chengfu saw that there was no way, so he had to sigh and leave. There has never been a part of him interfering in the affairs between the emperor and the ladies, he just needs to do what the emperor orders.
Ai Duoer knelt at the door of Changle Palace, and the cold air of the early morning hit, and her body couldn't help but shrink. But the coldness of her body is no longer nothing, because at this moment her heart is even colder.
Gradually, she blamed this qiē fault on Jian Ning's body, and there was always a voice in her heart that kept telling her that it was because Jian Ning wanted to bring herself down and wanted to see her unlucky, so she pestered the emperor, coaxed the emperor, and didn't let the emperor see her.
In this way, Ai Duoer really knelt outside Changle Palace all night, although her legs were numb, Ai Duoer still stubbornly did not get up. Because she knew that in a while, it would be time for the court, and the emperor would definitely come out.
Sure enough, as the palace gate of Changle Palace slowly opened, Long Zeye, who was wearing a bright yellow dragon robe, walked out of it in high spirits.
Seeing Ai Duoer kneeling at the gate of the palace, Long Zeye was obviously slightly startled, and his brows wrinkled unconsciously. He didn't expect that Ador would actually kneel outside all night.
Ai Duoer endured the pain and numbness in her knees, hurriedly knelt down two steps, grabbed the hem of Long Zeye's clothes and said, "Your Majesty, please let Daddy go once for the sake of Daddy's many years of service to the Emperor." The concubine promised that there would be no next time! ”
Long Zeye ignored Ai Duoer's plea, and after pulling back the hem of Ai Duoer's clothes, he said coldly: "Come on, send Ai Guifei back to the palace!" ”
As soon as the words fell, two guards wanted to set up Ador.
Seeing this, Ai Duoer hurriedly said to the two guards: "Who dares to touch this palace!" ”
The two guards also knew about Ai Duoer's previous power in the harem, and they looked at each other, but they really didn't dare to make a move.
"Your Majesty, the concubine has been serving the emperor in the prince's mansion since she was fifteen years old, and it has been more than seven years. Ador said with tears in her eyes.
Although she once resented her father for treating her as a tool to seize the country, the grace of so many years of nurturing and teaching was also real, and she couldn't have seen her father beheaded like this.
"Your Majesty, if you don't agree to the concubines, the concubines can't afford to kneel." After Ai Duoer finished speaking with tears in her eyes, she kowtowed heavily to Long Zeye.
This is the first time she has been so humble in front of Long Zeye, and she has taken off her dignity and arrogance, just in exchange for her father's life.
Long Zeye looked at Ai Duoer for a moment, and finally only dropped one sentence: "If you want to kneel, kneel elsewhere, don't get in my way!" ”
Looking at Long Zeye's back as he strode away, Ai Duoer's tears could no longer be suppressed, like a spring. Because her legs were already numb, Ador couldn't stand all of a sudden, so she could only sit on the ground in self-deprecation and despair. (To be continued) R580