From the imperial study all the way to the Lingyun Palace, with Fan Chengfu's shout: "The emperor has arrived!" ”

Long Zeye climbed onto the high dragon chair in the middle with an aura that could not be ignored. Long Zeye walked step by step, very slowly, and every step seemed to be stepping on the hearts of those ministers.

Standing still in front of the dragon chair, Long Zeye turned around and looked at these people kneeling at his feet, his heart filled with endless ridicule. They hold the court's money, but they are Ai Gaoyi's lackeys

"Long live my emperor, long live, long live!" The moment Long Zeye sat down, the sound of saluting and greeting resounded throughout the entire Lingyun Palace.

"Zhongqing is flat." Long Zeye mechanically said what he would say every day.

One by one, the ministers kneeling there slowly stood up. At this time, Fan Chengfu stepped forward and shouted at the people below: "If there is something to play, there is nothing to retreat!" ”

At this time, an adult standing at the front of the civil official column walked out. Long Zeye glanced at it lightly, completely expected. The person who stood up was Shang Shuzhuang Tiancheng of the Ministry of Rites, a proud protégé of Ai Gaoyi, and has always been the most loyal dog by Ai Gaoyi's side.

Long Zeye has been on the throne for nearly five years, and he has been constantly purging the forces in the court, but because the power of the Ai clan is too large, it is very widespread, and it is intertwined, until now Long Zeye has not completely controlled the court.

In addition, Zhuang Tiancheng, who is now standing in the center of the hall, has an extremely special identity, so Long Zeye has not attacked him.

"Your Majesty, Weichen has something to do." Zhuang Tiancheng held the wat in both hands and saluted respectfully.

"Speak." Long Zeye looked casual, but he flicked his sleeves with majesty.

"Wechen heard that the emperor put the prime minister in prison last night, and Wechen dared to ask the emperor. The Prime Minister has always been loyal and patriotic, but what did he do? Zhuang Tiancheng did not panic at all, in front of the Manchu Dynasty civil and military. asked loudly.

As soon as Zhuang Tiancheng's words fell, several people below immediately glanced at each other. immediately went out of the queue and bent down to echo Zhuang Tiancheng's words.

"The ministers are brave, and please ask the emperor to make it clear!"

Long Zeye glanced coldly at the people below, in addition to the Ministry of Rites, there are also people from the Ministry of Household and Military Affairs, and no one from the Ministry of Officials and the Ministry of Industry has yet come forward for the time being, but Long Zeye believes that Ai Gaoyi's people should have taken root in the Sixth Department long ago. Even if Fu Yi of the Criminal Department is his own person, I believe that there are still people installed by Ai Gaoyi in the Criminal Department.

And the military attache is in a column. Although there are not as many people as clerks who stand up here, they also include almost all levels of officials from the third-rank military generals to the fifth-rank military attachés. I have to say that Ai Gaoyi almost controls half of the court.

Even so, Long Zeye did not feel the slightest nervousness and threat. Five years ago, Ai Gaoyi did not usurp power and seize the throne in time with a single thought, so that he successfully ascended the throne, so no matter how many years he has in the future, he no longer has to think about winning the country of Yuan Chu from his own hands.

Even if he controlled half of the imperial court, he did not dare to act rashly, and he was not sure of victory.

Long Zeye suddenly smiled, and said to Zhuang Tiancheng and the others below: "Lord Zhuang is well-informed. It will take less than a night to know the news of Ai Chengxiang's imprisonment, so I should have heard the reason, do I have to repeat it again? ”

Zhuang Tiancheng looked at the smile on Long Zeye's face. There was a sudden abruptness in his heart, but it didn't make him retreat. Maintaining a standard posture, Zhuang Tiancheng continued: "Your Majesty, rumors are rumors after all, the ministers really don't believe that Prime Minister Ai Cheng will be the one who murdered the Empress Dowager with witchcraft, and please ask the emperor to come up with evidence, so that the ministers can be convinced!" ”

"Yes, Your Majesty, Prime Minister Ai Cheng is an important minister of the two dynasties. is wholeheartedly for the good of Yuan Chu, how could he do such an evil thing? ”

"Please also ask the emperor to be clear. The Prime Minister is innocent! ”

Suddenly, the cries of intercession below rang out.

Fan Chengfu, who was standing on the side, was already sweating anxiously, and looked at Long Zeye with a worried face. He had long guessed that the matter would not be so easy to solve after Ai Gaoyi. I just didn't think of it. These people are so fast, and they are directly attacking the emperor above the court.

"Yo, everyone knows that Prime Minister Ai Cheng has always had an evil wizard by his side, which is doubtful enough, this is ironclad evidence! Otherwise, the adults would like to say, in this Yuanchu Kyoto, have you heard of anyone who knows witchcraft? At this time, Fu Yi stood up and said sarcastically coolly.

He is a person who was cultivated and promoted by the emperor, although he knows that according to the emperor's ability, even without his help, there should be no problem. But the more he listened, the more he couldn't bear it! He didn't know whether this matter had anything to do with Ai Gaoyi, but they kept saying that Ai Gaoyi was a loyal minister and dedicated to the country, so he couldn't bear it anymore.

If Ai Gaoyi can also be called a loyal minister, then it is estimated that there will be no traitors and wicked people in the world.

"What Master Dong said is not right. If Master Dong usually handles cases based on imagination like this, then I'm really worried that I don't know how many unjust cases will occur?" Zhuang Tiancheng unceremoniously pushed back Fu Yi's words, and also deducted a big hat from Qi Yi to judge the case indiscriminately.

"This doesn't bother Lord Laozhuang, since the emperor can afford to look down on me, I naturally won't let the emperor down. Could it be that Lord Zhuang is suspecting that the emperor is using people inappropriately? "Although Fu Yi has only been an official in the court for more than a year, if it comes to the battle of words, he will not lose to these people at all.

"Weichen doesn't dare!" When Zhuang Tiancheng heard this, he immediately pleaded guilty to Long Zeye with a panicked face. In his heart, he scolded Yi Yi all over again.

Because of this little trouble between Yi Yi and Zhuang Tiancheng, Lingyun Hall was still for a moment, and everyone watched these two people pinching each other.

Long Zeye had an inexplicable smile on the corner of his mouth, looking at everyone below. Being looked at like this, the hearts of the people below suddenly became extremely nervous, some timid, and even a little cowardly, and began to want to retreat.

After a deathly silence for a while, Long Zeye finally spoke: "Since Zhongqing feels that the prime minister is wronged, then I will let the people and the imperial doctor who were in the Empress Dowager's palace yesterday go to the palace and tell the story before and after again, and it is not too late for Zhongqing to intercede!" ”

"Someone is coming, and Aunt Bi and the head of the hospital will go to the palace."

Long Zeye gave an order, and a summons sounded one after another outside.

It didn't take long for the head of Hebi and Tai Hospital, Imperial Doctor Qin, to arrive at Lingyun Palace. Neither of them had ever entered the Lingyun Hall during the previous dynasty, and after adding yesterday's events, their hearts were infinitely nervous at this moment, and their behavior seemed a little cramped.

"Slave maid (Weichen) see the emperor, long live the emperor, long live, long live!" The two knelt down and kowtowed.

"Get up. The two of you will now carefully explain the witchcraft in the Empress Dowager and what happened in Ningshou Palace last night to the Manchu Dynasty civil and military. Long Zeye commanded lightly.

In fact, Long Zeye didn't have to be so troublesome, I believe that most of the people here already know about things. But what he wants is a piece of evidence, a piece of evidence that leaves these people speechless!

Hearing this, He Bi and Imperial Physician Qin talked one after another. After about a stick of incense, the two of them told everything over again. From the time the Empress Dowager saw Ai Guifei until the Empress Dowager drank the first bowl of medicine just now.

As the ministers listened, they wondered in their hearts what the emperor's intentions were. Even after saying this, they didn't find any evidence that could directly prove that Prime Minister Ai was the mastermind!

Ai Guifei did see the Empress Dowager, but Princess Leling of Dongshang Kingdom was also there at that time, if you want to be suspicious, the first to bear the brunt should be that Princess Leling!

"What Aunt Bi and Imperial Doctor Qin said just now, did Zhongqing hear it clearly?" Long Zeye glanced at the people below, and finally stopped his gaze on Zhuang Tiancheng and the people around him, and asked.

"Back to the emperor, the ministers have heard clearly." The crowd saluted back.

"Now that you have heard it clearly, there are still people who think that the prime minister is not guilty and should be released?" Long Zeye asked nonchalantly.

Although Zhuang Tiancheng didn't know what kind of medicine was sold in the emperor's gourd, he still said with a righteous face: "Your Majesty, according to what the two of them said just now, Wei Chen thinks that it is not sure that it is the witchcraft ordered by Prime Minister Ai Cheng?" ”

"Zhuang Aiqing is reasonable, so there is really no evidence to prove that the witchcraft in the Empress Dowager has anything to do with the Prime Minister," Long Zeye looked at Zhuang Tiancheng and suddenly said with a smile.

This time, Zhuang Tiancheng was even more bottomless and confused. Looking at Long Zeye with surprise in his eyes, he thought that the emperor would try his best to convict Prime Minister Ai Cheng with this matter.

"Your Majesty, in that case, can you ask the emperor to be kind to Prime Minister Ai Cheng out of prison?" Although I don't know what's going on here, but when things come to this point, Zhuang Tiancheng can't give up.

"It seems that Lord Zhuang didn't hear it very clearly just now!" Long Zeye looked at Zhuang Tiancheng, suddenly put away the smile on his face, and said majestically, "There is indeed no evidence that the prime minister has anything to do with witchcraft in the Empress Dowager, but I told Aunt Bi very clearly just now." The Empress Dowager is now weak and her life is at stake, and this qiē is all recommended by the prime minister and not guided! ”

"And at that time, the prime minister personally promised that if it failed, he would be disposed of! Now that the queen mother's phoenix body is damaged, Zhongqing thinks that Ai Gaoyi should be guilty! In the end, Long Zeye coldly spit out a sentence, with a momentum of not being angry and self-authoritative, carrying that innate kingly aura, which instantly lowered the air pressure of Lingyun Hall to the lowest point!

Zhuang Tiancheng froze there all of a sudden, and the whole person seemed to have fallen into a cold ice cellar, and he couldn't say a word anymore! (To be continued) R580