King Guangping and his entourage went north, because this time the emperor had a holy decree to come down, ordered him to return to Beijing quickly, so he and his wife and children were divided into two ways, Princess Guangping took her children, and a large group of attendants slowly returned to Beijing by water, and the king of Guangping brought a team of guards and several retinues, rode fast horses and walked by land, and hurried slowly, only to return to the capital soon after entering October.

When he arrived in the capital, it was said that he should go back to the palace to freshen up first, but he was worried about Zhang's entrustment, so he went directly to the palace. At this time, the emperor was still discussing political affairs with the ministers in the Qianqing Palace, and when he heard that his son had returned, he was very happy: "Hurry up and announce that the emperor is coming!" He casually instructed the ministers to take back a few political matters that were being discussed, discuss a charter, and then come to report on them.

The ministers knew that he was in a hurry to see the king of Guangping, so they retired one after another, and Du Natian Shangshu rolled his eyes, and after going out, he gave a look at the small yellow door guarding outside, and then walked to a secluded place, and waited for the small yellow door to quietly follow, so he gave such an order.

King Guangping didn't know anything about this, he entered the Qianqing Palace in the dust, bowed down in front of the emperor's seat, and made a big salute first. The emperor was thinking about his son, and when he saw that his face was tired, he suddenly felt distressed: "It's been hard all the way, can you eat and sleep well?" Why do you look so thin? ”

King Guangping smiled and said: "Let my father worry, my son is in Jiangnan, I care about my father, queen mother and concubine, I think about it day and night, I don't think about tea and dinner, so I lose some weight." ”

When the emperor heard that his son wanted to lose weight, he was even more distressed: "You stupid child, how can you rest assured that your father is like this?" You're also a father, you're married, and you're thinking about your parents all day long, what's the matter? Having said that, he was still very happy to see his son's filial piety, and he hurriedly asked his son to sit down, and then took the other party's hand and asked about the diet and daily life along the way, and the grandson's body also asked a few words, and finally asked how the dam project in Shanghai was completed.

King Guangping replied in detail, and while answering, he carefully observed his father's expression, and found that although he ordered him to urgently call himself back to Beijing, he didn't seem to be in a hurry to know the truth of the Zhao family's case, what was going on?

After he simply finished talking about the inspection process, he directly transferred to the experience of visiting Zhang's family in Fengxian: "Old Mrs. Zhao looks haggard, and she looks like she is twenty years old, and the pain of losing her son is really too hard, if it weren't for the grandchildren to take care of, her old man is afraid that it has collapsed." Now she is like a frightened bird, knowing that Zhao Jiong lives in the same house with her, and the two children are not even allowed to go out of the courtyard gate, and no one from outside is allowed to come in at will, and the tea and food are all cooked in the courtyard. She also wrote a notebook by herself, so that her sons could present their fathers in person. With that, he took out the recital written by Zhang from his bosom and presented it respectfully.

The emperor looked at the dark blue silk manuscript in a daze, and only after a while did he sigh faintly: "Sometimes, I really wish that I was not the emperor, so I didn't have to deal with such embarrassing things. As he spoke, he took the notebook and opened it.

King Guangping waited quietly in his seat, he felt a little uneasy in his heart, the emperor seemed to want to avoid the Zhao family's case, why? Could it be that you can't deal with Zhao Jiong?

After reading the book, the emperor's eyes were already red, he raised his sleeves to wipe the tears in the corners of his eyes, and said movingly: "Old Madam Zhao understands the righteousness and solves a big problem for me!" ”

It turned out that more than 20 days ago, when the king of Guangping had not yet arrived in Fengxian to meet and talk with Zhang, he had already made an order and sent an envoy to Fengxian to escort Zhao Jiong to the border pass in eastern Liaodong. The case of Zhao Jiong instructing a domestic servant to kill his brother has been settled under the acquiescence of everyone. Zhao Jiong was convicted of murder, removed from the title of Marquis of Jiannan, demoted to a commoner, and remembered that he was the son of the Duke of Jiannan County who had made great contributions to the country, and was only sentenced to exile of 1,000 miles, which was considered a light sentence - at that time, the news that he was paralyzed from his horse had not yet reached Beijing. In the future, if the emperor has a grace to amnesty the world, he still has hope to come back, but he can only be a common man for the rest of his life.

The case was judged so quickly, and it didn't even wait for the eyewitness Guangping Wang to return to Beijing, in fact, it was the result of all aspects of influence, and the people who exerted influence on the case were not only the emperor and courtiers, or the Ying Wangfu and Tian Shangshu behind it, but also Zhao Jiong's wife Niu and son Zhao Jue, Niu and Zhao Jue's wife Jiang Shi were secretly asking for help from their mother's family, so Zhao Jiong was convicted and sentenced early when the facts of the case were not completely clear and the murderer of the boat was not arrested.

The emperor could only sigh at this: "How can the prince of the county have such children and grandchildren? Needless to say, Zhao Jiong is ruthless, this Zhao Jue is really worthy of being his father's son, as well as his mother Niu, I heard that this Niu family was still chosen by Zhao Jiong himself back then, and the whole of Beijing looked at the face of the Niu concubine back then, so they did not pursue the charges they received privately, and felt that they were a loving couple, but now that the disaster is coming, the Niu family did not think of helping his husband to intercede, but unscrupulously urged him to convict himself so that he could take out his son. In the past, I thought they were all good, but now I can see them for what they really are. ”

What made the emperor most angry was not this. He took into account that Zhao Laojungong's bones were not cold, and he didn't want the inside story of the case to spread, but there were rumors in Beijing for a long time, and there were all kinds of gossip, including such a remark, saying that Zhao Laojungong had the highest prestige in the army during his lifetime, and he tried his best to protect the emperor's throne, which can be said to be a high degree of hard work, and the emperor's favor to him should be great, but not long after he died, one son died unexplained, and the other son was also accused of killing his brother, but no one knows what the truth is. After all, I had never heard of their brother's relationship being so bad before, and now that the two sons of the Zhao family are guilty of death, the emperor will definitely take the opportunity to take away his family's title, and then there will be no need to worry about Zhao Laojun's high achievements, and no one will mention Zhao Laojungong's kindness to the emperor, and the emperor can finally breathe a sigh of relief.

The emperor is most concerned about his reputation, and he was really angry when he heard this kind of remarks, so he ordered someone to secretly investigate, but found that it was inseparable from the Jiannan Hou Mansion. Zhao Jiong's crime is no longer a problem, even his own wife and son have confessed for him, the problem is the whereabouts of the title of the Marquis of Jiannan, if it is handed over to Zhao Jiong's son, the emperor himself will not be able to swallow this breath, and it is morally unjustifiable, if it is handed over to Zhao Zhuo's son, Tian Shangshu and Zhao Jue and others have repeatedly said that Zhao Zhuo's son Zhao Wei is sick and weak after falling into the water, and he may die at any time, and he is afraid that he will die in a few years, and the title is still uninherited.

The emperor sincerely respects Zhao Laojungong, and hopes that his descendants can live well, unless it involves rebellion, he will never take away his title, but he is worried that after the Zhao family's small second room is gone, and he will not pass the title to Zhao Jiong's son, the rumors outside will become more and more ugly, and the emperor will be said to be a sinister, cunning and ungrateful person, so he is extremely entangled during this time.

Now that the Zhang family played in person, asked for resignation, and asked the emperor to take the lead in punishing the disrespectful Niu family, Zhao Jue, Jiang family and others, and gave him a reason not to decide on the candidate for the title for the time being, the emperor was really relieved.

King Guangping was very angry after hearing this: "The Niu clan and Zhao Jue'an dare to be so rampant?!" Father, when the sons and ministers order people to visit, and when they catch the evidence that they instructed people to spread rumors, are you afraid that the truth will not be revealed? At that time, no one will say that my father is not! ”

The emperor shook his head: "Do you think I haven't let people check it?" There is no way to investigate, if the officials and the people are strictly ordered not to discuss, and I am afraid that they will feel more and more empty in their hearts, now they can only let it go, and rumors are rumors after all. ”

King Guangping frowned, and felt justified when he thought about it, so he said to the emperor: "In this case, the emperor might as well directly order Zhao Wei to attack the lord, and the rumors will be self-defeating." Erchen has only seen the child, although he is weaker, but he has not recuperated after falling into the water, but he has no worries about his life, and the so-called statement that he will die after attacking the lord is completely made up by someone with a heart. ”

The emperor still shook his head: "The Niu family and Zhao Jue even dare to spread rumors about me, at this time, they issued an order to seal Zhao Wei, in case they take risks and hurt the child's life, what should I do?" I can't look at the old county princess. ”

King Guangping was a little anxious: "Couldn't my father put an end to future troubles?" The master of Jiannanhou's Mansion is Jiannanhou, if Niu and Zhao Jue are no longer relatives of the master, they are no longer qualified to live in the mansion, the family property can be confiscated, and the slaves are also owned by the master's family, what ability do they have to harm others? ”

The emperor said to him mysteriously: "Don't worry, don't you notice? Your Uncle Ying Wang is bent on protecting Zhao Jue's title, what do you think he is thinking? ”

King Guangping paused: "What else can Uncle Ying have in mind?" His thoughts are simply Sima Zhao's heart, and everyone knows it. He looked at the emperor's expression and remembered Zhang's inference, could it be that Zhang's said right? He hurriedly said the matter: "Isn't my father really planning to do so? ”

The emperor smiled: "The county grandfather told me in the past that his wife is a smart person, and this is true. King Ying has ill intentions, I am limited by the oath, I can only be lenient, he wants to participate in politics, I can't refuse, I can only let him take care of some trivial things, but how can he be willing? It's better to find out all his minions and cut them down, and have a good reason to trap him in the palace, so that as long as I don't kill him, the people of the world will say that I am a benevolent monarch, and he will never be able to make any waves. ”

King Guangping didn't know what to say for a while, it stands to reason that it is good for the emperor to have this heart, at least he will not be led by the nose by King Ying, for the sake of the reputation of a benevolent monarch, let him take what he wants, but the emperor's heart is too soft, and he spent so much effort just to confine people in the palace? If you can't cut the grass and eradicate the roots, what should you do if you have trouble in the future?

But then again, it was a huge step forward for the emperor to have such an idea, and it was a surprise that he could take advantage of the Zhao family's idea of wanting the position of marquis and find out the list of King Ying's comrades. King Guangping still remembers that before he left Beijing, when he reminded the emperor to be wary of King Ying, he was reprimanded by the emperor for disrespecting his uncle. What caused the emperor to change his mind?

There is one more thing, it is good to deal with Zhao Jiong, and there is no problem with letting him be exiled for thousands of miles - although Zhao Jiong is now paralyzed, this place of exile cannot go - the problem is that the emperor originally planned to send him to Liaodong, which is the base camp of the old Zhao family! If the emperor didn't make the case of Zhao Jiong's murder of his brother public, and exiled him there, what would Zhao Laojungong's old ministry think? Coupled with the rumors of the Zhao family's small long house, the heir to the title has been decided for a long time......

Fortunately, Zhang said that he would write a letter to inform these old ministries, which should avoid some misunderstandings, but this matter was decided by her own initiative, not by the emperor.

King Guangping looked at his father again, and always felt that his plan was mixed, some were clever, and some were so stupid that people were speechless, what did he think?

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