Xin Yan looked at the ministers kneeling on the ground in front of him with interest, these ministers really played a good hand today.

Not to mention that Emperor Cheng Wu is angry today, but also because Concubine Yun was poisoned because of him, he felt guilty in his heart. Even if he hadn't suffered the assassination twice in a row today, they shouldn't have been so impulsive to stop Emperor Chengwu's concubine.

What would Emperor Chengwu think at this time? It's nothing more than that I was going to be assassinated twice in a row today, and you ministers, who usually keep saying loyalty, didn't say anything at this time, but became turtles with shrunken heads one by one, silent.

As soon as he said that he wanted to seal the concubine, he couldn't sit still one by one, and jumped out one by one to stop him, what is this? This is Emperor Chengwu will think, whether these so-called loyal courtiers have taken him as the emperor in their eyes, or have secretly dissenting intentions, and have long wanted to unite with one of his sons, seek power and usurp the throne, and replace him.

Even Xin Yan can think of this, and these kneeling ministers are all human spirits, so they can naturally think of it. It's just that it's too late now, and even if you think about it, you can only remedy it after the fact......

However, there are many things that are of little use at this time, even if they are remedied at this time. For example, their weight in Emperor Chengwu's heart is afraid that it will also change, but those who have been wise to protect themselves from the beginning may be the winners this time.

If you want to say that the biggest winner of this matter, it should be regarded as Concubine Yun. She not only made her weight in Emperor Chengwu's heart heavier, but also made herself an infatuated woman in Emperor Chengwu's heart, and even picked herself clean. No one will poison themselves, so this matter is also a great thing for Concubine Yun.

In any case, these ministers can only knock out their front teeth and swallow blood.

If they hadn't been silent in the first place, or had shown to be following Emperor Chengwu's orders, things wouldn't have come to this point. Although Emperor Chengwu wanted to give Concubine Yun the throne, this was not overnight, even if it was a concubine, it had to be handled by the Ministry of Rites and other ministries and departments.

Even if Emperor Cheng Wu wanted to, he would not be able to do it until he returned to Beijing, and if he wanted to wait until he returned to Beijing, he would have a lot of time to persuade Emperor Cheng Wu to take back his fate, instead of forcibly stopping it in front of the public.

Finding an appropriate time to inform Emperor Cheng Wu of the pros and cons of the matter, or privately uniting several ministers of the humerus to advise Emperor Cheng Wu is also a hundred times better than doing so today.

Xin Yan laughed in his heart, thinking that it was too good to be high in the past and have power in his hands, so that they all forgot in front of the emperor, they were just a courtier, what did the emperor want to do, and they could put their beaks?

In fact, if you want to say that the really smart one should belong to their queen. I didn't see that as soon as the queen was held accountable by Emperor Chengwu today, she immediately made amends, even if Emperor Chengwu said that she wanted to be crowned a concubine, she didn't say a word, this is the wisdom and foolishness. It was completely Emperor Chengwu's order to obey, and when he was angry, he didn't come up at all to touch his head and follow him.

As for what happens after that, are you afraid that there will be no room for maneuver? I have to say that this queen is the one who knows Emperor Chengwu best, and it is not unreasonable for her to stand in the harem all these years.

And these civil servants are not even as good as those generals today......

In the past, the military generals were at odds with those civil ministers, because Emperor Chengwu usually paid more attention to the civil ministers, which put the military generals' status in an awkward position. Every time there is a confrontation, it is basically the military generals who lose the upper hand.

And because of Emperor Chengwu's suspicious character, most of these generals do not have their own soldiers, it can be said that they just occupy a name, and a small number of soldiers who have made great achievements in the previous dynasty can retain part of the troops, but these are also a drop in the bucket for Emperor Chengwu and cannot pose a threat.

Among them, there is Marquis Ning Yuan. Originally, Ning Yuanhou also had a very large part of the troops, but over the years, he was withdrawn by Emperor Chengwu under various excuses, and Ning Yuanhou himself took the initiative to return it in order to show that he had no dissent, and now he only needs tens of thousands of troops in his hand, which can be regarded as the last hole card.

Emperor Chengwu's suspicious mind made him always want to control everything in the palm of his hand, even the military power. Therefore, for those whom he feels are dissenting, he will spare no effort to suppress them, and hand over other forces to those who think they are loyal.

However, most of the generals in this court have also been suppressed by Emperor Chengwu, and the smart people choose to protect themselves and not show their edge, while those who are a little upright and tough have long been destroyed by Emperor Chengwu under the pretext.

Therefore, today's court is more of an atmosphere of light generals and heavy civil ministers, which leads to the fact that military generals have no competitive power at all in front of civil ministers.

However, Emperor Chengwu only remembered to guard against military generals, but many times, the decline of a country was largely due to the corruption of internal ministers. However, this balance may soon be broken, not only because of the ambition of some people in the Wenchen, but also because of the increasingly suspicious character of Emperor Chengwu.

In Gyeonggi, there will soon be a great storm.

The ministers knelt for three hours before Emperor Chengwu asked them to go back, which shows how angry Emperor Chengwu was. Although many of these ministers were courtiers whom Emperor Chengcheng Wu attached great importance to in the past, once this matter passed, he could only try to reduce their sense of existence and did not dare to show off.

When the inner eunuch came to read out Emperor Chengwu's will, he also saw that those ministers had to rest for a long time before they could stand up because they had been kneeling for so long, and then they still needed the support of the little maid to leave.

This can't help but be laughed at by the generals for a long time, there is such an opportunity, how can these generals who are usually bullied give up such a good opportunity, one by one it is called schadenfreude, and these ministers don't dare to say anything.

Can it be said that it is wrong for Emperor Cheng Wu to punish them for kneeling? It's impatient to live.

What made these ministers most aggrieved was that they knelt on the ground for three hours and their feet were numb, but those generals were enjoying the food in their own positions, looking at them with a playful face. In his eyes, he was in a state of watching a good show.

But they have no choice, Emperor Chengwu's reputation allows them to go back, and they can't retreat, even if they let them retreat, they can miss such a good opportunity.

No, these three hours are here, watching the play and enjoying the food at the same time. The poor ministers had not eaten much, so they knelt here for three hours, and when they got up, they were all dizzy with hunger, and where did they have the strength to argue with them, they could only admit it.

Those generals enjoyed a rare comfort, and they were even happier after being full of wine and food, and even Ning Yuanhou, who had always acted cautiously, couldn't help but have a happy look on his face, which showed that he had been suppressed for a long time.

The other generals couldn't hide their excitement and enjoyed themselves.

By the time Xin Yan returned to the room, it was already late at night. However, this night is destined to be extraordinary, some people may not be able to sleep, it may be because of excitement, and some may be because of remorse......

The next day, when Xin Yan was grooming and dressing, Wei Xiaochun brought her a piece of news.

Yesterday, the big eunuch went out to thoroughly investigate the poisoning, and he already had an eyebrow. But that's not good news.

At first, I didn't have any clue, but later, a palace maid hanged herself inexplicably, and this was a breakthrough.

The palace maid was the one who poisoned her, and she was poisoned on the way to the end, and the great eunuch found the remaining bit of arsenic and frost in her room.

It can be regarded as lucky, this palace maid has not been in the palace for a long time, and she has not been in contact with many people, and she does not get along very well with the people around her, she has no friends, and the only thing that has a relationship is a little eunuch in the imperial dining room.

Just as they were about to track down the little eunuch, they accidentally let the little eunuch commit suicide by hitting the pillar, and two people committed suicide one after another, which also shows that the little eunuch is also a helper involved in this matter, but this matter is difficult here.

The clue is broken! No matter how they tracked down the little eunuch, they couldn't find out who the little eunuch was instructed to do at the time.

This little eunuch has been in the imperial dining room for a long time, and he is a sleek lord, and he has a good relationship with the subordinates of the palaces on weekdays, and there is nothing unusual about it, but this is also the most puzzling place.

But even if they dug three feet into the ground in the main place of the little eunuch, they couldn't find anything strange.

At this time, Emperor Chengwu can also be said to be completely angry, and arrested all those who had contact with the little eunuch on weekdays and tortured them, but he never got an answer.

It just so happened that when Wei Xiaochun said this, the Chang sisters and Shao Yunqing happened to come over, and they all heard it.

Chang Nuan sighed: "Those palace maids and eunuchs are really pitiful, I heard their miserable screams last night, it's really miserable, and ah, early this morning, I don't know how many of those people died."

Although it is a pity, but since ancient times, what is the life of these palace maids and eunuchs in the eyes of the powerful? It's just slaves, as long as the real culprit can be found, I believe that Emperor Chengwu won't mind killing them all.

And Shao Yunqing said on the side: "It's just that this matter has made such a big fuss, and he didn't even come out with the mastermind behind the scenes, how deep should this person be hidden." ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone present also quieted down. Indeed, the method of this search is almost a little bit, and it is terrible to turn the paddock over, and it is really terrible that the person cannot be found.

However, at this time, Xin Yan spoke leisurely: "This is not necessarily the case. ”

Everyone looked at Xin Yan, wondering why she would say such a thing.

Chang Ruan spoke up first: "Why do you say that? ”

Xin Yan smiled: "You haven't forgotten one thing. ”

Everyone else felt that what Xin Yan said was a bit difficult to understand. Anything else? Even Wei Xiaochun stared at Xin Yan with big eyes, and even she didn't know what Xin Yan meant by what she said this time.