The Ministry of Rites itself does not have a prison, so after Wang Meichang was deprived of his position by the palace, he was temporarily imprisoned in Xiantai Prison.

Xiantai is the most chaotic department in the DPRK today, and the management of the prisons under its jurisdiction is also quite chaotic. Wang Meichang has not experienced the disaster of prison, and was locked up in the prison of the Sixing Temple for more than a month before the coup.

Although the situation was also quite bad at that time, as a relative of the emperor's heir, there were still some criminal officers who took good care of him. In addition, he was not an important target at that time, so although he was also living a miserable life, after having the consciousness of being willing to die, he could have some peace of mind.

But this time I was in prison, but I felt very different, this is from the highlight of my life to be suddenly thrown into prison. Not long before that, he was still dreaming of going further, taking charge of the government and even operating the order, but he didn't want to become a prisoner again in the blink of an eye.

And this time in prison, King Yong and the ruling prime minister of the court have successively expressed their dissatisfaction with Wang Meichang, and the officials of the criminal department dare not take care of him, and even compete to fall into the well.

Therefore, when Wang Meichang was escorted to Xiantai Prison in the court, he was given the key care of the Xiantai Imperial Historians. One wave didn't leave, and another wave came.

These imperial historians may not belong to any side, and it is precisely because of this that they are more urgent to make meritorious contributions. Wang Meichang, a ruthless person who offended the tripartite bosses, naturally became their best hunting target.

Because there were so many people who came to participate in the questioning, they even competed with each other, which caused the questioning to not proceed normally.

Despite this, Wang Meichang's situation is not good, especially after seeing a group of imperial historians so enthusiastically competing for the opportunity to ask him, his estimation of his next fate is also getting lower and lower.

At first, he felt that the courtiers always had to look at the face of the emperor's heir and treat him lightly, and he would be dismissed from the official title and sent to the people. Gradually, however, he felt that this idea was too optimistic, and that he might face degrading exile, and the distance of exile was gradually increasing.

In the second half of the night, the servant Shi Xu Junchen was imprisoned and pushed the case, and it was not Wang Meichang who was questioned, but the scene of the questioning was opposite Wang Meichang's prison cell. Xu Junchen's murderous name does not need to be said, and the screams from the opposite side are really worthy of this murderous name.

What's even more excessive is that while Xu Junchen used torture to interrogate the case, he also arranged for an official to stand outside Wang Meichang's prison and explain the names and effects of those torture instruments loudly.

In such an environment, it was strange that Wang Meichang could sleep well, and even the almost uninterrupted torture screams made him unable to even think normally.

After tossing and turning this night, Wang Meichang was already described as withered, her eyes were bloodshot, and her eyes were even more sloppy. Only then did he realize that the torture he had endured in his early years was really nothing, and it was very likely that he would be reduced to life rather than death.

In the early morning, a member of the staff went to prison and went straight to Wang Meichang's cell, Wang Meichang was at a loss, just sitting in the cell as if he was demented. Hearing the sound of the cell door being opened, Wang Meichang suddenly jumped up from the ground as if she had been electrocuted, her whole body was clinging to the inner wall, and she howled sadly: "Don't come here!" Don't you ...... I want to see the emperor's heir, I am the father of the imperial concubine, and His Royal Highness will definitely save me...... A thief can't hurt me! ”

"Shut up!"

A prisoner stepped forward, waved a wooden stick and smashed it directly into Wang Meichang's ribs, taking advantage of the pain of his body, his body was bowed into shrimp, and someone quickly stepped forward to tie it up firmly, and by the way, his mouth was also blocked, and then he dragged him out of the cell and walked out of the prison.

At this moment, Li Tong was chatting with the newly appointed Xiantaizhong Cheng Zhang Khan Zhi in the hall, but the atmosphere was a little stiff. The reason is that Li Tong has already obtained Ouyang Tong's judgment and has been approved by Luantai, and is ready to take Wang Meichang away directly, but Zhang Cambodia does not agree.

Watching the old gentleman blow his beard and stare at him, he argued that the few pieces accumulated by Xiantai were all related to Wang Meichang, so after the Ministry of Rites finished the trial, Wang Meichang would continue to stay in Taiwan for trial.

Zhang Cambodia's reasons are more sufficient, after all, Li Tong also made some contributions, and he originally planned to leave Wang Meichang in Xiantai to continue to torture, but now the plan has changed.

"Xiantai acts, Xiao Wang should not interfere. However, Wang Meichang's punishment should be in my house, and the current military affairs are urgent, although it is only a small force, it also needs to be cherished and used, if it is only because of the submission of case documents, it will affect people with lofty ideals to donate their lives to serve the country, which is really more than worth the loss. ”

In the officialdom, people like Zhang Cambodia, who have no ambitions for their careers and are full of moral integrity, are the most difficult to deal with, stubborn and stubborn. Li Tong didn't bother to continue to entangle with him, so he simply buttoned down his big hat.

At the same time, he couldn't help but sigh in his heart, probably his fate was against these famous ministers, and they all had a bad relationship with one or two.

When Zhang Cambodia heard King Yong say this, he opened his mouth and didn't say anything more, he got up directly and brushed his sleeves away, and when he walked outside the hall, it happened that the torturers dragged Wang Meichang, who was tied up, in.

"But if you can be a man, don't be a thief! The royal family is deeply loved, if you dare to take revenge again, although you are old, you also have the power to kill thieves! ”

Zhang Cambodia walked over, lowered his head and spat on Wang Meichang, and then left Xiantai without looking back.

Li Tong was even happier when he saw this scene, although they were different from each other and did not have a plan, it did not prevent him from taking a high look at an old fighter like Zhang Cambodia.

Wang Meichang was not in the mood to care about the humiliation of being smacked by Zhang Cambodia, and when she was dragged to the hall and raised her eyes to see King Yong sitting in the hall, she was even more frightened and almost flew out of the sky. When he was untied, he knelt on the ground and kowtowed repeatedly: "I beg Your Highness to spare your life, please Your Highness...... Humiliation is not intended to disobey His Highness......"

Seeing Wang Meichang like this, Li Tong couldn't help but sigh again. He himself is very restrained in terms of feelings, so he doesn't understand why his fourth uncle wants to protect Wang Meichang. Protecting Wang Meichang will definitely do more harm than good to Li Dan, and it will give Li Tong a lot of room to operate.

"No one wants to harm you, get up."

Li Tong waved his hand to let people drop an ordinary crewneck shirt, asked Wang Meichang to change out of the robe that had been dirty after spending a night in prison, and then motioned for him to follow him and leave the imperial city together. 16

Wang Meichang trembled along the way, but didn't dare to ask more. It's just that when he came to the door of King Yong's mansion in Jishanfang, his face changed greatly, and he begged directly: "I didn't know the situation of the court before, and I touched the general trend of His Highness, and I already have deep remorse, and I beg Your Highness, I beg Your Highness to let your humble post return to the Criminal Division, and I am willing to accept the public ......."

Li Tong had already entered the door, but when he heard Wang Meichang howling and refusing to enter the house, he couldn't help but be irritable, you old boy has something wrong, he has already got you out, and he still wants to go back?

When he turned around and saw Wang Meichang's sad appearance with a handful of snot and tears, he realized that the old boy thought that he was going to drag him back to the palace and lynch him.

"Drag people in!"

He didn't bother to explain any more, so he went straight to the hall, and when Wang Meichang was dragged in, the whole person was already like mud, and he looked like he was in despair.

Li Tong raised his hand and threw down a letter of appointment, and said: "Now that the imperial court has no place for you to stand, I don't need to say more about this, I know what mistakes I made." If you can make contributions with the army, you will not lose the opportunity to advance. ”

Wang Meichang didn't react for a while, and after a while, she looked up in surprise and said, "Your Highness, what Your Highness said, ...... said."

"See for yourself!"

Li Tong pointed to the verdict thrown in the hall, Wang Meichang is not guilty to death, even if Li Zhaode and others are disgusted with him for provoking the prince, at most he will be exiled far away, and he will not be allowed to have a chance to set foot in the court.

Although Li Tong promised his fourth uncle to protect Wang Meichang, he also understood that leaving Wang Meichang in Shendu at the moment would be unpleasant for everyone, so he simply arranged for him to enter his Dugi Provincial Governor's Mansion. After all, the jurisdiction of Dugi Province is around the Shendu, which is better than being exiled to Hainan to pick coconuts.

Wang Meichang took the verdict and looked at it carefully, and then hurriedly kowtowed: "Thank you, Your Highness, thank you, Your Highness...... Humble and lowly must do their best to live up to the grace of His Highness! ”

"You don't have to thank me, just with your previous actions, I didn't intend to spare you easily! But His Royal Highness the Imperial Heir has a sense of friendship and sends his sons into the palace......"

Li Tong casually explained the reason, and he didn't intend to hide it, and at the same time continued: "Of course, in addition to His Royal Highness the Emperor's intercession, I might as well tell you directly, I am willing to take you in this time, because I don't like it." ”

Between great sorrow and joy, Wang Meichang's thoughts were not smooth enough, but after hearing this, her eyes suddenly lit up, and at the same time, she couldn't help but tremble: "What does Your Highness mean?" ”

"The slaughter of the relatives outside the Chengqi family was originally the story of the old dynasty, but this kid is prejudiced and withdrawn, and he actually faintly blames me, how can it be reasonable! If he is great, I am uneasy, so to speak, do you understand? ”

Li Tong didn't mind saying it more bluntly, he protected Wang Meichang, one was to give his fourth uncle face, and the other was that this shit-stirring stick could be directly inserted into his fourth uncle's house.

Although this is a bit unauthentic, to be honest, in this world, no one is taking the Jack Su script, since you are a woman, you must keep a pig teammate, and you have to choose to bear the price for you.

"Understand, understand, understand!"

This was originally Wang Meichang's own heartfelt that his intentions were quite profound, and at this time, he was picked out by King Yong, and he suddenly became enlightened for a while, and at the same time couldn't help sighing: "If I knew that His Royal Highness had this heart, why should I do it again...... Alas, in short, it was the lowly duty that made the mistake first, and now since he has the same heart as His Highness, the lowly duty must be ......"

"Needless to say, I still have expectations for you, the prince. Gorou is in the mansion, take advantage of this convenience, the prince may wish to enter the court to meet your grandson! ”

Li Tong saw that Wang Meichang was on the road, and his expression turned kind, and he got up and beckoned Wang Meichang into the back hall to meet his grandson.

Wang Meichang originally had reservations about what King Yong said, but when she saw that her grandsons were staying in King Yong's mansion, and it seemed that she was getting along with King Yong's family quite happily, she couldn't help but secretly sigh that King Yong was indeed famous, and he was prepared for danger in times of peace, and he made this layout without a trace, which was much more clever than himself.

Although King Yong came forward to protect Wang Meichang, Wang Meichang was indeed punished, and the doctor who was asked from the entrance was kicked out of the court, and he could only serve as a mere soldier who had just entered the army, so there was no regeneration of waves in the court.

It's just that Si Qing Tang Shanzhi and Shaoqing Zhang Xungu were not so lucky, one was sent to Zhenzhou from afar, and the other was directly sent to the Annan Metropolitan Protectorate.

Seeing the tragic fate of these conspirators, Wang Meichang was also full of gratitude to King Yong who rescued him for a while, not to mention that King Yong and him reached a deeper tacit understanding, and he was determined to go with King Yong.

Moreover, King Yong is a powerful faction with heavy troops, which is by no means comparable to the previous conspirators who can only talk rhetoric. Previously, Wang Meichang also suspected that King Yong might be difficult to control, but after the real communication, he found that King Yong's intentions were just unwilling to let Li Chengqi, who had a gap with him, sit back and enjoy his success.

Wang Meichang did not doubt this, after all, after what happened, he understood what kind of character he was in the current situation, if King Yong really had different intentions, with his current strength, there was really no need to make a false deal with him. This self-knowledge is Wang Meichang's biggest gain after experiencing this beating.

Of course, Li Tong helped his fourth uncle not without gain, which was mainly reflected in their brother's food. Li Guangshun and Li Shouli each got 1,000 households, while Li Tong added 1,000 households, a total of 2,300 households.

And his aunt Princess Taiping only has 1,500 households, as for the five little radish heads, although they also have to be crowned kings, they are all 500 households, and only Li Chengqi, who is the king of Yu, has 600 households, which is a slight difference.

However, Li Tong no longer had time to participate in the disputes in the Shendu City, but led a large army to the bank of the Yellow River to garrison, preparing to completely solve the external trouble of Xue Huaiyi.