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Chapter 287: Face is important

There would be something beyond his control in the palace, which was something Li Zheng couldn't bear.

He guessed that it was the people in the palace who stole the holy decree and imitated his own handwriting, and then designed to replace Liu Mingzhi's holy decree, before there was no evidence, Li Zheng looked at everyone present quietly, his expression remained unchanged, but his eyes looked at everyone.

Li Zheng suddenly remembered something, grabbed the corner of the holy decree and looked at it carefully, he had a habit that even Zhou Fei, the chief administrator of the inner house, did not know, after writing the holy decree, he would habitually use the tip of the pen to point at the lower corner of the holy decree and pause, often there would be an imperceptible ink mark in the lower right corner of the holy decree, this habit is only known to himself.

Li Zheng checked the lower right corner of the holy decree against the light, and sure enough, there was an ink dot in the lower right corner that slightly penetrated into it.

This is indeed a holy decree written by himself, but why is there no seal?

"Zhou Fei."

"Your Majesty, the old slave is here."

"I ask you, after the second prince left, I wrote the holy decree after I pronounced the two Aiqing of the household department, do you remember if I have stamped the big seal?"

Zhou Fei was stunned, he didn't know what the emperor meant, but he didn't dare to ask more and think about it carefully, Mouran Zhou Fei's eyes lit up: "Your Majesty, after writing the holy decree that day, Concubine Lan asked to see Your Majesty because of Princess Yun'an's glass mirror, and Your Majesty didn't seem to have put a big seal." ”

The corners of Li Zheng's mouth twitched, could it be that the culprit of this matter was himself?

"You will carefully examine every decree of mine, why is there such a big omission in this decree? The big seal was not stamped, and you were negligent? ”

"Your Majesty forgives the sin, the old slave was wronged, Concubine Lan Niangniang entered the imperial study that day and cried and made trouble, Your Majesty, you appeased Concubine Lan Niangniang and asked the old slave to go to Princess Yun'an to inquire about the news and verify the authenticity of the mirror, the old slave didn't have time to check the holy decree at all."

Li Zheng also seemed to have an impression: "Then after you left, I directly ordered Fuhai, a minion, to pass on the will, right?" ”

Zhou Fei nodded unnaturally: "It seems to be so." ”

A cadre of ministers of His Royal Highness knelt on the ground and looked at the two emperors who were muttering, not knowing what they were discussing, especially the position of the crown prince Li Baiyu was closest to the dragon chair, and he vaguely heard Concubine Lan, and the mirror was a few words, secretly guessing that this matter had something to do with Concubine Lan.

"Your Majesty, how to deal with this matter, Director Ding is loyal to his duties, although he is a little arrogant on weekdays, but this matter is not wrong, Lord Liu has to resist in order to protect himself, and it is not wrong to do it, in short, this matter is not easy to deal with."

"Ladies and gentlemen, in your opinion, how should this matter be handled?" Li Zheng had to kick the ball to the courtiers below, can't he say that he had a problem, don't I want to lose face?

Du Chenghao, the secretary of the ministry, pondered for a moment: "Your Majesty, I don't know if Your Majesty has checked the authenticity of this holy decree?" ”

Li Zheng nodded helplessly: "It is written by me myself, and the holy decree is true." ”

When Director Ding heard the emperor admit that the holy decree was true, his body shook and collapsed on the ground, and the emperor admitted that the holy decree was true, and he also confirmed the charge that the military department Shangshu had pressed for himself, and indiscriminately wanted to cut off the head of a superior, but he was afraid that he would die.

Du Chenghao frowned slightly: "Your Majesty, since the holy decree is true, why is there no jade seal of Your Majesty?" Your Majesty isn't deliberately protecting Baron Liu, is he? Please give your majesty justice to the officials, Baron Liu not only beat Director Ding, but also beat the ministers and the two waiters, could it be that this matter is not revealed like this? ”

"This?" Li Zheng glanced at Liu Mingzhi, who was kneeling on the ground: "Liu Aiqing, I ask you why the Dragon Seal Treasure Seal on the Holy Decree is missing?" ”

Liu Mingzhi raised his head and looked at the emperor: "Huh? "Since receiving the holy decree, he has been paid to the housekeeper in the back hall, and he has never touched it at all, if he didn't go to the ministry to report today, he may not have touched this holy decree for the rest of his life, how can the seal on it not know the hammer.

It can't be that the emperor forgot to cover it, right?

Song Yu, the secretary of the Ministry of War, was also thinking on the side, because Liu Mingzhi was knighted that day, he was too excited for a while, and he really neglected whether the holy decree was covered with a jade seal.

"Your Majesty, the minister has been wronged, since receiving the holy decree, the minister has enshrined it in the back hall and has never touched it, and the minister doesn't know what's going on?"

Li Zheng snorted lightly, looked at the ministers who were all kneeling on the ground and didn't dare to look up, wrote a note and gave Zhou Fei a look.

Zhou Fei flicked his fingers, and a paper ball the size of a fingernail smashed into Liu Mingzhi's head, Liu Mingzhi looked at the paper ball that fell in front of him blankly and looked up, not knowing what this paper ball meant.

Li Zhengnunu mouthed and motioned to Liu Mingzhi to open the paper ball on the ground, Liu Mingzhi was puzzled to open the paper ball on the ground and make up a reason to cover it, otherwise he would be punished.

Liu Dashao hurriedly picked up the paper ball in his hand and stuffed it into his cuffs, looked at Li Zheng and pointed at himself.

Li Zheng saw that Liu Mingzhi understood what he meant, and nodded imperceptibly, this matter must be covered by an inexplicable reason, Liu Mingzhi cannot be punished, and the officials cannot be punished, but this reason can only be made up by Liu Mingzhi.

"Ahh

Liu Dashao slapped his hands and frightened everyone in the court, and even Li Zheng chuckled.

"Your Majesty, the minister knows what's going on."

"Oh? Liu Aiqing will make things clear, otherwise the crime of blaspheming the holy decree is not light. ”

Liu Mingzhi pondered for a while: "Your Majesty, I don't know if you remember that you went to the minister's mansion on the day the minister received the holy decree, and the minister received His Majesty's visit eagerly. ”

Li Zhengming knew that there was no such thing, so he had to cooperate with Liu Mingzhi to act: "There is indeed such a thing, what does this have to do with the holy decree?" ”

"The relationship is big, Your Majesty was sitting in the living room, and the minister made a cup of tea for His Majesty, but because he first arrived in Beijing, there was no good tea to serve His Majesty, and it could only be bitter and astringent old tea, at that time His Majesty came unfortunately, and the minister had not had time to enshrine the holy decree, so he put it on the table, His Majesty was not used to drinking the tea leaves in the house, and a sip of tea spit on the holy decree, the minister was worried that His Majesty was sick with the dragon, and he didn't have time to take the holy decree away, could it be that the saliva melted the seal on the holy decree?"

Li Zheng squinted at Liu Mingzhi, who was talking eloquently, and said in his heart that this guy can really make it up, and if there is no thing, let him say it vividly, it seems that this guy will not only make money, but his ability to lie is not small.

"When you say this, I remember that I did spit out because I couldn't get used to drinking the tea in your house, so it's my fault?"

"The minister doesn't dare, it's the minister who didn't protect the holy decree, and the minister is guilty."

"Ding Aiqing, this matter is a misunderstanding, you want to kill Liu Aiqing first, Liu Aiqing beat you later, but you have suffered so much damage, I ordered Liu Aiqing to pay you a thousand taels of silver as compensation, and allow you to cultivate for another month, what do you think?"

Under Li Zheng's coercion, Director Ding had already lost his mind, and Li Zheng nodded busily when he said anything: "The minister is willing, the minister is willing." ”

"Your Majesty, the old minister is not convinced, and Baron Liu fights the old minister for no reason, isn't this the matter?"

"Oh? I look at Du Aiqing with no wounds or scars, Liu Aiqing doesn't know where Liu Aiqing hit you, if the evidence is conclusive, I can't spare him, I must redo it to Du Aiqing, Tao Aiqing, you will be fair. ”

"Your Majesty, Baron Liu, he" Du Chenghao, the secretary of the ministry, couldn't tell him for a long time where Liu Dashao beat him.

If you really say it, what kind of face do you have to mingle in the capital, even if you resign and go into hiding, you will leave a stigma.

The head can be cut off from the bloodstream, and the face cannot be lost.

It's a dumb loss.

"The old minister is unharmed."