Chapter 895: Aftermath
The news of Tang Huifei's self-hanging, Tang Ning only learned about it the next day.
Although she was the culprit of this monarchicide incident, she was also a concubine in the end, and Emperor Chen finally left her with a whole corpse.
Concubine Zhang Xian and Concubine Tang Hui, who died of illness, were both guilty people and could not be buried in the imperial mausoleum, but Emperor Chen, who recuperated and did not ask about the court, still made a special decree to rebuild a mausoleum for her.
Although Concubine Tang Hui died, the aftermath caused by the murder of the monarch has not yet ended.
The Tang family colluded with the palace concubine with the intention of rebellion, Tang Huai and Tang Qi, as the masterminds, were also sentenced to be executed, as for Tang Qi's son Tang Zhao, because he was not in Beijing, he escaped this catastrophe.
However, the imperial court has sent people out of Beijing to arrest him, and he can't escape the knife after all.
The Tang family was spared from this case, only Tang Jing and his wife, because Tang Jing had not participated in the Tang family's affairs for a long time, and it had nothing to do with this case, but he was deprived of his official position and had no worries about his life.
In Shangshu Province, an official walked up to Wang Xiang, shook his head and said: "Wang Xiang, the Tang family's murder of the monarch and rebellion is a big crime of the Nine Clans, although Tang Jing did not participate, but according to the law, he should also be behead......ed."
Wang Xiang glanced at him and said, "Zhu Jiu clan, Tang Xiang and His Majesty are also within the Tang family's nine clans, do you even want Tang Xiang and His Majesty to behead?" ”
"The lower officials don't dare, the lower officials don't dare!"
The official finally came to his senses and immediately bowed and retreated, he only thought about the Tang family brothers, but forgot that His Majesty and Tang Xiang were also related to the Tang family.
It's good that his career has come to an end, if Tang Xiang attributed him and the Duanwang Tang family to the same party, he would have died too unjustly.
The Tang family has committed such a heinous crime, and from the perspective of Chen Guo's law, King Huai's handling is still somewhat merciful, at least, Tang Jing and his wife should be unable to escape death.
However, if this case is really in accordance with the law, and there is no flexibility at a glance, wouldn't Tang Xiang and His Majesty be involved, so even if he felt that King Huai was merciful, the court did not dare to have any objections.
Of course, the Tang Qi and Tang Huai brothers, as the masterminds, were sentenced to be decided, and everyone had no objections to such a disposition.
In addition, several Tang Huifei's cronies directly related to this case, except for the palace maid named Zizhu who committed suicide by biting her tongue in Dali Temple, no one could escape the knife.
Zizhu is lucky, she committed suicide in fear of sin, at least she can leave a whole corpse, although the others can live a few more days, but they will inevitably be separated.
Even Concubine Hui hanged herself, naturally no one cared about the life or death of a little palace maid, but for Dali Siqing, this was a great mistake for him.
King Huai gave him repeated orders, saying that Zizhu was the most important witness in the case, and wanted Dali Temple to ensure Zizhu's safety, but in the end he still let her die, he took refuge in Duanwang a few months ago, this time, King Huai didn't take this opportunity to pull him down from the position of Dali Temple?
As soon as he thought of this, Dali Siqing was furious in his heart, pointed at Shaoqing of Dali Temple, and said angrily: "Bastard, let you take a good look at her, what do you think!" ”
Shaoqing of Dali Temple turned pale, and said in a trembling voice: "My lord, it is the negligence of the lower officials......
Dali Siqing asked with a calm face: "What about the body of the palace maid?" ”
Shaoqing of Dali Temple said: "The weather has been hot these days, and the lower officials are afraid that it will stink here, so they will be dragged out and buried last night." ”
If you want to see people alive and die, you have to see corpses, otherwise how can he explain to King Huai, Dali Siqing was even more angry in his heart, and shouted: "Where is it buried?" ”
Shaoqing of Dali Temple bowed his head and said: "Last night, the moon was dark and the wind was high, and they didn't know which mass grave they were buried......"
The person was gone, and even the body could not be found, Dali Siqing's chest rose and fell a few times, and he gritted his teeth and said, "You get out of me!" ”
The young secretary of Dali Temple was like being amnestied, and withdrew from the court with a frightened face.
The moment he turned and walked out of the lobby, the panic on his face vanished, revealing an imperceptible hint of sarcasm.
The palace has turned the sky upside down in the past two days, and Beijing is not very calm, and a major event has also happened in Dali Temple.
Dali Siqing was ineffective, so that the important person in the case of Duanwang Huifei's murder of the monarch died in Dali Temple, King Huai was furious, and an excerpt impeached Dali Siqing to Shangshu Province.
Originally, this kind of thing was very common, just like the last Jing Zhaoyin dereliction of duty case, for Dali Siqing from Sanpin, it was a small thing that could not be smaller.
But small things are also timely, how can ordinary cases be compared with the murder of kings?
Because of this trivial matter, Dali Temple Qing was directly dismissed and investigated, and at the same time, many officials of Dali Temple were also implicated.
This matter, Shangshu Province handled it very unreasonably, Dali Siqing is one of the nine Qing, the official position from the third grade, it is half a head lower than the six Shangshu, half a level higher than Jing Zhaoyin, but Jing Zhaoyin was only fined for a few months, Dali Siqing even took off the official hat, in comparison, it seems too unfair to Dali Siqing.
However, there is not a single voice of opposition to this injustice.
Dali Siqing is the iron core of Duanwang, and now Duanwang kills the king, Dali Siqing's head can still remain on his neck, which is already a great mercy of the imperial court, what official position do you want?
That is, King Huai is merciful, if he is as ruthless as His Majesty, I am afraid that all the officials and magnates who were close to King Duan before will be killed.
Even so, they didn't end well.
In these days, the high-profile officials and magnates who stood with King Duan were all swept to the end, the officials were dismissed, and the magnates were cut off, and this turmoil almost affected half of the court, but it was this kind of turmoil that subverted the court, and the two prime ministers and the senior members of the court all remained silent.
The court has always been like this, this is the price of standing in the wrong line, and it is also the path they have chosen.
If King Duan soars into the sky and ascends the throne as the emperor, they are naturally all ministers of the dragon and have an unlimited future, but unfortunately King Duan's rebellion failed, and they also have to admit the price of clumsiness.
Just when this hurricane in Beijing swept through the court, Tang Ning's family was already in the courtyard outside Beijing.
This courtyard is close to the mountains and rivers, the surrounding scenery is beautiful, covers an area of several acres, among the courtyards, small bridges and flowing water, rockeries stand up, entertainment facilities are readily available, in order to build this courtyard, Tang Yaoyao but invested 100,000 taels of silver into it.
The courtyard here is dozens of miles away from the Beijing Division, two miles away, is the Zuo Xiaowei camp, the courtyard will be built, if you encounter what happened that night, I am afraid that the guards of the Duanwang Mansion have not approached, and they will be wiped out by Zuo Xiaowei.
This is also the reason why Tang Ning built the courtyard here, there is a natural barrier of Zuo Xiaowei, unless the rest of the guards gather, no one can do anything to them.
And now the Praetorian Guards, even if they have Emperor Chen's order, it is impossible to gather together, and after moving out of the Jingshi, Tang Ning has no worries.
Tang Ning lay in the shade of the courtyard, enjoying Qing'er and Xiu'er's leg pinching service, and after a while, someone came to report that King Huai had come to visit.
After a while, in the living room of the Tang Mansion, after King Huai sat down, he took a sip of tea and said, "Tang Xiang really chose a good place, but it is too far away from Beijing and it is not easy to find." ”
Tang Ning sighed and said, "It's far away, but at least no one called the door in the middle ......of the night."
"Xu Wei, the head of the guards of the Duanwang Mansion, has been subdued, and the rest of the people have also been exiled according to the law." King Huai was silent for a moment and said, "King Duan was imprisoned in the palace by his father, and like King Kang, he will never be allowed to step out of the imprisoned palace. ”
Tang Ning thought for a moment and asked, "Tomorrow is the day to behead those people, right?" ”
"Today." King Huai glanced at him and said, "Brother Tang Huai and Tang Qi, the execution was completed an hour ago. ”
Tang Ning was silent for a long time, and King Huai handed him a letter of folding, saying: "Concubine Hui's case has been closed, this is a watch, Tang Xiang take a look." ”
Tang Ning flipped through the recital, and after reading it, he suddenly asked, "Who gave An Shenxiang to the Tang family, have you found it?" ”
King Huai looked at him, shook his head regretfully, and said, "No." ”
[PS: Chapter 2 is late, everyone will refresh at ten o'clock.] 】