Come to the Yi Palace, the Phi Xiang Palace.

Compared with the gorgeous and exquisite Dingxiang Palace, this side hall is much smaller, and the furnishings in the hall are very simple and simple, which is the study place of the Ming Emperor. At the beginning, the Ming Emperor gave the name of Phi Incense, but never burned incense, taking the meaning of "ink-dyed books and simple people Wearing incense".

Emperor Zhu Yutang sat silently on a bamboo chair, his jade hand was clasped on the edge of the handle, and again and again, the red gold phoenix with the purple gold crown of the nine phoenixes on the top also trembled, and his brows were tightly locked. The palace maids around knew Emperor Ming's temperament very well, and they didn't dare to come out when they saw this.

At this time, Lu Xingyuan's Eight Horse Treasure Car had already driven all the way into Yongjinmen. Last night, he didn't sleep all night, and he wanted to come to see Emperor Ming early in the morning, and he didn't want his father-in-law in the palace to come to announce it, so he didn't care about going to Fuxingtai to go to the court, and got in a carriage and went straight to Yongjinmen.

When he returned to Lu Mansion last night, Lu Xingyuan called all the children of the clan to the Peiguo Mansion and strictly interrogated him about the smuggling of gold ingots on Nanhua Island. When everyone saw that the situation was not good, they did not dare to hide it anymore, so they had to tell what they knew and what they knew.

Lu Xingyuan originally wanted to ask the ins and outs to see if there were any clues that could implicate Lu Wenchi's crimes, so as not to lose his life. Unexpectedly, the more he asked, the more frightened he became, and in the end, he found that there were no innocent children in the clan who were not implicated in this matter, and he couldn't help but sit on the Taishi chair and secretly complained.

If Liu Mingyan bites Lu Wenchi and doesn't let go, I am afraid that the three divisions will be in the court, and the rest of the children will also suffer, which is really a wave of unsettled and a wave of restart.

Lu Xingyuan thought hard all night, and thought that the bell must be tied to the bell. Since it was Liu Mingyan's involvement, he had to ask Emperor Ming to postpone the case for a few days, and he hurried to the Governor's Mansion in Southern Xinjiang, personally confessed to the old Governor Liu Zhan, first relieved his resentment for many years, and then begged him to let Liu Mingyan stop. Even if it is done, it is necessary to swallow his anger during this period, and now he can't care about it anymore.

I am afraid that Zhao Wuyin's side will have to be sent well, and after this incident, Wen Chi is fortunate to be able to save his life, and the position of Shangshu is decided. I still need to strongly recommend Zhao Wuyun to take over the household department, so Zhu Zhiling should be satisfied. It's just that what about Princess Silverspring's side......

The more Lu Xingyuan thought about it, the more headache he felt, it was difficult to deal with people and horses all the way, but at the moment, he could only treat a dead horse as a live horse doctor, and he could take one step at a time. The most important thing is to see the mind of His Majesty the Emperor. I hope she can remember the old love and open up the net.

Lu Xingyuan was worried all the way, and was about to enter the palace before he reached the Dingxiang Palace, but the palace maid led to the right and said, "Your Majesty is waiting in the Phixiang Hall today." ”

Your Majesty did not see me in the main hall......

Lu Xingyuan became more and more worried, but he didn't dare to slack off. He turned the jade pond, bypassed the incense hill, and saw a person sitting in the Phi Xiang Palace, dressed in beautiful robes, surrounded by pearls and jade, it was the Ming Emperor Zhu Yutang.

"The minister Lu Xingyuan came to see Your Majesty."

"Guogong, please." There was no joy or anger on Emperor Ming's face. Those who know the art of contemplation naturally also know how not to be contemplated, and their faces and expressions are free.

Lu Xingyuan didn't get up, knelt down and continued to knock: "The minister is guilty." ”

"What are your sins?"

"The ministers have no way to teach their children, which leads to a big mistake, and the ministers are ashamed."

Emperor Ming glanced at him and said coldly: "You really have no way to teach your son." He took out the paper manuscript in his sleeve, and a palace maid had already taken it and handed it to Lu Xingyuan.

Lu Xingyuan listened to Emperor Ming's words, his heart had sunk to the bottom, and when he saw the things handed over, he didn't understand what it meant, so he hurriedly opened it and looked at it. In less than half a cup of tea, I already saw sweat raining.

Wen Chi, you recognize it so word-for-word...... How you let the Father save you, and how he saved you.

At the end of the article, I saw my son's handwriting writing: "The mentioned crimes were all committed by the criminal minister Lu Wenchi alone, and they have nothing to do with the people in the clan." Suddenly, the old tears were rampant, the eyes were blurred, and it was ugly again.

This son is a cowardly person by nature, and he doesn't dare to bear the slightest trouble since he was a child, but whenever there is some trouble, he hides behind his eldest brother Wen Jun. I have been scolding him for being narrow-minded, not like a prince, but now he has taken all the charges, selected his younger brothers completely, and finally looked like a prince and general.

Can...... But what do you do yourself?

Lu Xingyuan saw that the crime mentioned did not mention the children of the clan, and his face was slightly relieved, but when he thought that Lu Wenchi himself was in a catastrophe, he couldn't help crying, climbed two steps forward, and said in tears: "The evil son is deeply guilty, and I hope Your Majesty will have mercy and mercy." ”

It's just that this moment of relief has already been seen by Emperor Ming, and when he is on the ground, his heart is bright, and he guesses that everyone in the Lu clan must also have something to do with it. Emperor Ming's anger surged into his heart, and he flicked his sleeves and said, "How do you want me to be gracious?" Will he not die? ”

Lu Xingyuan knew that he was poor, so he could only kowtow and beg bitterly, knocking on the bluestone ground with blood.

Emperor Ming looked left and right, and immediately had an attendant help Lu Xingyuan up.

"I see that you are really old and confused, but I am afraid that your son is more sensible than you, and he will not make me embarrassed." Emperor Ming pointed to the accusations and said coldly: "After he wrote these crimes last night, he was afraid of the crime and took poison, and died in the Bibo Water Prison." ”

Lu Xingyuan couldn't help but be stunned when he heard this, and muttered, "Dead? Wen Chi is dead? There was a mess in my head, "No...... It's impossible, it's impossible. He won't take poison...... He couldn't even drink bitter medicine since he was a child, how could he drink poison? The matter ...... There must be something strange in this matter, there must be something strange, Your Majesty! ”

Seeing that he was incoherent, Emperor Ming scolded: "Strange? How could I not know that there must be something strange in it? Do you think he blamed himself for everything, and I believe it? Could it be that all the piles and piles written here were committed by him alone? You look at him protecting your Lu family like this, dare you say that you don't have half a secret joy in your heart? How can such a mind that there are no three hundred taels of silver in this place not be strange? ”

As a monarch, what he hates the most is to bully the king, not to mention that he is still an extremely smart king.

Lu Xingyuan was said to be the central matter, and he was about to be justified, but he was afraid that Emperor Ming would be angry and involve the clansmen again, so he didn't dare to say anything at the moment.

Emperor Ming was still angry, and continued: "Pei Guogong, since I ascended the throne, because you are a veteran of the Three Dynasties and a minister of Tuogu, I have been convinced of your Lu clan and entrusted with many important positions. I didn't expect that now your Lu clan is defeated and festering! The first emperor once said that the Mu Yun clan of the Cangwu country controlled the end of the court, and he should take it as a warning. Now look at your Lu clan, what is the difference between the Mu Yun clan! If I appease, wouldn't I be the same as the wise king of the Cangwu Kingdom? And how can we keep the inheritance of this ancestor? ”

The weight of these words has reached the extreme, Lu Xingyuan has never been so angry by the Ming Emperors of the past dynasties after three dynasties, and he is already sweating at the moment. But when the catastrophe is at hand, we can't help but argue, otherwise there will not even be a trace of vitality.

"Your Majesty, the minister knows that his sin is unforgivable, but for the sake of the minister's loyalty to the blue sea for 70 years, can you allow the minister to say a few words from the bottom of his heart."

Emperor Ming couldn't help but glance at him: "You say." ”

"Since the age of twelve, before entering the blue sea and serving the royal ranks, the minister made an oath: in this life, he will serve the public, and he will not take a penny, and all the gains will be rewarded. If he starves to death one day, it is the incompetence of the minister, not the ruthlessness of His Majesty. In the battle of Jinshan, the ministers sold their property and donated all of them. All the two hundred and eighteen members of the clan slept with the ministers for three days. Three days later, the emperor gave him another place to live and settled down. The Lu family is so of the same heart as the ministers, and they don't want to have him, just to repay the emperor's life-saving grace. There are also people who secretly say that the minister is coy, but the minister doesn't care about those slanderous words, the minister believes that as long as he is single-minded to the blue sea and His Majesty, why bother with the chiseled words of the world. ”

Speaking of this, Lu Xingyuan let out a long sigh and said: "When the minister was young, he asked himself to be quite strict with the discipline of the children in the clan, Your Majesty can think about the heart of the Jinquan horse, and you can know how much effort the minister spent to raise the adult. Later, the minister grew old day by day, and there were more and more children and grandchildren, and there were more than 70 male heirs in the family alone, and the minister also wanted to discipline him personally, but he was old and weak, and he had more than enough strength to teach his children well. This is the minister's fault, it is the minister's confusion, and the minister is now regretful. ”

When Emperor Ming heard him mention the Jinquan horse, he felt a little compassion in his heart. Lu Wenjun has a gentle temperament and a modest demeanor, which was praised by the emperor for Lu Xingyuan's teaching. It's just that the descendants of the Lu family are now uneven. Thinking of this, his face was still frosty, and he listened to him continue.

"Then please think about it, before the minister did not know that the son of evil had committed this crime, but now that he knows, he will not be allowed to act arbitrarily. He has been subdued to the law, and it is not a pity to die, and the minister is only willing to donate all his family property to the treasury again to show his innocence. But ......"

"But what?"

Lu Xingyuan cautiously glanced up at Emperor Ming, and hesitated: "But the minister's family property is small, and Your Majesty's reputation is big, and the minister is only worried that if this case is reported to the world, especially that Liu Mingyan, I am afraid that she will publicize that she came to Taiye Country this time to punish evil and promote good, promote her prestige as the governor of southern Xinjiang, and ignore Your Majesty's reputation as a good person, adding the truth that people in the world say that Your Majesty is not using people properly." ”

Liu Mingyan...... Emperor Ming suddenly remembered the Kuntou ship in Luoxia Bay, and he also had a headache. The cases of dereliction of duty in previous dynasties are nothing new, but this time Liu Mingyan set off such a big move, it is inevitable that it will not be exaggerated in the mouths of people all over the world. What's more, the Lu clan has too many positions in the court, and they really want to uproot it, for fear of hurting the foundation of the society.

Besides, no matter what, the royal face cannot be lost. Dead Lu Wenchi is not painful, my Zhu family is famous all over the world for knowing people, how can he make his reputation bad now. Thinking of this, Emperor Ming's heart has been decided.

"I have made up my mind, tomorrow I should go to Fuxingtai in person and make a judgment in front of the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty." After speaking, he glanced at Lu Xingyuan, who was still kneeling on the ground, and said, "Guogong, you have cracked the green gold crown I gave you." Just take it off and don't wear it again. ”

When Lu Xingyuan heard this, he understood in his heart, and knew that he had given up the black yarn, but he finally ensured the safety of the clansmen, and hurriedly took off the lapid crown on the top, put it aside, and thanked him: "The minister is indeed old and faint, and he is not suitable to wear this heavy crown again, thank you Your Majesty Hongen!" ”

Emperor Ming watched Lu Xingyuan withdraw from the hall in a trance without saying a word, glanced at the blue and gold crown resting on the ground, and coldly ordered: "After the Fuxingtai court, call Princess Qingyu to come over." ”