Three years ago, although the Tang family was ultimately blamed for the assassination of the envoys of the Chu State, the Tang family was still diverted from focus, and the Tang family paid the position of a steward and the prince of the country to oversee the wine, and the matter was eliminated.

Just when everyone thought that the matter would end here, an excerpt from the envoy of the Chu State once again pushed the case to a climax and pushed the Tang family to the forefront.

Chen and Chu are friendly countries, and in addition to sending envoys to communicate with each other every year, the two countries also have envoys stationed in each other's capitals.

Three years ago, the envoy of the State of Chu was assassinated, and the State of Chu was furious, and the State of Chen, in order to appease the State of Chu, ordered a thorough investigation of the case, but in the end it was not done.

Now that the old case has been reopened, Chen Guo has let it go lightly for the culprit of the year, which has caused great dissatisfaction among the envoys of Chu State, and a letter of excerpt was handed directly to Emperor Chen, demanding that the people involved in the case be dealt with strictly.

Chu Guo is the injured party in this case, so he is naturally qualified to make such a request.

However, the word "strict handling" is very intriguing.

If it is an ordinary person, if he is involved in this serious case, he will fall to the ground at the least, and at worst he will be exterminated, so that he can give an explanation to the Chu State.

The Tang family has a special identity, and it is impossible to kill the head and destroy the clan, but it is only a symbolic exemption from Tang Qi's national sacrifice wine, and it is inevitable that the Chu State is too disregardful.

It is a matter of the country's face, now it is just the envoys of the Chu State who hand over the excerpt to Emperor Chen, if the imperial court does not handle this matter well, the next submission may be the letter of state from the State of Chu to the State of Chen.

An excerpt from the envoy of the State of Chu made the imperial court, which had just calmed down, shake again.

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In the imperial study, Emperor Chen was furious, threw the piece to the ground, and said angrily: "Now I am looking for an explanation, what did they do earlier!" ”

The matter of the Tang family has been concluded, and the envoys of the Chu State handed over the fold at this time and demanded that the Tang family be severely punished, wouldn't it be for him to overturn his order?

Jun has no jokes, if the emperor's order can be overturned at will, where will the emperor's face go?

But if it is not overthrown, it will inevitably attract the dissatisfaction of the Chu State, and the emperor's face, compared with the interests of the country, is not worth mentioning.

Emperor Chen lowered his head and picked up the chapter, sighed, and said: "Those bastards of the Tang family know that they stabbed Lou Zi for me, their surname is Tang, and there is no good thing......"

Wei Jian stepped forward, with a wry smile on his face, and said: "Your Majesty, the envoys of the Chu State have come forward, we must take this matter seriously, otherwise, I am afraid that something big will happen......"

Now that the threat of the grassland has disappeared temporarily, Chen State is one less strong enemy, but in this matter, Chu State has benefited more, the great enemy has gone, and Chu State can develop better.

"Of course I do!" Emperor Chen waved his hand and said, "Summoning the Prime Minister of the Wang, the Dali Temple, the Shangshu of the Criminal Department, and the Imperial Historian to enter the palace ......, in addition, let that bastard boy come over too!" ”

Tang family.

The envoys of the State of Chu came forward and asked the court to severely punish the Tang family, and in Tang Zhao's words, the atmosphere of the Tang family was solemn.

The severity of the matter this time is completely different from the previous ones.

The last time the Criminal Department found out that the Tang family was related to the assassination of the envoy, it was a misunderstanding that the Tang family bit to death, so it would not hurt the muscles and bones.

But this time is different.

When it comes to the relationship between countries, small things can become big things, the envoys of the Chu State grasp this case and hold on, it doesn't matter whether the Tang family is guilty or not, and how big the crime is.

The important thing is how to appease the envoys and satisfy the state of Chu, which is what the imperial court needs to consider.

As for whether the Tang family will sacrifice ......, no one cares.

The Tang family waited anxiously for the result, the meal had been put on the table, and no one moved the chopsticks.

Tang Zhao looked left and right, sighed, picked up the chopsticks, and said while taking a big bite of rice: "Eat, anyway, the Tang family has nothing left, and the uncle's prince and young master are just an ornament, except for this house, the Tang family has nothing important to lose, just wait for the result, it is better to wait for hunger than to wait for the ...... when you are full."

Another courtyard of the Tang family.

Since that incident twenty years ago, Tang Jing no longer cares about family affairs, and he doesn't eat with everyone on weekdays, but just guards this courtyard, except for the daily upper and lower offices, even the descendants of the Tang family rarely see him.

He sat at the table with a woman, there was a simple meal on the table, the woman ate a few bites, then put down the chopsticks, and asked, "What will happen to the Tang family this time?" ”

"I don't know." Tang Jing shook his head and said, "Your Majesty has just summoned the prime minister and several ministers to discuss the matter, and there should be a result soon." ”

The woman looked at him and continued, "Will it affect you?" ”

"I don't know." Tang Jing said: "I still have to wait for news from the palace." ”

"If you knew this was the case, why did you bother in the first place?" The woman sighed and said, "We should have persuaded them more." ”

Tang Jing shook his head and said, "They only have the face of the family in their eyes, and they can't listen to persuasion." ”

The woman looked sad and said, "So now they have lost not only all their face, but also all the things they care about." ”

"Let's eat." Tang Jing had a trace of regret in his eyes, and he didn't want to mention it again, so he picked up the chopsticks and said, "If you don't eat again, it's going to be cold." ”

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The envoys of the Chu State rolled up the dust that had already settled again, and the Tang family just got out of the quagmire and entered the whirlpool again.

Everyone was waiting for the results in the palace, and Tang Ning received a summons from Emperor Chen at this time.

When he was about to go out, Zhong Mingli chased him out and advised: "In the end, this matter is because of you, when you face Your Majesty for a while, you should be careful when you speak." ”

Downing nodded, indicating that he understood.

The Tang family's case will make such a big fuss, it was in his plan, but as for Emperor Chen's side, he was not too worried.

If Emperor Chen cared about the Tang family, he had already protected the Tang family many times when he walked the six parts, and he would not wait until now.

He entered the palace under the leadership of a eunuch, and when he came to the outside of the imperial study, Wei Jian stood at the door and said with a smile: "Your Majesty is discussing with several adults, Lord Tang will wait for a while." ”

Wei Jian is Emperor Chen's personal padded jacket, and before meeting Emperor Chen, Tang Ning plans to inquire about the news from him first.

He took out an apple from his sleeve, which Qing'er stuffed to him when he left, handed it to Wei Jian, and said, "Mr. Wei, let's eat an apple." ”

Wei Jian didn't refuse, and after taking it, he casually broke it in half, handed the other half to Tang Ning, and said with a smile: "We and Lord Tang are one and a half." ”

Downing took a bite of the apple and asked, "What's going on inside?" ”

Wei Jian shook his head and said, "We don't know about this. ”

"Your Majesty is angry?" Downing asked a different question.

Wei Jian smiled slightly and said: "The matter is so big that even the envoys of the Chu State are involved, Your Majesty is very angry, but Your Majesty has also said that young people, even with the breath in your chest, this breath cannot be held, and it is human nature to come out from time to time, this is human nature......"

Sure enough, it is a soft mouth and a short hand, with Wei Jian's words, Tang Ning is relieved.

He arched his hand to Wei Jian and said, "Thank you, Manager Wei." ”

Wei Jian took a bite of the apple and said with a smile: "We didn't say anything......

Tang Ning waited outside the hall for a quarter of an hour, and Wang Xiang and the others walked out of the hall, and when they saw him, they all had different faces.

Before Tang Ning could ask, a eunuch came out of it and said, "Lord Tang, Your Majesty has summoned you in." ”

Tang Ning walked into the imperial study, Emperor Chen looked at him condescendingly, and said angrily: "Look at the good things you have done!" ”