Chapter 808: Between Honor and Disgrace
Lan Qianjin fell to the ground, his forehead touching the dragon's collapsed wooden pedestal. Lan Qianzhen waited for the emperor's next step, but this wait was long enough to pull his heart out of his chest, the bright yellow carpet made him dizzy, and the mahogany floor was so hot that it couldn't give him a trace of coolness, I really don't know when this ordeal will end.
Lan Qianzhen served as the Ouchi guard when he entered the capital before, and the Ouchi guard had just been formed at that time, and before that, the safety of the previous emperors was directly handed over to the city guard, and it was not until then that the Ouchi guard was formed and led by the emperor himself. Lan Qianzhen had already seen the emperor at that time, and the emperor had talked to him several times, and it was from then that time that the emperor gradually became ill.
Lan Qianzhen never wanted to get too close to the emperor, not that he was antipathetic, he just had a sense of rejection that he couldn't say why, as long as he was too close to the emperor, he felt uncomfortable. Now that he was so close to the emperor, the old hardship that emanated from the emperor's body was like a waterfall pouring down from the dragon's collapse and pouring it on his body, making him feel that he was about to follow him into the coffin.
Lan Qianzhen waited for the emperor to say something, and then he remembered that the emperor was speechless, he could only wait for the emperor to do something, but the emperor's hand was stretched out like this, and Shen was on top of Lan Qianzhen's head, and he didn't know what he wanted to do. Not only did Lan Qianzhen not understand what the emperor wanted to do, but no one in the palace understood what the emperor wanted to do, but not understanding it didn't mean that he couldn't do anything, in any case, the hand that the emperor stretched out proved the importance of Lan Qianzhen, and Father-in-law Yu took the opportunity to lower down and said:
"Your Majesty, after receiving the edict, the acting prince rushed to the capital overnight for 800 miles, and even took a bath in the middle, this loyalty can't find a second person in the Taizheng world!"
Then Father-in-law Yu waved the dust and rebuked Lan Qianzhen in a low voice:
"Acting Gong is not going to catch the emperor's hand soon?!"
Lan Qianzhen reacted when he heard this, and hurriedly stretched out his hands around his head to hold the emperor's hand, while his head continued to be buckled to the ground. Father-in-law Yu then said to the emperor:
"Your Majesty, the acting prince was loyal to the king and went to Beijing to meet him, but he had a small intention to murder the acting father. Yesterday, Dai Gong and Wei Hou were on the street, and they were suddenly besieged by a mob, and Wei Hou was injured as a result. In the capital city, there can be tens of thousands of chaotic people on the street, wandering away, such advance and retreat according to their backs must be instructed by someone behind them, the old slave has sent spies down last night to arrest people, last night overnight will interrogate people, according to the current information, these chaotic people into the city and Du Ji can not be separated. ”
When the adults in the palace heard that Father-in-law Yu had pulled out Du Ji, they clenched their fists and gritted their teeth, but now that the emperor had recruited Lan Qianzhen to talk ahead, the ministers could not mix, so they could only watch Father-in-law Yu slander the emperor.
Father-in-law Yu smiled and slowly said to the emperor:
"The old slave thinks that Jingzhao's position must be his own, otherwise once there is a traitor who makes trouble, it will hurt my Taizheng country. Yesterday's chaotic people were openly besieging the acting prince, if the chaotic people gathered to storm the yamen another day, would they be able to return the palace gate? As a Jingzhao, Du Ji could not prevent trouble before it happened, but colluded with the people to plot misdeeds, so he asked Du Ji to be dismissed from his post and handed over to the Washing Temple for careful questioning, and this matter must be investigated. ”
Although Father-in-law Yu said slowly, he bit the words hard, and his eyes were cold, he saw the opportunity today to take off Du Ji's black gauze hat, so as to stop this thorn in the eye that has been stirring up trouble. It's just that Father-in-law Yu only cared about talking at this time, and actually forgot to observe the emperor's face, he only cared about greeting Lan Qianzhen but didn't find that the emperor was already blushing at this time, and he gave strength to the hand that was caught by Lan Qianzhen. Finally, the emperor broke out, he used all his strength to wave his hand to shake off Lan Qianzhen, and then waved his hand over and slapped Lan Qianzhen's gauze crown.
The sudden change stunned everyone, no one reacted to what was happening, and Lan Qianzhen was even more shocked and raised his head and looked at the emperor incredulously. The emperor was also looking at Lan Qianzhen, although his body couldn't move, but his eyes were divine, the emperor seemed to have something to say, but he couldn't say it.
Lan Qianzhen opened his mouth for most of the day and didn't know what to do, but Father-in-law Yu reacted, only to see Father-in-law Yu suddenly plop down and fall to the ground, kowtow and said:
"The slave is guilty, the slave deserves to die!"
And Lan Ziyi, who was standing with His Highness, also reacted, and he hurriedly knelt down and crawled out of the ranks and kowtowed:
"Wechen is guilty, Wechen deserves to die!"
With Father-in-law Yu and Lan Ziyi taking the lead, Lan Qianzhen of course also reflected, he completely ignored the hosta and held his hair, ripped off his yarn crown, and even ripped off several handfuls of hair, which hurt to watch. But Lan Qianzhen didn't have time to care if his scalp hurt or not, he held the gauze crown and kowtowed like garlic and said:
"The last will deserve death, and the last will deserve death!"
The three people who prostrated shouted that their sins deserved to die, but no one knew what their sins were, but it didn't matter if they knew it or not, because as long as the emperor said that they were guilty, they would be guilty, whatever the crime was. Now the father-in-law Yu who knelt on the ground and kowtowed was full of remorse in his heart, he didn't expect that the emperor would stretch out his hand to punish rather than reward, he misjudged the situation and caused such a bad result.
The adults in the hall are all old fritters who have been crawling up in the officialdom for decades, and when they saw the emperor waving Lan Qianzhen, they naturally knew what they should take the opportunity to do, only to see Zhang Mingyue walk out of the queue and kneel down and please:
"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that the acting public is derelict in his duties, and mistakenly caused the Northern Patrol Qin to suffer an accident, this crime is not small, and the substitute bus should be judged by the Imperial Historical Observatory, and the three law divisions will be tried to give an explanation to the people of the world."
Zhang Mingyue said that all the ministers in the Bi Hall knelt down together, and at the same time kowtowed and asked:
"The ministers ask the emperor to surrender on behalf of the prince!"
Although everyone doesn't know where Lan Qianzhen offended the emperor, everyone understands the truth of falling into the well, since he dares to kill chickens and monkeys in public, then don't blame the adults for being polite.
The ministers in the hall shouted in unison, and the aftermath could be described as a sonic boom inside and outside, and the two of them, Yu Gonggong and Lan Ziyi, who were attacked by the adults, could only stare at them, but in fact, there was no very good way to check and balance.
At this time, the crown prince, who had been standing under the stage and facing the ministers with the emperor, moved the two of them. Just now, when the hundred officials went to the palace, King De was still pretending to be a dog, and he stood upright with his hands in the shape of a dog, and then he couldn't stand when he saw Lan Ziyi eating deflated, he shook his legs and squinted his eyes, and smiled at Lan Ziyi, who was kneeling and kowtowing, and actually whistled on his mouth.
The crown prince standing next to King De saw that King De was acting dissolutely, and quietly tugged at his sleeve, signaling him not to be rude again, but who knew that King De shook off the prince and said:
"What are you dragging me for?"
The two factions of the Korean and Chinese and military forces, who were originally competing with each other, were distracted by the sudden attack of King De. The crown prince didn't want King De to become the eye of the storm for everyone in the court, and when he saw that everyone seemed to be protecting King De, he immediately bowed his hand to the emperor who was on the dragon's collapse:
"Father, the sons and daughters think that today's Mid-Autumn Festival is approaching, and the members of the family should deal with it properly even if there are unsatisfactory things, and they should not act rashly and hurt their bodies."
At this time, Gonggong Long took out a handkerchief to wipe off the sweat, and then asked the emperor:
"Your Majesty, do you think that Du Yi should not be sentenced to a felony?"