She pleaded again and again, Lu Chen couldn't help but take a deep breath, then looked at Li Gongfu, and said in a cold voice:

"If it weren't for the queen's intercession, this king would not spare you today! But the death penalty can be avoided, but the living crime cannot be escaped! Put Li Gongfu on death row and wait for his fate! ”

"No!" The palace guards answered, and then no longer hesitated, and directly dragged Li Gongfu out.

Seeing that Li Gongfu was not immediately beheaded, Xue Ling couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

And none of the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty came out to plead, which shows that Li Gongfu has offended so many people, not only that, but many people secretly scolded in their hearts that they deserved it!

After Li Gongfu was dragged down, Lu Chen was also completely interested, he immediately waved his hand and said unhappily: "Retreat!" ”

The ministers first looked at each other, and then said in unison: "The ministers send off the king and the queen."

The atmosphere of this court meeting was originally very good, but because of Li Gongfu, Lu Chen was really angry, but it was obvious that he and Xue Ling were husband and wife, one was singing with a white face and the other was a red face.

As a wife, Xue Ling is virtuous, as a queen, she is also virtuous enough, and Lu Chen also understands his own woman, that is to calculate that Xue Ling will come out to intercede, otherwise, if he really wants him to kill Li Gongfu, in fact, he is reluctant.

After the next dynasty, people also walked outside the palace in groups of three or five, and there was no doubt that when the ministers gathered together, they naturally talked about it again.

This time, the first return of the counties in various places is the third product of the imperial court, although they are feudal officials, but the magistrates, naturally, they all want to make friends with the Beijing officials, many county heads, all walk with their friends in the court, but Jian Rong is side by side with Gong Cheng, the head of Nanyang County.

Before in the court, Li Gongfu said in public that he was a common man, but at this moment, Jian Rong snorted coldly, and said dissatisfiedly: "Li Gongfu is really unreasonable, he has never offended him, why is this so!" ”

When Gong Cheng heard this, he hurriedly said: "This person is a stone in the pit, smelly and hard, when he was in Nanyang, he made many officials in Nanyang deeply disgusted, and Lord Jian didn't have to pay attention to him." ”

"Humph!" Jian Rong snorted coldly again, then changed his words and said: "Lord Gong, I heard that the people of Nanyang are getting richer and richer, and from this point of view, Lord Gong has a great hope of rising in the coming year. ”

"Huh?" Gong Cheng hurriedly waved his hand and said: "Lord Jian leads a county in Hedong, and Hedong is the largest county in my country, if you want to say high promotion, among the county heads in my country, Lord Jian's future is the best, and when the time comes, don't forget to be in the next ......."

"Where, where." Jian Rong hurriedly said, the two made friends, hypocritical and polite.

And this time there are also a lot of county heads in Jingdi, Xu Huanzhi, the head of Lin'an County, is walking with his old friend Chen Qun, he shook his head and said: "Li Gongfu, although he is upright, but he speaks and acts recklessly, I am afraid that sooner or later there will be a big disaster." ”

Chen Qun smiled and said, "There is a Ming monarch and such a virtuous queen, at least, he doesn't have to worry about his life now, right?" ”

"Huh." Xu Huanzhi also smiled, and didn't say anything about this matter, just at this time, Liu Jinyu, the head of Longxi County, came over, Chen Qun and Xu Huanzhi saw this, and hurriedly shouted: "Brother Liu." ”

"Huh? It turned out to be Brother Chen and Brother Xu. Liu Jinyu also hurriedly gave up his hand, and the three of them came together.

The three of them, who were originally the original ministers of Jingguo, were naturally familiar with each other, Chen Qun said: "I haven't seen each other since Jingzhou, I haven't seen him for several years, and Brother Liu's demeanor is still the same." ”

"Where, Brother Chen laughed, I heard that Brother Chen has won the trust of the king, not only is his official fortune prosperous, but he is also ranked among the important ministers of the court." Liu Jinyu said.

"Huh? Speaking of trust, it is you and Brother Xu, one was appointed by the king as the head of Lin'an County, and the other was transferred to Longxi, the importance of these two counties, I don't need to say more, the two are expected to rise to the top. Chen Qun said.

"Okay, okay, let's not compliment each other here, at today's banquet, how about a few drinks for the three of you and me?" Xu Huanzhi said.

"Very good, very good...... both said at the same time.

At noon that day, Lu Chen naturally held a banquet in the palace and invited hundreds of officials to the table.

On the other side, the Wangcheng prison.

The jailer in charge of guarding this prison is named Cao Xiong, although he is a small official, but this person is highly skilled, and in the Wangcheng prison, almost all of the people who can be imprisoned here are the ministers of the court.

Li Gongfu was still wearing an official uniform, and he did not wear a bracelet or anklet, and after leading him into the prison, Cao Xiong also said with a straight face: "Lord Li, I have offended." ”

As he spoke, he raised his head slightly at the jailer, motioning for him to lock the cell door.

After the jailer locked the cell door, he was just about to leave with Cao Xiong, but at this time, Liu Han in the next cell suddenly asked, "Old Cao, which official has been sent in?" ”

"As far as you talk a lot, it's Master Li Gongfu." Cao Xiong said a word and turned to leave.

Hearing this, Liu Han laughed and said, "Yo, it turned out to be Master Li, fortunately, this is not the first time you have come back, right?" ”

When Li Gongfu heard this, he smiled bitterly, knowing that the historian Liu Han next door was next door, he shook his head and said, "Lord Liu, I haven't seen you for many days, but my body is still fine." ”

"Oh, I'm tired of Lord Li, it's good, it's good." Liu Han said: "Presumably, Lord Li is contradicting the king again, right?" ”

"The king is the monarch, and he is a courtier, how dare he contradict the king." Li Gongfu said.

"I don't believe it, is there anything you Li Gongfu wouldn't dare?" Liu Han said.

"I don't dare to compare with Lord Liu." Li Gongfu said.

"What I wrote at the beginning is the truth." Liu Han said.

Li Gongfu said: "What I said in front of the king today is also the truth. ”

Hearing this, Liu Han laughed again and said, "In this way, you and I have the same disease, why don't you have a little wine and drink two glasses?" ”

And there's still wine here? When Li Gongfu heard this, he was just about to answer, but at this time, Liu Han said again: "Shhh Listen, someone's coming. ”

Li Gongfu listened carefully, and sure enough, a voice came from outside the cell: "Lord Cao, can you be accommodating." ”

At the door of the prison, it was none other than Qingyang and Li Gongfu's wife, together with their niece Xiaoqing.

Hearing that Li Gongfu was put on death row, how could his wife not be worried, but not everyone could come to Wangcheng Prison, and if there was no Qingyang, they would not be able to come here.

Therefore, Li Gongfu's wife had no choice but to find Xiaoqing and let her pull Qingyang to come here with her, and at this time, she was also negotiating with the jailer Cao Xiong.