Chapter Eighty-Six: Resignation
Rubbing his face, Fang Zheng put on a flattering smile: "Your Majesty, are you tired?" It's very hot, iced sour plum soup, you have to, have a bowl, Weichen will help you pass it on, okay? ”
The emperor raised his head slightly, glanced at Fang Zheng, snorted as if he didn't have anything, didn't speak, and continued to review the folds.
Isn't the old man the emperor in a bad mood today? It must have been the fat man and Changping who made him unhappy. These two brothers and sisters are so worry-free, when will they be as mature and stable as the young master and me?
However, since they are friends, of course there is a sense of breaking the siege, although Fang Zheng still doesn't know what mistakes they have made, and even Changping, who has been favored for a long time, has been trained.
So Fang Zheng cautiously probed: "Your Majesty,...... In fact, His Royal Highness King Fu and Princess Changping are not very old, and occasionally make mistakes, as long as they are not too outrageous, it is harmless, the emperor has to be careful of the dragon body, don't be angry. ”
The fat man behind him and Changping sighed lightly. - What the hell happened to them? Did I say the wrong thing, young master?
Hearing this, the emperor finally put down his pen, looked at Fang Zheng with a smile and said, "You mean, you want me to forgive them?" ”
Fang Zheng nodded again and again: "Yes, yes, the emperor, less is not more important, childish words are unscrupulous, this is normal, how can young people not make mistakes, if they change, they are good comrades......"
The emperor still smiled and said: "But I don't think they are very wrong, they just helped people carry the black cauldron, what do you say?" ”
Fang Zheng said righteously: "Catch the first evil!" The first evil will be investigated! Hard! ”
The emperor finally smiled, and smiled happily: "Very good, now that this evil accomplice is gathered together, it really saves me a lot of things." ”
"Huh?" Fang Zheng opened his mouth and stammered, "What...... What do you mean? Looking back at the fat man and Changping, I saw the two of them sighing and covering their faces with their hands, as if they couldn't bear to look at it anymore.
The emperor's face changed, and he said sharply: "Fang Zheng! How daring! Do you take what I told you as a deaf ear? ”
According to the usual practice, the emperor's "dragon face" was angry, and everyone present had to kneel down in fear, and they didn't know which dynasty and which generation set the rules, anyway, it was played like this on TV. Fang Zheng subconsciously lowered his body, and was about to kneel, but he was half short and stopped,——No, the matter is not clear, why should I kneel?"
"Your Majesty, your words have always been regarded as a golden rule, how can they be the wind in their ears? …… What do you mean? Fang Zheng said with a smile.
The emperor sneered: "Still pretending to be confused with me? I ask you, Pan Shangshu's second son, was he beaten by you yesterday? ”
Fang Zheng suddenly realized that this was the case. Doesn't Pan Wu's kid look quite backbone? Why did he go back and sue his father?
"Last night, Pan Shangshu entered the palace overnight and begged to see me, saying that you Fang Zheng deceived people too much, not to mention beating his eldest son, and a few days later he actually beat his second son, Fang Zheng Na Fang Zheng, how deep does the Pan family have hatred with you? Why did you target Pan Shangshu again and again? Hum! This time, you learned to be smart, and you didn't come forward yourself, and you didn't know about it and Mi'er, do you think I won't know about it? Smart! ”
The old man who dares to love the emperor understands everything, and if he knew that I would be the wicked first...... Ahem, good man......
Fang Zheng was angry in his heart, the old guy surnamed Pan is really not a thing, what else will this guy do except complain to the emperor? The character is too bad! When I went to school in my previous life, it is estimated that most of them were pointed out by a thousand people, and they ended up without a problem.
Fang Zheng knelt down with a panicked face, and said with a cry: "Your Majesty! Minister...... Wronged! ”
"Then you say, where have I wronged you? Did you pick up Wu'er and Mi'er to beat someone? ”
"Well, it's ......" Strictly speaking, Fang Zheng is indeed behind the scenes, which he can't deny.
"Do you have a grudge against Pan Shangshu?"
"Uh, it's ......" The court was-for-tat, but in private he beat his son again and again, if it was for the country and the people, Fang Zheng himself was embarrassed to say it, it was too shameless.
"After beating someone, did you still instruct Wuzhi to extort 50,000 taels of silver from him?" The emperor is pressing forward step by step.
"Uh, yes......" Although Young Master Fang only intends to extort five thousand taels, extortion is extortion, take a gun to rob a bank, even if you don't catch anything, you still have to go to jail if you are caught.
The emperor snorted coldly: "Then what else do you have to say?" Have I wronged you? ”
Fang Zheng scratched his head, he was wronged, but he was not wronged, but why did I sound so wrong?
The fat man couldn't help but say on the side: "Father, if you talk about the cause, it was Pan Shangshu's son who led people to smash Fang Zheng's restaurant first, and I really couldn't look at it, so I intervened." I hope that my father will see clearly. ”
Changping pouted and said aggrievedly: "That's it." ”
Fang Zheng suddenly slapped his thigh, right! That kid provoked me first, what's wrong with me justifying self-defense? The old man of the emperor is really good at secretly changing concepts, so that Young Master Ben almost bowed his head and confessed his guilt just now.
"Your Majesty, that kid has nothing to do to smash my restaurant, but the minister is the victim!"
The emperor said angrily: "Are you still a victim? Now that Pan Shangshu's two sons have been beaten by you and can't get out of bed, but you are unscathed, you tell me, where did you suffer? ”
Together, I have to be beaten down by them to be considered a victim? What kind of logic is this?
Fang Zheng smiled dryly: "That's ...... Weichen's character is good, but he didn't let them succeed...... But Weichen is essentially a victim. ”
Changping said on the side: "Father, those two boys of the Pan family bullied people first, why don't you scold them?" ”
The emperor glared at her and said, "What do you know! ”
Then the emperor said to Fang Zheng: "Fang Zheng, I can't help you this time, Pan Shangshu has repeatedly asked to cry, if I don't punish you, it will be difficult to block the mouths of all the ministers......"
Fang Zheng was startled, and subconsciously covered his buttocks: "Emperor...... Your Majesty, do you want a court staff again? ”
The fat man and Changping were also nervous, this matter had nothing to do with them, although it was to help Fang Zheng breathe, but if Fang Zheng was beaten, they would be too guilty.
The emperor said indifferently: "I won't punish you with the court staff this time......"
Everyone breathed a sigh of relief when they heard this, but the emperor continued: "...... You go to the prison. ”
"What?" Everyone was shocked.
"No way!" The three of them said in unison. The joke became louder, and the faces of the three of them changed drastically in fright.
The fat man was so anxious that his fat face turned red: "Father, this matter is all done by the sons, if the father must be punished, punish the sons!" ”
Changping jumped to his feet in anger: "Father! If you send him to jail, I'll ...... I...... I'll ignore you in the future! ”
Fang Zheng looked at the emperor blankly, and didn't say a word for a long time, not knowing what he was thinking.
After a long time, Fang Zheng suddenly said calmly: "Your Majesty, Weichen...... Wechen wants to resign. ”
As soon as these words came out, the whole room was shocked, and even the emperor stared at Fang Zheng in amazement. In my impression, Fang Zheng has always been the kind of hip-hop and oily appearance, but now he is about to resign with a solemn expression, which can't help but surprise everyone.
Changping was so anxious that he was about to cry, and shouted at Fang Zheng: "Don't resign!" ”
Then he said to the emperor: "Don't let him go to prison!" ”
Both ends were silent, and Changping's tears finally came out when he saw this, and he stomped his feet hatefully, wiping his tears on the side regardless of it.
Fang Zheng smiled bitterly, saying that officialdom was sinister, he had never taken it seriously, and now it wasn't until the emperor said that he wanted him to be in prison that he suddenly realized that officialdom was not as simple as he imagined.
Leaning on the pillar in the court, dozing off, being bored and arguing with the ministers, playing clever in front of the emperor, and then flattening the sons of several ministers by the way. - Is it so easy for the court officials to do it? Don't you know how many pairs of eyes are staring behind you? None of the other ministers lived tremblingly and walking on thin ice. Why am I so easy to mix? In the final analysis, it's not because I have the emperor's favor and the princess's escort, but I am nothing!
Fang Zheng said indifferently: "Actually, the emperor, you must know that Weichen didn't plan to be an official in the first place, if it weren't for the fat man's constant lobbying, it would be impossible for Weichen to set foot in officialdom." But...... The officialdom is too different from what I thought, Weichen is still young, and the good days are still waiting for me to enjoy, I don't want to lose my head in this officialdom one day inexplicably. Therefore, please ask the emperor to allow the resignation of the minister. ”
The emperor stared at Fang Zheng for a long time, sighed, and said in a heavy tone: "Fang Zheng, you still regard the court and officialdom as too simple. Do you think that if you don't do anything, you will be gone? Do you know that even if you have no official or lord and don't ask about the world, but the people you should offend are still offended, will they let you go? Believe it or not, without the Holy Family, if you resign today, someone will fabricate charges tomorrow, put you and even your family in prison, and confiscate all your family property, but I, the emperor, will not be able to protect you in any way, because the charges they fabricated must be seamless, and they will not be able to find any flaws at all. ”
Fang Zheng was silent, he couldn't advance, he couldn't retreat, how could Lao Tzu's situation be so embarrassing? What to do?
The emperor continued: "I asked you to go to the prison to stop the mouths of the ministers, not to harm you!" You've really failed me for all your hard work......"
Fang Zheng, the fat man and Changping suddenly realized that the emperor asked him to stay in prison in order to protect him, so that Pan Shangshu and the ministers who hated Fang Zheng could not find a chance to murder him.
Changping pouted, "That...... That can't let him go to jail, it's dark and smelly inside, is it a place for people? Father, you punish him to think about it behind closed doors for a few days. ”
The fat man nodded again and again and agreed: "Yes, father, just forget it as you like, why do you have to go to jail?" If you don't ...... If you punish him for thinking about it behind closed doors, he will be fined for half a year, and he will be fined for one year......"
Changping said happily: "That's it, if my father is willing, I can punish him for as many years as he wants, anyway, his family is rich, hehe......"
Fang Zheng was not happy to hear this, this loser, don't you know that Young Master Ben is very poor now? You can be punished for as many years as you want, and you really want me to do a day job for your family?
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I wish you all a happy National Day in advance! Another notice: cough cough, I heard that there will be a military parade tomorrow morning, and this military parade buddy has been looking forward to it for ten years! So, what does this notice mean...... Tomorrow there will only be a change in the evening, and during the day I may be so excited that my blood will boil, and I can't calm down my heart code, everyone forgive me greatly, once in ten years, every Chinese should look at it.