Chapter 143: Big Things Turned Small into Small Ones
The scorching sun had fallen silent, and the earth was once again shrouded in cold moonlight. Black can cover up all colors, including all the hustle and bustle.
The Dahua Palace is brightly lit, the insects are singing in the dark bushes, and the forbidden army is patrolling back and forth with lanterns.
In the Chengtian Palace, Jing Zetian, Zhou Zhiyuan, and Luo Yifeng stood honestly side by side, Jing Kaige's fingers tapped the table rhythmically, one hand dragged his chin, and listened to the three of them report the situation with his eyes closed.
"Your Majesty, this time blame Weichen for his dereliction of duty, he didn't take a good look at the people of the Youth League, and let him have a conflict with my Dahua people, please punish Your Majesty." Zhou Zhiyuan said sincerely, bowed to the ground, and asked for punishment.
Just now, Jing Zetian and the three of them returned to the palace together, from entering the palace to facing the saint, all the way was unimpeded, and when they arrived at the Chengtian Palace, they found that the emperor was already sitting there waiting for their arrival.
The three of them all understood that the matter in Tianxianglou was estimated to be almost known to the emperor, Zhou Zhiyuan was the first to report and report the matter truthfully, but he automatically ignored some of Jing Zetian's actions very consciously, and took the initiative to take the responsibility on himself.
"Do you two have anything to say?" Jing Kaige opened his eyes, glanced at them with a sharp gaze and asked.
"Back to Your Majesty, when Weichen arrived at the scene, the scene had stabilized, and then he went back to the palace directly." Luo Yifeng hurriedly replied.
After listening to Luo Yifeng's words, Jing Kaige did not say anything, but calmly turned his gaze to Jing Zetian.
"The main responsibility for this incident lies with Erchen, who can't get used to the Qingmeng people, so he clashed with them, causing this incident, which made His Majesty embarrassed, and Erchen was willing to be punished." Jing Zetian said with his head held high, his words were scorching, although he was admitting his mistakes, his attitude had nothing to do with admitting his mistakes, but it gave people the impression that he was doing the right thing.
After listening to the words of the three of them, Jing Kaige did not speak, but continued to close his eyes, and the rhythm of his fingers tapping on the table was even faster.
In the Chengtian Hall illuminated by candles, there was only a crisp "dong dong" sound in the silence, and Huang Wencheng stood aside with his half-squinting eyes and an old pine-like body.
Jing Zetian looked upright, Luo Yifeng looked like he didn't care about himself, and Zhou Zhiyuan had an attitude of letting the punishment go, just when the four of them were thinking about their own affairs, Jing Kaige stopped tapping on the table, and there was an instant silence in the Chengtian Palace.
"Luo Yifeng, you can step aside."
Luo Yifeng was stunned, he was surprised by this order, and quickly saluted and retreated.
"Today's affairs, the secret guards have already told me roughly, from a personal emotional point of view, what you did is not wrong, but in the overall situation of the country, you are too reckless." Jing Kaige said calmly, there was no anger in his tone, just a little helplessness.
Jing Zetian and Zhou Zhiyuan heard the emperor's evaluation of this matter, and subconsciously glanced at each other, and they both understood in their hearts that the emperor did not intend to punish them severely, and breathed a sigh of relief, no one likes to be punished.
"Huang Wen inherited the will! Zhou Zhiyuan was fined for one year, cancelled the official position of the Ministry of Rites, transferred to the East Palace, and served as the chief of the East Palace. After Jing Kaige thought about it, he commanded the great eunuch.
"Whoa!"
"Weichen Command!" The two answered one after another.
Jing Zetian felt that this matter, Zhou Zhiyuan was a blessing in disguise, and the punishment was a trivial matter, the key was to be transferred to the East Palace as Changshi, although Changshi was only a seventh-grade official, and his level may not be as high as he is now, but it is indeed one of the important official positions in the East Palace, and the official is slightly powerful.
"Well, you should step back first."
"Whoa!" Zhou Zhiyuan retreated briskly, obviously he also knew that he had earned this time.
At this time, Jing Zetian was the only one left among the parties, and Jing Zetian still maintained a upright standing posture, and his instrument was lofty.
"Hmph, you kid, it's only been a few days, and you've caused trouble for me again, how do you say this matter will end?" After the minister left, Jing Kaige's face immediately changed, and he scolded angrily.
"Erchen didn't think I had done anything wrong, I almost killed the one named Merton at that time, but unfortunately he was stopped by his men." Jing Zetian retorted without changing his face.
"If you don't admit your mistakes, do you think I won't punish you?" Jing Kaige was so angry by his son's words that his voice raised a lot, and the majestic voice suppressed the surrounding insects and disappeared.
"Your Majesty is angry, the sixth prince is young and ignorant, Your Highness, hurry up and admit your mistake to Your Majesty and this matter will pass." Huang Wencheng looked at the situation and was a little nervous, he stopped being a wooden man, and immediately became a peacemaker.
"Someone insulted my Dahua people in front of me, as the son of my father, I naturally can't tolerate it, as a prince, I must have blood." Jing Zetian said neither humbly nor arrogantly.
"When you were outside Hua'an City that day and saw Uss Khan kill my Dahua people, why didn't you kill Uss Khan!" Jing Kaige asked angrily.
"Can't beat him!" Jing Zetian replied confidently.
"You !!" Jing Kaige pointed his finger at his son, speechless with anger.
"Your Majesty is angry." Huang Wencheng hurriedly stroked Jing Kaige's back with his hand to give him relief.
"Don't be angry with my father, there is one more thing, today many people attacked Merton with their bare hands, and were injured by his men, I said at that time that someone was injured and I took it, but I don't have money now, so please help me do this first, and when I have money, I will return it to my father." Jing Kaige hadn't gotten his way to the end of his life, and Jing Zetian continued to say seriously.
“。。。。。。。 Ahem, ahem! Jing Kaige coughed violently.
"Sixth prince, don't talk about it yet." Huang Wencheng saw that the more Jing Zetian spoke, the more uncomfortable the emperor became, and immediately interrupted.
"Humph! I will punish you for not being able to leave the palace for half a year, let Kong Xiang teach you well, and go back quickly." Jing Kaige really didn't want to listen to his son at this time, so he immediately drove him away.
Jing Zetian was immediately unhappy, he was busy robbing his relatives in the past two days, if he was grounded, many things would not be able to be carried out later, and he immediately said: "The father and the emperor punished the sons and daughters for grounding, and the sons and daughters received orders, but not in the near future, my imperial sister is about to marry the Qingmeng, and the sons must loosen the imperial sister." ”
"Get out of here!" Jing Kaige shouted.
When Jing Zetian heard this, he immediately retreated and ran away, although the emperor did not say it explicitly, but he did not deny it, and Jing Zetian still understood what it meant.
After Jing Zetian left, Huang Wencheng helped Jing Kaige to the recliner and brought him a bowl of hot tea to drink.
"Your Majesty, don't be angry, although the six princes are reckless, they are also innocent." Huang Wencheng resolved Jing Kaige's anger, he still admired Jing Zetian as a human being, so he subtly excused him.
"Hey, I know in my heart, it's just this juncture, and he still causes trouble for me, if you don't treat him, he will become more and more lawless, haven't you listened to the secret guard's report? He has used crossbow arrows to shoot other princes, and if Merton is killed by an arrow, the consequences are unimaginable, and it really doesn't make me worry. Jing Kaige complained.
"Hehe, the six princes are really courageous, but the slave maid thinks that the six princes should be sure."
"Okay, this is the way to do it, after Qingquan gets married, you must let people watch Zetian, I have to discipline him." Jing Kaige said viciously. "By the way, take care of those injured Dahua people."
"Whoa!"
In the end, this matter was over, and for Jing Zetian, there was no actual loss, and he was angry. , you are lonely, the young lady warms you with a movie