Chapter 102: The Dust Settles
At the court meeting the next day, Su Wen stood up and said loudly: "Your Majesty, the old minister Su Wen has a performance!" ”
There was a little commotion among the ministers in the procession, because Su Wen was a respected Confucian, and he was old, and as a sacrificial wine, he rarely participated in court meetings unless he was ordered to summon them. Some ministers saw Su Wen stand up, only to find that Su Wen was also there.
"What?" Zhao Ding asked in a sullen voice.
"The old minister wants to impeach Concubine Yuhua and Wang Zhan, the prefect of Qingzhou!" Su Wen said loudly, "Concubine Yuhua and Wang Zhan are personally angry, and openly send murderers to assassinate Xu Xian, the son of the country's eunuch. ”
When Zhao Ding heard this, he was shocked and angry, Concubine Yuhua was his favorite concubine, and Wang Zhan was also his recently reused relative, this old immortal who should have been in the Guozi Prison dared to jump out and impeach him.
"Your Majesty, the minister is in the prefect's house." He Gang immediately stood up and said loudly, "The minister also wants to impeach Concubine Yuhua and Wang Zhan, the prefect of Gyeongju!" ”
Zhao Ding was furious, his face turned a little red, and he pointed at He Gang and said, "You ......"
"The minister seconded the proposal!" Liao Jin stood up and said loudly.
"The minister seconded the proposal!"
……
A group of ministers stepped forward one after another and said loudly.
Zhao Ding stuffed his chest, for the sake of a small scholar, he actually stood up for such a minister, obviously to deal with him.
"Peng Ze, Su Wenhe just impeached, but it's a fact?" Zhao Dingqiang held back his anger and asked Yin Pengze of Bianjing Mansion.
The responsibilities of Yin in Bianjing Mansion are similar to those of the prefect, of course, the rank is much higher than that of the ordinary prefect, after all, it is an important place in Beijing.
Peng Ze stood up and said stubbornly: "Yesterday there was indeed an incident where the son of the country was stabbed, but the specific matter has not had time to be ascertained and verified. ”
Fu Yin has always been the emperor's confidant, and Peng Ze is no exception, although the matter is already very clear, but in order to give Zhao Ding time to react, he stubbornly said that the matter was not clarified.
"Peng Ze, those four murderers have already been recruited, isn't it clear?!" Su Wen immediately reprimanded, "Xu Xian is an innocent scholar, his hometown is far away in Qiantang County, Lin'an City, and he has only been in Bianjing for more than four months, and he usually studies hard in Guozi Prison, except for the Wang family to vent his anger and retaliate against him, who else dares to commit murder and assassination in the capital?!" ”
Although Peng Zepin's rank is higher than Su Wen, Su Wen is a respected Confucian with old qualifications, so he was scolded by Su Wen but did not dare to scold him directly, so he could only defend in a weak tone: "That's just a one-sided statement of a murderer, and you can't easily wronged Concubine Yuhua and the prefect of Qingzhou." ”
Zhao Ding probably heard it, and said: "Su Qing, He Qing, the case has not yet been clarified, you are in such a hurry to impeach Concubine Yuhua and the prefect of Qingzhou, it is unstable." ”
"The old minister implores His Majesty to order a tripartite joint review by the Criminal Department, Dali Temple and Bianjing Mansion!" Su Wen immediately said to Zhao Ding.
He Gang immediately followed up and said: "The minister seconded the proposal!" ”
"The minister seconded the proposal!" Liao Jin and other ministers said in unison.
Zhao Ding frowned and said: "It's just a scholar, why do you need to work to mobilize the people?" Peng Ze is enough to preside over alone. ”
Peng Ze is his confidant, but the Criminal Department and Dali Temple are not so obedient.
"Your Majesty, is it a trivial matter about the reputation of Concubine Yuhua and Wang Zhan, the prefect of Qingzhou?" At this time, Prime Minister Li Gang, who had not spoken, stood up and said in a solemn voice, "The minister seconded the proposal." ”
Zhao Ding suddenly felt as uncomfortable as eating a fly, and his eyes swept to the ministers who were close to him, but those ministers all looked like they were watching their noses and noses, and they probably understood in their hearts that at least Wang Zhan, the prefect of Qingzhou, could not be saved.
"Quasi-play." Zhao Ding said weakly.
Su Wen, He Gang and others saluted in unison to thank them.
……
In Guozi Prison, Xu Xian's bloody clothes had been changed, and the wound had been tied with gold sore medicine, and Bai Suzhen was waiting by the bedside to feed Xu Xian porridge.
"You, no matter what happens to you in the future, you are not allowed to harm yourself again." Bai Suzhen scolded softly in distress.
Xu Xian smiled: "Just this once." There is a huge disparity in strength, and it has to be so. ”
Bai Suzhen said faintly: "Actually, I have a lot of ability, if you encounter difficulties in the future, you must tell me." ”
"Hmm." Xu Xian nodded.
Of course, he knew that Bai Suzhen had great ability, and he dared to take such a risk if he used the bitter meat trick this time with Bai Suzhen as the backing. He never underestimated the sinister nature of the world, in case Su Wen didn't stand up for him, he would be wronged and might be killed during the interrogation. With Bai Suzhen here, if he encounters the worst outcome, Bai Suzhen can rescue him and fly away.
Fortunately, everything he could control went smoothly in the direction he wanted.
A month later, the case was found out that Wang Zhan was demoted to Yongzhou, and Concubine Yuhua was ordered to think about it behind closed doors for three months.
Xu Xian finally breathed a sigh of relief, this result was already good for him. He is just a gentleman, but he was injured, even if he borrowed the momentum, it was impossible to really bring down the Wang family and Concubine Yuhua.
Zhao Ding was furious in the palace, threw the golden cup, and called Concubine Yuhua to reprimand: "Yuhua, you are too ignorant!" I finally got the upper hand, and you ruined me for being an idiot! ”
Although he didn't know about this matter in advance, it fell into the public opinion of the scholars and the people, and it became that he connived at the harem concubines and relatives to do evil, and then attacked his majesty and sage.
"The concubine is wronged!" Wang Yuxiu knelt on the ground and cried, "The concubine had already told them again and again, but I really didn't expect that Wang Yu's family would dare to bypass the concubine and the concubine's eldest brother and send someone to assassinate Xu Xian privately. ”
"Humph!" Zhao Ding snorted coldly in disgust, he didn't believe it at all, and waved his hand impatiently, "Go back and reflect on it for three months!" ”
Wang Yuxiu's face suddenly turned as white as paper, not that she was punished for three months of introspection, but that she felt that Zhao Ding began to dislike her, and she fell out of favor.
said that after the dust settled, Xu Xian rented a courtyard near Guozijian and lived with Bai Suzhen and his wife.
During the day, Xu Xian went to Guozijian to study, and when he came back at night, Bai Suzhen was waiting, but he was more able to concentrate on studying.
Xu Xian studied hard, because there was not much time left for him, and this year Enke had already determined that the township test was in September, that is, autumn.
Bai Suzhen takes care of the housework alone, although it is tedious, but she enjoys it and likes this kind of daily and ordinary life.
"If there is another child, it will be perfect." She sometimes thinks like this, but for some reason, her stomach hasn't moved after a year of marriage, "Is it my reason?" Or maybe the opportunity hasn't come yet? ”
However, she finally went to Jinghang to see Xu Xian's old lover Tang Wanrong, the county lord of Fengle.
Unknowingly, she listened to Tang Wanrong's story, and she was kind-hearted and sympathetic to Tang Wanrong's experience.
It's just that when she arrived in front of the Jinghang Temple in the carriage, her eyebrows couldn't help frowning slightly.
Because she found that this Pure Navigation Concept was a bit extraordinary, there seemed to be a monk who had attained the Tao in it, and she was a demon after all, and she was planted with a forbidden charm.