Chapter 346: Entering the Palace
Now it is the beginning of the hour, the palace gate is about to be keyed, but the cabinet is still brightly lit, and several cabinet elders are still dealing with official business, but they are a little absent-minded. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
"Yuanfu, recently, the attention of the government and the opposition to the attack on His Highness's Cining Palace has increased a lot!"
Wang Xijue couldn't settle down to deal with government affairs with peace of mind, so he simply put down his official business and chatted with Shen Li.
"It turns out that Brother Zhonghua also feels it, indeed, now rumors are spreading in the DPRK, and the spearhead is aimed at Zheng Guotai and the noble concubine Niangniang, and the cabinet has indeed received a lot of notes recently, asking Your Majesty to severely punish Zheng Guotai, but more than that, please ask Your Majesty to announce the facts of the case!"
After a pause, Wang Xijue continued.
"But the old man has a few more different notes here in the past two days, Brother Zhonghua is interested in taking a look?"
"Oh? can make Motosuke interested in the play, that makes the old man a little curious! ā
Wang Xijue flipped through the notes in his hand, and then took out a few copies of the notes and handed them to Shen Li.
Shen Li's stay in the cabinet has not been short, and the work of watching the recitals is naturally practiced, and the content of these recitals is very similar, so Shen Lili quickly browsed it, but after reading it, his face was slightly strange.
"The eldest son of the emperor is proposing marriage?"
"Not bad!"
Wang Xijue nodded, his expression slightly complicated.
"Speaking of which, this matter was initiated by the old man, in order to test His Majesty's firm heart for the country, but later gave way to the military department's examination, but it became a showmanship, and then there was a case of the attack on His Royal Highness's Cining Palace, and the court had no time to take care of this matter, but I didn't expect that at this moment, there would be people who would think of this matter......"
However, Shen Li shook his head, a little unoptimistic.
"The matter of marriage is a serious matter, but when it comes to this one, it is inevitable that I am a little ignorant of current affairs!"
"What do you mean by Brother Zhonghua?"
Hearing Shen Li's comment, Wang Xijue raised his eyebrows and asked.
"Yuansuke, this is the old man who is taking the school exam?"
Shen Li laughed, he didn't think that Wang Xijue couldn't see the weaknesses of these notes.
"As Yuan Fu said, when we proposed the marriage of the eldest son of the emperor, I didn't think that I could succeed, but I just wanted to test His Majesty's firmness in the heart of the country, so that I could make plans again. Inevitably, it is the result of staying in the middle and not sending it! ā
"Take a step back, the eldest son of the emperor is now fifteen years old, although he has been crowned, but he has not yet reached the crown, and the marriage is really a few points early, not to mention that we are waiting for His Royal Highness to ask for marriage, because according to the original agreement, His Majesty must make His Royal Highness the crown prince after His Royal Highness's wedding, but now the evidence of the attack on His Royal Highness Cining Palace points directly to the noble concubine Niangniang, if this case can become an iron case, the noble concubine Niangniang will inevitably lose power, and then the eldest son of the emperor will be in the East Palace There will be no obstacles, but there is no need to get married first!"
Putting aside the notes in his hand, Shen Li shook his head and made an evaluation of these notes.
"Dare to speak up, but pick the wrong time......"
If there are any merits in these notes, I am afraid that the reasons they have listed are very sufficient, but that's all.
Wang Xijue smiled mysteriously and twisted his gray beard.
"But the old man doesn't think so......"
"Oh? Is there anything strange about this? ā
Shen Li was confused, picked it up again, and looked at it but still didn't find anything wrong with it.
At this time, Wang Xijue spoke.
"Brother Zhonghua, please look at the payment of these songs, what are the similarities?"
"Payment?"
Shen Li opened the music and read it one by one, and there were words in his mouth.
"The right Du Yu Shi Mei Guozhen, the director of the Ministry of Industry Fang Maoxue, the Ministry of Rites waiter Guo Zhengyu, the bachelor Fang Congzhe ......"
Shen Li's brows furrowed, and after a while, he raised his head, his face was slightly shocked, and he said with some uncertainty.
"These people...... If the old man remembers correctly, they are all Jinshi in the eleventh year of Wanli! ā
"Not bad!"
Wang Xijue nodded with emotion and said.
"I have heard that Li Tingji and Ye Xianggao have a wide range of friends, and they are also very popular among their peers in the same year, but they never thought that they would play a role here!"
"What does Yuanfu mean is that behind these people, there is the shadow of His Royal Highness King Shou?"
"It's not entirely certain, but it's a possibility!"
Wang Xijue didn't say anything to death, but at the point where he was like this, how could he say uncertain words at will?
Shen Li was still frowning, a little puzzled.
He and Zhu Changluo don't have a deep relationship, but he also knows that this son is extraordinary, why would he do such a thing at such a juncture?
was about to ask, but he heard a scholar from the middle school outside come in to offer his respects.
"Pavilion Elder, His Royal Highness King Shou has arrived!"
Wang Xijue and Shen Li immediately got up and walked out of the cabinet, but saw that from the opposite room, Zhu Geng and Shen Cheng also came out at the same time, and the four pavilion elders glanced at each other, and then walked forward at the same time.
"I've seen all the gentlemen!"
Zhu Changluo walked in front, arched his hand with a smile and bowed to the elders of the four major pavilions.
"Your Highness doesn't have to be polite, what is the case?"
The four major ministers, led by Wang Xijue, waved their hands and asked with a little eagerness.
As soon as he asked this, Zhen Zhenji's face turned dark, but Zhu Changluo smiled calmly and said.
"There was some accident, Liu Cheng died!"
"What?!"
Shen Li suddenly exclaimed, the people present were all familiar with the case, and naturally knew the importance of Liu Cheng in this case, and it would not be an exaggeration to say that it was the only clue now, and now he is dead......
"The clues of this case are all broken!"
Zhao Huan sighed and said helplessly.
After a pause, he pulled out a testimony from his sleeve.
"This is the testimony of today's trial, as well as the blood letter left by Liu Cheng before his death, please take a look at it!"
Wang Xijue was also not polite, immediately took the testimony, looked at it carefully, and after a while, he closed the testimony with a complicated face.
"Zhao Shangshu, how credible do you think this testimony is?"
Zhao Huan smiled bitterly, shook his head helplessly, and said.
"Yuan Fu Mingjian, we are also suspicious of this testimony, Zhang Zhangyin and Dong Siqing feel that people are dying and their words are good, and what is said in this blood book will not be false, but Zhen Zongxian feels that Liu Cheng's death is strange, and this testimony is not credible, and in the end, His Royal Highness gave a way, which can be regarded as a reluctant solution!"
"Oh? What's the idea? ā
Wang Xijue frowned and asked.
"Yuan Fu Rongyu, this case has been tried here, and it is already unsustainable, so after discussing with all the lords, this king decided to only try and not judge, and put this case to the court, and ask the public to get a public opinion!"
Zhu Changluo smiled and said.
"As it should be!"
Zhang Cheng just wanted to speak, but Wang Xijue nodded and said, and immediately held back Zhang Cheng's words to his mouth.
Zhu Changluo glanced in Zhang Cheng's direction, but continued.
"In that case, without further ado, Yuanfu, gentlemen, let's go to the palace now, presumably my father should not be at rest now!"
"Yuanfu, now that the palace gate has been keyed, why don't you still ...... tomorrow?"
This time, Zhang Cheng was the first to speak, and there was a little more irritability in his expression, which suddenly made Zhen Zhenji a little puzzled, now that so many of them have gathered, why does this Zhang Cheng still have to block it repeatedly?
Under the doubts in his heart, Zhen Zhenji opened his mouth.
"Yuanfu, Your Majesty has already made a will to report the case at any time, and now that such a big change has happened in this case, let's enter the palace immediately!"
Wang Xijue hesitated for a moment, but finally nodded.
"In that case, let's go into the palace with the old man!"
As soon as this sentence came out, Zhang Cheng's face suddenly became very ugly, and the corners of Zhu Changluo's mouth set off an imperceptible smile......
Tonight is not destined to be a peaceful night!