Chapter 338: The Depressed Emperor
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Strictly speaking, the Qianqing Palace also belongs to the category of the harem, it is located behind the three major halls, before the Kunning Palace, in the center of the imperial city, and it is also the residence of the Son of Heaven.
In the early years, when the emperor was still diligent in government, every day after the next dynasty, he would convene the ministers in the Qianqing Palace to discuss political affairs, but this kind of scene, since the fourteenth year of Wanli, has gone forever.
In the past few years, because of the dispute over the country, the emperor has not even met with the court, let alone summoned the ministers in the Qianqing Palace.
Stepping into the gate of the Qianqing Palace again today, Zhen Zhenji couldn't help but feel a little in a trance.
"Your Majesty!"
"Son-in-law, see father!"
On the throne, the emperor was already sitting upright, dressed in a light drag suit, wearing a winged crown and looking at the ministers below, but for some reason, as soon as these ministers stepped into the hall, they suddenly felt a burst of pressure.
Before they could react, the Emperor spoke angrily.
"Hmph, you still dare to come to see me, you led the crowd to trespass into Changchun Palace and bully the concubine, is there still a father in your eyes?"
Zhen Zhenji suddenly secretly said in his heart that it was not good, but the old ministers who came with him showed doubts on their faces.
However, Zhu Changluo was not in a hurry, and arched his hand.
"I really don't know what my father said about the sons, today the sons and daughters entered the palace, they really wanted to arrest people, and the concubine Niangniang relied on the two of them as the palace servants and refused to hand over the people, and the sons and daughters had no choice but to search for them, and they really had no intention of offending the concubine Niangniang!"
"What's more, the retainers have already asked the queen to arrest people, but it is the concubine who insists on disobeying the decree, what does the retainers have to do with the retainers?"
Hearing Zhu Changluo's sophistry, Zhu Yijun's muscles suddenly burst into anger, forgetting all the scruples he had in Changchun Palace, and shouted angrily.
"Nonsense, how could anyone in the palace of the noble concubine commit a crime? I see that you are clearly holding a grudge and want to take the opportunity to take revenge on the concubine, so vicious, I will not spare you! Someone ...... coming."
"Your Majesty!"
Seeing that the emperor was so angry, Wang Xijue, the first assistant of the cabinet, suddenly couldn't sit still, stepped forward, protected Zhu Changluo behind him, and arched his hand.
"His Royal Highness King Shou's identity is extraordinary, this matter may have hidden secrets, please Your Majesty will make a conclusion after a detailed investigation, it is inevitable that the government and the opposition will rumor, criticize Your Majesty!"
Zhu Yijun glanced around for a while, and then remembered that there were still a group of ministers in this hall, and the anger in his heart subsided slightly, and he said with a sneer.
"You are thoughtful, but even if there is a decree of the queen, the person you arrested is also a palace attendant, and it should be tried by the palace, who allowed you to take them out of the palace without authorization, set up a private torture hall, and torture them without authorization?"
"Back to my father, this person is involved in a major case, and it is not appropriate for the palace to try him, so the son made a bold decision to take the prisoner out of the palace!"
Zhu Changluo gave up his hand again, but this time Zhu Yijun grabbed the handle.
"In other words, you did arrest the palace attendants outside the palace without asking for a decree? Hmph, no matter how big the case is, isn't it possible that there is no time to ask me for advice? You are clearly a communiqué for personal vendetta, and you have taken the opportunity to make trouble, so I have to teach you a good lesson today, a rebel! ”
"Your Majesty, no!"
An old voice sounded in the hall again, but this time it was not Wang Xijue, but Zhen Zhenji.
His face was gloomy, and he stepped forward and saluted.
"The old minister implores Your Majesty to think twice, Your Highness entered the palace to arrest people this time, because the chamberlain is an important witness in the case of the attack on His Highness's Cining Palace, and after the old minister and Zhao Shangshu, Dong Siqing jointly confirmed that it is not His Highness's personal vendetta, and it is really because the situation is urgent, so he has not asked His Majesty for advice!"
"Now that the criminal has been escorted to the prison of the Criminal Department by the old minister, His Royal Highness King Shou has not been tried privately, but I don't know where Your Majesty heard such distorted words of framing!"
"The case of the attack on Cining Palace?"
Zhu Yijun's expression sank, and his face was a little unsightly.
"Why didn't you report to me beforehand? Is it really that urgent? ”
"Father Emperor Rongyu, son's ministers were ordered to supervise Zhang Cha, and found that he entered the palace to attack his son's ministers, but he was instructed by someone, and someone carefully described his son's submission to him in advance, which can be confirmed to be for assassination, and his testimony mentioned that it was Pang Bao and Liu Cheng, the chamberlains of Changchun Palace, who directly instructed him......"
A secret smile appeared on the corner of Zhu Changluo's mouth, and he arched his hand and said.
"So after the son and the lords discussed, they hesitated again and again, in order to prevent someone from killing people and killing people, they went directly to the palace to arrest the criminal, if the father wanted to punish the son for this, the son had nothing to say!"
Zhu Yijun felt more and more that it was the right choice to not see Zhu Changluo before, this kid's mouth can simply bring the dead to life?
What does it mean to hesitate? What does it mean to have nothing to say?
What did he hesitate for? Could it be that he suspects that he will get in the way?
Well, Zhu Yijun admitted that if he knew about this matter, he would definitely make arrangements in advance, but when he was pointed out like this, he couldn't hang it on his face.
What's more, he wanted to punish this kid because he announced his personal vendetta, which made the Zheng family suffer great fright and grievances, why did he inexplicably turn out to be the mastermind behind the scenes?
What made him even more angry was that a group of ministers in the palace, you look at me, I look at you, they all have a deep expression of approval.
"Hmph, that's a nice thing to say, even if the situation is urgent, but I am in this palace, do you have time to ask the queen for advice, but don't you have time to ask me for advice? It's really inappropriate to make decisions without permission! ”
After a pause, Zhu Yijun said in a muffled voice, but his momentum suddenly weakened a lot.
It's Zhu Changluo's way of not being salty or light.
"Father, the emperor is wrong, the son of the minister entered the palace this morning to discuss the marriage of the queen sister with the queen, and then entered the Kunning Palace is very light, but if you meet the father, the etiquette is cumbersome, it takes a lot of work, and it is easy to startle the snake, not to mention that although the son has stepped up his actions, but he is still one step slower, when the son went to the Changchun Palace, he only caught Liu Cheng, and Pang Bao, an important witness in this case, has been strangled to death in the room! It can be seen that some people don't want him to speak......"
Zhu Yijun, who said this, was a little stunned.
Zhu Geng, who had been silent at the moment, took two steps forward and said.
"Your Majesty, just outside the Chengtian Gate, Zhen Zongxian has already shown me the testimony of the person who committed Zhang Cha, and it is indeed clearly written that he was instructed by Pang Bao, the second internal supervisor in the palace, Liu Cheng, these two people have special identities, they are both internal supervisors and concubines in the palace, so the old minister thinks that there is nothing wrong with His Royal Highness King Shou's move, if it weren't for His Royal Highness's immediate decision, I am afraid that even Liu Cheng's life may not be able to be saved!"
Although the others didn't speak, their attitudes were clearly on Zhu Changluo's side, which suddenly made Zhu Yijun depressed.
But now, he also knows that today's dumb loss is decided, so he has to say sullenly.
"In this case, I will forgive you once, but only this time, if you dare to trespass into the palace in the future, I will not spare you! Okay, you just said that you will try that person for the crime, so submit your testimony! ”