Chapter 352: How to deal with it
Needless to say, Zhang Cheng's reaction is enough to explain everything. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
Zhu Yijun's face was gloomy, staring at Zhang Cheng deadly, and after a while, he kicked Zhang Cheng away with a fierce kick and roared like thunder.
"Come on, drag the thief who set fire to this palace and intended to murder the queen to me, exile him for three thousand miles, and never set foot in the capital!"
Two guards immediately appeared from below, and stepped forward to set Zhang Cheng up.
Unexpectedly, Empress Dowager Li sneered and raised her hand.
"Wait......"
Zhu Yijun's anger subsided for a while, and he turned around and was about to speak, but saw Empress Dowager Li continue.
"Emperor don't worry, tonight's fire is inseparable from Zhang Cheng, and the firewood and grass used to burn Kunning Palace were all prepared by him, but the emperor must not forget that when the fire started, Zhang Cheng was indeed discussing in the Qianqing Palace, so who will be the person who set the fire?"
Zhu Yijun's face suddenly froze, he sat down on the throne with a sad expression, and turned his head to look at the Empress Dowager Li, with a rare hint of pleading on his face.
"The Queen Mother's ......"
Empress Dowager Li was shocked, but when she remembered the boundless sea of fire she had just seen in Cining Palace, her heart suddenly hardened again, and she ignored him and turned her head and shouted.
"Zhang Cheng, the mourning family asked you, who is your accomplice in this arson?"
"Back to ...... Back to the Queen Mother, slave maid...... There is no complicity in the slave and the maid......"
Zhang Cheng's face was like ashes, his lips squirmed for a long time, and then he said tremblingly.
Zhu Yijun on the side suddenly breathed a sigh of relief.
However, Empress Dowager Li did not stop there, but sneered and said.
"Do you think that if you don't say it, the mourning family won't be able to find out? Chen Ju, let these people raise their heads and let the emperor see what a bold servant he dared to set fire to the queen in the palace! ”
Zhu Yijun had an ominous premonition in his heart, but it was too late.
Chen Ju took a few chamberlains and forcibly lifted the heads of several palace maids kneeling underneath, and suddenly revealed several familiar faces of Zhu Yijun......
"Chunlan, Liu Liangnu, Li Fu...... You, you ......"
Zhu Yijun trembled his hands, pointed to the palace maids and attendants below, and finally his face was like black ash, and he sat on the throne, looking more sad than dead.
It made a group of ministers look at each other, not knowing what happened.
At this moment, Empress Dowager Li spoke.
"Gentlemen, don't be confused, these bold maids in front of you who set fire to Kunning Palace are the people who serve in Changchun Palace!"
"Changchun Palace? Concubine Niangniang?! ”
Wang Xijue was shocked and said in disbelief.
"Yes, these people are all from the Zheng family, if it weren't for Chen Ju rushing to put out the fire and happened to bump into them and escape, I'm afraid that the mourning family wouldn't know that there is such a bold and vicious demon concubine in this palace!"
Empress Dowager Li surged with anger between her eyebrows, slapped the table, and said through gritted teeth.
"Niangniang, the queen concubine plotted to kill the main palace, and the crime conspired against her, not to mention today's fire, which affected Kunning, Qianqing, and Jiaotai three palaces, and put Your Majesty and the queen mother in danger, such a big crime, can not be forgiven, please the queen mother severely punish the Zheng family!"
Zhen Zhenji took a step forward, knelt on the ground, and said with a solemn face.
Shen Li and Zhu Geng glanced at each other, and also stepped forward to worship.
"Please punish the Zheng family severely!"
Shoufu Wang Xijue was even more frosty, and said.
"Your Majesty, Niangniang, Zheng's move is a crime of trespassing and rebellion, involving the national body, and it is absolutely unforgivable, please let Your Majesty know it!"
As soon as Wang Xijue knelt, the rest of the ministers below also knelt down, and their attitudes had already been identified.
"Queen Mother, ...... of this Maybe there's some misunderstanding......"
After a while, Zhu Yijun came back to his senses in a trance, looking at the kneeling ministers in the hall, as well as those dazzling faces, and his mouth was dry for a while.
"Emperor! How long are you going to protect that woman? ”
Empress Dowager Li looked at her son's uncompetitive appearance, but she became more and more angry, and she didn't care that there were still many ministers in the palace, so she shouted loudly.
"For so many years, the mourning family has endured that woman again and again for the sake of royal face, at first it was King Shou who fell into the water in the palace, and then he was ambushed after leaving the palace, and now it is the fire in Kunning Palace, which injured the queen, and almost killed you. Now, the evidence is ironclad, do you still want the mourning family to accompany you to a coma? ”
After saying that, Empress Dowager Li suddenly got up and said coldly.
"Chen Ju, pass on the will of the mourning family, the concubine Zheng's bewitching and calamity to the country, the yin artifact, arson and spied on the posterior, it is really unforgivable, immediately take away the treasure seal gold book, and give Bai Aya to hang herself!"
"Mother!"
Zhu Yijun screamed, with a sad pleading, and knelt down in front of the Empress Dowager Li.
"No, mother, it's not like this, it's not like this......"
Empress Dowager Li's body trembled, but she still refused to give in with a cold face.
In the end, Wang Xijue sighed and said.
"The Queen Mother, although the Zheng family committed a big crime, but after all, she is the body of the imperial concubine, and she has a prince and a princess, not to mention that this matter is related to the royal face, if it is spread out, it will inevitably make people say that my harem is restless, and my private morality is not cultivated.
After all, the Zheng family is a concubine!
Even though ministers such as Wang Xijue thought about bringing her down day and night, they never thought about her life, in the final analysis, such a scandal broke out in the royal family, which affected the face of the entire country, and it was easy for the enemy country to make a fuss.
Let alone......
Over the years, the friendship between the Zheng family and the emperor Wang Xijue also saw in his eyes, before the death of Wan Guifei, Emperor Xianzong was still healthy, but Wan Guifei died only a few months ago, and Emperor Xianzong died depressed and disappeared.
Although this Zheng family is not as favored as Wan Guifei back then, as a minister, Wang Xijue can't take this risk, so he has to step forward to intercede.
Empress Dowager Li looked at her son's pleading appearance, and suddenly her heart softened, and Wang Xijue pleaded, so she went down the steps, waved her hand, and said weakly.
"That's it, the child can't help it, a deep palace woman in the mourning family, and she can't manage these big things, the emperor can deal with it as he wants, but the mourning family wants to say a word to the emperor, don't let down the friendship of Sister Xi who risked her life and rushed into the sea of fire to save you, how to end it, the emperor will weigh it himself!"
With that, he flicked his sleeves, got up and went to the apse.
There was silence in the Rouyi Hall for a long time, the emperor knelt on the ground in a daze, his expression was extremely complicated, and after a while, he got up with the support of the inner servants, sat on the throne, as if he was ten years old all of a sudden, looked at the ministers who were still kneeling below, and said in a dry tone.
"Chen Ju, pass the decree, the concubine Zheng's enchantment and calamity to the country, the yin artifact, the unknown person caused the Yuanzi to be attacked in the Cining Palace, it is a big crime, and the treasure seal gold book will be taken away from now on...... Break into the cold palace! You can't take a step out of the palace gate in this life! ”
Chen Ju was stunned, and then said yes.
"Obey the order!"
The ministers below also sighed, compared with the emperor's decree and Empress Dowager Li's decree, although only a few words were changed, but it avoided the most important crime of setting fire to the palace and watching the throne.
But it's okay, if this matter spreads to the outer courts, then the Zheng family will definitely be unable to escape death, sighed in his heart, and the ministers bowed to him.
"Your Majesty Shengming!"
Unexpectedly, the emperor's body shook, a mouthful of blood spurted out, and he fainted on top of the imperial case......