The emperor knew that Jing Xuan was steady and thoughtful, and he had never seen her so stubborn as today, so his heart flashed, and then he faced the ministers in the palace and said by name: "'Father Shang', Jing Gong, Mr. Liu, you are highly respected, and all the things before the concubine's mother and daughter rise up are here for the time being, and I will go back with my concubine." ”

After that, he stood up, rushed to Xing'er with a tense face and ordered: "You go to the side hall and kneel outside the door by yourself, and when the matter of the concubine is over, I will have something to ask you immediately." ”

Li Jinzhong saw that the emperor was about to get up and leave, and he was in a hurry, so he stood up, blocked in front of the emperor, and said angrily: "The emperor has not yet approved the matter requested by the old minister, could it be that the matter that the concubine wants to play is more important than the life of the old minister?" ”

The emperor really didn't want Li Jinzhong to instruct Lu Guangting to sit back and forth in the south again, which made the entire Chang'an City restless, but the situation in front of him was inconvenient to refuse directly, so he casually prevaricated: "The assassination of 'Shang's father' is really the top priority in the court, and when the emperor's 100-day ritual is over, I will hold a small court meeting in this Xingqing Hall to meet this matter." Before the arrival of 'Father Shang', I received an urgent report from Gangneung, and the matter of finding the whereabouts of King Mu also needed to be discussed. Where is Wu Bi? ”

Wu Bi, who was standing in front of the pillar of the temple with a sword in his armor, intervened and agreed.

"You lead three hundred forbidden troops to guard the palace gates in the south, and from this time on, until the scattered dynasty, no one is allowed to enter and leave the south." The emperor barely squeezed out a smile on his face, and turned to reassure Li Jinzhong and said, "Father Shang, suppress the shock first, and I will return to ...... when I go."

As soon as Li Jinzhong heard that there was an urgent report from Jiangling, he immediately stared at him and asked loudly: "What, ...... King Mu?"

"The sergeants under the command of Jingnan Jiedu found a jade pendant worn by Qi'er in the Jiangling Palace, 'Father Shang' don't think too much."

Li Jinzhong turned his face and stared at Liu Yi fiercely, and said angrily: "Zeng Qing has the responsibility of protecting King Mu, but he abandoned King Mu at the critical moment and returned to Beijing alone, and his sin is difficult to atone; Today, the old minister was assassinated outside Xingqing Gate, and as Jing Zhaoyin, who is responsible for maintaining law and order in Chang'an, he is even more responsible. The old minister once again asked His Majesty to immediately pass on the decree to take Zeng Qingze down and hand it over to Si Yilu for questioning. ”

Suddenly, he brought up the old words again, pointing the finger at Zeng Qingze, which caught the emperor and the ministers in the palace off guard. Everyone, you look at me, I look at you, look at each other, and everyone secretly sweats for Zeng Qingze.

In fact, since Li Jinzhong proposed to ask Zeng Qingze for the blame in Yanying Hall a few days ago, although Liu Yi failed to succeed in protecting him with all his might, he also invisibly planted a nail in the emperor's heart. The life and death of King Mu Li Qi is still unknown, and the emperor can't help but be secretly angry, and even thinks that Zeng Qingze, as the only entourage and escort of King Mu, should not leave King Mu when King Mu was detained in Jiangling City, resulting in a situation that now makes him extremely worried.

Zeng Qingze himself was standing in the ranks of the ministers of the Xingqing Palace, and suddenly heard Li Jinzhong attacking him, and he didn't have time to think about it, so he stepped out of the class, knelt down and kowtowed to the emperor: "If you want to add to the crime, there is no excuse!" When the minister returned to Beijing from Jiangling alone, he had already made it clear that the minister had no choice but to obey the strict orders of His Royal Highness King Mu, leave His Highness, and return to Beijing alone to report to His Majesty for help. Zhongshu Ling is not unaware of this, but now he still blames the ministers for today's assassination and the events before the tenth month, and the ministers are indisputable, only hoping that His Majesty will allow the ministers to temporarily resign from Jingyin, and the ministers are willing to leave Beijing immediately to find the whereabouts of His Royal Highness King Mu with their own strength, if His Royal Highness encounters an accident, Qing is willing to give up his life to go to Jiuquan with His Royal Highness. ”

"You're leaving, I'm afraid it's too late."

Li Jinzhong just wanted to seize the military power in Zeng Qingze's hands under the pretext, and he did not immediately plan to kill Zeng Qingze, after all, Zeng Qing was the most powerful disciple of Liu Yi, and killing him was tantamount to openly enmity with Liu Yi. With the current situation, there is absolutely no need for Li Jinzhong to form such a strong enemy in the DPRK and the army.

However, Zeng Qingze's unflinching tough attitude made him very angry, and the blow that stood out like a calcium carbide spark outside the door of Xingqing completely broke the myth that he had openly declared to the government and the opposition that the remnants of the Zhang family were wiped out by him in one fell swoop, and also strongly stimulated Li Jinzhong's brain and made him feel palpitations.

All kinds of factors intertwined to make Li Jinzhong finally make a very impulsive decision.

He smiled and said to Zeng Qingze: "Today is the 100th day of the first emperor, since you keep saying that the old man blames you for the disappearance of His Royal Highness King Mu and the assassination incident outside Xingqing Gate today, it is an unfounded crime, so as a skilled warrior, does Lord Zeng dare to dissect his heart and prove his innocence here in front of the emperor, Niangniang and all the ministers?" ”

Although Zeng Qing was born with a woman-like weak appearance, in fact, he had a strong temperament, and he would rather bend than bend, not inferior to Lin Shu in the slightest, where could he stand Li Jinzhong's vicious words. He straightened his waist on the spot, knelt up straight, hugged his fist at Wu Bi, who had not yet walked out of the Xingqing Palace, and said angrily: "Please borrow the general's saber and use it." ”

The emperor never thought that Li Jinzhong and Zeng Qingze would have a verbal confrontation, and in a moment it would intensify into a situation where blood was about to be splashed on the spot, and when he didn't know what to do, Liu Yi had already stepped forward to stop between Zeng Qingze and Wu Bi, and shouted at Zeng Qingze and asked: "Son of the unscrupulous, the emperor entrusted you with the important task of security in Gyeonggi, will you repay Jun'en like this?" ”

Zeng Qing saw that the teacher came forward to speak, although he was still angry with his neck, he didn't dare to stubbornly cut himself on the spot.

Liu Yi stopped Zeng Qingze with his words, and then bowed to the emperor and Jing Xuan: "Please ask the emperor and Niangniang to move to the side hall to discuss the matter, and leave it to the ministers to deal with it." Then he turned to Li Jinzhong and said: "Niangniang has something important to show the emperor, and the Zhongshu Order won't stop the emperor like this, right?" ”

Wu Bi also shouted indignantly on the side: "I pestered the emperor for no reason, and I don't look like a courtier!" ”

Seeing that in such a situation, if Li Jinzhong wants to forcibly stop the emperor, it will inevitably arouse the unanimous dissatisfaction of everyone with him, and maybe it will also lead to the impeachment of the imperial historians. Thinking like this, he couldn't help but turn to the side, dodging and getting out of the way.

The emperor and Jing Xuan were in front, Jinping , Wang Bao'er and Lai Xing'er followed closely behind, and the group went out of the Xingqing Hall and turned to the side hall on the left.

As soon as the emperor and Jing Xuan entered the side hall, Wang Bao'er, who was closely behind the two, stepped into the threshold of the side hall with one foot, suddenly turned around and pointed to a piece of land facing the gate of the side hall, and commanded Lai Xing'er condescendingly: "You can kneel there for the time being." Without me, you are not allowed to move the place without permission. (To be continued.) )