Every time she said a name, Cui's mother's face was respectful, and in the end, her head was completely lowered, full of joy that she acted wisely and did not disobey the new master. And Xu Xun and Xu Liang glanced at each other, and the father and son immediately went out together.

Because except for the eldest grandson Xu Guangzuo and Wang Shikun, all other places sent people to give gifts, so Xu Liang only ordered the front hall to be opened. The housekeepers of Shou Ning Hou and Jian Chang Hou can see that they are both arrogant, and they don't seem to be very smooth when they bow down in front of people and say good things, so they put down the congratulatory gifts for a while and retired early. Although Xu Guangzuo, the eldest prince of Dingguo, sat for a while, he had already married a wife and had children, and he naturally knew how to be sophisticated, and said some polite words to make friends, and then he also said goodbye and left. In the end, only Wang Shikun and Ruisheng came on behalf of Xiao Jing were left, and Xu Liangsuo stood up and made room to talk to the three of them.

Wang Shikun was used to being casual, he didn't treat himself as a guest at all, and when he saw that no outsiders were there, he stepped forward with a smile and pressed Ruisheng's shoulder and said with a smile: "Okay, you have only been with the celebrant for a few days, and you can come to send gifts on behalf of Gonggong Xiao?" ”

Ruisheng smiled a little shyly: "It's the master of ceremonies that everyone else is busy, so Grandpa Xiao asked me to come here." He paused for a moment, hesitated for a moment before continuing, "Early this morning, Jinyiwei sent the results of the prison to the top, and the Long Live Lord personally sent Zhu Zhu to approve it, saying yes...... The Tao is according to the others, only the Liu Shan of the Qianqing Palace set Ling Chi, there is no need to repeat it, and the execution will be carried out after three days, and it is said that all the high-level servants will go to watch the execution, and the celebrant is in chaos. ”

Ling Chi!

Although this is the most terrible punishment, for the ordinary people of the Ming Dynasty, it can be said that it is rare to see it once in a lifetime. After all, which generation of the imperial court talks about political communication and harmony, although there are many prisoners sentenced to beheading and hanging every year, but most of them are miscellaneous capital crimes, and there are few who have been approved by the repetition of the autumn execution, and if they survive until the amnesty, most of them can escape. And Ling Chi's punishment is harmful to heaven and peace, and it is not even a formal punishment in the imperial court, unless it is a rebellion or murder of a relative, it is rarely sentenced to this point.

That Liu Shan is hateful, but it doesn't seem to be enough to sentence Ling Chi, right?

Wang Shikun swallowed a mouthful of saliva with a grunt, and then said with some scalp tingling: "Ruisheng, you can't be joking, right?" Isn't this where the thieves are rebelling and rebelling? ”

"The celebrant is already in a mess, how can I be joking?" As he spoke, Ruisheng turned his head to look at Xu Xun and said seriously, "Less...... Shiziye, Gonggong Xiao asked me to bring a message, saying that the Qianqing Palace has changed a lot of promises in the past few days, and he and several other fathers-in-law of the ceremonial supervisor have asked to see him several times but have not been able to see Tianyan, and the prince's east palace is also unable to get through. Gonggong Xiao asked, did His Royal Highness the Crown Prince say anything to you before? ”

Seeing that Ruisheng changed the young master to the prince of the world, Xu Xun couldn't help but laugh, but when he heard the last sentence in a blink of an eye, he couldn't help but think of Ye Guang's late night visit a few nights ago. It seems that if you want to hide it, this prince went out of the palace to personally find out about Zheng Wang's appearance, but I am afraid that I can't hide it from these real bigwigs. It's just that he used to think that as a close minister of heaven like Ye Guang, the lord of Jinyi Weibei Town, and as a eunuch like Xiao Jing, he could always see Tianyan face to face, who knew that in the blink of an eye, people like them had to ask for themselves.

The sky is unpredictable, and this trip is even more obvious to set an example for chickens and monkeys, but I am afraid that the closer these people are to the emperor, the more they will feel clearly.

"Ruisheng, you go back to Gonggong Xiao, since Liu Shan is Ling Chi, the Qianqing Palace has been rectified, and most of the matter will end here. If others want to take this opportunity to make waves, the emperor will never allow it. After all, a case is a case, and a government is a government. As for His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, if he can catch the culprit, His Highness will be angry. ”

"......I see," Ruisheng tried his best to write down Xu Xun's every word, then raised his head and blinked his eyes and said, "Gonggong Xiao also said that if you give a reply, let me tell you." As soon as this incident comes out, the Zhongguan will inevitably have a weak voice, and there will be no one who jumps off the wall in a hurry to jump up and be unfavorable to the prince, you should be careful. ”

Wang Shikun listened to these answers beside him, and he was very smart, so he naturally tasted it quickly, and secretly smacked his tongue about this shocking case, and people like Xiao Jing, the master of ceremonies, still came to ask Xu Xun what he meant, and this young master was inevitably too good. So when Layson said this, he suddenly interjected with a smile: "Layson, even if you paraphrase Grandpa Xiao's meaning, you are too honest." What do you mean by saying that you only say if the prince gives an answer? If Xu Xun just said that he didn't know what the prince meant, do you really plan to hide it? ”

"If you don't say it, of course I want to say it." Ruisheng tilted his head and glanced at Wang Shikun, and then said seriously, "If Gonggong Xiao is afraid that the prince will not reply, he can send someone else to talk and let me come, because he is not afraid that I will say more." Lord Shizi, are you right? ”

Xu Xun also secretly sighed that Ruisheng had been in the palace for a few months, and now he had become old, but when he heard the last sentence, he saw Ruisheng looking at him as before, and he laughed unconsciously.

Ignoring Wang Shikun, who was only beating his chest and saying how he didn't have such a loyal servant, he motioned for Ruisheng to come forward and carefully inquired about the scene of Ling Chi's punishment in the celebrant prison. Knowing that Xiao Jing didn't say anything, Li Rong scolded and deserved it, Chen Kuan and Wang Yue shook their heads and sighed, but the other Bingbi and Suitang and others below were all uneasy, so he thought about it and asked again.

"Does the Cabinet have anything to say about this will?"

"When I came out, I heard that the decree was made, and it was a central decree, not a cabinet vote. Gonggong Li also said at that time that the emperor rarely directly issued an edict, and he didn't know if the courtiers would have any discussions. Father-in-law Xiao said to me privately that it was a matter of internal servants, and the courtiers were happy to watch the excitement, and no one would talk much. ”

"Well, Ruisheng, you go back and bring a word to Grandpa Xiao. If he didn't want to go to see that bloody Ling Chi, it would be better to find a way to accompany the prince to the Wenhua Hall that day to listen to the lecture, and the emperor would definitely agree to this justifiable reason. ”

As Ruisheng said, for such an unbelievable case, and the emperor personally interrogated, there was an uproar among the courtiers, but it soon gradually died down, but there were one or two imperial history books impeaching the Beizhen Fusi Detective is not good, and it is actually to let this kind of Xiaoxiao swagger in the capital. However, when the prison closure sent by the Beizhen Fu Division was sent from the inner court, the three elders of the cabinet saw Ling Chi's item, and they were all speechless for a long time, and at the end Liu Jian was the first to sigh.

"It's about the queen and the crown prince, no wonder the emperor was angry, and he actually made a decree."

"Although it's just a eunuch...... Although Xie Qian was also shocked by such a punishment, but after thinking about it, he couldn't help but feel a little pimple, "But such a case will damage the emperor's wisdom after all, do you want to give a warning?" ”

Li Dongyang shook his head: "When the emperor asked in person, he didn't care what was said about this matter, and he just wanted to get to the bottom of it." Now that the Beizhen Fusi has already asked clearly, Liu Shan, as the culprit and a person from the Qianqing Palace, is not surprised to increase the punishment. The repetition only made the emperor more and more impatient and angry, and it was not impossible for Zhu to be imprisoned at that time, and it would hurt the emperor's wisdom even more. If it weren't for the emperor's fear that the previous cabinet would not be able to vote, why would he make a central decree. ”

"Xiya has a point. It's the celebrant and the princes, the emperor is angry, even they have to go to see Ling Chi, this is really a bit ......" Liu Jian frowned, but after thinking about it, he finally shook his head. It is a matter of the lieutenant official, and it is really inappropriate for him, the first assistant, to say that he should leave some dignity for the master of ceremonies.

Regarding this topic, Liu Jian Xie Qian stopped here, although Li Dongyang did not mention it again, but he was not without scheming in his heart. In the evening, when the celebrant wrote Sun Bin to convey a few important things ordered by the emperor, he called people to the straight room as usual and asked a few more questions, but at the end he said: "After three days, it was the turn of the old man to give the prince a lecture on the "Book of Rites" in the Wenhua Palace. ”

The common people love to see the head killed, and the ordinary eunuchs like to watch the ministers of the court staff the most, without him, one to join in the fun, the second to try to see the bloody stimulation, and the third to see those magnificent officials in front of the board board, and there is a kind of perverted pleasure. However, it is definitely not a pleasure to let the chamberlain watch other chamberlains being Lingchi, especially the high-ranking and powerful celebrants. Sun Bin saw that the celebrant and the other bigwigs all had gloomy faces, and he didn't know that everyone wanted to dodge, but he was afraid of the holy will. At this time, Li Dongyang's light and clever words made him overjoyed, and he hurriedly claimed that it was.

This time he returned to the celebrant of ceremonies, he went straight through the gate of the public hall, went straight to Xiao Jing's house from the small gate of the east well, and made a report at the door, and waited for the summons from inside before he entered the house. Seeing that Ruisheng was standing behind Xiao Jing and pinching his shoulder, he couldn't help but be slightly stunned, and after saluting, he told him about going to the cabinet today, and only then did he add Li Dongyang's words at the end.

"Oh, Elder Li Ge actually said that?" Xiao Jing, who was originally closing his eyes and recuperating from his mind, suddenly opened his eyes, and when he saw Sun Bin nodding respectfully, he thought about it, and said with a smile, "No wonder the emperor often says that Mr. Li is good at planning, and this idea is brilliant." It's just that he probably wouldn't have thought that someone would actually go with him! ”

Sun Bin was taken aback when he heard this, and instinctively glanced at Ruisheng, seeing that the little guy was just ignorantly pinching Xiao Jing's shoulder, he was a little uncertain for a while, but he didn't dare to ask more, so he only smiled and said: "What the ancestor said is that among the three cabinet elders, that is, Mr. Li has always been polite to us, and has never been arrogant and lazy. ”

"To be an official, you must first be a man...... Well, since Li Ge has done a favor, it is not good for our family to eat alone. You go and invite Gonggong Li, Gonggong Chen, Gonggong Wang, Gonggong Dai, and a few of them, let's go through the details first. If you want to go together, that can't be too obvious. ”

(To be continued)