CHAPTER XV
On this day, not long after Chen Guang got up, and before breakfast was eaten, a team had already come to wait outside the City Lord's Mansion. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
"The Divine Decree has arrived." There were more than 20 people in the team, all armed, but the leader was a eunuch, and his voice was very sharp, like metal rubbing, Chen Guang didn't like this voice at all, he felt that when he became the emperor, the first holy decree was to order that no eunuchs would be allowed from now on - all of them would be palace maids, and there would be beautiful women everywhere they went.
After Chen Guang heard this voice, he came out, and the eunuch who came to deliver the decree saw Chen Guang, and hurriedly bowed his hand, with a smile on his face; "I've seen His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."
Chen Guang didn't know this person, but it didn't matter at all, and he didn't need to know such a bottom with his identity, but despite the huge difference in status, this necessary etiquette still had to be there. He took out a handful of loose gold from his pocket, handed it to the eunuch, and said, "My father-in-law has braved the cold all the way to come here, and he has worked hard all the way. There are no good things to entertain everyone, so take these and share them with the brothers below, and have a cup of tea to warm up. ”
The eunuch shook the broken gold in his hand, and found that there was still a lot of weight, so he immediately smiled even more and was more respectful to Chen Guang. said: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is too polite. ”
After taking the holy decree, Chen Guang glanced at it and found that Chen Ang really did not punish the nine clans, and even these rebels themselves did not condemn the death penalty, but only said that the death penalty could be avoided, and the living crime could not be escaped, and all these people were assigned to the Hope Project to plant sweet potatoes and potatoes until they died.
Although it is always felt that it is already degraded to the point that it can no longer be depreciated by letting these generals go to farm, but think about it, compared to the mistakes they made, this is simply an extrajudicial favor.
Chen Guang was very happy, and thought that Xiong Naiwen and the others would be very happy as well. He put away the decree and said, "Everyone, since you have come, rest for a few days before leaving." ”
But the eunuch said; "When we set off, the emperor had already said that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince would leave for Beijing immediately."
When Chen Guang heard this, he didn't feel that it was inappropriate, and said; "Then pack up and go back."
Although you will inevitably be served comfortably wherever you live, but after all, this kind of place is definitely not as comfortable as the East Palace, and now there is not much time left before the New Year, so you have to hurry back to celebrate the New Year.
Let people arrange the rest of these people, and Chen Guang came to the courtyard where several generals were under house arrest.
"Xiong Naiwen, Huang An, Xiao Longbo, Bai Yang, Ye Pin, Deng Naibin, Tan Zheng, Liu Xuan, Shen Lihui, Chu Zhongtian."
As soon as Chen Guang entered the courtyard, he immediately attracted everyone's attention - well, in fact, there were only ten of them, and the ten people were in the courtyard and didn't know what they were doing.
"His Royal Highness the Prince, has the Holy Decree arrived?"
"His Royal Highness the Prince, what did the emperor say? Will you take us after the autumn? ”
The only thing everyone cares about is this question, Chenguang smiled: "Still ask about the autumn queen?" It's the middle of winter, so wouldn't I kill you on the spot? ”
Seeing that Chen Guang still had the heart to tell jokes, everyone's hanging hearts were put down, although they didn't know what fate would greet them later, but at least it shouldn't be as bad as imagined.
"Okay, anyway, everyone is an acquaintance, so I won't sell it, you may have a hard life next." Chenguang said as he unfolded the decree.
Xiong Naiwen Dao; "What His Royal Highness the Crown Prince said is a joke, we are all ready to be punished by the Nine Clans, is there anything more bitter than this? In fact, I have also figured it out in the past few days, even if the emperor wants me to die, I am willing, after all, I made a mistake first, and the only thing I hope is that my family can be safe and leave me incense, then I will be under Jiuquan, I am afraid that I will kowtow to the emperor three times sooner or later. ”
"Yes, it's good that we make our own mistakes and bear them ourselves, if we can let our family live, we will be very grateful to the emperor, and we are also grateful to His Royal Highness the Prince."
Chen Guang suddenly felt that these guys were quite cute, at least the men who dared to act were real men.
Sometimes it's not scary to make mistakes, it's scary to not even have the courage to admit them.
"Where have you all been? Always take me to the rhythm, you listen well, you don't have to die, let alone your family, do you think your father is the murderer? Obviously not, after all, you also made great contributions to the establishment of our country, and although you made mistakes, you also made mistakes. Father's meaning is to demote you to commoners, and then all of you will go to the capital to farm for me - haha, you may not know it, I have opened up a vegetable field in the capital, and I have planted some good things that you have never seen before. ”
"Don't you have to die? Not only don't we have to punish the Nine Clans, but we don't even have to die? That's great. What is there in farming, as long as you don't die, even if you farm the land, it is the ancestral tomb that is smoking, especially for His Royal Highness the Prince, I am very happy, our life is given by His Royal Highness the Prince. ”
"That's it, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince must have helped us ask for a lot of favors in front of the emperor, right? Thank you, Your Royal Highness the Prince, for your great kindness and kindness, and I will always remember it in my heart. ”
It was Huang An who spoke, and he knelt on the ground all of a sudden, and when the other people saw it, they also knelt down and kowtowed to Chen Guang.
Chen Guang calmly accepted their bowing before speaking; "You should thank your father for not killing him, and when you arrive in the capital, you can accept the transformation with peace of mind, if you behave well, it will still be of great benefit to you."
What this said can be understood from two aspects, the first is of course to make up for the merits, and the second is that you are farming now, help me, the prince, farm the land, and when I become the emperor in the future, you will naturally be my cronies......
Of course, the latter one is too reactionary, so I can only think about it in my heart.
"Yes, yes, I will do my best in the future. It's really unbelievable that the emperor is so kind-hearted, just letting us go farming. ”
"Yes, I thought I was dead, thinking that I could save the family, then I would be satisfied."
"Who's to say it isn't?"
If you insist on rebellion, you will inevitably be exterminated, and everyone will not see the hope of their victory, and there will be two typical cases of failure, so wait until you surrender after defeat, then it will be too late, it is better to take the initiative now, maybe there is still a glimmer of life. The current results tell everyone that this initiative is still very effective.
"Okay, okay, I don't need to say these words, everyone knows it. My father has urged me to go back to the capital, so you can go with me, and bring all your wives and children, because there may not be many opportunities for you to come back here in the future. (To be continued.) )