"Your Majesty, the minister knows that he is wrong, and asks His Majesty to give the minister a heavier punishment...", Yan Song knelt under the palace, crying and admitting his mistake for a long time, his legs were a little numb, and his voice was a little hoarse. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

"Okay, get up, don't always kneel...", Zhu Houxi frowned, and finally spoke, in fact, looking at Yan Song, an old man with a white beard, kneeling there and crying, he was a little unbearable.

After all, this courtier, he liked him so much, trusted him so much, and he also knew his own mind so well, knew how to please himself, and made himself happy, to a certain extent, this old man was really good to himself in his heart.

"The minister doesn't dare to get up...", although Yan Song said so, but when he heard Zhu Houxi finally say soft words, he still felt a burst of joy in his heart, "The minister made too big a mistake, Your Majesty can still forgive the minister, the minister is really... Shame on Your Majesty! ”

said that Yan Song has also felt Zhu Houxi's alienation and indifference to him these days, and even since Xia Yan returned to the court, Zhu Houxi has never summoned him alone.

Yan Song was very frightened, this appearance was even more terrible than the result of removing the first assistant of his cabinet, in the long run, would he still have a place in the cabinet?

So Yan Song came to the palace every day to wait, but he never saw Zhu Houxi's face, and today he was finally summoned, and Yan Song vented all the emotions he had accumulated over the past few days.

"Okay, since you're ashamed of me, why do you want to come to see me?" Although Zhu Houxi said this, it was not a harsh question, "As long as you know that you are wrong, you can correct it in the future." That's good. ”

"Your Majesty's kindness, it is difficult to repay the minister's kindness!". Yan Song banged his head again, "The minister is really confused for a while." After doing such a pickled thing, the minister should die..."

"Since I have punished you, you don't have to do such a form here anymore...", obviously, being "cried for a long time" by Yan Song, Zhu Houxi was also a little annoyed in his heart, "Are you ready for the 60,000 taels of silver I ordered you to pay?" ”

"The minister has already handed over to the household department and the military department...", Yan Song hurriedly said. Moreover, the minister gave 20,000 taels of silver to His Majesty's private treasury. ”

"However, it seems... You're really rich...", Zhu Houxi said with a sneer.

"Your Majesty forgives your sins, these are ill-gotten gains, how dare you keep them for personal use now?" , Yan Song raised his head and wiped his tears, "The minister has sold his house, I just hope that the emperor can forgive the minister for the crime he committed before..."

"I just said that. It's good to have this heart to admit mistakes...", of course, Zhu Houxi didn't believe that Yan Song would pay more money. sold his mansion, but he would never have thought about how much money Yan Song had embezzled during this time.

"Only in the middle. Isn't there a little annoyance in my heart when I was punished this time? ”

"Don't dare!". Yan Song's face was solemn, "Your Majesty has been so lenient to your ministers. No matter how angry the minister is in his heart, he really doesn't know what to do, and the minister now only has endless admiration for His Majesty in his heart. ”

"I don't mean this...", Zhu Houxi smiled slightly, "I mean that you were presented by Peng Yue to prove this, are you very uncomfortable?" He's your son-in-law, after all..."

"Minister... Minister...", Yan Song whimpered twice, and was speechless all of a sudden, "The minister is wronged, and the minister didn't expect Peng Yue to do such a thing!" After Yan Song finished speaking, he cried again.

Of course, Yan Song's crying this time was not completely coy, because when he thought of being plotted by Peng Yue this time, and letting Zhu Houxi make it so clear, Yan Song must have felt that his face was not good-looking, and he was also angry and aggrieved in his heart.

"Okay, don't cry anymore...", Zhu Houxi pursed the corners of his lips and held back a smile, in fact, a group of powerful ministers in front of him are fighting openly and secretly, fighting to the death, as an emperor, sometimes I am really happy.

At the beginning, he married Peng Yue and Yan Song's daughter, just to use the power of the two families to suppress Xia Yan, but at that time, there was also a worry that the Peng family would merge with the Yan family and lead to a great increase in power, but now it seems that there is a rift within them, how can Zhu Houxi not have a trace of happiness, it seems that things are developing in the direction he expects...

"Your Majesty, the minister is aggrieved in his heart, but there are some things he has to say...", Yan Song stopped crying, raised his head, and said slowly, "The minister married his only daughter to Peng Yue, but he couldn't change his heart, but I regretted my relationship with his son-in-law, but he wanted to help Xia Yan in turn, and the minister was really ashamed..."

Originally, Yan Song wanted to say something, Peng Yue seemed to be loyal, but he had a lot of plans, he was ambitious, and he couldn't ignore it, but then he felt that it was a little inappropriate to say these words, because in this way, he seemed to have a small belly and a heart of revenge.

Moreover, when he said this, he also seemed pitiful, which could arouse Zhu Houxi's sympathy. The most important thing is that he has now come up with a more insidious method: he must tie Xia Yan and Peng Yue together, so that Zhu Houxi can be jealous of them, and he can retaliate.

"Hehe... Weizhong, don't be sad about this matter anymore...", Zhu Houxi heard Yan Song say this, and he wanted to laugh a little in his heart, but he still held back on the surface, "If you want to say that you made a mistake, Zirui said and I listened, it can't be considered wrong, right?" I think he has a clear distinction between public and private, but he can be reused. ”

"What Your Majesty said is, it's just that the minister is not happy in his heart...", Yan Song glanced at Zhu Houxi, and sighed faintly, "Since Xia Ge Lao returned to the court, Peng Yue is determined to stand with Xia Ge Lao, not only does he not even visit my mansion, but he runs to Xia Ge Lao from time to time, should the minister say that he is ungrateful?" ”

Zhu Houxi couldn't help frowning when he heard Yan Song's words, but he still had to be calm in his words, "But in China, the public is the public, and the private is private, don't take the matter so seriously." ”

"Your Majesty, if they just embarrass the ministers, then that's fine, but...", Yan Song smiled bitterly and shook his head, "But the ministers are afraid that they will be like Zhang Fujing, causing the disaster of the party struggle back then..."

When Zhu Houxi heard this, he couldn't help but feel shocked, in fact, he frowned just now, which was also the reason. To be honest, he is also worried that Xia Yan and Peng Yue are too close now.

In fact, what Yan Song can think of, Zhu Houxi can also think of. Now although Yan Song and Peng Yue are nominally in-laws, the actual relationship is not as good as that of ordinary people, and this kind of hatred from his own life is even stronger, so Peng Yue must attach himself tightly to Xia Yan's warship, but these two people are very powerful, and they will never be allowed to get so close, and Zhu Houxi also secretly has a plan in his heart... (To be continued.) )