Chapter 11: Fear
Two days later, a message came from the palace, His Majesty asked Lord Su to see him, Lord Su had long expected that there would be today, but when he heard the news, his face was still like ashes, he sat on the ground, and couldn't get up for a long time.
In the end, with the support of a group of domestic servants, he got into the carriage and headed towards the palace.
The carriage slowly stopped, and Master Su walked to the gate of the palace tremblingly, as if he was thirty or forty years old, he thought that the ordinary eunuchs who came to pick her up would be the emperor's side, but he never expected that it was Xiao Huai'an.
Frightened, he almost collapsed on the ground, trembling forward, his face was like ashes, and said, "Lord Xiao, this is?" ”
Xiao Huai'an is a big celebrity in front of the emperor, and it is natural for him to be called an adult by outsiders.
"Naturally, I came to pick up Lord Su to see the emperor."
Frightened, his legs weakened, and Xiao Huai'an stepped forward to support him, how much he hoped that Xiao Huai'an was not here to pick him up.
Hearing him tremble and ask, "Lord Xiao, do you know why His Majesty summoned me?" ”
Xiao Huai'an said: "Didn't Lord Su hear a word about the recent storm in the city? I heard that this rumor is still spreading from the adult's house. ”
Xiao Huai'an felt that the force on his arm suddenly increased, only to find that the legs of Master Su who was pulling were trembling violently, and he could no longer stand.
Master Su said: "Then, Lord Xiao...... I know how His Majesty wants to ...... Punish the old ministers? ”
The corners of Xiao Huai'an's mouth rose, "When Master Su goes, you will know that Your Majesty's mind is not something that those of us who are courtiers can guess at will." ”
Supported by Xiao Huai'an, he walked to the door of the Heart Cultivation Hall tremblingly, Xiao Huai'an stood beside the door and said, "Master Su, go in quickly, Your Majesty has been waiting for a long time, don't let Your Majesty wait." ”
"Yes, yes, yes."
Master Su said yes again and again, and stepped into the Heart Nourishing Hall in a panic, and when he saw the emperor sitting on the couch, he instantly knelt on the ground, and threw himself to the ground, "The old minister is panicked!" ”
The emperor was reviewing the folds, glanced at Master Su, who was almost entirely embedded in the ground, and then withdrew his gaze and ignored it.
Lord Su's face was dripping with cold sweat, the emperor didn't speak, how dare he look up!
After waiting for a long time, the emperor slammed the pen in his hand on the table, and said sharply: "You are really bold!" ”
Master Su's body kept trembling, and his whole body was like falling into an ice cave in an instant, "The old minister doesn't dare." ”
"Don't dare?" The emperor raised his eyebrows, "The city is full of wind and rain, they are all accusing you, you really think I can't hear it!" ”
He took out a few pieces from the table, fell to the ground, and said angrily: "These are all the pieces that impeached you in the past few days, if it weren't for my many years of loyalty, no merit and hard work, otherwise I would have taken off the black gauze hat on your head a long time ago!" ”
Lord Su lay even lower, and the whole person almost had to merge with the ground, "The old minister is sincerely afraid, please give your majesty a sin!" ”
"Sin-giving?" The emperor glanced at him, his hands resting on the table, his fingers tapping on the tabletop, "I don't dare, people are terrible, you even dare to criticize the marriage I gave you in private, the city is full of storms, if I give you a sin, you still can't make trouble The whole Daze knows how I have wronged you, a loyal minister?" ”
"The whole Daze people are panicking, coming to accuse me and attracting neighboring countries to attack, Su Qing, you are going to commit treason."
The tone was calm, without the slightest wave, and he looked at him quietly.
Master Su was so frightened that his face turned pale for a long time, lying on the ground, blending with the dust, the more he listened to the emperor, the more outrageous it became, and the cold sweat behind his back had already wet his clothes.
There was a yin wind on his back, and he consciously shivered, and said tremblingly: "The old minister doesn't dare, even if he gives the old minister a hundred guts, the old minister doesn't dare to betray Your Majesty, betray the entire Daze!" ”
"So, I wronged you?"
A piece of music was thrown on the ground and fell in front of Master Su, "Take a good look at it yourself, this is an anonymous note to impeach you, every sentence is punishable, accusing you of treason, do you have any quibbles?" ”
Master Su trembled, picked up the letter from the ground, and unfolded it to take a look, the length was huge, sprinkled, from his own contradictions, to the heart of stealing the country, and then to the intention of treason, it can be described as a sentence of heart!
He completely collapsed on the ground, and the whole person seemed to have been drained of all his strength, and said: "The old minister is absolutely loyal to Daze, and there is no second heart, the things on this letter are purely false, someone deliberately wants to harm the old minister, Your Majesty, you want to know it!" ”
"What else do you have to say?"
The emperor glanced at it, took up the pen anew, began to review the recital, and said, "Today is all the recital to impeach you." ”
Throwing down a few more copies, Master Su didn't even dare to read them, but said, "Your Majesty, you want to know it!" If the old minister has the slightest disobedience, the old minister is willing to suffer the crime of the nine clans! ”
The emperor slowly put down the brush in his hand, let out a long sigh, and looked at him: "Su Qing, you still don't understand what I mean, don't you have anything else to say about this matter?" ”
"The old minister is guilty." Master Su said slowly: "From the beginning, the old minister was wrong, and the old minister should not criticize His Majesty, let alone disrespect Su Jiao." ”
"Wrong, big mistake!" As soon as the emperor slapped the table and got down from the couch, a eunuch immediately stepped forward to support the emperor, he slowly walked in front of Master Su, and said: "Su Qing, I do sometimes do something wrong, I don't blame it, I blame you for not knowing how to discipline and allowing your children to act arbitrarily." ”
"After the old minister goes back, he will definitely discipline Su Jiao well, and before the marriage, he will never let her step out of the door for half a step."
He is now full of anger towards Su Jiao, if it weren't for the argument with her in the ancestral hall, Mrs. Su would not have proposed to divorce, and there would be no such thing now.
Su Jiao is the source of all misfortunes, and she is a troublemaker!
At least that's what he thought.
"Su Qing, you still don't understand." The emperor closed his eyes and shook his head, and said: "Su Jiao is a good boy, he is not greedy for glory and wealth, he does not criticize people with his body, he is a really good boy, I like it very much, and the real fault is your second daughter Su Lian." ”
"Li'er?" Master Su panicked, as if he had been poked in the fatal spot, and hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, Lian'er has grown up under the watchful eye of the old minister since childhood, and has always been quiet and well-behaved, and has never caused anything. ”
The emperor interrupted his praise of Su Lian and said: "She abandoned the royal face and threatened her life like a martyr, in exchange for entering the palace jade pendant, and later entered the palace to entangle Huai'an, and everyone knew about the troublesome palace." ”
"There are even rumors that she has a relationship with Ru Lie, and Ru Lie came to humiliate Su Jiao for him, which caused Su Jiao to be humiliated and insisted on marrying Huai'an, don't be blinded, let's go, I don't want to hear such words in the future."
Lord Su hurriedly got up from the ground as if he had been pardoned, "The emperor's grace is mighty, and the old minister Xie Your Majesty." ”