Chapter 233: Negligence
On the tenth day of the Empress Dowager's departure, Lord Sang, who was entrusted with a heavy task by the emperor, finally found out the person who was secretly rubbing and spreading rumors behind his back.
is a student of Prime Minister Li Cheng,
In the imperial study, the emperor's face was cloudy, the four princes of Liang, Qi, Qijun, and Anjun stood in two rows, one left and one right, Sang stood on the side, and Prime Minister Li knelt in front of the emperor, looking sad and self-reproachful.
"It's all the fault of the old minister, please punish the emperor heavily."
That being said, can the emperor really punish Prime Minister Li Cheng, who has "nothing to do with this matter"?
"Zicheng likes to talk nonsense on weekdays, and he is in his thirties, but he can't control his mouth at all, and slandering King Qi is not an exaggeration to cut him with a thousand knives!"
Prime Minister Li's student is named Ren Qing, and his character is Cheng.
King Qi seems to be smiling, if he really cuts Prime Minister Li Cheng's students with a thousand knives, not to mention Prime Minister Li Cheng, just his protégés, I am afraid that he will have to join him first in a book of tyranny and unreasonableness.
"Your Majesty! Zicheng is such a person, and he should indeed be punished heavily! However, although he has a small problem, he has a good character, and this unobstructed problem also has the responsibility of the old minister's lax discipline, and the old minister is willing to be punished! Please also ask the emperor to take care of the dragon body! After Prime Minister Li finished speaking, he looked at Fu Nanqi again, "Ren Qing offended King Qi, but with His Royal Highness's disposal, the old minister has nothing to say!" ”
The emperor's face was a little ugly.
is worthy of being an important minister of the two dynasties, and he speaks in one go, leaving no room for others.
Prime Minister Li Cheng...... Do you still take him as an emperor in your eyes?
Fu Nan couldn't be fooled by Prime Minister Li, he remembered some of the words that Bai Ying taught him, and said lightly word by word: "What did the prime minister say?" My life is cheap, and the prime minister's students will kill me, and I have no complaints. ”
“……”
Not to mention that Prime Minister Li Cheng was dumbfounded, even the emperor, King Liang, King Anjun of Qijun, including the high prince in the palace, were all shocked by Fu Nanqi's words.
Fu Yunqi opened his mouth, feeling that Prime Minister Li Cheng was really too deceitful, he wanted to reprimand Prime Minister Li, but he knew that he couldn't overstep his bounds, and he wanted to comfort Fu Nanqi, but Fu Nanqi had always been cold to him, and he didn't know how to speak for a while.
Fu Yunqi lowered his head in frustration.
As we all know, King Qi is a cold and withdrawn man who speaks little, is not good at words and has no friends, usually in the court, the number of times he speaks is only a handful, and the officials salute him, they can only get an indifferent bow, or not a "um", which greatly hits some careful people not to say, and also makes Fu Nanqi's popularity fall to the bottom.
Prime Minister Li's words seemed sincere and heartfelt, but in fact, Fu Nanqi was roasted on the fire. King Liang and Anjun Wang were already gloating and ready to watch him play, but he didn't expect Fu Nanqi to come up with such a few words!
What do you mean by "my life is cheap"?
What does it mean to "fight or kill me without complaining"?
can let Fu Nanqi, who has always been withdrawn and indifferent, say such things, which shows how much he has been wronged during this time!
It's just that the emperor doesn't like Fu Nanqi anymore, and he has never said that this son is inferior in front of anyone.
Isn't this a blatant slap in the face? The emperor's son, the blood of the Son of Heaven, the royal nobles, no matter how bad it is, it will not be the turn of others to accuse, if it is offended, it is not to take the emperor in his eyes.
This is also the reason why Hua Guiren originally arranged for Jiang Lin to perform such a bullying and insulting scene for the emperor to see.
Fu Nanqi's trick is really good!
made the emperor's dissatisfaction with Prime Minister Li Cheng from five points to eight points, and there was no cap.
The emperor looked at Prime Minister Li's gaze and became more and more dangerous and jealous.
His protégés can unscrupulously slander and slander the prince of the dynasty, so how much respect does Prime Minister Li himself have for him?
The results are obvious.
Prime Minister Li Cheng naturally noticed the emperor's gaze, and he was secretly annoyed that King Qi didn't play cards according to the routine, and he didn't know where he learned such a scoundrel tone, which really caught him off guard!
It's one thing to think in your heart, it's another to act.
Prime Minister Li Cheng almost swore to the royal father and son with his fingers, and said that he was loyal to the emperor for a while, and then said that he respected King Qi very much, and he never had any intention of despising King Qi.
Prime Minister Li: "......"
King Anjun looked at King Liang's eyes, stood up and hugged his hand and said: "Father is angry, Cheng has always been loyal to you, but he is too confused as a student, so it is better to punish him with a small punishment and let him think about it at home for a few months." Although the prime minister is guilty of lax discipline, he is not his parents after all, how can he take care of everything? Yi Erchen looks at ......"
King Anjun was originally well-intentioned, thinking that he could not only send steps to the emperor, but also sell Prime Minister Li Cheng a good, killing two birds with one stone, but he didn't expect to know where he said something wrong, so the emperor sneered and interrupted directly: "According to you? What does it have to do with you? ”
The emperor's subtext: What does it have to do with you, are you beeping here?
King Anjun's face turned white, and he hurriedly knelt down to admit his mistake.
This made Prime Minister Li's heart sink by three points.
It seems that this time, it really touched the emperor's scales.
Fu Nanqi, one of the parties involved, has not spoken since he finished saying those two or so sentences, as if the protagonist of this turmoil is not him.
The emperor looked at the sincerely frightened King Anjun and sneered, which was extremely sarcastic. Prime Minister Li Cheng is a minister, but King Qi is the brother of King Anjun, but between the two, King Anjun chose the former without hesitation, and there was no mention of King Qi's humiliation between the words.
It is also strange to say that in the past, the emperor did not feel that there was anything wrong with the relationship between his four sons, but now he was very unaccustomed to the behavior of King Anjun.
Now it is King Qi who is wronged, not Prime Minister Li Cheng, and not his good student Ren Qing!
He didn't care about his brother, but also helped the culprit and outsiders.
What kind of "small punishment and big commandment", does King Anjun know what he is talking about?
Talking behind the back that King Qi is not the emperor's blood is tantamount to saying that the first empress gave the emperor a green hat!
Can this emperor endure it? The emperor has to have the heart to kill!
He is a person who wants to save face, otherwise he would not have blocked all news when he was so angry when he found out that the former queen had committed adultery, and would rather let the former queen "die violently" without losing her reputation, rather than leave a reputation of being cuckolded by the queen in the history books.
Similarly, Sanjiao's words of "Heavenly Evil Lone Star" could not make him completely irrational and angry, what he really hated was the rumors that King Qi was not the emperor's own son and daughter that came out of the palace at that time.
Caught spreading rumors, what else does the emperor not understand? The moths in the harem may have been made by Queen Li.
Who doesn't know that Ren Qing is a person, although he has no achievements in the court, but he obeys his teacher's words.
The emperor's face was so gloomy that ink could drip from it.
One by one, they all treat him as a fool!
"Fourth." The emperor stared at King Anjun, who was dripping with cold sweat, "You can think about it in your county king's mansion, and when you figure it out, I will let you out." ”
Do you really think he doesn't know anything?
King Anjun curried favor with Prime Minister Li Cheng only because Empress Li wanted to inherit him to his own name.
Before he died, his good son was already thinking about his place.
Seeing King Anjun raise his head, his face full of disbelief, the emperor waved his hand: "Go down." ”
Prime Minister Li Cheng faintly felt uneasy.
Just because King Anjun spoke for him and Ren Qing, he was locked up by the emperor.
So their results......
"Talking about the royal bloodline is a capital crime." In just one sentence, Ren Qing's fate was decided lightly.
Prime Minister Li's heart fell to the bottom.
The emperor glanced at Prime Minister Li Cheng, who was sitting on the ground, "The Prime Minister is sad to lose his beloved protégé, and he must be grief-stricken. ”
Prime Minister Li Chengqiang trembled and said: "This is Ren Qing's fault, and it deserves to be punished...... The old minister did not dare to complain in the slightest. ”
The emperor smiled, and then said lightly: "Prime Minister Li Cheng is grief, but I am afraid that I have no intention of going to court, so I will rest at home for a month." ”
"......" Prime Minister Li almost didn't mention it in one breath!
This is, this is a warning to him!
Prime Minister Li Cheng knew it, but the emperor above was determined to rectify them, and there was no way to deal with it for a while, so he had to knock out his teeth and swallow them.
This time it was really a loss for the lady and the soldiers.
Prime Minister Li Cheng kowtowed and thanked him.
There has been no follow-up to Sanjiao's matter, but the emperor has an indescribable guilt in his heart. In the end, a crying child has candy to eat, although Fu Nanqi's words were a bit of a scoundrel, as if the jar was broken, but after all, it still hooked up the emperor's few fatherly loves.
Among the five children, he loves and values Fu Yunqi the most, and he has also fulfilled his obligations as a father to King Anjun of Liang, and he is even more pampered to his only daughter, but he has been ignoring Fu Nanqi.
He waved his hand and told them all to step back.
An hour later, the emperor rewarded a lot of things to the Qi Palace, which was regarded as compensation for him.
At the same time, King Anjun was angry that the emperor was punished and was not allowed to leave the county palace again, and the news that Prime Minister Li Cheng's protégé was given death and that Prime Minister Li was confined was changed spread out as quickly as if he had long legs.
Everyone is secretly thinking in their hearts, this day...... I'm afraid it's going to change.
From the invisible man in the court to being richly compensated by the emperor, everyone can see it.
Fu Nanqi: This is a situation where the salted fish is going to turn over.
Although there is no mother, it may not be impossible to give a fight.
Undercurrents float.
By the time Empress Li, who was far away in the summer resort, knew about these things, it was already two or three days later.
She didn't feel sad about the death of Ren Qing, who had always loved her, but felt that he was not stable at all and implicated Prime Minister Li.
I don't know how much cooler the summer resort is compared to the palace, Queen Li is lying on the couch, with a bowl of chilled bayberry on the side, and Mulberry leaves are pinching her legs, and she asks: "Niangniang, Ren Qing's funeral should be arranged, should we secretly send some silver to Ren Qing's wife?" ”
After all, Ren Qing also died for Empress Li.
Empress Li finished reading the letter and threw it to the ground, out of sight and out of mind: "Take it and burn it." Reply to my father, he is not allowed to interfere in Ren Qing's funeral, even if he wants to give silver, he has to wait for this period to pass, and the emperor may still be staring at it! ”
Sang Ye picked up the letter and said with a smile: "What Niangniang said is true." ”
Just as she was about to withdraw, Queen Li stopped her, "Take all the bayberry from the palace to Lan'er, and by the way, see what she is doing, and tell her to play less by the water." ”
"Yes." Sang Ye said, "The princess is smart and clever, and she listens to Niangniang's words the most, so Niangniang will put a hundred hearts." ”
"Go ahead."