Chapter 418: Exiled
The imperial court, which had been silent for a long time, once again set off an uproar.
In the Jinluan Palace, the emperor sat upright on the dragon chair and looked at the ministers below. He had only been silent for a short time, and the atmosphere among the ministers below had changed. Wen Qiao's position was slightly forward, and unlike the others, he had been standing quietly and had not participated in other people's discussions.
The whispers around him kept ringing in his ears, and he stared at his feet with a blank face, so that no one could guess what was going on in his heart. "Wang Shun." The fingers of the Emperor's hand on the armrest of the dragon chair moved, and he shouted without looking back.
Fortunately, the voice was not loud, and no third person heard the emperor's voice except for Wang Shun, who was standing next to the dragon chair. Wang Shun folded his hands and nodded to the Emperor, and then he pulled out a part of the holy decree that had been prepared in advance from the wide sleeved robe.
"Declare Your Majesty's will," the words were quickly carried by the air and spread throughout the Jinluan Palace, and the whispering conversations of the ministers slowly stopped, and everyone raised their heads and looked at Wang Shun, who was holding the holy decree in his hand. Everyone was speculating about what the emperor was going to do when he suddenly asked Wang Shun to read the holy decree.
Wang Shun's voice sounded again, "Jiang Cheng, the secretary of the ministry, deceived the superiors and deceived the subordinates, escorted the grain and grass and countless grains were transferred, I remember that he has been an official for many years, and the old and young are innocent in the family, so he will be removed from the post of the secretary of the ministry and exiled to Xuanzhou!"
As the end of Wang Shun's last word fell, the Jinluan Hall exploded all at once. No one knew about this matter, and now that the emperor directly asked people to read out the holy decree of the final punishment, they didn't even know what was going on with this matter!
"Your Majesty, how could Lord Jiang!" A minister stepped out of the crowd, a look of disbelief on his face, and asked the emperor. The emperor lifted his eyelids and glanced at him lightly, but quickly withdrew his eyes, he waved his hand and said, "This morning is here for the dynasty, retreat!"
"Your Majesty," not only the minister just now, but more ministers stood up, "Your Majesty, Lord Jiang has been working hard in the court for more than ten years, presumably he must have something to hide!"
The emperor's eyes were as cold as a knife thrown at the man, and he inadvertently revealed an expression of being poked in the sore spot, "Secret? But you're a part of it! Someone!" The meaning of the words couldn't be more obvious, and the minister who spoke just wanted to intercede for Jiang Cheng, he didn't expect that what he just said would provoke such a big reaction from the emperor!
He knelt heavily on his knees, completely panicked, "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, that's not what the minister meant!" The Emperor narrowed his eyes dangerously, "That's not what you mean?" He continued: "That's not what I mean, but I see that you really want to speak for Jiang Cheng!" Since you have such a good relationship with him, you might as well go and accompany him!"
The emperor's hand slapped heavily on the case, and he was about to open his mouth to call someone to take the minister down, when he saw that the minister below was completely panicked, "Your Majesty, the minister is not, the minister knows that he is wrong, please forgive the minister once!" If he knew that he would suffer these just by helping Jiang Cheng say a word, he wouldn't talk too much if he was killed!
The minister kept kowtowing to the emperor, and the sound of banging sounded in the silent Jinluan Hall like a knock on everyone's heart. Fortunately, the emperor did not open his mouth again to call the guards to come in and bring people, he kept the posture he had just held still, and sighed to himself after half a sound.
"Get up." This time, the momentum of the emperor's voice decreased a lot, and the minister's kowtowing action stopped suddenly, he raised his head in shock to look at the emperor, and immediately lowered his head after seeing the emperor's expression, and then stood up from the ground.
The emperor's gaze swept to the ministers below, and with what happened just now, no one dared to intercede for Jiang Cheng at this time. Everyone knows that the emperor is in a lot of mood at this time, and to provoke the emperor is now completely sending him to death.
Originally, he was going to go down to the court, but the emperor's eyes turned around and he inevitably saw Wen Qiao, and he remembered that there was still one thing to complete. "Wen Qiao." The Emperor shouted.
was suddenly named, Wen Qiao quickly reacted, "The minister is here." He walked out of the crowd and stood at the front of the court, saluting the emperor first. Now that the grain and grass and the disaster silver have been refound, you should escort the grain and grass to Fuzhou as soon as possible!"
The Jinluan Hall was unusually quiet, with what had just happened, even if the emperor directly ordered such a thing, no one dared to stand up and oppose it. These ministers in the court also only met Wen Qiao today, and when the things before and after were connected, they knew that Wen Qiao had already returned!
Looking at the situation, the matter in Fuzhou has not been resolved, and the emperor has not blamed him for doing so unfavorably!
"Obey the order!" Wen Qiao looked at the emperor and responded with a firm expression. This matter was originally responsible for him, so many things came out before and after, the grain and grass were found again, and Wen Qiao had almost seen the final victory.
Things in Fuzhou are full of twists and turns, and if they don't go smoothly, then no one will be sorry. Not only natural disasters, but also man-made disasters. If there really are ghosts and gods in this world, he will only feel that God is sorry for him.
He worked diligently from beginning to end, and there was no reason to continue to give him more problems.
"Retreat!" The emperor no longer hesitated this time, he stood up, flicked his sleeves, ignored the voices of any ministers behind him, and left the Jinluan Hall very neatly. As soon as the emperor left, Wen Qiao directly avoided several ministers who came forward to talk to him and left the palace.
He only had one idea at this point that something was about to be resolved.
Back at Huai'en Houfu, Zhao Qingyan was taking Wen Zichen to bask in the sun in the courtyard. There were two reclining chairs in the courtyard, and the mother and son, one older and one younger, each lay on a reclining chair. looked comfortable and warm, and people felt that the mother and son were really lazy together.
Probably heard the footsteps of Wen Qiao when he walked, and before he approached Zhao Qingyan's arm blocking the light in his eyes, he opened his eyes and looked at Wen Qiao. Wen Qiao walked in and stretched out his hand to Zhao Qingyan, but Zhao Qingjian did not refuse, put his hand on Wen Qiao's hand and was pulled up by his strength.
Noticing that Wen Qiao's expression at this time was not quite the same as usual, Zhao Qingjian's eyes rolled and asked slyly, "The matter is solved?" Wen Qiao felt that this was probably the legendary heart with a good understanding, and he hadn't told Zhao Qingjian yet, Zhao Qingjian had already guessed it.
"Hmm." Wen Qiao nodded, and he said, "Tomorrow, I will take someone to escort the grain and grass to Fuzhou."
"What about repairing the dam?" Zhao Qingyan paused for a moment, and then said, "I'll send someone to inform Lord Shen now, let's set off together."
"You?" Wen Qiao was stunned by Zhao Qingyan's words, Zhao Qingyan went with him, what if something happened?