Chapter 207: Overturned
After the little emperor He Xiao said something that day, the court was never quiet again, and the eunuch really didn't think that He Xiao would go into battle to overturn the case for Yu Jingning, and even forgot the fold he was originally going to make.
No one thought that at such a time, he would suddenly fall one-sidedly to Yu Jingning, who the new faction had always wanted to protect, and even Empress Dowager Lin and Qiu Anren didn't have time to take any further measures.
Empress Dowager Lin only has the heart to be Wu Cao, but she has not yet cultivated the ability to be Wu Cao, and Daheng has not yet reached the time when she can master it. When He Xiao said this, of course she couldn't refute it face to face, otherwise wouldn't she clearly tell everyone that "the holy decree doesn't work, but the yi decree works"?
If this is the case, everyone will not only scold her for Si Chen, but it will not be Yu Jingning who is the accomplice of the crime, and she will have to be her.
Rushing to the front by herself may not be a smart choice, in this case, it is safer for her to be the behind-the-scenes manipulator behind the puppet.
After the next dynasty, the criminal department and Dali Temple received the order together and were busy in full swing.
Tan Huaiyu has been in Dali Temple for a short time, and his popularity is not bad, he greeted his old boss early, and all the things such as confessions are ready, and he can retract his confession immediately.
The criminal department is mixed, and the efficiency of doing things is just like that, but the efficiency of Dali Temple is definitely not low.
Zhengqing and Shaoqing of Dali Temple, together with the new faction of the cabinet, worked quickly, and soon turned out all the testimonies, and also arrested several people who interrogated the Yu family brothers and sisters at that time in one go-saying that they were beaten into tricks.
Qiu Anren was so angry that he smashed a set of tea sets on the spot, which really cost his wife and soldiers.
Of course, he can only be angry in his own private house, and it is absolutely impossible for him to be in the palace.
Because, Empress Dowager Lin is busy teaching her son a lesson.
Empress Dowager Lin has always had the habit of incense, and incense was smoked in the Cining Palace in spring, summer, autumn and winter, and never stopped, and the incense burner next to He Xiao was smoking upwards at this time.
The window was not open, there was no wind, and the smoke was straight, like a line, straight up, and then gradually lightened and lightened, and the smell spread throughout the room.
The teacup smashed down by the Empress Dowager Lin was shattered at He Xiao's feet, her face was not very good, with a little gloomy: "Are you confused by ghosts or what?" How many times have you seen that girl from the Yu family, did she trick you or what? You are sitting in the court, not in the backyard of your own house, how can you be so willful and reckless, all to speak for the Yu family! ”
He Xiao bit his mouth and didn't speak.
When Empress Dowager Lin saw him like this, she was angry, and she was angry for a long time before she said to him: "Child, the mourning family told you, if you don't firmly hold the military power in your own hands, how can you sit firmly on the throne?" Those who are highly meritorious and invincible must be arrogant, and how do you know what kind of thoughts are hidden under their human skin! ”
Empress Dowager Lin is a typical skeptic, and her favorite thing to do is to live the belly of a gentleman with the heart of a villain.
He Xiao's mouth opened, he wanted to speak, and after trying several times, he finally said this: "But is the military power held in his hand like this?" If Daheng doesn't even have a general to fight, then talk about peace and peace, how can I sit firmly on this dragon chair? ”
He gritted his teeth and said with a puff of air: "The reason why wild beasts are afraid of people is not because of how powerful their minions are, but because we have scorching fire and sharp knives in our hands!" If the weapon of the country no longer exists, then what can we talk about the country, and what about peace with the world? ”
Yu Zhiwei told him this, and He Xiao remembered very well that Yu Zhiwei's hair was wet that night, and several strands of hair hung down and stuck to his face. She was dressed in clothes of no color, and her body was either blood or mud, and she was so embarrassed that she wiped a handful of cold water and mud from her face with her hands, and held the knife on the bird's gun in her hand.
The sword shone coldly, like the only light in the night.
"Looking at the world now, the world is still peaceful, but what about ten years from now? Twenty years from now? Everyone only thinks that they are pampered nobles, who will fight for us in the future? He Xiao remembered Yu Zhiwei, who was covered in blood but didn't shed a single tear when he wiped the knife in the stone cave, and also remembered Yu Zhiwei, who was so thin that his eyes were red on the boat on the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival, "Then will the son go to the battlefield by himself, or will the queen mother personally supervise the army?" ”
Empress Dowager Lin: "Presumptuous! She waved the teacup on the table to the ground. He Xiao, the kid, has never said such a thing, and for the first time today, he said that he couldn't grasp the degree, and it was indeed too presumptuous.
The fragments of the tea cup jumped around, and one of them almost jumped on He Xiao's body. The little boy was startled, his whole body trembled, he shrank back, and he wanted to cry subconsciously when he sniffed, but he couldn't hold back easily.
He opened his mouth with a crying voice: "Queen Mother, it was Erchen who could speak too much, but you should listen to Erchen's advice." Daheng has been heavy on literature and light on martial arts for a long time, and the generals are green and yellow and do not accept this matter, women and children know it, the king of Pingshuo is a general on the edge of the town, and it is not easy to transfer to the mainland casually, so who is the capital going to use? Whose young master is not pampered, and which parents are really willing to let their children go to war? Now there is only one junior in the capital who has really held a sword and fought a battle, and there are two at most if you count the lord of Sui'an, if even he dies, who will fight for us in the future? ”
The little emperor spoke a little excitedly, but he still couldn't help tears falling down, he wiped his eyes with his sleeve humiliatingly, and said with a sob: "It's not that if you die of Yu Jingning, our Daheng will have no one available." It's that all the generals will feel that there is no good end for us to sell their lives, and to fight for Daheng, no matter how much merit they get, there will only be a dead end in the future. Civilian officials can't die, but military generals are often killed, so who will send their own people into the army in the future. Is it mandatory to catch strong men? If this is the case, where else will Daheng have the appearance of national peace and security. ”
He Xiao looked at the graceful and luxurious dormitory of Cining Palace, but what he thought in his heart was that he was in that cramped and damp stone cave, huddled together with a thin girl in embarrassment.
She stroked her wet sideburns at that time, and said with a smile: "There is a saying among the people, called 'a good man is not a soldier', this is said, is it okay to become a girl's family?" ”
He Xiao closed his eyes and twitched his nose fiercely.
He cried a little embarrassed, but he didn't regret saying those words.
It took a long time to hear Empress Dowager Lin speak, but she didn't lift her breath, as if she was whispering.
"That's it, that's it." Empress Dowager Lin turned the ring on her hand and said softly.