The courtiers around him knelt on the ground and looked at each other, looking at each other in twos and threes, with subtle and complicated expressions.

Don't think about it, the emperor will never say that he "killed his brother and seized the throne" in the guilty edict, that is to say, someone secretly tampered with this guilty edict, and it was only the emperor who was so angry that he fainted.

Now, it's troublesome!

Today, the emperor personally issued an edict to punish himself, not only the court and the court, but also the people in Beijing have long known, and the content of this edict cannot be concealed at all.

What's more, this is a Taimiao, which is dedicated to the tablets of the emperors of the Dasheng Dynasty, and it is not appropriate to tear up this edict casually, in case it offends the emperors of the past dynasties......

The nobles and courtiers present were all confused and at a loss.

Many people subconsciously looked at Cen Yin, who was standing quietly under the eaves, waiting for him to make an idea.

"Come on, pass on the imperial doctor!" Cen Yin calmly commanded, stepped forward, leaned over and picked up the edict that fell to the ground, rolled it up personally, and handed it to Prince Zongzheng Lingli in front of everyone.

"Yes, Overseer." A chamberlain hurried away.

"The temple sacrifice cannot be interrupted at will." Cen Yin continued to instruct, "Play music, the hundred officials will bow three times, make a final offer, and then retreat." ”

Many ministers nodded with concern, yes, for more than 100 years, there has never been a precedent for interrupting the sacrifice, and the ancestors are the supreme, and they cannot be neglected.

Seeing that Cen Yin took the idea as a matter of course, Geng Hai's face sank like water, and he felt in his heart that if Cen Yin was allowed to be in the limelight and gain the upper hand today, wouldn't it be a joke for him to suppress the celebrant step by step these days?!

Geng Hai narrowed his eyes and said coldly: "Lord Cen is inevitably arrogance!" His Royal Highness the Second Prince, His Royal Highness the Third Prince...... There are also several princes here, and it is not your turn to give orders. ”

The air around was cold, and the scorching sun was hanging high, but it seemed to have suddenly entered the cold winter wax moon, and it was biting cold.

Everyone was silent, knowing that the dispute between the two powerful ministers had begun again.

Cen Yin didn't speak, he looked around slowly, and the people who looked at him bowed their heads, lowered their eyebrows, and none of those royal relatives dared to answer Geng Hai's words.

It also includes the three princes, Mu Youjing.

Mu Youjing wanted to curry favor with Geng Hai and let Geng Hai see his sincerity, but the problem was between Geng Hai and the emperor, and he had to take care of the latter.

Today, the matter of the guilty edict is like this, and the father and emperor are so angry that they faint, which shows their thunder and anger.

In order to prevent his father from waking up and becoming angry, Mu Youjing certainly didn't dare to get involved in this matter.

If you please Geng Hai, but anger your father, wouldn't it be cheaper for the second emperor brother?!

Moreover, Cen Yin cannot be offended.

This second article alone is enough to make all the princes of the clan pretend to be stupid.

Silence spread, and the atmosphere seemed awkward.

The civil and military officials kneeling below also pretended not to hear, anyway, it was none of their business, and they couldn't get any benefit from offending anyone.

Prince Li cleared his throat, stood up, and said to the mud: "Duke Weiguo, according to this king's view, Lord Cen has arranged it very properly, and this sacrifice must have a beginning and an end." ”

Prince Li is the emperor's imperial uncle, and he is also Zongzhengling, even Geng Hai has to give the other party three points of face.

"......" The green tendons on Geng Hai's forehead jumped, and his face became more and more ugly.

Cen Yin carelessly stroked his sleeves, looked at the edict in Prince Li's hand meaningfully, and said to Geng Hai: "Grandpa Guo, this edict has been guarded by Grandpa Guo himself since it was placed in the Taimiao. Now that such a thing has happened, this seat reminds the grandfather of the country to think about how to explain it to the emperor! Is it a lax guard, or is it a ......?"

Cen Yin paused for a moment, and then said meaningfully: "The guards are stealing!" ”

Cen Yin actually pointed out that he tampered with the edict?! Geng Hai was so angry that he almost didn't slap out, pointed at Cen Yin's nose and said angrily: "You...... Fling dirt at somebody. ”

It's quieter around.

The civil and military officials secretly looked at each other and didn't speak, but Cen Yin's words threw a stone into their hearts, and everyone's hearts were filled with layers of ripples, rippling.

Tampering with the edict is not trivial, and even if this ordinary person wants to, he can't do it. There are only a handful of people who have the ability to do this, and Geng Hai is one of them.

Could it be that it is really Geng Hai as Cen Yin said......

This thought came to the minds of many people.

Think about it from another angle, besides Geng Hai, who else can there be?!

That is, Geng Hai kept jumping up and down in order to make the emperor guilty......

Some of the courtiers secretly swallowed their saliva, feeling that they had the truth.

The atmosphere was even more solemn, it seemed that even God felt the atmosphere of the storm, the sun in the sky was quietly hidden behind Cloud City, and the surroundings suddenly became much gloomy.

Compared with Geng Hai's excitement, Cen Yin was very calm, his expression was light and light, and he casually ordered Cheng Xunli, the commander of the Jinyi Guard: "Commander Cheng, take the grandfather of the country to go down first to 'rest'." ”

Cen Yin said it politely now, but everyone present understood that Cen Yin was waiting for the emperor to make a decision. When the emperor wakes up and investigates this matter thoroughly, if it is really related to Wei Guogong, then this matter may not be good......

Cheng Xunli has always been only Cen Yin's horse, and as soon as Cen Yin gave the order, Cheng Xunli waved his big arm, and the four or five brocade guards with swords under him walked towards Geng Hai expressionlessly.

"Cen Yin, don't make an inch!" Geng Hai gritted his teeth and said, his face pale.

Between the words, the prince Geng Anhao came with dozens of generals, including some forbidden soldiers, and some emotional forbidden soldiers couldn't help but pull out the long knives in their scabbards to show threat.

The long knives that were bright and shining, the cold light was shining, and the sharp blades were flashing with cold light.

Jinyiwei is not a soft persimmon, where will they be frightened by this battle, and they all pulled out the embroidered spring knives on their waists one by one.

Dozens of long knives confronted each other, and those sword-wielding forbidden soldiers and brocade guards were all murderous, and the two sides seemed to be about to fight together at any time, and blood was splattered on the spot.

This scene frightened the surrounding civil and military officials into a gasp, panicked, and felt a cold swish on their necks, as if these long knives were on their necks, and they wished they could fly with wings.

The air around them seemed to become even colder, and it was about to erupt, whether it was those forbidden soldiers or the Jinyi guards, they were all silent, quietly waiting for Cen Yin and Geng Hai's next instructions.

In the face of this tense atmosphere, Cen Yin was still calm, and pouted with a faint smile as usual, "Dare to ask Grandpa Guo if he wants to force the palace?" ”

This short sentence was an understatement, but the content of these words made Geng Hai's heart jump suddenly, his eyes widened, and he seemed to have been poured a bucket of cold water on his head, and he instantly sobered up.

Yes. Geng Hai said to himself in his heart that he couldn't be impulsive, and he couldn't give Cen Yin, a eunuch, any handle to sow discord in front of the emperor......

Thinking about it, Geng Hai's gaze glanced at the emperor behind Cen Incognito, his hands were clenched into fists, the green tendons on the back of his hands were bulging, and the whole person was tense as if the bowstring was about to break in the next moment.

Everything happened so fast just now, and Geng Hai's mind was still chaotic, and he really couldn't figure out who would be bold enough to secretly revise the emperor's edict......

There was silence all around, only the gust of spring breeze was coming, blowing everyone's robes and robes, and the hunting sound, making the surroundings quieter.

Geng Hai and Cen Yin looked at each other, as if they were engaged in a silent duel.

I don't know how long it took, Geng Hai finally moved, he raised his hand and waved, signaling the people behind him to retreat.

Only then did those forbidden soldiers put back their long knives, and they all took two or three steps back, and then those brocade guards also took back their embroidered spring knives one by one.

The original tense atmosphere was swept away, and the civil and military officials around were secretly relieved, feeling that they had picked up a life, and thought: There is a way, the gods fight, and the little ghosts suffer. If these two "immortals" really fight, then the people they present will inevitably be implicated...... If you don't get it, it's a corpse on the spot.

Cheng Xun arched his hand at Geng Hai without smiling, and said: "Offended", followed by a brocade guard who stretched out his hand to Geng Hai to make a petition, Geng Hai snorted coldly, brushed his sleeves away, and four or five brocade guards "detained" him.

The clouds in the sky seemed to be thicker, as if they were about to fall at any moment.

Geng Hai strode away resolutely, and in the crowd, his back was still as tall as usual, like a lonely goose out of the team.

Cen Yin still stood under the eaves, quietly looking at Geng Hai's departing back, a streamer of light quickly flashed in his long narrow eyes, and he secretly said a pity in his heart.

There's no rush, though.

Cen Yin hooked the corners of his lips almost imperceptibly, calmly brushed his eyes away, and commanded lightly: "Continue the sacrifice." ”

Just four words made everyone who had been messed up into a pot of porridge suddenly return to their places, kneeling down, returning to the front hall of the front hall, and playing music......

The surrounding courtiers and nobles moved stiffly one by one, and until this moment, their hearts were still beating like drums, pounding, and there was an indescribable taste in their hearts, like sighing, sighing, and shocking...... It seems to be a kind of sigh that is really so.

Before, because Geng Hai forced the celebrant to retreat step by step, many of them once thought that Geng Hai was superior, or whether the court was about to change the sky again, but now it seems that they really think too much!

In the solemn "Guangping Chapter", the prince's clan in the hall and the hundred officials outside the hall all performed three bows, and Si Zhu's voice trembled slightly and announced that "the sacrifice is sent to the fire", and the ceremony is over.

Then, the surroundings were quiet again, and the ceremony looked at Cen Yin nervously, according to the number of etiquette, the next step was to guide the emperor out of the temple by the ceremony, but now the emperor looks like this......

There was silence for a moment, and then a sharp voice from a small chamberlain sounded: "The Imperial Doctor is here!" The Imperial Doctor is here! ”

Four or five imperial physicians hurriedly arrived behind a small chamberlain with their robes, all sweating on their foreheads, describing anxiety, the imperial physician was a position that would lose his head at any time, especially when the patient was the emperor.

Everything that followed became a matter of course, those imperial doctors surrounded the emperor and hurriedly probed his pulse, looked and heard, there were imperial doctors who gave the emperor an injection on the spot, and the three needles showed immediate results, the emperor woke up faintly, his body was still very weak, his lips moved slightly, as if he wanted to say something, but after all, he still didn't say it, and soon fainted with all his strength.

After the Huang Yuan of the Tai Hospital sentenced the emperor to explore the pulse again, he diagnosed on the spot that the emperor was angry and angry, and the liver was hot, so that the meridians were blocked.

The ministers breathed a sigh of relief, and the attendants beside the emperor also took action, helping the weak emperor into the car, and the others also left the temple with the holy driver, and only dispersed until the gate of the palace.

It's only noon at this moment, and everyone's hearts are still a little frightened, and this short half day seems to have walked between life and death.

As for Duanmu Xian, as the first assistant, he naturally couldn't leave it alone like a hundred officials, he entered the palace with the emperor, sent people back to the Heart Cultivation Palace, and pretended to tell the imperial doctor, and then he retired.

Such a big thing happened, Duanmu Xian was in no mood to work, and hurriedly left the palace and returned home.

After he dismounted from Yimen, the first thing he left behind was-

"Go and call the four girls to the outer study."

Duanmufei, who was playing with his little starling and little fox in Zhanqing Courtyard, had to come, but the little starling didn't play enough, he pestered Duanmufei all the way, flew into the study, and stopped on the window sill to look at the grandparents and grandchildren.

Duanmu Xian didn't care about the little starling at all, he was still thinking about what happened in Taimiao in the morning, and he said the matter incoherently, and finally emphasized: "...... I don't know who secretly tampered with the edict. ”

As he spoke, those four words rang in Duanmu Xian's ears again: kill my brother and seize the throne.

That's no small feat.

Duanmu Xian shuddered when he boarded, and his eyes were slightly condensed.

Although his eldest daughter married the emperor who was still Prince Ren as a side concubine, and he also married the daughter of the He family, but at the time of the palace change, he was out of Ezhou as an envoy, and when he learned that the sky in Beijing had changed, it was already the tenth day after the palace change, and the pattern in Beijing had already settled.

It is reported that the first emperor died suddenly, and the only important minister with him was Yang Hui, and when the first emperor was dying, he ordered him to abolish the crown prince and set up the emperor's second son, King Ren, as the new monarch.

At that time, because there was only a verbal decree and no holy decree, Emperor Chongming still ascended the throne smoothly, until now he launched a palace change, set things right, and Emperor Chongming led a knife in front of the Qianqing Palace to kill himself. The truth is revealed.

After the palace change, the court naturally had some too upright courtiers who questioned Jinshang, but these people were all disposed of on the charge of the puppet emperor and the same party.

Anyone who disagrees will be killed.

At that time, the smell of blood at noon gate and vegetable market mouth continued for a month, and the entire capital was shrouded in a thick haze, and even those people did not dare to go out when they had nothing to do.

Geng Hai quickly controlled the situation with this ruthlessness and decisiveness.

Within a month, no one dared to mention the palace mutiny, and no one dared to mention the officials who were beheaded for public display, whitewashing the peace.

These incidents were also learned by Mu Xian from his old friends in Beijing one after another.

After ascending the throne, he was transferred back to the capital not long after, and served as a squire in the household department, and the pattern of the court gradually stabilized in the next two years.

It wasn't until later that the waves rose again, and the Zhenbei Wangfu also collapsed......

Thinking of the past, Duanmu Xian's eyes changed several times brightly and secretly.

Duanmu Fei only stretched out an index finger to tease his little starling, looking absent-minded, and he didn't know how many words he had heard.

Duanmuxian picked up the teacup, took two sips, looked at Duanmufei with a little subtlety, hesitated for a moment, and still asked: "Four girls, did you ask the cabinet not to interfere in the matter of the edict, did you expect that ......" would happen today."

Thinking about it, Duanmu Xian's heartbeat couldn't help but pound faster.

"......" Duanmu Fei wanted to cry without tears in his heart.

Hey, she doesn't want to understand everything clearly, but she just can't control her brain, and she can't help but think about it more when she knows some clues, and if she is not careful, she will figure it out.

So, you really can't be too smart!

Duanmufei couldn't take care of the little starling, he sat upright, put his hands on his knees in a proper manner, and said seriously: "Grandfather, it's better to be confused in life." ”

"Especially those things that have nothing to do with you, it's better not to understand too much, know too much, that's very dangerous, otherwise how can there be such an old saying as 'the cunning rabbit dies, the lackey cooks'."

The granddaughter thinks that the words of the ancients are still very reasonable! Grandfather, don't you say? ”

Duanmu Xian listened to his granddaughter's crooked reasoning, on the one hand, he felt a little funny, and on the other hand, when he thought about it carefully, he felt that her words were very reasonable.

He didn't interfere in the matter of his own edict from beginning to end, and the emperor couldn't get angry with him.

Moreover, this time the Duanmu family was able to keep their four granddaughters, and this crooked reason is also "reason", and I still have to listen to her.

That's right, it's useless to know too much about this, it's better to not know anything.

At this moment, the expressions of the grandparents and grandchildren are surprisingly consistent, both lowering their eyes and drinking tea silently.

"Quack!" The little starling saw that no one was paying attention to him, he jumped angrily on the window sill, flapped his wings and flew to the square table, as if he was saying to Duanmu Fei, you can play with it, right?

Duanmu Fei casually took a peanut from the plate on the side and flicked it into the air, and the little starling was immediately diverted, rushed towards the peanut, and swallowed it in one gulp.

Then, the little starling flew back to the square table, raised his head, and looked at Duanmu Fei expectantly, as if urging her to lose it again!

Duanmuxian looked at this person and a bird, and thought with emotion in his heart: his four granddaughters are clearly just a child.

Duanmu Fei teased the little starling with peanuts with great interest, and had a lot of fun.

In the cry of the little starling, Duanmu Heng came back from Guozijian, and the first sentence was:

"Grandfather, I heard about the Taimiao just now."

Today, the emperor issued an edict to punish himself, and everyone in Beijing is paying attention to this matter, including the Guozijian, and in the past few days, the Guozijian has debated many times about whether the emperor should be guilty or not.

It's just that Tao Zihuai and the others who were taken away by Dongchang last time have not been released yet, so those prisoners in Guozijian have been very low-key recently, even if there is any controversy, no one dares to call for a joint letter or go to the palace gate to meditate or something.

After the end of this morning's class, Guozijian heard that the emperor confessed to killing his brother and seizing the throne in the edict of his own guilt, and this news made Guozijian boil all of a sudden, completely forgetting Tao Zihuai's lesson, and the crowd was passionate and expressed their opinions.

Seeing that the prisoners began to argue, Duanmu Heng didn't care about the afternoon class, and hurriedly left the Guozi Prison and returned home.

"Brother Heng, sit down and talk." Duanmu Xian cleared his throat, and then remembered that he had forgotten to pick up Duanmu Heng.

He also guessed that Guozijian was probably going to be chaotic today, but fortunately the eldest grandson was smart and calm, and he didn't get involved.

"Grandfather, the ...... of that sin"

Duanmu Heng wanted to ask what was going on, but was interrupted by Duanmu Xian.

"Brother Heng, this matter, you just need to remember that the edict has been tampered with, and the rest ......" As he spoke, Duanmu Xian glanced at Duanmu Fei, who was teasing the bird by the window, and said with an unfathomable expression, "There are some things, it's not good to know too much." ”

What he thought to himself was: in fact, he didn't know anything!

"......" Duanmu Heng showed a thoughtful expression and said solemnly, "Grandfather, I understand." ”

Duanmu Fei sympathetically poured tea for the unlucky eldest brother, and served it to Duanmu Heng in person.

After finishing the business, Duanmu Xian asked Duanmu Heng about the recent homework of the Guozijian, Duanmu Heng answered one by one, and then said the recent homework of the following younger brothers.

Since Duanmu Rui, Duanmu Jing and other younger brothers moved to the outer courtyard, their homework is under Duanmu Heng's management, and if the gentleman who enlightened a few boys has any problems, they all tell Duanmu Heng, and now, a few naughty younger brothers are more afraid of Duanmu Heng than they are to see their father.

Duanmu Fei listened while teasing the little starling, and tears of sympathy for the younger brothers in his heart: Well, fortunately she is a girl's family, if she is a man, then ......

Duanmu Fei seemed to see the scene of his head hanging beam and stabbing his strands, and he shivered in fright.

She was about to find a reason to slip away, when Duanmu Xian's chief walked in with the curtain and said, "Old lady, the emperor has just woken up, and Grandpa Zhang has just come to pass on the message, saying that he wants to summon the old lady into the palace." ”

Duanmu Xian didn't bother to change his robe, so he immediately sent his grandchildren and followed Zhang Xiaogong, who came to pass on the message, into the palace.

Zhang Xiaogonggong had been bringing Duanmuxian to the Yangxin Palace, and before he entered the emperor's bedroom, Duanmuxian had already heard the emperor's angry voice coming from the other side of the brocade curtain: "...... Sinister intentions! What a sinister intention! ”

"This is to fall into injustice!"

The Emperor's voice was louder and sharper than word by word, revealing undisguised anger and murderous intent.

"The emperor is angry." Cen Yin's feminine voice came next, "If you are sick, won't it make that thief even more happy......

Duanmu Xian's steps slowed down, and he looked half a circle towards the main hall, and several clans such as the second prince, the third prince, You Junji, the scholar of the Hanlin Academy, Cheng Hanlin, and Prince Li had already arrived.

Seeing Duanmuxian coming, You Junji, King Jinjun and others all stepped forward to greet them, and there was a faint hint of uneasiness between the descriptions.

"Shousuke Duanki."

Everyone greeted each other, and Duanmu Xian glanced at the room in the dormitory, and asked in a low voice, "What is the situation now?" ”

King Jinjun said simply: "The emperor woke up half an hour ago, and when he woke up, he was furious, and all the palace people serving around him were angry, and Cheng Daxue and Cheng Hanlin were also reprimanded...... Fortunately, Lord Cen came in time, and now he is better. ”

You Junji sighed: "This time the Hanlin Academy is also a disaster...... "The Hanlin Academy is also responsible for drafting an edict according to the emperor's wishes, and this edict is drafted, so naturally it is none of their business, who wants to return someone who is so bold."

Duanmu Xian subconsciously glanced at Cheng University Scholar and Cheng Hanlin, who were dripping with cold sweat, and was glad in his heart, and then looked at his nose and nose, and silently thought: I don't know anything, I didn't interfere in anything.

On the other side of the curtain, the emperor's voice was still faintly coming: "I will not stop this matter......

The Emperor's tone sounded soothed a little softer than before, and it seemed that he had gradually calmed down.

All the ministers breathed a sigh of relief and exchanged glances with each other, and the scholar wiped the cold sweat on his forehead with his cuffs without panic.

Then, I saw that the brocade curtain was opened from the inside, and Cen Yin, who was wearing a big red unicorn robe, walked out of the dormitory with his hands, not hurrying or slow, and calm.

Everyone was silent, subconsciously holding their breath, and their heartbeats were pounding faster.

"Cen Du ......"

Scholar Cheng was about to step forward to salute Cen Yin, when he heard Geng Hai's displeased voice from outside the hall behind: "Get out of the way, this prince wants to see the emperor." ”

Everyone followed the sound, Geng Hai didn't know when he came to the outside of the main hall, he casually pushed away a Tsing Yi attendant, crossed the high threshold, and walked towards this side with arrows, describing himself as not angry and arrogant.