Chapter 223: The City of Ning was demoted
Hongwangfu
"What? Is this really what the emperor said to An Mingchen? King Hong glanced at the man in black on the ground, his expression was a little nervous, and when he saw the man in black nodding, he became more and more uneasy, "Did the emperor find something or did he simply believe in An Mingchen?" ”
The man in black bowed his head and remained silent. King Hong walked to the window, stretched out his hand to push the window open, and suddenly a cold wind blew in, blowing away the anxiety, so that the restless heart gradually calmed down, "You go down first." After the man in black left, King Hong stood alone in front of the window for a long time, and did not turn away until the night was getting darker. In any case, An Mingchen can't be allowed to get rid of the charge so quickly......
On the morning of the second day, An Mingchen changed the date of the day before yesterday to yesterday, and wrote a note to the emperor. At this moment, the emperor spoke, "An Aiqing, tell everyone what's going on." ”
"Yes." An Mingchen took two steps forward and turned to stand face to face with everyone and said about the assassination, "Ladies and gentlemen, if that thing was really done by the official, then how could these assassins explain it yesterday?" Everyone didn't expect such a thing to happen, King Hong knew about it, and when he saw An Mingchen clarifying for himself, he stepped forward with a smile, "This is surprising, maybe it's just a coincidence." Lord An has been an official for so long, and it is normal to have one or two enemies, but yesterday's assassin may have been sent by your enemy? ”
The people of the old party naturally echoed the meaning of King Hong. The New Party was originally dissatisfied with the emperor's favor An Mingchen, but now it is finally possible to fall into the ground, where will this opportunity be missed, so the scene has become one-sided again. An Mingchen has been an official for many days, and for the first time he found that his popularity was so bad, his face changed and changed, and he turned to look at the Jinluan Palace with displeasure.
"Returning to the emperor, what the lower officials said is true, and please ask the emperor to check ......" The emperor was silent, and when everyone saw this, the discussion became louder and louder. An Mingchen thought about how to be a good person, and Lord Zhang Chengzhang, a veteran of the Three Dynasties, stood up, "Ladies and gentlemen, Lord An behaves in the world on weekdays, and how the emperor believes that everyone sees it. Although this incident is indeed too strange, the old minister is willing to use his life to guarantee that Lord An is not such an ungrateful person. Please be careful. Please also ask the emperor to re-investigate the matter. ”
Zhang Cheng is a veteran of the Three Dynasties, on weekdays, no matter how the ministers argue, he rarely speaks, and today An Mingchen didn't expect him to speak for himself, and bowed to him gratefully. Zhang Cheng spoke for An Mingchen, and the ministers did not speak even if they had any opinions. The emperor glanced at them, thought about it, and then said, "Everything will be done according to Lord Zhang's wishes." ”
After going down to the court, An Mingchen deliberately waited for Zhang Cheng at the gate of the palace, and hurriedly stepped forward when he saw the carriage from his house coming. The carriage stopped, and Zhang Cheng lifted the curtain and asked, "What's wrong?" ”
"My lord, it's Lord An." Zhang Cheng was not surprised, but he sat in the carriage but did not move. Seeing that the carriage stopped, An Mingchen hurriedly came to the window and respectfully saluted Zhang Cheng, "Xiaguan, thank you Lord Zhang for your maintenance in the court today." ”
"Lord An is serious, and this official is just talking about things. If you really do such a rebellious thing, this official will definitely not help you. The reason why this official said that is just to believe in your character. Zhang Cheng directly said what was in his heart, opened the curtain and glanced at him, seeing that he was not in a high mood, he could guess why. After living this age, it is rare to think about kindness once, "Have you ever thought about why the people of the New Party have also fallen into the trap for you this time?" ”
An Mingchen couldn't figure out this serious matter, and when he saw Zhang Cheng directly bring it up, he raised his head suddenly. Seeing this, Zhang Cheng smiled a little unbearably, "Lord An is indeed a young talent and a pillar of the country, but in terms of scheming and means, he is still a little too tender." Anyway, since the official helped you once today, I don't mind mentioning you a word or two. Beckoning, waiting for An Mingchen to step forward, he whispered, "An Daren is too popular, and sometimes it's not a good thing to be obscure." ”
"What does Master Zhang mean......" An Mingchen has been really confused for the past two days, he has only understood such a simple truth now, Zhang Cheng saw that he understood, and waved his hand to signal the driver to leave. An Mingchen stood at the gate of the palace for a long time before leaving.
In the imperial study, there were two brocade guards standing under the main hall, and the owner of Zheng Zhuang circled around them twice, walked to the person on the left, pointed to his clothes, and "Take off your clothes." ”
Jin Yiwei glanced at the emperor, saw the emperor nodding, and neatly ripped off the clothes on his body. The wound was exposed, and Master Zheng Zhuang carefully observed for a while, then looked at the wound of another Jinyi guard, and said with certainty, "This injury is indeed caused by the sword technique of the Jianghu sect." It's just that there are many sects in the rivers and lakes, and the grass people can't say the specific sect for a while. ”
"It doesn't matter, that's enough." A flash of disappointment flashed in the emperor's eyes, and then he quickly covered it up. "I'm going to trouble Master Zheng Zhuang today."
"Your Majesty is polite. Being able to do things for the emperor is a blessing for the grass people. After Lord Zheng finished speaking, he followed Gonggong Li and left the imperial study. After a while, Gonggong Li came in again, "Your Majesty, the old slave has ordered someone to send Master Zheng Zhuang out of the palace." ”
"Hmm." The emperor's mood was not very good, he lowered his head and didn't know what he was writing, and Gonggong Li also heard what he said just now. Knowing that the emperor was unhappy, he walked to the front of the palace and served carefully.
"If everything adds up, if it is all a coincidence, it will be too deliberate......" The emperor said this without a head and no brain, and snapped it together, "Gonggong Li, wait until someone is sent to the Huangfu Mansion to announce the decree." Throwing the written holy decree over, Gonggong Li took the holy decree and glanced at it quickly, and then looked at the emperor in surprise, "Master, this ......"
"If you want to go, you can go, and bring so much nonsense." The emperor was in a bad mood, and Gonggong Li wanted to say something, but the words came to his mouth and swallowed again. After Gonggong Li handed over the holy decree to Xiao Zhongzi, he didn't immediately go back to the imperial study, and stood at the door and thought about it for a long time, still unable to understand why the emperor suddenly made such a decision.
In the Huangfu Mansion, An Mingchen was in the study to alienate the day of the dance competition, when the little maid hurriedly ran in, "Uncle, someone is from the palace." ”
In the palace? He just came back, isn't there something going on in the palace? got up and went to the front yard, Xiao Zhongzi sat in the hall drinking tea, saw An Mingchen come in, and stepped forward to salute, "The slave greets Lord An." An Mingchen glanced at Xiao Zhongzi and hurriedly spoke, "No need to be polite, I don't know if the emperor asked you to come to this official ......"
"Lord An, this is written to you by the emperor." Xiao Zhongzi handed over the holy decree to An Mingchen, An Mingchen glanced at him, opened it quickly, and was stunned after seeing the content on it clearly. Ningcheng, the emperor asked him to go to Ningcheng as an official, and he would leave in three days. Ningcheng is the most barren state capital in the southwest, and the emperor suddenly sent himself to Ningcheng because of the events of that day. But now he has no evidence to prove his innocence. He had no second choice but to accept.
"There is Father-in-law Lao." An Mingchen turned his head to signal to the little guy, and the little guy hurriedly stuffed a stack of silver tickets to Xiao Zhongzi, who glanced at the silver tickets in his hand and smiled with satisfaction, "It's not too early, and the slave is going back to the palace to resume his life." The minions are here, and I wish Lord An a smooth journey. ”
The hall was quiet, An Mingchen took the holy decree and slowly hooked up a wry smile on the corner of his mouth, everyone said that the scenery was easy, but they didn't know how much bitterness and helplessness others didn't know behind the scenery. That's it, now the capital is a place of right and wrong, so it's okay to leave. Maybe if you jump out, those people won't be able to remember to calculate him.
It's just that Ningcheng is located in a remote area, and I don't know how long it will take to come back, and the lady and the mother are ......
"Boss, it's spread all over the house, saying that you are going to Ningcheng to take office soon. What kind of place is Ningcheng, a poor and sour place where you can't even fart, why did the emperor suddenly remember where to let you go. Li walked in angrily, his face full of dissatisfaction, "Boss, you said, did you upset the emperor?" ”
"Mother, don't talk nonsense, the emperor has his intentions in whatever decisions he makes, and as courtiers, we just need to obey orders." An Mingchen was in a bad mood, he was really not in the mood to argue with the Li family, he got up to leave, the Li family remembered something, and stepped forward quickly, "I don't care where you want to go, but you have to worry about your second sister's marriage." Who knows how long it will take you to go, your second sister is not young, she is the prince's person again, where can she wait so long. When you go, this matter must be resolved before you go. ”
"What about the second sister?" At the mention of this, An Mingchen remembered that he hadn't seen her in the past few days, and the Li family was in a hurry, and he didn't even think about An Wanru's absence in the house, for fear that An Mingchen would know and want to vaguely fool the past, but he didn't know that the more anxious he was, the easier it was to reveal his stuffing, "Mother, are you hiding something from me." ”
"No, what's the matter?" Li was so frightened that he didn't dare to look at An Mingchen, An Mingchen stepped forward and stood face to face with Li, "Mother, tell me honestly, where is the second sister now?" ”
"What nonsense are you talking about, where can your second sister go when she is not at home. You've been so busy lately, and it's normal to go out early and return late, so it's normal not to see her. I'll tell her to come and see you later. "When the Li family came just now, he had already sent someone to inform An Wanru, as long as he insisted for a while, An Mingchen would not find out.
"Mother, do you know that your eyes will wander around every time you lie? The second sister is not in the house, right? An Mingchen's eyes flashed with anger, he took two steps forward, and said in a deep voice, "The second sister is in the Hongwang Mansion, right?" ”
"What nonsense are you talking about, don't ruin your sister's reputation, she's still an unmarried girl......"
"Did you know that she was still an unmarried girl? Mother, I thought that you would pay attention to proportions even if you were messing around, but now it seems that I overestimated you. An Mingchen sneered twice, "Since my mother is so capable, my mother will make her own decisions in this matter." I still have something to do, so I'll go to the study first. ”
"No, boss, you can't go." Li Shi had long known that he would be angry when he knew about this, and originally thought that it would take a while to pass, but now the situation is special, the boss is about to go to Ningcheng to take office, and he doesn't know when he will come back next time, how can the second child wait, so this matter must be settled this time anyway.