Chapter 172: Bao Changchuan is released from prison
According to the usual practice, foreign ministers are not allowed to enter and leave the palace at will. And Su Jingye was also worried that Chi would change, and if he couldn't wait for the opportunity to see Su Yutian, he would be in trouble, so he simply led Zhao Ming to wait here.
After noon, the people in the palace brought lunch because they took care of Su Jingye's here. After Zhao Ming had lunch, he was drowsy from the scorching and dry sun outside, and he sat on the chair by the window and kept dozing.
Su Jingye pinched the piece of music in his hand, his heart was extremely calm, and now he has learned to do whatever he wants, no matter what is the realm of not moving my heart. It's just that after another hour, the first moment he saw Li Wensong still made Su Jingye's self-control collapse by a corner.
"Why did Master Li come here?" Su Jingye's cold words sounded, and Zhao Ming, who was napping by the window, woke up suddenly, immediately stood up, bowed his hand, and saluted.
"I've seen the prince, Lord Zhao doesn't have to be polite." Li Wensong returned the salute, his hands hanging on either side of his shoulders, the expression on his face and his lifelong bearing were as humble and polite as he always was.
"The lower official wants to come over and discuss with His Majesty about the celebrant guards. The march under Captain Qiu, part of which was mainly to protect the safety of His Majesty, and part of it was also divided into several vassal kings, which was really more than enough but not enough. ”
"In addition, before the king of Xiping mentioned to the official about the thief of the celebrant supervisor, His Majesty has been worried that this matter will lose the face of the court after being known by several other vassal kings, and he has mentioned increasing the guards with the lower officials several times, and the lower officials are busy helping the martial champion to train the soldiers, so he has to come here today, and he doesn't want to run into the prince and Lord Zhao together."
"Since it was specially ordered by His Majesty, Lord Li just entered the palace after so many days, so it can be seen that the matter at hand is really busy." Repeated wishes have been frustrated, and all of them have a lot to do with this Li Wensong, Su Jingye is extremely defensive when he sees him now, but Zhao Ming next to him is not aware of it.
"I see, it's just that the prince has always liked not to ask about political affairs, and Lord Li doesn't need to say it so clearly." Zhao Ming's concerns as always are different from ordinary people, Li Wensong smiled in a low voice.
"In the end, the prince is a relative of the emperor and the younger brother of His Majesty, so he should share his worries for His Majesty, and the lower officials just explained it clearly, so that the prince can make suggestions with His Majesty in the future."
The words that Xin didn't give to his lips were like honey and couldn't find fault with them, and Li Vincent could be regarded as a perfect blend of these two points. Su Jingye snorted coldly in his heart, and did not pick up his stubble.
"Your Majesty has arrived."
Suddenly, Xiao Quanzi's voice sounded outside the door, and a group of palace maids and eunuchs came over and opened the door, welcoming Su Yutian and walking in alone. When Su Yutian sat on the dragon chair of the main seat, the others were sent out by Xiao Quanzi.
"As soon as I entered the palace, I heard that there were people waiting here, and it was rare to go out, and you can't stop me for a while."
"See Your Majesty." The three people below bowed down together, Su Yutian sighed, and raised his right hand. "Alright, let's all get up."
"Jingye, I heard that you have been out for a trip these days, why do you want to look for me as soon as you come back, is there something wrong?"
"Back to Your Majesty's words, Weichen has something to ask Your Majesty to instruct, Lin Qianyu, who is now locked up in the Yamen prison in the capital, has successfully cleared his suspicion, and here is his testimony."
Su Jingye held the fold in his hand with both hands, and Xiao Quanzi took a few steps down to take things up for Su Yutian. Su Yutian ran outside for a day today, sitting on the horse, feeling a sore back in his back.
It's just that there are three people standing in front of him now, Su Yutian can't show it at all, he just sat up straight and relaxed slightly, and then seemed to take over the fold from Xiao Quanzi's hand, meaning to turn a few pages at once.
It's just a trivial matter, even a discerning person can see that they were framed, they actually spent so many days to collect the testimony completely, Su Yutian pursed the corners of his lips inexplicably, thinking that they had forgotten Lin Qianyu.
"Yes, I see." Su Yutian closed the recital and threw it on the table casually, "It's just a common thing, and it takes so much effort to explain to me, you make your own decisions and tell Zhao Ming, just bring people out of prison." ”
"As far as this matter is concerned, Weichen actually wants to explain to His Majesty about Lord Bao." Su Jingye arched his hand again, buried his head between his sleeves, and then raised his head.
"On that day, Master Bao was imprisoned only because his nephew was implicated in Wushisan, and now that Lin Gongzi has cleared his suspicions, can Your Majesty consider releasing Master Bao at his discretion?"
"Your Majesty, Weichen thinks it's inappropriate." Su Yutian pinched his chin and didn't speak, so Li Wensong rushed to speak in front of him. Su Jingye couldn't help but squint at him, and sure enough, Li Wensong entered the palace to contradict himself.
"As the so-called family ugliness can't be said, if Lord Bao is released at this time, the rumors will definitely alarm several vassal kings, if they know about it, where will the face of the court go?"
"Is it just that this ethereal face can't compare to a person's innocence?" Su Jingye was also angry, and immediately replied, "As long as Your Majesty treats the courtiers and the grass people equally, is fair and strict, and does not need to deliberately proclaim, it is also an absolute deterrent among the vassal kings." ”
"But that's not the point." Li Wensong still spoke slowly, but what he said was still irrefutable.
"Lord Bao was imprisoned, mainly because he dug up the jar of things in his yard, if the source of this jar is not clear, Lord Bao is still suspicious, is the prince only willing to believe the confessions of a few people, but not the facts?"
"This king is just a small person, which proves that Lord Bao must have nothing to do with Wushisan, and now he just wants to ask His Majesty to let him out, after all, Lord Bao is old and can't stand the toss, and he didn't say that Lord Bao will be fine from now on."
Su Jingye was unrelenting, and the argument with Li Wensong seemed to be endless, but fortunately, Zhao Ming stood on the more sideline, and it would be even more embarrassing if he was caught in the middle.
Su Yutian sat high on the main seat, pinching the bridge of his nose very helplessly, and finally couldn't bear to slap the table, "Enough, give me a little quiet." ”
Before the words landed, the two of them stopped bickering, but Su Yutian's strong deterrence had no effect at all.
"I already know what you mean, although Lord Bao is full of suspicions, but after all, he is also an old minister of the two dynasties, and he has no heirs under his knees, I have the right to let him go back to the house with his past merits, but only suspend all his duties until the truth is found."
"What do you think?"
If they were allowed to continue talking, Su Yutian didn't know if he would doze off on it. He was tired from running outside all day, and when he came back, he had to listen to their arguing like children, which really annoyed him.
"Thank you, Your Majesty." The two of them didn't speak, Zhao Ming stood aside and couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, so he answered for them.
Although the result was unsatisfactory, and this kind of treatment was a little too ruthless, it was better than being tortured in a prison, and Su Jingye could only reluctantly accept it.
According to Li Wensong's selfish intentions, he wished he would simply die in prison. But the thought of what kind of expression Bao Changchuan would have when he saw Qin Zitong after he came out made him extremely happy in his heart.
"In that case, then you will all disperse." Since there was no objection, Su Yutian pushed the boat along the water, and waved his hand to let them all out of the palace, so that he could rest earlier.
Since he was imprisoned, except for the small window on the ceiling that could breathe in a ray of sunlight, Bao Changchuan had almost forgotten what the bright sky looked like.
Suddenly told that he could come out today, Bao Changchuan looked at the white land outside sprinkled with sunlight, and felt like he was suddenly out of this world. Su Jingye stood beside the carriage very politely, waiting for him to come from the prison door.
Bao Changchuan put his hand on his eyes, as if he couldn't believe what he was seeing, and waited until he walked in to be reluctantly sure. Su Jingye nodded at him, "Although he is suspended now, fortunately, Master Bao can finally go home." ”
"Thank you for your help, Bao is grateful." Bao Changchuan shook his hand several times.
Although Bao Changchuan has always disliked to have too much interaction with people, he had Jiang Liuyu's concern before, and this time he had Su Jingye's help, which really made him reluctant even if he wanted to stay away deliberately.
Just as he was propping up the carriage frame and about to step on the pedals to go up, Master Bao remembered that he had heard about his suffering nephew in prison, and hurriedly turned his head to ask Su Jingye.
"It's just that there is one more thing to worry about the prince, I don't know how my nephew is now?"
Su Jingye reached out to support Bao Changchuan's elbow, so as not to fall off the car with an unstable center of gravity, while speaking out to comfort. "Let the adults rest assured, Lin Gongzi has completely cleared the suspicion, and someone will naturally pick him up and reunite with the adults in a while."
"It's really troublesome for the prince." Bao Changchuan knows that when he is in trouble, his good friends who are usually around him will fly separately when disaster comes, so he and Mrs. Bao don't like to have deep friendships with people.
But he didn't have any friendship with Su Jingye, but he could still help like this, which really made him grateful.
"If it is a useful place for the old man in the future, as long as he does not violate the law and does not endanger the court, the old man will go to the soup."
Su Jingye pulled him and almost laughed out loud in his heart, "This king does everything he wants, and he doesn't do it for anything in return." ”
After sending Bao Changchuan into the carriage, Su Jingye pulled down the door curtain, "Okay, let's go." ”