Chapter 4: The Confrontation in the Great Hall

After listening to this, Yingxi said in a calm tone: "Oh, there is such a coincidence? His expression was very surprised, and he looked at Tobe Shangshu and asked, "What did Lord Liu say?" ”

The name of the head of the household is Liu Yingkan, who is nearly fifty years old, and has been cautious all his life, but he didn't expect to capsize in the gutter, and when he heard the emperor's questioning, he knelt down directly without saying a word and said: "The minister is guilty." Please punish the emperor! After saying that, he kowtowed.

Yingxi has never seen this battle, it's like the rhythm of breaking his head.

She said, "Okay, it's not too late to ask for the guilt when we find out, get up and talk back." ”

Yingxi returned to the throne of Jinluan, looked down at the ministers, and said, "Liu Ying, let's talk about it, what is going on." ”

Liu Yingkan already knew that he was being yin, and he didn't dare to hide anything, so he knew everything.

He was still kneeling on the ground, straightened up and could still see the broken head, and said, "Your Majesty, please listen to the ministers." Weichen has a lot of affairs, and his energy is not enough, so he handed over part of his frustration to the left and right servants, which was handed over to the left and right waiters, and the handover of the military department was given to the left waiter Dong Fang, who was also responsible for registering and making a register and issuing money to the soldiers. ”

Ying Xi said loudly: "Where is Dong Fang? ”

The person who had shown Liu Ying to help check the roster just now stood up, bent down and said, "Weichen is here." ”

Yingxi's expression was indifferent: "What do you say?" ”

I saw that the man lifted the hem of his clothes, knelt down upright, straightened his back, looked directly at Yingxi, and said, "Minister, there is nothing to say." "After saying that, he was still smiling!

Yingxi frowned, feeling that this matter was not over.

She looked at the ministers who were whispering to each other because of this person's attitude, and said: "Everyone, Aiqing, since this person has confessed his guilt, then Dali Temple, the Criminal Department and the inspectors will be taken into custody for trial, and the whole story must be investigated." Liu Ying, your household department has been carefully checked. β€œ

After she finished speaking, she squinted her eyes slightly and glanced at the ministers, flicked her sleeves, and turned to leave. The hundred officials also left one after another, only Liu Yingkan, the head of the household, always knelt on the top of the main hall, maintaining a posture of kowtowing, until all the people left, he slowly straightened up, his eyes were dark, and his face was gloomy like black water.

Yingxi left Fengtian Hall and went directly to Fengyi Palace, and looked for the queen when he entered the door: "Queen!" Zitong? ”

A clear voice came from behind the screen: "What are you shouting, am I not here?" ”

Yingxi laughed: "Queen, let me tell you about today's court in detail." ”

Behind the screen, a noble woman wearing a Yanju crown dress and a double phoenix and dragon crown walked out, which was Emperor Xuanwu. Emperor Xuanwu now knew why every time he came to the queen's bedroom, the queen liked to wear civilian clothes, it was really too heavy, even regular clothes were very cumbersome.

He was sad before because the queen always didn't pay attention to his appearance when she saw him, but now that he thinks about it, he really doesn't know the queen's suffering, and he speculates in vain, which really shouldn't be.

Yingxi took Emperor Xuanwu's hand and entered the inner room, closed the door, and said excitedly: "This morning, I ordered the two to check the roster on the main hall, and it happened to be discovered by the military department's squire. ”

Emperor Xuanwu nodded and asked, "Then what does Liu Yingkan say?" ”

Yingxi: "He pleaded guilty quickly, and said that all these matters were handed over to Dong Fang, the head of the household department, and the strange thing was the attitude of this Dong Fang. ”

Emperor Xuanwu looked at her frowning, very puzzled, and said, "This person directly confessed?" ”

Yingxi nodded: "Indeed, he pleaded guilty, and he was not at all flustered, as if such a big crime was meaningless to him, which was really incomprehensible." I guess there's someone else behind him! ”

Emperor Xuanwu smiled: "Yingxi is very smart, what he said is really not simple about this matter, just a household servant, he can't cover the sky with one hand, and he plays with the military department and the household department in the palm of his hand." ”

The corners of his mouth were slightly raised, and there was a hint of ruthlessness in his eyes, as if he was expecting everything today.

Yingxi thinks he's so handsome!

Emperor Xuanwu noticed Yingxi's gaze, and immediately felt that his cheeks were hot, lowered his head slightly, and said, "Yingxi has done a good job, I am very pleased." ”

Yingxi smiled innocently: "It's good that I didn't cause you trouble." ”

There is an edict prison in the Dayi Dynasty that imprisons important prisoners of the imperial court, the environment is gloomy, and there are often screams of prisoners.

Today, a visitor came to the prison, and he wore a black cloak to wrap his real body, apparently not wanting people to know his identity.

As soon as I entered the prison, I immediately rushed to the surrounding temperature, and the lights were dim, but I could still see a lot of black marks in the corners, I don't know if it was blood.

The jailer was still instructing: "Your Excellency, you must not stay long when you go in, at most a quarter of an hour, you must come out, there is blood everywhere here, you pay attention to your feet." ”

As he had said that, he reached his destination, and the jailer opened the door and said, "The front is it, and I will open the door in a quarter of an hour, and you should pay attention to the hour." With that, he turned and left, and locked the door.

The man in black lifted the hat of his cloak, and it was Liu Yingkan, the head of the household department who had lost face in the court today, and the one lying in the prison was also Dong Fang, the former head of the household department.

Dong Fang was pale, but he still smiled and said, "Lord Liu, don't come unharmed." β€œ

Liu Ying really couldn't imagine that framing himself was actually Dong Fang, who was regarded as his protΓ©gΓ©.

He has been an official for 20 years and has offended many people, some of them are impartial law enforcement, and some are for self-protection, but he asked himself, he has not done anything to be sorry for his Dong Fang, why did this guy frame him so much!

Liu Ying thought about it before, because he was overly partial to this student, he was resented by the two children and his wife at home, and it was difficult to express the depression in his heart, and his face was even more embarrassed.

Dong Fang saw that Liu Ying just looked at him gloomily, didn't speak, sighed and said: "The student is ashamed of the teacher, but this matter is widely implicated, and it is really ......."

With a snap, Dong Fang received a loud slap, his face was on the side, and he was a little dazed.

Liu Yingkan's expression was indifferent: "You are still, unrepentant." ”

Dong Fang came back to his senses, stroked his face a little stunned, and felt a tingling pain.

He took a deep breath, got up, lifted the front swing, knelt in front of Liu Yingkan, and said with a stiff neck: "The student knows that he has made a big mistake, and he doesn't dare to make any excuses, but I just want to implore the teacher to take care of your body, don't hurt your body because of me." ”

Liu Ying snorted: "You have such a big face, and you still think that I hurt your body for you, I have been an official for many years, and I have never been so humiliated, how many people in the hall laugh at me behind my back." ”

Dong Fang lowered his head and smiled helplessly: "Teacher, you just value face too much." ”

Liu Ying couldn't speak, he stared at Dong Fang, and his voice was cold: "Why, I have checked all the accounts you handled, and the total amount of those embezzlement proceeds is not enough for 10,000 taels of silver, this is still the result of your five years of acceptance, and your family has not benefited." Now that the stolen money is missing, who are you? ”

Dong Fang looked at Liu Ying with an indescribably complicated look and said, "Teacher, now I have no value, but if you want to say something, you have to go through the emperor." ”

He knelt up straight and kowtowed three times at Liu Yingkan.

Liu Ying looked motionless and accepted his great gift.

Dong Fang fell to the ground, and his voice was dull: "Teacher, I can swear to the heavens that everything I do is for your safety, and everything will be told to you after I am convicted." ”

Liu Yingkan told himself that this person was no longer credible, he had betrayed him once, and now it was just a matter of delaying time, don't believe what he said.

But his mouth involuntarily said: "I'll wait for you in the house." ”

After speaking, Liu Yingkan felt that he couldn't stay any longer, turned around and asked the jailer to open the door for him, and left directly.

Dong Fang did not get up for a long time in prison.

In Fengyi Palace, all the palace people were driven outside the main hall, and the palace people waiting outside the door looked at their noses and noses, pretending not to hear the laughter of His Majesty the Emperor.

To tell the truth, the emperor has often come to Fengyi Palace recently, and everyone has gotten used to it, but they still feel a sigh in their hearts, thinking about the state of the emperor and the queen mother back then, and those of them who were the next people couldn't help but beat the drum in their hearts, worried that the queen mother would anger the emperor and affect them as small fish and shrimp.

They don't want to worry about it, who makes the emperor look unfathomable every time he comes, and when he leaves, he is also preoccupied, as if there is a big case to be tried in Fengyi Palace.

It's good now, the emperor is in Fengyi Palace every day, and he is still lying on the couch reading with his mother, living the life of a fairy couple.

I really hope that the mother and the emperor have always been so good.

The empress with high hopes is writing on the Pope.

Hua Yingxi: "Why is it so troublesome, I will bring it back, isn't it easier for you to approve it?" ”

Emperor Xuanwu said in his heart, isn't that a lot less fun?

Besides, he had an upright face: "If I come to approve, and you don't know why I arranged it this way, wouldn't you be speechless when the official asked about you?" ”

Yingxi thought about it and felt that it was very right, the biggest principle is not to show the stuffing.

He nodded, took out the strength of the college entrance examination review, and began to watch the twists and turns.

Then, she was sleepy. What's going on with these officials, why are they talking so much nonsense and still talking so badly.

Yingxi had a sad face: "You usually look at the twists and turns like this, don't you think it's nonsense?" ”

Emperor Xuanwu looked at her and sighed helplessly: "Naturally, I know, and it is indeed as you said nonsense." But it can't be changed for the time being, hundreds of officials have been officials for many years, and they all start from petty officials, not to mention slapping horses, at least the words on the scene will not be wrong. ”

Yingxi made a bitter face: "But I don't want to look at it like this, I want to sleep after a while." ”

Emperor Xuanwu did not relent, and said: "In that case, you should practice calligraphy first, imitate my handwriting, I will first look at these pieces, and after finding out the most important thing, you will analyze it." ”

Yingxi immediately said: "Okay, okay, you're the best!" She happily practiced her calligraphy.

Emperor Xuanwu's cheeks were slightly red, how could the queen always say something so explicit, which made people ashamed.

No matter what era it is, Yingxi likes to write well-looking people. She remembers that when she was a child, adults said that her words were like people, and she was very inferior, because her words were really not good-looking, and she always felt that this sentence meant that everyone thought that her words were like her people, and they were not good-looking.

Now looking at Emperor Xuanwu's words, she understands what it means to be like a person, and it is true that this person's ambition can be seen from a person's words.

Her fighting spirit instantly became even more high, there was a furrow in her father-in-law's chest, and she definitely couldn't drag him back!

Emperor Xuanwu looked at Yingxi pursing his lips, frowning slightly, copying his words very seriously, and the whole person exuded a firm atmosphere, as if copying his words was an important mission. Emperor Xuanwu was very happy, but he didn't know why he was happy.