Chapter 230: Murder (1)
Zhong Weiwei raised his eyebrows: "Yes, Your Majesty did a good job!" ”
"In your eyes, Your Majesty is of course the best in everything." Xiaotang smiled and waited for Zhong Weiwei to wash and sleep.
The whole Fangda Pavilion did not sleep.
Tea masters selected from all over the country quietly gathered to discuss the woman named Zhong Weiwei.
The daughter of the great Confucian Zhong Nanjiang, the first female official of the foreign dynasty since the founding of the State of Li.
Proficient in the tea ceremony, he is the same sister of His Majesty, known as a virtuous and talented person, and defeated the envoy of the Brahman Zhou.
These are not as good as the tea ceremony elites who witnessed her fight against the Li Kingdom, and they are not as good as seeing with their own eyes how she repays her grievances with virtue and protects the tea ceremony talents of the Li Kingdom.
On this late spring night, Zhong Weiwei did not rely on anyone with his exquisite tea art, generous conduct, and fearless spirit.
She walked out of the harem and the blessing of two generations of emperors, stood in front of the world with dignity, won the respect of the people in the tea ceremony of Liguo, and won an unprecedented reputation.
Many years later, when people talk about her, they will mention this thrilling day.
This day, in the history of the tea ceremony in the country of Li, is known as the battle of Fangtuguan, and has become a major event in the entire country of Li, and even in Dongling, the tea ceremony is talked about.
This night, compared to the gentle wind and drizzle of Fangdi Pavilion, the eastern city where the powerful live is indeed a mess.
Many people took advantage of the dead of night to hide in dark hoods and cloaks, covering their heads, faces and figures, and walked into the mansions of Lu and Webster, plotting and discussing countermeasures about today's affairs.
According to the ideas of Wei Taishi and Lu Taishi, although Chonghua is powerful, his foundation is unstable.
Even if he knew that this matter was a conspiracy and wanted to investigate and punish him severely, he would not do it too ruthlessly or too quickly, and he would definitely try to do it slowly.
So they are arrogant and unscrupulous.
But they don't know, in the corners they can't see.
The people of the Thirteen Guards watched their every move, and wrote down the time, place, names, and things they discussed.
At the same time, some seemingly inconsequential little people were secretly arrested in their own homes, put in the prison of the criminal department, and interrogated overnight.
There will be brave men under heavy rewards, and cowards under heavy punishments.
Chonghua, who was wearing a dark robe, sat behind the case with an expressionless face, silently watched Kong Wenyuan, the secretary of the Criminal Department, and others adjudicate the case, and secretly made another note to Wei and Lu.
In Wan'an Palace, Empress Dowager Wei was secretly entertaining guests.
Lu Ruosu, who had not been out of Furun Palace for many years, sat in front of her with a solemn expression and said in a low voice:
"What are your plans?"
Empress Dowager Wei calmly poured tea for Lu Ruosu: "The matter has not yet been decided, and now the emperor is just making a small fuss, and the imperial sister-in-law does not need to worry." ”
Lu Ruosu frowned: "Why not hurry?" ”
Empress Dowager Wei said lightly: "Of course there is no hurry, you must know that it will be a tea fighting conference soon."
This year's tea fighting conference will be held in the capital of Liguo, when Dongling and the ten neighboring countries, and even further countries will send envoys to participate in the conference.
Do you think that with the wisdom of His Majesty the Emperor, he will expose his shortcomings at such a time, making people feel that there is an opportunity to take advantage of the civil unrest?
If he can't see this, the kingdom of Li should also perish. ”
Lu Ruosu always felt a little uneasy: "I hope so." ”
Empress Dowager Wei sarcastically mocked her: "The imperial sister-in-law has been locked up in Furun Palace for too long, so her courage has become smaller." ”
Lu Ruosu couldn't refute her and left unhappily.
Empress Dowager Wei washed disapprovingly, lay down and slept peacefully.
There was silence in the capital.
Webster and Lu's people thought that this was the case.
The thunder of the new emperor is heavy and the rain is small, although there is a Yu Binzhi who is on the verge of defection, but it will not be good.
At most, they can't frame Zhong Weiwei, so they all sleep in peace.
The sky was bright, and the people who went out to plot the conspiracy went home and slept peacefully until they died.
Suddenly, there was a rapid knock on the door, and many people didn't even think that they were coming for themselves, and they were arrested by the Royal Forest Army who broke into the door and put them in the prison of the Criminal Department.
Among them, including the eldest sons of Wei and Lu, Wei Yunting and Lu Xinglu.
When he was arrested, Wei Yunting was sleeping and snoring with Xinna's seventh concubine in his arms.
Lu Xinglu had just sent away his staff and had just slept soundly in the study.
When they were caught, they all put up a fierce resistance.
But the resistance is ineffective, the opponent is too treacherous, and the broken door is not a gate, but a small door.
The basic door was opened, and there was no escape.
The family always has some strength.
After realizing that something was wrong, some people tried to make a big noise, but after sneaking out of the door, they quickly shrank back because martial law was on the street.
His Majesty the Emperor mobilized the army at some point and sealed the entire capital airtightly.
When Wei Taishi and Lu Taishi received the news, they knew that they couldn't make small moves in private, so they immediately changed into court clothes and wanted to enter the palace to see the driver and redress their grievances.
So there were only two ways for them to go, one was to use their own private soldiers to fight with His Majesty's army.
This is obviously inappropriate, and hastily starting an incident is tantamount to suicide; The other is to close the door and wait for the result.
After careful consideration, both Lui and Webster chose to stay in the door and wait for the result.
After all, Lu and Webster have been in business for hundreds of years, and their power is not only in Beijing, but also all over the country.
If the new emperor did not have conclusive evidence, he would definitely not dare to mess with them, otherwise the economy of the entire Li Kingdom might collapse.
Empress Dowager Wei received the news, it was already after dawn.
She thought about it and rushed to Zhaoren Palace crying, wanting to explain the "misunderstanding" to Chonghua.
Tell him more carefully, when the tea fighting conference is coming, it is a very big deal to cause such a mess.
However, Chonghua was not in the palace at all.
Zheng Gangzhong led a team of imperial forest troops to surround Zhaoren Palace and Qingxin Palace, and refused to let her in even if Li Xiaoshou was dry-mouthed.
Empress Dowager Wei was furious: "There is an urgent matter in this palace to see Your Majesty, who dares to stop me?" Death to those who stop me! ”
Zheng Gangzhong was stubborn to the end: "Weichen is willing to be loyal to His Majesty." ”
Although the Wei clan and the Lu clan are united and have great power, His Majesty the Emperor has already mastered the vast majority of the army.
If it is really a tough match, it will definitely not be beneficial to Webster and Lu, and both will lose.
Li Xiaoshou persuaded Empress Dowager Wei: "Niangniang go back first." ”
Wouldn't it be too shameless to leave like this?
How will she mix up in the future after making her the queen mother?
Empress Dowager Wei held her forehead and shouted: "Kill this palace." He fell straight back and passed out.
The news that the Queen Mother was seriously ill was passed on to Chonghua by the palace people over and over again.
Chonghua was indifferent and arranged according to the plan in an orderly manner.
He had been waiting for this day for a long time, and finally waited for Webster and Lu to dig their own graves. (To be continued.) )