Chapter 242: The Wen Family Falls
Lu Qi's body shook, and he staggered back a few steps, muttering "I" in his mouth, and couldn't spit out half a word other than that.
Hua Xiyan slowly approached Lu Qi and said, "Yu Gong, you are the prince of King Ping, and you should understand the righteousness. Yu private, you are the eldest brother and uncle, and you should protect your relatives and protect your honor. But now you are relying on some rumors and rumors to put the entire Taiyuan Wang clan in an unkind and unrighteous place. You are indeed worthy of admiration for killing your relatives in righteousness, but has the prince ever thought about where you put the entire Wang family in doing this? Where is Jinju Academy? Where is the lord of Linqing? ”
With Hua Xiyan's every question, Lu Qi's face turned white, so that he became pale and bloodless later.
Hua Xiyan looked at the young man in front of him who was about the same age as himself, but he didn't have much sympathy in his heart. My sister is the daughter-in-law of the Wang family, but she helps the Li family calculate the Wang family, what is this?
"Actually, I shouldn't have asked about this, but the eldest brother has a close relationship with the prince, and he can't speak." Hua Xiyan stood up straight, standing gracefully, her slightly thin posture and temperament were unparalleled, it seemed that in this Jinluan Palace, the Ninety-Five Honor, the Emperor's nobles, and the dignitaries and dignitaries could not hide the arrogant and domineering light that emanated from her body.
"If today's incident is not revealed by the prince, I am afraid that the Wen family's crimes will not be discovered. So no matter what the original intention of the son of the world was, he can still take credit. Hua Xiyan was just calmly stating the facts, and he didn't have much feeling, but when he heard these words in Lu Qi's ears, they were harsh.
"My emperor is here, I naturally can't go beyond my bounds, as for where the son goes, it's all up to the emperor's orders." Hua Xiyan said, turned around and stood beside the Wang family, not planning to say anything more.
Wang Jin glanced at Lu Qi and said nothing, and several members of the Wang family pursed their lips and said nothing, looking like they were letting the emperor call the shots.
Emperor Tianlong glanced at a few members of the Wang family, fixed his eyes on Lu Qi again, and said after thinking for a moment: "The prince of Pingwang is not strong-hearted, he is easily disturbed, and it is a big sin to insult the family by listening to the words of others. However, in view of the fact that the people of the Wang family were not to blame, and they were exposed to meritorious service, they finally took his Jiazi Jinshi results and sent Fan Yang in the near future. ”
Deprivation of merit ...... For a literati, this can be regarded as a great punishment.
Lu Qi pursed his lips and slowly knelt down for a moment: "I hope to thank the emperor." ”
Emperor Tianlong waved his hand, and Lu Qi walked out under the leadership of the Imperial Forest Army. The slightly rickety back and the spirit of the time when they came are like two people.
"Wen Yuan." After a moment, Emperor Tianlong spat out two words.
Wen Yuan's limp body immediately stiffened, knowing that the emperor was going to dispose of himself.
"I feel that you are old, and you are worried about the affairs of the court, and you will still worry about Xiao Aiqing in the future, so you can enjoy your old age at home."
Wen Yuan raised his head and called out in disbelief: "Your Majesty ......"
"Let's go down!" Emperor Tianlong waved his hand.
Wen Yuan still wanted to say something, but his throat seemed to be blocked, and it was difficult to speak, so he let the Imperial Forest Army drag him out.
Although Emperor Tianlong did not punish Wen Yao's nine clans, the second room of the Wen family was dead, and the Wen family's room had lost power, and the Wen family was completely finished.
"Is there anyone else in the second room of the Wen family?" Emperor Tianlong turned his head and asked the attendant beside him.
"Back to the emperor, there is also a son Wen Qing, and the two daughters have invited themselves out of the house."
"If you invite yourself out of the house, it's not the Wen family, let them go, as for the rest, bury the head of the family!"
Hua Xiyan blinked, Emperor Tianlong is going to kill Wen Qing? Now that the Wen family has only such a lone seedling left, Emperor Tianlong is going to kill the Wen family!
"The Wen family has been convicted, but the origin of those weapons still needs to be investigated, and the major families should be checked together, and by the way, the moths in the family should be removed."
When Emperor Tianlong's words fell, everyone immediately said yes in fear. The Wen family's stall this time is really too big, and the emperor is going to carry out a big purge this time.
"Retreat." Emperor Tianlong said and got up to leave.
"Old Five, come with me!"
When Emperor Tianlong's words fell, Ning Xuan's face immediately became extremely ugly, and he glanced at Ning Xi's back with resentment, and hurriedly walked towards Empress Li's palace.
"Let's go home!" Wang Yao's eyes swept over the few people in front of him, and he spoke indifferently.
A few people walked towards the outside of the palace, ignoring the courtiers who gathered around and prepared to set up a close match.
In the Luohuang Palace, Ning Xuan sat on the chair with red eyes, his right hand tightly grasped the armrest of the chair, and he wanted to hold the mahogany into crumbs.
Empress Li didn't have much anger on her always graceful face, but there was already an unkind look in the eyes of the few people who looked at him.
"Smack", a teacup smashed at the feet of Princess Roujia.
Princess Roujia immediately knelt down in fear, trembling and cowering, not daring to look up at the lazy queen.
"What's the matter with the letter?" Empress Li said in a deep voice, "Didn't the letter say about the Wang family?" How did you become the Wen family! ”
"Queen Mother's ......"
"You explain it clearly to this palace!"
Princess Roujia pursed her lips and said in a trembling voice: "A few days ago, there were thieves in the daughter's palace, and nothing happened, so I didn't report to the queen mother. Now think about it...... That letter ...... I'm afraid I'll lose my ...... at that time."
"Bastard!" Empress Li shouted angrily, the corners of her eyebrows and eyes were full of anger, and her beautiful eyes were wide-eyed, full of dissatisfaction and disappointment, "Such a big matter, you actually hide it from this palace!" ”
"My daughter never thought that someone would dare to come to her daughter's palace to steal things......" Princess Roujia explained in a choked voice, tears quickly accumulating in her eyes, and they were about to fall.
"Just because of one of your mistakes, the entire Wen family is finished!" Empress Li looked at her daughter below with hatred, "Have you ever thought about what kind of loss your stupidity will bring to your imperial brother!" Don't cry, fool! ”
was yelled at by Empress Li like this, Princess Roujia held her mouth and cried even more fiercely.
In the end, it was his own imperial sister, Ning Xuan was a little unbearable, and comforted her: "The imperial sister is also an unintentional mistake, the queen mother should not criticize her anymore, now think of a remedy." ”
"In the future, you will give the palace a long memory, how can you fight with the girl of the Wang family with this appearance!" Empress Li glanced at Princess Roujia, and thought of the last time Hua Xiyan stood in front of her, her calm face and her light and breezy bearing, and she felt more and more that Princess Roujia, who was dressed up in a fancy way, was not pleasing to the eye.
Ning Xuan pondered for a moment and asked tentatively: "Queen Mother, why don't you abolish Wen Guiyi and find a concubine from another family?" ”
The Wen family has already lost power, and Wen Guiyi is naturally not qualified to sit in the position of the crown princess anymore. And the power behind the crown princess has always been the biggest help for the prince outside of his mother's family. In addition, finding a crown princess who will help him in his grand cause is indeed the best solution.
Unexpectedly, as soon as these words came out, they immediately provoked a slap from Empress Li.
Empress Li stood in front of Ning Xuan and said sharply: "One is a fool, and so are two!" As soon as the Wen family fell, you abolished Wen Guiyi, are you afraid that your father's suspicion of you is not serious enough? ”
Seeing that Ning Xuan's face turned pale, Empress Li continued to speak: "The wife of the chaff does not go to court, you should understand this truth." This is what your father hates the most, so Wen Guiyi, not only can you not abolish it, but you also have to give me good food and drink for her! ”
"But what if my father is angry with me because of this?" Ning Xuan frowned and asked.
"If I want to anger you, I will anger you, and I will have to wait until later?" Empress Li hooked her lips disdainfully, "Ning Xi has been traveling outside for so many years, and an idle prince can't pose any threat to you, but my Shengtian has a group training, and the emperor may not be the prince, and the sons-in-law of Prince An's family are all your opponents!" You'd better see better! ”
"There is only one crown princess, but the crown princess and the prince Zhaoxun how much do you love, can you understand what I said?" Empress Li swept the corners of Ning Xuan's eyes obliquely with gold powder, and even her pleasant voice rose a few degrees.
"The child understands." Ning Xuan replied respectfully.
"The top ten families are just without a Taiyuan Wen family now, and there are so many families for you to choose from, don't worry." Empress Li's tone slowly softened, and she snorted lightly, "The fall of the Wen family is not necessarily a good thing. The two brothers, Wen Chun and Wen Qing, ......"
Ning Xuan and Rou Jia listened with their ears pricked up, but who knew that Empress Li changed the topic: "Lu Qi has been exposed, and this matter has not had any effect, and it has become a waste ...... again."
Ning Xuan was silent for a long time, and suddenly asked cautiously: "The child heard that the queen mother has found out the murderer of the eldest cousin?" ”
Empress Li didn't intend to hide it from her two children, so she nodded and said, "It's the secret guard of the Xie clan of Chen County." ”
"Xie family?" Princess Roujia couldn't help but cover her lips and snort softly.
"Jiadinghou's sister Xie Zi is the stepwife of the second uncle, that is, the stepmother of the eldest cousin and the third cousin. The third cousin unfortunately passed away at the end of the year, and Xie Zi's own son is still young, if it is to win the heir, he does have a motive. Ning Xuan said aloud analysis.
Princess Roujia also answered with some smugness: "When I was still in Huangzhao Temple, Xie Yan was hanged by my order, if it is said that the Xie family and the Li family have formed a bond, it is not impossible." ”
Empress Li glanced at Princess Roujia and did not speak.
"You have to keep an eye on Xie Zi to see if she has any other moves, after all, this matter is not without the possibility of planting blame." Empress Li instructed Ning Xuan, "If it's really Xie Zi's hand, let's re-plan." ”
"Yes." The two nodded.
"Now that it's an eventful time, you two should also stop, especially don't go to the trouble of the Wang family." Empress Li instructed the two of them, and told Ning Xuan again, "This time your father and emperor are going to be purged, and your two uncles are on the march, you send reliable people to Longxi and Zhaojun to see if there are anything that should not be there, in case someone does something that should not be tampered with." ”
The two were ordered to leave, and Empress Li was still sitting in place, with a cold face and no words.
"Mother." The weaving mandarin suddenly attached himself to Empress Li's side and said in a low voice, "I heard that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has recently been close to a prostitute in the Qinglou. ”
"A prostitute in a green house? He's really getting more and more unmotivated! Empress Li snorted coldly, and was unable to vent her anger, "Recruit that prostitute to this palace, and this palace will see what kind of goods it is!" ”