Chapter 3: The Imperial Family of Dongzhou (2)
The night was terrible, the lights in the Zichen Hall were bright, and several of Emperor Yu's henchmen were summoned here.
"The widow asks you, who is the right throne for?"
"Back to the emperor! Hasn't the crown prince inherited the throne since ancient times? ”
"Am I going to let a self-thief inherit the kingdom that the emperor has worked so hard to build?"
"The crown prince, he..."
"Xiao'er still didn't say it, the widow has hinted at him many times, telling him not to form a party and not to run a private business, but he is good, both of them are occupied, Xu Huwei, the widow asked you to secretly put the bill for the seizure of the prince's smuggling in Bei'an City in his study, did you do it?"
"Tell the emperor, the last general has been released, and no one in the imperial city should be able to find out that I did it."
"The widow knows that you are powerful, you just need to answer whether you let it go"
"Put"
"Let it go! He also loaded it for me this afternoon."
"Did you find out who provided the prince's goods? Where is it shipped? ”
"Back to the emperor, it was provided by General Dong, and..."
"And what? Tell me, or I'll be dragged out and beheaded now."
"And more than this time, it was shipped outside the customs"
"Do you know what that shipment is?" Emperor Yu suddenly walked up to the old officials and asked in a whisper.
"According to the reports of his subordinates, they are all some daily necessities, vegetables, rice, oil, salt and the like, the prince has assisted the king for many years, and has been in the industry, although there is smuggling, it is understandable..."
"What is excusable about him, I said that my internal history is away from the book treasure, you can just open one eye and close one eye, but I will let you check, can you bring some brains, you are really getting older and more confused, you know how to read and read, if it weren't for the fact that you have followed me all my life, I really want to dig out your brain now to see, what is inside."
Emperor Yu said as he gestured on the head of this Li-sama, so frightened that he kept shrinking his head.
"Forgive the minister for being stupid, but the minister once took the risk of offending the prince to stop the convoy of the prince's subordinates, it is indeed some..."
"How many wagons did you overturn?" Emperor Yu's face turned red with anger.
"One... "Lishu Bao said with his eyes open.
"A... That's what he's willing to show you, and if you turn over a few more, your son might be kneeling here and talking to me today."
"The minister still doesn't understand..."Lishu Bao looked like he was about to cry, his hands trembled.
"Escort Xu, you come" Emperor Yu took a deep breath and returned to the dragon chair.
"Lord Neishi, I followed the caravan under the prince's name all the way by the king's order, they sent a caravan of fifty people at a time, but it was only equipped with ten large cage carts, and all the personnel only advanced on foot, at first I thought that the prince was just planning a simple smuggling for money, but one night it rained overnight, and the road where the carriage walked was imprinted with deep ruts, and I secretly looked through the contents of it, all of which were gold or iron tools" Xu Escort returned to the king after speaking.
At this time, the Ministry of Rites, who was standing on the side, spoke: "What is the point of the prince transporting these? ”
"What's the point, ask Lord Li, you will understand the expenses of forging army weapons over the years." Emperor Yu rubbed his head, a little tired, and waved his hand, "Okay, you all go back first"
Several old men withdrew from the hall one after another and began to discuss
"Why did this prince transport iron weapons make the emperor so angry, and what does it have to do with General Dong's refining of weapons over the years?"
"Could it be that the prince has lost his mind and used the army's resources to refine the playthings for resale?"
"Neishi, you said"
"Army, iron, Guanwai...", suddenly a voice said these three words.
"Han Yushi, what do you say? Speaking of this important event in the court, it is rare for the emperor to call you once," several old men muttered around a short and fat old man.
Master Han observed left and right for a moment, and whispered, "The more confused, the better, the more confused, the better," and then left quickly with small steps. The remaining old men stood there confused.
The sky is blue and cloudy, the dense fog gradually disperses, the Yujiang City has been crowded, and each family has started a day's life, and in the middle of this Yujiang City, there is a mansion - Sheng Gong Mansion. Now the house is very busy, everyone is like ants in a hot pot of water gathered in the courtyard but do not speak anxiously waiting for something.
"Wow" a loud child cry came from inside the house.
"Old ancestor, old lady, old lady, old lady, great, Mrs. is born, it is a boy, mother and child are safe, congratulations to the old ancestor, old lady, old lady, old lady, old man" The grandmother shouted the person with the status of the Sheng family, rushed out of the house, and a middle-aged man who looked like a landlord instantly took out a large bag of silver and stuffed it to her, and led everyone into the house.
"Wanjun, what's going on, Wanjun, where are our children?"
There was a woman in her early forties lying on the bed, she leaned her head against the newborn child next to her, the red tide on her face had not faded, and she looked at the middle-aged man who came in with a happy face, "Jia'an, I'm fine, Jia'an, we have a child, I'm finally... You've become a father. ”
"Wanjun, thank you for your hard work" The middle-aged man gently hugged the newborn child and looked at the mother and son dotingly.
"My Sheng family finally has a queen, thank God, I will definitely do more good deeds" said, the middle-aged man's eyes unconsciously shed tears and choked with a smile, compared with the cry of the newborn baby, the picture made the surrounding maids can't help but shed tears, but these tears are sweet.
This man is Sheng Zhan's grandson, after Sheng Zhan prospered with the construction of Yujiang City, the Sheng family settled in this beautiful place, but he has not wanted children, and gradually Sheng Zhan understood that he had privately made suggestions for the emperor, used too many poisonous schemes, and harmed too many innocent people, so he suffered retribution, but he did not expect that he had hidden from the world, he was a harmless person, but he did not hide from God, and since then he has given up the idea of having children.
And God seemed to be teasing himself, and within a year he let his wife conceive a child, and was born to find that he was a deformed child, although it was not sound, but the child still made Sheng Zhan smile, and gradually the child grew up, Sheng Zhan found that not only was his body defective, but even his intelligence could not be like ordinary people, and it was okay; This child is the old lady of the Sheng family, Sheng Jia'an's father - Sheng You; Fortunately, the Sheng family is blessed with the emperor's grace, and the glory of the ancestors is inevitable, Sheng Zhan arranged a marriage for him after Sheng You became an adult, but he didn't expect that his own sins befell the child, and it was too late to say that he regretted it. Since there is no end, the glory of the house can still make the incense continue. But I didn't expect the same thing to happen to my son Sheng You, it was difficult to find a son, or die, or miscarry, until Sheng Zhan was too old, and finally ushered in his grandson, that day, at the moment when Sheng Zhan hugged his grandson, the old tears were rampant, "God, I know that I am deeply guilty, please don't blame my children and grandchildren, you take my old life."