Chapter 96: The Jackal and the Destroyer

Chapter 96: The Jackal and the Destroyer

Tao Ran Pavilion opened windows on all sides, and the wind sent warmth, and she could vaguely hear the cheerful chirping of birds in the shade of the trees on the shore, and the birds around her were singing and fragrant, peaceful and peaceful, but Sun Qingyang was like being in the bloody wind, she couldn't hear everyone's words, couldn't see everyone's expressions, only heard her own heartbeat, and was lonely and lonely.

No one can help her, no one can save her at such a time.

A heart went up and down, and her palms were full of cold sweat, because she was calm and sober, she knew that this unwarranted disaster could not be avoided. The indescribable fear and coldness crept up her nerves, and she couldn't shake it off, she didn't know that her face and lips had turned pale, and she didn't even know that she was shaking like a leaf in the wind.

She raised her little face, endured it, endured it, but didn't hold back the dampness in her eyes, one drop, two drops, three tears rolled down her long eyelashes, and the peach-colored tulle jacket was smudged away, like a blood flower, which was terrifying.

The crown princess saw it in her eyes, no matter how smart and forbearant this child was, he was just a child! Every time there is calm in big events, for a child, it still can't be done!

Xuanji rushed forward and hugged Sun Qingyang's trembling body, "Miss, Miss-" and shouted at Ji Gang again, "I did it, I made it, I poisoned the dishes, I poisoned the grapes, it has nothing to do with my young lady, if you want to take someone, just take me." ”

Ji Gang's expression was silent, his eyes were condensed and calm, he looked at Xuanji for a while, and when he saw Xuanji, he felt goosebumps all over his body, and then he said, "You did it?" Where did you get your 'big dream'? Why did you poison yourself? Don't think you're a loyal servant, shouting out loud can save your master. The only one who can save her is her mother, and she doesn't even care about her mother, who are you a good man? ”

Xuanji was stammered by his question, but just hugged Sun Qingyang and cried.

Ji Gang stepped forward, grabbed Sun Qingyang's wrist, and lifted her up.

The crown princess exclaimed, "Master Ji let go, this matter needs to be investigated again." ”

Ji Gang let go, Sun Qing fell like a rag doll, if it wasn't for Xuanji's timely support, he would have knocked his head on the stone round table in the pavilion.

After looking at the expressions of everyone in the circle, Ji Gang's eyes slanted to the side, with an arrogant expression, "I don't know what Her Royal Highness the Crown Princess, or the ladies have to say?" The family of such a felon, is it possible that you still plan to protect her and ignore the king's law? The concubine is not allowed to interfere in the politics of the court, this matter is no longer an ordinary poisoning incident, it may involve the rebellion of the remnants of the previous dynasty, I don't take her down, how to peel off the cocoon and find out the person behind the scenes? ”

Everyone was silent, and even the crown princess showed a depressed look.

Ji Gang was about to reach out and lift Sun Qingyang up again.

Suddenly, I heard the chamberlain shouting in a procrastinating voice, "The emperor has arrived." ”

I saw a group of palace maids accompanying Yongle Emperor Zhu Di from Baishizi Road to Taoran Pavilion. Emperor Yongle was beside Zhu Zhanji, the eldest grandson of the emperor.

The crown princess had sharp eyes, and saw that there was Du Ruo's figure among the palace maids who followed, thinking that Du Ruo saw that the situation was not right, and sneaked away to find the emperor's eldest grandson, and Zhu Zhanji went to the palace to move his imperial grandfather to the palace.

Although the situation may change when the father comes, but in this way, will Zhan'er make the father feel that he is putting his mind in this boudoir, and it is difficult to become atmospheric?

The crown princess was half happy and half worried.

When everyone heard that Emperor Yongle was coming, they all hurriedly tidied up their clothes, and then stepped forward to pay their respects.

"Let's all be flat. I heard Zhan'er say that there are good peonies to appreciate in this garden, and you also called the Tongfu Opera Troupe to sing the whole "Palace of Eternal Life", and you happened to come over to have fun together. After Emperor Yongle sat down, he and the two concubines of King Zhang nodded, and beckoned to Concubine Quan Xian, "Concubine Ai's face is so ugly, do you want to recruit the imperial doctor to show you?" ”

When he raised his eyes and saw several imperial doctors standing in the corridor outside the pavilion, he frowned, "Have you already asked for a pulse?" How so? ”

Where did a few imperial doctors come to diagnose the pulse, but the cause and effect were not clear at this time, and they squeaked for a long time.

Emperor Yongle felt strange, "Why can't you say one or two words clearly?" ”

Although the emperor seemed to be in a good mood today, his understatement still made several imperial doctors tremble, and in the end, it was the envoy of the Liu Yuan who stepped forward and replied, "Back to the emperor, the ministers and others came today, not to ask for the mother's pulse, but because someone in the prince's mansion was poisoned and came to cooperate with Lord Ji to investigate the case." ”

"Oh, I've heard Zhan'er say about this matter, someone is poisoning and causing trouble, it should be dealt with by Dali Temple, why is Ji Aiqing here, could it be that Jinyiwei has been very idle recently, and even such a small case needs you to ask? Aren't you afraid of disturbing their fun of enjoying flowers and listening to the play? ”

At that time, as soon as he saw Ji Gang appear, Du Ruoqing knew that there was nothing good, so he sneaked away to find Zhu Zhanji, and at that time, the envoy of Liu Yuan had not yet come, so Zhu Zhanji did not know what was going on, and Emperor Yongle only listened to half of it.

Hearing Emperor Yongle's inquiry, Ji Gang's heart sank, and he bowed down and replied: "Back to the emperor, just because this is not an ordinary poisoning incident, I am afraid that it involves a wide range of things, not only related to the prince's mansion, but also the remnants of the previous dynasty, so Weichen will enter without an edict in a hurry." ”

After listening to the ins and outs of the matter, Emperor Yongle looked at Ji Gang and said with a smile: "Aiqing's loyalty, of course I know, but in this deep palace, you can avoid suspicion." Last time, I heard Concubine Xian say that you broke into Shou'an Palace in a hurry, and this time you broke into the Prince's Mansion in a hurry, and the next time, are you going to go to my Qianqing Palace in a hurry? ”

Ji Gang hurriedly lifted his robe in a panic, and knelt down, "Your Majesty, Weichen doesn't dare, please ask the emperor to remember Weichen's loyalty, and forgive Weichen for his disgrace." ”

Looking at Ji Gang kneeling on the ground, Emperor Yongle's expression seemed to loosen a little, "Ji Aiqing, do you remember what I said when I asked you to form the Jinyi Guard?" ”

"The minister always remembers it in his heart, and he doesn't dare to forget it for a moment." didn't hear the voice of Emperor Yongle, Ji Gang didn't dare to raise his head, still knelt on the ground and said: "At that time, the emperor warned Weichen that the matter of arresting the traitorous party should be done by the Criminal Department. ”

In fact, the investigation of rebellion is still an important duty of Jinyiwei, but at that time, the military officials were afraid of Jinyiwei, and Emperor Yongle was the heart of the hundred officials, so that Jinyiwei turned light into darkness, and only supervised the duties of hundreds of officials on the bright side.

Because it can't be directly said that the East Palace is involved in this matter, if there is no suitable charge, the poisoning can only be handed over to Dali Temple to handle, so Ji Gang gave Sun Yu and his wife a charge related to the previous dynasty's treason, but he didn't want Emperor Yongle to come over, but this statement hit himself in the foot.

"So, is that how you worry about me?"

Ji Gang once led a horse for the Yongle Emperor, and was entrusted with the important task of commanding the Jinyi Guard, although it was only the third product, he was able to enter the no-man's land in the mansion of the first product master, and was able to bury the hidden stake in the home of the emperor's relatives.

At the beginning of the founding of the country, he needed a person like him who was full of murderous spirit to open his door and move away from the stones that those conservative and cautious people could not move, his ambition, his ambition, and even some of the things he did in secret, the emperor knew that the reason why he turned a blind eye was because he felt that he was loyal and knew what to do and what not to do.

But recently, he was in a hurry, touched the emperor's scales, broke into the palace twice without an edict, and told everyone about Jinyiwei's search for Jianwen's old party, and the emperor was angry.

Hearing the anger from Emperor Yongle's calm and unwavering words, Ji Gang was so frightened that he broke out in a cold sweat, and kowtowed again and again, "Your Majesty, Weichen's loyalty can show the world and the world, and the sun and the moon can be learned. ”

"Since I talked about the previous dynasty today, I will tell you clearly, what I am looking for has never been those courtiers who were loyal to Jianwen in the previous dynasty, since they are Jianwen's courtiers, they are loyal to the king, and it is justified! What I want the Criminal Department to investigate is the traitor who has malicious intentions and bewitches Jianwen to destroy the legal system of his ancestors, and those rebellious ministers and thieves who eat the food of my Yongle Dynasty but secretly do things for Jianwen. ”

said that it was for Ji Gangming, but everyone present understood that this was for everyone.

When Ji Gang heard this, he immediately pretended, "What the ministers have investigated, it is those rebellious ministers who were on errand in our dynasty but colluded with the previous dynasty, because they are still being investigated, so they did not disturb the emperor, and they didn't want to cause the emperor's misunderstanding, and asked the emperor to forgive the minister's reckless heart." ”

Emperor Yongle's tone softened, "Forget it, this is also a matter for a reason, you give all the concubines and princesses a crime, step down." ”

"But the emperor, the poison of this 'big dream' is not trivial, if the Dong family is not arrested, Weichen is afraid of trouble."

In his early years, Ji Gang was inclined to Zhu Gaochi, but after Zhu Gaochi became the prince, he admonished him a lot about his hobby of killing, and gradually he alienated the prince, and the King of Han and King Zhao always wanted to win over Ji Gang, and took this opportunity to collude with him, and wrote off the intrigue between the two sides in the past, but on the bright side, in the eyes of Emperor Yongle, he was a lonely minister, and he was Emperor Yongle's right-hand man who supervised hundreds of officials and controlled the government and the opposition. Ji Gang can be said to be increasingly powerful in the DPRK, such a momentum is in full swing, but he has been repeatedly frustrated in the matter of taking Sun Qingyang, how can Ji Gang be willing!

"If you arrest Sun Yu and his wife, I will ask someone to do it, but she is just a child, you took it, do you want the world to laugh at me and use coercion to investigate the case? Don't ask about it. Step aside. ”

No matter how reluctant he was in his heart, Ji Gang didn't have the courage to disobey Emperor Yongle, so he had to step forward to make amends to the mothers and princesses.

Seeing that Ji Gang was listless and retreated, Ji Gang, who was invincible in the world, died down in a blink of an eye and became a toothless tiger, and the princess's hanging heart was completely let go.

Sun Qingyang turned around in the ghost gate, and repeatedly thanked Emperor Yongle.

Emperor Yongle smiled and asked people to help her up, and then said to Zhu Zhanji: "Are you satisfied now?" ”