Chapter 100: The Empress Dowager's Decree
Chen Jiao looked at Qi Minzhi tenderly, but Qi Minzhi didn't pay attention to her at all, just smiled at Ye Yuanzhi: "Ye Gong has worked hard these days!" Qing Shang has also suffered a lot of grievances, so let's get up. ”
These words made Ye Yuanzhi and Ye Tanghua inexplicable, the two glanced at each other, and they both stood up in confusion, Ye Tanghua looked at Qi Minzhi suspiciously, I don't know what kind of fame he is doing.
On the other side, Chen Jiao saw that Qi Minzhi refused to talk to her and went to talk to Ye Tanghua, and her heart immediately became aggrieved, that Ye Tanghua was just a thirteen-year-old girl, how could she compare with her sixteen-year-old in her prime? If Ye Tanghua was not the county lord of Qingshang and did not have a noble family background, how could Qi Minzhi take care of her!
Thinking of this, Chen Jiao bit her lower lip, and the jealousy in her heart made her brave, and she dared to walk in front of Qi Minzhi and kneel: "Lord Wang, please be the master of the slave family!" The slave family came all the way to the Ye family, who knew that the Ye family was rich and unkind and bullied, and actually took away the slave's mother and brother, if you don't give the slave family the master, the slave family is really not alive! ”
Chen Jiao said, and deliberately squeezed out a few tears to make herself look as pitiful as a frightened deer.
"Miss Chen, get up, this king is here for this. Look at you, like a frightened fawn. Qi Minzhi looked at the kneeling girl in front of him, and couldn't help but hook the corners of his lips.
Chen Jiao raised her head and looked at Qi Minzhi with emotion, she knew that since this King Yong'an was a man, he must have a heart for beauty, and she may not be as good as Ye Tanghua in terms of appearance, but in terms of figure and grasp of men's psychology, she is much stronger than Ye Tanghua! Looking at Ye Tanghua's stupid appearance, he knew that he must not like men, and King Yongan talked to Ye Tanghua first for the sake of politeness!
Before she was happy, she heard Qi Minzhi smile again: "This king likes to go hunting in the mountains recently, and when he sees such a stupid deer, his hands are itchy, if Miss Chen doesn't know how to restrain herself, this king is afraid that one will not be able to control it carelessly, and an arrow will shoot over, Miss Chen, don't blame this king for being abrupt." ”
Chen Jiao's face turned pale with fright with one sentence, and she quickly stood up and lowered her head: "Slave, slave family knows, Lord Xie reminds you." It doesn't matter if the prince can't see the slave family, as long as you are willing to be the master of the slave family! ”
Qi Minzhi looked at Chen Jiao's trembling appearance and smiled secretly in his heart, but there was still a playful expression on his face: "This king has said it, today is for this matter, Miss Chen is deaf, she even dares to ignore the words of this king, and repeatedly tells this king, what does this king want to do, is Miss Chen in charge?" ”
Chen Jiao couldn't help but tremble again, and knelt on the ground as soon as her legs became weak: "No, it's not like this, lord, you listen to the slave family's explanation, the slave family didn't mean to offend you......"
"Chen's daughter, you talk too much nonsense! This king came with the queen mother's decree, you are so stubbornly pestering this king to prevent this king from announcing the decree, do you think your words are more important than the queen mother's decree? Is it so noisy? Qi Min's eyes revealed a little coldness, and the smile on his lips became colder and colder.
Chen Jiao made Qi Minzhi tremble with fright, she had completely lost her desire to flatter at the moment, and trembled and half-knelt and half-lay on the ground, eager to let herself disappear in front of Qi Minzhi.
"Lord Wang, my granddaughter is also worried about her mother and brother, why can't the prince be considerate of this piece of filial piety!" Old Lady Fang couldn't help but get anxious in her heart, what is the matter with this King Yong'an? obviously saw Chen Jiao's beauty, but he still spoke so coldly? Shouldn't he be tempted by Chen Jiao, and then lean to the Chen family's side?
"You also shut up the king, you want to rush to talk to the queen mother's decree, you are not enough! One more word, and Hugh blames the king for your sins! Hmph, this king doesn't believe it, and he can't cure you, a pious old woman who is messing around? Qi Minzhi didn't have a good impression of this old lady, and what she said became more and more unkind.
Old Mrs. Fang was stunned, knowing that she didn't have the ability to argue with Qi Minzhi, so she could only pouted and lowered her head, and scolded Qi Minzhi in her heart for being blind, and even Chen Jiao couldn't look down on such a big beauty!
Seeing that the old lady Fang finally quieted down, Qi Minzhi was satisfied, and motioned to the guards who followed behind him to present Yi Zhi: "Ye Yuanzhi, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, Ye Tanghua, the lord of Qingshang County, the people's woman Fang's family, and the people's daughter Chen's family receive the order!" ”
Everyone knelt down according to the words, Qi Minzhi unfolded the Empress Dowager's decree, and said coldly: "The Chen family of the Ye Mansion is flickering, there is no tile on the top, there is no place for the cone below, the family is thousands of miles away, and the Mengye Mansion is benevolent and takes it in, so I should be grateful to Dade and be obedient." Who knows that a few people don't know how to respect themselves, and they are wanton and domineering in the Ye Mansion, the folk woman Fang is disrespectful to the old and disrespectful to the senior members of the court, the folk woman Chen Fang's words and deeds are disrespectful, and the heart is not right, Bai Ding Chen Xu is bold, and has misbehaved many times, offended the relatives of the Ye Mansion, and the folk daughter Chen has bad intentions, and has played right and wrong many times, and extorted money. Now it has been ascertained that the four members of the family are bad people, and they should be punished according to the law, but the four of them are all relatives of the Ye Mansion, and the mourning family does not want to embarrass Ye Shangshu, but pardons the three women, and now the sinner Chen Xu enters the palace as an internal servant, and is transferred to the cold palace to listen to the errand. ”
After the decree was announced, Qi Minzhi rolled up the Empress Dowager's decree, looked at Mrs. Fang and sneered: "People's woman Fang, take the decree!" ”
Old Mrs. Fang was stunned when she heard it halfway through, and at this time she didn't come to her senses, and shook her head in a daze: "This, this is impossible, Xu'er let the fortune teller tell his fortune, and he will glorify his ancestors and have great achievements in the future, how can this be......
Chen Jiao howled, cried in front of Qi Minzhi's feet, and got up and was about to hug Qi Minzhi's legs: "The prince is gracious!" Our Chen family are all good people, not bad people, we are all innocent, it is the Ye Mansion that bullies, they are the bad people, they hurt my mother, and they want to harm my brother, please ask the prince to be the master of the slave family! The elder brother of the slave family is only high and has a good character, and he is not as unbearable as the Queen Mother said in the edict, it must be that Ye Tanghua who has slandered in front of the Queen Mother! Lord, don't listen to them, they are all gossiers to confuse the public, they can't show evidence that they didn't murder my mother and brother, they are murderers! Pity my mother's whereabouts are still unknown, please let the prince know! ”
Qi Minzhi's face turned cold, and before Chen Jiao could hug him, he kicked over, this kick secretly made the internal strength on the top, Chen Jiao was defenseless, and was kicked straight to the side of the table leg, spitting out a mouthful of blood. At this time, Chen Jiao was frightened, and she retreated while coughing, not daring to get close to Qi Minzhi again.
Old Lady Fang sighed, and looked at Qi Minzhi angrily: "Lord Wang, even if you are in a high position, you can't treat Jiao'er like this!" Jiao'er is at such an age, and she is like a flower, how can you go to the grass to take people's lives, prince, if you hurt Jiao'er, you have to be responsible for Jiao'er! ”
These words frightened Ye Yuanzhi's back into sweat: "The old lady must not talk nonsense!" What is the identity of the prince, how can he say such a thing. What is Jiao'er's identity, and where is she worthy of the prince? Yi Zhi said it so sharply, don't you know how to converge? ”
Qi Minzhi glanced at Old Lady Fang indifferently: "She pounced on her with such teeth and claws, this king thinks she intends to assassinate!" Killing her without handing over the guards is already giving Ye Gong face, and now you say such things to ruin the reputation of this king, do you want this king to kill her on the spot and confirm her reputation as an assassin before you stop? ”
Old Lady Fang's old face turned red: "Jiao'er, she is a weak woman, how can she intend to assassinate?" This is clearly the prince's quibble, and besides, didn't the prince hear Jiao'er's words just now? Jiao'er is upset for Chen Jiaming! ”
Qi Minzhi raised his eyebrows and smiled, his face full of sarcasm: "Of course this king listened, it was because he heard it, so he said that Chen's daughter was an assassin!" According to what she said just now, the Ye family can't show evidence that they didn't murder Chen Fang's and Chen Xu, which means that the Ye family killed Chen Fang's and Chen Xu, so if Chen's daughter can't show evidence that she didn't assassinate the king, then she is an assassin! What, what this king said is not right? Or does the Chen woman want to admit that she just framed the second-grade Shangshu and the second-grade county lord of the current dynasty? Once this crime is confirmed, how can it be sentenced to be sold in court, right? ”
When Chen Jiao heard this, she was so frightened that her heart was about to stop, if she really said what Qi Minzhi said, no matter what she said, it would be a dead end, if she said that she was not an assassin, it would be an admission that she had framed Ye Yuanzhi and Ye Tanghua, if she said that she was an assassin, then how could Qi Minzhi spare her?
Thinking of this, Chen Jiao desperately struggled to get up and hugged Mrs. Fang, who refused to give up: "Grandma, don't say it anymore, it's our Chen family that is declining, and we have no room to speak!" ”
After that, Chen Jiao turned to Qi Minzhi and kowtowed desperately: "Lord Wang, please spare the Chen family, spare the slave family, the slave family did not assassinate you, and I dare not say that the Ye family is wrong, the slave family knows that it is wrong!" I beg you to be gracious! ”
Qi Minzhi looked at her coldly, and hooked the corners of his lips: "Since you admit that you are wrong, then the king will tell you one thing." I don't know your mother's whereabouts, but your brother was captured by this king and brought into the palace, and this decree was also asked by this king, since this king can ask for such a will, that is, he knows everything about what your Chen family has done, if you still don't repent, this king has a way to punish you, can it be clear? ”
"What? I, my brother is the prince, you ......" Chen Jiao was stunned and raised her head in disbelief.
"Hmph, it's this king! This king passed by the back wall of Yefu yesterday when he had nothing to do, and suddenly heard the man's foul language coming from the wall, so he arrested the man, who knew that it was someone from your family? This king thought to himself that the Chen family was a relative of the Ye family after all, so why couldn't he do such a thing, so he asked someone to investigate, who knew that your family was found to have bad deeds? The Ye family is also a royal relative, can you insult it wantonly? Qi Minzhi glanced at her and smiled coldly.
As soon as these words came out, Chen Jiao was shocked, and at the same time, Ye Yuanzhi's heart was also shocked, he deliberately suppressed the matter in his backyard, but even so, as long as Qi Minzhi checked it at will, he could still find it clearly? The royal methods are really unpredictable......
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