Chapter 43: Punishing the Crown Princess
In front of the hundred officials, he can't really say that he will be beheaded.
A prince is related to the entire government, before you want to behead, you have to abolish the prince first, and then you have to re-establish the prince, how deeply involved is this, everyone knows, it can't be child's play.
"The prince's slack work has now been decided, and the next thing is the death of the craftsman, Gonggong Zhang, you said that the craftsman is dead, but it is true." The Emperor frowned.
"That's true, if the emperor doesn't believe it, he can send someone to see it." Father-in-law Zhang looked flattering.
"That looks like it's really dead." The old man of the emperor snorted, and his eyes shone like a blade.
The prince was in a cold sweat.
"Father, the minister has a certain amount of responsibility for this matter." The crown prince gritted his teeth and said such a sentence, he remembered at this time, he couldn't shirk responsibility at the moment, just because he explained this matter to the crown princess and Chen Ping......
If he didn't stand up, then the death of the craftsman, the crown princess and Chen Ping, would not be able to stay out of the matter.
The old man of the emperor said coldly: "Yes, I have always enforced the law impartially, and the rewards and punishments are clear, since you did not go to the overseer, you slack supervision, I also punished you for a month of prohibition against the wall, as for the other overseers, it has nothing to do with you." What do you think? ”
"The emperor is right, since this matter is not supervised by the crown prince, then the death of this craftsman has nothing to do with the crown prince." The prime minister behind him, Wang Ping, stood up again.
The old man nodded and said, "Who is responsible for this?" ”
The prince was just about to speak, when a slender figure stood up next to him.
It was the crown princess, only to see her bow and salute, and said respectfully: "Your Majesty, this matter is handed over to me by the prince." ”
"Oh?" The emperor's eyes flashed, and he said lightly: "Get up first, you can talk to me about the craftsman." ”
The crown princess hesitated, and then said: "That craftsman Wan'er is guilty, and she didn't call them out in time at that time, so it was difficult to escape when the wall collapsed. ”
The old man of the emperor said softly: "In this way, if you and the others had called them out in time, this incident would not have happened, but this is the case." ”
The crown princess's face changed slightly, she sighed secretly in her heart, remained silent on the surface, and said softly: "That's true." ”
The old man of the emperor snorted coldly and said in a deep voice: "Crown princess, you are guilty!" ”
As soon as these words came out, not only did the prince change color on the spot, but even the prime minister Wang Ping behind the emperor's old man trembled slightly, and his face was particularly ugly.
The crown princess Wang Wanru is the daughter of Wang Ping, the prime minister of the dynasty, and the emperor's tone is probably not a small punishment.
The crown princess sighed and said, "Father, Wan'er is guilty. ”
The emperor's eyes flashed, and he said: "This matter was entrusted to you by the prince, and since the craftsman did not order them to come up in time because you did not order them to come up in time, then you should bear a responsibility for this!" Come, the crown princess supervised the negligence, so that the innocent and tragic death of the subjects of this dynasty, although it was not the original intention, but its heart can be punished, choose a day to enter the prison, handed over to the Dali Temple to accept! ”
"Your Majesty!"
"Father!!"
Prime Minister Wang Ping and the crown prince stood up and knelt down together!
"The crown princess did not mean to, and the emperor also knew that the maintenance of the imperial tomb that day, there was a sudden heavy rain, so that the wall collapsed, this is a sign of heaven, not entirely the fault of the crown princess, no one would have thought that this kind of thing would happen, not to mention that in that case, those people have worked for many years, and they should know that such a climate should not stay, the crown princess is not fully responsible, and I hope the emperor will be gracious." Wang Ping's forehead was sweating at this time, he originally thought that for the sake of the identity of the crown princess and the possibility of coming to Japan, the emperor would punish him a little, but he didn't expect to be directly sent to the prison and handed over to Dali Temple for trial, that doesn't matter if the princes and nobles don't go away, if the princess is really sent inside, it will take half a life if she doesn't die, and even abolish the princess.
Sure enough, the emperor's heart is unpredictable, no matter how he says that he is a veteran of the two dynasties, where is the identity of the crown princess, who knows that the emperor really wants to be the crown princess.
"Yes, father, this matter can't be blamed entirely on Wan'er, in such bad weather, no one would have thought that this kind of thing would happen, and I hope that my father will be extra gracious." Li Cheng's face turned white, this time he entered the prison of Dali Temple, if he couldn't keep it, it would be equivalent to losing Wang Ping's help.
You can't even protect other people's daughters, how can you ask others to hold you on that chair?
The old man of the emperor said lightly: "So what, since she is at fault in this matter, she should be punished, as for what is going on, the results of the trial of Dali Temple are out, and there is a public opinion." ”
Wang Ping kowtowed three times, gritted his teeth and said: "Your Majesty, the collapse of the imperial tomb this time is not only a heavenly omen, but also a vision of the emperor, that is, the first emperor has a heart, and wants me to reorganize the old soil and restore the great dry, that is the heart of the first emperor, so that the craftsman may have contact or difficulties with the first emperor, otherwise why did the first emperor not fall into the difficulties of others, but let him suffer?" ”
"Oh?" The old man's eyes narrowed, and he said, "What do you say about the prime minister?" ”
Wang Ping said: "Your Majesty, you think, this time the emperor chose a few days, but why did it suddenly rain heavily?" The emperor is the Son of Heaven, who dares to disobey you? Since the emperor is the son of heaven, why does this god make things difficult for the emperor on the chosen day? ”
The old man of the emperor snorted coldly and said, "Speak!" ”
Wang Ping took a deep breath and said: "The emperor is the Son of Heaven, and he will not embarrass you this day, and the only one who dares to embarrass the emperor like this is the first emperor." ”
"So what!"
"So the death of this craftsman is Shuntian, but this day, it is the heaven of the ancestors of the emperors, his old man must have known that he had foreseen this, since he knew that this would happen, why did he let this omen happen?"
"Aiqing means ......," the emperor showed a rare smile.
Wang Ping said with a solemn expression: "It was the craftsman who committed the first emperor, so even if the first emperor knew that he would die when such a heavenly omen occurred, he still continued to let it happen, just to punish the craftsman!" ”
The old man of the emperor nodded and said: "Wang Aiqing said very much, this sudden heavy rain and the collapse of the imperial tomb are the first emperor's intention to let me regain the old land and recover the great rivers and mountains, and the death of the craftsman, he thought of it, so that the first emperor deliberately let that person die, and it was that person who offended the first emperor and ancestors." ”
"The emperor is wise." Wang Ping really burst into tears.
The old man of the emperor showed a smile and said, "That is the case, it is not the fault of the crown princess. ”
Wang Ping and the crown prince were relieved all of a sudden, of course, not only them, but many people were also relieved.
Among them were Chen Ping and Lin Commander. Chen Ping just wanted to say one thing in his heart at this time, Lao Tzu really obeyed you officials, and it would be a waste of talent not to be a god.
But before the big guy's smile unfolded, the emperor's next sentence instantly made the big guy's smile freeze again.
"However, I know about this, but the people of the world do not know the heart of the first emperor. They are my people, they are dead, and if I don't do something, won't it chill their hearts! The old man of the emperor said coldly: "What do you think the Qing should do!" ”
Wang Ping's face froze, and he was speechless all of a sudden.
As a veteran of the two dynasties and an important minister in the court, if he can't hear the meaning of the emperor's words at this moment, then he is really stupid.
The meaning is nothing more than that the emperor has to make an appearance for the people of the world no matter what!
So the crown princess still has to be punished......
Chen Ping stood outside the bureau and watched from beginning to end, watching the changes, and he could see that the emperor probably didn't really plan to give orders to the strict crown princess, but at this moment he could see that he really didn't plan to punish him heavily, but he still had to punish him.