The seventeen members of the Sun family were all killed in the fire, and none of them were spared.

Zhu Zifeng instructed people to go home and sleep with peace of mind after arson, but he was woken up by his father Zhu Hongchuan in the second half of the night.

Seeing the flames in the outer courtyard, the people who spontaneously gathered outside the gate shouted to the sky, alarming the government and having to send troops to suppress it.

The Zhu family has its own personal soldiers, and Zhu Hongchuan is a powerful minister who won the face in the previous dynasty, and under his 'obscenity', he can temporarily ensure that Zhu Zifeng will not be taken away by the government.

But after such a big trouble, after all, the paper couldn't contain the fire, and after a night of discussion with the family, it was decided to let Zhu Zifeng surrender on his own, and Zhu Hongchuan and his queen sister would run for him for the rest of the matter.

Zhu Zifeng was cowardly, crying and begging his father not to send him to prison.

Zhu Hongchuan wiped away his tears with his bare hands and patted him on the shoulder hard, "You are the only male in my Zhu family, no matter what, Dad will save your life." ”

The next day, when Zhu Zifeng went to the government to surrender, Zhu Hongchuan also entered the Jinluan Palace to take the guilt.

The cause and effect were already clear to Li Mobai before the early dynasty, and at this moment, Zhu Hongchuan knelt under the hall and kowtowed like pounding garlic, and said in a hoarse voice: "Your Majesty, the dog thinks it's a joke, and doing such a heinous wrong thing is really a matter of being disciplined by a micro-minister." Wei Chen understood that the Son of Heaven should be guilty of the same crime as the common people when he broke the law, and the lives of the seventeen members of the Sun family could not be lost in vain. Therefore, as soon as he learned of this, Weichen had already escorted the three minions who set the fire into the palace and let the emperor do it. ”

Li Mobai lowered his eyes slightly, stared at him for a long time, and then said, "The three of them were instructed by your son. Zhu Zifeng is the mastermind. ”

Zhu Hongchuan leaned down, sincerely afraid, "The dog is confused, but he is by no means a ruthless person, and he only wants to scare and scare the Sun family, not really want to slaughter them." All this is an accident, and I hope the emperor will see it! ”

University scholar Mo Zhaoran couldn't listen to this, "Why is the Sun family innocent, and if the daughter dies, she will be set on fire by Lord Zhu's son?" Zhu Zifeng raped an innocent woman, forced others to kill himself, and selfishly retaliated, arson and murder later, such a vicious person is really intolerable and difficult to indulge in law! ”

But the waiter of the Ministry of Rites said: "If a person is not a sage, who can be without fault?" According to Weichen, Zhu Zifeng's arson should just want to scare and scare the people of the Sun family, not to kill them. He was on the cusp of the storm, and he couldn't do such a mindless thing. All this is just an accident, is it just because of an accident that Lord Mo wants to force the emperor to execute loyal ministers? ”

Led by the two of them, the courtiers stood in two factions, and there were different opinions in the court for a while.

To Li Mobai's surprise, even if Zhu Hongchuan's son made such a ridiculous thing, nearly half of the courtiers in the court were still talking to him.

It's just out of the world.

Later, Zhu Hongchuan listed their Zhu family's contributions to Daqi in the court.

Obviously, it was to discuss the punishment of Zhu Zifeng, but in the end it turned into a merit meeting for him alone.

He didn't forget to add a sentence, "Weichen said that these are not for meritorious work, but to show the emperor that my Zhu family is loyal to the court." ”

Li Mobai's hand under the dragon case clenched his fists tightly, and his nails were shallowly embedded in the flesh, leaving a small crescent mark.

When Zhu Hongchuan said these words at this moment, it was clear that he was threatening him.

He forbeared, with a light expression on his face, and said in a joking tone: "If this matter is done officially, Lord Zhu will no longer be loyal to the imperial court, right?" ”

Zhu Hongchuan became more and more frightened, and kowtowed again and again, "Weichen doesn't dare!" I only hope that the emperor will be merciful, and read that Zifeng is the only male in the Zhu family, and leave this incense for the Zhu family! ”

He looked up, tears flowing down the furrows on his face, and a drop fell on the placket of the court robe, bounced and turned into a thin mist.

"The tragedy of the Sun family has become irreversible, but the living can make up for it. There are still twelve relatives in the Sun family, and Wechen will spare no effort to let them live a prosperous life, and obtain their understanding, begging them to forgive the dog's ignorant behavior. I also hope that the emperor will be extrajudicial and leave the dog with a cheap life! ”

His words echoed as soon as possible, and nearly half of the Chaocheng actually said in unison: "I hope that the emperor will be lenient and forgive the family and son for the death penalty." ”

Li Mobai's gaze swept over these people one by one, and a chill appeared on his back for no reason.

When did the Zhu family have become so powerful in the previous dynasty?

He was not interested in caring how Zhu Hongchuan formed a party in private and secretly enriched his wings, but he clearly knew that if he didn't express his stance on this matter, the people would be resentful, and the Zhu family would be even more fearless, and he didn't know what ridiculous things he would do in the future.

He did not make a decision on the spot, but only said that the dynasty would be dispersed today, and the matter would be discussed later.

Before retreating, Chu Yuezhi asked him to play and asked him how to deal with the arsonists who were captured.

Li Mo didn't look back, but said angrily, "Cut off the waist and punish the three clans." ”

The relationship between the Zhu family and the former dynasty and the harem is intertwined, and the former dynasty Zhu Hongchuan just finished crying, and this cry spread to the harem again.

The queen took off her hairpin and was already kneeling outside the gate of Chaoyang Palace for half an hour.

Sanfu kindly persuaded her, "Queen Niangniang, Concubine Rong is waiting inside at this time, and the emperor is afraid that he will not have time to summon Niangniang for a while." It's not a problem for you to kneel here on a hot day, why don't you go back first? ”

"The emperor is not free, so the palace will kneel until he is free."

She shouted at the main hall, "Your Majesty! Please forgive the concubine's younger brother, the concubine's younger brother is an unintentional mistake, he is pure in nature, and he will never do such a bad thing as killing people and setting fires. Please also ask the emperor to be enlightened, please be gracious! ”

The queen's non-stop noise made Li Mobai have a headache, and Shen Ci saw that Li Mobai was going to get up and go out to reprimand her, so he persuaded: "The emperor let her shout, don't shout when you're tired." Zhu Zifeng is the only male in the Zhu family, and I believe that the queen also got the order of Lord Zhu, so she will be so condescending to ask the emperor for mercy. ”

In Shen Ci's worry, Li Mobai didn't understand.

The queen is in the harem, how can he communicate with Zhu Hongchuan so quickly?

"I'm afraid that when I come to the emperor later, it will be the queen mother."

Li Mobai chuckled on his face, but there was not the slightest smile in his eyes, "Zhu Hongchuan is the younger brother of the queen mother and my uncle. Zhu Zifeng is the nephew of the queen mother, the queen's own brother, and my cousin. These people came to intercede with me on his behalf, and I was not surprised.

I was surprised that most of the officials in the court today interceded for the Zhu family. Some of them are officials who are dependent on Zhu Hongchuan's profits, and the other part is to succumb to Zhu Hongchuan's obscenity, and they are not allowed to go with the flow and send him a favor. ”

A chill appeared in his eyes, and he exhaled a short breath, "This is what really worries me. ”