Ye Xianggao slowly closed his eyes, and his face was extremely old for a moment.

Yanguan and Xungui turned against the water together, which shows that the evidence in Zhu Yinglong's case is conclusive, and he cannot take the opportunity to impeach King Xin.

He walked out tremblingly, knelt on the ground and said: "Your Majesty, the old minister, as the head of the cabinet, is not prepared, and the governance is not clear, so there is a matter of knocking on the palace gate." The old minister is old and frail, and he is not up to his duties, so he asks the emperor to dismiss his subordinates and investigate the responsibility of the minister's dereliction of duty. ”

Ye Xianggao is also a veteran minister of the Three Dynasties, and he stood up and took all the responsibility on himself, in order to avoid the emperor from holding hundreds of officials accountable.

The first assistant of the cabinet knelt on the ground and begged for the crime, and the officials who had previously advised the emperor also knelt on the ground one after another, asking for punishment.

The Emperor of the Apocalypse ascended the throne for three years at the age of a weak crown, and with the assistance of Ye Xiang's senior ministers, he spoke out and accepted advice, handled government affairs carefully, and was suppressed very much.

In the past few days, I have been admonished by the officials, and my chest is unbearable, when have I ever thought that these old ministers and officials also have a time to ask for their guilt.

The long-accumulated depression dissipated in a blink of an eye, and the Emperor of the Apocalypse glanced at Ye Xianggao coldly, and gestured at Wei Zhongxian.

Wei Zhongxian hurriedly stepped forward to support Ye Xianggao, and said comfortingly: "The elder doesn't have to be like this, this chaos has nothing to do with the elder pavilion, and the emperor still has to rely on the elder pavilion." ”

Ye Xianggao was bitter when he heard this, he understood that the emperor did not want to give up this good opportunity, but wanted to take the opportunity to punish civil officials.

He bent his knees slightly, and wanted to plead, but the Emperor of the Apocalypse had already said impatiently: "The elder pavilion is an important minister of the three dynasties, and I still need the elder pavilion to assist, so there is no need to say anything about this matter." ”

One sentence blocked Ye Xianggao's words, Ye Xianggao had no choice but to stand up tremblingly and sigh.

Chen Yan saw Shoufu pleading guilty, and his heart was even more panicked.

He colluded with Cheng Guogong, and took advantage of the civil official group's resistance to King Xin's gain momentum, so he came forward to incite the ministers to prevent the Yanguan from dying and forcing the palace. I thought that the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty would work together, and the king of faith would have no way to live, who would have thought that the king of faith would make a scene of the people beating the drum and suing the emperor.

Now that the people are crying out for injustice, the facts of the case are clear, and the officials have begun to abandon him for the sake of fame, and Xungui has also fought back for the sake of his own children.

He hurriedly knelt down and cried: "The emperor Mingjian, the minister is guilty of this matter, just because of hearsay, he played the impeachment of King Xin, and now the people have avenged their grievances, and they have learned the truth." As for Chengguo Gong's purchase of the certificate and coercion of the bitter master, the minister did not know anything...... The minister asked the emperor to punish the crime of negligence of the minister. ”

When the catastrophe came, Chen Yan picked himself out on the one hand, and on the other hand, he hurriedly drew a line with Cheng Guogong.

The Emperor of the Apocalypse said coldly: "Hundreds of officials knocked, and the six branches refuted my will to punish Zhu Yinglong, which is why such a mess was made. Is it enough to be guilty of not being noticed? ”

A group of officials who knocked outside the gate of the meeting lowered their heads with red faces.

Originally, the emperor had already issued an order to punish Zhu Yinglong, but they stood up to stop it, wanting to take the opportunity to impeach King Xin, but they didn't expect to lift a stone to shoot themselves in the foot.

Thinking of this, many officials looked at Zhu Youzhen again.

At a young age, he dared to gather the people to build momentum for himself, and he also prepared all kinds of human and material evidence in advance, and took all kinds of tricks of Cheng Guogong, and now he hit it with one blow, which not only caught Cheng Guogong off guard, but also made a group of officials lose face and lose face to his grandmother's house.

In this situation, where do they dare to speak hard, they have to obediently admit their guilt and try to save their reputation.

Could it be that when the prince tried Zhu Yinglong, he thought of today?

The hundred officials shuddered in their hearts, and they were even more jealous of Zhu Youzhen.

"Cheng Guogong, are you guilty?" The Emperor of the Apocalypse looked at Zhu Chunchen.

Zhu Chunchen walked in front of the Emperor of the Apocalypse, lifted his clothes and knelt down and kowtowed, "Your Majesty, the minister is not guilty." ”

A sentence of innocence surprised the hundred officials.

"And you still don't admit your guilt?" The Emperor of the Apocalypse was furious.

Chengguo Gong glanced at Zhu Youzhen resentfully, and said with a stiff neck: "The emperor is a saint, and his ancestors were knighted because of the battle of Jingjing, and then helped Emperor Chengzu to fight in the south and the north, and made great contributions to the country." The ministers were listed as the ancestors, and they were all loyal to the Ming Dynasty, and they did not dare to slack off, until the ministers were old in this life, and they had an only son. ”

Zhu Chunchen raised his head, looked directly at the Emperor of the Apocalypse and said: "Your Majesty, colleagues, I am loyal to the country and dedicated my life to the king, is it just because my only son is a little perverse and a little bit more measured, do you want me to be cut off from the line of the Duke of the Kingdom?" ”

The nobles next to him were moved by compassion when they heard this.

For the sake of their own children, they had to turn back, and they didn't really want to help King Xin.

Now although the overall situation has been decided, they still spoke: "Your Majesty, Chengguo Gong has only this only son, and please ask the emperor to have mercy on Chengguo Gong, pity me for my honor, and be merciful outside the law." ”

Han Yi also stood up and said: "The minister also thinks that the Chengguo Gong lineage has merit to the country, and the emperor can look at the past merits and forgive them as appropriate." ”

The Emperor of the Apocalypse said unhappily: "How can I not pity the Duke of Chengguo." Zhu Yinglong brutalized the people, and dozens of lives were in his hands, which is enough to die for three or five meetings. It was precisely because I thought that he was the only son of Chengguo that I was extrajudicial and pardoned the capital crime and sentenced him to exile for 2,000 miles. ”

Exiled for 2,000 miles, it is just to go to the southwest for a few years, and after two years of amnesty, he will be exempted from crime and recalled, and he will still live the life of a powerful duke.

It's just that the civil officials want to use him to deal with King Xin, so they deliberately resist, otherwise they may even criticize the emperor for not paying attention to the law.

Han Yi had nothing to say, and the nobles had no cheekiness to continue to plead.

But Zhu Chunchen didn't think so, he was resentful in his heart, and said directly: "Your Majesty, the ancestors of the ministers are loyal to the monarch and serve the country, and they have supreme glory and decency with the plaque of the Duke of Creation. How can you chill the hearts of the ministers for the sake of a few untouchables? ”