Chapter 62: The Queen's Ultimatum
After coming out of the Qianqing Palace, Wei Zhongxian seemed to have aged ten years all of a sudden, and he deeply felt that Banzai no longer trusted him.
He understood this feeling, and the person he once trusted the most even deceived himself.
As the saying goes, love is deep, hate is deep.
He blamed himself for knowing that Banzai's temperament had changed a lot since he recovered, but he was still used to using his previous thinking to ponder what Banzai was thinking, and instinctively thought that even if he was discovered, he would not be reprimanded too much.
I didn't expect that Banzai would take this matter so seriously, and it was much more angry than I imagined.
Of course, this has a lot to do with His Majesty Taizu, but Wei Zhongxian feels that Empress Zhang Yan must play a role in it.
Since Long Live recovered, he has been secretly with the queen almost every day, and he only sleeps with the queen every night, how can he not be blown by the queen?
After a long time, there are some things, even if you don't believe it, you will slowly plant the seeds of doubt in your heart.
After the queen got some evidence of the lady's crimes, even the lady, who was once trusted by Banzai, was also imprisoned in the Jinyi guard cell.
Thinking that the queen had not settled down for a while, and searched for various incriminating evidence about his wife in the palace every day, Wei Zhongxian was even more panicked.
Compared with the distrust in the palace and the queen's insistence, the three law divisions and brocade guards outside the palace are really nothing.
Outside the palace, he can also forcibly press down those opposition forces through the influence and power of the eunuch party, but in the palace, with the arrest of his wife, his influence instantly fell to the bottom, so the queen can be so rampant.
But now I understand this truth, it seems a little late.
This night, Wei Zhongxian couldn't sleep for a long time.
Early the next morning, Luo Sigong was summoned into the palace and stayed in the Qianqing Palace for a while.
Wei Zhongxian, who got the news, was even more panicked, not knowing if Luo Sigong would change his previous position and go all out to investigate his crimes.
Originally, he wanted to visit him immediately to find out his tone, but after thinking about it, he still forgot it.
If Luo Sigong really changed his position, and he was so eager to find it, didn't he clearly tell the other party that he had eyeliner in the palace?
If it reaches Banzai's ears again, it will really be self-inflicted.
So he could only endure it and prepare to talk about it tomorrow.
In the afternoon, Wei Zhongxian, who was already exhausted and was about to make up for a short sleep, was alarmed not long after lying down, it turned out that Wang Tiqian had an urgent matter to see.
Wang Tiqian was on duty in the palace, the so-called urgent matter must have happened in the palace, where did Wei Zhongxian dare to delay, he didn't even have time to put on his clothes, so he asked Wang Tiqian to come in and report quickly.
Wang Tiqian saw that Wei Zhongxian was only wearing sleeping underwear, and his gray hair was a little scattered, so he hurriedly said, "Master Chitose, be careful of catching a cold." ”
Wei Zhongxian waved his hand and said, "Our family is not in the way, if there is anything important, come quickly." ”
Wang Tiqian didn't dare to delay, and hurriedly reported: "Back to the Chitose Lord, Her Royal Highness the Queen asked the slave maid to bring you a message." ”
"Her Royal Highness?" Wei Zhongxian couldn't help but be surprised, Her Royal Highness the Empress would let Wang Tiqian bring a message to him, this is incredible.
"Say." Wei Zhongxian said with a condensed expression.
Wang Tiqian pondered for a moment and said cautiously: "Chitose Lord, Her Royal Highness the Queen said that she just hated Madame, it was Madame who killed the prince in her stomach, and it was Madame who caused trouble in the harem. Therefore, she wants her wife to be punished as she deserves. ”
"If the Chitose Lord wants to protect his wife, she will fight to the death with his wife and the Chitose Lord at all costs. If the Chitose Lord is willing to let the lady subdue the law as soon as possible, she will stop and persuade Banzai not to investigate further. ”
Zhang Yan's meaning is very clear, I am here for the Hakka family, as long as the Hakka is punished, this matter will be over, otherwise it will not die.
Wei Zhongxian can understand Zhang Yan's mood, in addition to the prince's reasons, it is likely that he is also jealous.
Mrs. was just a long-lived nurse, but over the years, she was more favored than her, the queen, and the dignified mother of the country was ridden on the head by a lowly slave girl, and it was inevitable that she would be angry.
So after seizing the opportunity, the queen chased after her, and she had to put her wife to death.
Thinking about it, it is completely understandable that the queen has this kind of demand, but how much is the queen's words true? Who can guarantee that this is not her expediency?
After Madame is eliminated by her, who dares to guarantee that she will not come back against me Wei Zhongxian?
"Our family knows, you can go back first." Wei Zhongxian said in a deep voice.
Wang Tiqian pondered for a while, and then said: "Chitose Lord, Her Royal Highness wants to get an answer as soon as possible, otherwise, otherwise she will hand over some of the criminal evidence about Chitose Lord in her hand to Banzai, and then unite King Xin, Liu Qiao and Li Banghua to ...... them with all their might."
"We know." There was obviously some anger in Wei Zhongxian's tone, this was a threat to his Chi Guoguo.
Wang Tiqian was startled, didn't dare to say any more, and hurriedly bowed and retreated.
Looking at the background of Wang Tiqian's departure, Wei Zhongxian's face became even more ugly, and he felt that this slave who had always been obedient to him seemed to have some thoughts.
This is a dangerous signal, indicating that even such a henchman feels that he has encountered a big crisis, so he will have a different heart.
At this moment, Wei Zhongxian still has the heart to make up for sleep.
The house leak happened to rain overnight, and more than an hour later, Gan'er Tian Ergeng came to report that he was reprimanded by Banzai last night, and some people were already talking about it.
Wei Zhongxian gritted his teeth, and he immediately thought of Wang Tiqian, because there were few people who knew about this matter, and Wang Tiqian was one of them.
This night, it was another sleepless night.
The next day, what Wei Zhongxian was worried about really happened, and there were more impeachment chapters, one of which was from his own person, the right deputy of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, Du Yushi Yang, who was a member of the third grade.
However, the target of Yang Suoxiu's impeachment was not Wei Zhongxian, but Cui Chengxiu, the secretary of the Ministry of War, Li Yangde, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, Zhu Tongmeng, the governor of Yansui, and Chen Yin, the Shaoqing of Taifu Temple.
Zhou Yingqiu, the secretary of the ministry, was also impeached later, because Zhou Yingqiu knew about these things, but he did not report them, so he was guilty of covering up.
These things are not big or small, it depends on what Banzai thinks.
If Banzai doesn't care much, at most a few words of reprimand will pass, if it is more serious, it is not impossible to take off the black gauze hat at the least, or go to prison at the worst.
And these people, without exception, are all members of the Eunuch Party, what is the purpose of Yang Suoxiu's move, how can Wei Zhongxian not know? This is a test of the attitude of Long Live ah.
If Banzai deals with these people seriously, then next, this dog thing that eats inside and out and falls into the well will definitely point the finger at himself.