Chapter 379: Cunning

The high-ranking and powerful Shangshu Tai Chunfeng Tai of the Criminal Department who holds the power of life and death and the Lord Wu of the Military Department who holds heavy soldiers and important ministers of the imperial court, the two of them are outside the gate of the emperor's imperial study, back and forth, wandering left and right, they have been waiting for the current emperor's imperial study to summon the emperor for almost half an hour, these two members of the imperial court, the high-powered Shangshu Lord, are very uneasy in their hearts, and they are sincerely afraid, because they have never been so unwelcome by the current emperor!

"Gonggong Chen, please spread the word again and see when the emperor can summon this official!" Lord Chunfeng Tai of the Criminal Department said anxiously to the deacon and eunuch Chen of the Imperial Study: "This official and Lord Wu of the Military Department have been here for so long, why is the emperor still reading?"

"Master Tai, the old slave has been by the emperor's side for so many years, and it is the first time that I have seen the emperor treat any first-class member of the court like this. Eunuch Chen, the deacon of the imperial study, said: "Today's emperor is a diligent and benevolent emperor, and he is also the most convincing emperor among the emperors that the old slave has seen!"

Lord Chunfeng Tai of the Criminal Department and Lord Wu of the Ministry of War glanced at each other, and there was an embarrassed look on their faces, which was like eating a fly, which made it difficult for them to swallow.

"Lord Tai, does this official feel that things have become a little confusing?" This Lord Wu of the Ministry of War stood under the eaves of the imperial study, turned his head and glanced at the extremely luxurious and luxurious side hall in the entire palace, that is, the imperial study of the emperor today, and then said to the Master of the Criminal Department Shangshu Tai Chunfeng Tai who was slowly approaching him: "Lord Tai, this official has a premonition that something is not good!"

"Lord Wu, before the incident happens, anything is just self-speculation of the two of us, let's not mess with ourselves first!" Lord Shangshutai of the Criminal Department said: "Lord Wu, aren't the two of us here to remedy this matter?"

"Lord Tai, according to the situation tonight, the current emperor seems to be deliberately avoiding you and me!" Lord Wu, the secretary of the Ministry of War, stared at Lord Chunfeng Tai of the Criminal Department with his eyes tightly and said: "Brother Taiwan, in the past, as long as we had something to report to the current emperor, when did we wait for so long at the gate of the imperial study?"

"Lord Wu, my brother, don't be impatient, if you come, you will be safe, maybe there is something delayed in the current emperor, maybe the two of us will be able to meet the current emperor soon!" Lord Shangshutai Chunfeng Tai of the Criminal Department said with a smile on his face: "You and I are already so old, can't you Lord Wu still be able to hold your breath?"

"Brother Taiwan, it's not that Wu can't hold his breath, but this matter is very important, and maybe it can shake the foundation that we have been operating and building each other for so many years! Brother Taiwan!" Lord Wu, the secretary of the military department, said worriedly and in a trance: "It's always a good thing to be cautious, Brother Taiwan." ”

"Two Shangshu lords, the emperor announced that you two will go to the imperial study to meet you!" At this time, the master of Shangshutai Chunfeng Tai of the Criminal Department was just about to say something, and suddenly he saw the deacon eunuch Chen Eunuch Chen coming in the direction where the two of them were standing while walking, and said in his mouth: "Two Shangshu adults, don't blame the old slave for talking too much, the two Shangshu adults should be careful tonight, the emperor seems to be displeased today, I don't know what the so-called thing is!"

"Thank you, Mr. Chen, you have to worry about it!" Master Shangshutai of the Criminal Department walked next to the deacon eunuch Eunuch Chen of the imperial study as he spoke, reached out and took out a silver ticket of five hundred taels from his sleeve, rolled it up, and quietly stuffed it into the hand of the deacon eunuch Chen of the imperial study, and then said: "Manager Chen, the next time you go out of the palace and walk around the Shangshu Mansion of the Criminal Department, this official will definitely accompany Manager Chen to drink three hundred cups!"

Eunuch Chen, the deacon and eunuch of the imperial study, nodded with a smile, and motioned for them to hurry up and go to the imperial study to meet the current emperor.

"Minister, the criminal department Shangshutai Chunfeng knocks on my emperor long live!" As soon as the left foot of the criminal department Shangshutai Chunfeng Tai stepped into the emperor's imperial study, he hurriedly knelt down and saluted, only to hear the criminal department Shangshutai Chunfeng Tai Lord said: "The minister deserves to die, and he disturbs the holy car so late, but the minister also has to do it as a last resort, and the minister has urgent matters to ask my emperor to forgive my sins!"

The Lord Shangshutai Chunfeng Tai of the Criminal Department, who was kneeling on the ground, secretly glanced at the current emperor who was sitting behind the dragon case in the imperial study, how did he know that the current emperor was still holding the book in his right hand, his eyes were staring at the handwriting on the book, and he did not answer this important minister of the court. Master Shangshutai Chunfeng Tai of the Criminal Department, who held the power of life and death, was shocked into a cold sweat, and he hurriedly turned his head to look at Lord Wu of the Shangshu of the Military Department, meaning that you should also speak quickly!

"Minister, Wu Yaoqing, the secretary of the Ministry of War, long live my emperor, long live, long live!" Lord Wu Yaoqing, the secretary of the Ministry of War, glanced at Lord Chunfeng Tai of the Criminal Department who was kneeling on the ground, then pressed his hands on the ground, touched his forehead to the ground, and said: "Weichen deserves death, and he should not disturb the emperor late at night, but Weichen also has no choice but to make this decision, please forgive my emperor!"

"What is the crime of the two Shangshu Aiqing? You two Shangshu Aiqing are dedicated to their respective positions, and I have always felt gratified to have you loyal courtiers!" The current emperor, who can't put down his hands to read, gently put down the books in his hand at this time, and looked at the two criminal department Shangshutai Chunfeng and Wu Yaoqing, the secretary of the military department, who were kneeling on the ground on their knees, and then picked up the gaiwan tea set on the dragon case, opened the lid of the gaiwan, took a shallow sip of the tea in the gaiwan, and then slowly put the lid of the gaiwan on the top of the gaiwan, pushed the gaiwan tea set to the right corner of the dragon case, and said: " The two Shangshu of the Criminal Department and the Shangshu of the Military Department came to my imperial study late at night, must there be some very important military situation or something important that cannot wait until tomorrow and I need to give the two Aiqing guidance?"

"Emperor, it is the blessing of Weichen to serve the emperor by the emperor's side, and it is also the virtue of the ancestors, and Weichen often tells his subordinates that our emperor is the emperor that Weichen has seen and heard of when he is the emperor who is the most admired by Weichen in Chinese martial arts!" Master Shangshutai Chunfeng Tai of the Criminal Department pressed his hands on the ground, and continued without raising his head: "Emperor, this little idea of Weichen can hide from ordinary people, but it can't hide from my emperor!"

"The Spring Breeze of the Shangshu Tai of the Criminal Department, you have just been muttering and turning around with Wu Yaoqing, the Shangshu of the Military Department, outside the gate of my imperial study, are you just wondering if I like the courtiers to pat on the back? You have been with me in my court for more than ten years, right? What kind of emperor I am should know better than the other courtiers!" The emperor showed a slight smile on his face, and then laughed and said: " In the words of your courtiers, there is nothing to offer affection, either treachery or theft, Tai Chunfeng, what do you have to say, don't come to this set!"

"Your Majesty, if Weichen doesn't invite the emperor tonight in this matter, Weichen will definitely be restless!" ”

"Oh, what can make you an important minister of the imperial court, the secretary of the criminal department is so restless, I want to hear what kind of strange thing it is!" Now the emperor has regained that supreme and majestic appearance, and then said: "Since it is your own business, why is this military department secretary Wu Yaoqing and Wu Aiqing also accompanied you Taichun to knock on me together?"

"Your Majesty, what the criminal department secretary said is also involved in Weichen, and Weichen doesn't dare not come!" Wu Yaoqing, the secretary of the military department, said: "After the Tai people report the truth of the matter to our emperor, our emperor will know the cause and effect of all this!"

"Okay, in that case, Tai Chunfeng, you can tell me all the things you want to talk about!" The indifferent expression of the emperor today made this Lord Shangshutai Chunfeng of the Criminal Department couldn't help but feel a chill, only to hear the current emperor say: "The two Aiqing should get up and speak, come on, sit down!"

The deacons and eunuchs who were standing outside the gate of the imperial study, hearing the words of the emperor today, hurriedly pushed open the door of the imperial study from outside the gate of the imperial study, and then ran in, brought two round-faced stools to the two scholars, put them where they were standing, and then turned around and walked out of the imperial study, and closed the door of the imperial study casually!

"Your Majesty, Weichen was negligent for a while and committed a capital crime, and Weichen asked the emperor to surrender to Weichen!" The Master of Shangshutai Chunfeng Tai of the Criminal Department just sat on the round-faced stool that the deacons and eunuchs of the imperial study had moved, and then "plopped" and knelt down on his knees in front of the current emperor, only to hear this Master of Shangshutai Chunfeng Tai of the Criminal Department say:" Wechen's brother-in-law asked the family to send an urgent letterhead to Wechen, saying that there were mobs and Diao people making trouble in Wechen's hometown, and there were a large number of people, Wechen was overlooked for a while, and did not send his subordinates to investigate and verify the matter, perhaps because Wechen was too selfish, afraid that the so-called mob and Diao people would hurt the life of the brother, so he hurriedly applied for assistance from Lord Wu, the secretary of the Ministry of War, so that Lord Wu could intervene as soon as possible, and calm down the development of the situation as soon as possible, who knows, who knows, the emperor, Weichen deserves death......

"It's a human being who has selfish intentions, your brother-in-law is in danger, you, as his elder brother, you want to save him, why are you guilty?" The emperor asked in surprise: "There are mobs and people making trouble, and you, as the secretary of the criminal department, help me stabilize the country, what is wrong with you?

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, Weichen should never listen to his brother's words and ignore the authenticity of this matter!" The emperor, now after the investigation of the micro-minister, it was found that it was the brother-in-law of the micro-minister who made something out of nothing, and had nothing to do, relying on the micro-minister to get the trust and favor of the emperor in the court, the fox and the tiger were mighty, and the meaning of the micro-minister was falsely transmitted, and this matter was out of control, and now it has been taken to the Dali Temple for review, after the we-chen got the news, it was very sad, the emperor, the we-chen was not saddened that the younger brother was sent to the Dali Temple for review, but the pain-hearted Wechen was overlooked for a while, which caused the we-chen to live up to the emperor's trust and appreciation of the we-chen, and also let the people of Li people point behind their backs, talk about it, and insult the emperor's own law, so the we-chen disturbed the holy car late at night, Wechen implore the emperor to give up his brother strictly, and Wechen was implicated due to a temporary negligence, which led to the involvement of Lord Wu of the Ministry of War, and also asked the emperor to treat Wechen's crime together, and put Wechen in prison, and convict the emperor on a certain day!"

This Master of Shangshutai Chunfeng Tai of the Criminal Department wept bitterly while speaking, and his voice was full of emotion, what kind of loyal picture was that!

If the Seventh Prince, who was hidden behind the screen of the emperor's imperial study today, had not known the ins and outs of the matter in advance, if he had only heard the words of this Master of the Criminal Department, Shangshutai Chunfengtai, and had just been moved, he would probably still be secretly glad that there were such courtiers who knew right from wrong and did their best in the emperor's court!

However, but now hidden behind the screen of the imperial study, this high-powered, powerful and powerful Seventh Prince, after hearing the words of this Master of the Criminal Department Shangshutai Chunfengtai, he couldn't help but feel cold behind his back, and always felt that this Criminal Department Shangshutai Chunfeng was one set of people in front and one set of people behind, this Criminal Department Shangshutai Chunfeng Tai Lord is really a cunning person who is scheming and scheming, and the city government is extremely deep, can this kind of person serve the current emperor wholeheartedly?

If this king deals with this matter, this king will definitely take this opportunity to put this scheming and extremely deep criminal department Shangshutai Chunfeng Tai in prison, even if he doesn't behead him, he will be exiled to the border where birds don't!

Through the screen of the imperial study, the Seventh Prince couldn't see the expression on the face of the emperor today, and he couldn't guess what the emperor was thinking at all!

The Seventh Prince, who was in a high position and had power in the government and the opposition, suddenly found that he had never been able to guess through the current emperor, his sixth brother, and any thoughts in his heart! From childhood to adulthood, the thoughts of the current emperor were as mysterious as a mystery in the eyes of the Seventh Prince, so that he could not guess or understand!

So how does the current emperor deal with the incident caused by Lord Shangshutai Chunfeng Tai and his brother-in-law of the Criminal Department?