Chapter 541: A Test of Loyalty

Yes, the document handed over by Gonggong Zhao was the words that Duan Qin confessed to Steward Chen, which involved the secret collusion between King Qi and Duan Yanxing.

Gonggong Zhao hurriedly said cautiously: "Please calm the emperor's anger, this may be slander, such a major matter, you can't listen to one-sided words." ”

Moreover, Duan Qin and Steward Chen also said that they were just drinking tea and did not involve any political affairs. ”

"It doesn't involve any political affairs? What about this sentence on the order of the King of Qi, what a son of a crime, with the ability and ability, even my henchmen and generals can be wooed?"

The emperor gasped and roared, but after almost twenty years of emperor's career, he still barely restrained himself, gasped heavily, sat down on the chair, and called a guard for a long time, saying, "You...... You immediately go to the Imperial City Division and let the people who arrested Duan Qin come to see me!"

"Yes, Your Majesty!" the guards immediately took the order and went out.

Soon, the eunuchs who had ordered the Imperial City Division to bring Duan Qin and Steward Chen back from the teahouse hurried over, and when they arrived inside, they knelt down and saluted the emperor who had re-seated.

"Duan Qin, are you staring?" the emperor asked.

The eunuch didn't dare to raise his head, and lowered his head: "If you go back to the emperor, it's the slave and maid who are staring!"

"Tell me what you have discovered, and don't hide anything!"

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

The eunuch who came in a hurry naturally knew that he was staring at Duan Qin and getting the news had a great impact, and he was afraid that he would be angry, so he didn't dare to hide it at all, so he reported everything to 1510.

“...... The slave maid originally didn't notice the steward of the Qi Palace, it was a person who was installed by the Imperial City Division in the Qi Palace, and vaguely heard that the steward reported something related to Duan Yanxing by the Qi Wang, although he didn't hear the specific content, he only heard a paragraph, but the adult in charge of the forbidden army in Beijing was surnamed Duan, and the slave didn't dare to ignore the news, and sent more people to stare at this Chen steward day and night. ”

As a result, it was discovered that he really had a relationship with Duan Qin, the housekeeper in Duan Yanxing's mansion. ”

So, the Imperial City Division also monitored Duan Qin, and found that they did have contacts, and they were very close, I didn't know how many times they met before the surveillance, and in the short half a month after the surveillance, they had come and gone five times. ”

"As for that sentence, it was also heard by the slave maid and the five plainclothes with their own ears, and there is no falsehood!" As he spoke, the eunuch knelt on the ground and reported his names one by one: "And there were people who drank tea at that time, and although that sentence was low, some people heard it." ”

"What a! What a thief!"

After hearing this, the emperor's face was red and blue for a while, and after only a while, the vest was sweaty, wet, and extremely uncomfortable, he gritted his teeth and smiled: "What you said is unbelievable, I don't believe it, I don't believe it!"

Everyone bowed their heads and did not speak.

Although the emperor shouted that he didn't believe it, he actually knew that this matter should not be a misunderstanding, his "good" son King Qi really hooked up with his "good" courtier Duan Yanxing!

Forget about the King of Qi, his own son himself knows that whether it is the King of Qi, the King of Shu or even the King of Lu, these three adult princes are not fuel-efficient lamps!

Against King Qi, he was the most vigilant, but Duan Yanxing would actually betray him, which the emperor never expected.

"I don't treat you well, Duan Yanxing, you actually betrayed me! What a good thief, a good thief!"

The emperor's anger was really uncontrollable this time, and the double betrayal from his son and courtiers made his breathing short.

Suddenly, he felt a wave of dizziness, covered his forehead, got up suddenly, and fell down directly.

"Your Majesty!" Zhao Gonggong shouted in panic, hurriedly went over to help, paused, and his tone had become calm: "Your Majesty, you have thousands of Chenhan, there are too many things to do, the whole world is on your shoulders, and please ask the emperor to be thrifty and honorable-you are also tired, it's time to rest!"

As he spoke, he helped the emperor to the palace, let him lie down on the dragon couch again, and ordered the palace maid to serve the soup, gave the emperor a small drink, and served the emperor to sleep.

I also lit a sleeping incense, and took another poem and recited it soothingly.

"The merciful gentleman is unhappy, and the situation is back to wicker spring. For the guests to spend all their gold, and return home with new gray hair. Five lakes and three acres of houses, thousands of miles to people. ”

In the groan, the emperor's breathing gradually smoothed out and evenly, and it seemed that he was asleep, but after a long time, he suddenly spoke: "New Year's Greetings are coming, right?"

Zhao Gonggong was not surprised, and hurriedly replied: "Yes, it's just this day or two." ”

In the previous dynasties, the New Year (Spring Festival) was a seven-day holiday, and the twenty-eighth day of the lunar month was rested until the fourth day of the first month, but on the first day of the new year, the hundred officials and high-ranking officials had to go to the New Year to pay homage to the emperor and accompany the emperor to have a banquet, but in fact they could not really rest.

Wei Shizu promulgated the "False Ning Order" and moved the New Year's banquet to the twenty-seventh day of the lunar month, after which the hundred officials could really rest for seven days.

Therefore, the New Year's feast is very important.

"Daihou's thousand blessings, give me a closer look at it then. The Emperor's voice was a little weak, but firm, as if he had made up his mind.

Zhao Gonggong vaguely guessed something, his eyebrows jumped, he didn't dare to hesitate at all, and hurriedly responded: "Yes, the slave has written it down." ”

"Alright, you can step down too, let everyone stand down, and I want to be quiet for a while. The man lying on the bed said again.

Gonggong Zhao answered again, and when he went out, he also let the other people in the hall withdraw to the door.

Before the emperor drew his sword to kill the palace maid, Zhao Gonggong didn't seem to have any reaction, but he was actually shocked, he could see that the emperor was stunned, but because of this, although in the emperor's heart, he must be far more than a female official, but he didn't want to test whether the emperor could stop when he was half-asleep and half-awake.

Although even if you can't hold your hand, in fact, if you have precautions, you won't be stabbed to death.

But the emperor's heart is different, the thunder, rain and dew are all heavenly graces, even if the nightmare stabs a sword, let alone a counterattack, even if it is dodging, it means "disloyalty".

You are loyal, why don't you want to be stabbed to death by me?

It's like the government has this mentality, even if you are wronged, I want to lock you up, why do you escape? If you escape, it means that you don't believe in my government.

If you don't believe in my government, you are guilty.

Because of this, Zhao Gonggong didn't want to face this "test of loyalty"!

"In the future, when I am asleep, I will let these people come. Zhao Gonggong pondered, but said in his mouth: "The female official who died just now is buried well." ”

"Give her family a hundred taels of silver. ”

"You can't be lazy, you must guard carefully, you can't be the slightest slack, do you know?" Worried that if something happened to him and walked away, others would not be able to serve the emperor well, and Zhao Gonggong also specially advised: "If you have the slightest neglect, you will be killed immediately." ”

This advice is not an overkill, since the tragic death of the palace maid just now, the people on duty today are a little trembling at the moment, and after listening to Zhao Gonggong's words, they can only respond with a pale face.