Chapter 80: The Real Battle
In the prince's mansion, Hong Sifeng stood at the door with an anxious face.
But Li Jin stopped him and didn't let him go in to disturb Chu Mo.
Even if Hong Sifeng exhausted all kinds of means, he couldn't move Li Jin.
He also knew that Li Jin was an old man in front of the emperor, and he had an unfathomable martial arts, so he didn't dare to do it easily.
But Emperor Chu made a decree and asked him to invite Chu Mo to enter the palace to face the saint, if he couldn't invite His Royal Highness the Prince, how could he Hong Sifeng deal with Emperor Chu?
In desperation, Hong Sifeng had no choice but to plead with Li Jin: "Gonggong Li, you are also an old man in front of the palace, since Your Majesty has made a will, if the miscellaneous family can't invite His Royal Highness the Crown Prince into the palace, it will be difficult for this miscellaneous family to pay to Your Majesty!"
Who knows, Li Jin was still unmoved: "Gonggong Hong, I'm really sorry, His Royal Highness has been unwell recently, and the imperial doctor said that he can't see the wind." You forcibly want to bring His Royal Highness the Crown Prince into the palace, don't you want His Royal Highness the Prince's life?"
Hong Sifeng hurriedly explained in a panic: "Ouch, Gonggong Li, don't dare to say nonsense, I, Hong Sifeng, am just an old slave in front of His Majesty, how dare I ask for the life of His Royal Highness the Prince? It is His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and Gonggong Li, you are asking for the life of the old slave!"
"Gonggong Hong, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince really can't enter the palace, you should truthfully explain the situation to Your Majesty, Your Majesty loves His Royal Highness the Crown Prince so much, and he will not be angry with you because of this. Li Jin waved his hand lightly.
When Hong Sifeng heard this, he immediately showed a trace of shame, and then lowered his voice and said: "Gonggong Li, the miscellaneous family is not afraid that His Majesty will be angry with me, but someone told His Royal Highness the Crown Prince in the court, saying that the poems written by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince before were written by other people's hands. When His Majesty heard this, he was very angry, so he immediately sent the old slave to invite His Royal Highness the Crown Prince into the palace. ”
"It stands to reason that the old slave can't reveal this matter to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, but this matter is very important. I also ask Gonggong Li to think of a way to let His Royal Highness the Crown Prince enter the palace with the old slave!" Hong Sifeng still persuaded bitterly.
It's just that before Li Jin could speak, Chu Mo's voice suddenly came from the room: "Gonggong Hong, Gu is really too sick to see the wind now." You will return to your father truthfully, and if your father blames him, everything will be left alone!"
"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince......"
Hong Sifeng just wanted to speak, but Chu Mo immediately interrupted him: "Father-in-law Hong, I have you to thank you." ”
When it comes to this, Hong Sifeng can't continue to insist on it, he has done everything he should do, and he has persuaded everything he should persuade.
He persuaded him with good words, but Chu Mo didn't listen to himself, so he couldn't do anything.
So, Hong Sifeng had no choice but to bow to Chu Mo's room, and then went back to the palace in a hurry.
And at this moment, in the court, the Chu Emperor and the Manchu Dynasty Wenwu were waiting for Chu Mo to enter the palace to confront each other, but they waited for a long time, but they only waited for the news that Chu Mo was unwell and could not go out to see the wind.
Hearing the news that Hong Sifeng brought back, Liu Shu and others confirmed their guesses even more, and they were sure that Chu Mo must be a thief, so he found the excuse of being unwell, and did not dare to enter the palace to confront him.
They said it so conclusively, and they insisted that Chu Mo was weak in heart and did not dare to enter the palace, which also made Emperor Chu very embarrassed.
even began to wonder if Chu Mo's poems were really written by other people's hands?
Seeing that the hour was not early, the Manchu Dynasty civil and military waited in the court all morning, but Chu Mo was unable to enter the palace to face the saint because he was unwell, and he figured out the matter.
Emperor Chu had no choice but to wave his hand lightly at Liu Shutong: "In this case, this matter will be stopped for the time being, and when Chu Mo's health improves, let him make it clear in this court and retreat from the court!"
As soon as he heard this, whether it was the eldest prince, the fourth prince, or Liu Shutong, they were very unwilling.
However, the Chu Emperor spoke, and they didn't dare to force the Chu Emperor.
After all, even if they sent someone to the Prince's Mansion to arrest someone for interrogation now, they couldn't come up with conclusive evidence in their hands, and only by waiting for Chu Mo to come forward in person could they have a way to make Chu Mo show his original form.
Soon, the early dynasty dispersed, and the ministers walked towards the outside of the palace, while discussing in groups, they unanimously believed that Chu Mo was deceitful and took the poems written by others to serve as his own poems.
Chu Mo's evaluation that had been accumulated with great difficulty suddenly fell to the bottom again. It's even worse than before, he was just stupid and stupid before, but at least he didn't do such a deceitful thing.
Therefore, some ministers who had turned the limelight and were ready to take refuge in Chu Mo couldn't help muttering in their hearts, and they began to look for new thighs one by one, making the situation in the capital even more confusing.
In the prince's mansion, after Li Jin received the news from the palace, he immediately told Chu Mo, who was pretending to be sick, what happened in the court.
At this moment, Chu Mo was lying leisurely on a rocking chair, holding a plate of freshly washed grapes in his hand, and while stuffing it into his mouth, he silently listened to Li Jin's account of the affairs in the court.
After finishing speaking, Li Jin couldn't help but ask: "Your Highness, the old slave doesn't understand, those poems were written by you, Your Highness, why don't you follow Gonggong Hong into the palace to face the saint and make this matter clear?"
"If Lone enters the palace now, even if it can be said that these poems are all Lonely. But when the time comes, those who participate in the orphan book will only use folk rumors as an excuse to pass the blame away, and they will not be punished at all. ”
Speaking of this, the expression on Chu Mo's face turned cold, and he said fiercely: "Liu Shu and these old dogs, as soon as they get the opportunity, they will bite Gu, Gu thought they were just small characters and ignored them. But now it seems that even if they are just the knife that others borrowed to kill people, Lone can't let them go anymore. ”
"Since the eldest and fourth like to borrow knives to kill people, then Lone crumpled their knives into scrap iron, so that they had no knives to borrow. Chu Mo smiled coldly: "It's just right, Lone can also kill a few people to establish his authority, otherwise this Manchu Dynasty civil and military should forget, who is the crown prince of Chu State!"
"It turns out that His Royal Highness wants Liu Shu and others to slander you as much as possible, so that he can take the opportunity to kill them to establish his authority? Or did His Highness think far-reaching, but now the court and the people have a very bad evaluation of His Highness, and some talented people who have been bewitched by others have even jointly written a letter to ask the court to abolish the prince and establish another meritocracy. ”
Li Jin suddenly realized at this time, and she was full of praise for Chu Mo's thoughts.
Chu Mo smiled coldly: "It's just a little trick made up by the boss and the fourth, as long as Gu doesn't come forward, they can't do anything about Gu a day." Now Lone's reputation is notorious, and when it is reversed, it will be so shocking. ”
"If they want to scold, just let them scold, and if they want to make trouble, let them make trouble as much as possible. Lone just wants to make the people of Chu think that Lone is a liar. When the truth is revealed, they will be ashamed of what they have done today. In the future, when Lone is splashed with dirty water again, these people will not be so easily instigated. ”
In Chu Mo's heart, he had already thought of all the ways to retreat.
It's actually similar to the story of 'The Wolf Comes'.
Now, the people of the entire Chu State are overwhelmingly cursing Chu Mo as a liar, and when the truth is revealed, they will praise Chu Mo's talent with the same enthusiasm, so as to make up for the guilt in their hearts.