The Wei Mansion was mostly surrounded by officials and officials, and with Wei Renpu's increasingly important position in the court, the news that Wang Yansheng broke into the Wei Mansion could not be concealed at all, and the specific situation spread quickly the next day. Come. Of course, it is impossible to hide it from the emperor's eyes and ears.
"How audacious! How unreasonable!" Regarding this, Liu Chengyou was naturally sullen and his tone was particularly stern: "Send someone to Wang Yansheng's house to see if he has sobered up. If so, tell him to come see me!"
"Yes!" Zhang Dejun had been serving the emperor for a long time and was familiar with his temper. The emperor was so angry that Zhang Dejun hardly dared to make any other thoughts and made arrangements in a hurry.
Before long, Wang Yansheng came in a hurry, crossing the palace walls, his steps hurried, his face sullen, and his rough face was full of worry. After he woke up, he only recalled some fragments of last night, which was enough to make him uneasy.
Facing the emperor's urgent summons, Wang Yansheng slapped himself a few times on the spot, scolded the servants who were accompanying him, and scolded them for not stopping him last night... But it was useless no matter how much regret he felt in his heart, he still had to deal with it. Pack up and enter the palace.
Arriving at the Chongzheng Hall, Wang Yansheng found that Sun Lizheng was kneeling there, looking like he was begging for mercy. Hearing the noise, he glanced sideways at Wang Yansheng, showing an expression of gloating. However, at this time, Wang Yansheng had no intention of fighting with him. What is Sun Li struggling with?
After the briefing, I went into the palace to see him. He was honest and well-behaved. He was very different from the arrogant and domineering king who commanded his envoys last night.
Liu Chengyou stood up, walked from the royal case to the hall, looked at Wang Yansheng who was kneeling there with his head bowed, and said in a light voice: "Wang Yansheng! I heard that you did a great job last night! You are a powerful martial artist, and now, Is there anyone in the government and public in Tokyo who doesn’t know your name, General Wang?”
Although the emperor's voice was soft, Wang Yansheng could still hear the good and the bad at this time. He had a fierce look on his face, but his expression was very bitter, and he kowtowed vigorously: "The general was drunk for a while, acted willfully, and made a big mistake. Please Your Majesty will punish you!"
Hearing what he said, Liu Chengyou was indifferent and squatted down directly, looking at Wang Yansheng who had his head buried deeply: "Raise your head!"
He raised his head and was facing the young but majestic face of the Emperor. To be honest, this was the first time that Wang Yansheng had such close contact with the emperor. He glanced at Wang Yansheng's forehead and saw blood marks.
Liu Chengyou asked him: "Wang Yansheng! Let me ask you! Do you know who Wei Renpu is?"
Looking sideways, not daring to look at the emperor, Wang Yansheng subconsciously replied: "Wei Gong is the Minister of the Ministry of War and the Prime Minister of the Han Dynasty."
"Ha!" Liu Chengyou sneered: "Did you know last night?"
"I know... I know." Wang Yansheng lowered his head again.
"Then I'm surprised! Who gave you the courage to break into the prime minister's palace and make wild remarks? What do the court's laws and etiquette mean in your eyes, Wang Yansheng? Huh?" Liu Chengyou stood up with a stern gaze. , landed on Wang Yansheng, circled around him, and said:
"Let me tell you, Wei Gong is not only the prime minister of the imperial court, but also my good teacher and friend, a hero of the Han Dynasty, my Xiao He and Zhang Liang. On weekdays, I rely on my teacher and ask for advice from time to time. I am afraid of being neglected and dare not be insulted!
You, Wang Yansheng, dare to break into the Wei Mansion at night and run wild! How brave you are!"
Hearing the emperor's tone, Wang Yansheng became even more uneasy. It could be seen from the emperor's attitude that the problem seemed to be more serious than he imagined. He made two "bang bang" sounds and kowtowed hard twice: "The general lost his sense of control for a moment. I have committed a crime against Mr. Wei Xianggong. I now know that I have committed a crime. Please deal with it, Your Majesty!"
Liu Chengyou ignored him and scolded him: "Last night at the Chongyuan Palace banquet, on such an occasion, you dared to argue with Sun Li in front of the palace, complaining, being domineering and rude, what do you think of me?
Do you think that after you have won a few battles and achieved some military exploits, you can be arrogant and do whatever you want? Huh? Now, after drinking some wine, you dare to break into the prime minister's house. In the future, you will be able to break into the palace without permission. ?”
"The general will never dare!" Wang Yansheng's argument was very confident. He really didn't dare.
"I heard that you were dissatisfied with the imperial edict issued last night and complained repeatedly. You looked down on your colleagues and looked down on your honor. You thought you had great achievements and despised the rewards from the imperial court. You seem to be very disdainful of my imperial edict and feel that I am Unfair rewards and punishments!" Liu Chengyou looked at Wang Yansheng indifferently and asked: "Well, I didn't wrong you, did I?"
At this time, Wang Yansheng couldn't hold himself any longer. After careful examination, he found that his culpability was really quite a lot, and it was not light. He fell to the ground, and Wang Yansheng prostrated himself and said: "Your Majesty! I was confused for a moment and lost my mind. Now I realize that my culpability cannot be redeemed. I would like to die to thank you!"
Staring at Wang Yansheng coldly, Liu Chengyou slowly walked back to the imperial cabinet, pondering for a while. After venting his anger, his mood seemed to be much better.
After letting him kneel and approve two memorials, he said: "Don't you think that the Chizhou Defense Envoy is a useless person? I'll give you a real answer, you don't need to wait for the Imperial Army, go to the northwest, go to Yanzhou, and be a military envoy! "
When Leng Buding heard this, Wang Yansheng couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed that the emperor had no intention of killing him, so he immediately asked: "Your Majesty, I heard that the Shu Kingdom has invaded and the enemy troops have not yet retreated. This is where they can use force. Please go to the southwest to kill the enemy." Make meritorious deeds and redeem yourself!”
"What! Do you still want to bargain with me?" Liu Chengyou glanced at him.
Wang Yansheng shook his head repeatedly, not daring to say anything, and said, "I would like to go to Yanzhou!"
"This matter is not over yet. Leave the palace and kneel in front of the Wei Mansion. Wei Xianggruo will forgive you before you get up!" Liu Chengyou said calmly: "Also, half of the rewards from the Southern Expedition will be used to pay tribute to Xiang Wei. apologize!"
"Are you convinced?" Liu Chengyou asked.
"I surrender!" His life was saved, and to Wang Yansheng, everything else was nothing.
When he came out of the palace gate, Wang Yansheng, who had been killing people on the battlefield, his legs were a little weak, as if he had walked through the gate of hell. Sun Li was still kneeling there, and when he saw Wang Yansheng, he smiled directly and walked out after him. Zhang Dejun: "Young Master Zhang, is your Majesty going to expose the head of this bold and reckless person to the public?"
"General Sun is joking!" Zhang Dejun responded.
Wang Yansheng became angry and saw that he was even more disgusted. If it wasn't for the fight with Sun Li in the palace last night that caused his mentality to be unbalanced, he would not have broken into the Wei Mansion at night. Looking at Sun Li coldly, Wang Yansheng said disdainfully : "I disappoint you! Your Majesty is so magnanimous that not only did you forgive me, but you also assigned me a heavy responsibility!"
After saying that, he waved his sleeves and left.
Sun Li stood by, stunned for a moment, looked at his back, blinked a few times, looked at Zhang Dejun, and said puzzledly: "That guy is arrogant and domineering, and the crime he committed is not an exaggeration to kill, so how can your majesty forgive him?" ?Wouldn’t letting him go like this only increase his arrogance and arrogance?”
As he said this, Sun Li himself felt a little unbalanced. He had been kneeling early in the morning. For more than an hour, his knees were sore and numb.
"Sun Du will get up quickly!" Zhang Dejun did not comment, but just helped Sun Li up, and then passed on Liu Chengyou's oral instructions: "Your Majesty will fine you half a year's salary, and you will have to spend another month behind closed doors!"
In broad daylight, there was a lot of excitement in front of the Wei Mansion. Wang Yansheng, naked and kneeling under the stone steps with a thorn stick on his back, staged a show of asking for forgiveness under the thorn stick. Pedestrians stopped, and there were many people watching the excitement, and there was a lot of discussion. Many people recognized Wang Yansheng. Smart people guessed what was going on.
Until the evening, the "audience" in front of the door changed one after another, and only a few remained. In addition, there were some children in the square, playing innocently and ruthlessly.
When Wei Renpu returned to his mansion, he got off the carriage and saw this scene. After some inquiries, he learned that Wang Yansheng had been kneeling in front of the mansion for two hours. He looked slightly surprised and hurried forward.
Looking at the lively people, they all saluted Wei Renpu. Wei Renpu did not have the arrogance of a prime minister, but returned the salute gently to everyone: "It is already late, please disperse, don't watch here anymore!"
Wei Renpu had a very good reputation. After hearing what he said, although they were a little curious, everyone turned around and dispersed.
After the people in front of the mansion dispersed, Wei Renpu stepped forward with a warm face, trying to help Wang Yansheng up: "General, get up quickly, I can't bear this!"
Looking up at Wei Renpu, Wang Yansheng's very serious face showed a little shame. After kowtowing three times, he turned his face and said: "Wei Xiang, I don't want to say much. Last night, I blamed the family for disturbing Wei. Prime Minister, please forgive me!"
"General, get up!" Wei Renpu didn't show any airs and tried to help him up, but he couldn't help him.
"Please forgive me, Prime Minister Wei!" Wang Yansheng said without hesitation: "If you want to investigate, just obey your orders!"
"This is a misunderstanding. How can I be too harsh? I only hope that the general can discipline himself well, be loyal to His Majesty, and serve the imperial court from now on!" Wei Renpu said.
"Yes!" Wang Yansheng bowed in admiration, and then he stood up and said to Wei Renpu: "Last night I frightened the family and made Prime Minister Wei feel wronged. When the reward from the imperial court is issued, I will have something to apologize for!"
