"Uncle, uncle..." Xu Duke's mansion rushed into the group. They hurriedly passed through the main hall, and before they even entered the back hall, one of them shouted in a hurry.
"What's the matter?" A middle-aged man in the hall was reading this book and was suddenly disturbed and said unhappy. He was Wu Qian's eldest son Wu Pu, the empress's father. Before the fall, he became the Minister of Personnel. After the country was destroyed, he lived in seclusion in his hometown to teach his children. After his daughter was made the queen, he was named Duke Xu, and inherited the title of his father.
"Uncle, something happened?" The man quickly tidied up his clothes, took a breath, and bowed to salute.
"Sanlang, what's the matter? I'm so panicked?" Wu Pu put down his book and sat upright.
"Report to uncle, something happened to Qilang!" Wu Baoru is the eldest son of Wu Qian's second son Wu Lin, and his brothers are in the clan. This time, his cousin was made the queen, which was a major event for the clan, so all the clan gathered in the capital to handle it. Because it was not easy for the whole family to get together at the end of the year, so he planned to return home after the New Year together. It was rare that the brothers and the others went to the Imperial Street to enjoy the lanterns, but something happened. They hurried back to report.
"What happened? Did you fight with someone again and hurt someone?" Wu Pu asked with a frown.
"Uncle, Qilang caused a big deal this time. It is said that he intercepted the saint who returned to the palace and spoke wildly in public. He was taken down on the spot by His Majesty's guards. Now he was shackled in front of the palace and was executed after the festival!" Wu Baoru sighed softly and said.
"This rebellious son dares to intercept the Holy Lord. Wouldn't he beg for his own death?" Wu Pu was shocked and yelled.
"Uncle calmed down and tried to protect Qilang from his anger. Qilang had never suffered since childhood. He knelt in front of the palace wearing heavy shackles, but I'm afraid he can't stand tonight!" Wu Jie's eldest son Baoguan stepped forward and bowed.
"Didn't you brothers go out together? Why didn't he stop the Holy Lord and let him make this big mistake?" Wu Pu pointed at the few people and said.
"Uncle, it's not that we didn't stop us, but Qilang went with a group of people as soon as he left the mansion. He was not together at all. It was not until he heard the noise of the people that he learned that Qilang had caused trouble. When my brothers arrived, Qilang had been escorted to the palace for public display. There were guards of Lin'an Government and the Imperial Guardian, and they were not close to each other." Wu Lin's second son Bao Chuan said with a wry smile.
"This rebel has never taken the right path, and is extremely naughty. It's good to learn some lessons this time. Let him kneel in front of the palace!" Wu Pu said angrily, "Where is Erlang, why haven't he come back?"
"Uncle, after hearing the news, my second brother went to find out what he knew." Wu Baoguan answered quickly.
"Uncle, I'm a little strange. If Qilang just accidentally hit the saint, Your Majesty will know his identity, but he still put Qilang in shackles to show his public. This seems to be targeting our Wu family." Wu Baoru said thoughtfully.
"No, my sister just entered the palace as the queen. Why did Your Majesty target our Wu family? Maybe she just wanted to kill the chicken to warn the monkey, and wanted to act like a deputy wise ruler. After turning off the lamp, she would release Qilang back!" Wu Baochuan waved his hand.
"If Your Majesty just wants to establish his authority, how could he kill Qilang? I heard rumors in the palace that Your Majesty seemed to be against his younger sister and was very displeased. Maybe he wanted to use this to find a problem." Wu Baoru shook his head and said.
"Qilang has always been unrestrained. What I am worried about is that he said something he shouldn't say in front of His Majesty, so he annoyed His Majesty and took such a ruthless move." Wu Baoguan said.
"Uncle, have you sent a letter to the palace and asked the queen to ask His Majesty to ask for love and pardon Qilang!" Wu Baochuan said to Wu Pu.
"Don't be impatient, wait until Erlang comes back to discuss it. Don't act rashly at the moment, so as not to cause trouble for no reason." Wu Pu also calmed down at this moment. Although he didn't understand the whole story, he also knew that this matter was not as simple as it seemed, so he let everyone sit down and say.
Something happened in the mansion. Not long after, everyone from all rooms came to ask for inquiries, but no one could tell the truth. Either they wanted to ask someone to inquire, or wanted to send a letter to the palace to ask for help, or they wanted to get the person back first. However, the sent out quickly returned dejectedly, saying that people heard that it was people from the Wu family who came to visit, and they were all closed-door, and even those who witnessed it were still kept silent and refused to say a word.
You should know that the Wu family was once a great family of officials and no one dared to look down on them. Now they have become royal relatives and are even more popular. I don’t know how many people come to ask for a visit, hoping to join the Wu family. But now these people have become so cold that they are afraid of avoiding it. Obviously, they are trying to clear their relationship with them. This has to make them alert and realize that the thing Wu Shuo has committed is so big that the little emperor is already annoyed.
"Erlang, what did you find out?" Wu Baoli didn't return to the mansion until the second minute, and before he could take a breath, Dalang and Wu Baoqian asked anxiously.
"Father, two uncles, something is not good!" Wu Baoli said with a polite manner upwards.
"What happened?" Wu Lin stood up and asked. He knew that Wu Baoli had served as the transferee of Huaixi Road, and he also served as the head of the Ministry of Rites when he went to the court. He had some connections in the court.
"Alas, after learning that Qilang had an accident, I inquire with several colleagues, but they didn't know the details or refused to say much. Later, after several twists and turns, I got some news from a manager in the Zuo Prime Minister's Mansion." Wu Baoli sighed, "On the third day of the first lunar month, Your Majesty led the generals of the army to shoot arrows at the martial arts school for the name of archery, but he did not return for more than ten days. The Lantern Festival is approaching, and the Zuo Prime Minister went to ask Your Majesty to return to the palace to appreciate the lanterns and have fun with the people. Unexpectedly, something happened."
"What does this have to do with my Wu family?" Wu Jie was confused and asked in confusion.
"The third uncle doesn't know anything. This time, because Your Majesty was not in the palace, the Empress Dowager ordered the Empress to preside over the Shangyuan Lantern Festival. But as early as Qiongzhou, Your Majesty had already made an order to preside over the national crisis. Everything was simple. The Shangyuan Lantern Festival had been closed for many years, but the Empress did not know the truth and issued an imperial edict to order the officials in the palace to make lanterns, and ordered Pingjiang Prefecture to present tribute lanterns, and the Beijing yamen and merchants all wanted to hang lanterns. When Your Majesty heard about it, he was furious and wanted to return to the palace to question the crime."
"Why is the queen so reckless? Why don't she ask for the reason?" Wu Pu was shocked when he heard this.
"If it were just this, it would be fine if the queen was scolded, but on the way back to the palace, Qilang blocked the imperial street on the grounds that his escort's guards broke the lantern on his head and burned his hair, intercepted the Holy Lord, and made great disrespectful words, angering His Majesty." Wu Baoli spread his hands and said depressedly.
"What disrespectful words did Qilang say?" Even though Wu Pu had been an official for many years, he couldn't hold back at this moment. He knew that there were too many people who were guilty of his words, and his uncontrollable son didn't know what he said, so he asked anxiously.
"Qilang... Qilang... He stopped the Holy Lord, but also spoke wildly, asking Ni Liang, the chief guard of the front guard, to kowtow to apologize to him. And the generals of the government and the government knew that he had saved Your Majesty's life and was extremely loyal. Your Majesty treats him like a brother. Where did he put Your Majesty in this way?" Wu Baoli said more and more excitedly, "When your Majesty saw that he was blocked in front of him, he came forward to investigate. Qilang didn't know the dragon face and made a big fuss. He not only humiliated Your Majesty, but also claimed that he was the uncle of the current dynasty. His Majesty relied on the Wu family to get Jiangnan, and the Wu family pleaded for him to get the empress dowager's grace."
"This... this rebellious man is going to destroy my Wu family!" Wu Pu sat down depressedly and pounded his chest and sighed.
"Qilang's words have touched His Majesty's pain. How could he let it go so hard? In this way, it will not only harm himself, but also involve the queen." Wu Jie's face turned pale in an instant. The words he said were heartbroken. This was no longer a crazy word, but a traitor.
"He was poking a hole in the sky. The little emperor was about to find the queen's fault. Qilang caused another disaster. Who can save him?" Wu Lin also frowned.
"The two uncles said it right, of course His Majesty was furious. Not only did he beat Qilang up, but he also ordered people to be executed in the street. Later, the Minister of State pleaded with mercy, and took into account that it was the Chinese New Year, so he was temporarily spared from his death, but he was shackled at the palace gate and was executed after the New Year." Wu Baoli said again.
"What about the queen now?" Everyone understood the problem at this time, and Wu Lin turned to ask.
"I don't know. After Your Majesty returned to the palace by watching the lanterns, he ordered the guards to strengthen their vigilance in the name of preventing fire. Guards were stationed everywhere in the palace city, and no one was allowed to approach them. Those who violated the violations were killed. Therefore, all the news in the palace had been cut off, and the situation was even more unclear!" Wu Baoli said.
"In this way, Your Majesty is deliberately blocking internal and external news and preventing the news from leaving the palace. I am afraid that the Queen's life will not be easy." Wu Jie said in a cold breath.
"It's not just the queen. When I returned to my mansion, I found that there were a lot more shops at the street entrance than usual. There were also unidentified people peeking in front of the mansion!" Wu Baoli sighed.
"Your Majesty is trying to take his anger on the Wu family, so he won't attack us!" Wu Baoru gasped and said with a cold breath. He already realized that the situation was more serious than they expected. If the little emperor took advantage of the situation, it would be impossible for the entire Wu family to implicate it.
"Brother, the matter is basically clear. Qilang is angry with Long Wei this time, and his life is hard to save. I'd better think about how to deal with the aftermath!" Wu Jie thought about it and felt that there was no room for maneuver, and sighed.
"Stern brother, don't say anything discouraged. I think my Wu family is not a small villager without any foundation. There are so many old friends in the court and the country. Together tomorrow, if the queen is begging for mercy, can't I protect Xiao Qilang?" Wu Lin waved her hand and said.
"The second uncle's words were inappropriate. Judging from the arrangements of His Majesty, it was no longer directed at Qilang, but our entire Wu family. Otherwise, he would not have known Qilang's identity and insisted on beheading him." Wu Baoli said with a brief politeness.
"Erlang, you are in the court and are well-informed. Tell me why you came to our Wu family." Wu Jie felt it was reasonable and asked after hearing this.
"This matter is a long story. I heard from my colleagues in the Ministry of Rites that Your Majesty is very resistant to the matter of establishing the queen. If the Empress Dowager had not insisted on it and the ministers advised him many times, I was afraid that my younger sister would be unable to be made the queen. Because of the huge amount of weddings, His Majesty complained many times in private and even wanted to cancel the wedding. Therefore, Your Majesty was not satisfied with the younger sister's queen." Wu Baoli sighed.
"Your Majesty is not satisfied with this marriage? My younger sister is virtuous and virtuous, and she is proficient in poetry and songs. My Wu family was an official in the fifth generation and became a prime minister in three dynasties. Who is the family background today? No one can be in charge in Jiangnan." Wu Baoru said indignantly.
"Sanlang is a little calm, listen to me finish my words." Wu Baoli said, "After the king's army recovered Jiangnan and moved back to Lin'an, two major events occurred in the court: one was the rebel Chen Yizhong who assassinated and rebelled; the other was the case of the waste of national education by Your Majesty. These two events seemed to be caused by changes in the court, but Jiangnan scholars participated in it and acted as front pawns. How could this not make Your Majesty afraid and blame the Jiangnan scholars. My Wu family was because of the first family of officials in Jiangnan, how could they feel at ease!"
"A man is guilty of being guilty of being a treasure. Your Majesty suspects that our Wu family has the intention to usurp power, so he will use this to suppress our Wu family!" Wu Baoguan said with a wry smile.
"Wulang's words are not far apart, but our Wu family tree is very popular. There are many old friends, and there are inevitably some good and bad ones. In both cases, there are those involved, especially the main culprit Li Zhen, who was born in the Ministry of Personnel. Although his father was just a pawn when he was in office, he was considered a disciple of the Wu family. And many scholars have some relationships with us, so they call themselves a disciple of the Wu family, wanting to seek some benefits from it. Among the people who have had trouble with Qilang today, they are just street rogues, but they have a relationship with the Wu family and they call themselves a disciple of the uncle's mansion. They are provoking trouble on the street, which ruins the reputation of our Wu family!"
"What Erlang said is that Your Majesty has long been suspicious. This time Qilang spoke wildly in public again, confirming what he thought and giving him an excuse to take action. This time, our Wu family is afraid of a disaster." Wu Lin said in a frustration.
"Parenting with the king is like accompanying the tiger. I think my Wu family has worked diligently and never dared to be negligent. I even sent my daughter to the palace. I didn't expect that I was still suspicious of the king. This is really outrageous!" Wu Jie's second son Wu Bao, who had not spoken, got up and said angrily.
"Thunder, rain and dew are all kindness of yourselves. Don't speak nonsense, and you will cause trouble again!" Wu Jie hurriedly stopped hearing this.
"Father, there is no room for maneuvering this matter here. Now it is better to take advantage of the opportunity of the city gate of Shangyuan Festival to leave the city as soon as possible to avoid a catastrophe!" Wu Bao said anxiously.
"No, if we leave at this moment, it will prove that there is a ghost in our Wu family's mind, and we will even sit back and see the idea of ​​usurping power. And even if we can leave the city, how can we escape the pursuit of the court? Do you want to be a treason?" Wu Baoli hurriedly stopped him.
"My Wu family has been loyal and kind for generations. We must never do anything that will betray the country and the king, otherwise how can we face the ancestors and ancestors!" Wu Pu stood up and asserted.
"I don't agree with my uncle's words, so let's wait for punishment. Will we be punished? " Wu Bao said with a thorn in his neck and said unconvincedly.
Chapter completed!