Zhu Houzhao ordered Wang Shouren to be arrested and imprisoned because of a moment of indifference. He felt that he had been deceived and was unhappy that he insisted on punishing Wang Shouren.

But when he really asked someone to escort Wang Shouren to Xuanfu, he regretted it because the dispatch of troops was not over yet. In addition to Xuanfu Town, the five northwest towns were still sending troops to harass the grassland. At this moment, he directly took down Governor Xuanda, which was obviously a disturbance to the morale of the army. At least the officers and soldiers of Xuanfu and Datong Town would be at a loss. He also thought about it carefully that Wang Shouren was doing his job tiringly, from preparing to send troops to help finish after he was in the process of training, he did his best and did not feel very annoying.

"He didn't send anyone to assassinate, and didn't do it himself. Even if he ordered his subordinates to teach Jiang Bin a good lesson, this is normal. Who made Jiang Bin cause a big disaster? Even if I was, I would be ready to teach him a lesson!"

Zhu Houzhao regretted it, but due to his mercy, he could not directly pardon Wang Shouren. As an emperor, he also needed a step forward.

Just at this moment, the memorials of Wang Qiong and other ministers Bao Wang Shouren came one after another, and even the memorials of Chen Xi were mixed, which made Zhu Houzhao's heart suddenly heavier.

The more someone pleaded for Wang Shouren, the more Zhu Houzhao felt that he was being played with. The important officials in the court actually joined forces to protect a minister who had plotted against him, which made Zhu Houzhao very unhappy.

Zhu Houzhao had the idea of ​​finding an opportunity to let Wang Shouren go, but at this time he was completely determined to sue Wang Shouren.

Zhu Houzhao called Xiao Jing and instructed him, which probably meant that he would personally interrogate him to see if there were any conscripts behind the scenes. As for the memorials of the Chinese civil and military officials in the court excused Wang Shouren, Zhu Houzhao asked Xiao Jing to respond in a stern tone, which probably meant to pursue the matter to the end.

"I wonder how Your Majesty wants to be tried? Do you need to prepare for the court?" Xiao Jing asked with a embarrassed look on his face.

Zhu Houzhao said: "Just just go through the interrogation. At that time, there will be no need for too many people. Let the Jinyiwei act as the yamen servant. I will immediately pronounce the verdict after the interrogation, and there is no need to go through the Three Justices!"

"this……"

Xiao Jing was still very hesitant, but he still accepted the order, "The old minister obeyed the order."

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Wang Shouren was going to be convicted, and there were endless people in the court who complained about him. After all, Wang Shouren's official voice was very good, and he was also a representative of the children of officials. His military achievements and political achievements were excellent, and he also had prestige among the people...

If it weren't for Chen Xi, Wang Shouren would definitely be the best among young people. However, Wang Shouren has done something that makes the emperor unhappy. Those who want to excuse him must carefully consider the emperor's stubborn temper. According to past experience, they dare not fight against the willful emperor, and no one regards himself as Xie Qian or Chen Xi.

Many people realize that only Chen Xi can solve this problem, which is because Zhu Houzhao has full trust in Chen Xi, but what Chen Xi has reported does not seem to work. The general view now is that to save Wang Shouren, he can only let Chen Xi go to Xuanfu in person.

But Chen Xi didn't want to do this. He was the regent prisoner of the country. Now that Zhu Houzhao is not in the capital, he cannot do anything randomly, otherwise he might repeat the mistakes he had disappeared a year ago and cause a big mess.

For the sake of Wang Shouren's affairs, the orthodox civil officials in the capital walked around Chenxi Mansion. Old officials who had not appeared in the court for a long time also submitted memorials through the Tongzheng Envoy Office, trying to make Zhu Houzhao have a look.

This reflects Wang Shouren's favorable side, but it hurts Zhu Houzhao's young mind. The more someone helps Wang Shouren plead, the worse Wang Shouren's situation is. Chen Xi can see this clearly, so he just symbolically commented for Wang Shouren, and there were not many actions in the future.

On August 28th, Zhu Houzhao was walking and interrogating Wang Shouren.

Although Wang Shouren was imprisoned, he did not encounter the miserable treatment he had before Jiang Bin, and his situation was pretty good. When he saw Zhu Houzhao, he was dressed in smooth clothes, not in prison uniforms, but in a clean sky blue, and he looked extraordinary.

In the temporary court set up by Zhu Houzhao, Qian Ning stood in the hall as the foreman of the "yamen" who escorted the criminals, Xiao Jing and Xiao Guozi separated the emperor. In addition, Zhang Yong, who had just arrived in Xuanfu, was waiting carefully.

This is more like a private court, with no clerk to record the case review process, it was entirely caused by the emperor's leisure.

"Criminal, do you know that you are guilty?"

Zhu Houzhao has never tried the case, but he has seen many of them. He is very familiar with Wang Shouren, but he seems a little lacking in confidence when he takes up the emperor's majesty.

Wang Shouren bowed his head and said, "I know the crime."

Zhu Houzhao didn't expect that it would be so easy to sit in the court to try the case. He originally wanted to use his "talent" in case trial, but Wang Shouren came up and pleaded guilty directly, making Zhu Houzhao not know what to say for a moment.

Xiao Jing reminded: "Your Majesty, the criminal pleads guilty and can directly pronounce the sentence."

"Um!?"

Zhu Houzhao glanced at Xiao Jing and said angrily, "I haven't said anything about the crime yet, how can I convict me? I really don't know what it means! Criminal, what kind of crime do you have committed?"

Wang Shouren lowered his head, his face was not bloody at all, but his eyes were extremely firm, and he said seriously: "My deceiving the king and secretly let someone punish Jiang Bin, the defeated sinner. How should Your Majesty punish me? I have no complaints. I just ask Your Majesty to follow the military law of the Ming Dynasty and will instigate Your Majesty to send troops and lead the elite troops to mysteriously defeat the war in accordance with the law!"

Zhu Houzhao was stunned for a moment, and slammed the table with his right hand. A severe pain came. Then she remembered that there was a gavel beside her and said with a dark face: "Okay, Wang Shouren, I ask you what crime you have committed, you have convicted others... Now I will only talk about you! Let's talk about how to deceive the emperor and the emperor?"

Wang Shouren raised his head, looked straight at Zhu Houzhao, and said with a righteous heart: "If Your Majesty thinks that Jiang Bin is not guilty, then I will not admit my guilt. I am just acting within the scope of my duty and have not made any usurpation."

Zhu Houzhao said angrily: "Why, do you still want to be cunning? Isn't this a crime to punish those whom I ordered to capture?"

Wang Shouren asked with confidence: "I dare to ask Your Majesty, as the general general of Xuan Da, I have received the emperor's decree to capture Jiang Bin and sent him to Xuan Mansion in a prison cart. What is the crime?"

"ah?"

Zhu Houzhao was a little surprised and realized that trial was not that easy, but he thought quickly and immediately refuted, "If you send someone to kill him, you will commit the crime of deceiving the monarch."

Wang Shouren said: "I have not sent anyone to kill him. If Your Majesty verifies this, please give a witness to confront him. When and where will I let him kill whom! If I can't say it, it's a false accusation. Furthermore, the criminal Jiang Bin is alive now. He has the situation today, which is probably due to injuries on the battlefield that day. I am just negligent and negligent... But since Your Majesty has designated him as a criminal, I want to escort him to Xuanfu in time. I have sent someone to bandage his wounds and have someone to give him medicine. I don't think I am guilty."

Zhu Houzhao suddenly felt that it was difficult for him to argue against Wang Shouren. Just when he was furious and didn't know what to say, Xiao Jing next to him spoke.

Xiao Jing said: "Wang Bo'an, this is yours. You confessed to Your Majesty at the beginning. Do you want to regret it now?"

Zhu Houzhao finally remembered something and pointed at Wang Shouren and said, "Yes. Are you teasing me? I confessed my guilt first, but now I don't? Do you think I can treat me like a joke?"

Wang Shouren said neither humble nor arrogantly: "I confess to doing something wrong. If I say I am guilty, I will not report to Your Majesty before doing it. But I think I am the heart of the Ming Dynasty. In fact, I am not guilty. Everything depends on how Your Majesty decides. If Your Majesty thinks that I am guilty, I am willing to bear all the consequences. But I also ask Your Majesty to live up to the expectations of the world and condemn Jiang Bin, and also to abide by the souls of thousands of Ming soldiers who were buried in the grassland."

"you……"

Zhu Houzhao was so angry that his lips shivered. He found that he could not argue with Wang Shouren at all. He recalled carefully that he had too little evidence of Wang Shouren's "crime". Now all the evidence is left on paper, with neither human evidence nor physical evidence. Even if he wanted to convict Wang Shouren of teasing the king, he had to list the causes and consequences.

"Your Majesty, look..."

Xiao Jing was still questioning Wang Shouren before, but in fact he was speaking for Wang Shouren. At this time, he looked at Zhu Houzhao, and the intention of asking for instructions was obvious.

Zhu Houzhao looked embarrassed and angry: "This case does need to be supplemented with evidence, especially Jiang Bin's opinion. His health should have improved in the past two days, right? Let him go back and testify against the criminals in person!"

Wang Shouren said: "Even if Your Majesty convicts me, I believe that Jiang Bin's crime is far above me. I do not ask for anything else. As long as Your Majesty convicts Jiang Bin's crimes are clear, even if you kill me, I will admit it."

"Okay, Wang Shouren, I'm clearly threatening me... Who do you think you are? You are the only civil and military officials in the court? I will keep whoever I want to kill, it's not your turn to decide! Don't think that you are Mr. Wang's son, I dare not kill you! Even if you kill all your family, you will have nothing to say." Zhu Houzhao said gritting his teeth.

Although Zhu Houzhao was not so good, he was still very restrained in respecting his teachers and Taoism. Wang Shouren's father Wang Hua was his husband when he was in the East Palace. It was only because Wang Hua was a backbone of Liu Jian's group that he had not been activated. In fact, Zhu Houzhao still respected Wang Hua very much.

Wang Shouren did not want to live in his father's shadow, and immediately said: "One of me does things and one person does it. Please do not implicate my family."

"It's too late!"

Zhu Houzhao was furious and roared, "Why didn't you consider your family when you deceived the king? You have been an official for a few years and are not very capable, but you have learned to make the decision for me. I didn't say I wanted to kill you. You actually wanted to take someone else to lead Xiang to death. Is it your final decision or I have the final decision in this world? Come and take him down and try again next day!"

"yes."

Xiao Jing was reluctant to postpone the case. Now Wang Shouren and Zhu Houzhao are fighting with reason. In Xiao Jing's opinion, it is not a good sign. If Zhu Houzhao is furious and convicted on the spot, Wang Shouren will suffer a great loss.

Xiao Jing said: "Prepare the criminal and retrial a day afterwards."

Qian Ning glanced at Xiao Jing and then took Wang Shouren down with him. Wang Shouren said nothing at this time, lowering his head as if he had accepted his fate.

After Wang Shouren left the court, Xiao Jing reminded: "Your Majesty, Qian Ning's injury has been almost healed. Why not... punish Wang Bo'an with a small punishment and let him go?"

Zhu Houzhao said angrily: "Let him go? Humph, where is my face? I can let him go. Look at his virtue in the court, and really regard himself as the mainstay of the Ming Dynasty? Killing such a person is also in vain!"

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For the sake of Wang Shouren, the officialdom in the capital was almost in full swing.

Everyone was thinking about how to rescue him. It seemed that whether Wang Shouren was guilty was related to the legal system of the Ming Dynasty. As a supervisor, Chen Xi was almost broken by someone.

Ordinary people came to ask for a visit, but Chen Xi could not see him, but he could not refuse Liang Chu, Jin Gui, Li Jue, and Wang Qiong. All of them were related to Wang Shouren.

Obviously, everyone in the court realized that Chen Xi could not save Wang Shouren.

"...Zhihou, I'm not making things difficult for you when I come here, but this is really not possible without you." Li Yu was a little sorry when he came to see Chen Xi. He knew very well how difficult it was to do so. "Your Majesty has the intention to commit Bo An's death. Eunuch Xiao sent someone back to pass the message, saying that the situation was not optimistic. Your Majesty was angry, and Bo'an insisted on competing with Your Majesty for a chastity. Isn't this a way out of his own way?"

Chen Xi frowned: "Brother Shi Qi means, how should I rescue you? You must report a memorial. You have to go to Xuanfu in person?"

"Is there no other way?" Li Wu looked at Chen Xi seriously. The roughly meant that the court had no idea about Wang Shouren's affairs, so he had to rely on Chen Xi to think of a solution.

Chen Xi said helplessly: "It seems that there is no other way except to go to Xuanfu to save people in person."

Li Jue thought to himself: "If Jiang Bin can come forward... things may turn around."

Chen Xi narrowed his eyes: "What is this? Bo'an was punished for Jiang Bin's affairs. Now he asks Jiang Bin to ask Jiang Bin to plead with him? Even if Jiang Bin is willing, Bo'an will be willing?"

"Yuhou, don't get me wrong. I don't mean that. We don't need a treacherous person." Li Wu said, "But if it can prove that Jiang Bin is seriously guilty, then wouldn't Bo'an be able to do things naturally? Your Majesty can also relieve his anger..."

Chen Xi was speechless at Li Wu's suggestion and thought to himself: "Wang Shouren's mistake was to make his own decisions, violate or tamper with His Majesty's holy will, which made His Majesty angry. Even if Jiang Bin really deserves to die, it's not Wang Shouren's turn to punish him. This is the root cause. Why don't you understand?"

Chen Xidao: "It seems that I really want to go to Xuanfu and plead with Your Majesty in person, and maybe he can let Your Majesty go Bo'an."

Li Li asked in surprise: "Are you going to Xuanfu?"

"Is there any other way?"

Chen Xi was very helpless and spread his hands and said, "It's okay to go there, but it's a big deal to worry about Brother Shi Qi and his colleagues."

Li Ju felt that Chen Xi was unpredictable and quickly stood up: "It's because of the pressure for brother... It's so strong. Think about it again. There may be room for improvement in this matter. Your Majesty has not yet been convicted? Let's discuss it later!"

After saying that, Li Li didn't stay for dinner and left in a hurry, as if he didn't add pressure to Chen Xi, so that Chen Xi would not have to go on an opposition with the emperor.

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Chen Xizhen was really preparing to go to Xuanfu, which was his decision after careful consideration.

When Chen Xi and Yun Liu explained the situation and asked Yun Liu to make arrangements, Yun Liu asked in surprise: "Sir, if you go to Xuanfu to plead with Your Majesty, your Majesty will be afraid that you will be jealous again."

Chen Xidao: "Don't you understand now? The position I am in now means that I cannot remain silent about the affairs of the court. If I encounter any problems, I must take responsibility. Even if I get into evil with Your Majesty for this... it may not be a bad thing."

"This is very unfavorable for adults to act in the court." Yun Liu emphasized.

Chen Xi nodded: "I know your concerns very well, but I have to do some things... What I ask you to do now is not to go to Xuanfu, but to go south to the new city immediately and prepare some things."

Yun Liu's face showed a sudden look, realizing that Chen Xi went to Xuanfu this time to deliberately get into trouble with Zhu Houzhao and create conditions for going south. Chen Xi was not keen on being a ruling country in the court, and seemed to intend to avoid disputes.
To be continued...