At this time, the emperor's eldest son, Sun Lue, was furious in the council hall and had nowhere to vent his anger.
In the case of King Gui, Bai Xingduan, the minister of Dali Temple, was the chief judge, but he could not offer any opinions at all. He either followed King Luo or agreed with Duke Rong Guo.
Both King Luo and Duke Rong advocated strict punishment.
In particular, Duke Rongguo Xu Huaishan had even prepared strategic maps. He confidently stroked his snow-white beard and expressed that if anyone was dissatisfied, he would be the first to lead an army to conquer.
To put it lightly, Xu Huaishan is almost seventy, how can he still fight?
It's just that they want to take advantage of the opportunity to grab more military power and win over more forces.
King Luo behaved much more modestly. He did not want to fight, but he wanted to get to the bottom of King Gui's past crimes and eradicate his gang members.
Changsun Lue also wanted to do this, but the current situation did not allow it. If he pursued and fought fiercely, he would inevitably provoke a war.
An invasion from Beidi last year has consumed a lot of national power. Now if dozens of princes and princes rebel at the same time, the Daxuan Dynasty may be destroyed in one day.
What made him most angry was that at the critical moment, the Prime Minister Yi Zhonglun, whom he personally promoted, actually made a fool of himself.
Several other ministers actually imitated Yi Zhonglun.
In the Qinzheng Hall, only King Luo and Duke Rong were fighting constantly.
The business was not settled properly, and Xu Rongrong, the daughter of Rong Guogong, came to the Qinzheng Hall to cause trouble.
After looking at it, the chamberlain reported back that Shangguan Yuan and his wife were also outside. Immediately afterwards, someone came to report that the queen had also arrived, and the guards were carrying the injured Xu Youcai.
Since military and state affairs could not be discussed any further, Changsun Lue had no choice but to ask the irrelevant people to step aside and deal with the matter outside the palace first.
Xu Rongrong was extremely arrogant in Fengzao Palace, but now she pretended to be weak and innocent when she arrived at Qinzheng Palace, crying and complaining that Shangguan Yuan was bullying others.
When Rong Guogong saw that his son and daughter were beaten, he was very angry and asked his eldest grandson to punish him severely.
Qianru refused and wanted to explain the reason aggrievedly, but Shangguan Yuan blocked her mouth.
"Your Majesty, I beat you up. But before I receive the punishment, I would like to say a few words to Duke Rong Guo and Prime Minister Yi." Shangguan Yuan stepped forward quickly and grabbed Duke Rong Guo by the collar, "
I don’t care how domineering your daughter, Rong Guogong’s son, is. In short, if you bully my wife, this is what you will end up with!”
Not to be outdone, Duke Rongguo coldly used court etiquette to suppress him.
"Boy, this is the Qinzheng Hall, the imperial palace. You have no regard for the emperor, you despise the superior, you simply have no regard for the emperor!"
"let go!"
The emperor gave the order and Shangguan Yuan had to let go.
But no one expected that as soon as he let go of his hand, he would hook up a leg and trip up Duke Rong Guo.
After all, he is nearly 70 years old and his health is failing.
This slight fall caused one of Duke Rong's legs to tremble in pain.
The eldest grandson was slightly pleased by the sight, but he had to scold Shangguan Yuan sharply.
"Shangguanyuan, how dare you do this in front of me? I must punish you well today!"
However, before the punishment of the Eighty-Tingzhang was spoken, Shangguan Yuan overthrew Yi Zhonglun and angrily told him to take care of his wife.
So arrogant!
Changsun Lue originally intended to protect him, but he didn't expect that he would trip up the Duke first and then push down the prime minister in front of him as the emperor.
This kind of behavior is hard to convince people without heavy punishment!
But the punishment was too severe, and he couldn't bear it. After all, there were very few people who dared to confront Duke Rong like this in this court.
So, he was given forty more imperial staffs.
Empress Shen understood the emperor's thoughts and quickly took the blame on herself.
"Mrs. Xu and Mrs. Yongzhonghou had a dispute in Fengzao Palace. It was the concubine who mishandled Mrs. Xu and injured Mrs. Yongzhonghou, which caused the misunderstanding."
Xiuhe was also a witty person. As soon as he knelt down, he cried aggrievedly:
"You can't blame your Majesty for this. It was Mrs. Xu who didn't listen to your Majesty's instructions and secretly sent people to invite Marquis Yongzhong and his brother Mr. Xu to Fengzao Palace. This caused a misunderstanding."
How could Xu Rongrong be willing to have her heart water poured out on herself?
He hurriedly defended: "I was just arguing with Mr. An because she couldn't think of it. If you want others to keep silent, you have to do nothing. She seduced men in Goulan Courtyard and stole the show. This is a fact. Marquis Yongzhong did not distinguish right from wrong and used his power to bully others.
It is also true. Please make a clear decision, Your Majesty!"
"Since there is a punishment, Mrs. Xu should be the first to be punished." Xiuhe covered the injury on her face and said, "Mrs. Xu is arrogant and doesn't take the Queen seriously at all. She teaches the Crown Prince indiscriminately and even in front of her.
The empress spanked Mrs. Yongzhonghou in front of her, and the palm prints on the slave's face are the evidence."
"You really deserve a beating!" Changsun Lue angrily called for the guards to come in, drag Xu Rongrong down and give her a hundred and twenty canes.
How can a woman withstand one hundred and twenty rods?
Duke Rong Guo quickly interceded for his daughter.
"You offended the queen, despised the dignity of the royal family, disrupted the teachings of the prince, and disrupted the order of the court. It is worthy of death. Mr. Rong Guo, you are not strict in raising your daughter, and you still dare to plead for mercy? Do you think that my concubine's actions are justified?"
Duke Rongguo had no choice but to swallow his anger and beg his eldest grandson to give him a light punishment because he was old and could not bear the pain of losing his daughter.
After all, Lao Taishan held his own handle, so even though he didn't want to help and plead for mercy, Yi Zhonglun still stood up and asked for half of the cane punishment.
Seeing how wonderful this method was, Duke Rongguo asked for the punishment to be divided with twenty sticks.
The matter with King Gui is over, how can Changsun Lue continue to attack Duke Rong and cause trouble for himself?
Yi Zhonglun was also a weak scholar. He received sixty canes and was afraid that he would not be able to go to court for several days.
In the current national affairs, he still has many places where he needs to use this think tank.
One can't hit, and the other can't hit again, what should I do?
Qianru saw Changsun Lue's hesitation, and she had a clever idea in mind, so she knelt forward aggrievedly, "If anyone makes a mistake, he can ask his family members to help him suffer the punishment, so where is the majesty of the national law?
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"Bitch!"
When Xu Rongrong saw that An Qianru was going to kill her, she frantically rushed towards her to beat her, but was stopped by the guards.
Qianru enjoyed it so much when she saw how she couldn't stop herself from going crazy, but for the sake of the overall situation, she still had to beg against her will.
"I don't mean to avenge my personal revenge by saying this. It's just that Duke Rong Guo and Prime Minister Yi are both pillars of the country and cannot be seriously injured. The strict national law, in addition to punishing evil and promoting good, is also about educating evil people and making people realize their mistakes and change them.
Killing. Therefore, I have the courage to intercede for Mrs. Xu, hoping that the emperor will divide the one hundred and twenty sticks into punishments, and give ten or twenty sticks every ten days."
It is already very embarrassing to be punished once, and to be beaten for several months. How can Xu Rongrong endure this grievance?
She originally thought that after King Gui fell, her status would be comparable to that of the royal family, but she didn't expect that the reality was far from her imagination.
Dad’s power is not strong enough after all!
In order to save her life and take revenge, she had no choice but to endure it.
The only thing that comforted her was that this incident caused Shangguan Yuan to receive one hundred and twenty strokes.
But I didn't expect that Changsun Lue would adopt An Qianru's suggestion and then use this method on Shangguan Yuan.
It was originally a trivial matter, but now it's a big loss for my family. After all, my brother was seriously injured by Shangguan Yuan.
But she had to suffer such a big loss even if she didn't want to.
And this is exactly the result Qianru wants.
With the current situation of the Daxuan Dynasty, Shangguan Yuan has many opportunities to make meritorious deeds. Maybe one day he will be punished and the unfinished stick will be spared.
She quietly took a look at Shangguan Yuan and felt secretly happy in her heart. She secretly sighed that the fate was so wonderful. She never expected that she would be in a concubine with Shangguan Yuan at the Qinzheng Hall.
But this incident really made Duke Rong Guo furious.
Pulling hair out of a tiger's mouth openly will cause endless trouble!