Chapter 1,143 The plan failed, the emperors thoughts
I slept until three o'clock in the morning.
It was a rare break and he didn't have to go to greet Jia Zheng, Mrs. Wang, and Jia's mother, so Su Mingzhe naturally wanted to sleep until he was full.
When Su Mingzhe opened his eyes, he saw Qingwen and Xiren leaning on him on the left and right, chatting in a low voice.
"Baoyu is awake?!"
When Xiren saw that his second master had woken up, he happily asked after him and learned that Su Mingzhe was a little hungry and was about to go out to get food.
Su Mingzhe wanted to call her out, but Qingwen stopped him with a look.
After the attacker left, Qingwen said:
"My second master, things are not going well!"
Su Mingzhe asked in surprise:
"What's wrong?"
Qingwen looked slightly embarrassed and explained:
"This Daqing is at the time of prosperity, and there are actually two lucky golden dragons in the palace. I can't get close to the imperial city at all!"
When Su Mingzhe heard this, he said with contempt:
"You are the Great Luo Jinxian, how can you still be afraid of two mere Luck Golden Dragons? Are you kidding me?"
Seeing that the man didn't believe it, Qingwen suddenly felt anxious and aggrieved:
"My dear second master, have you forgotten who I am?"
Su Mingzhe asked with some confusion:
"Aren't you the Mysterious Lady in Heaven? Do you have other identities?"
"Yes, I am the Mysterious Lady of the Nine Heavens, so I practice the Tao of Immortals!"
Qingwen's explanation made Su Mingzhe suddenly realize.
There are five categories of immortals, namely heaven, earth, humans, gods, and ghosts.
A fairy like Jiutian Xuannv must carry a priesthood with her, and her soul must be contaminated with a lot of incense power.
The soul that has cultivated the power of incense is most afraid of the golden dragon of luck that is condensed from the fire of the mortal world.
Legend has it that the Empress Nuwa, after learning that Emperor Shang Tang was disrespectful to her, wanted to give him retribution, but she found that Shang Tang had good luck.
With no other choice, Empress Nuwa could only summon the three demons from the Xuanyuan Tomb, and let the three demons ruin the fate of the Shangtang Dynasty first, and then caused the Emperor Shangtang to burn himself to death.
Even a humane saint like Nuwa would not dare to face the earthly emperor who is protected by luck. Jiutian Xuannv is just a Da Luo Jinxian, so naturally she would not dare to enter the palace and cause trouble.
After Su Mingzhe understood it, he could only sigh:
"If I had known this, I would have gone by myself!"
Seeing that she had messed up the matter, Qingwen could only smile.
"That's all, we can only figure out a way to rescue the eldest sister (Yuan Chun) later!"
In the 'anti-rape' plan implemented by Su Mingzhe yesterday, rescuing Yuan Chun from the palace was the most important part.
Now, if Yuanchun is not rescued, it means that half of the plan has failed.
Qingwen saw this and asked in a low voice:
"Don't you have a backup plan?"
Yesterday, after hearing that the man had fainted, Qingwen hurried over and found that the man was pretending to be faint.
The two communicated for a while.
Qingwen found out about Su Mingzhe's rape plan. She thought it was fun, so she let Su Mingzhe continue to lie down and let her finish it off.
All plans, under Qingwen's careful arrangements, went extremely smoothly.
After Zhou Rui's family was caught, they picked out Lai Da, the two brothers Lai (Jia Mu's cronies), Lin Zhixiao (Wang Xifeng's cronies), Wu Xindeng (Mrs. Wang) and other housekeepers and stewards.
Jia Zheng, who had always ignored worldly affairs, now learned that the Rongguo Mansion was already in ruins.
As the chief managers of Rongguo Mansion and Ningguo Mansion, brothers Lai Da and Lai resold the government's supplies and made huge profits. They also used the name of Rongguo Mansion to solicit lawsuits from outside, bully the market, engage in corruption and accept bribes, etc.
Lin Zhixiao and his wife, as Wang Xifeng's cronies, loaned money, took lawsuits, falsely reported accounts, and stole government money.
Wu Xindeng and his wife went even further. As the bank managers of the Rongguo Mansion, they directly colluded with the managers below to lend money from the Rongguo Mansion.
When Jia Zheng heard that the back house was being managed so badly by his wife, he was so angry that he almost died.
It's also a coincidence.
The governor of Chang'an received a report from Rongguo Mansion, and after taking Leng Zixing, he inquired about some major cases, and sent people to Rongguo Mansion to bring Zhou Rui's family to court.
As a result, all the ruined affairs of the Rong Guofu family were exposed.
According to Su Mingzhe's plan, the secret things done by several masters in Rongguo Mansion will be exposed by several housekeepers.
After the case shocked the city of Chang'an, the emperor became angry and snatched away all kinds of respected honors and brought Jia's family down to earth.
At this critical moment, Su Mingzhe stood up, turned the tide, and became the savior of the Jia family.
Unfortunately, plans did not change quickly.
Qingwen failed to enter the palace, which threw the plan out of whack.
"Now we can only see what the emperor and his son want!"
At this moment, the East Palace of the Imperial City.
Emperor Longqing is training at the Supreme Emperor’s office:
"Your Majesty, as a king, you must promote benevolence. The slaves of Rongguo Mansion have done all kinds of evil things by pretending to be powerful. You can just catch them. How can the master of the house be held responsible because the slaves have done something wrong?"
"If you punish the Jia family today for being a slave in the Rongguo Mansion, have you ever thought about what other nobles will think?"
"Have you ever thought about it?"
Emperor Longqing responded to the admonitions one after another.
Seeing his son's submissive look, the Supreme Emperor didn't have much to say. He could only sigh and said:
"I heard that Jia Ying, the second son of Jia Zheng, recently developed a kind of elixir called Peiyuan Dan, which has the effect of making up for congenital deficiencies. Aren't the princesses of Yongning and Yongan suffering from illness since childhood? You Go and ask Jia Zheng to hand over the elixir recipe, as well as the Pei Yuan Dan, and also offer some. This is the end of the punishment for the Jia family."
After hearing the arrangement of the Supreme Emperor, Emperor Longqing had already expected it and was not surprised.
Just when I was about to say goodbye, I seemed to suddenly remember something, so I turned around and asked again:
"What should we do with the evil servant of Jia Mansion?"
The Supreme Emperor raised his head and looked at the Emperor seriously. He was silent for a moment and then said:
"These evil servants do not want to fulfill their duties, but rebel against their master. Just deal with them in accordance with the laws of the country!"
"I'm going to do it now!"
After receiving the instructions, Emperor Longqing came out of the East Palace and met Jiang Li, the governor of Chang'an who had been waiting for a long time and looked forward to it.
"Go back to Linjing Hall first."
Linjing Hall is in Daming Palace, which is northwest of East Palace.
Surrounded by many palace people, he returned to Linjing Hall.
Emperor Longqing called his confidant Xia Shouzhong, the chief chamberlain, and explained the emperor's intention.
"Daban, you go to Rongguo Mansion first and settle the matter of Peiyuan Dan. After the matter is settled, remember to go to the East Palace to reply to the Supreme Emperor."
Xia Shouzhong quickly agreed to go out of the palace to run errands.
Jiang Li was about to leave, but he was stopped by Emperor Longqing:
"The Emperor said that the servants of the Rong and Ning Houses 'do not want to fulfill their loyal duties, but rebelled against their masters and need to be dealt with in accordance with the national law.' Do you know what to do?"
Jiang Li was stunned and said with understanding:
"Your Majesty, according to the "Daqing Law", if the slaves collude and rebel against the master, their property will be confiscated, the culprit will be beheaded, and the remaining three tribes will be killed. Those who are underage will be sent to the border as slaves!"
Emperor Longqing listened and nodded with satisfaction:
"Then just do it according to the law!"
Jiang Li accepted the order and slowly exited the hall.
When he reached a deserted area, cold sweat broke out on Jiang Li's forehead.
According to the "Daqing Code", slaves who rebel against their masters are actually divided into different levels.
Cases like the Rong Guofu family can only be considered moderate, which means they are a little more serious than ordinary cases, but they are not serious enough to punish the three clans.
However, when Emperor Longqing deflected the Emperor's opinions on how to deal with it, he changed the word "evil servant" to "slaves", and changed the word "it can be dealt with in accordance with the national law" to "it needs to be dealt with in accordance with the national law"!
When an evil servant works, one person does the work and one person is responsible for it, and since he has signed a deed of betrayal, his free family members should not be implicated.
When slaves do things, it is collusion, it is gang crime, and innocent people will inevitably be implicated.
The word "that's it" that the Supreme Emperor said also means not to exaggerate the matter.
However, Emperor Longqing did not repeat these two words.
As a result, Emperor Longqing's intentions were largely distorted.
Jiang Li returned to the Chang'an government office and quickly wrote a fire sign, asking the police to go to Rongning and Ning Prefectures to arrest people.