Yinzhen sneered and said: "At this time, are you still pretending to be crazy and acting stupid? Mu Jifeng, I have long been aware of the affairs between you and Hong Shi. You colluded with Hong Shi to secretly hide a hundred thousand shi of grain and put it away.
The lives of hundreds of thousands of soldiers were disregarded, do you know your guilt?!"
The last few words sounded like thunder in Mu Jifeng's ears. He immediately knelt down on the iron-hard gold bricks with his legs weak and said in a panic: "Weichen... Weichen deserves to die!"
Yinzhen glanced at the officials and read out a series of names. Every time he read one, one more person knelt down. In the end, there were nearly ten people kneeling down. Each person's face was strangely pale.
The unbearable ones even fainted on the spot.
Looking at the officials who were found out, Yinzhen did not feel any joy. On the contrary, he was very sad. He pointed at those people and said: "You are all eating the salary of the Qing Dynasty. You should be loyal to the Qing Dynasty, but in fact you are selfish and really hateful."
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Seeing that he could not be deceived, Mu Jifeng begged in pain: "Your Majesty, please forgive me. Weichen was confused for a moment and was caught by the second elder brother and others. He had to listen to his words and do things. But Weichen is always a truly loyal person."
It’s you, the emperor. Please keep your loyalty to me..."
Before he could finish his words, Yinzhen interrupted angrily: "Thank you for having the nerve to mention the word loyalty. I'm so angry for you!" After that, he tried his best to calm down the anger in his chest and said:
"Take them all down. Except for Mu Jifeng, all the rest will have their homes confiscated and exiled. They will never be able to return to Beijing."
"Your Majesty, spare your life! Your Majesty, spare your life!" Mu Jifeng begged loudly, hoping to get a chance to live. However, Yinzhen hated him so much, how could he spare his life? All his pleadings were in vain.
After this incident, it can be said that all the connections left by Yingge, including officials of fourth rank and above who had some ability in the court, were wiped out by this incident. The Nala clan was not said to be uprooted, but it was also wiped out.
That's almost it. Although there are leaks, it can't stir up any trouble. It can be said that even if Hongshi is given another chance, he will not be able to seize the throne again.
As for Rong Xiang, because of his meritorious service in escorting, he was promoted to the rank of First-Rank Palm Seal Minister. The other officials were also rewarded according to their merits. As for the 50,000 men from the Tongzhou Camp, immediately after this incident, they went to Yakesa to increase the number of Buddha statues.
Let his military strength be the same as Yunli's, reaching 300,000.
Although he dismissed a large number of officials such as Mu Jifeng, Yinzhen was well prepared and immediately promoted some officials to fill the vacancies so that the court would not be in chaos and could fully support the two battles at the border. There would be no more selfish interests.
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As the morning court came to an end, the matter also spread in the palace, but the information obtained from each palace was somewhat partial, and it was impossible to piece together the complete facts. The only clear thing was that Hongshi failed to force the palace and was dismissed.
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Ling Ruo never expected that such a big thing would happen in the palace overnight. Fortunately, Yinzhen was prepared in advance, otherwise the consequences would be unimaginable.
Although she knew that Yinzhen was fine, she still felt uneasy. Just as she was about to order Yang Hai to prepare a chariot, she unexpectedly saw Yinzhen's figure appearing at the palace gate.
Ling Ruo walked over quickly and said nervously: "Your Majesty, are you okay?"
Yinzhen didn't say anything, he just strode forward and hugged Ling Ruo tightly in his arms. What happened last night seemed to be under control and there was nothing to worry about, but as long as there was a little mistake, it would cause serious consequences.
Irreversible consequences. By then, even such an embrace will become a luxury.
After the initial surprise, Ling Ruo calmed down and said nothing, letting Yinzhen hold her in his arms. After a long time, Yinzhen let go and said hoarsely: "It's okay, you and I are both.
Nothing will happen."
"Yes." Ling Ruo responded, raised his head and said, "Your Majesty, is the second elder brother really planning to cause trouble and want to force you to give up your throne?"
Yinzhen smiled bitterly and said, "Isn't it surprising? Before he made any move, I never thought in my wildest dreams that he would actually try to force the palace. Just now he even wanted to kill Hongli crazily."
Ling Ruo was shocked and said quickly: "Is Hongli okay? Has he entered the palace? Where is he?"
Seeing this, Yinzhen comforted him: "Don't worry, Hongli is fine. Xianyue blocked the knife for Hongli. Just now Hongli took her to the Imperial Hospital. Speaking of which, she is still a woman from the Nala clan, but she can risk her life."
It was really unexpected for me to defend Hongli from the sword."
Ling Ruo said rather unexpectedly: "Yes, it seems that she is somewhat sincere towards Hongli."
Yinzhen nodded, took Ling Ruo's hand and entered the palace, saying: "Hongshi made a huge mistake, but he is my son after all, and he regretted it in the end. I finally spared his life.
I just imprisoned him in the clan's mansion." Seeing that Ling Ruo didn't speak, he said softly: "Do you think I've been too lenient to Hongshi?"
Ling Ruo sighed softly and said: "I understand the emperor's thoughts. Even if the second elder brother has all kinds of faults, he is still the emperor's son. It is human nature that the emperor cannot bear to kill him. By the way, I
I just heard that the Queen was injured, what is going on?"
Logically speaking, Hongshi rebelled and forced the palace, and as his mother-in-law, Nala was absolutely involved. Even if she did not die, she would inevitably be thrown into the cold palace. However, things did not develop like this.
Yinzhen stroked his forehead and said: "The queen...maybe she didn't know about Hongshi's rebellion." After that, he told the story of what happened in the Yangxin Hall in detail, and then said: "I don't think the queen looks like that.
It's a lie, and she really stabbed herself in the heart with a hairpin. The imperial doctor said that if she stabbed any further, she would be dead. She... really wanted to prove her innocence."
Ling Ruo didn't say anything, but she didn't believe in her heart that Nala would really seek death. After fighting with her for more than 20 years, they knew each other better. Nala cherished her life more than anyone else. In order to save her life, she
She can do anything, including pushing her brother out and beheading him. How could such a person seek death so easily? So if she was not mistaken, what happened in the Yangxin Palace should be a painful plot with life as the bet.
Ling Ruo thought deeply: "But the Queen is the second elder brother's mother-in-law. It seems a little unreasonable to say that she has no knowledge of the second elder brother's affairs."
"That's all." Yinzhen sighed and said: "How can I put it, the queen and I have been married for more than thirty years, and she also gave birth to Honghui for me. There are some things that I can't do too well. Now Nala
The clan members have been eliminated, and Hongshi has been imprisoned in the clan’s mansion, so let’s end it here.”