"Your Majesty, the minister may have stayed in the border town for a long time, and his words and actions are a bit straightforward. Please forgive me." Huang Mengyu first complained, and then continued: "However, the minister always values two things when doing things: the ancestral system,
It's the principle of sages. Since the minister asked Feng Zhangyin to temporarily avoid it, there is a reason why Feng Zhangyin needs to avoid it. Please let the emperor know this clearly."
Of course, the emperor knew it. He wished that Feng Bao would be unlucky! However, in front of his mother and concubine, he could not be so direct, so he had to pretend to be very embarrassed: "Although our ancestors have their own laws, my eldest companion is my best friend after all."
A close minister, could it be that..." Then he turned to look at Concubine Li, as if asking his mother to make the decision: "Concubine, do you think so?"
You have said that ancestors have their own laws, but I still think nothing of it! Can I still say that the ancestor system is a piece of cake?
While Concubine Li was secretly annoyed that her son couldn't speak, she glanced at Feng Bao and Huang Mengyu with a sullen face. Of course she knew that there were problems with their performance today, but she didn't know what was involved.
But she did not express her position directly. Instead, she turned to look at Queen Chen and said in a respectful tone, "What do you think, sister?"
Empress Chen looked very fair, and even seemed to have nothing to do with her. She said gently and honestly: "Normally, Feng Bao suffered a loss in this case, and he is the one who suffered. There should be no reason to avoid it, but after all, Huang Mengyu
He is in charge of this case, and since he said that Feng Bao should recuse himself according to the ancestral system, we have no choice but to believe it, why not let Feng Bao recuse himself first, what do you think, sister?"
Of course Concubine Li felt bad in her heart, but after all, she didn't know what kind of involvement Feng Bao had in this matter, and she didn't realize the seriousness. Naturally, she was unwilling to disagree with Empress Chen over this, let alone betray her inexplicably.
The last huge scapegoat was "ignoring the laws of our ancestors".
So she also nodded: "Sister is right, and little sister thinks so too." Then she turned to Feng Bao and said: "Feng Bao, please go down. The court is a place of rules. If you are guilty, no one will
I can protect you; if you are innocent, no one can unjustly accuse you."
These words are just like what Empress Chen said just now. They seem fair, but in fact they are obviously very biased. But after all, they are people who have served Long Qing for many years. Their other abilities may be inferior, but this seems to be high-sounding.
If it is impartial and actually clearly contains the true intention, it will still sound smooth.
It's just that Feng Bao felt a little trembling after hearing this. His family knew about his family affairs. He ordered the death of Chu Zhiyuan. It was a trivial matter that his body was found. There was only one thing that could never happen:
Xu Jue's murder of Chu Zhiyuan must not be exposed, otherwise it will be troublesome, and the plot to frame Gao Jingjing will definitely be exposed.
But after all, Feng Bao was a ruthless person who dared to go against Gao Gong. After thinking about it, he realized that the situation was not in a desperate situation - even if Xu Jue and Chu Zhiyuan's affairs were exposed, as long as he didn't recruit himself, it wouldn't be a problem.
There is absolutely no room for change.
It seems impossible to stop Huang Mengyu from talking now, but he can still use the opportunity of his avoidance to quickly send someone to tell Xu Jue the news. I am good enough to Xu Jue, and even Xu Jue's family has done it for this reason.
Now he is living a very prosperous life. Regardless of whether he considers it from the perspective of repaying his kindness or considering the continuity of his family, Xu Jue should hold on!
Yes, that's right, that's it! You must tell Xu Jue that if he is caught out, he must insist that he just saw the master being upset about Gao Jingjing every day, so he made his own arrangements and designed Gao Jingjing!
The key is that he made his own decision. Since he made his own decision, our family can only be accused of lax discipline at most. As long as he cries in front of the imperial concubine and makes himself miserable, he will definitely be able to survive this incident.
close!
Thinking of this, Feng Bao didn't waste any more time and said in a bachelor's manner: "Thank you, Queen. Your Majesty and Imperial Concubine are considerate of you. However, since this is the law of our ancestors, I will definitely abide by it. I will resign."
As soon as Feng Bao left, Huang Mengyu became rude and said directly: "Queen, noble concubine, emperor, according to the verification of Dongchang and Jinyiwei, yesterday before Chu Zhiyuan died, he went to a Fan's Tavern in Nancheng, which was just a short distance away from where his body was found.
It’s not far away, and when the people from Jinyiwei inspected and saw Chu Zhiyuan last night, he was drinking by the moat with Xu Jue, the steward of Feng Zhangyin’s foreign office.”
Empress Chen looked "as expected", but immediately turned expressionless; Zhu Yijun looked stunned, as if he didn't expect that this matter was really related to Feng Bao; and Concubine Li's face became even more gloomy, frowning,
But he didn't speak either.
Huang Mengyu added some more information: "In addition, according to Jinyiwei's inspection, the time of Chu Zhiyuan's death coincided very well with the time when he and Xu Jue drank, and the error would not exceed half an hour at most. Jinyiwei is relatively knowledgeable about this matter.
Dongchang has more detailed case records. If the queen, concubine and emperor have any doubts, they can also ask the Imperial Guard Zhu Dudu to explain it in person."
Queen Chen and Zhu Yijun, like Huang Mengyu, set their sights on Concubine Li.
Concubine Li was secretly annoyed, not only annoyed that they were "forcing" her like this, but also annoyed that Feng Bao was careless.
She now secretly believes that this incident is probably a ploy directed and performed by Feng Bao, with the purpose of framing Jiangdong and Gao Pragmatic.
But what Li Guifei was angry about was not this, but that Feng Baozhuo was so incompetent in doing this. Not only did he not shake Gao Pragmatic at all, but he tried to get her involved!
Concubine Li actually had no prejudice against Gao Gongshi, and she often felt that he did a pretty good job as a companion. However, Feng Bao's words that day had a great impact on her. She always felt that Gao Gong was really guarding her - he was very suspicious.
Yes, what is false can become true.
With this preconceived notion, she even began to rationalize Feng Bao's actions in her mind.
Concubine Li secretly thought: The root cause of the discord between Feng Bao and Gao Gong was that Gao Gong refused to recommend him as a palm seal. But now that he is a palm seal, and Gao Gong doesn't seem to object, then the relationship between them should be better.
It would be better to relax, but why does Feng Bao still do this?
If he really wanted to target Gao Gong, then it would not be enough just to involve Gao Pangshi in an assassination case against him. Gao Gong could have just claimed that he had no knowledge of it, even if he took the initiative to resign. In view of Emperor Daxing's decree
, the palace must also remove Gao Gong from this case - he is the chief minister of Gu Ming, and it is impossible for his nephew to be severely punished just because he did something wrong.
You may even have to issue an edict in the tone of the emperor to appease you, saying something like, "You have assisted me for three generations, worked conscientiously, neglected food and sleep, and occasionally neglected your discipline. Is this your fault? If you don't allow it, I hope you will come to see the matter as soon as possible, so as not to let the emperor down."
Situational words such as "What I wish for".
So why does Feng Bao still do this?
Yes, since Gao Gong dared to doubt me, it is reasonable for Feng Bao to vent his anger on me. He only involved Gao Pragmatic, which means that he probably just wanted to warn Gao Gong.
That must be the case.
But he had messed up in this matter after all, and he had to be punished. At the very least, Xu Jue must be handed over, otherwise he would not be able to explain.
