The second mistress of Ming Dynasty finally survived, and the Ruan family and the queen all breathed a sigh of relief. Just half a month later, something happened again. Ming Duan's younger brother Ming Shun went to the Yamen to play drums and accused Ruan Sanye of committing murder and wounding others. The Yamen unexpectedly
They really sent people to arrest the suspect from Ruan's house! He was also put in iron chains. And the "Chengdu Weekly" was not afraid of the trouble and sent a photographer to follow him from beginning to end. A special issue was published the next day. Not only was Ruan published in detail
The story of the Third Master's murder, interviews with witnesses, and even the grievances of Fang Duan and other officials were published. In an instant, the government and the public were in an uproar, and the whole country paid attention.
The queen was so furious that she broke into Situ Cen's yamen. Situ Cen was discussing official matters with his men. When he saw this, he was stunned, stood up and handed over his hands: "Hello, Mrs. Wang."
The queen sneered and said: "The third brother is very majestic. I dare to ask the third brother, where did I offend the king?"
Situ Cen was stunned: "What did Sister-in-law Wang say? Why do I understand every word, but I can't understand them when they are put together?"
The Queen took something and hit it hard on Situ Cen's face. Situ Cen fished it out easily and grabbed the thing less than five centimeters away from his handsome face. At first glance, it was the newly published "Chengdu Weekly". The Queen
He said: "You run this newspaper, right?"
"Yes, I did it." Situ Cen said, "Did we publish any fake news? Probably not."
The queen gritted her teeth: "What do you want to do by writing down my nephew's affairs in such detail?"
Situ Cen said: "Isn't this news? News must be reported in detail, otherwise how can readers understand it?" He put the newspaper on the desk, smiled and said, "I'm not talented, I want to remind Mrs. Wang. Even if you
You gave birth to my eldest nephew for my second brother, but the Kingdom of Shu is still not yours. The Kingdom of Shu belongs to my brother now, and will belong to my eldest nephew in the future. It will never be yours. It will not belong to your sister or nephew."
The queen's eyes widened, and it took her a long time to say, "Okay, okay, okay." She turned around and left.
Situ Cen waved behind him: "Good riddance!"
Not long after, a eunuch and a nun ran into the prince's study in panic, winking wildly: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty! The Queen is seriously ill. Please hurry over and have a look!"
The prince hurriedly got up and rushed to the queen's room to have a look, and he was very happy. The queen hung a white silk ribbon on the beam and tied it in a loose knot. She stepped on the chair, grabbed the knot of the silk ribbon, and cried.
The eunuch and the maid knelt on the ground. The prince shook his head and said without looking back: "Uncle Tiger, help me." There was only a "swish" sound, and the white silk was broken at the root and fell softly to the ground. The prince
A guard behind him was putting away the boomerang. The prince said, "Thank you for your hard work, Queen Mother. I know you are doing it for your third cousin. Please come down first, and I will explain it to the Queen Mother in detail."
Naturally, the queen did not really want to hang herself. She also knew that this drama could not be performed for the King of Shu, but could only be performed for the prince. She held the little eunuch's hand with a sullen face and slowly got down from the chair. The prince turned around and ordered people to hurry up.
They went to his study to get the report from Tong Chui Ling, and personally stepped forward to support the queen. The couple sat down on the two golden nanmu chairs by the window, while Bai Ling was still paralyzed on the ground and no one was allowed to take care of her.
The prince asked, "Does the queen like me or my third cousin?"
The queen said firmly: "I asked you to help my third cousin, but I don't like you anymore?"
The prince nodded and said: "Not bad."
"Why."
The prince sighed: "Does your mother know how far the power of the Federation has reached? The King of Liao has decided to abandon the Liao Kingdom and go to Russia to expand its territory. In addition to our Shu Kingdom and those who were originally split from the Chu Kingdom, there are more than twenty
They have roughly included all the small countries that can be ignored."
The queen was stunned: "What does it have to do with the Federation? Didn't we sign a most-favored-nation trade agreement with them?"
"They also signed a most-favored-nation trade agreement with the State of Yue." The prince said, "The State of Yue also joined in, and they also had the help of the State of Yan to destroy the State of Wu."
The Queen said: "The State of Yue held Zhen Zangzhu tightly in his hands. Naturally, he would not cherish a kingdom that is not his own."
"No matter what the reason is, the matter has come to this." The prince said, "I have known the Jia family in Dajiala for many years. Jia Cong made it clear. He will not use force against Shu, although we will not be able to defeat him."
She paused. The queen frowned and was speechless. The crown prince continued, "But it's just a matter of not using force. Take Ming Duan for example. If I don't give the Ming family justice, it won't take three months for Jia Cong to be able to bring his entire family to ashes."
He was abducted without anyone knowing, and in order to vent his anger on Second Mistress Ming, he would send an assassin to assassinate his third cousin and frame it on the guerrillas, do you believe it?"
"This..." the queen took a breath. After a while, she said, "That can't ruin your cousin's reputation! He is still young. As the saying goes, no one can make mistakes unless he is a sage. Let him know the truth
Second, why not apologize and ask your uncle to give you a generous gift?"
The prince said calmly: "If someone stabbed my third cousin in an attempt to kill him, and I just wanted to compensate him afterwards and give him a generous gift, would my aunt agree to it?"
"You are making an argument!" The Queen slapped the coffee table and said, "He is a minister, you are a king, and your cousin is your cousin. How can they be the same?"
The prince shrugged and said: "So the Ming family has to swallow this bad breath and still feels unhappy; Jia Cong can still kidnap their whole family and kill their third cousin."
The queen sighed: "At worst, I can go and make amends to that woman myself. Isn't that okay?"
The prince also sighed: "Mother, when doing business, you must be willing to do business. It's not something you just expect others to give you. They will give it to you."
The queen was anxious: "Does it have to be him?"
"Not really." The prince said, "It's just that others can't compare to him. Compared with the Federation, Shu's talents are scarce, so they are extremely precious." She said sternly, "Don't worry about the matter of the third cousin. The mother-in-law has its own laws.
Judgment. This is also helping him. If you still protect him -" Just as he was talking, the person sent to fetch the things had returned. The prince handed the things to the queen, "Sooner or later, he will be assassinated by the guerrillas."
The Queen glanced at it and saw that it was a dossier with "Investigation Report: Public Opinion of the Tongchuiling Guerrillas" written on the cover. The Crown Prince turned to a certain page and pointed to a paragraph above. The Queen looked at it carefully and saw that it read:
A certain junior official was visiting the guerrillas in Dengjia Village, Tongchuiling. Everyone said they didn't know, but the junior official could see clearly that they all knew.
The clerk chopped firewood for a lonely old man in the village for half a day and begged him: "You are already so old. Even if you say something, the guerrillas would not dare to retaliate against you. You pity me, pity me,
Just tell the truth. Otherwise, after months of hard work and investigation, I still wouldn’t be able to explain it to the higher authorities.”
The lonely old man laughed and said: "My old man is really not afraid. It's not that I'm not afraid of them, it's that I'm not afraid of the government."
The junior official asked: "Has the government ever harmed you, the youngest?"
"No," said the lonely old man, "I am a lonely old man. If I had sons and grandsons, I would definitely be afraid. I am afraid that one day some noble person will be unhappy and kill my children and grandsons for fun. I am a descendant, what can you do? Don’t say there is no such thing.”
The clerk thought for a while: "It is true, but it is very rare. There are many natural disasters, but there are not many disasters."
Gu Lao said: "There is no way to deal with natural disasters. We can only accept our fate. You are so unjust! With the guerrillas here, maybe those who have been raped can get revenge? If there are no guerrillas - just like the surname in the town If you die, you will die. What can I do? Young man, don't blame me for telling the truth. Ordinary people like the guerrillas and will help them hide and keep secrets." The clerk was silent.
After looking at it, the queen asked thoughtfully: "How did the boy named Niu die?"
The prince turned to the first two pages. The clerk also went to the town near this village. A young man named Niu in the town made a living by collecting medicines and went to the county town to sell medicinal materials. When he met the son of the magistrate's family who wanted to buy medicine, He was only willing to give 50% of the price. The cow boy refused to sell, so he let the bully beat him to death. The cow family had only one son, and the old lady cried blindly. Half a month later, the guerrillas killed the son of the county magistrate. .
The prince said seriously: "If the Niu family comes to Chengdu to complain, if my father or I learn about it, we will definitely kill the county magistrate's son to rectify the law. However, the Niu family never came. Firstly, the journey is long, and the old man's legs and feet are inconvenient; secondly, They have always felt that there is no chance of winning when people sue the government; in other cases, the guerrillas are quicker to attack than we are."
She turned to the last few pages, which was the appendix. This happened in Chengdu. A dandy boy and a common man were jealous of each other in a flower building. The dandy boy ordered his men to beat the common man out. In the chaos, I don’t know who accidentally pushed the common man down the stairs. He fell to death. The investigating officer interviewed many witnesses, and they all confirmed that it was indeed a mistake and not intentional. Moreover, it is not that the stairs have not fallen down on drunk men in the past. Most of them only hit the point and were not injured. The man fell to death. Because the back of his head hit a pillar, it was purely an accident. However, the guerrillas still assassinated the dude. The clerk also asked the victim's neighbors. Even though everyone said that this person was lazy, incompetent, unfilial to his parents, and many other bad things, they all said that he was lazy and incompetent. He insisted that he was beaten to death by the dandy in vain, and the guerrillas did a good job.
The prince said: "These people are not unruly people. It's just that when they go out, they don't have any gangsters to follow them. If they get into a fight, they will definitely suffer. Therefore, they all feel that the gangster is bullying others. As for whether it was intentional or a mistake, they don't want to know." She closed the file and said, "Once the government is unfair and the people have the power to make decisions for the people, the people will involuntarily support them. Just like the guerrillas. If things go on like this, the people of Shu will gradually lose their moral support and the country's destiny will be in danger."
The queen thought for a long time and said: "Is there no way to wipe out this guerrilla group?"
The prince sighed softly: "So many people are helping them hide, it's like finding a needle in a haystack. Besides, if we wipe out the guerrillas, the people of Shu will be unable to uphold justice; and if other countries are fair, the people will naturally leave Shu and move to In another country, my third cousin has a misunderstanding, that is, he can break the law without being punished. Many people also have this misunderstanding. This third cousin's case can make them understand that no one is outside the law. If the government can uphold justice, The guerrillas are useless."
The queen said displeased: "Do you really want your cousin to go to jail?"
"Yes." The prince said, "I really want him to go to jail. Because if he doesn't go to jail, I will lose the Kingdom of Shu. If I lose the Kingdom of Shu, my mother will no longer be a queen and a queen mother. The queen mother is willing to let her cousin
Go to jail, or would you rather be the queen?"
The queen hesitated to speak, and then she finally sighed: "Did you mean the article in Chengdu Weekly?"
"Yes." The prince nodded, "That's what I mean."
"Killing your cousin as a chicken to scare the monkeys?"
The prince thought for a while: "No. I'm trying to judge the monkey and scare the monkey."
The queen sat in silence for a long time and shed tears. "How much care did your aunt take of your mother when she was a child? Instead of looking at the monk's face, look at the Buddha's face, just think of it as repaying a favor to your aunt for me?"
The prince wiped his mother's tears and said: "The child will definitely live well and take care of her aunt. How can I return her favor? Mother can just say it, but I can't protect anyone from the law."
After half a day, the queen gritted her teeth and said: "What a cruel heart! Your heart is almost as hard as your father's."
The prince smiled bitterly and said: "Do I think so myself? Don't I want to be a soft-hearted girl? I will go out now and tell others that I am a woman. How about passing on the title of prince to my cousin? The third uncle has three sons.
The queen was speechless. The crown prince also shed tears. "If I hadn't carried the title of crown prince, I could have stayed in school as a lecturer after graduation. Maybe I would have gotten married after graduating from my undergraduate degree, and now I would have a son and a daughter. I can do that too."
A good wife and mother. Why bother? You forced me to pretend to be a man to inherit the Kingdom of Shu, and you blamed me for acting like a man and being hard-hearted. What should I do?"
When the queen thought about it, she had a daughter who pretended to be a man every day. She couldn't even move horses openly, so it was really hard. Compared with her daughter, her nephew was immediately inferior. Then she started to cry. The mother and daughter faced each other.
She shed a lot of tears. The queen took the prince's hand and said, "Son! I have wronged you. The queen will no longer ask about these things. If you are in trouble, what should you do?" The prince nodded with tears in his eyes, and then remembered
I still have things to do outside, so I resigned.
As soon as he left the Queen's courtyard, the Crown Prince wiped his tears and breathed a sigh of relief and said to the people following him: "I'm exhausted. I'm even more difficult to deal with than the courtiers." The entourage couldn't help laughing and burst into laughter.
Three days later, the Chengdu magistrate put Ruan Sanye on trial for intentional wounding and sentenced him to three years in prison. The Chengdu Weekly published another special issue. The entire Chengdu official family was shocked. The ladies in the backyard all knew about the relationship between the queen and her sister.
It's profound, and Mrs. Ruan loves her youngest son the most. Even Mr. Ruan was injured and had to go to jail. Now this prince is much more ruthless than the Supreme King... There are a lot of discussions about this.
A few days later, the prince wrote to the king of Jin, taking Mingduan as an example, asking for the law to be revised so that officials' crimes would no longer implicate their families, and the Jiaofang Department should be abolished. As soon as this statement came out, many officials immediately opposed it.
The King of Jin looked at the Crown Prince with a faint smile: "They are all against it."
"Not everyone is against it." The prince said seriously, "The difference between Jiaofangsi and ordinary flower buildings is that the women in Jiaofangsi are the wives, daughters and even mothers of your former colleagues. If they had not entered that place, it would be inconvenient for them.
Bullying. Adults get the pleasure of bullying their colleagues in Jiaofangsi."
A minister said: "The Secretary of the Jiaofang can warn the court officials that if you fail to treat the prince and the people, your wife and daughter will end up like this. They cannot be removed."
"Beheading won't serve as a warning, let alone a few fans." The prince raised his eyebrows and said, "My lords, do you pity your wives, daughters, and mothers?"
Everyone said: "This is natural."
"You have all heard about the Yuzhou unjust case, right?" the prince said, "Master Li who decided the case was neither a corrupt official nor a coward, he was just a little careless. However, Ming Duan and other adults still kept the injustice for four years, and their
My wife, daughter, and mother still suffered in the Jiaofang Division for four years. Some have passed away, and even more have had their innocence tarnished. Who can be blamed for this? Can only blame fate? Everyone, no one dares to say that he will never encounter injustice in his life.
If there is no Jiaofang Secretary, even if they are wronged, my wife, daughter, and mother will not fall into the dust." She glanced at the ministers, "You would rather let your wife, daughter, and mother risk falling into the dust than let go of the humiliation.
Opportunities for colleagues, wives, daughters and mothers?”
"This..." The officials were speechless. Who dares to say it is?
Situ Cen said loudly: "Brother Wang, what my eldest nephew said is absolutely true. My younger brother agrees."
Situ Cen had a high prestige in the court, and several ministers immediately agreed. Those who disapproved were speechless for a moment. The matter was accomplished inexplicably! The king of Shu called the prince to him and asked in a low voice with a smile: "What the hell are you doing?"
Son?"
The prince also whispered: "I don't want the guerrillas to help the court do what the court should do."