Tang Ning only learned of the news that Concubine Tang Hui had committed suicide the next day.
Although she was the culprit of this regicide incident, she was still a concubine after all, and Emperor Chen finally left her with a complete body.
Concubine Zhang Xian and Concubine Tang Hui, who died of illness, were both guilty and could not be buried in the imperial mausoleum. However, Emperor Chen, who was recuperating and did not care about court affairs, ordered a new mausoleum to be built for her.
Although Concubine Tang Hui died, the aftermath of the regicide incident was not over yet.
The Tang family colluded with the palace concubines to plot rebellion. Tang Huai's Tang Qi, as the main conspirator, was also sentenced to execution. As for Tang Qi's son, Tang Zhao, he escaped this disaster because he was not in the capital.
However, the imperial court has sent people out of the capital to arrest him, and he will not be able to escape the fatal blow.
The only people in the Tang family who were spared from this case were Tang Jing and his wife, because Tang Jing had not been involved in the Tang family's affairs for a long time and had nothing to do with the case. He was only deprived of his official position and his life was not in danger.
An official from Shangshu Province walked up to Wang Xiang, shook his head and said: "Wang Xiang, the Tang family's regicide and rebellion is a major crime against the nine clans. Although Tang Jing did not participate, he should be executed according to the law..."
Wang Xiang glanced at him and said: "To kill the nine clans, considering that Tang Xiang and His Majesty are also among the nine Tang clans, do you also want to kill Tang Xiang and His Majesty?"
"I don't dare, I don't dare! I don't dare, I don't dare!"
The official finally came to his senses and immediately bowed and retreated. He only thought about the Tang family brothers, but forgot that His Majesty and Tang Xiang were also related to the Tang family. If Tang Xiang heard this, his career would be over.
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It was good that his official career had come to an end, but if Tang Xiang had brought him and Prince Duan's Tang family into the same party, his death would have been unjust.
The Tang family committed such a heinous crime. From the perspective of Chen Guo's laws, King Huai's handling method was somewhat merciful. At least, Tang Jing and his wife should not be able to escape death.
However, if this case really followed the law and was rigid and rigid, then even Prime Minister Tang and His Majesty would be involved. Therefore, even if they felt that King Huai was benevolent, there would be no objections in the court.
Of course, Tang Qi and the Tang Huai brothers were the masterminds and were sentenced to death. No one had any objections to this decision.
In addition, none of Tang Huifei's close associates who were directly related to the case could escape the knife, except for the palace maid named Zizhu who bit her tongue and committed suicide in Dali Temple.
Zi Zhu was lucky. She committed suicide out of fear of crime, and at least she was able to leave a whole body. Although others could live a few more days, their bodies were inevitably separated.
Even Concubine Hui hanged herself, so naturally no one cared about the life or death of a little palace maid. However, for the Minister of Dali Temple, this was a huge mistake on his part.
King Huai gave him repeated orders, stating that Zi Zhu was the most important witness in the case, and wanted Dali Temple to ensure the safety of Zi Zhu, but in the end he still let her die. He had taken refuge with King Duan a few months ago. This time,
Wouldn't King Huai take this opportunity to remove him from his position as Minister of Dali Temple?
When he thought about this, the minister of Dali Temple was filled with rage. He pointed at the young minister of Dali Temple and said angrily: "You bastard, I asked you to take a good look at her. What do you think of her!"
The Shaoqing of Dali Temple looked pale and said in a trembling voice: "Sir, it was the negligence of this subordinate..."
The Minister of Dali Temple asked solemnly: "Where is the body of the palace maid?"
The Shaoqing of Dali Temple said: "The weather has been hot these days. I was afraid that it would stink if I left it here, so I had it dragged out and buried last night."
If you want to see a person alive, you must see a corpse. Otherwise, how could he explain it to King Huai? The minister of Dali Temple became even more angry and shouted: "Where is it buried?"
The young minister of Dali Temple lowered his head and said: "It was dark and windy last night, and they didn't know which mass grave they were buried in..."
There was no one alive, and not even the body could be found. Dali Temple Qing’s chest heaved a few times, and he gritted his teeth and said, “Get out of here!”
The young minister of Dali Temple, as if he had been pardoned, left the courtroom in panic.
The moment he turned around and walked out of the lobby, the panic on his face disappeared, and a trace of imperceptible sarcasm appeared.
The palace has been in a state of chaos for the past two days, and the capital has become even less peaceful. A major event has also happened in Dali Temple.
The minister of Dali Temple did not do his job well and allowed an important witness in the regicide case of King Duan Hui to die in Dali Temple. King Huai was furious and impeached the minister of Dali Temple to the Ministry of Secretariat.
Originally, this kind of thing was very common, just like the last case of Jing Zhaoyin's dereliction of duty. For the third-rank minister of Dali Temple, it was a trivial matter.
But trivial matters have their own time. How can an ordinary case be compared with the regicide case?
Because of this trivial matter, the Minister of Dali Temple was directly dismissed from his post and investigated. At the same time, many officials of Dali Temple were also implicated.
The Shangshu Province handled this matter very unreasonably. The Minister of Dali Temple is one of the nine ministers, and his official rank is from the third rank, which is half a head lower than the Six Ministers, and half a rank higher than Jingzhao Yin. However, Jingzhao Yin
He was only fined a few months' salary, but the Minister of Dali Temple was even stripped of his official title. In comparison, it seemed too unfair to the Minister of Dali Temple.
However, there was not a single voice of opposition from the DPRK and China to this injustice.
The Minister of Dali Temple was a loyal supporter of King Duan. Now that King Duan has committed regicide, the fact that the Minister of Dali Temple's head can still remain on his neck is already a great kindness from the court. What more official position do you want?
That is to say, King Huai is kind. If he is as cruel as His Majesty, I am afraid that all the officials and dignitaries who were close to King Duan before will be killed.
Even so, they didn't end well.
During this period, all the officials and dignitaries who stood high-profile with King Duan were all beaten to the bottom. Officials resigned and powerful officials were demoted. This turmoil affected almost half of the court. However, it was this kind of subversion of the court situation.
During the turmoil, the two prime ministers and the high officials in the court all remained silent.
This has always been the case in the court. This is the price of being in the wrong team, and it is also the path they have chosen.
If King Duan soared into the sky and ascended the throne as emperor, they would naturally be ministers of the dragon and their future would be unlimited. Unfortunately, King Duan's rebellion failed, and they would have to admit the price of being clumsy.
Just as this hurricane in Beijing swept through the court, Tangning's family was already in a separate courtyard outside Beijing.
This villa is surrounded by mountains and rivers, with beautiful scenery around it. It covers an area of more than several acres. In the villa, there are small bridges, flowing water, rockeries, and entertainment facilities. In order to build this villa, Tang Yaoyao
But I invested one hundred thousand taels of silver into it.
The villa here is dozens of miles away from the capital. Two miles away is the Zuo Xiaowei camp. The villa is built inside. If we encounter what happened that night again, I am afraid that the guards of Prince Duan's Mansion will be captured before they even get close.
Zuo Xiaowei was completely wiped out.
This is also the reason why Tang Ning built the other courtyard here. With Zuo Xiaowei as a natural barrier, no one can do anything to them unless the other guards gather together.
But now, even with Emperor Chen's order, it is impossible for the imperial guards to gather together. After moving out of the capital, Tang Ning no longer has any worries.
Tang Ning lay in the shade of the yard, enjoying the leg-squeezing services of Qing'er and Xiu'er. After a while, another servant came to report that King Huai was visiting.
A moment later, King Huai sat down in the living room of the Tang Mansion, took a sip of tea, and said, "Prime Minister Tang really chose a good place, but it's just too far away from Beijing, so it's not convenient to find it."
Tangning sighed and said, "It's far, but at least no one is knocking on the door in the middle of the night..."
"Xu Wei, the leader of the guards of Prince Duan's palace, has been brought to justice, and the rest of the people have been exiled according to the law." King Huai was silent for a moment and said: "Prince Duan was imprisoned in the palace by his father. Like Prince Kang, he is never allowed to leave the palace where he is imprisoned."
Tangning thought for a while and asked, "Isn't tomorrow the day to kill those people?"
"Today." King Huai glanced at him and said, "Brothers Tang Huai and Tang Qi, their executions were completed an hour ago."
Tang Ning was silent for a long time. King Huai handed him a letter and said, "Concubine Hui's case has been concluded. This is a memorial. Prime Minister Tang, please take a look."
Tang Ning opened the memorial and after reading it, she suddenly asked: "Who gave An Shenxiang to the Tang family? Have you found out?"
King Huai looked at him, shook his head regretfully, and said, "No."
[PS: Chapter 2 will be late, everyone will refresh at ten o'clock.]
