During this period, the busiest place in Bianliang City was the Kaifeng Government Office.
The public trials of rebellious officials and traitors every day also made Bianliang City aware of too much filth.
Therefore, there is a second lively place... Runan Palace.
The benevolence of the officials belongs to the entire dynasty, and especially to Bianliang.
Such a kind, kind, and beloved king was actually plotted by his own family for decades, causing the royal family to almost lose heirs...
The crowd is excited!
Before going to work every day, it has become a routine task for the people of Bianliang to go to the gate of the Runan Prince's Palace and throw out rotten chicken eggs and vegetable leaves.
This is a wave of anger that has been vented. At the beginning, it was not just eggs and rotten vegetables, but bricks and sticks.
The door of Runan Palace was almost broken open.
Later, the patrol came. Even the patrol wanted to destroy it, but it was his duty to watch and guard this disgusting palace.
If you leave the vegetable leaves alone, you won't hurt anyone, and if you leave the chicken alone, it won't hurt anyone. You just have to worry about hiding, otherwise you will only be unlucky if you hit yourself.
Even my own children would come over and throw dirt and trash, so what can I say?
Zhao Zongyi inherited the Runan Palace because of his status as the eldest son. Zhao Zhen was indeed kind. Even though his cousin's family had been downgraded, he never thought of touching the Runan Palace.
Perhaps because he wanted to compensate the father and son for having two spare generations, he let Zhao Zongyi live there.
If Zhao Zongyi knew that one day this would happen, he would rather not have this palace.
He even regretted not participating in the rebellion. Even if he was arrested and beheaded, it would be better than living like this.
Zhao Zongyi is very honest and responsible. If it were not for Zhao Zhen's protection, he would never be able to live in this palace.
But now he really regrets living in this palace.
The palace was empty, except for a few families who had given birth to children, and all the servants they had hired ran away. Before leaving, they did not forget to take some belongings from the palace with them, and in the end they even peed on the gate of the palace.
This is neither the scariest nor the most uncomfortable.
The front and back doors of the palace were blocked by people, and as soon as I opened the door, countless rotten vegetable leaves would hit my face.
Even if I have a hard time going out, there will be a group of people behind me and I will be scolded along the way.
There is no merchant in the market doing their own business, let alone buying vegetables, not even rice.
I didn't dare to light a lamp at night. As long as there was a glimmer of light in the palace, there would be rocks, bricks and the like flying in, and they wouldn't stop until they were smashed and put out.
"It's all gone tomorrow..."
Having just turned forty, Zhao Zongyi now looks like he is in his sixties or seventies.
Exhausted mentally and physically! This is simply not how people live.
"Dalang……"
"Young Master..."
"Da Lang, if Kang Jian is an official, he wouldn't be like this...he, Zhao Xi..."
"Mother Qian, don't talk nonsense. These are the common people, and the imperial court has not taken any action against the palace."
"If Zhao Xi hadn't wanted to open the trial, how would these untouchables in Bianliang know?"
What my mother-in-law said seems to be right, but if my brothers didn't cause trouble, wouldn't they be in this situation?
"Let's all disperse! Qianniang, Zhu San will send you back to your parents' home..."
"Dalang, you..."
"The prince will not harm the women and children. You can take the baby back to your parents' home... I... I will go to Zongzheng Temple!"
Zhao Zongyi wanted to say heroically that he would share the joys and sorrows with his brothers, but after thinking about it he still did not speak.
Zongzhengji is in the palace, so even if he avoids it, he should also look at his brothers.
Unlucky things happen to honest people.
That's what Zhao Zongyi is.
"You have bad intentions...you want to harm me...I won't be the emperor...I won't be the emperor!"
As soon as he entered the gate of Zongzheng Temple, Zhao Zongyi hadn't seen the brothers who had committed the crime yet, but he had seen Thirteen. But was Thirteen still human?
Talking in his mouth and dancing with his hands and feet, Shisan, who originally cared so much about appearance, is now worse than a beggar.
What kind of evil is this!
The thirteenth member of the Wang family in Runan, that is, Zhao Zongshi, went crazy.
Zhao Xi was stunned for a while when he saw the report... went crazy?
The most profound influence of Zhao Xi on Zhao Zongshi was when he and he performed incense together during ancestor worship, and later on, when he entered Zishan Hall.
At that time, Zhao Zongshi showed that he was not very burdened, and Zhao Xi once suspected that the grandson was just faking it.
Now it seems……
"Are you sure you've gone crazy?"
"It's been three days. I haven't eaten or drank. I've been dancing and shouting day and night. The imperial doctor must have gone crazy."
Are you so crazy? Then there is no need to play, Zhao Xi feels quite boring.
"Your Highness, the Runan Palace has dismissed all servants, and Runan County Zhao Zongyi himself is at Zongzheng Temple..."
Literati always have too much compassion for others.
Maybe when I saw the dossier, I wanted to kill all the Runan Wang family, but when it really got to this level, I couldn't bear it.
Fu Bi now specifically mentioned the Runan Palace, which indeed meant that His Highness the Crown Prince would show his noble hand.
"Prime Minister, there are some things you can compromise on, but there are some things you can't give in to!"
"The affairs of clan members can be taken over by the court, but those who deserve to be killed must be killed, and those who deserve to be demoted to common people must also be demoted to common people."
"As for Runan County... we are still family members after all. The imperial court should take back the Runan Palace..."
"Your Highness..."
This is too cruel. If the Runan Prince's Mansion is taken over, Runan County will have nothing in the name of a county prince, not even a place to live.
"Fu Xiang, listen to me. The imperial court will recycle it at market price and hand it over to Gongfang City for renovation. Find another place and give it to Runan County."
Zhao Xi finally let go. Some things can be compromised, and this is what he thinks he can compromise on.
After all, I still don’t want to get a reputation as a cruel person.
"Your Highness, the matter of public trial..."
Sima Guang couldn't bear it any longer and wanted to go crazy.
It wasn't because of the crimes of treason. He had already known about those crimes and had read the files. Reading and listening to them again would not make him unbearable.
He really didn't want to see the faces of these colleagues. It was so disgusting that he wanted to imitate Zhao Zongshi and go crazy.
Even though they knew they were in-laws, what they saw was not human at all.
Originally, they were of the same age, and they were even friends with each other, but what he saw was a bloody tearing of each other...
He was a little afraid, afraid of the despicability and filthiness of human nature.
He was worried that if he continued to be the chief judge, he might really go crazy. At this time, he just wanted to find a place where there was no one, and let himself slowly clear out the filth that had been filled in his mind.
He really didn't want to continue.
Zhao Xi raised his head and looked at Sima Guang...~This old boy should be able to see clearly, right? He should not hesitate to offend himself to protect the civil service group, he should see clearly what is going on, right?
"If Sima participates in politics and is proven guilty, let the Political Affairs Hall handle it as appropriate!"
“However, I don’t want to see the unpardonable exoneration of the guilty, and I certainly don’t want to see random accusations of blame added.”
"Don't expand blindly, nor shrink deliberately. Let's deal with it directly according to the established policy."
To be merciful and to be merciful... is not towards those who rebel, this is Zhao Xi's attitude towards the civil servants and Sima Guang.