Appointing an official in the Qianqing Palace... This is of course the emperor and Hua Qiyi teaming up, just talk. Although the third prince and the fourth prince are both princes, it is impossible to see only the light and not the darkness in this life, especially The third prince will ascend the throne in the future and hold the power of life and death for millions of people. There are times when decisive killing is needed, but there is no need to rush here and now.
However, when he saw that the yellow paper and the basin were actually delivered as ordered, the servant who had been shouting repeatedly but getting no response did not know that it was just a show, and he completely collapsed. Of course, he had suffered the most severe cruelty. training, but that is for outsiders, not for the emperor.
Under the great pressure of the emperor, how could he bear the thought of having to bear the reputation of deceiving the emperor even after his death? What's more, Tie Jiaguan blocked his mouth and nose, and really felt that he was He still remembered the extreme fear of suffocation and approaching death, and never wanted to experience it again!
Therefore, before Hua Qi put the first wet piece of paper on his face, he shouted at the top of his lungs: "It's really Eunuch Chu, it's definitely Eunuch Chu! The villain was ordered outside the Li Supervisor's Office. Yes, at that time, I could still hear the voice of Eunuch Chu talking to people in the palace. The father-in-law who came to deliver the message said that the emperor did not want to see the Duke of Zhao and the Duke of Qin come so close..."
"fart!"
This time, the furious fourth prince finally couldn't bear it any longer. If the third prince hadn't turned around and glared at him, he almost wanted to pounce on him again: "Damn you bitch, how dare you accuse my father!"
Hearing these conversations, Zhang Chen wished he could shrink his head as low as possible so that no one could see him. It was good to catch a big fish while fishing, but catching Chu Kuan would at least give him revenge for helping Zhu Ying find out. As a result, he was beaten by his father. However, the guy in front of him directly blamed the matter on the emperor, and claimed that the emperor could not see the two fathers getting closer...
This is simply life-threatening!
Compared to the fourth prince who was angry and angry, the third prince seemed relatively calm. However, Zhang Shou knew just by looking at the look in his eyes and the clenching of his fists that this man, who had been serving as a court official and a reading official since his canonization, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, who had a very good reputation at that time, was obviously extremely angry.
But at this moment, an announcement came from outside the door: "Your Majesty, the ceremonial supervisors have arrived."
The emperor, who seemed to be smiling but not smiling, saw that the imperial attendant had been scolded by the fourth prince and turned pale. At this time, he was as silent as a cicada and did not dare to say a word. However, Zhang Shou was stunned and Zhu Ying was disdainful, with clearly disbelief on his face. On the contrary, Zhang Chen seemed to be frightened. The quail was not as calm as Ah Liulai, the expressionless young man as always.
Therefore, he slowly returned to his seat and had time to order people to come in. Not long after, Chu Kuan took the lead, followed closely by the other seven eunuchs, and a group of people filed in. The leader, Chu Kuan, was no longer wearing the same clothes as before. The robe that couldn't fit well now actually looked a bit looser, and for the first time it seemed to live up to its name.
The others lowered their heads and looked respectfully, but they also happened to hide the expressions on their faces. Among the total eight people, except for Chu Kuan's palm print, the other three held pens, and the remaining four were in attendance. They were the ones with real power over all the eunuchs of the Ming Dynasty. However, they seemed to only have jurisdiction over a total of more than a hundred eunuchs in the inner palace. In fact, they also had to add all the servants in the outer imperial city.
There are already thousands of people. If we add in the charity halls set up throughout Beizhili to adopt orphans and give them a second life, it can be said that these eight people hold considerable power of life and death.
When they saluted, including Chu Kuan, who had grown up with the emperor and was said to be a half-brother, he was also meticulous and not careless in the slightest. However, Zhang Shou discovered that just like the courtiers in the Chang Dynasty, the inner palace and the
The eunuchs were not kowtow-gods. When they bowed in their broad robes, long sleeves, and bows, their postures were as graceful and beautiful as ever, and there was no hint of humility or flattery.
After the emperor waited for everyone to bow, he looked down at the imperial attendant and said indifferently: "Didn't you just say that Chu Kuan ordered you? Now that people are here, you, the imperial attendant, will tell you what you just said.
Once again.”
Although Chu Kuan did not look back at him at all, the imperial attendant felt an indescribable fear. That was because he had been in the ceremonial department since Ruizong ascended the throne. Now he looked only forty, but in fact he had known his destiny for a long time, but it was said that
A real boss who is still able to teach the newcomers in the Imperial Chamber of Servants a lesson with his bare hands, will he be killed immediately if he rebukes this person to his face?
"It's Eunuch Chu. I was ordered in front of the Office of the Supervisor of Ceremonies!"
There was a wolf in front of him and a tiger behind him. He could only close his eyes and think hard, insisting that it was Chu Kuan, but he did not dare to see the other people's expressions when they heard this. Therefore, of course he could not see it when he heard this.
Chu Kuan didn't react at all to the accusations. He still stood here calmly. Even though many eyes were focused on him, he still didn't even blink.
The emperor sneered and said lightly: "I think if it's just because of this ignorance, you wouldn't understand if I summoned you here. Yingying is impatient, Hua Qi always likes to add fuel to the fire, Zhang Chen will probably do it now
The words are incoherent, and Ah Liu wishes he could combine ten sentences into one sentence. Chapter 9, it is up to you to tell the whole story."
Now that the emperor had called his name, Zhang Shou told the whole story of the Lu family's incident in a concise and concise manner. He had just finished speaking, and before he could add his own opinions, he was interrupted.
"Your Majesty, it is absolutely impossible for Eunuch Chu to do such a thing! He has always been wise and calm, how could he do such a rough thing?"
Seeing that Lu Chan, who was speaking, was looking at him angrily, Zhang Shou smiled and said: "What Eunuch Lu just said was also the opinion of Miss Zhu and I after we heard that this person confessed to Eunuch Chu. The same is true for Mr. Hua Qi
Likewise, he would not have used lynching on other people's happy days, but since people kept saying that it was Eunuch Chu who instigated it, he couldn't help but use it once."
All the people who came to the Chief Ceremony Department today were those who entered the Chief Ceremony Department at a young age, and then worked all the way through qualifications and promotions, and finally sat in their current position. Of course, they are not like the third and fourth princes, who are still ignorant. Do you understand?
Knowing what kind of torture it was, even Chu Kuan, who had been calm just now, couldn't help but change his expression slightly at this time.
However, before anyone else could react, he slowly took a step forward, knelt down, kowtowed respectfully, straightened up, then knelt down in the tunnel and said, "Your Majesty, the imperial attendant in the palace is unexpectedly
If you have done something like this, this servant, the Master of Ceremonies, can hardly escape the blame, so please ask the Emperor to deal with it."
No one expected that Chu Kuan would not refute or defend, but would be straightforward and acquiesce. Even Zhang Shou felt that Chu Kuan’s frankness was a bit too much. Even if the monarch and his ministers have been together for many years, people
Do you really believe that the emperor will know everything clearly and make the clearest judgment?
After a moment of silence, the ceremonial supervisors who came with Chu Kuan suddenly spoke one after another. Some people defended Chu Kuan, some pleaded for Chu Kuan, and some laid out facts and reasoned about Chu Kuan's achievements... At first glance,
Zhang Chen couldn't help but feel that Chu Kuan had absolute authority in the Supervisor of Ceremonies, so no one was making trouble at this moment.
However, Zhang Shou vaguely realized that it was a bit inconsistent to see everyone in the Supervisor of Ceremonies unanimously siding with Chu Kuan.
He knew that Chu Kuan was very smart and capable. Even if he was an eunuch, he was no weaker than those court officials who were said to be studying hard in the cold window. But even if he could really control the other officials of the Li Supervisor, logically speaking, he would not be able to handle the situation in a sudden encounter.
When accusations like this are made, not everyone will side with Chu Kuan.
Because doesn't this clearly tell the emperor that the Chief of Ceremonies is already Chu Kuan's official leader?
Sure enough, when he just saw Chu Kuan kneeling down and confessing his crime without defending or retorting, the emperor only frowned slightly. But now when he saw other people in the Supervisor of Ceremonies rushing to speak for Chu Kuan, his brows became darker.
Twisted into a knot.
Just when the emperor's face darkened and he was finally about to get angry, the third prince suddenly asked: "Eunuch Chu, you just said that you are not to blame, so are you guilty of negligence or of instigation?"
The fourth prince had just punched and kicked the imperial attendant. Firstly, it was because his father had been arranged, and secondly, because unlike some guys, Chu Kuan only showed respect to the two brothers, but in fact he did not.
How much respect, people really treat them as much as they treat the eldest prince and the second prince. He even has a vague impression of his childhood, as if he was once riding on someone's shoulders.
Although it seemed that the third brother was still riding his father's horse at that time, and two adults carried them around the Qianqing Palace. He still remembered the joy... It was a long, long time ago, and he was not even sure what he was feeling at that time.
How big is it?
Therefore, since Zhang Shou said that neither he nor Zhu Ying thought it was Chu Kuan who did it, when he heard the third prince's words, the fourth prince rushed behind his third brother and said helpfully: "Eunuch Chu, if you
If you are wronged, just speak up, my father knows the truth best!"
The third prince glanced helplessly at the fourth prince, but he could not blame others for causing trouble. Sure enough, he saw Chu Kuan lowering his head and said: "After the imperial servants entered the palace as apprentices, and before they were transferred to other places, they were all classified as subordinates.
It is under the jurisdiction of the Chief of Ceremonies. If such a big thing happens, no matter whether I was instigated by the slave or not, I will be the one who deserves the punishment."
"That means you didn't instigate it?" The fourth prince quickly asked. Seeing that Chu Kuan was silent again, he couldn't help but become a little anxious, "Eunuch Chu, you must tell the truth! What are you afraid of in front of my father? He has always been
I all believe in you!"
Chu Kuan suddenly laughed bitterly: "It is precisely because the emperor has always trusted the slaves and repeatedly gave medicines to the slaves when they were ill, that the slaves were panicked. Although there are many servants in front of the emperor, I have seen the new trainees every year, so I have seen them one by one.
I remember everyone's name. This person just entered the palace two months ago. According to the order of the earthly branches, his name is Xin Shiba."
"This person just said that he received an order outside the Office of the Supervisor of Ceremonies, and a certain servant came out to deliver the message. During this period, he could even hear the slaves talking to people in the official hall, so he would definitely leave the Supervisor of Ceremonies in and out of the imperial city.
Records. The Supervisor of Ceremonies still has some rules."
"So it shouldn't be nonsense. In the past few days when I was recuperating, I heard that a Fengyu died of illness in the Li Prison, and some people said that it was a pity to be so young. I don't know if I was sending this message on my behalf.
To the people of Xin Shiba."
"If it is really this person, there is no proof, but I can't produce evidence that I didn't instruct him. Apart from accepting the guilt, there is no way to refute it. And if he is not this person, another person needs to be appointed to investigate carefully. As a palm seal, I
It is natural that he should be punished accordingly."
Chu Kuan expressed his love so frankly. Even though the fourth prince wanted to help others to plead for mercy, what he should say had already been snatched away by the people in charge of the ceremony, and he suddenly became speechless. The third prince just wanted Chu Kuan to say something.
It was clear whether he was simply admitting to instigation or just an oversight. But now that Chu Kuan spoke so clearly, he felt that he had nothing to say.
However, compared to his younger brother, the third prince was still more stable. He stood silently for a moment, and finally bowed deeply to the emperor and said: "Father, what happened today is related to the so-called admission of the Humanity Hall by the Supervisor of Ceremonies before.
The impeachment issue, coupled with the previous troubles in the Imperial College, are actually of the same origin. Why not..."
He paused for a moment. Although he knew that his father would not agree with his idea and would be even more angry, he still said in a deep voice: "I beg your father to let me personally investigate these cases."
As soon as these words came out, Zhang Shou, who had long advised the third prince not to take on this series of troubles, immediately wanted to raise his eyebrows and objected categorically: "Your Highness, it is time to study and observe politics. It is not the right time to inquire about cases and administer justice."
This kind of thing is not your responsibility. Not to mention that there are many talented people in the ceremonial department, and there are even more honest and selfless officials in the court who can make good decisions."
Zhu Ying immediately echoed: "That's right, why does His Highness the Crown Prince need to personally take action in this kind of thing? Doesn't it mean that the people will laugh at the incompetent people inside and outside the court? I think my eldest brother is very powerful..."
Seeing that the third prince was opposed by Zhang Shou and Zhu Ying one after another, he blushed for a moment, but still did not give up. Zhu Ying, as always, habitually blamed his eldest brother for difficult problems. The emperor couldn't help but smile and said: "These are all
Each case seems very complicated and troublesome, but if you ask me, there is no need to investigate or try it at all!"
When he said the last six words, his face lost the smile and became a little more murderous. This was the first time that Zhang Shou saw such an angry emperor, but Zhu Ying had seen such an emperor and immediately thought
Without even thinking, he grabbed Zhang Shou's hand and quickly drew the word "caution" on Zhang Shou's palm with his fingers.
At a time like this, even she would never overestimate her ability to plead or interrupt!
"The turmoil in the Imperial College eventually led to Jiuzhangtang being moved out. Yingying and Zhang Chen have found out that this matter was caused by the waifu of the Secretary of Li Jian, and the academic officials of the Imperial College have also been punished. In this case, Lu, who is in charge of the waiya
Chan is demoted to Fengyu and is temporarily in charge of the outer office, but twenty sticks are required as punishment! All those below Lu Chan who are involved in this matter will guard the imperial mausoleum!"
Seeing Lu Chan kneeling down with a pale face to thank him, the emperor said slowly: "Whether it's Chu Kuan or others, I have been in the ceremonial department for at least ten years and as many as twenty or thirty years. In the past, I was considered to have worked hard and made great achievements.
But now that the bullets outside are like snowflakes, I can't protect you blindly. Chu Kuan, from today on, you hand over the seal of the Supervisor of Ceremonies and go to Ciqing Palace to serve the Prince's pen and ink!"