Let’s put aside King Zhongshun’s worry here. Besides, Sun Yan left the palace of King Zhongshun with his people and immediately opened the note the woman gave him. After looking carefully, it turned out that there were a few lines of words written on it.
The general idea is that after King Zhongshun came back from Wuyang Hou Mansion, King Zhongshun locked him in the Chang Chai House, neither giving him food nor letting anyone treat his injuries. As his wife, he bribed the guards and secretly When he went to visit him, Li Changshi explained to himself the reason. It was when the Supreme Emperor issued an edict to berate King Zhongshun, he said a few words that King Zhongshun didn't like to hear. King Zhongshun had always held a grudge, and today he killed two birds with one stone. In order to avenge his disrespect to King Zhongshun back then, he wanted to give Jia Ke another hard blow. This time he was afraid that he would not survive, so he asked his wife to avenge him.
Sun Yan smiled softly when he saw this. There was no need to look for other evidence now. King Zhongshun seemed not to be able to escape easily this time, so he went directly to the palace city without returning to the staff.
Sun Yan came to the Qianqing Gate again and asked the golden-armored guard guarding the palace gate to go in and report.
After a while, the golden-armored guard came out and told him that the emperor ordered him to go in. Only then did Sun Yan enter the Qianqing Gate again.
After Sun Yan entered the main hall, he saw that the civil and military ministers were still standing there, and some elderly ministers were already shaky. It seemed that the emperor had been waiting for news from him.
Sun Yan came to the center of the hall, knelt down and said, "Sun Yan, the Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, wishes to see my emperor, long live, long live, long live."
"Sun Aiqing, please be free."
"Long live thanks." After Sun Yan received the emperor's permission, he dared to stand up and stood aside with his hands folded, waiting for the emperor's inquiry.
"Ai Qing went to Prince Zhongshun's palace to check on the corpse. How is the investigation going now?" the emperor asked impatiently as Sun Yan just stood up.
The emperor now hoped that Jia Ke would do it, but was also afraid that this matter was really related to Jia Ke.
The emperor thought that Sun Yan, as his confidant, would definitely frame Jia Ke according to what he had just wanted. So he was a little anxious, really afraid that he would cause some trouble for him this time.
Sun Yan stood back in the center and said, "Your Majesty, the matter has been cleared up."
"Oh, you found out so quickly, what exactly happened? Tell me."
"Your Majesty, there is another reason for Li Changshi's incident, and he did not die because of being punished with a stick." Sun Yan stood in the center of the hall and said loudly.
"He wasn't beaten to death? How did he die?" The emperor breathed a long sigh of relief now. Sun Yan seemed to be a bit smart and did not ruin his own affairs and let himself and Jia Ke's The conflict developed out of control.
Liu Yu, who was standing with His Highness, also nodded secretly. Sun Yan was indeed very resourceful, and he could see the danger in it with just a little effort. This time he did a good job, and he was able to pull the emperor back from the edge of danger. .
Liu Yu now seems to think that as long as the emperor is not involved in this matter, other people should be aggrieved no matter how much they suffer.
Even Liu Yu was ready to sacrifice King Zhongshun. If Jia Ke persisted in this matter, then King Zhongshun would have to suffer some injustice until the emperor fully controlled the court and controlled Jia Ke, the treacherous official. , and then just give an explanation to King Zhongshun.
Sun Yan did not notice that something was wrong with the emperor. He stood in the center of the hall and said seriously: "After investigation, it was found that Li Changshi had not had enough water and rice for several days. After being scolded by Wuyanghou Mansion, Zhongshun returned to Prince Zhongshun Mansion. The king did not treat his wound, so the wound became inflamed and he died."
After hearing what he said, the emperor was completely angry. Even if you don't frame Jia Ke, there is no need to bring King Zhongshun in. Isn't this embarrassing yourself? Now you let yourself punish King Zhongshun. Are you just
Without such a sharp eye, you can't say that this long history died of a sudden illness.
At the same time, the emperor has now thought that if he dealt with King Zhongshun, the concubine in the harem would probably cry in front of him.
The emperor respected and loved the concubine who treated him as if he were his own. It could be said that he regarded her as his biological mother. If she came to cry and complain, he would have nothing to do.
Thinking of this, the emperor threw the paperweight next to him on the main hall, "Sun Yan, don't make false accusations against the royal family. Do you know what this crime is?"
When Sun Yan heard what the emperor said, he quickly knelt on the ground, raised his hands to the emperor and said loudly: "Your Majesty, as the Minister of the Ministry of Justice, my duty is to redress the injustice. Since there is an injustice in front of me, how can I dare to kill people? Here is Li Changshi
The letter of complaint sent by my wife. Please read it to the Emperor."
After Sun Yan finished speaking, he raised the letter sent to him by Li Changshi's wife above his head.
The emperor did not order anyone to receive this letter, because once he accepted it, he might have to deal with King Zhongshun.
At this time, Jia Ke stood up and cupped his hands and said: "Since Your Majesty doesn't want to read this letter, then let someone read it in front of the palace and let everyone listen. What are the rights and wrongs?"
When the emperor saw Jia Ke coming out to attack him, he felt a little panicked. Until now, he had not figured out how to deal with Jia Ke, and he did not dare to anger Jia Ke. If he ignored him, he might be forced to do so.
Hanged.
"Jia Aiqing, there is no need to read this letter. I already understand that you have been wronged. Let this end here." The emperor still wanted to let the matter rest.
"Your Majesty said this, but I don't agree with it. As the saying goes, a prince who commits a crime is as guilty as the people. Since the Ministry of Punishment has almost investigated the case, it might as well say it in front of all the civil and military officials to clear my name. Otherwise, I will just be confused like this.
After all, people in the world thought that the emperor was protecting his ministers." Jia Ke stood in the main hall and answered the emperor sternly.
Jia Ke was already very angry at King Zhongshun's sudden attack. He thought that he would give him a good look this time, otherwise, if anyone came to impeach him in the future, what prestige would he still have?
After listening to Jia Ke's words, the emperor's face showed anger, "Why doesn't what I said work? I have said that this matter is over, and no one should mention it again."
Jia Ke looked at the emperor and laughed, and then returned to the class as if nothing was wrong. However, he had already decided in his heart that he should be happy with what happened today, otherwise, the emperor would keep causing trouble for him.
Do you really think you have a good temper?
So although Jia Ke stood back in the class, he glanced at the civil servant without leaving any trace.
Zhang Chaoxin, the minister of the Ministry of Industry, who was standing among the civil servants, had long been paying attention to Jia Ke's every move. Now that he saw him winking at him, he still didn't understand what Jia Ke meant.
At this time, the civil and military officials of the entire dynasty were discussing a lot below. Everyone could see that this time it was probably King Zhongshun who deliberately framed Jia Ke.
But I didn't expect that King Zhongshun would kill the chief minister of his palace in order to frame Jia Ke. Such a cruel thing has never happened since the founding of the country. The emperor just wants to let it go so easily, so what do you think of these civil and military ministers?
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Several of these people, who were still in the same age, were very angry when they saw what happened to him. At the same time, they were also disappointed that the emperor protected his royal family and did not take ministers like them seriously, so the balance in these people's hearts
He couldn't help but lean toward Jia Ke's side.
But the emperor didn't know that he was just trying to get over this matter, but he lost the hearts of many people, which further shrank his power.
At this time, Zhang Chaoxin, the minister of the Ministry of Industry and the censor of the right capital, came out of the class, knelt on the ground, raised his hands to the emperor and said: "Your Majesty, the long history of the Zhongshun Prince's Palace is also a second-ranked Jinshi, and he has a great reputation. Why?
How could he die so mysteriously? Please let the emperor understand clearly and give an explanation to the deceased minister."
As soon as he finished saying this, a large number of people in the main hall knelt down and shouted to the emperor together: "I second my opinion."
Most of these people are Jia Ke's people, and the others are just rabbits and foxes. They are very dissatisfied with the emperor's unfair handling of the matter this time, so they all remonstrated with the emperor.
And those who were in the same year as Zhongshun, the chief minister of the palace, danced the most happily. In ancient times, being in the same year was no small matter. These people were all Jinshi in the same ranking. They had constant contact with each other, helped each other in the officialdom, and sometimes even
Form a party.
At this time, the emperor felt his temples pounding. These people were clearly serving as pawns for Jia Ke. Moreover, what they said was quite reasonable, and he could not refute them.
Moreover, the emperor also saw it, and Jia Ke's power among civil servants began to expand. Now the emperor felt restless.
So the emperor glanced at Liu Yu, the official minister next to him, which meant that Liu Yu should come out and say a few words to resolve the current crisis.
Liu Yu was indeed the emperor's most loyal minister. As soon as he saw the wink at him, he immediately stood up and said, "Everyone, listen to me. I think that the matter of Yushi Wang Li's participation in Lord Jia's performance is completely hearsay.
Anyone who intends to frame a minister should be severely punished."
After Liu Yu said this, he cupped his hands like a Jia Ke, and then said: "As for the suspicion that King Zhongshun is suspected of killing the chief minister of the palace, this is also nonsense. He should be punished based on a woman's one-sided words.
The current prince, this is unjustifiable in any case. Without evidence, everyone should stop messing around here."
Zhang Chaoxin secretly glanced at Jia Ke and saw Jia Ke standing there with his eyes closed, as if he was asleep. At this moment, he understood that Jia Ke did not want to let King Zhongshun go so gently.
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Zhang Chaoxin then scolded Liu Yu: "Liu Yu, you are still the Minister of Military and Aircraft. How can you say such lawless words? The man is already dead, and his wife has also submitted a complaint. The whole story should be found out. How can you
It just ended in confusion."
After Zhang Chaoxin said this, he ignored Liu Yu and instead raised his hands to the emperor and said: "Your Majesty, since there is doubt in this case, I would like to ask the Three Justice Department to intervene and investigate carefully. The deceased must be given justice."