Prostitution

A flash of surprise flashed across the emperor's eyes. King Huai Jing had also come to attend the court, standing not far from the Ministry of Punishment Shangshu Qu Tongyin.Counting the times since he succeeded to the throne, the number of times King Huaijing attended the court can be counted on half a hand. After he was dismissed, he reported that he had gone to Jiangnan for a trip. He hadn't seen him for several months. Today, when there was sudden turmoil, when the court was in crisis, King Huaijing came. Let him feel a little relieved.

This Xiangqu came out with the same sound, and said respectfully, "Return to the emperor, the magistrate's yamen and the six ministries have dispatched government soldiers to suppress the evil people. I'm afraid we can't find out why. From the point of view of my humble minister, let's wait and see what happens before discussing future strategies. "

The emperor thought for a moment and nodded, as if no one could come up with any practical ideas, he couldn't help complaining about the useless courtiers, and stared at the ball of paper on the imperial case angrily.

After thinking about it, he thought of his father.I have been estranged from them since I was a child, and I rarely ask them.Among the brothers, the second child is ignorant, and the third child is excellent in learning and arts, but unfortunately he is sick.As for him, he was indulging in wine and sex, lingering in the flowers.But the son didn't teach his father's fault, so he can't be blamed, who told his father to seize power and dictatorship, and didn't give him a chance.Could it be that the fault of monopolizing power came from being a captain?

The emperor sitting tall in the Golden Luan Hall, like a revolving lantern in his mind, scolded everyone.Suddenly a familiar face flashed back, and he turned his eyes to King Huai Jing who was standing with his hands down.

It doesn't take much effort to think back, Yuan Cheng, who is a few years younger than him, was crowned king by his father when he was young, which can be described as a supreme honor.There is no other reason for this.The royal father treats the biological princes so far away, let alone the adopted sons, never heard that when he was young, his father was closer to Yuan Cheng than they were.Then it occurred to him that when he lost his lust, Yuan Cheng was not only crowned king, but also imprisoned Dali Temple to take charge of the prison.

During the comparison between the two, the emperor withdrew his gaze, a little afraid to look directly.If you have to find a reason, then the only reason is that you deserve it.May I ask, if it's the same wine bag and rice bag, why does his father treat one more than another?

Even though King Huai Jing was unrestrained in private and had a bad reputation, he must be well-deserved to be favored by his father.Why not ask the previous question.

"Cough..." The emperor covered his mouth and let out a clear cough, and looked at Yuan Cheng again, because he had suspected that King Huai Jing had something wrong, his voice sounded particularly sincere, "King Huai Jing, what proposal do you have?"

This question didn't startle Yuan Cheng, but scared Liu Shen who was bowing his head and face in the queue.

"Your Majesty..." Yuan Cheng clasped his fists and bowed, looking around, with a troubled expression on his face.

"But it doesn't matter."

The emperor knew that Yuan Cheng was not popular in the civil and military circles of the Manchu Dynasty, so it was inevitable that someone would look at him strangely, so the emperor coldly glanced around at his highness and his officials.

Yuan Cheng then took a graceful step and walked to the center of the hall, apparently intending to make some grandiose remarks.

The eyes of the audience were fixed on him, different from the eyes on Liu Shen, most of them were good deeds or wait-and-see eyes.You must know that one of the great advantages of King Huai Jing's independence is that no matter what dirty and profiteering activities they do between them, they will not be able to get along with King Huai Jing, so they don't worry that his words or words may expose them.

"Just now, I have objections to what Master Qu said."

"Oh?" The emperor thought he had found a savior, and immediately looked at him with a smile on his face.

"Can't we really find out why?" Yuan Cheng's two sword eyebrows moved, and his eyes pierced Liu Shen like an arrow.

Everyone followed his gaze and secretly guessed who he was pointing at.

Yuan Cheng turned around, walked unhurriedly and stopped five steps away from Liu Shen, "Master Liu Shen."

What should come will always come, Liu Shen's legs trembled, his voice was a little fluttering, "King Huaijing...what do you mean?"

The emperor asked eagerly, "Yuan Cheng, do you mean that Liu Shen is the chief envoy?"

When these words came out of the emperor's mouth, Liu Shen was so terrified that his knees went limp, and he fell to his knees, "Emperor, emperor, superior, inferior officials, how dare you..."

"Of course Lord Liu doesn't dare." Yuan Cheng turned around at this time, and bowed to the emperor from a distance, "Your Majesty, the root of this matter is nothing more than two reasons. In fact, the second is the so-called crimes, which are indeed true. When dynasties change, there will always be ministers who endure and steal their lives, in order to seek justice for the innocent souls who died in vain."

The emperor sank his brows in thought, and the meaning of what he said seemed to be the latter.But if this is the case, wouldn't it be that if Yuan Cheng continued to talk about it, he would reveal a big secret.

Just as he was about to speak to stop him, Yuan Cheng changed his mind, "If it's one, your majesty doesn't need to worry too much. If it's the other, your majesty doesn't need to worry too much. There are not even ten thousand soldiers in the capital, from the imperial army down to your lord's mansion. Eight thousand. When the situation is really critical, the defenders of the states can arrive within half a day, and the capital will never be worry-free."

What Yuan Cheng said, the emperor knew in his heart, this is why he can still watch the changes calmly, and it is also the reason why Manchuwen armed dumbly to avoid disaster.

"Then I'll just listen to you..." The emperor smiled dryly.

"But the emperor doesn't want to know the truth of the crime, and doesn't want to find out who made the rebellious words that insulted the late emperor?" Yuan Cheng suddenly raised his voice, and his deep and cold voice echoed in the majestic hall.

The emperor was stunned for a moment, and then looked at Yuan Cheng's expression, he was as calm as usual, neither kind nor disrespectful.

However, all the civil and military officials in front of the palace began to whisper to each other.

It seems that if he let it go, he would not only lose the face of the late emperor, but also give an excuse of being unfilial and unrighteous.

"Yuan Cheng, the matter is of great importance, guesswork alone may not be enough." The emperor was silent for a while.

"I can't bear the crime of deceiving the emperor." Yuan Cheng lowered his eyes and replied, "Let me explain the truth for the emperor."

The emperor's expression was a little heavy, he suddenly realized that it is easy to ask the king, but it is difficult to send the king away, and he was led by the nose without knowing it.This King Huai Jing was so successful at a young age, it really is not in vain.

The well-dressed ministers above the main hall, knowing that they had nothing to do with the conspiracy, were magnanimous in their hearts, so they were very confident, and they all concentrated and calmed down, watching from the sidelines.

But seeing King Huai Jing calmly opened his mouth, he pointed at the imperial case, "Your Majesty, can you use it?"

The emperor glanced at the paper ball, raised his chin, and signaled the eunuch beside him to send the paper ball over.

Yuan Cheng spread it out, shook it hard a few times, smoothed the ball of paper roughly, then held it up to his chest, and showed it to all the officials, "Everyone understands the content of this paper, so I don't care about it here. The king wants to Please take a look at the inscription and official seal on it, maybe some people can't see clearly." Yuan Cheng curled his lips and smiled, "Don't hide it, adults, take out what you have Well, there are notices exactly like this one all over the streets, how can the emperor blame you for such a trivial matter."

This is said lightly, if the emperor turns his face afterwards, anyone may be angered.At this moment, the prince of the palace seemed to be strangled by someone, and he did not dare to move a single bit.But the emperor was very entangled in his heart, he didn't want to see that his ministers and workers really hid this kind of thing, but also wanted to see how hypocritical and submissive these people were in front of him.

Finally, during a short period of dull stalemate, the sound of paper shaking resounded in the hall.Looking for the sound, it turned out to be Xu Jingyun, the Minister of Dali Temple. He calmly spread out the folded rice paper.

Qu Tongyin's eyes froze, he didn't expect Xu Jingyun to take out this flammable thing filled with kerosene before him, so he hurriedly took it out from his cuff, making the movement of spreading paper loud.

What was even more shocking to the officials was that Liu Shen, who was kneeling on the ground, unexpectedly also took out the piece of paper.

There were three young birds standing in front of them, and the rest of the crowd looked at each other, and then touched the cuffs leisurely after testing each other.

Yuan Cheng smiled silently, turned to the emperor who was not very good-looking, and said shockingly, "Your Majesty, I believe that the person who has this notice on his body has absolutely nothing to do with this rebellion."

As soon as this remark was made, someone hurriedly pulled out their cuffs.

Among the remaining people who really had nothing to hide, there was a shout, "King Huai Jing judges so easily, you must be alarmist! You are clearly sowing discord and throwing dirty water!"

At the head of all the officials, King Anling, who was dressed in a gilded python-pattern suit with makeup and flowers, spoke harshly and glared at Yuan Cheng with his canthus.

This King Anling is Zhong Hao, the brother of Emperor Kangwen's mother. He usually likes to collect antiques. No matter what the name was, the world was peaceful later, and there was no more war, so he was abandoned, and he was a third-rank military officer who was not too big or too small.It wasn't until the new king succeeded to the throne that he was granted the title of king. Since then, the antique camp has become more and more obsessed.Together with the three marquis sons under his knees, he has never done anything serious except to play tricks on the moon and make money.

Zhong's lineage has incompetent people in the court, but there are a few generals in the court, but they are stationed at the border gate thousands of miles away in a windy and sandy place.

This violent shout shocked everyone present.

Yuan Cheng turned around to face him, showing no signs of expression.The group of people who had nothing in their hands looked as if they were going to eat him.

"Just kidding, Prince Anling don't get angry!" Looking at each other for a moment, Yuan Cheng suddenly burst into a smile.

"You!" King Anling held back his breath.

The emperor's gaze shifted cautiously, as if he wanted to decide which of the two was true and which was false, but Wen Yuancheng frowned involuntarily as a joke, and intervened, "Don't be impatient, uncle, Yuan Cheng, What do you have to say directly."

Yuan Cheng bowed obediently, "Yes."

The king of Anling squinted at Yuan Cheng unkindly, he didn't know anything else, but King Huaijing's ability to offend people was incomparable, and his thoughts that had nothing to do with himself finally found a focus.

"Let's get down to business," Yuan Cheng smiled seriously, "The titles on it, Wen Xin, Li Guangqi, Cui Minghao, Liu Wei, and Bai Zhe, are all above the third rank of the former princes. Everyone's handwriting is different, but time has passed. It is very difficult. It is worth noting these few official seals. Imagine if someone conspired to forge this crime, it would be easier to only have a signature, why bother to add official seals to make it so grand. "

There was constant whispering in the hall.As King Huai Jing said, an excuse is just a pretense, why should it be so serious.Handwriting that is difficult to distinguish between true and false can confuse people even more. Several former ministers signed by the call to action have long since passed away, and their identities are sensitive. After more than ten years, it is really difficult to find out whether the written memorials, etc. have been found, even if they are stored The official squares of important chapters were all copied by clerks.

However, the seal system belongs to the culture inherited from the dynasties, and whether it is true or false may not be impossible to find out.

"So, a breakthrough can be found from the seal?" the emperor asked.

"Exactly. Speaking of these former ministers, someone might have something to say." Yuan Cheng paced again, and squatted down in front of Liu Shen, "Master Liu, don't you think that one of the names and the seal are very familiar? ?"