Your Majesty, please draw the card

In April of the second year of Jiahe, there were many earthquakes in various prefectures and prefectures. Zhao Wenshan asked the Taibu Ling to use the tortoise shell for divination.Therefore, Zhao Wenshan went to the emperor to follow the ancient system of the previous dynasty and set up an independent prime minister's office under the jurisdiction of hundreds of officials. He himself was responsible for handling the daily affairs of the country, and only notified the emperor when there were urgent matters.In this way, the monarch is outside, and the phase is inside, complementing each other.

Once this proposal was put forward, it was opposed by many people, because it undoubtedly stepped on the bottom line of the courtiers.Although Zhao Wenshan covered the sky with one hand before, there was still an emperor on top of his head. Once the prime minister commanded all the officials like the previous dynasty, then Zhao Wenshan would become the boss of all of them, almost on an equal footing with the emperor.

The officials who supported Wang Juchen naturally repeated the old story, wanting to recommend Wang Juchen as Prime Minister Zuo and assist the emperor together with Zhao Wenshan.The remaining officials either had someone to support, or opposed it on the grounds that the imperfect system of the previous dynasty led to the destruction of the dynasty.

Zhao Wenshan was naturally not reconciled to this proposal being rejected so quickly.He stepped up the steps, stood in front of the emperor, and defended himself loudly, spraying all the saliva on the hem of the emperor's clothes.

Liu Xi looked at his right prime minister expressionlessly, thinking about the timing of his attack.In his opinion, Zhao Wenshan will not be able to jump for a long time. The more arrogant Zhao Wenshan is now, the easier it is to bring him down.

In fact, Zhao Wenshan himself is not a bad person, if he were placed in the homes of ordinary people, he could still be regarded as a talented and motivated person.Although he sometimes likes to boast, has unrealistic fantasies, and likes to show off his wealth, but these are the temperaments of ordinary people, and they are not considered big villains.

But the bad thing is that Zhao Wenshan has a younger sister who became the empress dowager.Although this younger sister was sold into a karaoke workshop since she was a child, and she reconnected with her family only after she entered the palace, but as the status of the Empress Dowager Zhao became higher and higher, Zhao Wenshan's status also increased, and finally rose to a level that he could not control .

Zhao Wenshan is also aware of his own weaknesses, and he has recruited many disciples to advise him, but after all, he has a much weaker foundation than other wily courtiers.What's worse, a year ago, he still knew how to restrain himself, and after he brought down the royal court, he gradually couldn't listen to the persuasion of those sober disciples, and his mind was only full of other people's ideas for him to show off his wealth.In order to connect the two lands into one, even the emperor's Shanglin Garden dared to move, completely embarking on the road of self-destruction.

Liu Xi was still debating whether to just demote Zhao Wenshan for the reason of the imperial disgrace, but Zhao Wenshan changed the subject and started attacking Wang Juchen.

Zhao Wenshan hates Wang Ting, because Wang Ting has been bullying him for many years.But he hated Wang Juchen even more, not only because Wang Juchen had a reputation and fame that he did not have, but also because if Wang Juchen's memorial was adopted, it would be tantamount to cutting off his fortune, and because the existence of Wang Juchen made him unable to make money. Turn the imperial court into his hall of speech.

Just now, Wang Juchen got in his way again, preventing his proposal from being passed.The hatred in Zhao Wenshan's heart can be imagined.Zhao Wenshan and the officials of Zhao Wenshan's faction attacked Wang Juchen one by one. The main argument was that Wang Juchen's Ten Shu was tried in that county but did not achieve good results.

This is obviously just an excuse, and it is less than a year since the trial of Ten Shu was started, so it would be a ghost if we could really see some results.What's more, some of Wang Juchen's memorials are really difficult to implement. It really takes a long time to deliberate from the formulation of policies to the implementation of specific items.Zhao Wenshan stubbornly insisted on the words "buying fame and fame", and asked Wang Juchen to visit the county in person at every turn, trying to force Wang Juchen out of Chang'an.

At first Wang Juchen just pleaded guilty and did not refute, but several officials who were inclined to him stood up and responded to Zhao Wenshan.But later, Zhao Wenshan became more and more outrageous, making the court hall look like a vegetable market, and even the emperor couldn't help frowning, so Wang Juchen stood up and bowed to the emperor and said: "The king, the king, has a natural talent. play."

"Oh?" The emperor suddenly regained his spirits. He had the impression that Wang Juchen was a biting dog and would not bark easily. "What are you going to do?"

"This is a very important matter. I can only submit the memorial to the emperor, and then the emperor will decide it himself." Wang Juchen took out a memorial from his sleeve and handed it to Gao Lishi.

This turning point is beyond everyone's expectations.It is not necessarily true that Wang Juchen is ready to submit this memorial to the emperor today. Liu Xi feels that Wang Juchen seems to be waiting for the best time to present this memorial, so as to give Zhao Wenshan a fatal blow. more curious about the content.

Zhao Wenshan also noticed the abnormality. He stared at the memorial in Gao Lishi's hand, almost burning a hole in it with his eyes.No matter how he thought about it, he felt that Wang Juchen's move was to harm him, but he couldn't take the memorial and read it first.He secretly hated Wang Juchen's cunning and cunning, but he had already prepared for it.But he didn't want to think that if Wang Juchen didn't fight back today, he might soon follow in the footsteps of Wang Ting.

The emperor opened the memorial with great interest, and then his face flushed all of a sudden, and he slapped the dragon chair with a slap, which hurt his two fingers.

"hiss--"

"Your Majesty?" Gao Lishi saw that Liu Xi's expression was wrong, so he immediately took his hand carefully and looked at it carefully.Fortunately, there is no folding, but half of the palm is red.

"Bold!" Liu Xi just wanted to throw this memorial on the ground, but remembered that the contents inside must not be exposed, so he held it tightly in his hand.

Wang Juchen seemed to have expected the emperor's reaction long ago, and stood there with an inscrutable expression.

"Your Majesty, do you want to retreat?" Gao Lishi saw that the emperor's state was not right.

Liu Xi nodded.

"There is a book to start playing, and there is no book to retreat—"

"Wait a minute!" Zhao Wenshan suddenly reacted, reaching out to block the emperor's way.He wished he could snatch Wang Juchen's memorial from the emperor, but he still didn't have the guts to do so. "Your Majesty, what happened to Wang Juchen? As the prime minister, I am willing to share the emperor's worries."

Liu Xi smiled coldly and said, "I won't bother the prime minister about this matter. I'm tired and want to go back to the palace to rest. Does the prime minister want to stop me?"

Only then did Zhao Wenshan realize that his actions seemed wrong, so he had to step back a few steps and said, "I dare not."

Liu Xi glanced at Gao Lishi, who immediately announced the end of the morning court.This morning, whether it was Zhao Wenshan's invitation to open the prime minister's office, or Zhao Wenshan's impeachment of Wang Juchen, the emperor did not respond.And Wang Juchen's memorial has undoubtedly become the heaviest mystery in everyone's mind.What was it that made the young emperor so angry?Does this mean that Zhao Wenshan will lose the Sacred Heart?

"Your Majesty, what happened?" Gao Lishi immediately asked after returning to Weiyang Palace.

Liu Xi handed Wang Juchen's memorial to Gao Lishi, who glanced at it, and gasped suddenly.

"It is said that the Imperial Physician Wang Youde and the palace maid Rui from Changxin Palace have come to see me for the first time." The emperor has calmed down at this moment, sitting on the dragon chair exuding cold air all over his body.

"Abiding by the order." Gao Lishi paused and asked, "Do you want Gongjin to come over?"

Liu Xi waved his hand: "No need. I want to interrogate them in person, and this kind of thing can reach the ears of foreign ministers. It seems that a few people in the palace will not die today."

It was the first time that Gao Lishi saw Liu Xi's killing intent, he couldn't help but his heart sank, and persuaded: "The emperor calms down, Gong Jin will definitely not..."

"How can I not know what kind of person Gong Jin is? Wang Juchen is so courageous! Distorting the facts has even spread to my people! By the way, tell Long Yang that Weiyang Palace is closed today, and no one has my will. You are not allowed to enter or leave. I am looking for a few powerful servants for me to bring torture tools, and I want to see who made them two turn right and wrong!"

"Yes, Your Majesty."

As an imperial physician, Wang Youde was easily summoned.When he was brought to Weiyang Palace, he was terrified to see the guards guarding him tightly, but he thought he knew what was going to happen, so he quickly calmed down and followed the servant to see the emperor.As for the maid Ruichu of Changxin Palace, Gao Lishi personally "invited" her because she was one of the empress dowager Zhao's favorite maids.Zhao Yingrong didn't know what happened at first, and thought it was very strange that the emperor wanted to summon a court lady beside her.She asked Gao Lishi, although Gao Lishi did not give a clear answer, but he also gave enough hints, so Zhao Yingrong was almost ashen-faced and asked to bring Ruichu to Gao Lishi.

The imperial physician Wang Youde came to Weiyang Palace first, but the emperor didn't ask him anything, just let him kneel on one side.When Ruichu also came, the emperor asked Ruichu to kneel at the other end, and he laid out Wang Juchen's memorial on the case, and studied it carefully.

It took more than half an hour to look at this, and then Gao Lishi brought in eight tall and strong eunuchs, each holding torture tools in their hands.The emperor carefully asked how to use the various instruments of torture, and then waved his hands to ask the eight eunuchs to place the instruments of torture in a row on the ground, with four standing beside each other.

Afterwards, the emperor put away Wang Juchen's memorial and asked Gao Lishi to bring the official documents that needed to be approved.Usually the daily affairs in the court are suggested by the prime minister, and the emperor only needs to stamp his seal for approval.But today the emperor read every official document uncharacteristically, rejected most of Zhao Wenshan's suggestions, and attached his own views.

After all these things are done, it is almost time for lunch.Wang Youde and Ruichu couldn't kneel anymore, but they didn't dare to say a word in front of the emperor.They originally thought that it was impossible for these instruments of torture to be used on them, but the emperor's delay in asking questions made them uneasy, feeling that things were not going as they had imagined.

The emperor went to the apse after lunch, but the eight eunuchs did not leave, they still stood where they were.Wang Youde and Ruichu had no choice but to force themselves to continue kneeling, but suddenly heard several screams from behind.After a while, the eunuch and maid hurriedly rushed into the apse, still holding a copper basin for cleaning.

When the eunuchs and maids came out and passed by Wang Youde, Wang Youde couldn't help being startled when he saw a pile of bloody things in a copper basin in the hands of a court lady.But the palace lady whispered: "It's so pitiful, just because he cheated the emperor, the emperor found out, he was chopped into two pieces, and even the intestines leaked all over the place."

Hearing this, Wang Youde's legs softened and he sat down.

Gao Lishi came out from the apse, and happened to see this scene: "The emperor asked you to kneel, why did you sit down?" Gao Lishi was followed by two eunuchs carrying sacks, only to hear Gao Lishi say to the two eunuchs : "Before the gate of the palace is closed, you two transport the corpse to the mass grave outside the city!"

"Yes!"

At this moment, even Ruichu also noticed what happened, her face suddenly turned pale, and she wobbled, as if she was about to faint at any moment.Wang Youde was trembling all over, sweating profusely, but he could only kneel down again.His mind was so full of what was in the copper basin just now that he didn't even notice that the emperor had arrived.

Liu Xi felt that his skills were almost done, so he sat on the dragon chair leisurely, caressing the Phoenix Sun Chasing Pot on the table, and asked: "Wang Juchen said in the report, you broke the adulterous relationship between the Queen Mother and Zhou Taiyi? What's going on? Wang Youde, tell me first!"

In fact, Liu Xi can understand very well Wang Juchen's strategy of taking down the bottom line and bringing down Mrs. Zhao first and then Zhao Wenshan.Once the Queen Mother Zhao falls, Zhao Wenshan will immediately lose his support, and his downfall will only happen in minutes.It is also difficult for Wang Juchen to be able to find two witnesses in the deep palace. I don't know which faction was used. It is either the Empress Dowager or the Empress Dowager Cao. The former may be higher.But he should never, never should have involved Zhou Yu.

Whoever wants to touch my male god, I want his head!

A sneer appeared on Liu Xi's face.