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?Chen Pu asked the imperial physician to examine it calmly, but the imperial physician could not detect any symptoms. Finally, he sighed and said that he would need to observe for a few more days before making a decision.At that time, Huai Jun was in a low mood and blamed himself, so he didn't blame the imperial physician, but asked him to diagnose what was wrong with Chen Pu as soon as possible.

After the imperial doctor left, he stayed with Chen Pu for a while longer, fed him, took medicine for him, and left after taking the medicine.He stepped out of the dormitory, but instead of going back to Cuiwei Palace immediately, he called Ah Fu.

"Ah Fu, last night, Zhen..." Huai Jun hesitated to speak, and after a while, he finally asked: "Did I have a dispute with Pu'er last night? But I forced Pu'er?"

Thinking back on what happened last night, Ah Fu still had a trace of fear, so he didn't dare to say anything, but under Huai Jun's urging, he could only shake his body and tell what he saw and heard last night.When he finished speaking, the two of them were silent, leaving only a trace of sadness in Huai Jun's eyes.

After a long time, that touch of sadness turned into his sigh, and he said: "I understand, you should step back first."

Hearing this, Ah Fu did not back down, but said with a straight face: "Your Majesty forgive me, I have a few words to say."

"En." Huai Jun nodded stiffly.

"When I was a child, there was an aunt in my family who was dumb. Later, I heard from the adults in the family that I realized that she was not born unable to speak, but her husband and son were robbed and killed, and she became like that after being greatly stimulated. , so the servant thinks that Chen Pu is also, also..."

Ah Fu couldn't say the last sentence, so Huai Jun waved his hand clearly, and took over the words: "Ah Fu, I would rather be scolded by Pu'er, why can't he say a word? Why can't he even say something to scold me?" Exit? He hates me so much that he doesn't even want to say anything, does he?"

"My lord, Chen Pu has you in his heart, and he still has you in his heart!" Ah Fu said anxiously, "It's because he still has you in his heart, that's why he is so, so... Alas! My lord, I don't understand feelings. But Chen Pu still has you in his heart!"

"I know, I always thought that one day we would be reconciled, but now..." Huai Jun smiled wryly, then stepped up and left, leaving the rest of the words to his weak self.

——It's just that now, he no longer has the confidence.

As soon as he returned to Cuiwei Palace, he was told that Chen Shilang from the Ministry of War was waiting for him in the Shudian.He rubbed his aching temples, managed to pull himself together, went to the library, and saw a memorial in front of Chen Shilang.

"My humble servant sees the Holy One." Chen Shilang smiled obsequiously, then held the memorial in front of Huai Jun's desk, and said, "Your Majesty, my humble servant is ignorant, I don't know if this matter can be done."

Huai Jun picked up the memorial and read it carefully one by one.Halfway through watching it, he knew that it was a happy event that was beneficial to him, but because of Chen Pu's matter, he didn't even smile at all, making Chen Shilang a little flustered.

When Huai Jun finished reading the last one, he tensed his face and ordered: "Do it!"

Chen Shilang breathed a sigh of relief, and immediately asked for Huai Jun's imperial edict, and then retreated.The exhausted Huai Jun spread out on the back of the chair, staring at the memorial on the table, in a daze, he felt that all his painstaking efforts over the years were in vain. It turned out that if he lost Chen Pu, even if he got everything, it would be nothing but food. tasteless.

It's a pity that now we have come to the stage of abandoning it, and that thought just passed by in a flash.

As soon as Huai Jun's order was given, Chen Shilang rushed straight to Peng's mansion in the capital with his soldiers and horses. General Peng, who had expected this catastrophe, was already sitting in the front hall, waiting calmly for the arrival in the palace. people come over.As soon as they came and read out the imperial decree, General Peng didn't even resist, he was handcuffed and followed them away.

General Peng is a veteran of the court. Although he has no children and only got a daughter in his later years, he has many disciples, each occupying various official positions in the court, and he is quite popular among the people, so the news that he was taken away As soon as it came out, the whole capital city seemed to have changed, and everyone was talking about it.

During this period of time, the wave of anti-corruption was in full swing, and General Peng was arrested and sent to prison because of the conclusive evidence of corruption.Most of the common people are making trouble, and the disciples don't dare to act rashly, they just want to be wise and protect themselves, only a very small number of them think of the teacher's kindness, get together, and plan to protect General Peng.

It has always been the case that the tree fell and the monkeys scattered. General Peng, who was in prison, knew that he was going to die, and he didn't ask for help.

As soon as Nuo Xu in Prince Wang's Mansion received the news and comforted Peng Ziyao, he immediately ran around for General Peng, in exchange for people's rejection again and again.In the past, people looked at Wang Wang's face, and naturally they were obliged to help. Unfortunately, today, Wang Wang's situation is gone, and his father-in-law, General Peng, is also in prison. Who would dare to help him?

There are still only those disciples who are grateful, but there are only five or six people, and it can't help much.Nuo Xu could only run around all night, and at the court meeting the next day, he changed into court clothes and entered the palace after a sleepless night.

A group of officials gathered in the court before dawn. The imprisoning of General Peng is a major event, which proves that Huai Jun is determined to eradicate corruption, otherwise...

Everyone's eyes fell on Nuo Xu with a tired face, or else Huai Jun just used this incident to attack Nuo Xu.

"The Holy One is here!"

One sentence broke the turmoil in the hall, and all the officials bent over and clasped their fists and said, "Long live the Holy One!"

"Pingshen." As soon as Huai Jun sat down, he said straightforwardly: "I believe everyone knows about General Peng." Suddenly he took the memorial held by the eunuch next to him, threw it on the ground, and said angrily : "General Peng, who is in a high position, knows how to break the law. Over the years, he has embezzled more silver than the national treasury!"

"Your Majesty, forgive me!" All the officials knelt on the ground and said in unison.

"Forgiveness? If I forgive his sins, wouldn't he be ashamed of his ancestors and the people of the world? Taihe flood, Xieyang drought, natural disasters in the past few decades, how much has he been greedy? Hungarian, Southern Man , How much has he been greedy for every war in Northern Mongolia? If I forgive his crimes, why don't you teach me how to explain to all the people in the world?"

As soon as these words came out, everyone fell silent, and no one dared to speak a word of intercession for General Peng.

After a long time, Nuo Xu's voice was different from the usual high-spirited voice in the court hall, but a weak and ready-to-break voice: "My lord, General Peng conquered Northern Mongolia in the past and controlled the situation in the north. He has contributed a lot..."

"What Wang Wang means is that General Peng's function is as good as it is?" Huai Jun narrowed his eyes slightly, and his eyes were extraordinarily sharp, which made Nuo Xu feel even more powerless.

In the current situation, even if the late emperor was resurrected, it would be irreversible.

"I don't dare." Nuo Xu bit the bullet and said: "I know that General Peng's crimes are well-documented, so I don't ask for forgiveness. I just hope that the holy majesty will save General Peng from the death penalty after years of bloody battles in the battlefield."

"Your Majesty, General Peng's crimes of corruption are too numerous to list. According to the law, he should be sentenced to death. If he is lightly forgiven, I'm afraid it won't convince the world, and it won't serve as a warning. After all, General Peng is in a high position, so the crime is aggravated!" Min Xuan Dayi said awe-inspiringly that he would not give Nuo Xu the chance to intercede, just as Nuo Xu never gave him the chance back then.

"My lord..." Nuo Xu was about to speak again, but was interrupted by Huai Jun waving his hand.

"Wang Wang, I understand that you and General Peng are in-laws, but since you are standing in the court, you should put the world first, how can you put your personal relationship first?" For Nuo Xu, Huai Jun has long been tolerant. Not at all, but now that his relationship with Chen Pu has worsened, he took all his anger on Nuo Xu, "The late emperor ordered you to assist the government, but you have no secrets in the world. Are you guilty?"

"I'm guilty, it's just..." Nuo Xu still wanted to intercede for General Peng, but everything was in vain, Huai Jun made up his mind and didn't give him a chance.

"Since this is the case, I will punish you to think behind closed doors for three days. You should not participate in the matter of General Peng." After finishing speaking, the gate of the palace was beaten, and everyone watched Nuo Xu stand up and leave the court meeting, knowing that What attitude should they have in this matter.

As soon as Nuo Xu left, Yong Ting and Fan Shaoqian were inconvenient to say anything, and Prime Minister Li had already retired and returned home. Even if someone in the court wanted to intercede for General Peng, they would not dare to stand up and say a word, so General Peng The penalty was passed directly without going through the Ministry of Household Affairs, and it was clearly stated that it was to scare the chickens to scare the monkeys, but the monkeys to scare apart from corrupt officials also included Nuoxu.

Originally, according to the law, General Peng should have been sentenced to death, implicating the nine clans, but at that time Fan Shaoqian stood up and saved him from the punishment of implicating the nine clans based on General Peng's military achievements in the past.Huai Jun just raised his eyebrows and agreed, regardless of Min Xuan's surprise.

Although the royal family can avoid implicating the nine families, Min Xuan thought that Huai Jun would use this to frustrate Nuo Xu, but he didn't expect Huai Jun to easily spare Nuo Xu.And Huai Jun had his plan long ago, he knew that Nuo Xu had a high reputation among the people, if he hurt Nuo Xu with this, the world would definitely criticize him, he believed that the matter of General Peng had made Nuo Xu not dare to act rashly .

In the end, General Peng was fined to parade through the streets for three days, and beheaded at noon on the fourth day.Princess Peng Ziyao in Wang's mansion fainted when she heard the news, while Nuo Xu knelt on the ground silently, hating her own helplessness.

Only General Peng, who was in the sky prison, still took it calmly, he knew that this step must be taken, if it wasn't for him to enter this sky prison, it would be Nuo Xu.He looked at the iron window of the dungeon, stroked his beard, and thought of the scene of galloping on horseback in the past, and everyone in the past.

Unexpectedly, he just owed a kindness, and he would spend his whole life to repay it. It can only be said that money debts are always easy to repay, but favor debts are difficult to repay.

After solving the matter of General Peng, Huai Jun felt that the court was brighter and the matter of eradicating corruption came to an end.After a while, he rushed to Zhaohe Hall to accompany Chen Pu. At this time, he had decided not to do anything, but to stay with him all the time, and only wanted to exchange Chen Pu's affection with his sincerity.

At night, he returned to Cuiwei Palace, summoned Nan Qi, and told him not to pursue Song Leyu's whereabouts anymore. Since it was useless to find him, it was better to give him peace. This was the only thing he could do now. ?