The eldest son of the red mansion

Chapter 438 Thinking behind closed doors
The emperor now felt that he had been cornered by these ministers. He didn't know that the play was directed by King Zhongshun, but the play was not performed well and fell on the stage.Now, instead, let him, the emperor, end up with him.

The emperor thought about it for a while, and felt that this matter must not be allowed to be investigated by the Sanfa Division.Based on King Zhongshun's point of view, I am afraid that as long as one checks, it will be full of flaws.

So the emperor had no choice but to stand up, and said in Jia Ke's direction: "Jia Aiqing, I know that you have been wronged in this matter, and I ask Jia Aiqing to be sympathetic to my elder brother's difficulties." Tears, he was aggrieved by Jia Ke, he now wants to be the last emperor of the dynasty, the puppet emperor is probably what he looks like.

Jia Ke saw the emperor's face was full of tears, so he cupped his hands and said to the emperor: "Although what the emperor said is good, but King Zhongshun has really done what he did this time. The emperor should punish him a little bit, let him remember this lesson, and he will do it again in the future." Don’t dare to act recklessly again.”

After listening to Jia Ke's words, the emperor understood what he meant.This is to let the emperor punish King Zhongshun to some extent.

The emperor finally breathed a sigh of relief now, as long as Jia Ke can make a condition, that would be good. The emperor sat on the throne again and thought about it, and then decreed: "King Zhongshun's behavior is perverse, and he deeply disappoints me. Today, after three months of contemplation behind closed doors, the prince will be demoted to the county king. I hope he will change his ways from now on."

When the emperor said this, he glanced at Jia Ke again.Seeing that Jia Ke had no objection, he said to Xia Shouzhong who was next to him, "You will go to Zhongshun Palace to pass the decree in a while, asking him to study well at home for me, and if you dare to mess around in the future, don't blame me for being rude."

Just after the emperor finished speaking, Zhang Chaoxin went out to play again and said: "I want to report to your majesty, Yu Shi Wang Li speaks nonsense, and he must be punished for framing the minister. Please order a severe punishment from your majesty."

Censor Wang Li was already trembling when he heard Zhang Chaoxin's words, and he came out of the class tremblingly.Kneeling in the hall, without saying a word, weeping non-stop.

The emperor looked at him with some pity, this man was just a pawn sent by King Zhongshun.Speaking of it, it can be regarded as doing things for him, but now I have to sacrifice him.

"Censor Wang Li framed the minister, and not punishing him is not enough to quell public anger. If you are sent to Hainan, you will never be able to return to Beijing, so let it be."

After the emperor said this, he didn't care anymore, all the civil and military personnel in the hall directly left the throne, left the Qianqing gate from the back and went back to the inner palace.

When all the civil and military officials saw the emperor leaving in a flick of their sleeves, they also went to court and walked outside the palace gate.As they walked, they talked a lot, and now they were dissatisfied with King Zhongshun and the emperor.

This time, King Zhongshun went a little too far, and even executed the long history of his mansion because of a trivial matter.What is the difference between this and the ancient cruel king?
And the emperor also lost his original sageness, and even shielded his brother, regardless of the feelings of the ministers.

As Liu Yu walked out, while listening to the ministers' discussions, he also felt a chill in his heart.

It turned out that the reason why the emperor was able to fight against Jia Ke one or two was because of the support of all the civil servants in the court.And now these civil servants are already dissatisfied with the emperor, will they support the emperor in the future?This time the emperor disappointed both civil and military officials in handling your long death.

Liu Yu was walking out alone in dejection, and happened to meet Sun Yan, Shangshu of the Ministry of Justice, so he hurried to his side, grabbed his robe sleeve and asked, "Brother Sun, what do you mean? Why do you want to help Jia Ke in the hall?"

Sun Yan, Shangshu of the Ministry of Justice, looked at Liu Yu and said, "Who do you think I am, Brother Liu?"

Liu Yu didn't understand what he meant, "What does Brother Sun mean? Of course you are a minister of the imperial court, Minister of the Ministry of Punishment."

Hearing what he said, Sun Yan said sullenly: "Since Brother Liu knows that I am the Secretary of the Ministry of Punishment, why do you still ask this question? Don't you know that the Secretary of the Ministry of Punishment is going to avenge blood for the people of the world?"

After hearing his words, Liu Yu was stunned. He wanted to get to know Sun Yan again, and looked at him carefully.Then I couldn't help but feel admiration in my heart.

From Liu Yu's point of view now, Sun Yan was not on Jia Ke's side just now, and he was completely re-entering the responsibility of the Minister of the Ministry of Punishment.This kind of talent is truly aboveboard. Compared with him, his character is much worse.But such a person is easier to trust.

Liu Yu cupped his hands in shame and said, "Brother Sun, I misunderstood you, and I apologize to you here."

After Liu Yu finished speaking, he bowed deeply like Sun Yan.

Sun Yan hurriedly stepped forward to help him up, and then said: "As long as I am the Secretary of the Ministry of Punishment for one day, I will be worthy of the court and the people of the world. Although I can deal with Jia Ke this time, I cannot let Li Changshi be wronged."

"Brother Sun, stop talking, I understand, little brother." Liu Yu then took Sun Yan's hand, gave it a firm shake, and then walked out of the hall.

Sun Yan looked at his back at this time, but there was a sarcastic smile on his face.This person is indeed an honest gentleman, but it is precisely because he is a gentleman that he can be deceived.

And Jia Ke had just walked out of the palace at this time, and now he was holding his breath more and more. Just now, his heart softened for a moment, and he actually felt sympathetic to the emperor.

It was a good situation now, and I wanted King Zhongshun to be completely finished, but now it was just studying behind closed doors in the mansion for three months, which was simply scratching an itch for King Zhongshun.

The more Jia Ke thought about it, the more angry he became, and the more he thought about it, the more he wanted to lose his temper, but this was at the gate of the palace, and he had nowhere to vent it. The anger was suffocated in his heart, which made him very uncomfortable.

At this time, Liu Yu was holding Jia Ke's fire dragon horse, and it had come to her side.

"Master, are we going home now or what?"

Jia Ke had a gloomy face and said nothing.He stood beside the fire dragon colt, stroking the fluff of the fire dragon colt with one hand, while thinking about how to vent his anger on himself.

"You go to the Ruijian Camp, send me 1000 horses, and surround the Zhongshun Palace."

After Jia Ke finished speaking, he took out a waist card from his pocket and threw it into Liu Yu's hand.

Liu Yu took over Jia Ke's token, feeling a little worried in her heart, could it be that the emperor is protecting King Zhongshun in the court, and her master is going to act privately.

"Master, we are deploying troops privately, will the emperor do anything?"

Liu Yu was afraid that a single move would affect his whole body, whether Jia Ke's deployment of troops here would make the emperor think that Jia Ke had rebelled, and thus make the situation out of control.

"The emperor has already made a decree. King Zhongshun has been thinking behind closed doors for three months. I think this is just scratching King Zhongshun's itch, and he doesn't pay attention to me at all. You ordered the thousands of households who led the troops to surround Zhongshun's mansion this time. You only need to enter and exit one person, and you must search carefully when you enter and exit the mansion, and you must not bring any unclean things into it. I want King Zhongshun to be no different from going to jail for these three months."

After listening to Jia Ke's words, Liu Yu felt a little amused in her heart, her master looked like a young man now.In the past, Jia Ke acted very savagely, not at all like what he should have at this age.

Now Jia Ke does not care about venting her anger, it seems that young people have a temper that is reckless.

Liu Yu even got an explanation and no longer worried. This time King Zhongshun did something too much, so what if Jia Ke just took revenge on the emperor?
At this time, the emperor had already returned to the East Nuan Pavilion, and as soon as he entered the East Nuan Pavilion, he kicked a big vase next to it to pieces.

Then it wasn't enough, so he randomly grabbed a eunuch from the side and started fighting desperately.And the eunuch who was beaten did not dare to say a word even though his nose was bruised and his face was swollen.

After a while, the emperor was tired.Only then did he push the eunuch aside and return to the throne on the East Nuan Pavilion.

And Xia Shouzhong didn't know where he came out from at this time, he looked at the little eunuch who had been beaten to the ground by the emperor, and felt a burst of fear in his heart.

If he hadn't followed the emperor for so many years and knew the emperor's temper, he might be the one being beaten now.

Xia Shouzhong came to the emperor in three steps and two steps, lowered his head and said to the emperor: "Long Live Lord, the servant has already sent someone to Zhongshun Palace to pass the decree."

After hearing these words, the emperor was even more furious. This king of Zhongshun also competed with the prince for the country, but now he has become such a villain who is greedy for money and will take revenge.

"From now on, don't mention this person to me again. Don't you think he hasn't troubled me enough?"

But Xia Shouzhong went on to report to the emperor: "Long Live Lord, when the servant came back after delivering the decree, a group of soldiers came in from outside the city and surrounded the Zhongshun Palace. In Zhongshun Palace, internal and external communication has been cut off."

After Xia Shouzhong said this, he quietly stepped aside, waiting for the emperor's instructions.

After the emperor heard Xia Shouzhong's words, his eyebrows twitched.This is Jia Ke's yin and yang, and he wants to vent his anger on King Zhongshun through his own will.

But the emperor couldn't do anything now, so he could only grit his teeth and said with a sullen face: "Let him go, King Zhongshun should also learn some lessons. If King Zhongshun wants to enter the palace after three months, he will stop him."

Xia Shouzhong hurriedly agreed, and now he knew that the emperor might have begun to dislike King Zhongshun.But yes, King Zhongshun really made too much noise this time, and actually made the emperor so ashamed in public.

The emperor sat there panting for a while, and then suddenly asked: "How is the matter with the three battalions going? Has there been any progress?"

Xia Shouzhong knew what the emperor was asking?He hurriedly returned the gift and said: "I want to report to the Lord Long Live, the slave has contacted several major generals in the three major battalions, but when these people heard the name of the slave, they immediately kicked out the contacted people."

"Then you mean that there is no one left, so what's the use of you?" The emperor was full of anger now, and no matter how many years Xia Shouzhong had followed him, he just scolded him head-on and face-to-face.

Xia Shouzhong stood at the bottom, bearing the emperor's anger with his head down.Dare not have the slightest complaint.

The emperor felt thirsty after cursing for a while, took a drink from the cup, and then asked: "So what about the progress of the infantry in commanding the yamen and the imperial army?"

When Xia Shouzhong heard the emperor's question again, he said tremblingly, "Long Live Lord, the slaves are really incompetent. The infantry commander's yamen is well run by Jia Ke, like an iron bucket. Several of the slaves have already been trapped. "

"Trash, what's the use of raising you people? I only know how to eat, but don't know how to work."

When Xia Shouzhong heard that the emperor was about to scold again, he quickly added: "Long Live Lord, the slaves have developed very well in the Forbidden Army. Many generals in the Forbidden Army used to follow the Supreme Emperor, and now they are very willing to obey your orders."

(End of this chapter)