Manchu traitor, how can you let me be the emperor of the ages

Chapter 293 The crowd is excited, Cai Jing is sick
Imperial City, Ministry of Officials.

He Shen looked at the resignation letter in front of him, his chubby face was dull.

At this moment, the door of the duty room was pushed open with a creak, and Wu Shenglan walked in quickly with an excited face.

"My lord, Sun Zhi has agreed to our conditions!"

"accepted?"

He Shen suddenly came back to his senses, with a smile on his face: "Okay, just agree."

"Where are the others?"

"This……"

An embarrassed smile appeared on Wu Shenglan's face: "My lord, they are still a little ignorant of current affairs..."

"It's okay, it's okay."

He Shen didn't seem to care about this, and said with a smile: "You just send someone to persuade you, and anyone who can make sense is counted as one."

"Yes, my lord."

Wu Shenglan was still a little embarrassed, and couldn't help but said: "My lord, if this fact hadn't come too suddenly, there must be more than this few people we could pull over."

He Shen paused for a moment when he heard the words, and nodded his head in agreement: "Yes... yes... who said that this matter is too sudden?"

"Who knew His Majesty could actually make Cai Jing admit defeat and hand in his resignation obediently?"

When he talked about this matter until now, he still had a look of emotion and doubts in his eyes.

Wu Shenglan also said with a look of awe: "Yes, my lord, this matter is really strange, don't say you are confused, even those of us who have been in the capital all the time are at a loss."

"Since Cai Jing suffered a big loss in the test, he has become more honest. At the beginning, he didn't make any moves, but now it seems that he has been holding back for a long time."

"Your Majesty hasn't done anything since then. I thought he was bewildered by Cai Jing's low-key, but I didn't expect him to hide deeper than Cai Jing. If he doesn't say anything, he's done. He's a blockbuster, and Cai Jing loses everything in one fell swoop. "

Speaking of this, he still has some lingering fears: "How does this look like an emperor who has only been on the throne for a year and is only weak? I would believe that he is over seventy years old and cunning."

"Your Majesty has made a decision, so naturally you can't be confused with ordinary people." He Shen paused, and in the end he could only come to such a conclusion.

"I just don't know how he can handle Cai Jing?"

Wu Shenglan couldn't help but said: "His Majesty has never taken the initiative to target him these days. What kind of reason did Cai Jing get caught so quietly? He has ended up in this situation and can no longer turn around..."

He Shen frowned when he heard the words: "That's not necessarily the case."

Wu Shenglan looked at him with some surprise: "Master He..."

He Shen shook his head: "Cai Jing may not accept his fate so easily."

He pondered for a moment, then looked up at Wu Shenglan: "Where is he now?"

"Still in the Ministry of Punishment." Wu Shenglan hurriedly replied.

"Go, go see him."

He Shen stood up and strode out of the house, Wu Xinglang paused for a moment, then hurriedly followed...

When the two came to the Ministry of Punishment, many officials had already arrived, and most of them were members of the Cai party.

The expression on He Shen's face has changed from the happy face when he first left the official department to the serious and worried one now: "Where is Mr. Cai?"

As soon as these words came out, the attention of the surrounding officials was suddenly attracted.

Their expressions were different, some were angry, some were cowering, and some were flattering, and they came together and said: "Mr. He, Mr. Cai is in the worthless room. It's just that the old man told us not to disturb, so Xiaguan and others can only wait outside."

"Thank you, my lord."

He Shen bowed his hands to him, and then walked quickly to Cai Jing's room.

Wu Shenglan fell behind him, looked around the hall of the Ministry of Justice for a while, and then asked a member of the Ministry of Justice: "Have you two ministers not come back yet?"

"not yet……"

The little official smiled awkwardly: "The two ministers went out this morning, and they didn't tell the officials what they were going to do..."

Wu Shenglan frowned slightly, nodded, and then followed He Shen.

Cai Jing's officials were almost all frowning, looking anxiously at He Shen's back and walking towards the value room. Several people wanted to say something, but in the end they kept their mouths shut.

He Shen walked up and knocked lightly on the door, but there was no response from inside. Just when he was about to knock again, the door creaked and opened by itself.

"With your lord?"

Cai Jing walked out of the value room by himself, and was a little surprised to see He Shen outside the door: "Why are you here?"

The officials of the Cai party who were guarding outside immediately noticed the movement here, and they all stood up and moved over with concern on their faces.

Seeing Cai Jing's appearance, He Shen frowned unrecognizably: "Master Cai is in good health?"

"The official just heard that Mr. Cai submitted his resignation letter to His Majesty, and was extremely shocked."

He held Cai Jing's hand, his face was full of sincerity and concern: "When we met this morning, everything was obviously fine, why is it that after such a short time, Master Cai will abandon me and wait?"

When He Shen said this, the surrounding Cai party officials couldn't help but clamor.

"Why is Mr. Cai suddenly going to hand in his resignation?"

"The imperial court cannot do without you, Master Cai!"

"Now is the time when we are in danger of exhaustion. If your lord just leaves like this, how will you let the officials and others deal with themselves..."

Cai Jing first glanced at Heshen, and there was a gloomy look in his eyes, obviously recalling the scene where they passed each other at the gate of the Shangshu Yamen in the morning.

But at this moment, he didn't say much to He Shen, but turned around and explained to everyone with a smile: "Thank you, my lords, for your love."

As soon as Cai Jing spoke, the surrounding officials gradually became quiet.

He looked around and continued: "This official is nearly seventy years old and very old. Recently, he is weak and sick, lacks energy, and there are many mistakes in handling official duties. I am afraid that it will be difficult for the imperial court to drive me."

At this point, he covered his mouth and coughed twice, then shook his head helplessly and said with emotion: "When you adults reach the age of this official, you may also understand that it is impossible for people to refuse to obey their old age."

When he said this, the officials became even more excited, and some officials in the crowd couldn't help but said: "Master Cai is not old, he is still in his prime before he reaches his seventies, if the spirit of the dragon and horse is not there, he will be in power in the court. Isn't it a pity?"

"Your Excellency makes up for the sky, is shrewd and capable, so how can you say something wrong?"

"Besides, Mr. Cai, as a veteran minister of the three dynasties, was deeply relied on by the late emperor. Now His Majesty approved the resignation after only one resignation. This move is too cold!"

The voices of the officials of the Cai party became louder and louder, and finally there were even words such as "Go to the Ziwei Hall to seek justice from His Majesty the Emperor"...

He Shen has been watching this scene with cold eyes, without saying much.

On the contrary, it was Yue Jing who stretched out her hands to signal, and stopped the officials' rebellious words: "My lords, please don't do this!"

"Your majesty has just approved my resignation, and you all went to your majesty to argue. How can I deal with this?"

His words were like adding fuel to the fire, making the officials excited again.

"Why can't we deal with this? My lord has been wronged, so why is it wrong to seek justice for yourself now..."

It's just that just halfway through the words, Cai Jing stopped him sharply: "Don't make such wild words again!"

He sternly reprimanded those who had the most quarrel just now, and said in a loud voice: "It's fair and wrong, and whether you are wronged or not is not for you to talk lightly here, don't talk lightly about Your Majesty anymore!"

Although those people were stopped, the expressions on their faces were not very convinced.

Seeing this, Cai Jing shook his head helplessly, turned around and said to He Shen apologetically, "Master He is making fun of me, sir..."

Having said that, he paused for a moment with a somewhat sad expression on his face: "Oh~ I don't know what to say..."

At that time, some officials around couldn't help but said: "My lord, you also comment on the reasons. Isn't this matter of resignation too wronged Mr. Cai?"

Then another official couldn't help shouting loudly: "That's right, with your lord, His Majesty and those people in the inner court have done too much..."

But in a short while, He Shen was erected and became the center and focus of the officials' eyes.

Only then did Cai Jing pretend to be stern, and shouted at the officials who spoke out, "Shut up! Don't be disrespectful to Mr. He!"

Although the words came out, the eyes of these officials looking at He Shen still did not change.

Wu Shenglan opened her mouth to speak, but after seeing He Shen's expression, she closed her mouth again.

"Lord Cai, these grown-ups are sincere, why should you scold them so harshly?"

He Shen seemed to be a bit impatient, he persuaded him first, and then said with a sad face: "I am also very reluctant to part with Mr. Cai, as all the adults said, this is the time when the court is in danger and exhausted, if the court is gone, Master Cai, just like the pillar of heaven leaning southeast!"

Cai Jing's face froze, and when he was about to speak, he was blocked by He Shen's next words.

"I don't know what's wrong with Master Cai's body?"

He Shen asked with concern: "I happen to know a few famous doctors, so I invite them to come to the capital to make a good diagnosis for Mr. Cai!"

"Why don't you take back your resignation first, take a few days of sickness at home, and after your illness recovers, you and I will serve the court together again."

Cai Jing's face became even stiffer. Since ancient times, he has never heard of a resignation letter signed by the Menxia Province, and there is still a reason for it to be retracted.

But let him say this, the attention of the surrounding Cai party officials was shifted from the magnetic field just now to Cai Jing's body.

"Lord Cai, there is still old mountain ginseng from Liaodong in the lower official's house, so I'll go back and fetch it for you!"

"My lord, the famous doctor Wan Mizhai is a fellow from Xiaguan, so let him come to Beijing to treat your lord!"

"I am not a talented official, I have learned a few Qihuang skills since I was a child, why don't I give Mrs. Cai a consultation first..."

Cai Jing coughed a few more times, and his face flushed suddenly: "It's okay... this is an old problem..."

As he talked, his cough became more and more severe, and he was even a little out of breath.

The surrounding Cai party officials were terrified, and someone hurriedly brought tea and handed it to him. After taking a few sips of water, Cai Jing's face looked a little better, but there was a bit of surprise in his eyes Come.

He Shen sighed at the side: "It seems that Master Cai's body is really unwell..."

He raised his head and looked around at the Cai party officials around him: "Everyone, Mr. Cai's body has reached this point, so I won't bother him here."

"Please let Mr. Cai go back to the house quickly and take a rest!"

"This..." These people looked at me and I looked at you, with a bit of hesitation on their faces.

At this moment, an old official suddenly came out from the crowd. This person looked at Wu Shenglan nonchalantly, then turned around and persuaded many officials: "I know that you are very anxious. I'm as anxious as you are."

"But anyway, Mr. Cai's body is the most important thing. Now he needs to take medicine and rest. If we continue to make noise here, it will only make Mr. Cai's condition worse!"

These words are indeed reasonable. The officials of the Cai party know that Cai Jing is old and frail. If something happens again, it may be irreversible.

"Master Liu is right."

"Hey~ Then I will take my leave first, and I will visit Mr. Cai's mansion another day!"

"Lord Cai, farewell..."

Cai Jing stood up, with a smile on his face, and said goodbye to these people one by one, but only halfway through, he coughed uncontrollably.

He Shen and Wu Shenglan finally walked out of the gate of the Ministry of Punishment. The former sighed suddenly as he looked at the backs of those officials.

"As the saying goes, a friend in adversity sees the truth... how many people are attached to Cai Jing? Now that something has happened to him, there are only so many people here..."

Wu Shenglan sneered from the side: "My lord, don't look at these people, Mr. Cai is long and Mr. Cai is shouting happily. As long as the situation on Cai Jing's side gets worse, they can go halfway again immediately!"

"These people don't care about Cai Jing at all, but their own prosperity and wealth implicated in Cai Jing."

After finishing speaking, He Shen sighed and nodded repeatedly, Wu Shenglan seemed to realize something.

He hastily added: "There are also Deng Xunwu and Gao Xun, those two wolf-hearted things, who can't see anyone at a critical moment. They are simply people who follow others and pretend to be hypocritical."

"It's not like a lower official who only cares about adults..."

Just as he was about to say more, he was stared back by He Shen's eyes.

"Okay, don't talk nonsense anymore, let's go."

Wu Shenglan was taken aback for a moment, then turned her head away, only to see that He Shen had thrown off her sleeves and rushed back in the direction of the official department, so she hurriedly walked to follow...

In the lobby of the Ministry of Punishment, almost all the people had left, and even a few officials who had been working here ran out, leaving only the official surnamed Sun who had just stood up to speak.

"Lord Cai..."

With tears in his eyes, he helped Cai Jing up, and asked sadly, "How did your body... come to such a state?"

Cai Jing glanced at him and sighed quietly: "Zhong Yi, how many years have you been with this old man?"

Sun Fang's grief-stricken expression froze slightly, he lowered his head and wiped away his tears, and then said: "It's been nine years since my lord's words!"

Cai Jing sighed again, nodded and said: "Okay, you can send me back to the mansion."

"Yes, my lord."

(End of this chapter)