Fengqi crabapple

Chapter 204 Five Ghosts Chaos
Soon, Prince Kang opened the envelope given to him by Cao Baoli in the study room of Prince Kang's mansion.

"This Cao Baoli! A eunuch is an eunuch. He has no rules and regulations, is rude and immoral, and yet you ask me to come forward to be such a villain!" King Kang slapped the letter on the table angrily.

Zhou Siyuan picked up the letter and smiled when he read it: "Isn't this Cao Baoli asking His Highness to submit a certificate? That's a good thing, Your Highness. It means that Cao Baoli really intends to join forces with you and is willing to ensure that you get the Dabao!"

This Zhou Siyuan is Miss Zhou's brother. Their family is a small family doing a small business, and his mother is a distant relative of the Su family.I didn't pass the exam last year, so I just stayed at home.Accidentally, the girl Zhou Qingzhi was selected by Concubine Su and became King Kang's concubine. Now she is pregnant with King Kang's child. It is only a matter of time before she is promoted to Mrs. King Kang.

After going back and forth, Zhou Siyuan, who had some brains, attached himself to King Kang and served for King Kang.After listening to Zhou Siyuan's words, King Kang picked up the letter and read it again, nodded and said with a smile: "In that case, it's fine. I will raise it in the court tomorrow. I also want to see how many people are there in the hall. I will buy into this king’s account.”

The next morning at court, Cao Baoli and Tian Jun stood beside the empty dragon chair as usual and sang: "If you have a book to play, you will retreat without a book!" As usual, everyone brushed their sleeves and prepared to retreat.

"My son has a foundation." King Kang took a step forward and said, "My father worked hard day and night to cultivate Taoism for the country. Fortunately, I met a Taoist couple Qi to accompany me. This is God's will. In order to help my father attain Taoism as soon as possible, my son suggested that I grant the title of Taoist Aunt Qi is a Taoist concubine who accompanies her father to practice Taoism and seek immortality, so that she can live a good life."

King Kang's words were astonishing and almost unheard of.For a time, all the ministers were talking about it.

If a Taoist nun is kept in the harem, it is the emperor's private matter. Everyone turns a blind eye and forgets it. Now it is openly put on the table and a Taoist nun is made a concubine, which is unacceptable to those Confucian scholars.This is not to make a concubine, but to challenge etiquette.

The prince frowned slightly and said nothing. He had already guessed what King Kang meant: King Kang or Cao Baoli was referring to a deer as a horse and imitating Zhao Gao.

King Xian smiled and said, "This is the royal father's harem family business. Fifth brother, why do you have to tell the court? After going to the court, it is a business, so how can it be done?" Xian Wang thought simply, but his father The emperor likes a woman, why should he care about her identity?

"His Royal Highness King Kang, I think this matter is inappropriate." Guan Minwen, the Minister of Rites, said: "Taoist aunts are outsiders. According to etiquette, it is not appropriate to be named a concubine."

Cao Baoli, who was sitting next to the dragon chair, snorted and said sharply: "Then you mean, if the emperor practices Taoism and follows the etiquette, he will not be able to become the emperor?"

Guan Minwen broke into a cold sweat and said quickly: "Wei Chen has no intention of doing this! Wei Chen just has the responsibility to say what is illegal."

"The Emperor is the Son of Heaven, and the Emperor is the Dharma. I second the proposal of His Highness King Kang to confer Taoist Aunt Qi as the Taoist Concubine." Pei Shiyan, the Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, came out to report.

He also saw Lu Bin, the minister of the Ministry of Industry, and Gu Zichen, the minister of Taipu Temple, who also came forward to second the proposal. Cao Baoli said with satisfaction: "The emperor will definitely approve what King Kang has written."

Guan Minwen was a straight-tempered man. He took two steps forward, knelt in front of the Dragon Throne, and said categorically: "The Celestial Empire is a country of etiquette. If the Celestial Empire is to have a harmonious government and a long life, etiquette and law must not be abolished. If the emperor insists on it, If you want to make a Taoist nun a Taoist concubine, then ask the emperor to remove the minister from the position of Minister of Rites!"

Cao Bao stood up and wanted to scare the monkeys, but his face changed and he said: "Do you think the emperor just dismissed you from your post? Guan Minwen, the Minister of Rites, disobeyed the emperor, spread alarms, spread rumors and caused trouble, and caused trouble. If someone comes, Guan Minwen will be arrested immediately. Come down, throw me into prison, and ask and behead me later in the year, to serve as a warning to others!"

"Wait a minute!" the prince shouted loudly. He stepped out of the queue and saluted the empty dragon chair, and said in a deep voice: "Guan Shangshu has always fulfilled his duties and has never disobeyed anyone. With just one sentence, he will behead an important minister immediately. Mr. Cao is too hasty."

"Are you rash?" The one Cao Bao was waiting for was the prince. He wanted to slap the prince in the face in public, so that all the civil and military officials would know who had the final say in the court.He smiled at the prince and said: "Guan Minwen, the Minister of Rites, formed a party to disrupt the government, and intended to commit rebellion. The crime will be increased to one level. Tomorrow and afternoon, he will be executed! Tian Jun, draw up the decree!"

He didn't give the prince another chance to speak, and sang directly: "Retreat from the court!" By the time everyone reacted, Cao Baoli had already turned around and left.

King Kang smiled and glanced at Pei Shiyan, Lu Bin, and Gu Zichen, and took the lead in leaving the hall with one hand behind his back.The prince lowered his head, clenched his hands into fists, stood for a moment, and then left the hall and went straight out of the palace to the prince's residence.Soon, Shen An, Fan Yongcheng, Sun Yang and his son also quietly entered the Prince's Mansion.

Yan Shiyi had made great military achievements in the Northern Expedition, and the prince recommended him to take over Cheng Hanbai's original position and become the commander of the Beijing Guard.He took a break today, got the news from Ji Baiyu early, and was waiting for the prince's return at the prince's residence.Shen An, Fan Yongcheng, and Sun Yang entered the main hall and nodded to Yan Shishi.

"Prince Kang actually colluded with Cao Baoli. Does he still want to make a comeback?" Fan Yongcheng, the Minister of War, said somewhat depressedly: "To find this ridiculous reason to suppress Guan Minwen today is to scare the monkeys!"

"This time Cong Xi thoroughly investigated Fujian officials and cut off Cao Baoli's financial path. He was so angry that he wanted to establish his authority in the court, but he just used King Kang as his spearman." Shen An said.

Yan Shiyi handed Ji Baiyu's note to the prince. The prince glanced at it and said to Shen An: "Some of the newly appointed officials in Fujian are being hired to kill some of them. This is the bottom line for testing orphans. The lonely face establishes his authority."

Yan Shiyi said: "Now let's ask over there, can we do it hard?"

The prince shook his head and sighed: "It's better to avoid the limelight and find a few death row prisoners as scapegoats as usual. However, the careers of these officials are over."

This time the prince not only arranged for King Cheng to take the Jinwu Guards with him, but also brought Wen Cunzhi, the left minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, and he carried a stack of approved personnel lists.Only in this way was it possible to detect and remove 32 corrupt officials with lightning speed, and at the same time appoint 32 new officials.

"Cao Baoli and the five of them deceived the sage and coerced the emperor to order the princes. I'm afraid it will intensify. Dali Temple has also received many unjust cases, all of which are cases of Cao Baoli and his gang framing officials!" Sun Yanxi said: "Now Dongchang , Xichang, and Jinyiwei are rushing to arrest people and make meritorious deeds. Today, they directly framed Guan Minwen in the court, which is probably the beginning of cleaning up the court officials!"

"This is an open murder. According to the style of the factory guards, an assassination is inevitable!" Yan Shixi said in a deep voice.

"Everyone should avoid the limelight first, don't directly conflict with Cao Baoli and the others, conserve your strength and wait for the opportunity!" The prince patted Sun Yanxi on the shoulder and said, "But I can't just watch Master Guan lose his life, but I can still live. Only in the future will there be an opportunity to reverse the verdict."

"But the imperial edict has been issued. I will ask the beheading tomorrow afternoon. Is there still a chance to reverse it?" Sun Yang was overjoyed. Since the prince said this, he must have had an idea in his mind.

The prince smiled and shook his head and said: "There is nothing you can do when you are alone, but the princess can. After the incident at the martial arts arena, my father was grateful that the prince had shielded her from arrows, so he gave the prince a gold medal to avoid death. Only tomorrow morning, let him The Crown Princess went to her father to ask for a pardon order with a gold medal for immunity from death, so that she could save Master Guan's life."

Sun Yang, Fan Yongcheng, and Shen An looked at each other, knelt down to the prince, and said with emotion: "The prince is considerate of his subordinates, and we can't thank you enough!" If Guan Minwen was beheaded, they would not be close to each other. The inner courtiers and the ministers of King Kang couldn't help but feel cold in their lips. Seeing the prince's persistence, they felt that they were following the right master.

Back in the East Palace, Xie Ruitang expressed his thoughts to Haitang.Haitang thought for a while and said: "The difficulty now is that Cao Baoli will definitely prevent me from seeing the emperor. I can try pretending to be a maid delivering breakfast, but I need someone from the Wuying Palace to get in. .”

Xie Ruitang held her hand and said: "I have two internal agents, but they can't get close to the father. Once you get in, you have to deal with it on your own."

Haitang also held his hand firmly, looked up into his eyes, smiled slightly and said:

"Ruitang, no matter how difficult it is, I am willing to give it a try for you."

(End of this chapter)