The Rise of Ning Mansion in Red Mansions

Chapter 6 Internal strife
Emperor Taikang shouted a few times, and Xia Shouzhong ran in with a worried look on his face, trembling on the ground and saying:

"Your Majesty, it's not good!"

"Shi Ding from Baolinghou's family came to report that someone was rebelling and preparing to collude with thieves to assassinate Your Majesty..."

Emperor Taikang's face turned green with anger after hearing this, and he swept his left hand across the desk.
Pens, ink, paper, inkstones, teacups, pen holders, and rice paper were scattered all over the floor, and the sound of ping-ping-pong-pong was heard endlessly.

The palace servants serving in the quiet room knelt on the ground one after another, trembling, fearing that they would be angered and lose their lives.

"Your Majesty, calm down!"

Gu Bingjun had been an official for decades and had not experienced any storms. He was a little surprised when he first heard about it, but he quickly calmed down and suggested to Emperor Taikang:
"Why don't you tell Shi Ding to come in, find out what happened, and figure out how to deal with it."

Emperor Taikang calmed down and regained his indifferent expression, "Master Gu is right."

"On this trip, only General Shi Nai will be accompanied by three thousand Luan Yi guards."

"However, Qingxu Temple is only eight or nine miles away from the main camp of the Beijing Army. In half the time of offering incense, loyal and brave men can come to escort it."

"Humph!"

"Xia Shouzhong, go and ask Shi Ding to come in."

"I want to see where the devils and ghosts in the capital and capital of our country, the most benevolent place of the emperor, dare to do such an unnatural thing!"

Xia Shouzhong responded obediently and crawled out using his hands and feet. After a while, he led a middle-aged scholar wearing a light blue scholar's shirt and a black turban into the quiet room.

I saw that this man had a fair face, a medium build, and piercing eyes. He was holding a red lacquer box in his hand, with faint traces of blood overflowing from it. There was a strong fishy smell all over his body, which made him nauseous.

"Shi Ding, what are you holding in your hand?" Emperor Taikang reached out and fanned in front of him, frowning and asking.

"Your Majesty, what's in the box is the head of my brother Shi Tuo!"

Shi Ding bowed respectfully and opened the box, revealing a human head with an angry look and a death stare. It was indeed Shi Tuo's head!

The dignified raider of the Baoling Marquis Mansion, the right minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, and a third-rank official of the imperial court died without a complete body. His brother even put his head in a box and used it to claim credit.

If he had not committed a heinous crime, treating Shi Nao's body like this was simply a provocation to the authority of the Wei court, and it was a great shame and humiliation for the Baolinghou family!
Although the palace maids, Emperor Taikang, and Gu Bingjun in the quiet room were used to seeing wind and rain, they did not face the bloodshed like this!
"Escort!"

Xia Shouzhong shouted with a look of horror on his face, and quickly stepped forward to block Emperor Taikang behind him, fearing that Shi Ding would go crazy and suddenly become unfavorable to Emperor Taikang.

Immediately, Shi Nai led a patrol outside. Asking questions, he broke the door and entered with a knife.

Seeing the situation inside, Shi Nai was stunned for a moment, then drew out his knife, pointed at Shi Ding, and shouted sternly:
"Bold Shi Ding, how dare you conspire to rebel and commit crimes, and if you don't get caught without hesitation, how long will it take!"

Shi Nai, Shi Ding, and Shi Nai are all cousins. Now, the eldest cousin Shi Nao has died, and the second cousin Shi Ding is suspected of committing rebellion.

In just a moment, Shi Nai made a decision in his heart.

That is to draw a clear line between Shi Ding and the Baolinghou family!

Emperor Taikang quickly calmed down after the initial panic. He did not believe that a weak scholar, transformed from heaven to sun, dared to assassinate him under the bright sky.

Emperor Taikang didn't say anything, just looked at him coldly, how could the Shi brothers finish their show in front of him!

Emperor Taikang didn't ask, but Shi Ding immediately panicked. Seeing that he was about to be controlled by Luan Yiwei and dragged outside, he was so anxious that he couldn't care less about his character or lack of character, so he shouted:

"Your Majesty, Shi Tuo, Jia Jing, Jia She and others secretly released the deposed prince, colluded with the Mingjiao bandits to rebel, and wanted to kill your Majesty, and then force the emperor to go to the palace..."

Upon hearing this, Emperor Taikang shouted "Stop!"

Shi Ding was dragged back by Luan Yiwei again. Cold sweat broke out on his forehead, and he was even more anxious in his heart. He felt like he had just walked away from the gate of hell.

(End of this chapter)