Uncle from a poor family

Chapter 441 Three Days Become One Day (asking for monthly ticket)
Of course Ni Yue was not convinced, and immediately turned his gaze to Li Hua standing beside him.

That questioning look seemed to be asking, have you forgotten what I told you?

Just insist that you are the director of the Imperial Observatory and that what you say has academic authority. In this way, even if there are disputes, they can't do anything to us!
After all, you and I are in the same boat now.

But facing such a situation, Li Hua was so frightened that his face turned pale and he didn't dare to come out to argue.

Huai En asked: "Minister Ni, why don't you answer my question?"

Ni Yue said coldly, "Eunuch Huai, I think the question you raised is too extreme. It is clearly aimed at accusing me of a crime... Not to mention that this matter was decided by Li Hua, the director of the Imperial Observatory, and the site selection and other matters were also decided by him. He discussed it with me before reporting it... Why do you have to question me instead of him?"

Huai En glanced at Li Hua next to him.

Li Hua quickly avoided his gaze.

Zhu Youtang seemed a little reluctant at this moment, and waved his hand and said, "Okay, okay, don't make it too difficult for Mr. Ni, just explain it clearly."

"Yes, Your Highness."

Only then did Huai En put away his aggressive tone and took a step back.

Zhu Youtang said, "Mr. Ni, I guess there is some misunderstanding between you and my father-in-law? Is it because of poor communication that this tense situation has come about?"

It is obvious that the prince still cares too much about old friendship.

Even though he knew that Ni Yue was not in the right, he still had to find a way out for him.

At this time, Ni Yue only needed to admit his mistake, say a few words of self-reflection in front of the prince who was about to become the new emperor, and make it clear that he would no longer target Zhang Luan in the future, then the matter would be over.

But Ni Yue has never been an easy person to deal with.

After being questioned by Huai En, he became angry. Moreover, he saw that the prince was very polite to him and still called him sir, so he immediately misjudged the situation.

Ni Yue said, "Your Highness, even today, I still want to impeach Zhang Luan and Li Zisheng for colluding with each other... The two of them are responsible for the rapid deterioration of your majesty's illness and his eventual death. They have been involved in too much adultery and have endangered the Ming Dynasty. I really can't let such people do evil in the court, please be careful!"

After saying this, Ni Yue put on an appearance of making a desperate remonstrance, gritting his teeth and with a ferocious look, as if he was trying to put pressure on the seemingly weak prince.

This stunned Wei Tai and Qin Chang who were watching.

You, Ni Yue, really don’t know what’s good for you!

I've given you a way out, but you're still so ignorant of the current situation. Don't blame the prince for being ruthless to you.

Even Zhu Youtang was left speechless.

"Let's discuss this matter later."

Zhu Youtang stood up, "You guys...ah!"

Zhu Youtang didn't know what to say for a moment.

Zhu Youtang then left accompanied by Huai En and Tan Chang, while Wei Tai, who was left to deal with the aftermath, walked up to Ni Yue and said politely, "Since we've come to this point, there's no need to stay here any longer... Please go back."

Ni Yue raised his head and asked sternly, "Is the prince going to protect Zhang Luan?"

Wei Tai said: "Minister Ni, you are outside the palace. Do you know the specifics of His Majesty's illness? Do you know why His Majesty passed away? Do you know what His Majesty experienced before his death?"

"I... don't know! But even if I don't know, so what? If Zhang Luan hadn't treated the emperor, why would His Majesty have died of illness so soon? Does he really have no responsibility at all?" Ni Yue was still unconvinced.

"hehe."

Wei Tai smiled bitterly and said, "You didn't see it with your own eyes, but we have been guarding your Majesty the whole time and saw the entire diagnosis and treatment process clearly.

"The things you said about harm are completely false. Let me put it this way, if it weren't for Minister Zhang's intervention, I'm afraid your majesty would not have been able to hold out for that long."

Ni Yue said with disdain, "He is just a student, how can he treat illnesses? If he really had that ability, he would have been admitted to the Imperial Hospital long ago."

Wei Tai said, "You are right... With the special permission of His Majesty, Zhang Luan has been working in the Imperial Hospital... His Majesty personally summoned him to treat His Majesty's illnesses and made the decision after careful investigation. He was also entrusted with full management of the Imperial Hospital for a long period of time. Oh, Minister Ni, have you tried to prevent and treat smallpox... Have you ever planted medicine?"

"No guts, what's wrong?"

Of course Ni Yue would not risk himself to grow medicine.

For something like this, he should just let the common people grow the medicine and form a layer of immune barriers around him, without him having to do it himself.

Wei Tai sighed, "There are many people in the world who have grown medicine. Previously, Lord Wan and Lord Liu impeached Minister Zhang for promoting the method of growing medicine, and they even found death row prisoners to conduct experiments... Hey, guess what? People who have never grown medicine died of the disease, while those who have grown medicine are fine... Isn't it amazing?"

"You mean..."

"That's right. Even smallpox, a plague that has been difficult to prevent and treat for thousands of years, can be cured by our Minister Zhang. As a result, there has been no smallpox outbreak in the north this year."

Wei Tai said with admiration, "Just based on this merit, it is enough to be recorded in the history books, right? He came forward to treat your majesty, but he still bears the infamy? Don't you really know that his daughter is the crown princess of our Ming Dynasty and the future queen?"

Ni Yue was filled with resentment.

He wanted to curse, but didn't know which direction to start.

He felt that Wei Tai must have been poisoned by a treacherous villain, as if he would side with a treacherous official who had only been in the court for a few days.
It must be because Zhang Luan is about to become the father-in-law of the emperor, so Wei Tai is unable to distinguish right from wrong.

"Come here, escort Ni Yue and Li Hua out of the palace." Wei Tai said, "Don't go anywhere for the next two days. When you leave the palace, go separately to avoid being gossiped about!"

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After meeting Ni Yue, Zhu Youtang was speechless about Ni Yue. He clearly wanted to fulfill the teacher-student relationship, but found that Ni Yue did not appreciate it.

But at this moment, Qin Chang came to report to him with a report made by Deng Changen and others. Behind Qin Chang, followed Huai En.

Apparently, Qin Chang and Huai En had discussed this matter in advance.

"Your Highness, look, these are the crimes of the incumbent officials that Deng Changen uncovered in the imperial prison," said Qin Chang.

Zhu Youtang was a serious and responsible person. He never showed impatience when someone asked him to look at something. He would check it out personally and try to find the key to the problem.

After reading Deng Chang'en's confession, he was greatly surprised.

Because according to this confession, Mr. Ni Yue, whom he once respected very much, was actually a bad person who colluded with the treacherous officials in the court and actively participated in the change of crown prince incident. He had once requested him to attend the court in Wenhua Palace, which he thought he should be grateful for, but he also had other purposes...

This made Zhu Youtang very confused.

"This...shouldn't be possible, right?"

Zhu Youtang tried to comfort himself, "Mr. Ni taught me a lot before. He said that I should always handle the affairs at hand with an upright and grateful heart. How could it be that..."

Huai En stepped forward and said, "Your Highness, in fact, what Ni Yue did before was not necessarily very wise. At that time, Liang Fang and others were using some despicable means to make His Majesty feel resentful towards you. At this time, someone made a memorial to speak for you, not to help you, but to add fuel to the fire in His Majesty's heart. Ni Yue was the one responsible for adding fuel to the fire."

Zhu Youtang said: "I still don't want to believe it... Could it be that Deng Changen is making random accusations in prison?"

Qin Chang added: "Your Highness, Deng Changen also said that Ni Yue had accepted huge bribes and worked for Liang Fang and others... We can send someone to investigate this matter!"

"Ah."

Zhu Youtang said, "I also want to know what secret is hidden behind this... Can you find out?"

Tan Chang asked: "Should we put Ni Yue in prison and have him interrogated thoroughly?"

"Is this ok?"

Zhu Youtang asked hesitantly.

Huai En chimed in: "Things have come to this point. Regarding the location of the late emperor's mausoleum, it is obvious that Ni Yue wanted to use this as an excuse to attack Minister Zhang. Now that his actions have been exposed, he bites back and attacks Minister Zhang for treating Your Majesty with ill intentions... It is clear that he wants to lead the matter to the prince's unfilial piety or even treason... In addition, there are obvious problems with the location of the imperial mausoleum he chose, or he wants to ruin the feng shui of the royal family... Such bad deeds are indeed disloyal, unfilial, unkind and unjust... To send him to prison is to better investigate the case, and this must be done!"

"Okay, then let's put Ni Yue in prison."

Zhu Youtang finally made up his mind and agreed, then instructed, "But he is still my teacher. If you can avoid punishment, try not to punish him. Investigate the matter as soon as possible and give justice to all parties."

"Yes."

Qin Chang immediately accepted the order.

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Huai En and Qin Chang came out together.

Tan Chang bowed and said, "Thank you, Eunuch Huai, for your fair and just judgment. You questioned Ni Yue in Wenhua Hall and exposed his true colors."

Huai En asked curiously, "If there is no questioning in the Wenhua Palace, then Eunuch Tan, do you intend to keep the evidence of Ni Yue hidden and not show it to others?"

"How...how could this happen?"

Qin Chang quickly explained himself, "I just want to find out more truth... We can't rashly attack a minister with a good reputation just because of the one-sided words of the offending official, right?
"Ni Yue has a high reputation in the court, and many people admire him."

Huai En asked: "So he was speaking for the prince openly, but secretly he was actually plotting to murder the prince. It's such a small matter, as the seal holder of the Imperial Household Department at the time, didn't you see it?"

"Indeed...it's hard to judge."

Qin Chang said, "Because judging from the results, His Majesty did approve his request and let the Crown Prince take charge of affairs in Wenhua Palace. If we infer the intention from the results, shouldn't we consider that he has done a favor to the Crown Prince?"

Huai En snorted and said, "If all the evil villains in this world can be praised like this, then I'm afraid no one would be willing to be a loyal minister. In this matter, it seems that Minister Zhang is just a scholar, but he seems to see it more clearly than anyone else."

"Cough cough..."

Qin Chang didn't expect that we were clearly cooperating quite well just now, and even received praise from the prince, but in the blink of an eye you turned against me and even came to question me.

So who of us has a higher position now?
Huai En said, "If I were in charge of the East Factory, after I detained Ni Yue, I would just search his house and arrest the relevant people. It would only take three or two days to get the result of the interrogation. I wonder how many days it will take for Eunuch Tan?"

"I……"

Qin Chang wanted to ask, is it necessary to be so anxious?

Shouldn't we examine it slowly and carefully?
Huai En shook his head and sighed: "This is the last thing the Crown Prince has to do before he ascends the throne, and it may also be the first thing to be made public after he ascends the throne. It is to expose the face of a treacherous and treacherous minister, and at the same time let the people in the court consciously join the ranks of the clean stream... I think this is a good deed, and it must be completed in the shortest possible time."

"Two days?"

Qin Chang frowned and asked.

"If you listen to me, you can find out in one day."

Huai En smiled and said, "I will never compete with you for credit. All the credit for investigating the case belongs to you. I, an old man, never wanted to compete for anything after I came back. I only want to help the prince to secure his throne. You know this."

"Yep."

When Qin Chang heard this, he couldn't help but feel happy.

If you help me with advice and then tell me these cold words, then I will feel better.

I'm afraid that you'll do nothing but lecture me here, who can stand that?
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