Empress Dowager Empress Dowager

Chapter 267 The crime of usurping the country
As soon as Baili Zonglu's words came out, everyone looked at him. Among them, Luo Guogong breathed a sigh of relief, and secretly wiped the sweat from his forehead. Stir it down, but it's really over.

The main reason is that in the beginning of spring, many taxes will start. Although taxes and food will not be collected until summer, other taxes are also very important. Duke Luo does not want to miss any of them. Therefore, it is best to get them as soon as possible. OK

Huo Mingzhu looked at Baili Zonglu and said, "Prince Duan also thinks that taxes need to be changed?"

"Return to the Empress Dowager's words. Although Cathay Pacific is safe now, just as Luo Guogong said, take precautions before they happen." With just a few words, coupled with the irrefutable eyes when he looked at Huo Mingzhu, Baili Zonglu let Huo Mingzhu Mingzhu knew that this matter had to be decided by him.

After Baili Zonglu opened his mouth, Huo Mingzhu did not insist any more, and then stepped back and returned the tax to the appearance of the former emperor.

As soon as her decision was made, Baili Jingqi glanced at her, but saw Huo Mingzhu and Baili Zonglu looking at each other. The smile in Huo Mingzhu's eyes couldn't be hidden. He looked as if nothing had happened, but Xiao Anzi who was standing beside him could see Baili Jingqi's anger.

After the morning court, Huo Mingzhu took Nanny Li to walk around. It was really unbearable boredom for those ministers all day. If she said it, it would have been gone early in the morning.

Just as Huo Mingzhu was thinking, she saw Baili Zonglu standing in the distance looking at her and smiling, as if he was waiting for the arrival of his beloved, the tenderness on his face was like water, Huo Mingzhu endured the disgust and raised his head The smiling face waited for Baili Zonglu to come over.

Baili Zonglu lived up to Huo Mingzhu's expectations, and walked over when Huo Mingzhu saw him, and said as soon as he came over, "My minister congratulates the queen mother and congratulates the queen mother."

"What is there to be happy about?" Huo Mingzhu really couldn't imagine, where did this joy come from.

Baili Zonglu said: "Today in the court hall, the empress dowager's demeanor has already convinced everyone, even me, I was also subdued by the empress dowager."

"Prince Duan is here to see the Ai family's jokes. Either the outcome of the court has already been announced, or the empress dowager of the Ai family wants to do something for the people, but there are people who obstruct it." That tone seemed to be reproachful rather than angry, this was what Huo Mingzhu said on purpose.

Baili Zonglu said: "If I hadn't persuaded the empress dowager, the empress dowager would have regretted it when she thought about it later. The tax set by the emperor's brother was due to various considerations. The new emperor ascended the throne to reduce taxes. Although it is the emperor's favor, if we blindly strengthen the country and ignore the country, sooner or later the treasury will be short-lived, and then it will be bad?"

Huo Mingzhu looked at Baili Zonglu pretending to be surprised.

Baili Zonglu said with a smile: "The queen mother is far more intelligent than others. It's just that the affairs of this country are a little unfamiliar to you, but it doesn't matter. In the future, if there are humble ministers to assist the queen mother, you will definitely be able to Create a splendid Dayong."

Baili Zonglu spoke passionately, Huo Mingzhu nodded and said: "In this way, thanks to Prince Youduan's suggestion, it is indeed very dangerous."

What Baili Zonglu returned to Huo Mingzhu was only with loving eyes.

Afterwards, the two of them walked and talked, but they also noticed a little eunuch sneaking around. Huo Mingzhu was not in a hurry, but Baili Zonglu couldn't help it: "The empress dowager, the unruly people in this palace Slave, if you kill it, kill it, don't have the benevolence of a woman."

"Of course the Ai family knows, but this person is Concubine Yue's slave, and if he wants to teach the servant a lesson, he must let Concubine Yue do it." Of course, Huo Mingzhu knew what the eunuch wanted to do, but it was Situ Yueer who sent him to investigate. Yes, it's not that she hasn't seen it before, it's just that there's no need to teach her a lesson. Naturally, someone will teach her a lesson.

Baili Zonglu said, "Of course the Empress Dowager doesn't need to do this, it's up to the minister."

Huo Mingzhu nodded.

Sure enough, Baili Zonglu's method was still vicious, but that evening, in the well next to the cold palace, the body of the little eunuch was found. Judging from the traces on his body, he was killed by a single blow and then thrown into the well. The man fell into the well, but the autopsy said that the man fell into the well by mistake.

Of course, Huo Mingzhu regarded it as the truth, but Situ Yueer didn't think so. She felt that the eunuch in her palace died at the hands of an assassin, so she had to thoroughly investigate this matter. If there really was an assassin hiding In the dark, it's easy to find out, don't bury hidden dangers.

As soon as Situ Yue'er got involved in this matter, of course it couldn't be so. Huo Mingzhu sent a person named Zhong Ren under Fang Tieyi's banner to investigate the matter. Zhong Ren was Fang Tieyi's deputy general. Yi said that this person has good skills and can handle this matter.

Just when Huo Mingzhu asked Zhong Ren to deal with the case of the young eunuch's death, Huo Mingzhu got the news about the appearance of a dragon robe in Duke Luo's mansion.

At that moment, Fang Tieyi took the imperial guards with him and directly surrounded Duke Luo's mansion.

Luo Guozheng was playing chess with Cao Qianzhi, Minister of the Ministry of Officials. The youngest son of the Luo family, Luo Yaqi, who was only three years old, grabbed a hat and ran and yelled. Behind him, he chased several women and maidservants.

This Luo Yazaki was born to Luo Guogong's concubine. Luo Guogong got a son when he was old, so he naturally loves him. On weekdays, this Luo Yazaki is quite naughty. He is afraid of Luo Guogong, but he also respects Luo Guogong the most. Now, Luo Yazaki has got a good thing. In his opinion Come on, this hat is quite good, so he excitedly ran to Luo Guogong and asked him to take a look at his hat.

However, when Luo Guogong and Cao Qianzhi looked at the hat, they were so frightened that their guts burst. The hat is the emperor's crown.This shock was no small matter, Luo Guogong was even cold all over, why did he have this thing in his home.

Cao Qianzhi quickly fell on the ground, knelt down to Luo Yaqi, shouting long live.

Luo Guogong was frightened, and hurriedly said to Cao Qianzhi: "Master Cao, you really can't think about it. I don't know why this thing appeared in the Duke's mansion."

But Luo Yazaki was young and ignorant of worldly affairs. Hearing Luo Guogong say this, he said: "Father, this thing is really from your room. I saw it was on the table, and there was a piece of clothing, but I saw this It looks good, so I'll ask my dad, can I give this to Qi'er?"

"Presumptuous, don't talk nonsense." When Luo Guogong heard it, he couldn't argue with it. He said that the child was ignorant, and he said that the child's words were unscrupulous. What the child said was true. At the moment, Luo Guogong only felt that the Luo family was about to perish.

What happened today, only Cao Qianzhi saw it with his own eyes, if he didn't tell, no one would know about it, thinking of this, Luo Guogong hurriedly turned around to beg Cao Qianzhi for mercy.

But Cao Qianzhi was the one who dared to be involved in this beheading, he bid farewell to Luo Guogong in a few words, and seemed to run away very fast.

Then, he didn't even have time to take care of the hat on his head, which made Luo Yazaki laugh unceasingly, pointing to Cao Qianzhi and said: "Haha, it's so funny, he doesn't even know that the hat has fallen off."

"Shut up!" Luo Guogong saw Luo Yazaki at this moment, as if he saw a ghost who came to remind him, and it was too late to hate.

I have never seen such a fierce Luo Guogong before, Luo Yazaki pursed his mouth and burst into tears, Luo Guogong ignored it, and hurried back to his room, and he really saw a dragon robe on the table , the crown is gone, and Luo Yazaki is still holding it in his hand at this moment.

Thinking of this, Luo Guogong wanted to take back the crown, but the dragon robe was placed here again, if people can see... Thinking of this, and thinking that Luo Yazaki can get the crown, of course it will be a surprise to others I saw it, no, no one saw it except Cao Qianzhi, if Cao Qianzhi really said that he saw Mian, it would be because he was dazzled, yes, he insisted that the Duke’s Mansion didn’t have a dragon robe, so Cao Qianzhi couldn’t help it , and he still has Baili Zongru to rely on. Thinking of this, Luo Guogong hurriedly picked up the dragon robe and prepared to put it away.

At this time, the concubine Zhang who was attracted by Luo Yazaki's crying had already brought Luo Yazaki to the outside of Luo Guogong's room.

Luo Yazaki is always well-behaved on weekdays, and he also won the heart of Luo Guogong. Now that Luo Guogong is crying, Zhang is worried. Could it be that Luo Yazaki did something naughty and angered the master, if Luo Yazaki loses the master's If she loves her, her status will not be guaranteed.

In order to save Luo Yazaki's position in Duke Luo's heart, Mrs. Zhang also came very quickly. Before Mr. Luo had time to hide the dragon robe, Mrs. Zhang had already opened the door and entered.

This is all due to the doting on Mrs. Zhang in the past, which made Mrs. Zhang develop the habit of pushing the door and entering Duke Luo's room whenever he entered.

As soon as she entered, she saw Luo Guogong holding the dragon robe. Immediately, her mind was full of thoughts, and finally, she was overjoyed and said with a smile: "Master, do you really want...do you want this?"

She thought that as long as Luo Guogong succeeds in his plot, then she will be a noble concubine. Thinking of this, Zhang's excitement can be imagined, and she stretched out her hand to touch the dragon robe without fear, as if seeing the princess who got up in the morning to serve Luo Guogong. Chao, serving him in a dragon robe, the more I think about it, the more excited I get.

Seeing Zhang Shi like this, Luo Guogong didn't have the heart to scold her anymore. Now his feet trembled so much that he couldn't even stand still, so he didn't have the heart to scold her.

Just as he was about to tell Mrs. Zhang to hide the dragon robe, he heard the announcement from the housekeeper outside.

Fang Tieyi had already surrounded the door.

He was startled and wondered why it came so fast.

Fang Tieyi didn't give anyone a chance to escape, and rushed directly into Luo Guogong's room. Seeing Luo Guogong sitting on the ground blankly, holding a dragon robe in his hand, he immediately ordered Luo Guogong to be arrested, and Luo Guogong's mansion suddenly jumped. stand up.

Luo Guogong's big house, several concubines, and a group of people from Young Master Qianjin were captured one by one by the people brought by Fang Tieyi and thrown into the yard. Among them, Luo Yazaki was still holding the crown. Now, The stolen goods are all taken, and there is no need to say a word. The crime of treason has been convicted, and Luo Guogong is finished.

Above the court hall, Huo Mingzhu faced the dragon robe and the crown that the eunuch was holding up upright, stretched out her hand, and slowly stroked the beads on the crown, but her face was filled with endless sadness.

After a long time, Huo Mingzhu said: "If Luo Guogong knew how to sympathize with the common people, he would not have done such things."

A few short words expressed Huo Mingzhu's sad intention of coming just now, all the officials immediately nodded to Huo Mingzhu, and were extremely indignant at Luo Guogong.

Only Baili Zonglu could not hide the cruelty in his eyes.

(End of this chapter)