A tree of peach blossoms pressing the prime minister

Chapter 63 What a White Lotus
King Jing obviously didn't think of this, he only thought that his father wanted to favor King Yu, and he was afraid that he would finally get hold of it and give King Yu a chance to stand up.So he immediately started to put all the letters and accounts collected by Shen Zaiye in the box in front of the emperor's case.

"Father, please take a look. There are letters about bribery and bribery between Meng Taifu and Yu Wangdi, and the flow and account books of the embezzled money are also clear at a glance! No matter how eloquent he is, he can't escape the responsibility!"

Emperor Mingde frowned and was silent for a while before reaching out to pick it up and have a look.

"Wugou, do you have anything to explain?"

King Yu was dumbfounded, and couldn't figure out how these things fell into King Jing's hands.He and Meng Taipu have always been tight-fisted in their affairs. Unless they are cronies, no one knows that he has private dealings with Meng Taipu. How... how could even the account books be dug out?

Even if Shen Zaiye really fell for King Jing, he should not know about Meng Taipu's affairs with him. Didn't Meng Taipu keep it a good secret all the time?
Unable to understand, King Yu didn't have time to answer the emperor's question.There was an embarrassing silence in the courtroom, and the emperor's face was so ugly that he couldn't tell whether he was angry with King Yu or King Jing.

During the stalemate, Shen Zaiye stood up, cupped his hands respectfully and said: "Your Majesty, I think corruption is a big deal, and it's not something that can be found out right now. Since King Jing has the evidence, according to my opinion, It's better to file a case first. The most important thing to deal with right now is the murder of the servants of Prince Yu's mansion, and the corruption and perversion of the law by the servant of the Meng Tai servant."

Emperor Mingde was like a cat squatting on a high branch. When he finally saw someone climbing up the ladder to rescue him, he was so moved that he almost burst into tears: "What Ai Qing said is absolutely true!"

King Jing was taken aback for a moment, and turned his head to look at Shen Zaye, but saw Shen Zaye lowered his eyes and his expression was very peaceful.

Do you have other plans?

Slightly pursing his lips, King Jing put down his hands and didn't bother anymore, thinking that he would ask clearly before moving, so as not to mess up Shen Zaiye's plan.

As for King Yu, who was kneeling on the ground, he naturally remembered Shen Zaiya's life-saving grace today, even if he would have to be punished after returning to the palace, it would be better than being forced to death by Brother Jing today .So he gave Shen Zaye a grateful look, and then fell silent.

"He actually helped King Yu."

Concubine Lan Gui in the hearing room frowned: "Why did you suddenly change your mind?"

Taohua stood beside her, tilting her head: "How did your empress see that the prime minister is going to help King Yu?"

"Isn't that obvious?" Concubine Lan Gui sneered, "I wanted to rescue King Yu on the road before, but now she directly speaks for King Yu and gave the emperor the steps to let him escape."

Her eyes moved slightly, Taohua smiled, turned her head to look at Shen Zaye outside, and said nothing.

It seems that Shen Zaiye knows Concubine Lan Gui very well, but Concubine Lan Guiye may not understand Shen Zaiye's thoughts.The poisonous snake clearly made King Jing offend the emperor and killed King Yu, but he was a good man in the middle, won the favor of the emperor, and received the gratitude of King Yu, even King Jing had to thank him for his help.

Not to mention killing three birds with one arrow, Shen Zaiye didn't even bother to shoot the arrows!Nothing will change in the end, King Yu will still be punished by the emperor, and King Jing will achieve his goal.And the emperor, while punishing King Yu, probably wouldn't have a good opinion of King Jing either.

Shen Zaiye was standing alone on the edge of the mud, and his body was still full of the fragrance of flowers.

Shameless enough!

"What are you thinking?" Concubine Lan Gui looked at her sideways, her eyes were rather displeased: "Look at me, your eyes are somewhat similar to the prime minister's."

It's disgusting to watch.

Taohua smiled apologetically: "I'm just thinking about when I can go back home, and the injury on my shoulder is still hurting."

Taking a sideways look at her shoulder, Concubine Lan Gui frowned and said: "Your temper is too good. You have come out with him after such a serious injury. You can't rest, so you won't be angry?"

"What's there to be angry about?" Taohua smiled: "My Lord is the current prime minister, and the emperor hasn't returned to the palace, how can he return home in a hurry?"

"Don't talk about going back to the mansion, he doesn't even care about it, don't you care?" Concubine Lan couldn't understand: "The prime minister said last night that today he will leave you in the horse farm palace, and then accompany the emperor to go hunting on the mountain. "

Blinking, Taohua looked at her puzzled: "Is there something wrong?"

Concubine Lan Gui was taken aback, her brows were upside down: "There's nothing wrong? You got injured while protecting him, but he didn't regard your injury as the most important thing!"

Shrugging her shoulders, Taohua said: "The husband guides the wife, and the king guides the ministers. The concubine should listen to the Xiangye, and the Xiangye should listen to the emperor. Isn't such a decision normal?"

Concubine Lan: "..."

Is there something wrong with this woman?Why do you sound so similar to Shen Zaiye?If it wasn't for the princess of Zhao country, she would really think that Jiang Taohua might be Shen Zaiye's biological sister who had been lost for many years!

Turning her head angrily, Concubine Lan shook her handkerchief and said, "If you think it's normal, then it's normal, and it's none of my business, so why should I worry about it?"

Taohua paused, and quietly looked at the expression of the imperial concubine, only to find it awkward and childish.

If she and Shen Zaiye were really in love, it would be easy to guess the reason why the two of them didn't get together in the end - how could Shen Zaiye, a poisonous snake, live with a purebred little white rabbit?If you want to live, you have to find someone like her who is just a white rabbit!
The emperor quickly issued an imperial decree that Meng's servant took bribes, disregarded human life, and insulted the reputation of the Wei court, and all his families were executed.

When the gavel fell, the people outside cheered and applauded, so happy that no one remembered the corruption of King Yu in an instant.

Seeing that King Jing still wanted to speak, Emperor Mingde stood up "teng", quickly supported the eunuch's hand and drove back to the palace.

Concubine Lan Gui opened the door, and when she stepped out, she turned her head to look at Tao Hua, and there was something complicated in her eyes that people couldn't understand.

Taohua smiled innocently, bowed her knees and saluted her: "Respectfully send off the empress."

With a soft snort, Concubine Lan Gui went back to the emperor's side.Shen Zaiya walked over here in a calm manner and asked her, "Does it still hurt?"

"It hurts!" Taohua's face immediately wrinkled into a ball, and she reached out to him pitifully: "I want a hug!"

"..." Not knowing whether to laugh or cry, Shen Zaiye was about to say that she had no rules, but someone behind him shouted, "Prime Minister."

His body froze, Shen Zaye immediately turned his head, blocking Taohua behind him.

King Jing came forward with a frown, looked at him and said in a low voice, "Why did you let King Yu go? It was clear that we could take advantage of the situation and get rid of him completely!"

Gently shaking his head, Shen Zaiye said: "Don't you understand, my lord? It is true that King Yu can be charged with the death penalty just now, but the emperor clearly doesn't want to. If you want to get rid of King Yu, you can't kill yourself. Take it in."

"But..." King Jing frowned: "If you don't get rid of it this time, it will be difficult to get another chance in the future."

"There are many opportunities. This time the evidence is solid. If you go back to the palace for trial, His Majesty may not be able to spare King Yu lightly. As long as the prince goes back to speak now, and unite with the prestigious ministers in the court to show the seriousness of the prince's corruption. Even if the emperor If you don’t kill King Yu, you will also drive him out of the capital. Once you are driven out of the capital, where is the possibility of coming back?”

Looking down, it seems that this is indeed the truth.King Jing's brows widened, and he instantly understood that Shen Zaiye was really thinking of himself, so he gave him a deep bow: "Thank you, Prime Minister!"

"My lord is serious." Shen Zaiye said with a smile: "The next thing is up to you. Mrs. Jiang is injured, and I will go back to the mansion first. On the emperor's side, please also ask my lord to plead guilty for Shen."

"Okay." King Jing smiled, and stretched his head to look at the person behind him: "Speaking of which, this king has never had the chance to see the real face of Princess Zhao. It must be the beauty of the country and the city to make the prime minister so caring." .”

"My lord, the prize." Shen Zaiye turned sideways, blocking the peach blossoms more tightly: "The appearance is ordinary, but innocent and cute, so Shen has a little preference."

Taohua behind her rolled her eyes.

The words "innocent and cute" might be a compliment when applied to others, but it sounds awkward no matter how they are used to her when they are spoken from him.

King Jing was taken aback, looked at Shen Zaiye's movements, and smiled knowingly.

Not even allowed to look at it, presumably he really cared about this princess.Fortunately, there is no big Wei influence behind her, and no one will have any objection to Shen Zaiye's favor.

"In that case, I will take my leave first."

"My lord, go slowly."

After bowing his hands and saluting, King Jing turned his head and left.Shen Zaiye heaved a sigh of relief, looked back at the humanity behind him and said, "Hurry up and go home."

Taohua looked at him curiously: "Aren't you going to enter the palace with Shengjia? You have to deal with King Yu."

"The cut has been made, and the remaining blood and flesh can be fought as they like." Shen Zaiye curled his lips and smiled wickedly:
"My father doesn't smell fishy."

... This arrogance and domineering smell made Taohua's eyes shine, and she clapped her hands and sighed: "My lord is really a white lotus that emerges from the mud and is not stained!"

It sounds like a compliment, but for some reason, he doesn't seem to be happy.After squinting her eyes, Shen Zaiye picked up the man and walked outside.

The original plan was to go out for two days, but now I go back early, and I don't know what the situation in the mansion will be like.

Prime Minister's House.

Early in the morning, a servant came back and reported the letter, but the mansion was still in chaos.Mei Zhaoxue led the people in Gu's Wenqing Pavilion, and kept comforting her softly, while the people outside were in groups of twos and threes, discussing something softly.

There were also people standing at the door of Zhengchun Pavilion, and the inside was turned into a mess.Several maidservants were kneeling in the yard with nervous expressions.

As soon as Taohua entered the mansion, she smelled something wrong. When she went to her yard, she immediately covered her face and threw herself into Shen Zaiye's arms: "Master, I am really tired, and I don't have the energy to accompany them. What's the matter, have you settled for my concubine?"

Shen Zaiye frowned, his face was not very good-looking, he stepped forward and grabbed the slave at the door and asked, "What happened?"

(End of this chapter)