Empress Jinghua: The eunuch is nine thousand years old

Chapter 15 Lin Runyu's Sophistry
Above the political hall, Ming Shengdi sat at the head with a gloomy face, his eyes fixed on Lin Runyu who was kneeling on the ground shaking like a sieve, wishing he could strangle him to death.

"You trash! I allocated tens of millions of taels of silver to you. How did you guarantee that you would serve the country and the people on the Temple of Heaven? Now you have ruined things for me! You should die!"

The veins on Ming Shengdi's neck were bulging, and his face was flushed with blood. He picked up the inkstone and books on the desk and threw them at Lin Runyu.

The sharp edges and corners of the inkstone scratched Lin Runyu's forehead, and hot blood flowed from his forehead. He tremblingly stretched out his hand to touch it, and immediately his hand was covered with sticky scarlet liquid.

Lin Runyu's forehead was in severe pain, but she didn't dare to complain at all. She knelt down tremblingly, and kowtowed to Ming Shengdi with tears in her voice, "Your Majesty! Your Majesty has been wronged!"

While crying hypocritically, with snot and tears, he racked his brains to shirk responsibility for himself.

"I have received the favor of the emperor, how can I not serve the emperor with all my heart! When I arrived in the south of the Yangtze River, I completely followed the plan written by Princess Mingzhu to control the flood! Reclaiming fields around the lake, planting cypress trees, and dredging the river to build dams, I have done nothing. Mistakes and omissions! What went wrong is because there is something wrong with Princess Mingzhu's method, but it's not because the minister didn't do his best!"

"No mistake?" Hearing his sophistry, Ming Shengdi was so angry that his beard trembled. He walked to Lin Runyu's side with his hands behind his back, raised his dragon-patterned python boots and pointed it at his chest. foot.

"How could the newly built dam collapse without mistakes? Why did all the cypresses in the man-made field drown completely?"

Lin Runyu fell to the ground clutching her chest, but was speechless for a long time.In order to steal a share of the disaster relief money, all the materials used in the construction of the dam were second-rate goods. He thought that winter would be a few months away, and the flood would recede early by then, so there was no need to use such good building materials.

But who knew that the flood was so fierce that the newly built reservoir collapsed within two days. The flood and the water trapped in the dam rushed to the land of Jiangnan, making the already depressed Jiangnan even more mournful.

"I don't know... I really did it according to Princess Mingzhu's plan..." Lin Runyu knew she was guilty, and tried her best to push the consequences on Xia Zijin's head. Now that her life is the most important thing, who cares whether she is a princess or not.

Ming Shengdi waved his sleeves and shouted angrily at the people guarding outside the hall: "People! I told you to find Princess Mingzhu, why didn't you spread it to the Palace of Political Affairs!"

Under the emperor's wrath, who would dare to show his anger?The other ministers held their breaths and stood with their heads shrunk, not daring to say a word.

Hearing Ming Shengdi's furious scolding, Xiao Xiazi bowed and squeezed in through the crack of the palace door, weakly said: "Go back... back to the emperor, the slave has already sent someone to pass it on... I'm afraid the princess was delayed on the way , the slave will go to urge again..."

"Then hurry up!" Ming Shengdi's patience has reached a critical point, and he will explode at any time.

Xiao Xiazi said yes again and again, stooped down and slipped out through the crack of the door, raised his sleeves and wiped his sweaty forehead, this is difficult for people now, and it is even more difficult to be the emperor's servant, he sighed, I also have pain in my heart that I can't tell.

At this time, there were footsteps under the steps in front of the hall, Xia Zijin and her maid Xiaokui came in small steps, and their expressions were also very ugly.

When Xiao Xiazi and the guards outside saw Xia Zijin coming, they were all relieved. If there is no news about Princess Mingzhu, the emperor might be so angry that he would tear off the roof of the political hall.

"Hey, my little ancestor! You are here!" Xiao Xiazi flicked the dust whisk in his hand, and quickly went up to him, shaking his body like a tumbler.

Seeing that everyone had a bitter face, Xia Zijin couldn't help but feel even more worried.

"Elder-in-law, what's the situation inside? This princess heard that the emperor's father was furious..."

Xiao Xiazi stretched his neck to see what was going on inside the door, leaned close to Xia Zijin's ear and whispered: "Isn't that right, the son of this world messed up his errand, and the things that offended the emperor smashed all over the place, and the slave is out there. Everyone was terrified!"

Xia Zijin frowned and felt sad, Ming Shengdi must not listen to what he said in his anger. If it is in such a form, if Lin Runyu wants to get rid of the crime and insists that her plan is wrong, it will be really difficult.

"Princess, come in quickly, take it easy, don't be angry with the emperor!" Xia Zijin had always treated them well, Xiao Xiazi also sweated for her.

Xia Zijin nodded, let Xiaokui wait at the door, pushed open the door of the main hall of political affairs with a squeak, and stepped in with eyes closed.

The ministers looked at Xia Zijin and gave each other winks at the people in their own party. Everyone had very strange expressions on their faces.

"I will see my father, my father is safe." With her head lowered, she could also feel the strong air pressure above.

"What's wrong with me! Zijin, the prince said that your plan was wrong and that caused the failure of water control. What do you want to explain to me?"

Ming Shengdi thrust his waist, and took a deep breath. He is not young, and he often feels dizzy when he gets angry.

Xia Zijin turned her eyes to look at Lin Runyu. Lin Runyu covered the wound on her forehead, not daring to look directly at Xia Zijin's sharp gaze, and turned away guiltily.

"Returning to father, my son's plan was written according to the topography of the south of the Yangtze River. Every word has been carefully considered. Father, you also know the way to control water well. You have read all of my son's plans beforehand. If there is any problem, how can it be delivered and implemented?"

Xia Zijin paid homage to the Holy Emperor of Ming with neither humility nor arrogance, and then straightened his back with a very calm appearance, which formed a sharp contrast with Lin Runyu's timidity.

Ming Shengdi's expression flickered, thinking that what she said was not bad, but he is an emperor, and emperors can't make mistakes, can they?What's more, with so many eyes watching, even if the case is wrong, it is not his fault, but Xia Zijin's own problem.

"Your Majesty! I am really wronged! You see, I have only been here for a month, and I have lost a lot of weight. You can see how much I worry about you every day. If it wasn't for the princess who gave me a wrong plan, Jiangnan is completely safe, Your Majesty, you have to be careful!"

Xia Zijin just felt that she might not have really understood Lin Runyu. It turned out that he was not only human, but also extraordinarily shameless!
Seeing the situation, Li Kun, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, quickly chimed in and said, "Your Majesty, I also feel that what your son said is true! The princess is a girl, and she was not born in the palace. Her knowledge and theory are all to be studied. , but the son of the world was wronged in this matter!"

The other ministers of the prince's henchmen also repeatedly claimed that they were harsh on Xia Zijin one by one, saying that she didn't understand the people's sentiments but insisted on writing something wrong in order to invite favors, and the way of talking about war on paper would make people's lives difficult.

Xia Zijin sneered in her heart, these ministers who struggled in the officialdom knew best that officials should protect each other. When the plan came out, they rushed to grab the post of water control envoys one by one. They praised her so much, but now they are blaming her Talk on paper.

She was about to argue, but Xiao Xiazi suddenly pushed the door in hastily and came in, knelt down and reported: "Report to the emperor! The subordinates reported that the governor of the south of the Yangtze River and the governors of the eleven states affected by the disaster have passed the gate of Shangjing City, and are now in the process of entering the capital." I'm going to the palace!"

The governor would never leave the area under his jurisdiction, but this time he brought eleven governors to the capital together, fearing that the situation was really serious.

Ming Shengdi supported his forehead, very irritable and depressed. Seeing that this matter has not been resolved yet, another person from the south of the Yangtze River has come, it is really a double disaster.

"Forget it, let the prince arrange for these people first, and I will go later."

Xia Zijin and Lin Runyu were still kneeling on the ground, one biting his lip and lowering his head, the other covering his forehead and grinning.

Ming Shengdi rolled his eyes and thought in his heart, this time the people from the south of the Yangtze River must have no trouble with Lin Runyu's failure in water control, and Lin Runyu insisted that there was a loophole in Xia Zijin's plan.Under such circumstances, no matter whether there are mistakes or omissions in the plan, I have to make a mistake and not let one go.

"Zi Jin, you are also responsible for the failure of water control this time. Since your plan has gone wrong, you have to make up for it."

Xia Zijin's eyes widened in disbelief, before the matter was clarified, how could he hastily convict himself like this?And on this matter, although she deliberately let Lin Runyu mess it up, she couldn't be blamed on her head.

"Father!"

"Needless to say, I don't think you have any intentions, so I don't punish you severely. I just punish you to confiscate all the money and donate it to the people affected by the disaster."

Ming Shengdi waved his hand, not wanting to have any more talk with Xia Zijin, he looked at her big eyes that were as clear and innocent as Concubine Liu, and he couldn't bear it, but if he didn't do something right now, he might come here The governor and governor of Shangjing will not give up easily.

"As for Lin Shizi...you go back to Prince Lin's mansion and wait. I have to meet with the governor now, so I don't have time to pay attention to you!" Ming Shengdi said, and walked away.

Lin Runyu bowed tremblingly, but he was relieved. Ming Shengdi said so, and his life would not be in danger. As for the subsequent punishment, it was nothing compared to his life.

But Xia Zijin smiled self-deprecatingly, looking at the figure of Emperor Ming going away with his hands behind his back, he felt very ironic, the father and daughter of the Tian family are nothing more than that.

It was night, in the Mosheng Garden, Xia Zijin was sitting alone in the courtyard, Xiaokui had already fallen asleep, she turned on the lamp but was tossing and turning, holding a pot of pear blossom wine, sitting in the courtyard, drinking one cup after another. Pop it into your mouth one cup at a time.

Pear blossom brewing is made from the most delicate pear flower petals in spring, brewed layer by layer, and buried in wet soil for a season before it can be unsealed.Xia Zijin stretched out her hand and poured a cup slowly into the empty cup, pouring it down her throat in one gulp, the sweet and slightly spicy taste turned bitter in her mouth.

(End of this chapter)