Red apricots make spring

Chapter 218
A stone hit a thousand waves, and the courtier said a word, and there was a faint commotion in the originally quiet hall. Although no one dared to speak, Xie Zhengrui could clearly see the expressions on the faces of each courtier. The desire to speak is just that some are eager to try, and some are hesitant.If it was usual, he would have allowed them to speak freely, but now he was unhappy, so he just watched coldly and remained silent.

She wrote a booklet to intercede for Lu Ce, but in the end she was humiliated in front of the Holy Master. Shen Yuan knew that the master sitting above him never liked people who swayed from side to side like grass on the wall, so she just didn't do anything, just knelt down and played Said: "Should the Holy Majesty call Lu Ce and the people involved in this matter to ask, so that the interrogation is clear?"

As soon as Prime Minister Zuo opened his mouth, some straightforward and impulsive courtiers echoed and knelt down all of a sudden.Xie Zhengrui was even more annoyed in his heart, and snorted coldly: "Why, do you all treat me as a fool? Do you think I will not be tried or questioned?"

As soon as this remark came out, everyone knelt down and said in unison, "Don't dare!"

"I dare not say it with my mouth, but I must think so in my heart!" Xie Zhengrui sneered and convicted all the people who agreed. He was too angry to think, and said: "Okay! Let's interrogate in public! Shi Lei——"

"The minister is here." Shi Lei wiped his cold sweat and knelt down.

"Go and bring me the luthier surnamed Pei! Hurry up!"

"Minister Zunzhi—" Shi Lei answered loudly, but secretly complained incessantly.He had personally met Pei Jingxuan once at the behest of Shen Mengyi, but that person looked mediocre and ignored him. He was really afraid that this person would do something inappropriate when he met the saint. , angered the Holy Majesty, and he was the one who was unlucky in the end.

After Shi Lei exited the hall, while waiting, the atmosphere in the hall became silent again. Everyone was silently thinking about their own thoughts. They were not too concerned about Lu Ce's life or death, but were guessing what happened after the incident. After that, how will the situation in the court change?

Xie Zhengrui's health is really not very good recently, he couldn't bear it after sitting for a long time, so he simply left these courtiers behind, and went to rest in the back of the hall, and asked his inner servant to wait for Pei Jingxuan to pass the message.

Lying halfway on the soft couch, after calming down a little, he suddenly felt that something was wrong, and he really couldn't figure out why the Lu family would do this.Taking retreat as an advance is certainly a means, but the Lu family has been officials for three generations, it is impossible not to know his temper, and to make things go to such an extent, he will only suffer!If the Lu family's hole card is Pei Jingxuan...

This is impossible!Xie Zhengrui asked the hidden guards to find out that there was indeed Pei Jingxuan, and even knew that he had met Shen Mengyi privately once in the Shifu. When returning from the Shifu, Lu Ce's personal servant Xizhu even went to him. And the two conversations that Pei Jingxuan agreed to Shen Mengyi and refused to wash the bamboo were also recorded by the secret guards and handed over to him for review. Therefore, he was confident in convicting Lu Ce, but he hated Shen Mengyi very much. Meddle in other people's business, if it wasn't for the face of the noble concubine and Shen Yuan, she would have taught her a lesson.

Xie Zhengrui was puzzled, he couldn't lie down at first, stood up and walked around twice, and felt irritable again.To be honest, regardless of the reasons of the Lu family, Lu Ce's own talent is also what he has always valued.A while ago, he tried his best to suppress him, even knowing that the Shen and Lu families were married, but he still pretended not to know. He wanted to lose the face of the royal family, arranged for the marriage of Princess Anning, and broke up the marriage between Shen Mengyi and Lu Ce. And keep Lu Ce safe.

He trained Lu Ce as a prime minister candidate!On the one hand, it is necessary to train him to be calm, persistent, and calm when things happen, and on the other hand, it is also to prevent him from being involved in the complicated struggle between the factions in the DPRK and China, so that he can be in a relatively neutral position.In this way, after a hundred years, no matter who the successor is or how the situation in the DPRK and China will change, it will ensure that he will not be involved.At that time, if the succeeding monarch reuses and promotes Lu Ce, he will treat him as a wise monarch and help him wholeheartedly.But Xie Zhengrui never expected that what he had planned so well would go wrong because of his impulsiveness.

The more Xie Zhengrui thought about it, the angrier he became, and he hated Lu Ce even more!If he hadn't instigated the courtiers to impeach him, how could the situation have turned into the current unmanageable situation?The emperor has no jokes, and he can't change the order overnight, otherwise he will be secretly ridiculed by the courtiers, which will make the Lu family even more proud!But if Pei Jingxuan later proves Lu Ce's crimes in front of all the officials in the court, he will be even more unable to take back his life!

Dilemma!Xie Zhengrui paced back and forth several times, becoming more and more anxious, thinking and thinking, and finally decided——

Send someone to kill Pei Jingxuan on the road, so there will be no proof!

Let Lu Ce squat in the dungeon for a month or two to taste some hardships. Whether he should be pardoned or not depends on the situation.

Give Wen Roujiu a pot of wine, three feet of white silk, and a dagger, let her choose the way of death, and it's over.

"Come here—" Xie Zhengrui made up his mind and started calling for someone.

The servant waiting beside him hastily bowed his head and agreed.

"You go—" Before Xie Zhengrui finished speaking, a waiter outside the door replied: "My lord, the luthier surnamed Pei has arrived at the hall."

Xie Zhengrui was very surprised, and lost his composure: "So fast!"

The waiter was startled, didn't the Holy Majesty himself say that it would be fast?Why do you feel resentment at this moment?Of course he didn't dare to question, he just lowered his head and replied, "Yes."

Xie Zhengrui nodded, and walked out, feeling annoyed again, wondering which bastard was hoping that Lu Ce would die sooner.Shi Lei?Possibly, as long as Shen Mengyi is aware of Lu Ce's love for him, he will definitely want to let Lu Ce die.Shen Mengyi?It's also possible that she must have been extremely ashamed and hated about the ruin of the Lu family last time.Lu Ce...

Thinking of this, Xie Zhengrui couldn't help being stunned, wondering why he had such abnormal thoughts.Who would want to die sooner?This is ridiculous!He grinned, only to find that all he showed was a wry smile.

Pei Jingxuan was kneeling in the hall at the moment, feeling panicked and uneasy.Today, he just went out to buy something as usual, but he was stopped by someone when he was on the way, and he was picked up in a carriage and brought outside the imperial city.When he got off the car, before he had time to distinguish where he was, he bumped into the anxious Shi Lei, and was taken to the palace inexplicably to meet the emperor.

Beside him were civil and military officials, and sitting on top was the emperor, and Pei Jingxuan's tightly clenched hands were covered with sweat.Shen Mengyi only said that the Holy Majesty might send someone to question him, but he never said that he would personally meet him. He was not mentally prepared at all and was completely at a loss.

"You are Pei Jingxuan?"

A majestic voice came from the top of his head, no emotion could be heard, Pei Jingxuan suppressed the tension in his heart, kowtowed his head, and replied: "The Caomin is Pei Jingxuan."

"Well."

Pei Jingxuan heard the emperor snort softly, and didn't know what he meant, so he didn't dare to ask, and lowered his head even lower.

In front of all the courtiers, Xie Zhengrui couldn't express his inner regret, nor could he obviously favor Lu Ce, so he could only continue to ask, "Shi Yushi said in the memorial that you once taught piano in Lu Ce's mansion. real?"

"My lord, there is indeed such a thing."

"Then tell us what you saw with your own eyes about Lu Ce's deception!" Xie Zhengrui was in a waned mood.

Pei Jingxuan hesitated for a while, but did not make a sound.

Shi Lei who was standing next to him became anxious, and quietly kicked him lightly, motioning for him to answer.

Pei Jingxuan raised his head slightly, looked directly at Xie Zhengrui's bright yellow boots, and said with doubts: "Deceive the emperor? Please forgive me, the grass people don't know what you are referring to..."

As soon as this remark came out, the courtiers who had been listening intently made a slight surprise, Xie Zhengrui had a complex expression on his face, he couldn't tell whether it was joy or anger, but Shi Lei was already panicked, forgetting his scruples, and asked loudly: "What did you say? How could you not know! Then Lu Ce clearly..."

"Bold!" Shen Yuan hurriedly stopped Shi Lei, for fear that he would speak out, "Do you dare to be presumptuous in front of the Holy One?"

Shi Lei came to his senses after being slapped by the father-in-law, hurriedly knelt down, kowtowed to Xie Zhengrui and pleaded guilty: "I lost my mind for a while, please forgive my sin!"

Xie Zhengrui didn't have time to talk to him, so he just waved his hand, stared at Pei Jingxuan, and said sharply, "You really don't know?"

"The grass people are terrified." Pei Jingxuan kowtowed again and again, his manner panicked, but his downcast eyes were full of determination, "The grass people really don't know!"

The expression on Xie Zhengrui's face was changing, the courtiers looked at each other, and the hall was silent for a moment.
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(End of this chapter)