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Chapter 223 Being Preempted
After all this turmoil, Xie Zhengrui was full of thoughts about what He Lin said before he left, worried about his illness, and no longer had the heart to try Lu Ce's case.Besides, He Lin has already confirmed that what Pei Jingxuan said is true, and if what Pei Jingxuan said is true, Lu Ce will naturally not commit the crime of deceiving the emperor. As for how Lu Ce knew after the fact that Wenrou was incognito in Yunzhou City, and how did he find it from the capital? It doesn't matter, firstly, he can't accuse Lu Cean of any major crimes, and secondly, with Lu Ce's intelligence, there are thousands of ways to deal with his cross-examination, and in the end, he was just wasting time in vain.

It's just that Xie Zhengrui still hesitated on how to convict Wen Rou.If it is said that she faked her death to deceive the emperor, she really "died" once due to illness, and there are sufficient reasons for her anonymity.If it's just a pardon, he made a big fuss about it, and he knew that Lu Ce was playing tricks, but in the end he just let it go, and he couldn't swallow it without losing face.

Xie Zhengrui sat there hesitated for a moment, thinking about the whole thing from the beginning, and the details of the incident that he hadn't noticed before jumped into his mind one by one, and finally suddenly understood.It turned out that Lu Ce took such a lot of trouble, and even did not hesitate to offend him, not to get rid of his guilt, but to preserve his tenderness!

After figuring this out, Xie Zhengrui calmed down instead. It seems that Lu Ce was telling the truth when he said that he was in love with Wenrou. Since he cared so much about this woman——

Xie Zhengrui sneered, did Lu Ce really think he could play with the emperor?How can there be such an easy thing in the world!This time, he couldn't do what he wanted!
Didn't Pei Jingxuan just say that Ruan Rou didn't want to see Lu Ce because of "lost virginity", and preferred to stay away from the capital and hide his name?Anyway, she doesn't want to remarry anymore, so let her go to the nunnery to become a nun and become a sister-in-law according to her wishes!It is an honor to be granted a monastic life by the Son of Heaven, so even Lu Ce can't find any reason to object.

Xie Zhengrui figured things out, a faint smile naturally appeared on his face, he took a sip from the teacup held in his hand by the waiter, then scanned the hall with his eyes, cleared his throat and was about to speak, but Seeing one of the courtiers standing on both sides, he bowed to him and said, "I have something to say."

When it was clear that the speaker was Lu Fenglin, Xie Zhengrui's face darkened, and he really wanted to throw the teacup in his hand over to gag him, but in the end he said calmly, "Speak."

Lu Fenglin said in a deep voice: "The three generations of the minister's family have been officials, and they have been clear and bright for many generations. When I first heard that the minister offended the emperor, the minister was so angry that he vomited blood. He ordered the minister to call the emperor and severely punish the minister, but who wants to confront him for half a day? He was wronged! Please also ask the Holy One to make a clear judgment, severely punish the person who slandered and slandered, and restore the lost face of the minister's family!"

Although Xie Zhengrui had expected that Lu Fenglin would say such a thing, when he really heard it, he was so angry that one Buddha was born and the other ascended to heaven.He really wanted to ask Lu Fenglin, if he restored the lost face for the Lu family, who would restore the lost face for him?
Even though he thought this way, he couldn't really scold him, because before interrogating Pei Jingxuan, Lu Fenglin had already put on a gesture of righteousness and extermination of relatives, and he had done enough to save face. If he got angry because of this, he would only appear to be narrow-minded Can't tolerate people.But he finally understood, it turned out that the Lu family didn't have a single person with a pure heart, and none of them were good people!But in the bottom line, Shi Lei and Shen Mengyi are still to be blamed for being restless and provoking this incident.

Xie Zhengrui looked at the courtiers agreeing with Lu Fenglin in the palace, more and more courtiers complained for the Lu family, and then looked at Shi Lei with a pale face, tried his best to suppress his displeasure, no matter how much he hated Shi Lei for being meddlesome, for the sake of face, he just quietly dismissed him After a reprimand, he was demoted and fined, and he was reprimanded to leave the palace.

Lu Fenglin was a little dissatisfied with Shi Lei's punishment of being demoted to one level, but he knew that Shi Lei, the censor, was a speech official. Except for the Yongjun, not many monarchs dared to kill the speech official. Besides, Shi Lei was not guilty of death. By doing this, it was considered to have brought back some face to the Lu family, Dang even suppressed the resentment on his face, but he was a little hesitant in his heart, whether to act according to his son's plea.But when he saw that Xie Zhengrui had dealt with Shi Lei, he moved his lips as if he wanted to speak, so he immediately put that point of hesitation behind him, knelt down and said: "I have one more thing to ask for the grace of the sage."

Xie Zhengrui's heart skipped a beat again, he glared at Lu Fenglin, and finally said helplessly, "Say."

"In the final analysis, this matter all started because of the minister's concubine, Wen Shi, but as the saying goes, the Wen family is not self-destructive. After being rescued by Pei Qin master, he wanted to kill himself to preserve the reputation of himself and the Lu family. , In the end, she was forced to stay away from the capital and hide her name. There is also a reason for this. I pray for the grace of the Holy Spirit on Wen's behalf, and forgive her sins."

Hearing this, Xie Zhengrui's face softened slightly, he nodded in agreement, and was about to tell the story of Ci Wenrou's nunnery, who would have thought that Lu Fenglin immediately thanked him for his kindness, and then said: "I have the audacity to ask for one more thing."

It's not over yet!Couldn't he finish the sentence in one go?

Every time Xie Zhengrui wanted to speak, Lu Fenglin stopped him first. He felt extremely depressed, and his face darkened again. He didn't even bother to say anything, so he just nodded.

Seeing him nodding, Lu Fenglin immediately said: "Your Majesty knows that this subject is not young, but he has not yet married a wife. The subject and the subject's father have been worried that the Lu family will have no descendants, and that they will not be able to be loyal to the court in the future. After experiencing this, the subject feels that Wen's family is a chaste woman with a virtuous character. As the saying goes, marrying a wife should marry a virtuous person. Although she was born in a commoner, she was originally a concubine bestowed by the Holy Majesty to his subjects. She gave the courtiers as wives, and settled a matter of mind between the courtiers and their fathers."

As soon as his words came out, not only Xie Zhengrui was annoyed, but all the courtiers were incomparably surprised.The Lu family is extremely prominent. Lu Ce's refusal to marry a wife was due to his high vision and contempt for ordinary women, not because he could not marry a wife. It is rumored that he has a ladylike desire for the daughter of Prime Minister Shen. If you want to marry, why do you want to straighten the concubine's room at this moment?This not only violated the law, but also degraded Lu Ce's status in vain, and cut off the opportunity to marry a prominent in-law and support each other in the court.

All the courtiers speculated in their hearts, wondering whether it was Lu Fenglin who was so angry with his son that he lost his mind, or whether it was Lu Ce who gave up on himself in frustration because he refused to hug her beautiful woman.Only Xie Zhengrui understands it clearly in his heart, but because he didn't handle the matter properly before, and Lu Fenglin's request is not too much, if he uses the law as an excuse to reject this request, I am afraid that the Lu family will feel resentful. He himself considered rewards and punishments to be unfair and magnanimous.

Xie Zhengrui hesitated in his heart, and only looked at the Ninth Prince, hoping that he would speak out for him.The Ninth Prince is so clever, seeing his gaze, he immediately understood what he was thinking, but the Ninth Prince had his own difficulties, so he really couldn't come out and say this, so he just frowned, looked at the side door leading to the back of the palace, and remained silent. language.

When the Ninth Prince looked at it, Xie Zhengrui suddenly came to his senses.His first concubine passed away two years ago, and the harem lord is still pending. Recently, he has been planning to appoint a noble concubine as the queen, and he has also revealed this matter in front of the noble concubine and the nine princes. If he uses the law as an excuse at this moment If Lu Fenglin's request was rejected, then in the future, if he can make a noble concubine as queen, wouldn't it be a big blow to himself?It's no wonder that Lu Fenglin didn't raise today's incident to object!
Thinking of this, his views on Lu Ce became more complicated and contradictory.On the one hand, he feels that Lu Ce is really a rare talent, if he can devote himself to assisting the court in the future, he will surely make Dazhao prosperous.On the other hand, he is very jealous of Lu Ce's resourcefulness. Such a person cannot be easily controlled. If Lu Ce wants to rebel or seek refuge in another country, it will be a serious problem.This
Two thoughts kept coming and going in his mind. He really didn't know whether he should find an excuse to get rid of Lu Ce completely, or reuse him, so he just frowned and kept thinking hard.

Seeing his sad and silent expression, all the courtiers in the hall were perturbed and puzzled, wondering what was so difficult to decide on this matter.If you allow it, you will allow it, if you don't allow it, you will not allow it. As for embarrassing the Holy One?

Lu Fenglin knelt on the ground for a long while without any movement, and couldn't hold back any longer. He was about to speak out again to bring Xie Zhengrui back to his senses, when Shen Yuan came to him, bowed to Xie Zhengrui and said, "Mr. I think Master Lu's request is not inappropriate, why doesn't Your Majesty fulfill this, so as to leave a good story for the people?"

"I think Master Shen's words are very true."

"My minister agrees."

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All the courtiers in the court are quite winking, knowing that Shen Yuan intends to reconcile with the Lu family, how could they offend the Lu and Chen families for such a trivial matter?Therefore, they all helped each other and said a word.

Xie Zhengrui's ears were full of noisy voices, he felt quite tired, he didn't bother to dwell on this matter anymore, he just stood up and nodded his head, he said he was tired, told the officials to disperse, and went back to the apse to rest by himself.
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(End of this chapter)