County Lord Changning

Chapter 194

Prime Minister Xiao was on a lunch break when he heard Concubine Xiao Shu was deposed as a concubine and sent to the cold palace, he almost rolled off the bed in agitation, stretched out his hands to support the pillars of the curtain, looked at the person kneeling on the ground, and asked gloomyly, " what did you just say?"

The person who came was the eunuch serving Concubine Xiao Shu's palace. Hearing Prime Minister Xiao's question, he said tremblingly, "Master Hui, your empress was found out because she poisoned Princess Changning... She was thrown into limbo by the emperor."

Prime Minister Xiao stood up abruptly, "How is this possible!" After speaking, he felt dizzy so badly, he stretched out his hand to support the bed curtain, and said angrily, "Hurry up and prepare the car, the truth is going to see the emperor!"

The eunuch hurried out, and Prime Minister Xiao suddenly shouted, "Go to the Third Prince's Mansion to invite the Third Prince, and go to the Champion's Mansion to invite Duan Houye to enter the palace with me! Go and inform the Minister of Punishment and the Grand Scholars of the Imperial Academy to let them speak!"

The guards took orders.

On the other side, Qiao Shoufu, who received the news from the queen, was sitting on the grand teacher's chair in the flower hall, frowning slightly, and a trace of thought flashed in his eyes. Soon he put away the letter, looked up at the eunuch kneeling on the ground, "you go first Go back to your empress, let her manage the harem well, don't let the concubines in the harem panic, leave the rest to me."

The eunuch took the order to retreat. At this moment, Mrs. Qiao came over and pinched Qiao Shoufu's head herself. Qiao Shoufu closed his eyes and remained silent for a moment, patted Mrs. Qiao's hand, and sighed, "Okay, I should go to the palace too."

Mrs. Qiao sighed, "But what happened again?"

"What can be the matter." Qiao Shoufu patted his wife's hand and said, "It's nothing more than a power struggle. If someone can't get it, he has to get rid of it, but he can't get rid of it. He put himself in it. struggle."

A trace of surprise flashed across Mrs. Qiao's face, "The Xiao family?"

Qiao Shoufu smiled and nodded, "It's just that this time, I'm afraid the emperor won't compromise easily, and neither will Xiao Yan."

"Who did they get rid of?" Mrs. Qiao chuckled, "He didn't pay attention to the matter of the prince last time. Who is so dignified that the emperor can complain about him?"

Qiao Shoufu shook his head and smiled, "Where can the crown prince compare to the one who is destined for heaven? The one who wins the heavenly woman wins the world. Compared with Da Zhou, the whole world is the real temptation." After finishing speaking, he asked people to prepare court clothes, and said, " Besides, although she is the princess of the Great Zhou Dynasty, she is the true destiny of the world. If she dies, the world may be in chaos. Therefore, this time the emperor has the upper hand, even if Xiao Yan makes trouble, he can only slander in the end go home."

"Then why are you going to join in the fun?" Mrs. Qiao waved away her servants and dressed Qiao Shoufu herself, "Since Xiao Yan is destined to lose, why don't you live a leisurely life at home."

Qiao Shoufu laughed, "We can't leave all our troubles to the emperor, otherwise the emperor will regret giving us our salary."

Putting on the court clothes, Mrs. Qiao brought a dark cloak to put on Qiao Shoufu. Qiao Shoufu let his wife dress him. After he was dressed, he went out and said, " Go and call all my students, so I enter the palace together."

Qiao Shoufu, as the chief minister of the cabinet, naturally has a lot of students all over the world. Prime Minister Xiao invites all high-ranking officials, so he can speak well.

At the gate of the palace, Prime Minister Xiao saw Duan Chenhuan, Minister of Justice Sun Shangchong, and Academician You He of the Imperial Academy who came in a hurry. He took a step forward, raised his hands, and bowed, "Thank you, everyone."

"Master Xiang is serious." After the three of them returned the salute, they followed Xiao Yan to the palace at a fast pace.

In the hall, the emperor looked at Prime Minister Xiao who was kneeling on the ground, with a calm expression, no emotion could be seen, and no waves could be heard in his tone. He reached out and took a memorial and looked down, and asked, "Prime Minister Xiao is entering at this time?" Gong, what's the matter?"

Xiao Yan saw that the emperor didn't care about why he entered the palace at all, or didn't mention the matter of his daughter being thrown into the cold palace at all. He was furious in his heart, but his face remained calm. He was still kneeling on the ground, but his body was straight. He asked, " Your Majesty, what did Concubine Xiao Shu do?"

A cold light flashed in the emperor's eyes. He looked at Xiao Yan who was kneeling on the ground from the top of his tower, and kept the memorial in his hand heavily on the table. He looked coldly at Xiao Yan who was kneeling on the ground, "Prime Minister Xiao is really not Know?"

"I'm stupid, please let the emperor know!" As soon as Xiao Yan finished speaking, a eunuch said that the third prince had arrived. Xiao Yan looked up at the emperor and said, "If the emperor can't give a reasonable explanation for the demotion of Concubine Xiao Shu, I'm afraid it will It chilled the hearts of the third prince and all the courtiers!"

The emperor sneered, "I think it will chill your hearts."

Xiao Yan bowed to the ground again and shouted, "Your Majesty is wise."

The third prince also came in and knelt down. There was no expression on his face, but there was a cold light in his eyes. He said, "Father, please investigate clearly, and return the mother and concubine's innocence!"

From the moment he heard the news, he knew that he had fallen into Qin Changning's trap again, and Qin Changning had harmed him again. She said so much at his house that day, just to wait for him to come to her, and then she So as to give her a heavy blow, sure enough, the crime of the imperial concubine and the prince poisoning the right girl is enough to kill their heads.

But she didn't die, his mother and concubine were just thrown into the cold palace, and he would no longer have a chance to be on the throne, she wanted to take away everything he cared about.

He knew everything she was going to do, but he couldn't figure out why she would do it!
"The evidence is convincing, how can we return her innocence?" The emperor looked coldly at the people kneeling on the ground, and said angrily, "This is in front of my eyes, Qin Changning was poisoned, don't you know what Qin Changning's identity is? Qingcheng Mountain is Don’t you know where is it? Don’t you know who is Daoist Taixu?” After speaking, he stood up angrily, “It’s a great luck that King Jin didn’t pursue the matter of Concubine Xiao Shu, and there is Daoist Taixu. How are you going to explain it!"

"Your Majesty, you can't just because of the few words of a quack Taoist..."

"Jianghu Daoist?" Qiao Shoufu's old but calm voice came from outside the hall, he sneered, and walked in, "Taixu Daoist has existed since the time of Emperor Taizu, and who in the world doesn't know who Taixu Daoist is? A master who has attained the Tao is a guest of the world's high-ranking people, but Daoist Taixu has always been in my Dazhou, what does this mean? This shows that Daoist Taixu is protecting the true destiny!"

Qiao Shoufu stretched out his hand to follow a certain kind of cabinet officials, and they all followed Qiao Shoufu to salute the emperor. The emperor raised his eyebrows and looked at the few people he extended his hand to, and shook his head in his heart, thinking, it seems that today he will listen to this group of literati singing again.

Prime Minister Xiao was furious, he stood up, and Qiao Shoufu immediately said, "Prime Minister Xiao is so bold, you have flattened yourself before the emperor shouted, what do you think of the majesty of the emperor? Do you still have our emperor in your eyes?"

Prime Minister Xiao was startled, then knelt back and glared at Qiao Shoufu angrily, "You spout blood!"

(End of this chapter)