There was still a group of people singing and dancing in the garden, talking and laughing, and no one noticed anything strange.
The guests drank while watching the singing and dancing.
After a while, they saw only a full moon rising in the east.
The palace maids laid out moon cakes, grapefruit, pomegranate, taro, walnuts, peanuts, watermelon and other fruits to the princes, ministers and daughters.
At the lady's table.
People looked at the beautiful scenery of the bright moon in front of them, and then shared the fruits for the moon, looking very happy.
Princess Ali said curiously: "What kind of festival is today and why do we have to hold a big feast to celebrate it?"
Li Weiyang smiled slightly and said: "Princess comes from the grassland and is not very clear about our customs in Western Vietnam.
Today is the Mid-Autumn Festival, the fifteenth day of the eighth month of the lunar calendar.
It is the second largest traditional festival after the Spring Festival because it is the second largest festival in autumn.
The moon is also called Zhongqiu.
During the Mid-Autumn Festival, the moon is eclipsed, which symbolizes reunion, so we always call it the Reunion Festival.”
Princess Ali nodded repeatedly and asked: "Then which god are you worshiping?"
Li Weiyang looked at the full moon and said calmly: "The people worshiping are the moon gods.
Most places worship the moon from a distance in the blue sky.
Some people worship the wooden statues of the moon gods, and most of them hang hanging Wooden moon paper, which the princess had talked to half a month ago The fourth brother went to see the Moon Worship Pavilion and the Moon Watching Tower together, which are the ancient sites of worshiping the moon.
There is also a moon altar thirty miles away from Dadu, which was specially built for the royal family to worship the moon.
You came here from the grassland.
I’ve seen it along the way.”
After hearing this, Princess Ali couldn't help but feel enlightened: "It turns out there are so many things to pay attention to."
Li Weiyang smiled faintly.
Princess Ali was like a curious baby who wanted to find out everything.
At this moment, someone suddenly heard a loud voice at the gate of the garden: "Your Majesty, Yuan Lie has something important to say."
Everyone was shocked.
After the singing and dancing had stopped, the emperor raised his eyelids and glanced at Yuan Lie, who was walking over in a hurry.
He said with a half-smile but not a smile: "I was looking for you everywhere just now, but where did you go, and there was someone else."
What should I report?”
Yuan Lie looked very solemn and said: "Reporting to Your Majesty, I just went to arrest the traitors in the court."
There was a hint of doubt on the emperor's face, but a cold light flashed deep in his eyes: "Traitor, where did the traitor come from?"
Yuan Lie said loudly: "The traitors Zhao Tuo, Zhao Xianghe, Pei Zhong and others formed a party in the court without permission, in order to intercept Zhongliang and plot to cause trouble to the country, so the ministers have already taken the lead and arrested them all."
Queen Pei's eyes narrowed.
Pei Zhong was a very respected young man among the branches of the Pei family.
She transferred him to the Forbidden Army, and he lived up to expectations and climbed to his current position step by step.
However, Yuan Lie took someone as he said without caring about his own face at all.
Her pupils were extremely bright, like burning flames, and she said word by word: "I don't know how Pei Zhong offended King Xu, so that you didn't even report him and just arrested him."
Yuan Lie smiled warmly and said with cold eyes: "Reporting to your Majesty, Director Guo, the son of Duke of Qi, wanted to meet you today with important evidence, but Pei Zhong and Zhao Xianghe actually colluded to intercept Director Guo at the gate of the palace. , snatched the evidence from him, and wanted to kill someone and silence him after I discovered it.
Please tell me, Your Majesty."
The emperor's face changed slightly and said: "Oh, what kind of evidence is it?"
Yuan Lie smiled as usual and said loudly: "Your Majesty, please allow Director Guo to go to the palace."
The emperor waved his hand and said: "It's accurate."
For a moment, everyone at the table was talking a lot with different expressions.
The prince's eyes were gloomy, and he secretly cried out in his heart.
After a while, everyone saw Director Guo hurriedly walked to the front of the imperial court, knelt down and saluted: "See you, your majesty, long live your majesty, long live your majesty."
The emperor glanced at him lightly, there was nothing strange in his eyes, and his tone was very calm: "What evidence do you have in your hand?"
Director Guo said loudly: "Reporting to Your Majesty, this is an account book."
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When everyone heard this, doubts appeared on their faces.
What kind of account books could enable Zhao Xianghe to join forces with Pei Zhong to intercept Director Guo at the gate of the palace?
The prince said with a serious face: "Everyone enters the palace at a certain time.
Director Guo, why are you making an exception at this time?
It is natural for Pei Zhong to stop you."
Director Guo snorted coldly and said: "Your Highness, things have priorities.
If Director Guo has nothing serious to do, he will not dare to interrupt your Majesty's feast.
Even if His Royal Highness King Xu lends me a gold medal bestowed by His Majesty, Master Pei and However, Zhao Xianghe and the two of them still refused to let me into the palace.
Not only that, they also wanted to snatch the account book in my arms as soon as they came up."
When the prince heard this, he sneered and said: "Prince Xu, I don't know how you hunted down the rebels just now, and where did you get the guards?
No matter who they are, they must take off their armor when entering the palace.
Could it be that you also brought someone to ambush you?"
Can't we do it outside the palace gate?
What do you want to do?"
Yuan Lie smiled and said: "I was ordered to fight against rebellion, doesn't the prince know?"
The prince looked puzzled and asked: "According to His Majesty's decree, when did Your Majesty give you the decree to arrest the traitor?"
The emperor smiled faintly, thinking that if something happened to this boy, he would have to take care of it himself.
He was clearly determined that he would not stand idly by.
He waved his hand and said: "Forget it, I gave him the decree.
He can bring three hundred guards tonight.
They are on standby at the gate of the palace.
He sent them out with my permission, so the prince does not have to worry."
When the prince heard this, his face was extremely ugly.
He had already seen the emperor's intention, and it was clear that he was deliberately protecting Xu Wang Yuanlie.
He really couldn't figure out why, no matter what happened, his father would always favor Yuan Lie without hesitation.
Even though he was his biological son, he never got a good look from him.
The prince gritted his teeth and closed his mouth tightly.
He opened his mouth and involuntarily clenched the wine glass in his hand.
Li Weiyang smiled slightly, Yuan Lie is a person who knows how to cheat, not only to himself but also to his father.
He only slaps his nose in his face, leaving you helpless.
He was obviously sure that the emperor would not ask him about his crime, so he was so unscrupulous in the palace.
This is fine, but the bigger things get, the less likely the Zhao family will be able to end things.
Yuan Lie looked around with sharp eyes, and finally looked at the emperor and said: "Your Majesty, don't you want to see what kind of account books are there that the Zhao family must snatch?"
The emperor's eyes looked at Yuan Lie, and then fell on Director Guo.
He ordered the eunuch beside him obediently: "Send it up."
Director Guo respectfully placed the account book he had been protecting in his arms on the tray.
The eunuch held the tray all the way and presented it to the emperor in front of everyone's attention.
Queen Pei's eyebrows had a hint of coldness, but her expression was still so calm and unmoved.
However, the expression of the prince next to her was no longer so calm, and the knuckles holding the wine glass were also faintly white.
The emperor took the account book, and the prince's heart immediately moved.
At the same time, he also scolded Pei Bi in his heart.
The other party clearly promised that he would do it very cleanly this time, and Director Guo would never be able to return to Dadu safely. , that account book will never be known to anyone, but what happened?
Director Guo came back safely, and now he even brought the account book back intact.
The cover of this account book was vermilion, with "The Twenty-Two Years of Yongli" written in neat regular script.
The emperor's slender fingers gently flicked the cover, and finally opened a page, and then His eyes suddenly focused on the ink pen.
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Director Guo said loudly: "As your Majesty sees, the total amount allocated to Zhao Zong this year is The military pay is 2 million taels of silver, but only 500,000 taels are actually used as military pay.
The deficit has reached a huge 1.5 million taels."
Director Guo's voice resounded throughout the garden, allowing everyone to hear clearly.
It was clear that no one was talking in the garden.
You could hear a pin drop clearly.
The emperor looked at Director Guo intently and said, "Where did you get this account book?"
Director Guo said in a deep voice: "This account book was obtained from a military advisor named Chu Liang.
He was originally Zhao Zong's most trusted aide, and this account book has always been kept by his side.
However, Zhao Zong was the most suspicious.
He was worried that Chu Liang would reveal the secret, so he secretly sent someone to arrest everyone in his home.
All thirteen people were killed, and Chu Liang was also killed to silence them.
Chu Liang had already expected that such a day would come, and he pretended to hand over a manuscript and then committed suicide.
Zhao Zong thought that there would be no further trouble, but Chu Liang secretly killed him.
This account book was left in the hands of his confidant, who was a member of the Chu family.
Chu Suimo.
Chu Suimo was just a military slave of the Zhao family.
He had no position in the army and was not eye-catching.
Not many people knew about his relationship with Chu Liang, so he was able to keep this account book safely. , until Zhao Zongsheng's death.
Then he saw that my second brother was framed, and he immediately guessed it.
This matter must be related to this account book, so he quietly escaped from the military camp with this account book.
At that time, Zhao Xianghe was busy arresting my second brother and did not pay attention to the escape of a small military slave.
It was too late when we found out that the escaped military slave was closely related to Chu Liang."
"Later they did send people to hunt him down, but Chu Suimo was cautious and hid among the refugees all the way to Hezhou.
I found him in Hezhou and got this account book.
Please enlighten me."
Li Weiyang lowered her head and looked at the wine glass in front of her.
The wine emitted a faint fluorescence under the moonlight.
In fact, Director Guo kept half of what he said.
He said in the letter that the escaped military slave had been killed by Zhao Xianghe, and the account book contained only a few words, and the evidence was not very sufficient.
Of course, the prince and Pei Bi didn't know about this.
They really thought that Chu Suimo had managed to send the account book and it was in the hands of Director Guo.
Director Guo's eyes were deep and he said word by word: "This matter involves the ministers of the DPRK and China.
If it is not handled well, the illustrious battlefield victory that has just begun to improve will be ruined.
Therefore, this account book must be seen by His Majesty first."
Thunder, rain and dew are all your grace.
With your Majesty's care, the Hehe border will not fall into turmoil again, and the people in the war will be safe.
Your Majesty has made a clear decision."
He looked very calm and spoke very forcefully.
Everyone looked at him and couldn't help but look thoughtful.
Everyone knows that among the five young masters of the Guo family, Guo Da is steady, Guo Er is brave, Guo San is cunning, and Guo Si is honest.
But this Guo Wu is the only one who is both romantic and dashing, but he has never heard of any virtuous ones. name.
But now it seems that he is actually a character.
Not only can he speak, but he is also very good at flattering.
When he met the emperor for the first time, he said such high-level words.
I really don’t know what kind of incense the Guo family burned to have such an outstanding son.
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The emperor didn't say anything for a long time, and the Duke of Qi stared at him closely, thinking that this drama was still a bit risky.
If His Majesty refused to deal with it, then Director Guo would have committed a capital crime.
He was about to add a weight when he suddenly heard a "pop" and the emperor threw the account book heavily to the ground.
Director Guo's heart skipped a beat and he couldn't help but frown.
No one knew how nervous he was except Li Weiyang.
In fact, in the letter passed back by Director Guo, he had already told Li Weiyang everything.
The witness he found had been assassinated by the other party.
The so-called account book was only one-third, and the remaining one-third It had been set on fire by the other party the next morning.
He has no real evidence at all.
Today's round is just a desperate move.
If the emperor does not recognize this account book, or he feels that the evidence is not sufficient and refuses to investigate the Zhao family's sins, then this matter will be in vain.
One game.
Director Guo couldn't help gritting his teeth.
He didn't look in the direction of Li Weiyang, nor did he raise his head.
Li Weiyang looked as usual.
Princess Ali next to her tightly grasped her sleeves and said: "Jia'er, what are you doing now?"
manage" There was no change on Li Weiyang's face, and he said slowly: "Princess, there is no need to worry, the evidence may not be sufficient, it just depends on His Majesty's holy will."
Li Weiyang can guess a thing or two about the emperor's personality.
At present, he is missing an excuse to attack the Zhao family instead of the Pei family.
Isn't this just a pillow for sleep?
Li Weiyang's face contained a clear smile. , the index finger subconsciously stroked the jade-inlaid glass finger on the ring finger, the movement was very gentle.
Although Director Guo over there looked calm, he tried his best to hold back the uneasiness in his heart.
Only Li Weiyang noticed that Director Guo's body was trembling slightly.
The emperor looked at everyone with a gloomy expression, but said nothing and the atmosphere was cold.
At this moment, a glimmer of light flashed in Yuan Lie's eyes, and he stepped forward and said loudly: "Your Majesty, we now have physical evidence, and the actions of Zhao Xianghe and Pei Zhong just now also prove their intention to obtain this evidence.
If this account book is not true, why are they so panicked and want to take action in front of the palace gate?
This just proves what Mr.
Guo said.
Guo Yan was framed because he discovered this account book.
Please tell me as soon as possible.
Make up your mind" The emperor had already figured out the details of the matter at this time.
Judging from Yuan Lie's actions this time, it was clear that his goal was to prove the Zhao family's sins.
He smiled coldly and said: "It's good to be young.
You are motivated and have no worries.
You don't think about anything, don't say anything, and don't move, so you dare to break into the palace.
Do you think so, Duke Qi?"
The Duke of Qi quickly stood up, bowed respectfully to His Majesty, and said, "Your Majesty, please forgive me for being ignorant.
I have offended Your Majesty.
I also ask Your Majesty to be magnanimous and forgive his recklessness for the sake of his loyalty to the country.
If you really want to Please punish me, your majesty.
It was my failure to teach my son that made him act so boldly."
The prince sneered.
If the emperor does not recognize this account book, and Director Guo has no witness at hand, there is no way the Zhao family can be blamed for this matter.
Unexpectedly, the next moment, the emperor suddenly laughed loudly, and said with no trace of joy in his voice: "Okay, it turns out that the father of the tiger has no son of the dog."
As he said this, his eyes narrowed.
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At first, he looked calm, and slowly , his eyes became extremely cold.
He had lived in the palace for a long time and did not like to go to court, but his grasp of power was still unclear.
The secret is better than anyone else, and it is nothing more than the firm control of every force.
Only one-third of the original account is left, which means that it is not enough to prove Zhao Zong's crime of embezzling military pay, and there is no As a witness, if you are partial to Zhao Zong, you can pretend that you know nothing and accuse Director Guo of falsely accusing Zhongliang.
However, the Pei family's hand has stretched too far, which is beyond the range of what he can tolerate.
It is better to cut down this extra vine as soon as possible.
The expression on the emperor's face was very complicated, with some approval and some unconcealable anger.
He said sternly: "The only thing that really fell on the army is 500,000 taels, and the remaining 1.5 million taels."
He shouted angrily: "Everything went into the pocket of his Zhao Zong.
This little commander, a minister of the emperor, is so greedy and arrogant.
He is simply lawless."
The ministers were startled, all stood up, knelt down and said: "Your Majesty, please calm down."
Li Weiyang smiled slightly, lowered her head in time, and hid the ridicule in her eyes.
Sure enough, she expected it right.
The emperor lacked such an excuse to deal with the Zhao family.
Although this game was extremely risky, she still won the bet.
The emperor's chest heaved violently, and his face was extremely ugly.
He said angrily: "How dare you embezzle a huge amount of military pay.
This old guy Zhao Zong deserves a good death."
The emperor had always spoken very calmly and gracefully.
When everyone saw him saying such vulgar words, they were obviously extremely angry.
No one dared to say anything or even raise their heads.
Even all the female relatives left the table and stood up. , kneeling on the ground, shivering.
Among all the people, only Queen Pei was still sitting there, noble and calm, with a half-smile on her face.
"This rat, poisonous insect, gangster, the worm of the country" the emperor cursed loudly, the muscles on his face trembled ferociously, it could almost be said that he was swearing.
All the ministers were lying on the ground in silence, with their heads hanging on the ground.
Even the prince remained silent for fear of becoming a victim of the emperor's attack.
Seeing everyone's trembling expressions, the emperor said sternly: "Bring all those beasts from the Zhao family up to me!"
Yuan Lie waved his hand, and the guards immediately escorted Zhao Tuo, Zhao Xianghe and Pei Zhong over.
Zhao Tuo had come closer, his court clothes were wrinkled together, as if he had been wronged, he kowtowed to the ground and said: "Wei minister, please see your majesty, your majesty, help me!
His Highness King Xu broke into the court room without saying anything and captured the wei minister."
I want to face you, but I am unjust."
The emperor snorted coldly and said, "Zhao Tuo, do you understand your guilt?"
Zhao Tuo raised his head and said, "I have served for three dynasties, and now I am serving your Majesty.
I only know how to serve the court with loyalty, and I don't know what my sin is."
"Zhao Tuo, you are such a man of clever words and tricks.
You assisted your elder brother Zhao Zongdian in his treacherous plot, embezzled military pay, and plotted evil.
This is a crime of treason."
Zhao Tuo was surprised and immediately kowtowed: "I am now the Secretary of the Central Committee, and I have always acted in accordance with His Majesty's instructions and never exceeded them.
Moreover, Zhao Zong is Weichen's eldest brother.
We are close relatives and we do come and go frequently.
However, Weichen believes in greatness Brother's character, he has been framed by others.
He is greedy for military pay.
This is purely false.
Your Majesty, I really don't understand why you want to help the Guo family to complain for my elder brother, for myself, and for the Zhao family."
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The emperor smiled coldly and ordered: "Pull this old thief out and torture him for interrogation.
We must find out the mastermind behind the scenes."
Zhao Tuo was panic-stricken now.
He had expected Empress Pei to speak, but he didn't wait for a long time.
Hearing the emperor's tone, he knew that he couldn't be kind today.
He immediately burst into tears, kowtowed and begged: "Your Majesty, please remember me.
I have served the country loyally for many years and spared my life.
I am willing to reduce my position to serve the people and never return to Beijing."
However, under the emperor's order, all the Imperial Guards came forward to capture him like a cat.
Zhao Tuo became even more panicked at this time.
He even ignored his face and dug at the blue bricks on the ground so hard that his nails were broken.
Still refusing to let go, he shouted loudly: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, please spare my life."
A cold smile flashed across Li Weiyang's face, but her eyes were staring straight at Empress Pei.
Now is a great opportunity.
As long as Empress Pei asks for mercy, she can drag the Pei family into the water.
Come on, Mr.
Zhao, you have to call It would be better to make it more miserable, so that Empress Pei has to speak, so that I can take further action Empress Pei stared at this scene with cold eyes, her eyelashes moved, as if she was about to speak.
At the critical moment, the emperor suddenly covered his head, closed his eyes and looked up to the sky, panting heavily, and suddenly sat on the throne.
It seemed that the emperor really had a headache.
Li Weiyang frowned tightly.
What kind of disease did he have?
Why would he be so terrible when he was angry?
Empress Pei glanced at the emperor, a cold glint flashed in her eyes, but she suddenly sat firmly in her seat and had no intention of speaking again.
If Queen Pei doesn't move and the prince doesn't move, the Pei family naturally dare not move.
In fact, everyone is very afraid of the moody emperor, fearing that they will be the next unlucky one.
At this time, Zhao Xianghe and Pei Zhong were both frightened.
Zhao Xianghe said loudly: "Your Majesty, Wei Chen's father and uncle are both unjust.
Wei Chen doesn't know anything either.
Don't listen to Director Guo's nonsense here."
Words, false accusations against Zhongliang" Obviously, Zhao Xianghe still refused to plead guilty.
Although he regretted that he could not completely drag Empress Pei into the water, now, there is no need to save the lives of the Zhao family.
Even if they are interrogated, nothing can be asked.
Yuan Lie said with a cold smile. : "Your Majesty, there has been no need for severe punishment since ancient times.
It is impossible for prisoners to tell the truth."
The emperor had a headache and his eyes were splitting.
His face became more and more angry.
He sneered and said, "Bring up the iron cage."
When everyone heard this, their expressions changed.
I saw the eunuchs quickly carrying up a dark cage, which was as tall as a person.
There was only a small opening at the top that could accommodate the head.
There were several small wooden prongs on the edge.
The cage was thick at the top and pointed at the bottom.
It looked very strange.
The emperor smiled coldly and said, "What do you think of this thing?"
Everyone's expressions changed drastically, but the whole place was silent, and no one dared to speak.
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Princess Ali asked Li Weiyang: "What is this?"
Li Weiyang frowned slightly, but shook his head and said: "I haven't seen it either."
Mrs.
Guo's face turned slightly pale, and she said softly: "This iron cage is your Majesty's first creation, and it is very terrifying."
Before she could finish her words, the emperor waved his hand, and some guards put Zhao Xianghe in the cage and pushed the wooden prong inward.
Not long after, Zhao Xianghe screamed in a miserable voice.
It seemed to penetrate the sky, bringing a creepy and shuddering feeling.
Then a hole the size of a spoon appeared on his head.
The guard brought an iron bucket and poured a large spoonful of hot oil into the hole on Zhao Xianghe's head.
In an instant, wisps of green smoke began to rise from his head. , the hot oil sizzled inside, Zhao Xianghe was tortured by pain and struggled desperately, but his body was tightly suppressed and unable to move.
After the torture reached this point, the emperor waved his hand, and the wooden peg came closer by three points.
Everyone watched helplessly as a wisp of white brain matter burst out from Zhao Xianghe's brain, penetrated the cage, and sprayed out into the sky.
In a moment, the man had become A corpse.
The emperor burst into laughter and said to Empress Pei: "What does the queen think of this cage?"
Queen Pei just smiled tenderly and said reservedly: "You can still use intimidation tactics once or twice.
If this continues, the method will not be effective.
Your Majesty will have to find another method in the future."
The emperor's eyes were filled with venom, and he just raised the corner of his mouth and said, "Don't worry, Queen, I have many criminal laws, so you don't have to worry too much."
The queen smiled lightly, but her face looked peaceful.
When interrogating a case, the Criminal Department usually uses a quick fix method.
They are not allowed to sleep or eat during the day, and are not allowed to sleep or nap at night.
If the prisoner cannot stand it any longer, they must be beaten and shaken during the interrogation to prevent them from falling asleep.
Using this method, the only result is often Thirty percent of people will speak.
If the remaining people are silent, the Ministry of Punishment will use some extraordinary interrogation methods, such as iron clamps, sticks, whips, candles, pepper spray, etc.
The iron cage in front of them is the most terrifying part of the current punishment. kind.
Everyone's expressions will change when they see that kind of scene where their brains are bursting out.
Many people don't even dare to look at it and will rush to admit it.
Therefore, this cage works extremely well.
Princess Ali had already covered her eyes when she saw this scene, and her face was very frightened.
Li Weiyang turned to look at her and comforted her softly: "Princess, don't be afraid."
Princess Ali saw that Li Weiyang's expression remained unchanged and showed no fear.
She couldn't help but said: "Jia'er, you are too courageous.
In my opinion, your emperor is really..."
Before she finished speaking, Li Weiyang shook her head at him, indicating that she should be careful.
Princess Ali's expression changed and she quickly shut up.
In her opinion, the moody emperor was simply a monster, showing no mercy to those who displeased him.
The emperor sneered and said: "It seems that since the Zhao family embezzled military pay, then the son of the Guo family must have been unjustly accused.
What do you think?"
In this situation, no one dares to say no, so everyone bows down and shouts long live, praising the emperor's sage.
The emperor smiled slightly, stood up, and said very tiredly: "Okay, that's it for today."
With that, he turned and left.
All the civil servants, military officers and generals in rich robes and belts, as well as countless female family members, were prostrate on the ground, not even daring to raise their heads.
The emperor's eyes were full of weariness and indifference.
When Li Weiyang raised his head, he only heard the smile in the emperor's voice, like a willful person looking forward to a malicious game, and then only his flying robe was left, like a pair of huge ominous wings.
Gone in a flash.
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The female family members in the palace also retreated one after another, and Queen Pei stood up last.
Her face was always very calm, without the slightest hint of anger.
Li Weiyang really wants to know what Queen Pei is thinking at this moment, but unfortunately she knows that no one can guess the other person's mind.
Everyone was silent and watched the emperor retreat with blank eyes.
This man was equal to a nightmare in their eyes.
Over the past many years, the emperor has not done nothing, he has simply done too much.
Every move he makes makes people feel very crisp and frightened.
The word "fear" seems inappropriate for an emperor.
His behavior is really out of proportion to his status.
After the emperor, empress, and concubines had all left, things exploded among the ministers.
Immediately, someone stood up and congratulated the Duke of Qi: "Congratulations, Duke of Qi.
Your son has been cleared of all charges this time."
Yes, since the guilty ones are the Zhao family and his son, then Guo Yan is naturally innocent.
Now he only needs a pardon order to return to Dadu openly, and I am afraid he will be reinstated.
When Qi Guogong heard these words, there was not much surprise on his face.
He just said lightly: "I accept your good words."
After saying that, he turned and left.
The person who came was annoyed, turned around and said to others: "Look at how secretive this prince is.
Who knew that the fifth child in his family could pull out teeth from a tiger's mouth?"
As he said this, everyone snickered.
He looked up, but there was more or less sourness and fear in this smile.
The Guo family's actions this time were, firstly, supported by King Xu, and secondly, by His Majesty's support, so they could be carried out so smoothly.
Of course, the Zhao family's being too gullible was also an aspect.
If they hadn't realized that the Guo family had deliberately set a trap to lure them into the trap, they would have been caught on the spot, and they would have been able to clear themselves of their crimes.
They were really a bunch of idiots.
While people were laughing, they couldn't help but feel sorry for the Guo family.
The plan is secretly approved, but there is insufficient evidence.
That doesn't matter.
If you dig a hole and jump in yourself, you will get the stolen goods.
I don't know who came up with this trick.
At this time, Li Weiyang also stood up and walked out, but heard a cold snort from not far away.
Li Weiyang kept walking and smiled slightly: "What do you think, Mr.
Pei?"
Pei Bi, who had been sitting calmly in the crowd and watching the development of the situation, smiled lightly and said: "It's a good strategy to lure the snake out of its hole."
Li Weiyang nodded and looked sideways: "Did Mr.
Pei not expect it in advance?"
Pei Bi looked at Lang Yue and sighed: "So what if I had expected it, but the Zhao family and his son were stubborn and refused to obey my orders.
They were also destined to have this disaster, and there was nothing I could do about it.
Yeah."
He said this without any regrets on his face, but Li Weiyang knew that Pei Bi must hate himself in his heart now.
The calmer his face was, the more resentful he felt in his heart.
This elimination was jointly planned by Pei Bi and Empress Pei.
Pei Bi set up a trap to trick Zhao Zong into framing Guo Yan, then killed Zhao Zong to frame everything on Guo Yan, and then used Nalan Xue as a hidden thorn in order to The entire Guo family defeated this game in one fell swoop.
The layout was very clever and interlocking.
They are worthy of being masters of blind chess, and there is also a trace of Queen Pei in it.
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Li Weiyang smiled slightly and said: "Master Pei, do you know that Miss Nalan is dead?"
Pei Bi smiled coldly and said: "It's just a chess piece, why should I care about it."
At this time, they had already stepped out of the garden.
The bright moonlight was piercing the eyes.
Li Weiyang smiled and said with a calm and contented expression: "The most difficult thing to calculate in the world is the human heart.
Even if it is a chess piece, once she has her own will, It will break away from the chessboard, are you right?”
Pei Bi smiled coldly and said, "Yes, the plan she was originally asked to implement was not just the secret letter."
Li Weiyang suddenly stopped at this moment, and a thought suddenly came to his mind, and he blurted out: "You originally wanted to use Nalan Xue to kill me, right?"
Pei Bi's eyes were extremely cold, but there was a teasing smile at the corner of his mouth.
He curled his lips and said, "Yes, you guessed it right.
I originally wanted her to do this."
Li Weiyang could probably get a glimpse of the other party's intentions.
On the one hand, he surrounded the Guo family from the outside, and on the other hand, he penetrated from the inside, causing the Guo family to kill each other and break their own arms.
At the same time, Nalan Xue must be asked to sow discord between herself and Chen Bingbing and everyone in the Guo family.
In fact, Nalan Xue did a good job and successfully drove a wedge between the Guo and Chen families.
If Li Weiyang had not already established a foothold in the Guo family, I am afraid that other people in the Guo family would also resent Li Weiyang because of her favoritism towards Nalan Xue.
This would alienate Li Weiyang and the Guo family.
The relationship between everyone made Li Weiyang alienated from the Guo family and had nothing to rely on.
In the end, as long as Nalan Xue puts some medicine in Li Weiyang's diet, will she still be alive?
Li Weiyang is very cautious, but Nalan Xue has superb medical skills after all.
If you pay attention to the smallest details, you can take action against Li Weiyang Li Weiyang raised a slight smile at the corner of her mouth and said: "It seems that I have underestimated Mr.
Pei.
This time he was eliminated, the layout was flawless."
Pei Bi smiled coldly and said: "No matter how perfect the plan is, haven't you seen through it?
Today, all the scenery in the world has been taken up by the Guo family."
A clear light passed by the corner of his eyes, and Li Weiyang heard the sarcasm.
Li Weiyang's eyes were cold: "You calculated my thoughts so accurately, and the person you chose was just right.
However, after using such a trick, it is impossible to use it a second time.
I really want to know what the Pei family wants to do."
How to bring down the Kuok family" Pei Bi smiled slightly and said confidently: "Then please wait and see, Miss Guo."
Li Weiyang didn't care.
She just raised her clear eyes and looked at each other calmly.
Pei Bi hated her look the most.
A sharp spark flashed in his eyes, and then he turned around and said coldly: "Goodbye." , has walked quickly outside the garden.
Under the moonlight, Yuan Lie walked lightly to Li Weiyang, smiled slightly and said: "Is this thing done beautifully today?"
Li Weiyang glared at him, and a smile flashed in his eyes: "It's really risky.
Even I broke into a cold sweat for you.
If His Majesty just refused to stand by your side, what would you do?"
Yuan Lie seemed to be smiling but not smiling, and said with a calm expression: "Since I dare to do this, of course I am fully confident.
Even if he refuses to admit it, I have a way to force him to admit it."
Li Weiyang looked at his confident look and couldn't help but sigh softly: "I think your Majesty is going to be pissed off by you."
Yuan Lie smiled and said: "It's okay to be angry to death.
No one can stand his violent temper."
This pair of father and son really dislike each other, but they care about each other so much.
Li Weiyang really doesn't know how to describe this weird relationship between the two of them.
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Thinking about it carefully, they are probably the best in the world.
The strangest father and son pair.
Back at Guo's house, Li Weiyang sent Yuan Lie away, then stood outside the door with a smile and did not enter.
Zhao Yue waited beside him, and waited until Director Guo entered the door before Li Weiyang stepped forward and said with a smile: "Five It’s been a hard journey, brother.”
Director Guo just nodded his head slightly and said with a smile: "With King Xu's protection, my journey has been pretty smooth."
Li Weiyang said no more.
In fact, she already knew that Director Guo encountered countless assassinations along the way.
He finally found the military slave and obtained the account book, but he still lost the witness and one-third.
Two pieces of evidence, only one-third of the account books were saved by him from the fire.
If he had been a little careless, Director Guo would not have been able to return to Dadu.
His desperate efforts were enough to move people. .
Before he finished speaking, Director Guo seemed to be worried and said, "I have already heard about Miss Nalan."
As soon as he opened his mouth, Li Weiyang stopped smiling: "Did the fourth brother say that?"
Director Guo showed a sincere look and said: "When I first saw Nalan Xue's expression, I thought she was a little strange, but I couldn't tell what was so strange about her.
I think you, Jia'er, think so too.
You are such a smart person. , I wouldn’t be confused by her.”
Li Weiyang was told the central issue, and a trace of regret passed through her heart, but she told the truth: "I was not confused by her, but because I felt sympathy and closeness to her, so that such feelings eventually blinded me.
My mind is so clear that I can't doubt her, or even if I do, I will keep convincing myself that she has some reasons."
Director Guo nodded with great understanding and said, "You also have good intentions."
The atmosphere between the two of them was very harmonious, and there was always a sparkle in Director Guo's eyes.
Li Weiyang smiled slightly and walked in side by side with him.
Director Guo had a fair complexion and graceful features.
His bright black eyes fell on Li Weiyang and he only looked at her intently.
Li Weiyang's heart moved, but his eyes remained indifferent. calm.
Director Guo suddenly felt warm in his heart and said softly: "I have heard about the matter between you and Prince Xu, and Fifth Brother still owes you a blessing."
Li Weiyang was startled, and she could see the smile on Director Guo's expression.
Then she felt relieved and said, "I'm just afraid that my parents won't agree to our marriage."
Director Guo shook his head and said: "The resistance does not come from your parents.
As long as you are good, they will definitely not disagree with you.
I am only afraid of Concubine Hui and Prince Jing in the palace."
When Director Guo said this, Li Weiyang disapproved and said: "There is no need to mention this matter for the time being.
When the time is right, I will naturally report it to my parents.
When the time comes, if I really want to get married, no one can stop me."
Director Guo nodded.
He knew Li Weiyang's temperament very well.
Prince Jing had never been in her eyes, so there was nothing to fear.
Under the cover of the black hair, the cold luster of white jade on Li Weiyang's face was vaguely revealed.
Director Guo's eyes were filled with pity and he gently brushed her face.
There was a jade hairpin inserted in Li Weiyang's hair, holding a bright pendant.
Against the bright lights, a transparent and cold light swayed, unconsciously blocking his gaze.
After a moment of silence, Director Guo suddenly said seriously: "Now I am only worried about my second brother."
Li Weiyang thought for a while and said with the calmness of a bystander: "Although the second brother has been cleared of his grievances, the most important thing is how to make him appear in front of everyone at the most appropriate time.
After all, under His Majesty's pardon, Before the order arrived, he was still a criminal."
Director Guo felt very happy and laughed loudly: "No matter what, today's matter is finally a great victory.
We should celebrate and go.
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Now we go to see our parents and report the good news to them."
"Do you still need to report it?
Everyone saw it clearly at the banquet just now."
Li Weiyang knew that he was deliberately creating a relaxed atmosphere, so she smiled slightly and said: "Now they are happy and want to Report everything to grandma, let’s go quickly.”
On the next day, the emperor's pardon order came down.
At the same time, Guo Yan and Qi Guogong went into the palace to plead guilty to the emperor, and explained that the reason for their escape that day was that they were being hunted.
Since Guo Yan is no longer an imperial prisoner, the Guo family's crime of harboring him no longer exists.
In particular, Guo Yan stated the true situation on the battlefield to His Majesty, which made His Majesty even more furious.
He actually dismissed all the officials of the Zhao family and investigated them.
Anyone involved in embezzling military pay was beheaded, and the rest were exiled three thousand miles away.
In this way, the emperor not only reinstated Guo Yanguan to his post, but also praised him greatly, gave him a lot of money, and comforted him.
But after coming back, Li Weiyang saw that Guo Yan's expression was not very happy, and she couldn't help but have a slight enlightenment in her heart.
On the second day after the emperor issued the decree, when Guo Yan was about to return to the border, the Guo family suddenly discovered that the second son was missing.
Mrs.
Guo carefully checked Guo Yan's room, but saw that Guo Yan didn't even take away any of his clothes.
She couldn't help but said in a lonely voice: "Where did this silly kid go?"
Li Weiyang sighed and said: "If you want to know where the second brother has gone, it is actually not difficult."
The Guo family all raised their heads and looked at Li Weiyang with a surprised expression.
With a gentle smile, Li Weiyang shook her head and sighed: "Go and see if Miss Nalan's ashes are still there.
If not, then the second brother will take Miss Nalan on a long journey."
Mrs.
Guo thought about it and instantly understood her son's intentions.
A layer of shadows appeared on her face.
Life is like this.
If you make a mistake once, you will be wrong for the rest of your life.
The pair who were so in love originally separated, and Guo Yan felt ashamed of Nalan Xue after all, so this time he left after he had been cleared of all charges and would no longer implicate the family.
Accompanying Nalan Xue's ashes, they traveled around the world and were never found again.
In the past, he once betrayed Nalanxue for the Guo family, and now he has left the Guo family forever for Nalanxue.
Mrs.
Guo sighed, and then realized that maybe this time his son would have to do something real.
He is no longer obsessed with the shackles of his family.
This may not be a blessing for him.
Even so, Mrs.
Guo burst into tears unconsciously.
When he was Guo Yan, he could only choose family.
But when he is no longer Guo Yan, he will definitely choose Nalan Xue.
Li Weiyang sighed, walked forward, gently hugged Mrs.
Guo's body, and said softly: "Mom, don't worry, you still have us, right, Fifth Brother?"
At this time, Director Guo was wearing a white robe and leaning casually by the door.
The corners of his mouth were raised in an elegant arc.
He smiled slightly and said: "Mother, you still have us."
Li Weiyang looked at Mrs.
Guo tenderly, but countless thoughts flashed through her heart.
It's a pity that Empress Pei was too cunning this time and refused to speak up for the Zhao family.
Otherwise, Pei Zhong would not be the only one who would be unlucky.
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But the Zhao family is just an appetizer, and now it's time to take action on the Pei family.
Dare you use Nalan Xue to plot against her?
, you must be prepared to pay a hundredfold price －－－－－－Digression－－－－－
Editor: Look at you, you are so ruthless.
You ignore all the children who offer flowers and gifts without mentioning them by name.
They don’t love you anymore.
Xiao Qin: Tell me this is not true, you lied to me Editor: Don’t make trouble unreasonably and ruin your outlook on life.
Xiao Qin: Well, I’m just lazy, agtat, thank you for supporting me all the time, giving rewards, flowers, and warm messages to the children.
EDIT: Is there any action Xiao Qin: Let me pledge myself to you Editor: Oops, you should continue to ignore this from now on: