There was a knock on the door of the heavy black lacquer carved maple, and Xue Chang couldn't help but palpitate and asked, "Who?"
” Immediately after that, the voice of his own henchman came from outside: "My lord!
It's small. ” Xue Chang hurriedly put the teacup back on the table, wiped the water stains on his thighs with his sleeve, and was a little flustered for a while, before he raised his voice for a while: "Come in!"
” A servant in Tsing Yi came in and said, "My lord, the emperor summoned Xuanliang, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, to go to the Qianqing Palace. ” Xue Chang couldn't help but rub his eyebrows with his right arm propped up on the table, and the servant said: "The little one looks at the situation is not quite right, I looked around outside, and I didn't see Wang Shilang's person." ” Wang Shilang was the one who should go down and burn the test papers, Xue Chang suddenly sat up from the chair and said, "What!
” He was about to open his mouth to command, when the sound of footsteps and the sound of men talking came from outside.
He raised his eyes to see, it turned out to be Zhao Guangyuan, the commander of the Jinyi Guard, he was forty years old, because he practiced martial arts all the year round, his body was very athletic, at this time, he came, obviously not a good sign.
Xue Chang couldn't help but feel that his breathing was tense, and a heart in his chest seemed to be beating a drum, but he barely hugged his hands and said hello, "Commander Zhao." ” Zhao Guangyuan came forward to arch his hand, although the rank of the commander of the Jinyi Guard was lower than that of the Ministry of Shangshu, but because the Jinyi Guard was the personal guard of the Son of Heaven, he was used to being arrogant, unless he saw the princes and nobles, he generally arched his hand, he said with a smile at the moment: "Xue Shangshu, the emperor invites you to go over and ask." ” Xue Chang smiled and said, "Can you allow this official to change clothes first," he said, pointing to the official robe that was wet with tea, and there were usually a few replacement robes in the yamen.
Zhao Guangyuan glanced at it and said, "The emperor is in a hurry to summon the lord, so he naturally does not dare to postpone his humble position. ” If it was on the side, Jinyiwei was so pretending to be a tiger, Xue Chang would inevitably scold secretly, but he forgot to scold at this time, but he panicked for no reason, his father-in-law entered the Qianqing Palace, and he had not come out yet, he kept asking people to stare at the Qianqing Palace.
But he didn't dare to resist the order, he was anxious, like sitting on pins and needles, all the words were not enough to describe his mood at this time, but he was not allowed to hesitate any longer, two brocade guards wearing flying fish suits stepped forward and said 'offended', one left and one right framed his left and right sides, and dragged him out.
But to outsiders, it seems that they are just very close to him, protecting both sides of him.
Xue Chang didn't want to lose his dignity, he flicked the sleeves of his robe and said, "This official has his own feet, and it won't be your turn yet!"
” The two brocade guards glanced at Zhao Guangyuan, Zhao Guangyuan made a look, and the two people retreated.
Xue Chang strode forward and walked ahead, but he was thinking in his heart that Ming Ziyi's surrender must be true, but he must not let the Quan family stay alive.
However, Jinyiwei did not take him to Qianqing Palace, but went to Wenhua Palace.
Wenhua Hall was the first to be the sleeping hall of the hidden prince, and later ascended the throne today, thinking that it was unknown, and the other palace was used as the east palace, and the blue glazed tiles that symbolized the germination were replaced back with yellow, and the Son of Heaven was the hall, and also the place where the prayer feast was made, it was very empty, and at this moment there was a familiar figure sitting on the chair of the Taishi in the hall. ------ In the palace of King Ji, the study is brightly lit, and the giant candle with the thickness of the child's arm illuminates the room as if it were daytime.
Outside the study, the guards were all the personal guards of King Ji.
Xiao Lang sat there, couldn't help but glance at the throne sitting on the throne, King Ji in a royal blue dragon king suit, the Great Zhou ritual system, the Son of Heaven can use the dragon, the princes' robes can be used to stand the dragon, as for the county king and other side branches, more python robes, usually the emperor to show his favor to the courtiers, will also give the dragon robe that he wears, but according to the convention, he has to pick off a claw, which is also a python robe.
He didn't know how he could have thought so much about coming here, perhaps because they had been waiting in this room for nearly three hours, eating, drinking, and never leaving.
He could feel King Ji's nervousness, in their position, there were not many opportunities, if they couldn't bring down the crown prince, maybe there would be no more chances.
How difficult it is to find this ironclad evidence, spread public opinion, and provoke the anger of the world's masters.
But there is no need to stay up like this, Xiao Lang felt stiff when he sat down, and just wanted to stand up and move his arms, when he suddenly heard two vermilion lacquer ice crack doors being pushed open, and An Qinghou walked in.
Before he could salute, King Ji had already stepped forward, supported him and said, "How?
” Xu Zhaokuan replied: "The emperor has ordered the commander of the forbidden army to lead troops to surround the East Palace and the Shen Mansion, because it is guarding inside, so it cannot be seen from the outside, but it is loose on the outside and tight on the inside, and the emperor sent Tong Zhe to the Xishan camp with a gold medal arrow.
"He originally served in the military department, and he led the troops to fight, so it is not difficult to inquire about the movements of the army.
King Ji helped him sit down and said: "It seems that my father really moved his mind this time, and there should be news in the palace, after the emperor saw Fu Xuanliang, he ordered Song Ge Lao, Chen Ge Lao and Qin Guo Guild to interrogate Shen Ge Lao. ” A large part of the official ranks of Dali Temple and the supervising imperial history are lower than Shen Ge Lao, and some of them are even Shen Ge Lao's protégés, so they are not qualified to handle this case at all.
And Qin Guogong is different, he followed the emperor to fight the world back then, or the emperor's savior, he is the emperor's most trusted person, even King Ji has studied the art of war under him, and the people who followed the emperor to fight the world were killed or injured, Qin Guogong is also very acquainted, and now he is already old and does not go to the court much, let alone ask about the government, the emperor must really want to find out the facts, so he will use Qin Guogong.
Qin Guogong was indeed the one who tried Shen Hengzheng.
A trace of joy flashed on King Ji's face, and Xu Zhaokuan said again: "The ...... over there with the surname" King Ji replied: "This king has arranged for people to come over, and Xue Xiang is here." ” An Qinghou said: "Quan Yourong uses women to weave the vast majority of officials in Anhui for his own use, presumably the Hefei garrison and the command of the envoys are no longer very reliable, if it is really done, even if Xue Yanshi is outstanding in martial arts, I am afraid that it is difficult to defeat four hands with two fists." ” King Ji pondered: "This king also thought of this matter, but he used troops in Anhui, and he couldn't do it unless his father, since his father had already found out about the Shen family, he must have taken Quan Yourong into account, and now he can only look at Xue Xiang's ability." ” Xu Zhaokuan also knew that even if King Ji could use the army from Jiangsu and Zhejiang at this time, he could not use it, otherwise it would arouse the emperor's suspicion.
But even if you can't bring it back, it doesn't matter, as long as there are those test papers that Fu Xuanliang brought into the Qianqing Palace, you don't have to worry about no ironclad evidence, and you will definitely be able to bring down Shen Ge Lao.