The emperor handed the pen to Liu Guifei, and said slowly: "This pen is a congratulatory gift from my father when I was crowned the prince, and my teacher gave me a congratulatory gift......
Liu Guifei heard this and said: "The emperor is a rare Ming Jun in the world, and he reviews and recites until late at night every day, and since ancient times, Ming Jun has been like this. ” "But now......" the emperor sighed with a sad face, "alas......
Now the teacher has made a big mistake, it was his negligence in controlling his subordinates, which led to the explosion of the powder magazine in Fancheng, destroying half of Fancheng, not to mention, Qin Yuan also died on the battlefield because of this, if I don't kill him, how to explain to the civil and military officials, how to explain to Qin Yuan's descendants, but he ......
After all, it was my mentor, and I just remembered the teacher's earnest teachings to me back then, and I really couldn't bear it, and I really hoped for it......
He should never be caught, so I don't have to embarrass me. ” Liu Guifei pretended to be ignorant and said: "Your Majesty, the concubines don't understand the major affairs of the court, but the concubines feel that the emperor is the lord of the world, and the entire Great Chu is the emperor. ” "It's a woman's family."
The emperor smiled bitterly, "Things are as simple as you think, being an emperor is not something you can do as you like." ” "The concubine thinks it's very simple."
Liu Guifei continued to pretend to be ignorant and said, "The emperor has worked hard for the people of Dachu for so many years, and the emperor already has great power, but the emperor is merciful and unwilling to forcibly use that power. ” "That's right," the emperor sighed......
"It's just that in this way, I'm afraid that the hundred officials will be dissatisfied, and Qin Yuan's descendants will also be dissatisfied." ” "They dare to be dissatisfied with the emperor?"
Liu Guifei exclaimed and asked, "Do they dare to rebel?"
” The emperor thought for a moment and said, "This will not be ......
How could a hundred civil and military officials rebel because of this matter, as for Qin Yuan's descendants, she is a woman, how to rebel. ” Liu Guifei asked, "Then what else is the emperor worried about?"
People live in the world, they have selfishness, and they don't want to let the people close to them suffer, Lord Qin and the emperor have the love of teachers and students, and they have always been loyal to the dragon, the emperor remembers the old love of the year, and protects the life of Lord Qin, which is the normal feeling of people, I believe that the ministers will understand, maybe the civil and military officials will praise the emperor's benevolence and righteousness. ” The emperor was silent when he heard this, and Concubine Liu Guifei didn't say anything more.
And Liu Qing was secretly frightened when he listened to it on the side, the emperor was fascinated, but he was a bystander, he saw that this Liu Guifei was here to intercede for Qin Huan, he knew that Qin Huan and King Wei had a little contact before, but the minister befriended the prince, and he has always been the emperor's counterscale, and no one dared to blatantly befriend the prince, so Qin Huan did not have too much contact with King Wei, and only Liu Qing knew a little bit.
When it comes to befriending the prince, there is one person who is an exception, that is Zhen Jian, the relationship between Zhen Jian and King Qi, that is called a "glue like paint", so good that "honey blends oil", but the emperor never cared, because the emperor objected to the minister's friendship with the prince, because he was afraid that the minister would support the prince to compete for the throne, and then there would be a party dispute, but King Qi was never among the candidates for the throne, and the emperor could also see that Zhen Jian and King Qi were like-minded, and the emperor supported it, because the emperor loved King Qi and knew that King Qi lacked a spoonful in his brain, I am afraid that he will have no one to take care of him in the future, and with such a good friend as Zhen Jian by King Qi's side, the emperor is relieved.
Liu Qing was secretly frightened, he didn't expect Liu Guifei to help Qin Huan intercede, he also guessed it, it is estimated that Qin Huan has already been in contact with King Wei, and he thinks that Qin Huan has already boarded King Wei's ship.
Now that the wind direction has changed, Liu Qing feels that he has to think about it, if Qin Huan still has a chance to turn over, he still has to help Qin Huan.
Liu Guifei's persuasion this time played a role, and the next day, King Wei came into the palace to visit Liu Guifei, and Liu Guifei told King Wei that the matter had been completed, and Qin Huan could be taken into the city to face the saint, and the next thing would be handed over to Qin Huan.
After King Wei left the palace, he did not go out of the city immediately, and waited for another day before going out of the city on the grounds of hunting, leaving in the morning and returning in the afternoon.
King Wei took Qin Huan to the outside of the palace, saying that he had something important to meet the emperor, and the emperor also announced it, King Wei took Qin Huan to the front of the Lin De Palace, and went to see the emperor first.
After the ceremony, the emperor asked, "Fang'er, what's the matter?"
” King Wei looked at the attendants on the left and right, and said, "Father, this matter can only be said to Father and Emperor alone." ” The emperor was stunned when he heard this, and then waved his hand to let all the attendants on the left and right retreat.
After only King Wei was left in the Lin De Palace, the emperor said, "Now you can talk about it." ” King Wei said: "Father, the son went out of the city to hunt today, and found Qin Huan in the wilderness. ” "What!"
Hearing this, the emperor stood up directly and asked, "Where is he now?"
” King Wei said: "Lord Qin said that he wanted to come to the emperor in person to ask for guilt, and knelt down and begged Erchen to bring him to face the saint, Erchen agreed, and now Lord Qin is waiting outside the palace." ” The emperor didn't expect Qin Huan, who had been searching for many days, to suddenly appear outside the Lin De Palace, and he couldn't believe it for a while, he was silent for a moment, sat back on the dragon chair, and said, "Let him come in." ” "Yes."
King Wei retreated, and then took Qin Huan into the Linde Palace, and King Wei consciously retreated again, letting Qin Huan and the emperor talk alone.
"Qin Huan, the guilty minister, see the emperor."
Qin Huan walked to the center of the hall, knelt down directly, spoke with a crying tone, and made a five-body posture to the ground, looking very miserable.
The emperor frowned and said, "Raise your head." ” "The guilty minister has no shame to see the emperor again, please ask the emperor to give the guilty minister a death."
Qin Huan was already crying profusely, his plan today was very simple, play the emotional card, because he knew the emperor too well, the emperor was soft-hearted and affectionate, the more miserable he behaved, the more the emperor couldn't bear to kill him.
The emperor said coldly: "I asked you to raise your head, are you going to resist the decree?"
” "The sinners don't dare."
Qin Huan hurriedly raised his head obediently, only to see that his face was dusty and dirty, obviously he had come to hide in Tibet these days, and he was very embarrassed.
When the emperor saw him like this, he suddenly felt compassion, but he was still tough on the surface, and snorted coldly: "You know, you have committed a great crime!"
” "The sinner knows, and the sinner also regrets it."
Qin Huan cried with tears in his eyes, "The criminal minister is not a general in the army, and he should not lead the troops to the battle, the soldiers under his command are in disobedience, and the criminal minister does not know how to control it, which caused a catastrophe......
The emperor frowned and said: "Yes, I received a note from Qin Yuan, saying that not only did you ignore the soldiers under your command, but as the commander-in-chief, you actually drank in the army, and invited a singing and dancing girl to cheer up, which is ridiculous!"
” "The guilty man is guilty."
Qin Huan said, "That's not the original intention of the criminal minister, it is really Qin Yuan who relies on his military power to collide with the criminal minister, he is a subordinate of the criminal minister, but the criminal minister can't do anything to him, he can only make this decision to anger him, and the criminal minister is now regretting it." ” The emperor sighed secretly when he heard this, but he still pretended to be angry, and said: "Qin Yuan is good at battle formation, although you are the commander, you should also listen to his opinions, how can you have a dislike with him, and still be angry with each other, it is ridiculous." ” "It's the ridiculousness of the sinners."
Qin Huan wiped his tears while admitting his mistake.
The emperor said: "As the commander-in-chief, regardless of your command, you caused the powder magazine to catch fire and cause a catastrophe, you can't escape this responsibility!"
” "Yes, the emperor said yes."
Qin Huan said, "The old minister shouldn't lead the troops to the battle, the old minister really doesn't know, those soldiers of the Sanya are really tricky and arrogant, and they don't obey discipline at all, and the criminal minister also wants to rectify the military discipline, but it almost caused a mutiny, the criminal minister is not from the army, he doesn't understand this middle way, if he is replaced by other generals, there will be no such disaster......"
Qin Huan is indeed very cunning, he is obviously asking the emperor for his guilt, and keeps saying that he is wrong and he deserves to die, but in his words, he is mixed with his own sophistry to exonerate himself, and he also transforms his own guilt to the minimum, there is truth in falsehood, and there is truth in falsehood, so that the emperor can't distinguish it, because such a lie is the easiest to believe.
In fact, his defense is to resolve his crime of dereliction of duty, so that the emperor thinks that he is just incapacitated, he is a civilian official, and his ability to lead troops to fight is insufficient, which is normal, so who will bear this responsibility, Qin Huan is naturally responsible, and the emperor and the ministers are also responsible, because letting Qin Huan lead troops to support Xiangfan is agreed by the emperor and the ministers, so everyone is responsible, in this way, Qin Huan's culpability is reduced to the greatest extent, plus the emperor can't bear to severely punish Qin Huan, so as a result, It is very simple for Qin Huan to escape death, which is also Qin Huan's cleverness.