The corner of Rong Chang'an's mouth curled up into a sneer: "What are you afraid of! We are the party of reason, and the reason is afraid of the unreasonable, so what kind of world is this?"
Chun Tao said: "The maidservant doesn't mean to be afraid, but the maidservant is thinking, why should Concubine Ziyan sue us? Why don't I go to the emperor to defend myself, it's better than being wronged by the emperor!"
I didn't expect Chuntao to have such great wisdom.
Yes, why did Ziyan take the lead? Why not go to Li Hai's side and confront the two of them to see who can speak up! Let's see if Li Hai dares to support Ziyan in front of Rong Changan!
"Chuntao, you are right, we can't let others slander us. Prepare the car, let's go to the emperor!"
Chuntao shouted loudly: "Okay, servant girl is going to prepare the car now!"
Li Hai discussed with his courtiers in the morning how to deal with Prince Jing's family. Some said to kill them all; some said to release them all;
Li Hai's idea must be to kill them all, leaving no one behind.
Before he went to court, he had summoned several ministers, hinting that they supported the killing of Prince Jing's family. Therefore, Li Hai believed that most of the ministers who supported "killing without amnesty" wanted to draw up an order, and at three quarters noon, all 1,122 people from King Jing's family, including servants and pawns, would be taken into custody. Go to Caishikou and show off to the public.
How cruel it is to take the lives of more than a thousand people with one imperial decree! Many ministers knelt down to plead for King Jing, but they were all refuted by Li Hai, who believed that these ministers either had colluded with King Jing, or had benefited from King Jing before King Jing rebelled.
When the minister heard Li Hai's accusation, he shrunk his head into his neck, how could he dare to speak! Only those who are not afraid of beheading, and who are not afraid of being implicated in the family, dare to force their face and speak out.
The court was silent for a while, and no one dared to intercede for the more than a thousand innocent lives.
Yan Li knew that Li Hai was very suspicious now, so he didn't speak out in court.
Li Hai was very happy to see the minister cowering, so he ordered the Hanlin Academy, who was well-written and talented in writing, to write his meaning into imperial edicts, and then posted them at the gates of the capital.
Eunuch Liu shouted: "If there is something to do, go up and play, and if there is nothing to do, roll the curtain and retreat?"
After looking around, there was no one to speak, so Eunuch Liu immediately shouted: "Retire!"
Li Hai remembered that he had to eat the royal meal with Zi Yan, so he hurriedly left the court and went to the bedroom.
Yan Li followed closely behind.
Eunuch Liu found out, so he quietly told Li Hai before driving the car, "Your Majesty, Prime Minister Yan has been following the car and seems to have something to say to the Emperor."
Li Haiqian opened the curtain, and sure enough, he saw Yan Li walking on the white jade steps in his white robe with big sleeves, his eyes were full of worry and anger.
Li Hai thought for a while, then said to Eunuch Liu: "Go and ask the prime minister, what can you say? If it makes me unhappy, then don't let him follow! If it makes me happy, let him come and go Bedroom, have dinner with me."
"Slave, let's go!"
Eunuch Liu came over and stopped Yan Li: "Prime Minister, can you take a step back and speak?"
Yan Li saw Li Hai's kicker walking in the long corridor, turned around the white wall, and disappeared.
"Is the father-in-law okay?"
Eunuch Liu also felt sorry for Prince Jing's more than a thousand lives, but now Li Hai was very suspicious. Anyone who pleaded for King Jing's family was equivalent to Prince Jing's accomplices. I dare not tell Li Hai.
"Prime Minister, what is the purpose of you following the emperor's orders like this?" Eunuch Liu looked at Yan Li sharply and said.
Yan Li asked vigilantly, "Why does Eunuch Liu ask such a question?"
Eunuch Liu cherishes Yan Li as a talent, and intends to ask him to retreat despite difficulties: "If I guessed correctly, the prime minister must have gone to the emperor to intercede with more than a thousand members of Prince Jing's family, isn't it?"
Yan Li looked away from Eunuch Liu's face, and didn't answer him directly, but his face was solemn and his brows were furrowed.
"Oh," Eunuch Liu sighed, "Prime Minister, I have served the emperor for many years, and I know what the emperor thinks. This King Jing has committed the crime of treason, and no one can save his young and old. If the prime minister insists on admonishing him , then it will only make the emperor suspicious of the prime minister, and the discord between the monarch and his ministers is not good for the prime minister, the emperor, or the Dajing country."
Eunuch Liu's words were very euphemistic, saying that it was not good for the three parties, but in fact it was only bad for Yan Li. If Li Hai becomes suspicious of Yan Li, then Yan Li's life will be difficult in the future.
Yan Li didn't know how powerful it was! It's just that he didn't want to watch more than a thousand innocent lives become victims of political struggle because of Li Hai's suspicion.
"They are innocent," Yan Li said, with a look of pain on his face, "I have asked the officials at Yushitai, and none of the more than a thousand people has anything to do with King Jing's conspiracy."
"That being said, the emperor doesn't think so." Eunuch Liu said.
Yan Li doesn't care what Li Hai thinks, he must save these thousand lives, even if he doesn't become the prime minister, even if he is suspected by Li Hai because of this, he is sent to the prison, and Li Hai charges him with being in the same party as Prince Jing. He also went to Li Hai to intercede.
Eunuch Liu saw the determination and strength in Yan Li's eyes.
"Prime Minister Yan, do you know what the emperor said when he called the old slave over?" Eunuch Liu said, "He said that if you want to say something that makes him unhappy, you will not be allowed to follow him. This is very clear. , the thing about Prince Jing is a taboo, you must not provoke this taboo of the emperor, otherwise the consequences... "
Yan Li made a gift of thanks to Eunuch Liu: "Eunuch's kindness, Yan Li is clear. Since I have come, I will not go back. If I can't dissuade the emperor, let the emperor take back his order, but I have worked hard, and I will not go back. I am worthy of the thousand lives that died, and I can sleep soundly every night."
Eunuch Liu sighed again: "Since Prime Minister Yan has made up his mind, I won't say anything anymore. Now that the emperor is going to have dinner with Concubine Ziyan in the bedroom, you can follow along too! But you must understand the strategy of speaking, and you must not use words." It's too intense, otherwise the emperor will definitely punish him severely!"
Yan Li smiled slightly at the corner of his mouth: "Thank you for your father-in-law's teaching, Yan Li will engrave it in his heart!"
"Come with me now!" Eunuch Liu led Yan Li along the tall whitewashed walls until he arrived at the palace.
At this moment, Li Hai and Zi Yan just sat down. On the table that is one foot long, there are delicious delicacies, rare fruits, and delicious wines.
Li Hai smiled at Yan Li and said, "Prime Minister, it's just in time! Let's not talk about state affairs first, let's have a good meal. I went to court early and didn't eat breakfast. Prime Minister," Li Hai looked at it with deep meaning Yan Li, "Don't talk about things that make me unhappy, and disturb my elegance!"
Eunuch Liu stabbed Yan Li in the back.
Yan Li naturally knew that there was something in Li Hai's words. But Yan Li didn't care so much, he wanted to intercede for the thousand people today, so he decided.
"Give me a seat!" Li Hai told Eunuch Liu to be fair.
Eunuch Liu arranged a place for Yan Li.
Before the imperial cook had finished serving the dishes, a eunuch shouted outside the palace: "Queen Rong is here..."
Both Li Hai and Zi Yan trembled slightly: Why is Rong Changan here
Ziyan's face was still red, and she must get back the humiliation she suffered in Fengming Palace in front of Li Hai.
"It's just in time!" Zi Yan muttered in his mouth.
Yan Li was also taken aback: Why did Rong Changan come here
In this imperial meal, everyone has their own concerns, which is equivalent to a Hongmen banquet.