When the bead curtain was scattered, cold light shone out, like the bottomless eyes of the empress dowager. The Empress Dowager stared at Shu Wu coldly, and said word by word: "Scholar Shu, lying about your will is a serious crime of deceiving the emperor!"
Shu Wu's complexion changed slightly, and after being silent for a while, he respectfully responded, "I don't have a king today in Daqing, so how can I deceive you?" Facing the queen mother, this bachelor did not give an inch!
The Empress Dowager stretched out her old hand, slowly pulled open the bead curtain, walked out from behind the curtain, and stood beside the dragon chair. The Prince quickly supported the old man.
"Your Majesty was in Bintian, Dadongshan, and it was Fan Xian, the Commissioner of the Oversight Council, who colluded with Dongyi City to assassinate him. If it happened suddenly, how could there be any rumors of a will?" The Empress Dowager stared into Shu Wu's eyes and said calmly, "If there is a will, , where now?"
Shu Wu felt a chill in his heart, knowing that the Queen Mother's words meant to push him towards Fan Xian's involvement, he sighed and replied, "The edict is now in the hands of Duke Danbo."
As soon as this remark came out, there was an uproar in the court. At the beginning of today's crown prince's enthronement ceremony, Fan Xian's crimes had already been pointed out, and Fan Xian was directly beaten into the endless abyss. Where did the officials think that Master Shu would suddenly Bring out the so-called will, and that will...is actually in the hands of Master Xiao Fan.
The Empress Dowager coughed twice, looked at Shu Wu, and said, "Really? Fan Xian is a heinous criminal. The imperial court had secretly arrested him for several days, but they didn't know that he had returned to the capital. Senior Fellow Shu was very clear about it. Do you know about the will?"
As soon as Shu Wu bowed to the ground, he said with deep sorrow: "Your Majesty was assassinated in Dadongshan, and the heavens and the heavens mourn together. However, the incident took only half a month, and the military prefectures and counties said it was true. It was done by Mr. Danbo. The old minister knows very well that Mr. Danbo is a man. Don't dare to do this and point out evil deeds. As for the will, it is indeed true, and the veteran has seen it with his own eyes."
The prince's hands were a little cold, and the depths of his heart were even colder. He never thought that before the incident in Dadongshan broke out, his father would actually leave a will! What was written in the will was clear without thinking about it. The crown prince suddenly felt a sense of sadness. It seemed that his father really hated him to the bone.
He was silent beside the empress dowager, with a wry smile in his heart, knowing that his grandmother was extremely exhausted today, otherwise he would never have made such a foolish response. As a highly respected empress dowager, why did she need to entangle with an old minister on these details? It's just that the conversation has already started, if he wants to sit on the dragon chair smoothly, he must get rid of this sudden will!
"Fan Xian colluded with Si Gu Jian to commit such a heinous crime."
The crown prince looked at the ministers below, and said slowly: "Then Fan Xian is used to being able to paint the world and steal his name. Don't be deceived by such treacherous people. If the father really has a will, this palace, as a son, Of course, I've thought about everything, hoping to see my father's handwriting again..."
The words were so extreme that the prince was already slightly mournful, and all the officials under him offered words of comfort, and he took the opportunity to stabilize his mood.
The meaning of this sentence is very clear, such things as wills can be forged, and you, Shu Wu, as a member of the Zhongshu Zaizhi family, how can you secretly have a private relationship with a criminal like Fan Xian? .
The prince looked at Shu Wu, frowned and said: "I have always respected the old scholars deeply, but what I heard and seen today really disappointed me, and even secretly covered up the imperial court's crimes. Thinking about how much my father valued the old scholars back then, today the scholars You are so stupid and vicious, I don't know how to face my royal father in the future!"
The prince's eyes gradually turned cold, and a domineering aura that rarely appeared on him began to infect all the courtiers in the palace following the words in his mouth.
"Great scholar Shu Wu colluded with the imperial court to commit crimes, and pretended to rely on the late emperor's will. Come here... and drive him out of the palace. Thinking of his age, he will be imprisoned for later trial!"
As soon as this remark came out, the entire hall was in an uproar. All the ministers of the Qing Dynasty knew very well that there was never any tenderness to speak of when it comes to the struggle for imperial power. Choose the most iron-blooded means to suppress it.
It's just that everyone is not used to it for a while, the gentle prince will show a domineering aura that is so similar to the newly passed His Majesty in an instant!
At this moment, everyone's heart felt like a wooden fish was lightly hit by a wooden stick, making a thud.
Because of Shu Wu's mournful cry, the process of the crown prince's ascension to the throne was forcibly interrupted. All the ministers had already stood up, their black or white plain clothes and wide sleeves fluttering feebly.
In the empty Taiji Hall, all the ministers were silent, watching the eunuchs holding the arms of Shu University, and at the same time, outside the Taiji Hall, there were many people walking indistinctly—it should be the guards in the palace. The guard with the short straight knife - all the ministers know that if they don't do well today, they may end up with blood spattering in the hall!
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Shu Wu gave a wry smile, did not struggle at all, and let the eunuch beside him bind his arm. What he should do has already been done. The eldest princess is still silent, so what if she took out the will
The queen mother said that the edict was false, but who would dare to say that the edict was true
He shook his head, glanced at the Empress Dowager with presbyopic eyes, and quietly glanced at the Empress Dowager, sighing in his heart, why did Fan Xian insist on not contacting the ministers with the will? If they had been in touch with each other in the minister's mansion last night, and had His Majesty's will to protect them, these civil servants would always be more courageous, why did they fall into loneliness like today.
Of course, the imperial edict written by Emperor Qing himself was not thrown into the brass basin by the queen mother and burned. What was burned was only a piece of white paper in the envelope, and what was burned was only the last little hope that Master Shu had for the queen mother.
The eunuchs half supported Shu Wu to go outside the hall, where the murderous guards were waiting.
The prince breathed a sigh of relief. After all, these stubborn civil servants were still intimidated by the royal family's prestige and did not dare to be too presumptuous. The queen mother also felt a little calm in her heart, hoping to quickly drag Shu Wu, an old man who doesn't know the current affairs, so that the ceremony of the crown prince's ascension to the throne is over.
Shu Wu was dragged away in embarrassment. While being dragged, the old man thought in his heart that his reputation was here, so he might not die immediately, but when the prince really sat on the dragon chair, he would be greeted with a glass of wine. Poisoned wine or a party of white silk
At this moment, many people heard a faint sigh.
The sigh came from the day when the civil servants were the first in the class, the chief scholar of Zhongshu, the originator of the Qingguo Xinwen Movement, and the very high reputation in the court... Hu Dashi.
Hu Dashi looked at Shu Wu, shook his head with a wry smile, then stepped out, knelt down, kowtowed, raised his head, and opened his mouth.
"I ask His Royal Highness to take back the will."
The ministers were in an uproar.
The queen mother's face changed slightly, and her hands hidden in her sleeves trembled slightly. She did not expect that Master Hu would stand up at this time. Master Hu...
Hu Dashi lowered his head, his three-inch beard under his chin was extremely quiet, and said: "Since your Majesty has a will, I dare to ask the Queen Mother's will, and I will announce your Majesty's will in the palace."
Without waiting for the queen mother to speak to the crown prince, Master Hu lowered his head and said again: "There are many doubts about Dongshan matter. If Lord Danbo has returned to the capital, he should be sent to the palace and the so-called will be presented in person. The matter of treason will be judged by the three divisions. How can the military intelligence make a hasty decision? Your Majesty's life and death are the world's major events. Up to now, no dragon body has been seen, no report from the tiger guard has been heard, and the Overwatch Council is in chaos..."
The chief civil servant of the Qing Dynasty spoke faster and faster, and even the empress dowager's cold refutation did not stop him from speaking.
"I think that the most urgent thing is to know the truth about Dongshan. And the only one who can know the truth about Dongshan... is Mr. Danbo."
"Whether the will is true or not, you have to see it."
"Whether Mr. Dan Bo deserves to be hacked into pieces or not, we have to catch him."
"The old minister thinks that arresting Mr. Tan Bo and bringing him to justice is the most important thing. I implore the Queen Mother to make a decision."
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There was silence in the hall for a long time before the Empress Dowager turned pale and looked at Dashi Hu and said three times: "Good! Good! Good!... Good you, Hu!"
Killing Hu is the bandit title that His Majesty the Emperor of Qing gave to this Grand Scholar Hu back then to reward him for his upright and clear heart. Today, the situation in the palace is dangerous. In front of the empress dowager and the prince, she refused to give an inch, and every word pierced the hidden feelings!
The queen mother's eyes narrowed slowly, and the cold light gradually faded. However, the prince's face remained as calm as usual, and his eyes swept down.
The prince naturally has his own cronies in the court. Although the ministers have been vacillating between the prince and the second prince all year round because of the methods of the eldest princess, they still bravely stood up at this moment. Official Minister Yan Xingshu looked at Hu Dashi and said coldly: "Earlier, the Empress Dowager had decreed that Fan Xian's title should be stripped and Fan's family should be copied. It would be inappropriate for the Dashi to still call him Duke Danbo. It is a great crime, the two great scholars have never forgotten to refute it today, I don't know if there is some ulterior secret behind it."
Shu Wu was at the door at this time, looking at Master Hu who was kneeling under the dragon chair in surprise and relief.
Hu Dashi didn't even look at Lord Shangshu, and said contemptuously: "I am the minister of the Qing Dynasty, the minister of your majesty, the minister is the leader of Zhongshu under the sect, and handles state affairs according to the order. If your majesty has a will, the minister will look at it. What's the matter?" hidden?"
At this time, the three princes in the row below the dragon chair were in complicated moods. The second prince mocked his grandmother and His Highness the prince in his heart, thinking that it was about the chairs. You must walk the path of integrity, no wonder you caused so much trouble. The eldest prince, however, remained silent, secretly thinking about whether the will of the two academicians was true or not.
Only the third prince, the youngest, lowered his head slightly, feeling the hard feeling coming from his calf, and felt a little chill in his heart, thinking that if a group of guards really rushed in after a while... what should I do? Of course, he didn't allow the elder brother of the prince to kill all these old ministers!
Standing high beside the dragon chair, the crown prince looked coldly at Grand Master Hu who was kneeling below him, feeling very complicated, thinking that his aunt's judgment was indeed correct, and Qingguo had two arms, except for the military one. Wen Chen has always had his own brain. This brain was allowed by His Majesty the Emperor, but at this time, this brain began to bring infinite troubles to the crown prince's path to the throne.
"The two great scholars have stood up..." The prince thought lightly to himself in his heart, and then said indifferently: "As a courtier, but pretending to be a will, great scholar Hu, you should also reflect on yourself."
As soon as the words fell, another eunuch guard stepped forward and supported Hu Dashi on both sides. In an instant, the Taiji Hall was filled with an atmosphere of panic, and the two scholars under the door opposed the crown prince's ascension to the throne! The two Grand Masters will be imprisoned by Sona!
When was the first time in the history of the Qing Dynasty that this situation occurred? No minister can think of it, they only know that these two great scholars are the leaders of civil servants, if the crown prince can't subdue them in the face, but can only use this kind of violent means to suppress them, then there will be many problems in the end .
The question of the heart of the court.
And this problem was revealed immediately on the way Hu Dashi was escorted to the outside of the Tai Chi Hall. When Hu Dashi and Shu Dashi looked at each other at the gate of the hall and smiled silently, the civil servants who had stood in silence for a long time in the Taiji Hall fell to their knees with a crash!
A large piece of blackness!
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"Please think twice, the Queen Mother, and please think twice, Your Highness the Crown Prince."
Fully half of the civil servants knelt down at this moment, shouting in unison! This is no longer just an intercession between the two university scholars, it is already a demonstration against the grandparents on the dragon chair, and it is telling the people of the Li family that in the court of the Qing Kingdom, it is not just the two university scholars who are not afraid of death. Sir, and many others.
The civil servants belonging to the eldest princess, as well as the line of military generals who had been extremely silent, couldn't help being moved when they saw this scene. They don't understand what these civil servants kneeling on the ground think, what do they want? Could it be that he was really planning to exonerate Fan Xian, was he really going to prevent the crown prince from ascending the throne? Apart from that mouth and that name, what strength do they have
Looking at the group of ministers under her feet, the Empress Dowager felt dizzy and could not stand still. The prince's face finally found it difficult to keep calm and became gloomy. He never thought that a will that had not appeared in front of everyone would bring such great harm to today's enthronement ceremony!
Is there really anyone in this world who is not afraid of death? Probably not. If the civil servants are all upright and upright ministers who are not afraid of life and death, then what else does the Qing Dynasty need the Overwatch Council to do
At this moment, the crown prince was in a trance. He didn't understand why so many people opposed him, and he didn't notice it at all. The officials kneeling before him were basically from neutral factions... Could it be that Fan Xian gave them What witchcraft
Killed all
What if I don't kill him
A smoldering pain between the prince's brows began to spread through his brain, and he suppressed his thoughts in his heart, Fan Xian, Fan Xian, it seems that he still underestimated your energy in the capital.
However, at this time, the Queen Mother, who had already sat back on the chair, cursed a name in a low voice from her lips, reminding the Prince that the scene of the officials kneeling and admonishing them was beyond Fan Xian's ability to initiate.
Only then did the prince realize that everyone, including his aunt, seemed to have vaguely forgotten about one person. Lin Ruofu, the last prime minister of the Qing Dynasty who had been entangled with his aunt for more than ten years, was forced out of the capital by His Majesty, and lived in seclusion in Wuzhou for several years. (, If you want to know what happens next, please log in, there are more chapters, support the author, support the original!)