Originally, today was the same as usual. The eunuchs around the emperor were planning to order the court to leave if there was anything to do, and to adjourn the court if there was nothing to do. However, just as they started to make their move, an imperial censor stepped forward.
"Your Majesty, I have something to report."
As he said this, he had his memorial submitted. The emperor was quite surprised. After receiving the memorial, he saw that someone wanted to impeach Princess Ankang. He coughed twice and said, "Impeach Princess Ankang for entertaining guests and participating in the Cuju team during her confinement."
"It seems that the Cuju team is really hot recently. What does this mean? Everyone can participate in the activities of the Cuju team and work side by side with the palace, right?"
The censor who presented the memorial looked at the emperor, frowned, and said, "Your Majesty, I am not talking about the palace's participation in the Cuju team. As long as you have money, you can raise a Cuju team. But the princess is under house arrest now."
House arrest, as the name suggests, means being locked in a room for self-reflection. But she is in the current state, partying every day, how can she reflect on herself
Gu Xiangning smiled and said, "Excuse me, Master Yue, has the princess left the palace?"
Master Yue was stunned for a moment, then nodded honestly: "That's not the case."
Gu Xiangning spread his hands and said, "That's it. Since he didn't leave the palace, what's wrong with that? He was under house arrest, but he didn't run away."
Lord Yue frowned, "That's not right. The princess was confined because she killed the prince, but she refused to repent and even held a banquet for guests during the confinement. Is this appropriate?"
Gu Xiangning rolled his eyes. "Wait a minute, what do you mean he was grounded because he killed the prince? Did he kill the prince, or did the so-called prince die? They are two different things, right? In the end, Lord Lin should be blamed."
"Hasn't Lord Lin always been very capable? Why is it that after so much time has passed since he sent for the imperial doctors, there is still no response?"
Lin Zezhi, who was suddenly named, looked at Gu Xiangning innocently: "Gu Xiang, that's not what you said. There are so many people in the court! Someone deliberately hid the doctor. I have to investigate one by one to find clues. What's more, we are all well-known people. We can only investigate secretly, so the speed is certainly not that fast."
When the ministers heard what Lin Zezhi said, many of them turned pale with fear. In other words, Lin Zezhi was investigating them during this period of time? That was unacceptable. Who doesn't have some problems? How could he investigate secretly
Gu Xiangning raised his eyebrows: "Oh, so someone is hiding. I wonder how many families have you investigated? How many families have you ruled out as suspects?"
This was also a question that the other adults wanted to know. They all stared at Lin Zezhi. Lin Zezhi just smiled and said, "Well, this is a confidential matter that I am investigating. I have nothing to say about it."
This is something I can't comment on. It really makes me hate him, but at the same time I'm extremely curious. Why can't I do anything to this person
Lord Yue saw that things were going in the wrong direction again, and suddenly felt exhausted: "Your Majesty, the princess..."
Before he finished speaking, Gu Xiangning spoke again: "Your Majesty, just inviting your good friends to sit for a while is considered a grand banquet? It really broadens your horizons. But instead of arguing with a little girl here, why don't we care about bigger things."
Bigger things? What things? This is quite interesting. Some people looked at Gu Xiangning in confusion. Lord Yue even asked directly: "I wonder what Lord Gu Xiangning is talking about?"
Gu Xiangning took out the memorial and looked at the emperor: "Your Majesty, I would like to report Sun Shang, who went to provide disaster relief. Lord Sun, you embezzled the relief grain funds, which caused most of the victims to be displaced and increased public anger. These are all evidences, please take a look."
He embezzled the relief funds and caused the people to complain. That was a serious crime punishable by execution of all nine generations of his clan. Everyone still remembers it! The emperor and Prime Minister Gu had a falling out, so Sun Shang was forced to take the position. Isn't this a slap in the emperor's face
He couldn't be so bold, could he? Prime Minister Gu was indeed very capable. Even if the emperor gave him the position, he would still keep an eye on him.
Speaking of which, Sun Shang's courage is really boundless. He clearly knows how he got his position, and clearly knows that Prime Minister Gu will always be watching him, but he still dares to do such a big thing.
Duke Wei stood up at this time and said, "Your Majesty, I suspect that Prime Minister Gu deliberately framed you. Lord Sun knew that his actions would be watched by Prime Minister Gu, so how could he still do such a foolish thing?"
Gu Xiangning also laughed: "Maybe it's because Duke Wei is now able to cover up everything in the court. I have already produced the evidence, but you still insist that it is a deliberate frame-up."
When these words came out, many people laughed. Isn't it true! The Duke of Wei didn't even look at the evidence, but he directly said that Prime Minister Gu framed him. This is really bold.
Duke Wei couldn't help but frown as he listened to everyone's whispers. He looked at the emperor and said, "Your Majesty, is this evidence true?"
At this time, all the ministers thought that Duke Wei was crazy, questioning the emperor like this. Could it be that he thought the emperor would cooperate and say that the evidence was false
The emperor rolled his eyes and threw the evidence presented by Gu Xiangning directly in front of Duke Wei: "Duke Wei, you should take a look at it yourself. What is going on? There is also this record that the embezzled relief grain funds were sent to your Duke Wei's mansion."
Duke Wei immediately retorted: "This is impossible. Your Majesty is wrongly accusing me. How could I do such a thing? Please be careful and understand me."
Why does the emperor think differently from him? Shouldn't he stand on his side unconditionally? Isn't he going to suppress Gu Xiangning and others? What does it mean now
Gu Xiangning smiled and said, "If physical evidence doesn't count, then let's have personal evidence. I have a lot of personal evidence. It's useless for you to cry out to the emperor. Do you want the emperor to be so stupid that he would protect you even though he knows you are worthless? You shouldn't be that stupid, right?"
Looking at the person in front of him, he said a lot of truths and finally asked a question, as if he really doubted whether the emperor would be so stupid.
The emperor was also very angry: "Am I so stupid in your eyes? All right, take him down quickly, find out all the evidence, report it, and then decide how to deal with him."
Duke Wei was completely dumbfounded. He was still confused until he was taken away. This shouldn't happen. How could the emperor do this? In the past few days, the emperor has been very close to them. What went wrong
The more Duke Wei thought about it, the more confused he became. At this time, Concubine Yi in the harem also received news that her father had been locked up in the prison. This was not at all what they had imagined. No, they could not just sit there and wait for death.
So Concubine Yi got up, put on her clothes, and went to where the emperor was. Such a serious thing happened today, so the emperor was naturally very busy.
At this time, the emperor, Prime Minister Gu, and Lin Zezhi were in the study! Looking at the things in his hands: "Are these evidences true?"
The emperor is really curious. Sun Shang is not really that stupid, right? If Gu Xiangning is capable, it should be easy to forge such evidence.
Gu Xiangning rolled his eyes and said, "I didn't forge all of it, only the ones at the end. Well, after those people embezzled the things, they didn't send them back to the Duke of Wei's mansion, but directly sent them somewhere else. Don't worry, the people who arranged it have already taken everything back."
There is no need to worry about disaster relief! Because someone has already taken over. The emperor looked at Gu Xiangning and couldn't help but give him a thumbs up: "Amazing, you are good at conspiracy and trickery."
Gu Xiangning looked innocent: "Look at what the emperor said. Who am I doing this for? It's all for you."
The emperor looked at Gu Xiangning speechlessly, and was about to say something when he heard the eunuch at the door come to report: "Your Majesty, Concubine Yi wants to see you."
It was easy to imagine what this woman was doing here at this time. So the emperor had no intention of seeing her and waved his hand casually: "No."
The eunuch turned and walked outside, looking at Concubine Yi: "Concubine Yi, the emperor said he doesn't want to see you, please go back."
How could he not see her? Concubine Yi looked at the eunuch in front of her and said, "Eunuch, it's me. How could the emperor not see me?"
The eunuch looked at Concubine Yi pitifully and said, "I have already made it very clear to the emperor that it was Concubine Yi who requested an audience. The emperor really does not want to see you, so you should go back."
Impossible, her father was imprisoned. How could she feel at ease if she was allowed to go back? She took a deep breath and looked at the eunuch: "Eunuch, please go in and tell the emperor. I will kneel here and wait for the emperor to see me."
Are you trying to threaten the emperor? I thought you were favored! The eunuch was disdainful in his heart, but he had to smile apologetically: "Okay, I'll go in and tell the emperor right away."
What if this person still has a day to regain favor, so he can't offend him. He should leave a way out for them so that they can meet again in the future, especially if they have no hatred. This is his way of dealing with things in the harem.
"Your Majesty, Concubine Yi has knelt outside. It looks like she doesn't intend to leave."
The emperor was stunned for a moment and raised his eyebrows: "She can kneel if she wants. When she gets tired of kneeling, she will naturally go back."
What's more, he would find her to answer for the crime sooner or later, but she couldn't help but jump out first. It was really speechless.
Gu Xiangning looked at the emperor: "Oh, the emperor is really heartless. He doted on me some time ago, but now he just ignores me. Tsk tsk tsk, what a scumbag."
Lin Zezhi also nodded: "So, we must not learn from the emperor, too many women can easily lead to bad things."