Li Qitian's face was sinking like water, and he did not speak.
However, Duke Chang obviously came prepared, and Pang Xiao was simply a despicable person in his mouth.
But the content of Duke Chang's impeachment of Pang Xiao was all innocuous, and the things that could be punished or turned a blind eye to the past were obviously not as shocking as the ten crimes of Luo Zhi when Li Qitian came prepared. .
In the interval between Duke Chang's speeches, there was also an indignant addition from the official speech when he came out of class to salute.
"Your Majesty, Prince Zhongshun is not only arrogant and disturbing the order of the capital, but the minister even learned that it was late at night when Prince Zhongshun returned to the capital. She did not obey the curfew rules and forced the city gate official to open the city gate to let her in. The only one who relies on it is Prince Zhongshun. A female classmate is so arrogant, it shows that Prince Zhongshun is a human being!"
When one person speaks out, even if many people speak out, they agree.
There was a moment of chaos in the courtroom, and everyone was full of anger and righteous indignation, as if Pang Xiao had committed the heinous crime of adultery, kidnapping, and plundering.
Li Qitian's forehead has faintly appeared blue veins, but under the rank, the ministers could not look up at Tianyan according to the etiquette, so these people continued to impeach without winking.
Li Qitian gritted his teeth bitterly.
I don't impeach sooner, or later, I just come to impeach at this time. Now that public opinion is booming in the city, can he cure Pang Xiao's crime? If the crime is punished, wouldn't it be a reality, making people feel that he was the hero of the emperor's harsh treatment
But if he is not convicted, one is that such a good opportunity is in front of him, and the other is that he indirectly excuses Pang Xiao. If he wants to impeach Pang Xiao for these reasons, he will slap himself in the face.
No matter what he thought, he was all at a disadvantage, and there was no loyal minister around him who could understand his intentions. What's the use of asking for these things that he didn't like to eat!
Li Qitian waited for Du Zhongchen's words to fall, then suppressed his anger, and threw out a cold sentence: "This matter is to be investigated."
Xiong Jinshui stood closest to the emperor, and naturally saw Li Qitian's twitching mouth and the protruding blue veins on his forehead in his eyes, for fear that the sage would move the dragon's power and affect himself, Xiong Jinshui hurried forward, taking advantage of the fact that the ministers were shocked by the emperor's reaction. loudly:
"There is a book to play early, and there is no book to retreat!"
This means that the emperor's sentence "to be investigated" turns the matter of impeachment over.
Li Qitian's reaction was beyond everyone's expectations, but no one dared to say a word at this time, so Duke Chang had to retire for the time being.
The incident in the courtroom soon reached Qin Yining and Pang Xiao's ears.
"The Holy One must be in a bad mood at this time."
"Yeah. He has wanted to punish me for a long time, but he has never been successful. When he ordered people to impeach me earlier, the old officials of the Northern Hebei, represented by the Duke of Chang, all took a wait-and-see attitude. Public opinion is booming, and it is most inappropriate to impeach me, so there is a commotion here."
Qin Yining couldn't help laughing, Li Qitian must be dying now.
"My lord, the Court Liu has arrived."
Send a cloud outside the door to report back.
Pang Xiao smiled, took off his soft boots and got on the clinical heated kang. Qin Yining pulled a brocade quilt around him and covered him, and then took a deep purple soft pillow for him to lean against.
Courtyard Liu entered the door, and after a few compliments, he respectfully came forward for a routine pulse diagnosis.
If at the beginning, Pang Xiao still had some weakness due to the fatigue of the journey, but now he has recovered, and he has become more and more fierce.
Courtyard Liu couldn't help but secretly rejoiced in his heart that he was the only one who was arranged by the sage to diagnose and treat the prince. I'm afraid that the saint is not going to rip off his skin!
"My lord's body..." Liu Yuanjuan raised his eyes and looked at Pang Xiao hesitantly.
Pang Xiao covered his mouth and coughed twice.
Court Liu immediately said: "Your lord's body has not yet healed, and old injuries won't heal in a day or two. I also ask your lord to stop working hard, and take care of yourselves."
Pang Xiao nodded.
Qin Yining asked worriedly, "I also ask Liu Yuan to consider the prescription, the prince is fine, right?"
Court Judge Liu said calmly: "Your Highness is fine, but you still need to use it according to a humble prescription."
Qin Yining nodded, and politely sent Liu Yuan a sentence out to prepare a prescription.
After they left, the husband and wife looked at each other and burst out laughing.
Just as the two were studying what to eat at night, there was a sudden sound of hurried footsteps outside the door, and Bingtang walked in quickly and said, "Go back to the prince, the princess, and the Duke of Dingguo came to visit."
"Alan?" Pang Xiao sat up in surprise.
In the past few days after he came back, no matter if it was a former colleague or a comrade, there was no one to visit, the palace was deserted, and he deliberately didn't go to renovate the house. If there were not a few servants walking around occasionally, the palace would soon be no different from the haunted house. different.
Unexpectedly, the first person to come to the door, and the only one who dared to come to the door, is still Ji Zeyu.
Qin Yining said with emotion: "At that time, the imperial censor Dailin took advantage of the mourning hall in our house and brought people to block the door to make trouble. If Duke Ding hadn't arrived in time, I don't know what the trouble would have turned into. Now you are ill. , he is the first to come to the door again, such a generous and generous, we must not live up to it."
Pang Xiao nodded, got up and went to meet Qin Yining.
After a while, Ji Zeyu, who was tall and handsome but frosty, wearing a light blue shirt with arrow sleeves and a cloak with a squirrel collar draped over his shoulders, was coming towards him.
"Alan." Pang Xiao smiled and went down the steps to meet him.
When Ji Zeyu met Pang Xiao, the originally expressionless Jun had a little more smile on his face, and the corners of his lips lifted lightly, "Zhi Xi."
Looking at Pang Xiao up and down, "Are you feeling better?"
"It's okay." Pang Xiao took Ji Zeyu's wrist and smiled: "We haven't seen each other for a long time. How are you?"
Ji Zeyu looked at Pang Xiaoshi with a smile, then nodded to Qin Yining, and followed him up the steps into the main room.
Qin Yining smiled and went to prepare refreshments to send and then backed out, leaving space for the brothers to reminisce.
Ji Zeyu took off the cloak and threw it on the chair, and sat on the heated kang with Pang Xiao on the kang table.
Pang Xiao held the pot and poured a cup of tea for Ji Zeyu.
"You have been taking it with you in Beijing these days? Has the Holy Master arranged any more errands for you?"
Ji Zeyu took a sip from the tea bowl, shook his head and said, "No. But it doesn't matter, it's fine now. It's you."
Ji Zeyu looked at Pang Xiao's ruddy and high-spirited appearance, and couldn't help but smile: "It seems that your old disease is not very serious. You can take care of yourself in the house these days, don't go out for a walk, and ask the sage to see your red face, I'm afraid I'm going to get sick."
It's rare that Ji Zeyu, who cherishes words like gold, would say so many ridiculing things in one breath. Pang Xiao laughed and said, "Well, Ji Lan, you will be the same after a long time without seeing you."
Seeing that Pang Xiao was so cheerful, Ji Zeyu didn't say what he wanted to comfort Pang Xiao, but asked: "Shang Chuan brought a group of officials to impeach you, you should know?"
"Yes, I already know." Pang Xiao did not hide that he was always paying attention to the news of the court.
Ji Zeyu said: "You should also take precautions early. The Holy Master has not acted now, which does not mean that he will not in the future. I heard that you and Shang Chuan had a shared feud in the early years? Let's start from Hua, even if we conquer the North Ji Kingdom. , it's just business affairs, and has never done extravagant things, where did you have a relationship with Shang Chuan?"
Pang Xiao smiled and said: "Even if there was a tie back then, the Great Zhou Dynasty has been built for eight years, and no amount of grievances can match the time. Now everyone is living a stable life, how can he find trouble?"
Pang Xiao thought for a while, then approached Ji Zeyu and whispered, "Don't worry, I have my own arrangements for this matter."
Seeing Pang Xiao's confident look, Ji Zeyu let go of his dangling heart, and immediately said: "I said, your daughter-in-law is not a domineering and impulsive person, on the contrary, she acts very cautiously, and she will beat Shang Zhihua. Sending the board back, there must be a secret behind it."
When Pang Xiao heard Ji Zeyu's evaluation of Qin Yining, he was separated and burst into laughter.
Ji Zeyu was also infected by Pang Xiao, and said with a smile: "Forget it, since you have arrangements, I won't ask more. If you have something to do, just order someone to tell me that I am also idle at home."
Pang Xiao's eyes were deep: "So, anything is fine?"
Ji Zeyu was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said, "natural."
This remark seems to have made a vague promise.
Pang Xiao and Ji Zeyu looked at each other and smiled, and the two talked about their life in the days after they parted. Although they didn't directly talk about political affairs, they could hear from their words that their opinions were as consistent as before.
Qin Yining had already set up a table at this time, and came over to invite the two of them to the table.
Ji Zeyu and Pang Xiao did not pay attention to the rules of not saying anything at the wine table, and chatted while eating:
"Today you were impeached, what are you going to do with it?" Before Pang Xiao could answer, Ji Zeyu sneered again, "Those officials are like mad dogs. When they were sweating, they were still enjoying themselves in the gentle village! At this moment, I wanted to remove the grind and kill the donkey!"
This is not just a speech official, but also insinuates Li Qitian.
Pang Xiao appeased Ji Zeyu on the shoulder and filled him with a glass of wine, "Don't mention these bad things, if they want to impeach, they will impeach them. Anyway, the Holy Master will not put me to death immediately. As long as there is life. , there is nothing that can't be overcome." He clinks glasses with Ji Zeyu.
The two happily drank a cup, and Pang Xiaocai continued, "I plan to wait and see what happens first. Let's see what the people in the court think about this matter. It's rare to have such a good opportunity to try out real gold."
"Are you going to pretend to compromise first?"
"Yeah." Pang Xiao smiled and said, "When a man like me faints, it's just a confession, and it's not that difficult to do."
Ji Zeyu said with a smile, "Don't say it, I was shocked when I heard that you passed out. The injuries we have suffered in those years, how much blood have we shed? If there is a recurrence of an old disease, it is not a commotion. Playing. You and I are not in our teens either. Now that we are approaching this year, we should also think about taking care of ourselves."
Pang Xiao laughed and said, "I didn't expect A Lan to be so long-winded! Could it be that he's drunk?"