Hua Qiancheng is King Zhao's right-hand man, which is well known in the entire court. Once the charge of his fornication with the Wuman Kingdom is confirmed, it will be a felony for the Zhujiu family. King Mu finally found such an opportunity, so naturally he refused to let it go, and only wanted to take advantage of this shareholder wind to pull King Zhao down as well. Moreover, Hua Qiancheng is Yan Shi's father-in-law, so it would be great if Yan Shi could be involved again.
King Mu first led people to confiscate Duke Kangle, and imprisoned all the old and young people in Duke Kangle's mansion into the prison of the Ministry of Criminal Justice. Then he ordered people to bring back Yang Shi and Hua Luyao who were in the Zen Lin Nunnery. Yang Shi and Hua Luyao thought that the court spared them the punishment here, and they were very happy at first, but they were imprisoned as soon as they entered the imperial city. Arrived at the prison of the Ministry of punishment.
But Hua Qiancheng was not stupid, the letters he had exchanged with Nanwang had been read and burned long ago. Therefore, Mu Wang did not find any evidence that Hua Qiancheng and Nan Wang colluded with each other. But it does not prevent him from finding other evidence of Hua Qiancheng. Hua Qiancheng has held important positions for many years. He is not only the right-hand man of King Zhao, but also the celebrity in front of Emperor Chongjin. Once such a person has greed, how can he be innocent
King Mu checked out his criminal evidence one by one, there were dozens of them. But these crimes are not big or small, they are all embezzled money, and they have done some things to bully men and women by virtue of their status, and there is no murder case. Such a crime, depending on how much Emperor Chongjin loves him, may not necessarily kill him. Even if it kills him, it will at most cut off his head alone. But what King Mu wanted was the entire Duke's Mansion, and even the heads of the nine families of the Hua family.
At the court that morning, King Mu told Emperor Chongjin, "I have reported to my father, my son has been ordered to investigate the treason of Mr. Kang Le, but..." He deliberately called Hua Qiancheng treason, because of his preconceived ideas. This concept made Emperor Chongjin think that Hua Qiancheng was indeed treason.
Emperor Chongjin really frowned: "Let's talk."
King Mu took a look at Yan Shi, explained what he had found recently, and then said, "When I searched the Duke's mansion, I didn't find any evidence that Duke Kangle had an affair with King Nan. Therefore, I suspect that ... My son doubts... whether there will be... "
King Mu's words were already very clear, but Yan Shi was as steady as Mount Tai, calm and calm, just looked at him indifferently, and didn't speak.
This look made King Mu inexplicably startled. He searched for a long time, and originally wanted to pull King Zhao off his horse. He clearly knew that King Zhao ordered Hua Qiancheng to do those shitty things for him, but King Zhao is a man. In Hua Qiancheng, only a few small cases related to King Zhao were found. The case is not serious enough to overthrow King Zhao.
Therefore, King Mu set his mind on Yan Shi again. Even if Yan Shi couldn't be brought down, it would be good to ask Emperor Chongjin to allow him to go into Prince Ruiying's mansion and do a search. As long as he did a search, who would know what evidence he forged
Yan Shi didn't speak, but someone spoke for him. An old minister came out and swept the floor with a bow: "Your Majesty, I have something to say."
"allow!"
"I think that although the princess originally belonged to the Hua family, she has married into the royal family, so she is a member of the royal family. The prince maliciously speculates on the concubine, is he speculating on His Royal Highness, the eldest prince, or the entire royal family?"
King Mu's face immediately changed, and his face certainly didn't look good when his mind was exposed by others.
Another minister came out and said: "Prince Mu, the whole imperial city knows that Princess Ruiying is at odds with her father, Duke Kangle. The wife of the Duke was even sent to the Chanlin Nunnery by His Majesty because of him. How can you say that he is such a person? Will you conspire with your father in treason?"
"Father!" King Mu said to Emperor Chongjin before more people accused him, "My son just wanted to find out the truth, and didn't think too much."
Emperor Chongjin waved his sleeves: "That's all! It's better to focus on investigating the case than anything else, and don't focus on crooked ways." In fact, Emperor Chongjin didn't say this to Yan Shi, he just didn't want Mu Wang Too carried away. It's embarrassing for Hua Qiancheng to be serious. Although he belongs to King Zhao, he is also Yan Shi's father-in-law. If King Mu wants to hold on to this point, he will probably make a big fuss.
Then, after this incident, both Yan Shi and King Zhao may be seriously injured. At that time, King Mu's power will expand
Big, in the A Furong case, King Zhao lost a criminal department, which is slightly inferior to King Mu. If King Mu did something else this time, then his power in the court would be unmatched, which Emperor Chongjin didn't want to see.
King Mu broke out in a cold sweat: "Your servant will save you."
As soon as Emperor Chongjin was about to say goodbye to the court, he saw Master Zhang, Minister of the Ministry of Rites, come out and said, "Your Majesty, I have an order to play." It is very interesting to talk about Master Zhang. He was originally a member of King Ding, and after the downfall of King Ding, he followed Yan Shi again. It can't be said that he is an idiot. Mr. Zhang is related to King Ding's mother and concubine. Some of them are not a matter of principle, so he will naturally favor King Ding. But he didn't have any other opinions on the other princes, even Yan Shi, the unfavorable prince, who was originally the Minister of the Ministry of Punishment and Minister of the Ministry of Officials, did not take him seriously because of his own master. However, Master Zhang has always respected Yan Shi, and he is worthy of the word "Li" in the Ministry of Rites.
Speaking of which, Yan Shi and Hua Ling's wedding was organized by him himself.
After Emperor Chongjin signaled that he could go on, Master Zhang continued: "Your Majesty, this time Lord Ruiying has made great contributions in protecting His Royal Highness the Third Prince of Wuman Kingdom and avoided the war between our two countries. "
Emperor Chongjin thought about it for a while, and he really should be rewarded, not for this matter, but to balance the rights among the princes: "Aiqing, how do you think you should reward?"
Mr. Zhang is holding the wat board, even though his beard and hair are all white, his voice is loud and resounding: "Prince Ruiying's title is still lower than the other two princes..."
As soon as he said this, King Zhao and King Mu frowned, but they couldn't stop it.
Mr. Zhang is very smart. He knew that Emperor Chongjin hated hearing that Yan Shi was the eldest son in front of him, so he avoided talking about it, and only said that Yan Shi's title was low. Sure enough, Emperor Chongjin thought about it for a while and said: "Okay, Jingchu's contribution this time is indispensable, and he deserves to be rewarded. Now he can be conferred the title of prince and bestowed with the title of "Rui"."
After Emperor Chongjin finished speaking, before Yan Shi had time to thank him, Master Zhang said again: "Your Majesty, Prince Rui's palace should also be changed."
Only then did Emperor Chongjin pick out from his distant memory what palace Yan Shi lived in, and after thinking about it for a while, he said, "I remember that there seems to be a prince's mansion in the east of the city that has been empty for a long time, why don't Jingchu move there to live?" Right." That mansion was formerly the residence of the late emperor's younger brother, the old prince. It stands to reason that after the new emperor ascends the throne, other princes will go to fiefs, but the first emperor is only his younger brother. The two brothers had a good relationship since childhood, so the first emperor was not willing to let him go to the fiefdom, so he built a prince's mansion in the imperial city for him to stay in the imperial city all the time.
What Emperor Chongjin was talking about just now was this prince, and this palace can be said to be the best apart from the imperial palace. At the beginning, King Zhao wanted to live in this mansion, but Emperor Chongjin didn't agree. Now that Emperor Chongjin had let Yan Shi stop him, a sinister flash appeared in King Zhao's eyes.
After Yan Shi thanked him, he left the court. Many ministers who hadn't guessed the holy will came to congratulate Yan Shi one after another, and the wind direction of the court seemed to have changed for a while.
Yan Shi also dealt with them, Mu Wang glanced at him and snorted and left, Zhao Wang rushed up from behind, clasped his hands and smiled: "Congratulations, big emperor brother, oh, yes, big emperor!" Brother, I heard that Huo Jia was ill a few days ago, how is he doing now?"
Yan Shi had no intention of dealing with him, let alone talking to him with that hypocritical mask. Now that King Zhao has regarded him as a thorn in his side, no matter what he says or does, he can't make him let go of his guard. That being the case, he would say what he said happily.
"If the third younger brother is really worried about winning the prize, why don't you ask your good mother. She is in the palace every day, but she knows the situation in the harem best. Why should you ask me? I can't enter the palace without an order. Don't you know the third brother?"
When Yan Shi said this, he didn't care what King Zhao's expression was, and he shook his sleeves and left. King Zhao looked at his back and gritted his teeth with hatred.
After returning to the palace, he was the first to see Hua Ling again.
"Brother, brother, the imperial decree just came!" The little princess walked down the steps with a rattle, and threw herself into Yan Shi's arms as usual, but suddenly thought that Yan Shi was pregnant, so she grabbed his hand with both hands .
Yan Shi took his hand and walked slowly into the mansion.
Go: "Are you happy?"
"Happy." Hua Ling's face was full of smiles, "My brother is the prince, this is a great joy, I am naturally happy!"
Yan Shi didn't think much of it before, but now seeing the little princess smiling so happily, the depression in his heart was suddenly swept away, replaced by love and joy, and he also laughed: "I am also happy."
"Brother looks so pretty when he smiles." Hua Ling quickly pecked Yan Shi's face lightly, and the indifferent little maid saw it, lowered her head in shame, and walked quickly a few steps.
"Smiling more is good for the baby, and the baby will love to smile when it is born." Hua Ling clasped fingers with him, lowered her head and whispered in his ear.
Yan Shi couldn't help but put his other hand on his stomach, yes, he has a baby, so he naturally wants to be happy every day, but he can't be in a bad mood because of those bedbugs.
"Brother, I heard that the new mansion is big. Is the location okay?" Hua Ling chirped, "Then when shall we move there? Get more sleep."
Yan Shi's heart felt hot when he heard that, no matter how others treat him, in this world, this person in front of him is really thinking about him, caring for him, and cherishing him.
Yan Shi didn't feel much about moving to the new palace at first, but seeing Hua Ling's bright eyes, his heart moved: "Why don't we go and see the new palace now?"