At the court meeting the next day, Chunjia announced without warning a series of irrefutable evidence of Zheng Ju's collusion with court officials during his lifetime!
Quite a number of them had submitted more than one letter during this period, requesting the emperor to thoroughly investigate Zheng Ju's death and provide justice to the old minister.
Naturally, there was an uproar in the temple right now.
Amid this chaos, the emperor used lightning speed to make Sun Yu publicly report the results of a thorough investigation into Zheng Ju's death.
The culprits were picked from among the most powerful courtiers who had been involved recently. It was said that these people jumped over the wall to kill Zheng Ju because Zheng Ju had obtained evidence of their corruption and perversion of the law. Later, they shouted to catch the thief and tried to muddy the waters... In short, it was reasonable. , the evidence is conclusive, ordinary ministers heard a lot of comments, surprised, surprised, disdain, etc., while several important ministers had sinking faces and fell into deep thought.
Chunjia looked around and wrote down everyone's reactions, and then continued to talk about a treatment for Zheng: In view of Zheng Ju's merits and demerits during his lifetime, after careful analysis, the faults outweighed the merits.
After all, Zheng Ju is a eunuch who can control the imperial army and is a hussar general. He is already a special favor of the royal family.
However, he did not want to be loyal to the king, but instead flirted with the ministers in the court. What was his intention
But seeing that this man was dead, and most importantly, that he was Princess Yun'an's father-in-law, the emperor was willing to show mercy to him and his family one last time, and did not intend to deal with him harshly.
It was decided to deprive the Zheng family of all their official positions and expel them back to their place of origin.
The most important thing is that except for the Shang Lord Zheng Fengfeng's lineage, the third generation is not allowed to enter the officialdom!
All the ministers were frightened when they heard this.
Three generations cannot enter the officialdom... Even if Zheng Fengfen's lineage is not among them, not to mention that the rest of the Zheng family will be repatriated to their place of origin. In this case, after three generations, they will have little to do with Zheng Fengfen's lineage, let's just say Zheng Fengfen So far, she only has two daughters, and Princess Yushan died in infancy, so she is a single tree.
The wealth of Zheng Ju's lineage is basically over...
Even with the support of Princess Yun'an, it is unlikely that Zheng Ju will be able to regain the glory he had when he was still a hussar general.
The ministers looked at Cui Wan subconsciously.
After all, Ji, the regent, and Zheng Ju who were so confident and powerful when the emperor first ascended the throne are all gone now.
Only Cui Wan was not arranged.
Cui Wan had no expression on his face at all, and seemed not to notice what everyone was thinking at all.
but…
Anyone who is familiar with him can find that his arms hidden in his sleeves are trembling slightly, and it is clear that his heart is not as calm as it looks on the surface.
In fact, no one can calm down in this situation.
After the court was dismissed, Cui Wan returned to the mansion, thought over and over again, and finally ordered someone to invite his wife to come to him and asked her to ask Xie to send a message to Xie Xiaoyu to advance the wedding date.
His wife was very disapproving: "How can any woman take the initiative to say such things? It's nothing to be looked down upon."
"If it's later, maybe our family will be gone. When the time comes, what will things like this mean?" Cui Wan sighed, "The emperor has attacked the Zheng family today. The Zheng family only has Princess Zheng Fengdi because of Princess Yun'an. His Highness is spared, and everyone else will be sent back to their place of origin for three generations and will not be allowed to enter the officialdom! Do you want our family to fall into a similar situation? Don’t forget that our family has no master! Even if Lian Ye is in the palace, but How could His Majesty ever remember her? What can he do? Fortunately, although he was reluctant at the beginning, he finally accepted Xie Xiaoyu. He is the brother of the noble concubine, and his dignity in front of the noble concubine is still higher than that of His Highness Sui'an's consort!"
"It's just that our children can't live in the family for a day. After all, the Xie family is not a serious woman. How can she get much glory from the imperial concubine?"
"The wedding has not yet been held, and something happened to our family first... Do you think the imperial concubine will agree to the wedding going on? She must have asked Xie Xiaoyu to abandon us, and find a step-in-law for his brother who is from a well-born family! "
His wife was also the daughter of an official family. Of course she understood what it meant for a family to be barred from being an official for three generations. She couldn't help but change her face. She no longer dared to complain that Cui Wan's request was unreasonable, so she said: "In this way, I will call you sick tomorrow." , just tell Mrs. Xie that your daughter needs to come out of the palace immediately to celebrate."
Although if such words spread, experienced people will know it is a lie, but it is a cover at least.
It would be more honorable than simply asking Xie Xiaoyu to marry his daughter.
In fact, Xie Xiaoyu was already hesitating at this time, and asked someone to send a message to the palace: "The Eighteenth Young Master said that he heard that your Majesty intends to liquidate the important ministers who helped the Ji family in the past, and Mr. Cui is also among them. The Eighteenth Young Master's This means that although he has a teacher-student relationship with Mr. Cui and is about to become his son-in-law, the empress is the most important after all. If this marriage is not appropriate, then as long as the empress says a word, he will immediately find an excuse to delay it. .”
Yun Fenghuang asked about the whole story, and was a little unsure. Whether she had arranged for Xie Xiaoyu to be Cui Wan's disciple, or whether she had agreed with Xie Xiaoyu to marry Cui Wan's concubine as her stepmother, in the final analysis, she was interested in Cui's family lineage and Cui Wan. The experience of many years of ups and downs in the officialdom can bring benefits to Xie Xiaoyu and the Xie family.
But there is no critical moment for Xie Xiaoyu to perform the idea of deep affection and loyalty.
Now that I see this brother carrying it clearly, I am very happy: "I don't know much about this matter. Let's let him stay put for now. I will find an excuse to invite His Majesty to come over tomorrow to test his words, and then I will tell him. .”
Without waiting until the next day, Chunjia came over in the evening of that day.
Without saying a few words after he arrived, Yun Fenghuang ordered someone to bring the Fifteenth Prince in: "Your Majesty, look at the Fifteenth Prince's eyebrows and eyes. They all said that the Fifteenth Prince looks more like Your Majesty." However, I feel that his facial features are more like my own!"
Chunjia actually didn't really want to see the fifteenth prince.
He doesn't have much special affection for children, even his own flesh and blood.
This kind of thing that is still held in the hand and cannot talk or walk, even if it is cute, is of little interest.
Only when you are at least three or five years old and can run, walk, talk, and say hello will the emperor find it interesting.
Even if the fifteenth prince is the concubine's biological son... Chunjia looked at it for a while and felt that there seemed to be no difference from the day of the full moon.
But he didn't want to dampen Yun Fenghuang's interest, so he pretended to study it, and nodded with a smile: "Children are growing up fast these days, and Xiao Fifteen has grown a little longer... As for who he looks like..."
He really can't tell it yet. Anyway, no matter who he looks like, this kid can't be ugly.
At this moment, he said, "I see that the child looks like Ahuang and also looks like me. He just picked on our strengths and grew up."
Yun Fenghuang suddenly became unhappy: "Your Majesty, what is not my strong point? What is wrong with my body?"
Chunjia deliberately teased her, smiled, stretched out his hand to hold her cheek, and said, "Let me take a look."
During this period, due to the busy government affairs and frequent accidents, the emperor's visits to the harem were greatly reduced. He came occasionally, just to visit the concubines and heirs, but he never visited anyone.
At the moment, I was just playing around with my beloved concubine, but when my fingertips touched Yun Fenghuang's tender skin, my heart couldn't help but move. Her eyes darkened a little, and she said with a smile: "I see that Ahuang is indeed impeccable and beautiful!"
After saying this, he had no interest in the fifteenth prince in the first place, but now he felt more and more that the prince was an eyesore. Without waiting for Yun Fenghuang's instructions, he tilted his head and ordered the wet nurse to take the swaddling clothes out. Then he sent the palace people away and followed. He hugged Yun Fenghuang to his knees and said with a half-smile, "I'm already in confinement. I finally have some free time. You're still thinking about showing off your fifteenth, and you don't think about me at all!"
Without waiting for Yun Fenghuang to speak, he lowered his head and kissed her.
… After a cloud and rain, it was already time to turn on the lights. The two asked the palace servants to take a bath and change clothes. They went to the flower hall to have dinner refreshed. Chunjia had not planned to stay overnight and had to go back to the previous court to deal with government affairs. , but Yun Fenghuang is worried about Cui Wan, so how can he be willing to let him go
He said resentfully: "Your Majesty just said that he finally came here with some free time, and is he leaving now? It's no wonder that I am thinking about Shi Shi. After all, Shi Shi will be a feudal lord when he grows up, so he must always be in front of me." On the other hand, Your Majesty, I don’t know how many days it will take before I can see you again?”
This is actually very heartless. After all, the emperor is always the most diligent when he comes to Xuanqing Palace.
However, the emperor just followed this trick and secretly became jealous of his son. He was so happy that the imperial concubine retained someone in person, and he couldn't care about the government affairs for a while. He felt that it was really difficult to summon Deng Chengzhai and others tomorrow. Just help with it.
Anyway, when it was really urgent, an important minister handed it to him early in the morning and asked him to answer it on the spot.
So I pretended to be difficult and tried my best for a while, then it was natural for me to stay.
It was rare for Yun Fenghuang to show affection to him. Finally, he used Deng Chengzhai's marriage as an introduction and asked, "Have your Majesty asked Deng Chengzhai? Isn't his marriage already settled?"
Chunjia secretly cried out, but he had forgotten about it, but if he said it directly, the imperial concubine would complain, so he said vaguely: "I already said it, but it's unfortunate that he promised to someone else's house. Although The outside world doesn’t know yet, but some information has been exchanged, and it will take some time to deal with it.”
"But your Majesty has to worry about it." Yun Fenghuang was not very anxious about this matter, mainly because Xie Meng was not old enough to leave the cabinet, and since the emperor had relented before, not to mention that Deng Chengzhai just exchanged news with others. Even if the engagement is confirmed, she still has a way to force Chunjia to help fight for her love.
Now she was lying in the emperor's arms, coaxing him tenderly for a while, and then casually asked, "I heard that the death of the former Hussars General was investigated today?"
Chunjia was shrewd. After thinking about it for a while, he understood her intention. He couldn't help sighing and pretending to be angry: "You should think that Ahuang just keeps me here today. You really can't bear to leave me. What is the co-authorship?" How about helping your brother?"
"How can Brother Eighteen compare with Your Majesty?" Yun Fenghuang coaxed him with sweet words, "Aren't you afraid that he is stupid and will cause trouble to Your Majesty? When the time comes, I won't be the one who feels sorry for you?"
The emperor hummed: "You just said that, are you afraid that if Xie Xiaoyu marries Cui's daughter, Cui's problems will be dragged down in the future? How can you be so kind to me today?"
"Your Majesty said this, when did I treat you badly?" Yun Fenghuang said sincerely, "Since entering the palace, when have I not been around you? Even my brothers, nephews, and I have never been around you. They are all keeping an eye on them and not allowed to mess around, so as not to cause trouble to His Majesty!"
If I didn't put any effort into it, how could I have the imperial favor and status I have today
Isn't this bastard emperor stupid? Do you really think that I just entered the palace and fell in his eyes, and was praised by him all the way
She can be where she is today mainly because of herself, right
The emperor didn't know the imperial concubine's slander. When he saw her saying this, he felt funny in his heart and continued teasing: "Ahuang said a few days ago that he would leave me with fifteen, so what do you mean?"