"I can't breathe!"
The emperor patted the table again, glared at Gao Ming angrily, and gritted his teeth: "Let the internal guards investigate, and within three days... within ten days, check everything for me, everything is clear!"
The emperor originally wanted to say three days, but he did not completely lose his mind after all. After thinking about it for a while, he could understand that Yueqing was really far away from Jiankang, and a round trip in three days might not be enough.
"Tell Lu Cheng!"
The emperor's tone was full of boundless anger: "If we can't find out the reason for this matter and can't give me an explanation, he will stop being a commander and submit a letter to resign himself!"
Lu Cheng, the commander of the mysterious organization of the Internal Guard, is also the closest sword to the emperor and his absolute loyalist.
In order to maintain his independence and not be influenced by any court forces or external forces, Commander Lu almost never showed up, and even entered the palace quietly. Few people in the court had seen him in Lushan. true colors.
At least Shen Yi has never seen it.
Having said this, the emperor looked at Gao Ming again and said coldly: "You, the great eunuch, don't do this anymore!"
Hearing these words, Gao Mingcai trembled violently.
As a palace servant, he is certainly below a few people in the palace and above ten thousand people, but this is all because of the Holy Scroll. If one day he loses the Holy Scroll, he will be abandoned by the emperor. .
Then his fate will be far more miserable than that of ordinary eunuchs.
After all, in recent years, in order to consolidate his position, he has actually offended many people.
Once you fall from this position, you will definitely fall miserably.
Gao Ming's psychological quality was still very good. Although he was trembling in his heart, he quickly calmed down. He looked up at the emperor tremblingly, then bowed his head respectfully and said: "Your Majesty, the internal guards are already investigating this matter. , I believe I will give His Majesty a complete answer soon..."
The high eunuch swallowed his saliva and his voice trembled: "Your Majesty, I think this matter may not be caused by someone in my court. Your Majesty must calm down and take care of the dragon body..."
The emperor said "It's a big change" because he felt that this matter was done by people within the Chen Kingdom.
People within the Chen Kingdom did not take him as the emperor seriously, so they would murder the imperial envoy and Shen Yi.
To put it bluntly, the emperor subconsciously felt that the Zhao family did this.
In fact, he had just entertained the idea of confronting the Zhao family head-on.
This was because the anger was rising, and His Majesty the Emperor was a little overwhelmed for a moment.
After hearing Gao Ming's words, the emperor looked coldly at the other people in the Manna Palace and said expressionlessly: "You all stand down."
"yes…"
At this time, the remaining people in the Manlu Palace are all the middle and high-level eunuchs from the Ministry of Internal Affairs. The ones who usually accompany the people in the Manlu Palace are not the purple-robed eunuchs, and they are only one step away from the purple-robed eunuchs.
These eunuchs glanced at Eunuch Gao in unison, then bowed and retreated.
After everyone left, the emperor sat back in his seat. He glanced at Gao Ming coldly and said expressionlessly: "You mean, Beiqi did this?"
After Gao Ming hesitated for a moment, he gritted his teeth and said, "Your Majesty, I think this matter was done by Northern Qi..."
Gao Ming's tone became slightly more serious about the word "should".
So his words actually have two meanings.
The first meaning is, of course, the literal meaning.
And the second meaning is... no matter whether this thing was done by Northern Qi or not, it is "best" to characterize it as being done by Northern Qi.
In this way, an internal conflict in Chen State can be avoided.
After all, if this matter is really confirmed to be the fault of the Zhao clan, then no matter what angle you look at it, His Majesty the Emperor will not tolerate it any longer.
At that time, the imperial court will have to face the Zhao clan, which is slowly growing in size. Once the Zhao clan is unwilling to lead and kill them, a drastic change in the Huaihe Navy will become unstoppable.
If you are not careful, Chen State's northern border defense will be wiped out.
If the situation is worse, that is, the Zhao clan surrenders to the enemy, then the pressure on the Nanchen court will immediately become infinite.
Whether Guo Zuo can continue is unknown.
To put it more plainly, Gao Ming believes that neither the court nor the emperor is ready to fall out with the Zhao family at this moment, so no matter what the situation is, they cannot fall out with the Zhao family.
To maintain the status quo, no matter how many ideas the Zhao family has, they will always come up with nothing.
Once the imperial court takes action against the Zhao clan, the Zhao clan may be "forced to rebel."
In other words, under this situation, Shen Yi's assassination "should" be determined to be the work of the barbarians from the Northern Qi Dynasty.
"What a must!"
The emperor was intelligent by nature, so he could naturally understand the hidden meaning in his great companion's words. He sneered: "Then according to Eunuch Gao's wishes, there is no need to investigate this matter. He can directly announce to the outside world that Northern Qi is going to kill my imperial envoy Chen. that is!"
Eunuch Gao sighed, bowed his head deeply and said: "No matter what your Majesty decides, I will always follow you until death..."
The emperor took several deep breaths to calm his breathing. He sat back in his seat and was silent for a long time.
"Let the internal guards investigate first. No matter how this matter is handled in the end, they will always tell me the truth."
"Fortunately, Shen Qi is lucky this time."
The emperor narrowed his eyes and said coldly: "If Shen Qi dies so inexplicably, the things I have planned for two or three years will be aborted almost immediately!"
"If this is the case, I will never spare him, Lu Cheng!"
Eunuch Gao bowed his head deeply and said: "Your Majesty is wise, I will go and meet with Commander Lu to discuss the situation..."
"What to communicate?"
The emperor had no expression on his face and said coldly: "What are you communicating with him? Teach him how to deceive me, right?"
Gao Ming knelt on the ground again and touched his head to the ground: "I dare not..."
The emperor snorted coldly and glanced at Gao Ming: "Don't be smart about things that are not your business. No matter how the internal guards investigate or find out what happened this time, don't interfere."
Having said this, His Majesty the Emperor closed his eyes and after thinking calmly, he said calmly: "As for Shen Qi, I also want to give him an attitude. You choose, whether you go to Yueqing or let Lu Want to go to Yueqing?"
Gao Ming was silent for a while, bowed his head deeply and said: "Your Majesty, since this matter is a matter of the internal guards, let Commander Lu do the hard work..."
The emperor snorted again: "Hard work?"
However, he only said these two words and did not continue. Instead, he changed the topic: "If you want to see Lu Cheng, go see him. You tell him for me. I want to know about Yueqing." Who did it?"
"Tell him again..."
"I want Shen Qi to live a good life, and I don't want to see something like this happen again."
"If Shen Qi dies one day, just let him dig a hole and bury himself. There is no need to come back to see me."
Eunuch Gao nodded one by one and obeyed the order anxiously.
"Okay, just go and do it now."
The emperor's face was expressionless: "Before Lu Cheng leaves, let him come to the palace to meet me and give me a charter."
Eunuch Gao responded respectfully, turned around and retreated.
After Gao Ming left, the emperor was the only one left in the Manlu Palace.
His Majesty the Emperor looked towards the north, with a cold light shining in his eyes.
"If your family really did it this time, I will still wipe your family's butt..."
"But this account..."
His Majesty the Emperor took a deep breath and murmured.
"I will write them down for you one by one..."
