Jiang Jiao is miserable!
The emperor only vaguely revealed to him his dissatisfaction with the queen in the royal study, but did not directly say that he wanted to abolish the queen. Xuanzong's intention to abolish the queen was just his speculation without any real evidence.
Moreover, even if there is real evidence and the emperor denies his intention to abolish the queen in front of all the courtiers, he cannot always insist that the emperor wants to abolish the queen.
One step forward is death, one step back is death.
Jiang Jiao shuddered when he thought of what happened to Shangguan Yi and Wang Fusheng when Emperor Gaozong wanted to abolish the military force.
In his haste, he immediately denied it: "Your Majesty, this is unjust!"
"Your Majesty has not said anything to me about abolishing the throne, so how can I reveal the forbidden words?"
Jiang Jiao knelt on the ground: "Besides, I have not interacted with King Si Teng recently. How can Mr. Guo start to impeach me for leaking forbidden words?"
Duke Jiang Jiao of Chu is not considered stupid!
After successfully getting rid of this matter, Xuanzong was more pleased with him.
"I think someone spread rumors about this matter. My queen is virtuous and virtuous. I took her into the palace when I was still in the fiefdom. Thanks to the queen staying with me all these years."
Xuanzong looked majestic and said: "I am harmoniously singing the harp and harp with the queen. The matter of deposing the queen cannot be trusted!"
When things got to this point, he was as shrewd as Xuanzong, and in front of all the courtiers, he gave Duke Qi and Li Qiao, the heir apparent, a reassurance.
I should have just given it up!
But Li Qiao, the successor king of Teng, believed that if the queen was deposed, both would be prosperous and lose.
Both the Qiguo Palace and the Siteng Palace will lose their former glory.
Someone has sinister intentions and we must not let the matter be revealed easily.
The Queen and the Queen have no children. It is inevitable that some people will not make trouble with this matter in the future, thinking that Duke Qiguo's Palace and their successor, Prince Teng's Palace, are soft persimmons that are easy to manipulate.
Duke Qi couldn't come forward in this matter, so he could only let him, a prince with a bad temper in the eyes of Emperor Xuanzong, face the difficulties. In order to win over the situation, it didn't matter even if he was stained with filth.
"I understand. It turns out that Your Majesty did not say any nonsense about abolishing the throne."
King Si Teng looked puzzled: "Then why are there rumors in Ruyi Tower that the emperor intends to abolish the queen?"
Ruyilou?
It sounded like the name of a brothel, and Xuanzong felt that the name was familiar.
Zhang Shuo, Minister of the Ministry of War, rushed out to remind: "Your Majesty, there is a case of kidnapping and trafficking of children by Yonghe Commandery Ma. When my granddaughter and the tenth princess were imprisoned in Da Ci'en Temple, I heard Commandery Ma say that the abducted children would be sold to Ruyilou."
"Later, Jingzhao Prefecture investigated the kidnapping case, but Ruyilou denied buying children from Yonghe County Ma. Jingzhao Prefecture could not find any clues, so the matter of Ruyilou buying children from Yonghe County Ma was dropped. .”
Zhang Shuo analyzed: "The original abduction case was inextricably linked to this Ruyi Tower. Now it is said that the Emperor wanted to abolish the Empress, and it is also this Ruyi Tower."
"Spreading rumors that the emperor intends to dethrone the queen is a punishable act. It is obviously intended to disturb the court. I feel horrified when I think about it carefully."
The brothel and Chu Pavilion have always been a good place to spread news.
In the previous dynasty, some foreign countries planted spies to confuse the brothels and inquire about information.
Xuanzong wanted to lightly expose the matter, but when Zhang Shu reminded him, Xuanzong's face darkened: "Prince Si Teng, tell me how you learned that Ruyilou was spreading rumors?"
"this……"
King Si Teng looked hesitant and knelt on the ground under Xuanzong's gaze: "To be honest with you, Your Majesty, I have been fascinated recently and have fallen in love with a dancing girl in Ruyi Tower. I drank flower wine in Ruyi Tower several times."
"The dancing girl came from a humble background and her heart is as high as the sky. She wants to climb high and tries her best to find out about the affairs of the palace."
King Si Teng said angrily: "A low-born guy dared to talk nonsense about the queen and the ladies in the harem. I was so angry that I investigated and found Yun Niang in Ruyi Tower."
"This Yun Niang has some friendship with Mr. Jiang's nephew Li Linfu. I originally thought that it was Prince Yude Li Linfu who spread Mr. Jiang's words. Later, I used some tricks to force Yun Niang to question. She insisted that it was Mr. Jiang who went to Ruyi Tower to drink flowers. Revealed while drinking.”
At first, King Si Teng felt a little embarrassed because of his visit to Ruyi Tower to drink wine. After all, the courtiers were prostitutes and they were doing it in secret, with tacit understanding.
He was entrusted by Wang Shouyi and had to tell the courtiers about drinking flower wine, which was quite embarrassing.
After speaking, he simply gave up and looked at Jiang Jiao meaningfully.
Jiang Jiao's face turned pale at this time. King Si Teng ignored his expression and reported: "I have no false words. That Yun Niang is already in my hands. When Your Majesty makes a decision, I can hand her over at any time." Dali Temple interrogation.”
Jiang Jiao only felt that he was finished!
As a powerful official whom Your Majesty trusted, he would actually take the palace secrets discussed in the imperial study to a place like Ruyi Tower?
The emperor's privacy was exposed to the public, and the queen and concubines became the talk of the brothels. How could your majesty endure this?
What made him even more desperate was that King Si Teng seemed to be talking about his drinking of flower wine, but in fact he revealed to His Majesty both inside and outside of his words that Ruyi Tower was a place frequented by important officials and relatives of the royal family. Motives of court affairs and harem secrets.
King Siteng insisted that he was the one who revealed the news, and he had indeed been to Ruyi Tower on the same day.
More importantly, His Majesty only mentioned his dissatisfaction with the Queen in front of him.
At that time, in the imperial study room, the maids and eunuchs had been dismissed. Apart from him and His Majesty, only the little princess, who was pretending to be asleep, was in the imperial study room.
Jiang Jiao can't argue!
"According to what King Si Teng said, the Yun Niang was handed over to Dali Temple for interrogation. Ruyilou is involved in the case of child abduction and trafficking. Let Dali Temple and the Ministry of Punishment conduct a thorough investigation of Ruyilou."
Xuanzong's furious gaze focused on Jiang Jiao: "What is the purpose of a small Ruyilou to find out the secrets of the harem? Before Ruyilou is found out, the Duke of Chu does not need to come to court, and the Duke of Chu is removed from supervising the compilation of national history. position."
When the emperor was angry, the courtiers felt a pressing pressure.
Zhang Jiazhen, who had been ostracized by Jiang Jiao, came out and said: "Your Majesty, I think that Jiang Jiao, the Duke of Chu, did it. I only removed him from the post of supervising the history of the country. The punishment is too light."
"Even a low-born singer and dancer dares to speak ill of the queen and the ladies in the harem. Who is to blame?"
Zhang Jiazhen said righteously: "The little princess heard about Yonghe County Ma's abduction and trafficking of children. She heard with her own ears that Yonghe County Ma said that he would sell the kidnapped people to Ruyilou. How did Ruyilou get out of the kidnapping case?"
"It's scary to think about it carefully. I think the water in Ruyi Tower is very deep."
"As an important minister beside His Majesty, Mr. Jiang has so casually spoken out what was discussed in the imperial study. If someone with ulterior motives takes advantage of him, I don't dare to think about it anymore."
Zhang Jiazhen knelt down and said, "I think we should severely punish the Duke of Chu to warn the courtiers and serve as a warning to others."
