The eunuch listened, and a strange smile suddenly appeared on his face: "The censor seems to be here too, right? If the villain makes it clear, I'm afraid it will hurt everyone's harmony. If there is a conflict, it will be the villain's fault. ”
Su Zongshan replied: "Su always puts national affairs first, and is afraid that his colleagues will not get along, so there is no reason for conflict. Besides, this impeachment matter is a public matter and has nothing to do with selfishness. Presumably he is also speaking out and correct. Su I am willing to listen without complaint. Even if my father-in-law says it, he keeps it secret, which will easily lead to suspicion."
"Then I'll read out the name too." After saying that, the eunuch cleared his throat, opened the memorial, and read loudly:
"I would like to report to Lu Tingci, the imperial censor, that in the past, your majesty wanted to build the Xiyuan Garden to wait for King Yi. Although it was put on hold due to business reasons and an order was issued to stop the work, now there is no urgent matter and the Ministry of Works has made complete plans. However, Prime Minister Su Zongshan has been delayed. I don’t know what my motive is for obstructing the Ministry of Works from reporting this matter. I request your Majesty to severely punish the prime minister for dereliction of duty and start work as soon as possible to show your supreme power."
"After reading, what do you want to say?" The eunuch put his hands behind his back with a proud look on his face, as if he was expecting a big show.
As he expected, a dozen officials stood up and searched for Lu Tingci with angry eyes. Unfortunately, Su Zongshan in front of him heard the movement and shouted at them: "You all should be honest!" Then he sat down again.
"Eunuch," Su Zongshan turned around again and said tremblingly, "Su's loyalty can be seen from heaven, and he never dared to disobey the emperor's explicit order. I hope that after you return, you can persuade the emperor to trust me... If you can't persuade him, "Guo, Su has no complaints and is willing to resign from office and return home..." At this point, he burst into tears and nodded repeatedly.
The eunuch hurriedly bent down to help him: "Oh, why should the prime minister do this? The emperor has not said a word yet, but just let the officials deliberate on their own. I believe that your colleagues can prove your innocence."
"Okay, okay," Su Zongshan nodded and said, "Then father-in-law, please return to work as soon as possible."
The eunuch answered with a smile, put away the documents, turned around and mounted his horse, and disappeared in a moment.
"Master Lu, can you come out for a moment?" Su Zongshan asked softly, still standing on the corridor in front of the gate with his hands behind his back, motionless.
Lu Tingci was mixed in the crowd. Hearing Su Zongshan calling him, he had to step out. He took a deep breath, held up the hem of his clothes, and saluted in front of him: "Master Su...what do you want from me?"
Su Zongshan turned around, with a kind smile, and patted his shoulder: "Your Majesty is worried about King Yi. I can understand, who of you doesn't want to bring harmony to the royal family and make this dynasty's good stories famous for future generations? But your words are too much. pass."
Lu Tingci was a little stunned. He never expected that his attitude would be so gentle. He didn't know how to answer for a moment: "W-which sentence?"
Su Zongshan's laughter became even louder: "Haha, what else is there, isn't it that you said I was 'obstructing the Ministry of Industry'? I don't seem to have done such a thing, right? It doesn't matter how you impeach me, you have to give me Return this innocence."
On such an occasion, Lu Tingci did not want to conflict with him, so he just lowered his head and replied: "The official is indeed exaggerating..."
"broken……"
Cai Xianqing heard Ye Yongjia mutter these two words and glanced at him nervously.
"To be honest, I am getting older, so I will inevitably act confused. It depends on you, the censor, to help check for leaks and fill in the gaps," Su Zongshan said, pulling Lu Tingci's shoulders and letting his face face everyone, "But many people If I don’t understand what you’re doing, just apologize to everyone, and I promise not to let them make things difficult for you.”
Seeing such a scene, Cui Yi couldn't bear it anymore. He secretly ran to Ye Yongjia, grabbed him by the corner of his clothes, and lowered his voice to persuade: "Why don't you come forward, sir? Anyway, we have no friendship with him. So what if we break up with him!"
Ye Yongjia shook him off and said, "He Xun, you have to recognize the situation! Lu Yushi has admitted that he fabricated the facts. If he gets into an argument with Su Zongshan now, wouldn't it be nonsense?"
"Then are we going to sit back and watch this old thief cheat?"
"You don't need to be impatient," Ye Yongjia said. "The key to the problem now is not Su Zongshan, but the officials present. If they are willing to accept this and make this big issue a trivial matter, our plan will be considered a complete failure."
"What do you mean..." After Cui Yi heard this, he only thought about it for a while, then suddenly a plan came to his mind, and he smiled meaningfully, "I seem to understand." Then he strode forward. Cai Xianqing was about to stop him, but Ye Yongjia stretched out his hand to stop him. The latter also smiled and said: "Mr. Cai, as the saying goes, 'To untie the bell, you must tie the bell.' This plan was originally proposed by him. If anything goes wrong, he will naturally solve it." .You and I just have to believe in his talent."
Cui Yi held his head high, walked out of the crowd, and bowed to Su Zongshan: "Prime Minister, I would like to apologize to you on behalf of Lu Yushi."
"Oh?" Su Zongshan frowned slightly, and his relaxed expression disappeared instantly, "This matter has nothing to do with Master Cui, why should you be used as his replacement?"
Cui Yi bowed and said, "To be honest, I told him that sentence, and he actually didn't know about it."
Su Zongshan never expected that he would come out halfway, and he was unprepared. He obviously lost his mind and his eyes became panicked; but he still pretended to be calm and could only show off his tactics: "Haha, it seems that I wrongly blamed Mr. Lu. But now that we’ve said it, there’s no need to worry about who should apologize.”
"No," Cui Yi said immediately, "Su Gong always insists on harmony among his colleagues. If Mr. Lu is asked to bow his head and suffer this humiliation, won't he resent me in his heart? It's better for me to bear this fault."
Su Zongshan was helpless and thought to himself: "It won't hurt if someone else apologizes." Then he said with a cold face: "Then... Lu Yushi, just go away."
"Yes." Lu Tingci took the order and left, but after taking a few steps, Cui Yi shouted loudly:
"etc!"
"What's the matter?" Lu Tingci looked at him in confusion.
Cui Yi smiled and said: "Before I apologize to everyone, I have to apologize to you first. I have made you suffer injustice."
"Cui Hexun! You bastard!"
Before Cui Yi finished speaking, an official couldn't bear it anymore and jumped out to curse, "Why is it harder to ask you to apologize than to go to heaven? The mistakes your party committed have forced Su Gong to serve you like a statue." Like our ancestors, I came to beg you in a good voice! He was able to swallow his breath, but we were so angry and uncomfortable when we saw it! You two are obviously in the same group, but you still act in a play here because you want to Who are you disgusting! Everyone, the Ye Party is so domineering, why should we give them face!"
After saying this, the crowd immediately started shouting and making a mess, stepping forward to surround Cui Yi and others.
