The emperor retreated to both sides before Yu Wenxian agreed.
"The Grand Chief's important ministers came to inform the Holy One that he has removed all Wei Guogong's posts and demoted him to a commoner."
"We know this."
"?"
Yu Wenxian was deeply surprised.
Emperor Yu Wenyong explained without any secret.
"Brother Zhi himself has returned. Just now, the Queen Mother called me to gather him."
"Oh, that's the same thing. I was thinking just now, how could the decision made by the Grand Chief in a rage reach the Holy One so quickly."
Yu Wenxian continued to ask with relief.
"What do you think, brother?"
"Of course he feels aggrieved. He thinks that the disgrace he suffered after losing just one battle is not a sign of brotherhood that was not shown to him at all."
Naturally, the emperor had another intention when he said these words through Yu Wenzhi's mouth.
"At that time, the chief minister was also very angry, and I didn't know if there was any room for repayment. My brother-in-law is now very resistant."
"I think it's very difficult for Yichen. First of all, I want to restore my direct brother to the title of Wei Guogong, and there must be a process in the middle."
Only then did the emperor realize that things were not that simple and he asked.
"What exactly did my brother-in-law commit?"
Yu Wenxian shook his head and sighed.
"I remember that our emperor's plan to confront Chen Fanglue was first proposed by His Majesty. At present, most of the imperial court's heavy troops are deployed in the east to deal with the Northern Qi Dynasty, but the troops in the south are slightly weaker. As long as there is generally peace between the two countries, it will be fine. My brother As soon as he took office in the Xiangzhou Governor's Mansion, he provoked trouble against Chen Guo like a child, which led to the larger-scale Battle of Zhuankou. Since the war had broken out, we should go all out to take it seriously. My brother was arrogant and arrogant and committed a major military crime. He was defeated by Chen's army, not counting the loss of tens of thousands of troops and horses, and the general Yuan Ding was captured alive by the enemy."
"I see."
The emperor said angrily.
"When I was first elected, I was thinking how could the chief minister be so angry and strip off all his titles?"
Yu Wenxian glanced at the emperor and then continued.
"Your Majesty may not know that Duke Wei often went to the Grand Master's Mansion to be extremely close to the Grand Chief when he was on duty in the capital. If he hadn't gone too far this time, the Grand Chief wouldn't be so ruthless."
Yu Wenxian conveyed the message intentionally or unintentionally that the emperor would naturally understand it spiritually.
Although he knew that Yu Wenzhi was secretly interacting with Yu Wen Hu behind his back, he pretended not to know.
"No wonder, my brother often comes to sit here with me, but I haven't seen him in the past six months."
"Actually, the Grand Chief doesn't appreciate Wei Guogong very much. He only treats him perfunctorily!! And."
Yu Wenxian's words came to his lips but he suddenly choked back.
"You can tell me quickly."
"Because Wei Guogong is the Lord's brother, the Grand Chief, after all. How can he not be careful?"
"Understood."
The emperor sighed.
"It seems that the Grand Chief is still worried about me."
"Your Majesty, please forgive me for taking the liberty."
Yu Wenxian broke out in a cold sweat because of his gaffe and knelt on the ground in panic.
"Get up quickly, are we brothers? If you do this, it will be exposed."
The emperor helped Yuwenhu up and continued.
"If we don't share the same roots, how can you tell us the truth?"
"Now that I have said this, Your Majesty, I still have something to tell you."
The emperor said.
"Speaking."
"Your Majesty, Yuwenhu's family spoiled people and hurt people. People's complaints have filled the court. Yuwenhu's family bribed the government and refused to compensate. Your Majesty also met with Yuchi Jiong in private. He became very angry when he learned the news. Your Majesty, please be careful."
Yu Wenxian stood up to say goodbye and walked out of the emperor's study. The Yanshou Palace, which was very familiar to him, suddenly became eerie and terrifying.
He walked slowly under the guidance of a eunuch. A draft blew through the hall, and he felt a coolness on his back. He gently touched the thick official robe with his hand and penetrated it all. Yu Wenxian knew what he was going to do today. Saying so will definitely bring death!
In the Northern Zhou Dynasty, it became a common practice for the high-ranking officials of the Zhou Dynasty to raise wolves and lynxes. However, Yu Wenhu had a special liking for jackals. He specially sent people to introduce jackals from Dayuan Kingdom in the Western Regions and raised them in the entire courtyard. He watched them three times a day and wanted to hold those animals to sleep.
One day, Yu Wenhu's servant Li Wang opened the cage and released the jackal to look for prey on the street to watch the house pet refuse to eat regular food.
By coincidence, three old men and two old women had just returned from the fields. Due to their old age and slight inconvenience in their legs and feet, they were sitting in the corner drinking water to relieve the heat. The wolf smelled the meat and quickly attacked from a corner and bit off the old man's private parts. He bit off half of the old woman's head and the remaining people were not immune to the sound of wailing and blood filling the air.
Li Wanggou not only had no fear about this matter, but returned home with a sense of accomplishment and said to Yu Wenhu with a smile.
"General Manager, you are so lucky. The pet we raised has become more and more successful. It just killed several people on Zhuque Street."
Yuwenhu said with great joy.
"Are animals still called animals if they don't eat people? If they bite well, a bunch of untouchables should be the meat of our family's pets."
Afterwards, the victim's family jointly reported to the Yamen to accuse the Chief Supervisor.
"Yu Wenhu's family pet bit me and other family members, please ask Mr. Zhou Ya to make the decision for us."
The governor of the state government retorted
"It's really a wicked person who complained first. He bit everyone's family members and the general manager compensated you. Why did he block the door and threaten to beat them? The general manager is weak and sick and can't stand the threats. After being scared by you, he is bedridden and they haven't been found yet. You pay compensation, the unruly people will be beaten to death with sticks today."
The people who complained were beaten half to death with sticks by the state government officials.
After the baptism of time, the incident of evil petting and hurting people has been covered up in the past without mentioning it.
The emperor sent Yu Wenxian away. The huge palace was empty. He was frightened and panicked. He went to the inner room to change into a set of casual clothes. He wanted to walk outside the palace and let out the turbid feeling in his heart. As soon as he stepped out of the palace gate, the guards and eunuchs also shouted after each other. They followed him swarmingly.
All the familiar faces suddenly became extremely strange. The emperor could not figure out which of them were those sent by Yu Wenhu to monitor him. The emperor looked at the group of familiar and unfamiliar people in front of him and suddenly shouted.
"Where's Lu Ben? Is Lu Ben here?"
"I'm here."
A man stood out from the crowd and stood before the emperor.
"Get up."
The emperor ordered.
"If you please, I'll just take a walk in the palace."
Lu Ben stood up and stood by his side.
"You don't have to follow me, just go back to the palace."
The emperor waved to the people following him.
In the autumn of Shizhi, the weather was as cool as a day. The emperor was walking on the wet stone path and looked up. The sky was very high and there were no clouds. It was surprisingly blue. He took a deep breath of fresh air to dilute the blockage in his heart, and exhaled with a breath of turbidity. The Qi gradually melted away.
Autumn is coming, and the road is full of tides. The emperor said a word without thinking.
"The weather is so nice."
Lu Ben said hurriedly.
"It rained for a while before tomorrow and it will clear up again."
The emperor looked at the sky again and sighed sincerely.
"The weather is really nice. It's sunny and windy."
"Your Majesty, you are too busy taking care of everything. You should go out of the palace more often to stretch your muscles and bones, so as not to damage the dragon's body."
"Alas, I don't know what I love. I have been a servant for a long time."
The emperor stopped his steps and said.
"I'm afraid we are worse than servants."
"how could be?"
Lu Ben was startled and looked at the young and handsome emperor in front of him with surprised eyes and whispered.
"Why did Your Majesty suddenly make such strange remarks today?"
"Okay, okay, let's not talk about this anymore."
The emperor suddenly had an idea and said.
"Let's take you to the East Palace to have a look."
Lu Ben said.
"Would you like to go over there first and say hello?"
"No, no, no, we just want to catch him by surprise."
The emperor had long heard from Wang Gui and his ministers that Prince Yun was becoming more and more unruly and unruly and difficult to discipline. He wanted to go there today to find out in person. Lu Ben, who was accompanying him, really enjoyed the treatment of a fox pretending to be a tiger.
Wherever he and the emperor went, the guards in the courtyard and the servants who were cleaning the courtyard all knelt down and kowtowed. The guards and eunuchs who guarded the door also all knelt down. One of the eunuchs was about to turn around and go inside to report, but he also knelt down when the emperor stopped him.
When the emperor and Lu Ben walked in, they saw a pavilion in the East Palace Garden that was bright and erotic. Looking up, there were crowds of people inside and outside the pavilion. Their skirts were flying. The emperor and Lu Ben, dressed in casual clothes, walked past. The eunuchs, maids, and slaves were just watching the excitement. Everyone was watching. Didn't notice the saint coming to look for him.
"Ha, this kid really knows how to enjoy himself. He didn't even see the saint coming!"
At this moment, there are 8 men and 8 women dancing naked in the center of the pavilion. The dancers are naked and wearing only a piece of crotch cloth. The dancers are wearing a green crotch cloth on their upper body and a red silk thread on their waist. They are dancing angrily to the noise of the musicians on the left and right. Social dance.
The long table in the pavilion is filled with rich dishes, fruits, and wine. Sitting in the middle is the current crown prince Yuwen Yun. He is hugging two young women on his left and right. The prince is crossing his legs comfortably. One of them looks a bit older. The women were lying in the middle, one high and one low, sucking something.
Sitting on the left and right of the woman were Liu Pi and Zheng Yi, the emperor's trusted ministers.
"You beast, as the crown prince, you have done such a shameful thing."
The emperor couldn't bear it anymore and shouted loudly. His face turned purple with anger and his whole body was trembling. The musicians who were playing percussion instruments suddenly stopped playing when they heard the shocking roar. Everyone present looked around and didn't know what happened.
Some people who were closer to the emperor first realized that the roar was coming from the emperor's Chrysostom, so everyone with earth-colored faces hurriedly knelt down and wished they could bury their heads in the soil. Only then did people gradually discover the extremely angry Holy Lord and knelt down in panic.
The originally bustling scene was so quiet that only the birds on the trees could be heard chirping.
The most unresponsive person was the prince who was closest to the emperor and Liu Pi and Zheng Yi. Everyone knelt down and drank until Liu Pi and Zheng Yi were dizzy. Only then did Liu Pi and Zheng Yi see the emperor standing upright with an angry look on his face. Then he left the table in embarrassment and knelt down like a puddle of mud. land.
The 16-year-old crown prince was puzzled by how people were laughing and joking just now, but suddenly they fell silent and fell to their knees. It was not until the two maids around him got into hiding under the dark mat that he realized with drunken eyes that the Holy Emperor was coming.
Only then did Yu Wenyun crawl to the table, kneel down, and sweep down a large area of the fine wine, food, and fruits on the table, speaking inarticulately.
"Father, I did not drink much today and I am not drunk."
Yu Wenyong was extremely angry and scolded Humanity who was kneeling in front of the border.
"You have taught the prince badly even if you don't learn well. Do you know how Emperor Gao Huan of Northern Qi died?"
"Drinking delayed state affairs, causing the door to be opened and the enemy to attack Jinyong City."
The emperor said.
"As long as you know, drag the prince down and give him a good beating."
The guards kneeling on the ground looked at each other but did not dare to get up.
"Why don't you take action? Do you want to take the blame for the prince?"
A few bold guards, under the intimidation of the emperor's stern gaze, took the drunken Yuwen Yun off the table.
"Slap us hard."
Several guards immediately ran to the palace and brought sticks, bamboo boards and many other instruments of torture.
"Pump, pump."
The emperor threatened the guards.
"If the prince does something shameless for the heir of a country, beat him."
One of the guards picked up a thick bamboo board, and two guards held Yu Wenyun down. They took off his pants and slapped his thighs, and then the bamboo board slapped his buttocks. Although the blow was not heavy, Yu Wenyun still screamed.
The angry emperor had no mercy for his son's howling. When the guard who called the count reached 30 times, Yu Wenyun was already dying and stopped calling the emperor. He was not as angry as before.
Lu Ben said hurriedly.
"As long as you feel like it, just send the prince back to the palace."
So a group of eunuchs and maids in the prince's palace got up from the ground, supported the prince, and rushed away as if they had been granted amnesty.
"etc."
Everyone suddenly stopped and turned around to see the emperor taking off his shirt and walking onto the execution platform.
"As the saying goes, it is the fault of the father who fails to raise his parents. Today, as a saint, we are also inseparable from the prince's moral character. A son should receive 30% from his father, and his father should receive 60%. Don't be partial to others and bend the law. If someone hides his secrets under the stick, we will return the stick to him in full."
The emperor stood up straight and took a deep breath.
"bring it on."
When there were still 3 sticks left, the emperor couldn't help but a mouthful of blood welled up in his mouth. He swallowed the last stick again in order not to be around the minister. The emperor couldn't help but vomited it out.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty."
Everyone ran to help the emperor.
"Your Majesty, why are you doing this? It's just the laziness of a teacher who is not strict in teaching. The Taifu is the Prince's teacher. If the Taifu should be punished, what kind of thing is it for His Majesty to be beaten?"
The emperor said.
"I gave birth to Yuwen Yun, and I raised him. What does it have to do with the Tutor? The Tutor is too old to be punished with a stick of 60 yuan, so we can't follow the etiquette."
The emperor said suddenly, still angry.
"Liu Pi."
"I am here,"
Liu Pi, who was kneeling on the ground, was already half drunk and awake.
"Tell me how we treated you in the past."
"The Holy One treats his ministers like a king and a father."
Liu Pi kowtowed and continued.
"The prince is responsible for his greed."
Zheng Yi, who was kneeling aside, kowtowed hurriedly.
"I have neglected my duty."
"You just neglected your duty and I want to kill you, so why don't you feel relieved?"
The emperor said sadly.
"You are our most trusted ministers, so I have entrusted you with the important task of assisting the prince. But in order to get promoted and make a fortune, you have led the prince down the wrong path at all costs. If you continue to act recklessly, how will the prince become the king of a country in the future?"
"That's what the Holy Father taught."
Zheng Yi murmured that he could not continue. Zheng Yi continued to say the emperor's words.
"Just take care of yourself."
After saying that, he turned around and left. Lu Ben, who only walked with the emperor to the harem, waited for the emperor to calm down a little before he spoke.
"Your Majesty cannot blame Liu Pi and Zheng Yi entirely for this matter."
The emperor stopped and looked at Lu Ben and asked.
"Who else should you blame?"
Lu Ben said.
"The prince has grown up and his heart has grown. He also understands who he is and can instruct others as he wants. Are both Liu Pi and Zheng Yi the ones sent by the prince?"
"If you go by what you said, wouldn't there be no one to control the prince?"
Lu Ben said.
"Control is necessary. I think the Holy One should choose a virtuous wife for the prince to keep him entertained."
"oh"
The emperor paused and nodded.
"That makes sense. Before we look for a good crown princess, how about we first ask you to introduce her to the prince?"
"Then how can I accompany Your Majesty?"
"Are there not enough people around us? If the prince doesn't follow the right path, we won't feel at ease."
Lu Ben said.
"My lord, I obey."
After the emperor finished speaking, he ordered Lu Ben to go back to Yanshou Palace and go to Empress Li's palace. Empress Li suddenly heard the emperor's arrival and was flattered. She knelt down at the door of the palace to greet him. The emperor helped her up with a solemn expression. Empress Li became even more frightened.
