At that time, they came up with such a pretext to deceive the emperor, and the emperor obviously knew that they were deceiving himself. It was just that the situation of the court at that time meant that there was no need to get too involved in many things and turned a blind eye. Just eyes.
After that, Chai Tongfu saw the emperor sorting out the affairs of the court in twos and twos, and secretly he was sweating, worried about what would happen that day, like a sharp sword hanging above his head, he didn't know when it would fall, and he screamed. The nine members of his own clan died without a burial place.
I came here to meet the Emperor today, and the sword hanging above my head finally fell. Although I was shocked, it was mostly safe.
After all, Chai Tongfu was smart. He brewed his feelings on the spot and showed his shame at the right time. After being scolded by the emperor for a few more times, he finally grabbed the ground with his head and cried loudly.
"I am confused and have betrayed the divine grace——"
He hammered his chest and howled: "Before his death, the late emperor repeatedly warned that Your Majesty is his appointed successor. Although he is young, he has the image of a heroic lord, so that the old ministers will always serve him respectfully. You must speak out when something happens. I was confused for a moment and actually asked someone to do such a scandal under my nose. After my death, how can I have the face to see the late emperor? I regret it!!!"
While holding the late emperor's banner to endorse the legitimacy of the emperor's succession, he obeyed the emperor's wishes and began to lick skillfully.
When the other commanders heard this, they understood most of it, burst into tears, and sobbed in unison: "I have failed the late emperor's trust!"
At this moment, Chai Tongfu submitted his resignation at the right time: "I am old and fatuous, and cannot bear the responsibility. I have committed such mistakes again. I really have no face and disdain to hold a high position. Please forgive me and allow me to do so." I resign as the commander of the Black Guards."
When Ying Zheng saw him on the road, his expression softened a little, and he sighed, "Why is this so?"
Chai Tongfu said resolutely: "I am a mediocre minister and I dare not serve the sage."
If you push and pull back and forth, repeat three times.
The emperor tried his best to persuade him to stay, and his ministers expressed their loyalty and obedience. Chai Tongfu finally threw away the hot potato in his hands, and he could sleep peacefully at night.
The remaining commanders took advantage of the situation and resigned.
Ying Zheng waved his hand, sure!
King Dai looked at the top-notch tug-of-war unfolding in front of him, speechless.
The few people nearby who had just finished reporting Cao Yang's behavior were as dumbfounded as a bunch of chickens.
Ah this...
Why did we come to the palace?
How could a good thing turn into this?
...Where is Cao Yang? !
Why are the five black-clad guard commanders gone? !
In fact, the Dai Wang did not meet with the Emperor very often, but every time they met, he was deeply impressed.
His scheming is deep, his skills are sophisticated, he is decisive in dealing with things, and he has the foresight to see a hundred steps in one step——
Is today's matter... also part of the emperor's plan?
Is the role he plays now the former empress dowager, or Feng Mingda?
King Dai moved his lips. After a long time, he finally found his voice with difficulty: "Your Majesty, this matter is Cao Yang's fault. Your Majesty can only punish him. Why..."
"Ah?" Ying Zheng's face showed a bit of surprise, his brows wrinkled in confusion, and he asked doubtfully: "Uncle, you took the initiative to enter the palace, do you want me to give justice to the clan?"
Dai Wang: "..."
Dai Wang: (￣～￣;)
It seems like... falling into a pit?
Not sure, let’s have another look.
Chapter 31
Dai Wang entered the palace this time with only one purpose - to open eyes for the clan, get rid of Cao Yang and then quickly!
He didn't want to enter the palace, but he did. The emperor also accepted his petition with great kindness, and at the same time he was ruthless. Today, there are a total of five commanders of the Black Guards, one by one, all of them have resigned from office - —
But all these premises cannot hold up one thing - Cao Yang is still alive!
It makes no sense to say that the subordinates committed a crime, and the immediate bosses were all scolded so badly that they had to resign, but the pawns who caused the trouble were unscathed, right? !
The king couldn't help but think in his heart: If the emperor thought that he could get away with it if he dismissed a few commanders, but let Cao Yang escape, I would not be able to let it go.
Several other witnesses who were summoned to the palace by Ying Zheng also thought the same thing.
They entered the palace to report Cao Yang, and they had already committed a crime against him. If they did not take this opportunity to get rid of him, wouldn't there be endless troubles in the future?
Everyone was making such calculations in their hearts when they suddenly heard a message from the chamberlain outside the palace: "Your Majesty, the black-clad guard captain Cao Yang has arrived and is waiting for the summons outside the palace."
There was a storm in Ying Zheng's eyes, he waved his sleeves and said: "Let him get in!"
Weiwei, a close servant, soon led Cao Yang and quickly walked into the palace.
Cao Yang had probably received some news, and he felt quite good at this time. He was no longer as arrogant as before. After entering the palace, he fell at the feet of the emperor: "Your Majesty, I am unjust! I am loyal to you. You can learn from the moon!"
Ying Zheng suddenly swept the memorial on the case to the ground: "Are you wronged? What I heard seems not to be the case!"
He nodded to the people standing by and said in a cold voice: "If a person speaks like this, there may be a possibility of fraud, but now there are so many people standing here, and each one of them is impeaching you for your wanton violation of the law. How can extortion and bribery be false?!"
Cao Yang was eloquent and immediately defended: "He was deliberately conceived by me because someone in his family violated the law and was punished by me. Please ask your majesty..."
"enough!"
Before Ying Zheng could finish his words, he stopped him abruptly and said with a disappointed look on his face: "I know you have talent, otherwise I wouldn't have made an exception and asked you to be promoted to the fifth rank in just a few months. But I couldn't have imagined it." , you are so brave, you dare to reach out to the clan!"
When Cao Yang heard this, he felt something was wrong. He turned to look at the witnesses who were looking at him with eager eyes and a hint of pleasure because of his dejection. His face turned earthy in an instant.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty!"
He knelt forward and begged for mercy: "Please..."
Liu Che stretched out his head in the space, pinched his throat and dubbed the beauty: "Please love me!"
Ying Zheng couldn't help but endured it. He clenched his fists inside his sleeves and shouted sternly: "Come here!"
The military guards on the left and right responded to the order: "Yes."
A trace of despair spread on Cao Yang's face.
Ying Zheng said categorically: "Cao Yang's chaos in the law has reached this point. I really can't tolerate him. I'm going to remove him from office and put him on death row. I'll ask him to be executed in the future!"
As soon as the words fell to the ground, Cao Yang instantly lost his strength and collapsed to the ground.
However, everyone present was refreshed and came out in unison, worshiping with excited voices: "Your Majesty, the Holy Ming Wu Guo!"
The left and right military guards came forward, lifted up Cao Yang who was lying on the ground like a ball of mud, and dragged him out.
And at this moment, he turned around, his eyes were empty, and his face was especially stained by the tears left when he cried and begged just now. He glanced silently with a creepy gaze and a vicious curse. The group of clan members, nobles and court officials who were overjoyed because of the great achievement.
Dai Wang's eyes accidentally touched Cao Yang's eyes, and he couldn't help but shudder.
However, the movements of the left and right military guards were very fast, and Cao Yang's figure quickly disappeared into the imperial study. The look in his eyes that he just caught seemed to be just a snowflake, quickly disappearing in the warm air.
Cao Yang was put on death row, and death was just a matter of time. As for Qiu Houwenzhan, no one thought there would be a problem.
He is just an untouchable from a humble background, with neither family nor cronies.
His only support is the Emperor - now that the Emperor has abandoned him, why should he make a comeback?
Everyone left the palace with smiles on their faces, congratulating each other, walking briskly, eager to convey the good news of Cao Yang's death to their relatives and friends outside the palace.
Except for the acting king.
He is getting older, his steps are not as steady as those of young people, and his movements are even slower.
As early as the late emperor's time, he had received a special decree allowing him to ride in a sedan chair and chariot. Now that he has ascended the throne, he will naturally follow Xiao Gui Cao.
Today, after leaving the imperial study, a chamberlain brought a sedan chair over, but for some reason, King Dai suddenly wanted to walk away by himself.
The look in Cao Yang's eyes when he was dragged away was still imprinted on his heart. The King Dai, who had experienced five dynasties and was nearly eighty years old, was filled with an unspeakable uneasiness and uneasiness.
It seems like something extremely bad is about to happen...
…
The king's hunch was right.
When future generations read the history books, they will find that when Emperor Shizuwen of the Great Qin Dynasty took the throne, he followed the old system and changed the year name to Yuan'an. However, this year name only lasted for one year. It was changed to Yongning again.
This is very rare among emperors in the past dynasties.
Because in the year when Emperor Shi Zuwen ascended the throne, a great rebellion occurred, which was recorded as the Yuan'an Rebellion in history books. It hijacked the clan, nobles, and courtiers, and implicated tens of thousands of people. Yi Su.
At this time, people living in the first year of Yuan'an did not know that the cause of the Yuan'an Rebellion was actually Cao Yang's imprisonment.
…
Precisely because they didn’t know that Cao Yang’s imprisonment was the beginning of the Yuan’an Rebellion, at this moment, there were many people in Chang’an celebrating this, and many ordinary people who had been served justice by Cao Yang The tears and despair in this regard are something that perpetrators like them cannot feel.
"When the man named Cao came to my home, he was so arrogant and domineering, but I never imagined that he would be what he is today!"
"He is a wolf from Zhongshan. He goes wild when he succeeds. He is just an actor and a bitch. Once he becomes powerful, he no longer knows his last name!"
"Hey, he doesn't know how many books he has read in total. How do you know that the emperor shares the world with the scholar-bureaucrats? He really thinks of himself as a blue sky!"
A roar of laughter.
Qingliu disdained to associate with people like Cao Yang because of his influence.
And wealthy people regard it as a thorn in their flesh.
In the end, only Su Zhan sent someone to pick up Cao Yang's widowed mother, and then went to the palace to see the emperor.
Ying Zheng knew that he was here to plead for Cao Yang, so he didn't summon him at all, so he sent someone to tell him that he didn't have time to see him.
Not long after the result, the chamberlain who went to deliver the message came back with a message: "Your Majesty, Duke Xing said that he can wait. He can wait until you have finished your business before summoning you."
Ying Zheng said "Huh": "Then just tell him to wait."
A whole day passed like this, until in the evening, when Ying Zheng finished reviewing the memorials, he remembered this question: "Is Duke Xing still outside?"
The chamberlain went out to take a look, then came over and replied: "Still still."
Ying Zheng was a little helpless and sighed: "Why should it be like this?"
In the space, Li Yuanda said leisurely: "Because he is Su Zhan."
Aloof and elegant, even though he only met Cao Yang once and was ridiculed by him, he was still willing to set his sights on Su Zhan for Cao Yang.
Ying Zheng sighed and ordered his surroundings: "Call him in."
