Ying Zheng: "????"
Li Yuanda: "The unknown late emperor instantly transformed into Beethoven, climbed up from the grave and strangled her throat!"
Ying Zheng was stunned for a moment. After he came to his senses, he asked from the bottom of his heart: "You burned the edict even if you didn't know that the matter was exposed - haven't you ever thought about it, if his conspiracy succeeds? After ascending to the throne, you feel unlucky, so what should you do?"
Princess Chongqing smiled with ease and ease: "He won't do it. Liulang is not that kind of person, I understand him."
Ying Zheng: "????"
Ying Zheng was even amused by her. He pondered thoughtfully for a long time, then opened the document handed to him by the guard in black and read it carefully.
After confirming again and again that there was nothing wrong with his eyes, he tentatively asked: "Did you know that your Rokuro keeps an outhouse outside?"
The smile on Princess Chongqing's face froze at the speed of light.
Zhu Yuanzhang: "Wuhu~whose house collapsed? Oh, it's my house!"
Ying Zheng added: "Oh, that foreigner is still pregnant."
Princess Chongqing's expression cracked every inch, she leaned forward suddenly and sternly retorted: "You're talking nonsense!"
Ying Zheng said slowly: "Why do I need to lie to you?"
He read out according to the written record: "On the ninth day of this month, your Liulang is not at home, right? Don't worry, he is not in danger, he just went to the outer room to spend the night... Oh, then... One night, they ate six dishes, drank Shaoan sweet wine, hugged each other, counted the stars, and guessed whether the unborn child was a boy or a girl..."
The color on Princess Chongqing's face slowly faded, but she still had the last bit of persistence: "No, I don't believe it! Liu Lang and I are deeply in love, how could he do such a thing? He said he would never You won’t let me down!”
Zhu Yuanzhang said with ill intentions: "Say a few more words to expose her fantasy!"
Li Yuanda said with ill intentions: "Tell her all the information about the outer room in one minute!"
Li Shimin said with ill intentions: "In half an hour, bring the outer room over to her and tell her to see clearly!"
"You know nothing! Let me do it!!!"
Liu Che was so excited that he rubbed his hands like flies: "Believe me, tell her that she is a substitute. Feng Liulang really loves Wai Shi, and he will be with her because she looks a bit like Wai Shi! In my opinion, I swear as a man, this is the most painful thing for her!!!"
Ying Zheng: "..."
Emperors: "..."
Emmm.
Help, how can you, a gay man, get out of our group of emperors?
Chapter 36
Although Ying Zheng doesn't like Princess Chongqing, he won't do what Liu Che said and drag Feng Liulang's concubine over, saying that he is not a substitute.
At that moment, he no longer ignored Princess Chongqing and turned to ask the elders of the clan: "What do you think should be done with this girl?"
After all, she is the daughter of the late emperor and the princess of the country. It is difficult for the prime ministers to participate in her discussion.
King Cheng sneered and said decisively: "If you commit such unfaithful and unfilial acts, you should be killed! This is what I said. When the day comes, if the ancestors see the crime, they will just punish me!"
King Zhou said: "The ancestors are really knowledgeable, I'm afraid it's too late to praise you!"
The two concubines looked at each other and did not make any suggestions. They only said: "No matter how you deal with it, neither of us have any objections."
So everyone went to see the king again.
Princess Chongqing sat aside blankly, as if she had lost her mind. She was not even distracted to listen to the discussion of how to punish her.
The king was silent for a long time, his eyes were flickering and his expression was a little complicated. He lowered his head and read the late emperor's edict again and again, and finally sighed: "Leave her alive, let her become a monk, and be imprisoned together with the Queen Mother." Until death.”
King Cheng frowned: "Uncle Dai Wang..."
Dai Wang said no more words.
Princess Chongqing came back to her senses at this moment, with a sad look on her face and a sarcastic expression: "Elders, you don't have to worry about me like this. What's the point of me surviving now? Orphaned and left home, imprisoned until death——"
A touch of sarcasm escaped from her lips: "It's better to die happily!"
The people in the clan looked at her with expressions of silent thinking and judgment, and no one said anything.
Princess Chongqing did not look at them, but only looked at Ying Zheng, her eyes fragile, like glass that could break at the touch of a touch: "Murong Jing, I just want to know one thing now, the prince-in-law is really... really Do you keep an outside house outside?"
Ying Zheng asked in confusion: "What is my purpose in lying to you?"
The light in Princess Chongqing's eyes instantly went out, and her whole person slumped.
She laughed sadly, and then murmured: "The first time I saw him was..."
"Shh." Ying Zheng raised his index finger and put it to his lips: "I'm not interested in your past, and there are so many secrets in the world that no one needs to know. There's no need to say it. Taiping, take her down. "
He looked down at Princess Chongqing and said calmly: "If you want to save the last bit of your dignity, then I will give you dignity and confine yourself to death. It is indeed unnecessary. I I’ll give you a pleasure and cut it in half.”
Princess Chongqing's expression suddenly changed as if she was struck by lightning, and her body trembled uncontrollably: "No! No!!!"
A feeling of depression filled her heart. Although she was not afraid of death, she was very afraid of suffering before death.
A punishment like cutting in half would cut a person in two, but he would not die immediately. Under the extreme pain, some people even struggled to crawl out several meters using only the strength of their hands.
Princess Chongqing said in a trembling voice: "Since ancient times, princes, generals and prime ministers have not been humiliated, and poisonous wine is also like white silk..."
Wei Zhongzhi said coldly: "You might as well think about Prince Ji!"
This time, the tears shed by Duke Chongqing were more sincere: "I don't know, I really didn't know at that time that he would be cut in half. This is the law of this dynasty, and people of chaotic clan bloodline , the punishment for the crime is to be cut in half, this is not my decision..."
Wei Zhongzhi laughed.
What he likes best is dialogue where others quote from classics to him.
Because he never loses in this kind of confrontation.
So after hearing what Princess Chongqing said, he happily said: "What the princess said is indeed reasonable. Prince Ji was originally cut in half for the crime of disturbing the clan's bloodline and was executed. His is the law of the country, what does it have to do with you, princess?"
Princess Chongqing just breathed a sigh of relief when she heard him continue: "But whether you are a person or a person, since you have chosen a standard, you must follow the path to the darkest place and never end up without one. Execution discipline The Crown Prince acted in accordance with the law, so when I deal with you, I should also act in accordance with the national law, right?"
Wei Zhongzhi stood up suddenly, his eyes were like lightning: "I ask your Majesty to punish the late emperor's daughter, Princess Chongqing, for treason, and to put her to death in a hurry, so as to rectify the world!"
Princess Chongqing was shaking like chaff in an instant: "No, don't—"
She looked imploringly at the emperor, at the Dai Wang, at the Cheng Wang, and at everyone in the palace.
No one responded to her.
Ying Zheng said expressionlessly: "I don't have poisonous wine or white silk here, but I have enough torture instruments. You can choose between cutting in half or Ling Chi."
After saying that, he waved his hand and did not look at the colorless Princess Chongqing again.
The attendants on the left and right did not give her a chance to say anything. They blocked her mouth with quick eyes and hands, lifted her up one by one, and dragged her out.
The king watched silently as Princess Chongqing left. Then he stood up and saluted the emperor: "The matters that the clan can participate in are over. The prime minister of the Zhengshitang has the final say on matters in the court. The emperor is a sage, and it’s time for the old ministers and others to retire."
Ying Zheng kindly offered a few words of apology, but Dai Wang and others firmly declined and left the palace.
…
The clan members are gone, but the prime ministers still have a lot to do.
Besides the Feng family, who are the other participants in this major case?
There are so many empty seats in the court, where should we find the manpower to fill them?
And the most important thing is that the late emperor played a huge role in this case. How to settle this part of the case?
Make them all public?
impossible.
But if you just let him go, why?
The prime ministers had different attitudes.
People other than Wei Zhongzhi felt that it was best not to make the late emperor's role in this shocking case public.
Not for the late emperor, but for the emperor of today and the kings of future generations.
As the head of a large sect, he killed Tang Di's flesh and blood with the intention of handing over the world's artifacts to outsiders - how would the courtiers or the common people view the royal family?
Since ancient times, the emperors of the Central Plains have not existed as "people", but as "sons of heaven", herding the world on behalf of heaven and earth. This is absolutely politically correct. Once this matter is made public, because the late emperor The smear and blow to the sacred symbol of "Emperor" caused by this scandal is self-evident.
What's more - can the emperor who did such appalling things still be called the emperor?
But if he is deposed, will the legitimacy of the emperor's succession be shaken?
Although the clan used Emperor Mingzong to endorse the current emperor, it is still unclear how much effect it can play. After all, after he ascended the throne, the slogan promoted to the outside world has always been that the emperor was personally designated by the late emperor, not the successor. It can be changed in a moment.
With today's power and skill, the people or the government and the opposition may not have any objections at this time, but in a few years, if the succeeding emperor is unable to control the government, will someone use the excuse of improper access to the throne to abolish the establishment? Emperor, stealing artifacts?
It’s not that the prime ministers didn’t want to drag out the late emperor and publicly flog his corpse, but whether it was government affairs or people’s hearts, a single move could affect the whole body, so they couldn’t help but think too much.
Many people are unable to understand the various trade-offs and difficulties involved. They will only use the simplest thoughts to substitute it - the late emperor was a rotten eggplant, is it good now?
The eldest son of the Li family next door does all kinds of evil and kills people like crazy - most people don't think that maybe there are good people in the Li family, and the second son of the Li family might be a good person. They only have one idea - coming from the same nest, what can he do? What good stuff? !
Even if you don't think so, you will still stay away from the rest of the Li family.
I could only pinch my nose to cover up the late emperor's situation and put all the blame on the Feng family and the Empress Dowager.
Only Wei Zhongzhi raised objections.
"Let such an inhuman beast continue to occupy the Imperial Ancestral Temple and be worshiped by the common people of the world and the kings of the dynasty and later generations. Zhongzhi will not be able to close his eyes until he dies."
He did not talk about the situation of the court, nor did he state the pros and cons. He only saluted the emperor and said seriously: "If the emperor provides good governance to the world, reduces taxes, and eliminates corvee, why worry about popular support?"
"If the kings of later generations are talented and virtuous, you don't have to worry about later people using it to make trouble. But if the kings of later generations are stupid and unvirtuous, they will be overthrown and deposed sooner or later. Is there such an excuse after so many years? Why does it matter?"
Wei Zhongzhi took off his official hat and bowed solemnly: "I ask your Majesty to make the whole story of this matter public, move the deceased emperor's spiritual throne out of the Ancestral Temple, and change his posthumous title to Emperor Yang, in order to thank the world, and also to order the historians to be straight. This book serves as a warning to future generations."
The prime ministers listened silently, and the room was completely silent for a while.
Only the emperor's voice slowly sounded: "Wei Lingjun, do you know what kind of reputation I will get if I treat the late emperor like this as a successor?"
Wei Zhongzhi said: "You are wise and powerful, and you are worthy of admiration from heaven and earth."
Ying Zheng laughed loudly and said decisively: "It's accurate!"
…
The prime ministers obtained from the emperor a list of participants written by the principal culprit Feng Mingda himself. From the day they gathered to conspire, to the steps these people participated in, everything was clearly listed.
