Immediately, countless officials from the Third Law Department came out solemnly, wanting to scold this little flag in brocade. The brocade-clad Xiaoqi seemed obedient. Seeing the unkind expressions on the faces of these court officials, he quickly sped up his speech and continued like he was pouring beans out of a bamboo tube:
"In addition, because Zhu Yu, the second son of Marquis Yongjia, fled to the residence of Prime Minister Hu Weiyong, when he ordered the envoy to arrest him, he met the censor Zhongcheng Tu Cheng who blocked the road and pointed out the illegal things Hu Weiyong had been planning on weekdays!"
He told the story of the matter truthfully and turned it over according to Mao Xiang's instructions. The story of the matter seemed completely different! It was as if Jin Yiwei accidentally discovered Hu Weiyong's illegal deeds.
"The situation is so serious that the commander has no choice but to seal Prime Minister Hu Weiyong's residence first."
"Tu Cheng confesses here. Your Majesty, please tell me what I, the Jin Yiwei, should do next!"
Jinyi Xiaoqi took out a confession from his arms, raised his hands high, then lowered his head and said nothing.
As soon as this statement came out, the government and the public were in an uproar! Didn't he say that only the Yongjia Marquis Mansion was searched? Why did it suddenly involve Prime Minister Hu again?
Tu Cheng and Prime Minister Hu were from the same hometown, and they had always been close, almost like a father and son.
How could someone with such a connection bite Hu Xiang without any warning?
Those who were more thoughtful immediately realized that today's things were not simple.
They were detained here by the Three Laws Division to cut off external contact, and the Jin Yiwei suddenly appeared and had almost never shown his talents before.
This was obviously prepared in advance. If it was just to host Zhu Liangzu, the Marquis of Yongjia, it would obviously be too much to make a fuss out of a molehill.
Your majesty is a drunkard. Could it be that you were fooling around from the beginning?
All the old officials who reacted became silent. On the contrary, there were more than a dozen stupid people who were attracted by Hu Weiyong, and they were still yelling and scolding the little flag in brocade clothes.
Lao Zhu was on the throne, watching all these officials making noises with cold eyes.
After those people realized that the atmosphere was not right and gradually stopped talking, Lao Zhu just said with a sneer:
"Good. Good. Pull out the carrot and bring out the mud."
"But we discovered another group of traitors and traitors!"
All the officials were shocked again. Before they could say anything else, Lao Zhu stretched out his right hand.
"come."
"Send me the painted confession!"
Erhu bowed and accepted the order, took the confession from the little flag officer, and handed it to Lao Zhu.
Seeing that the emperor began to examine the confession, the ministers below did not dare to say anything. Everyone held their breath and could hear a needle drop in Nuo Da's Jinshen Hall.
"Hehe. Hehe."
"What a good Hu Weiyong, what a traitor!"
"We trust in Hu Weiyong's ability and hand over the Ming Dynasty and the huge family fortune to his hands."
"He's good, but what does he do with the power we gave him?"
"Winning over officials, making good friends with nobles, communicating with foreign countries, and forming parties for personal gain!"
"Okay, what do you mean by 'His Majesty is old, the Crown Prince is weak, and His Majesty the Fifth is lazy.'"
"'No matter which prince ascends to the imperial throne in the future, he must still be in charge of his duties, and you will all be of great use.'"
"Does he, Hu Weiyong, want to oust me, the Zhu family, and become a powerful minister?"
When the emperor was angry, he laid down millions of corpses!
At this moment, even those ministers with extremely senior qualifications and who were accustomed to the chaos of the world could not help but tremble!
In front of his eyes, he seemed to have seen the mountain of corpses and sea of blood that would appear above the Ming Dynasty Hall in the future.
No one could withstand the power of the dragon under Lao Zhu's rage, and everyone knelt on the ground.
...Your Majesty is trying to put Hu Weiyong to death!
"Your Majesty! I risk my life to report this!"
Sun Keyi plucked up the courage and took a few steps forward on his knees.
"Prime Minister Hu usually regards himself as a disciple of the Fifth Prince, and communicates with noble ministers in the name of His Highness."
"If we conclude that the party is seeking personal gain, it is an overstatement."
"At most, it's because Prime Minister Hu is optimistic about the talents of His Highness Five, so he is convinced and wants to help His Highness seize the throne!"
"If it is said that Hu Xiangyu did something evil, that is absolutely not true!"
Sun Keyi's voice was like weeping blood, and he loudly reported. He is also Hu Weiyong's best friend. If His Majesty is allowed to expand Hu Weiyong's affairs to the scope of "partying for personal gain" at this time, his wealth and life will definitely be difficult to save!
At this moment, I no longer care about taking sides. Only by selling His Majesty the Fifth Prince urgently can there be a glimmer of hope that this matter can be minimized.
Your Majesty, you said that we are forming cliques for personal gain. We just want to take sides.
If there is a clique, it is because your two sons colluded with us ministers in order to fight for the throne.
It's your old Zhu family who are fighting among themselves. You can't just let outsiders like us shoulder the responsibility, right?
After being reminded by Sun Keyi, other people from Hu Weiyong's group reacted.
"Yes! Your Majesty! Everything Hu Xiang did was in compliance with the wishes of His Highness King Wu."
"I hope your Majesty will be aware of it, be aware of it!"
In the hall, all the ministers suddenly became noisy again.
"Nonsense!"
Lao Zhu was really angry now. He never expected that these officials would be so shameless.
At this point, he still wants to pass the blame to his son!
"You said that Hu Weiyong formed a clique for personal gain, is he following Lao Wu's wishes? Are you saying that Lao Wu wants to seize the direct descendant?"
"If Lao Wu really wanted to seize the direct descendant, how could he have gotten into such trouble with Zhu Xian!"
"The Yongjia Marquis Mansion is a great general that Hu Weiyong has attracted!"
"Sun Keyi, do you think you are the most open-minded? Then tell us, if it is all Lao Wu's plan, Hu Weiyong's actions are all Lao Wu's instructions,"
"Then what was Lao Wu's plan for killing Zhu Xian?"
"this……"
Sun Keyi was dumbfounded.
Yes, according to this theory, these teams that Hu Xiang recruited should be the teams used by His Highness the Fifth Prince to seize the heir.
According to this, His Highness the Fifth Prince should be an ambitious figure, hiding behind Hu Xiang's back and plotting thousands of miles, but pushing Hu Xiang out to take the blame.
If His Highness the Fifth Highness has great ambitions, he should woo a powerful prince like Yongjiahou who holds military power.
But His Highness the Fifth Prince killed Yongjia Hou Shizi. How can this be justified?
Sun Keyi pursed his lips, "This...this..." After thinking about it for a long time, he couldn't think of a reason to excuse himself.
I could only sweat profusely while lamenting in my heart.
What a fool! It’s not that my grandson doesn’t work hard.
It’s Zhu Laowu who doesn’t act according to common sense!
"Huh!" Seeing that these officials were completely speechless, Lao Zhu groaned.
"Looking at the painted confession saying that Hu Weiyong wanted to act as a powerful official, we didn't quite believe it at first."
"Now it seems that I have to believe it!"
"Who are you waiting for?"
"He is a dignified subject of the Three Laws Division!"
"In my hand, I hold the most important weapon of the country, which is used to carry out criminal prosecution and imprisonment!"
"He was actually controlled by the Prime Minister Hu Weiyong! He was excused for his words!"
"Then Hu Weiyong doesn't just want to oust the next generation of emperors. From our perspective, he has already started!"
"If I want to use you officials who are in charge of the important weapons of the country, I should be ignored first!"
Under the agitation of the dragon's power, all the officials from the Three Law Departments below turned pale, and their two sides were fighting.
But he couldn't say any more words to defend himself.
The scene fell into an eerie silence. Just like a mountain rain is about to come, only Lao Zhu's heart-wrenching words just now still echo in the Jinshen Palace.
"Shocking, covering the sky with one hand!" Lao Zhu was heartbroken.
"It seems that the power of this prime minister is too great! Under my nose, he has connected with you and so many other ministers and relatives!"
"The prime minister's harm has been so severe!"
"It seems that my Ming Dynasty really can no longer have a prime minister!"
By this time, Lao Zhu Fangtu had no idea!
(End of chapter)
