Several pavilion elders, ministers, and ministers in charge of the ministry, Luo Tong and He Wenyuan, waited in the West Flower Hall for two full hours. It was not until nearly noon that Zhu Qiyu walked in with a tired look on his face.
Everyone was about to kneel down, but Zhu Qiyu waved his hand directly: "There is no need to salute, and there is no need to comfort me. Everyone, please sit down and talk about business directly."
When the ministers heard this, they had to sit down one by one.
Zhu Qiyu used to be leaning on the soft couch, but now it was extremely rare that he was sitting upright, with a serious and solemn look on his face. Then without consulting the ministers, he directly began to issue the edict:
"The first thing is that Zhu Jianji, the king of Yin, was posthumously named the king of Yin'ai, and the two princesses were posthumously named princesses. They were buried in the east of Panshan Mountain together with the queen of Yin Wang, the Hang family.
Wang, the former Dowager Princess of Ning, was deposed as the Crown Princess for the crime of murdering the prince. The Wang family was full of people, they were dismissed from their posts, their homes were ransacked, and they were exiled for three thousand miles.
I and my family are fasting for three days to mourn the death of King Xi, his concubine, King Xi'ai, and the two princesses.
Everyone else does not need to express condolences and just celebrate the New Year normally. "
When Chen Xun heard this, he was about to stand up and question. Wang Wen quickly took the lead and then dissuaded Chen Xun firmly with his eyes.
Chen Xun looked around again and saw that no one else had any intention of making a sound, so he had no choice but to sit back.
The reason why everyone was silent was also very simple: although everyone knew that the whole incident might have a hidden meaning, it was not as simple as it seemed on the surface. But so what, if the Wang family doesn't collapse, what does it matter to the ministers?
In everyone's opinion, it was more like the Queen Mother Sun's work to instruct the palace people to poison King Xi. It was unlikely that Wang would be stupid enough to use such a method that could easily lead to fire.
Of course, it is also possible that the Wang family was very secretive and difficult to verify, but the emperor firmly determined that it was poisoning.
It is also possible that Wang's cronies were clever and took action to poison King Xi without permission.
But no matter what the possibility is, it is true that Wang was the concubine Ni personally selected by the Empress Dowager Sun, and the relationship between the two is extremely close.
It is also true that the Empress Dowager Sun has been inserting spies and cultivating confidants in Prince Xi's Mansion from the beginning to the end.
It is also true that the Wang family turned a blind eye to the Queen Mother Sun's infiltration of the Prince's Palace, and even monitored every move of the Prince's Palace on behalf of the Queen Mother.
As a woman, a wife, she does not turn towards her husband, but joins forces with outsiders to cheat her husband. The ministers felt that there was really no need to stand up for such people.
Empress Hu was the official mistress of the Ming Dynasty, and none of the ministers had redressed her grievances. Nowadays, a mere princess who is cheating on others is not worth letting a top civil servant strive for his future.
After all, even a fool can see that the current emperor is on the verge of explosion. To touch the emperor's reverse scale now is simply to seek death.
Let the emperor say whatever he says. There is no need to argue with the emperor over things that have nothing to do with everyone's interests.
Seeing that there was no objection, Zhu Qiyu issued the second edict: "Yu Qian, the Minister of the Ministry of War, was changed to the Minister of the Ministry of War in Nanjing. Luo Tong, the left minister of the Ministry of War, was promoted to the minister of the Ministry of War. He was also a bachelor of Dongge and joined the cabinet to participate in machine affairs; Jiang Yuan was promoted to the left minister of the Ministry of War.
He Wenyuan resigned from the post of Minister of Rites and Zuo Shilang of the Ministry of Personnel, and was appointed Minister of the Ministry of Personnel. He was promoted from Hanlin bachelor to Dongge bachelor.
Wang Wen was promoted to bachelor of Wenyuan Pavilion.
From now on, the cabinet and the six ministers will be stabilized. I hope that all my beloved ministers will be sincere in their work and don't let me down. "
The three people who were called quickly knelt down to thank them.
This time Zhu Qiyu was no longer too lazy to care about the face of some important ministers, and directly gathered all the six ministers in Beijing.
Anyway, we have already broken up with each other, so we simply stopped pretending. Now, all the cabinet ministers and six ministers in Beijing have been replaced by their own people.
Next, Zhu Qiyu announced the third and final edict: "Prince Xie's palace is involved in poisoning the palace servants of Prince Xia Ai. I will immediately order the Jin Yiwei to transfer it to the Ministry of Punishment.
Wang Aiqing is responsible for organizing the joint trial of the three divisions. It will only take one day, and the case will be concluded tomorrow morning. All the palace residents involved were brought to Caishikou Lingchi at noon. "
Wang Wen accepted the order without hesitation.
Zhu Qiyu sent everyone away and called in Jin Yiwei Menda, Lu Gao and others.
Before entering, Menda and others accepted Lu Gao's persuasion and unanimously decided not to apologize to the emperor after entering.
Jin Yiwei was responsible for guarding the Wang family last night. Now that something like this happened, it stands to reason that Jin Yiwei cannot escape the blame. But Lu Gao is a very thoughtful and ambitious person.
As the saying goes, wealth can be gained through danger, and there are many people in Jinyiwei who are willing to put their heads on the line, and Lu Gao is one of them.
In fact, the people on duty last night were Lu Gao and his cronies. Menda, as the powerful Qianhu, handed over the errands to Lu Gao and went home.
As for what exactly happened in the backyard of Prince Tan's Mansion, and what Lu Gao did, only Lu Gao and his close subordinates knew.
Sure enough, Zhu Qiyu ignored what happened last night, and without much gossip, he directly began to explain the task: "The first thing is to immediately hand over the people involved in the Prince's Palace and their confessions to the Ministry of Punishment.
The second thing is that I received a secret report that someone in the imperial hospital colluded with the Wang family. They wanted to control the death of King Xi on the day of the Zhengdan Dynasty, so as to damage my prestige and affect the normal conduct of major national affairs.
You go and torture and interrogate everyone in Tai Hospital to find out who is colluding.
The third thing is to investigate the death of Princess Shunde. I want to know how Prince Consort Shi Jing colluded with the imperial doctor and killed Princess Shunde.
In the matter of killing Princess Shunde, I must find out clearly what role the Sun family of the Marquis of Huichang played in it.
In addition, Menda was promoted to Jinyiwei to command Qianshi, and Lugao was promoted to Jinyiwei Qianhu. The meritorious people under your command who participated in the trial will each be promoted to a higher level. Just make a list and report it to Marquis Wu Ding.
I have given you one day in total for the two cases I just handed over. I want to know the results before the sun sets tomorrow.
I give you the right to do whatever you want, let it go and investigate, and I will bear all the consequences. "
Menda and Lugao quickly thanked them and accepted the order, and went to work without stopping.
After explaining the matter, Zhu Qiyu got up and returned to the room.
As soon as they arrived at the door, they saw several beloved concubines busy taking down the red lanterns that had been hung and replacing them with plain lanterns.
The couplets that had been posted were also removed.
Seeing that there is no more festive atmosphere in the house.
Zhu Qiyu sighed heavily and walked slowly into the inner room.
Several beloved concubines knew that the emperor was in a heavy mood, so they served him even more diligently.
As soon as Zhu Qiyu sat down on the soft couch, Lin Xiangyu personally handed over the herbal tea.
After taking it and taking a sip, Zhu Qiyu immediately ordered: "In the past few days, none of you sisters should go out, see anyone, or say anything.
At this juncture, you must avoid suspicion and never let others take advantage of you. "
Lin Xiangyu nodded and asked softly: "Over at Prince Xin's Mansion, do you want to send someone to take care of it?"
Zhu Qiyu smiled bitterly and said: "What are you still looking after? The master of the palace has been wiped out and all the slaves have been executed. All the subordinate officers and guards have been sent to the army.
As for the palace officials who poisoned them, they will be punished at noon tomorrow after the trial of the Three Laws Division is over.
In the entire Prince Ni's Mansion, no one was left, and the Fan Fan was about to disappear completely. "
(End of chapter)
