The fresh breeze of the first month passed through the hall, whistling on the window lattice, and the few withered green plants in the yard were covered with fresh snow. Although it was already midnight, the sky was still dark, and the earth seemed to be wrapped in a huge milky white quilt because of the cold winter and was unwilling to wake up. In the study room of Prince Ning's Mansion, Prince Ning Liu Xun and his son Liu Xingzhi were chatting happily. However, due to the cold weather and Prince Ning's age, his hands and feet began to feel cold, so Liu Xun yelled for his servants to bring one. Hand stove, and then light the smoker in the center of the room. After a while, the study room felt warm. Liu Xun also gently put the Buddhist beads in his hand on the desk, picked up the hand stove and kept exchanging hands with each other. He felt the warmth in his palms, straight to his heart, and then turned into a smile at the corner of his mouth. It made him feel the joy of the New Year even more, and he couldn't help but sigh in his heart that he hadn't had such a comfortable New Year in a long time.
"Father, you haven't said anything about Du Zongting's impeachment of Li Shizhi! Did Li Shizhi let Wu Qingfeng's family go?" Liu Xingzhi asked.
Liu Xun frowned, with a trace of doubt in his eyes, "My father is not very clear about the specific circumstances of this matter. According to Du Zongting, a total of 124 people in Wu Qingfeng's family were captured at that time, which is quite good. , the list is clearly written in detail, but he said that Li Shizhi bent the law for personal gain and let three people go..." Liu Xun shook his head repeatedly, "This... even my father is not sure whether it is true or not."
"Then why did my father still say that he would use this point to impeach Li Shizhi?"
"Of course it's just downhill! Who do you think Du Zongting belongs to now?"
"Du Zongting?" Liu Xingzhi looked at him rather dismissively, "This person is capricious and nothing. He initially followed Wei King Liu Xu, but when he saw that the situation was over, he turned to Liu Yan and reported on his old master. People like him People should be cut into pieces by a thousand cuts.”
Liu Xun smiled and said: "That's right, but since Du Zongting is now the prince's man and he impeached Li Shizhi in the first place, why don't we follow Du Zongting's excuse and let people impeach Li Shizhi again." Liu Xun said fiercely Staring at the hand stove, it seemed as if the stove was the abominable Li Shizhi, "Even if we can't use this to bring down Li Shizhi, we still have to make him lose trust in front of the emperor, right!" Liu Xun's eyes lit up and he suddenly remembered the Ministry of Punishment. Cui Hao, the minister, and Yang Youxian, the minister of Dali Temple, were very excited when they thought, "Let's do it! I have one more thing for you to do as a father..." After Liu Xun finished speaking, he repeatedly asked, "Go and do it now. , make sure they come and tell me the situation tonight!"
At noon, although the sky was still gloomy, fortunately the snow that had fallen all night had stopped. However, looking at the dark clouds still covering the house, it seemed that it would continue to snow tonight. Layers upon layers of courtyards, roofs, courtyards, trees and grass are all covered with layers of white snow. The inner study room of the Prince's Mansion was already filled with his confidants. The study room, which was originally a small one, was filled with high-ranking officials in fine clothes. Those with high official positions were standing around in front of the desks, while those with lower official positions had been squeezed to the edge of the door. However, even though the room was crowded with more than twenty people, it was still silent. Everyone looked nervous and had a lot of thoughts, because the prince had never gathered so many confidants to discuss together like today. Is the prince going to take action? All this can't help but remind people of the news of the death of the old Marshal Zhou Zhongwang. This matter has spread all over the city this morning. Is this the reason for this at noon? No, after all, Zhou Zhongwang died. Although the loss to the prince was great, it was not a serious loss of vitality. After all, the prince also had a newly promoted rookie Gao Yun. Just when some people thought of Gao Yun, they looked around. But Marshal Gao was nowhere to be seen. Someone asked in a low voice, "Why don't you see Marshal Gao?"
Although the question was asked in a low voice, everyone in the study heard it. Everyone looked around to confirm whether Marshal Gao was in the room. The answer was obvious, "Yes! Why don't you see Marshal Gao?" As soon as the words fell, everyone All eyes fell on the man in the middle of the hall, who was Gao Yun's brother Gao Han.
Gao Han looked embarrassed and couldn't move forward or retreat. He had to bow his hands and salute the people around him with a smile. His voice was slightly trembling and he said: "My brother is busy with business and can't make it at the moment... so... I will do it..."
Before the words were spoken, someone looked out the door and shouted in a low voice: "Your Highness is here..." Everyone turned to the door to salute the visitor.
"No need to be polite!" Prince Liu Yan's face was as gloomy as the weather today, and then he flicked his sleeves and strode into the inner study. Seeing that the prince was in a bad mood, everyone did not dare to ask directly, so they all made way for him. With a sullen face, Liu Yan walked straight to the desk and sat down. He let out a harsh "hum" and then hit the desk with his palm angrily.
Everyone in the study looked at each other, not daring to answer, and then turned their attention to Xun Mou, who was also silent. Xun Mou, on the other hand, looked as if he was staying aloof from the incident.
Liu Yan coughed lightly and said with a serious face: "Is Gao Han, Minister of the Ministry of Industry, here?"
Everyone unconsciously looked at Gao Han in the middle of the hall. Gao Han's face was red and his expression was nervous. He hurriedly stood out of the team, knelt down and saluted, "My... officer... is here!"
When Liu Yan saw Gao Han, he became even more furious. He pointed at Gao Han with his right hand, and his hand was shaking with anger, "What a good Gao Han you are... you two brothers are really carved from the same mold..."
Faced with Liu Yan's scolding, Gao Han was also confused. He kowtowed and defended: "If there is anything wrong with this official, please... Your Highness... please make it clear!"
Many people present were a little confused. Only Xunmou already knew the reason and looked at the prince with a frown. But Liu Yan slapped the table, then walked up to Gao Han in a few steps, pointed at the top of his head and asked: "I ask you, what is your brother Gao Jun's attitude? Why did you treat me in the first place? It is said that Gao Yun is also from my side, but when I went to ask, why was your brother's attitude ambiguous?" Then he shouted, "Tell me... is Gao Yun Liu Xun's person?"
After hearing this, Gao Han said tremblingly, "This... how is it possible! Your Highness... you must be mistaken. Gao Yun is not from Prince Ning. He has always supported your Highness! The reason why he has not expressed his stance is because Please be wary of your Majesty..."
"Stop talking!" Liu Yan roared almost hysterically, "I believed in your words in the first place, and that's why I helped Gao Yun get the handsome position..."
"Your Highness!" Gao Han still tried his best to defend himself, "The reason why Gao Yun has this attitude is because he wants to..."
"Shut up..." Liu Yan couldn't stand his performance anymore. The reason why he called everyone together today was to scare the monkeys. How could he allow Gao Han to have any excuse? So he turned around and waved to Xun Mou, "General Xun, come here." Tell him what's going on!"
