The atmosphere in the imperial study room was very solemn, and it would not be an exaggeration to describe it as lifeless.
In the study room, in addition to a few important officials who stood with their heads bowed and did not dare to show their dignity, there were Prince Dai and Prince Ying who had long since ceased to go to court, as well as several idle princes who were still in the capital and had not had time to return to their fiefdoms. They all appeared in the imperial study room, sitting silently on both sides of the imperial desk. There were several piles of letters on the desk in front of them, and a few others had been spread out.
The important ministers who stood with their heads bowed wanted to put their heads into their chests and try their best to pretend that they did not exist. Especially the disciples of Mr. Chi Ge and those who frequently walked around with Mr. Chi Ge, they wanted to shrink themselves even more. Formed into a ball, I can only pray to the person sitting behind the imperial court to never notice me or ask for my opinion, otherwise, I don’t know how I will die by then.
Song Jue glanced downwards and knew what these ministers were up to, and he shook his head helplessly.
He was still angry, but he would not be angry at other innocent people. After all, there was a blame and a debtor, and Mr. Chi Ge was the real culprit. Even if the people in the imperial study really conveyed news to Mr. Chi Ge, or conveyed the news unintentionally, it was not their fault. After all, people's hearts were at odds with each other, and they didn't know that Mr. Chi Ge had ulterior motives for befriending them.
Prince Dai finished reading the letter in his hand, threw it on the table carelessly, picked up the tea cup and took a sip.
"You..." Prince Dai held the teacup and looked at the important ministers standing. "Does any of you know what the relationship between the deceased in these cases is with the Chi family? Why does Mr. Chi refuse to let them go? He must be Want to put them to death?"
The ministers looked at each other and shook their heads frequently, saying that they did not know about this and it had nothing to do with them.
"Lord Zhen!" Prince Dai waved to the Minister of War who wanted to shrink himself into a ball, "Stop hiding! Tell me, your family and the Chi family are family friends, and your father, Lord Zhen, is an insider. He knows that Chi Xiao The young master is the adopted son of Old Man Chi, but he has been helping him hide it. This alone is enough to be charged with deceiving the king. "
"Your Majesty..." Mr. Zhen took a step forward, looked at Mr. Dai, then at Song Jue, then fell to his knees, "I really don't know about this matter. I have never heard it from my father. Moreover, Although our two families are family friends, it is only rumored by outsiders that we are family friends. My father..." He sighed heavily, "When my father was still alive, he was strictly forbidden to have any substantive contact with the Chi family."
"Why?" Song Jue frowned slightly, "Where did it start?"
"My father has never said the specific reason, but from the time I can remember, I have remembered my father's words. Don't have anything to do with the Chi family, as long as you can get along with it."
Song Jue touched his chin. From this look, Master Lao Zhen knew something, so he strictly ordered his family to keep a distance from the Chi family.
"Master Zhen doesn't know the deceased in these cases?"
"Your Majesty, I have heard of someone." Lord Zhen quickly raised his head and glanced at Song Jue, "The ancestors of the deceased named Zeng once advocated population migration, and also proposed to relocate the population from the prosperous areas in the south of the Yangtze River to One of the spokespersons in Xijing."
Song Jue suddenly realized that the ancestors of the Chi family were once a famous noble family in the south of the Yangtze River. They were forced to leave their hometown and come to Xijing, a place they were unfamiliar with. Although it was the capital, it was not their home after all. It was natural to feel resentment. However, to have held a grudge for so many years is surprising. The Chi family is really petty and scary.
"Your Majesty, how do you want to deal with it?" Prince Dai waved his hand and asked Master Zhen to step back. He glanced sideways at Song Jue, then at Bai Meng standing next to him, and chuckled, "Okay, you can also Don't worry about it. Even if these things don't happen, what Mr. Chi did yesterday will no longer have a place for them in the court. What they are digging out now is just to make their death more pleasant."
"Uncle Wang can see clearly that I was wrong."
Song Jue was amused by the words of Prince Dai. It was the same when he thought about it. Even if Mr. Chi Ge was completely innocent as he said, he would still be implicated by Chi Hong's life experience and what Chi Hong did. I don’t know whether he will die, but he will definitely leave Xijing in despair. At least for the next three generations, he will not be able to appear here or in the court. But now, Chi Ge Lao has a human life on his hands, and colludes with people with ulterior motives to deliver news about Xijing to them. This end is self-evident.
"Since you have done such a thing, you must bear the corresponding consequences. I think Mr. Chi Ge has carefully considered it." Song Jue looked at the important ministers standing below, "My dear friends, I understand everything and the evidence is conclusive. , do you have any ideas on how the Chi family should handle it?"
"Everything is at your Majesty's discretion."
Song Jue said nothing, his eyes swept over everyone standing in the imperial study room one by one, and stayed on their faces for a while. When he saw that the important ministers were feeling furious, he waved his hand and told them to retreat.
After being released by Song Jue, the ministers heaved a sigh of relief, as if their lives had been wasted, and hurriedly exited the imperial study room, as if if they were one step slower, they would be swallowed by the giant beast chasing behind them. Similar. To be honest, I have never seen His Majesty look so terrifying since he came to the throne. His Majesty today has once again confirmed the old saying that a good-tempered person can really destroy a city when he gets angry.
"They are like this, and they still have the nerve to think of themselves as the pillars of the country all day long? It's really embarrassing." Song Jue watched the group leave, sighed helplessly, and looked at Prince Dai and Wu Qingruo, "Chi Hong is not his His biological son is the biological brother that Mrs. Tantai Jia Teng lost. Does Uncle Ning know about it? Does he have anything to say? "
"He only said one thing. His defeat so quickly must have something to do with his good master." Prince Dai sneered, "The people of the Chi family hate Daxia and the Song family from the bottom of their hearts. I wish that Daxia would be overthrown and the Song family would be defeated, so that they could avenge their departure from their hometown. However, the Chi family has not had any particularly outstanding children for several generations. It was not easy for Old Man Chi to be born, but he did not want to bring these things to his generation. All the grievances and grudges of the past years have been settled!"
"Chenchen still has something to tell Old Man Chi." Wu Qingruo looked at Bai Meng, "It's really hard for him to bear the humiliation and burden for many years, and now he can finally be freed."
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