After hearing Zheng Qingzhi's words, Zhao Yun felt stirred up in his heart.
He favored Shi Miyuan and was grateful to Shi Miyuan for helping him ascend to the throne. However, he could not accept Shi Miyuan forming a clique for personal gain and deceiving himself.
For the emperor, what the court ministers have to do is to be loyal to the emperor and do good things for the country. It is best not to think about anything else.
As an emperor, he is very disgusted with his ministers forming cliques. What do the ministers want to do by forming cliques? Isn't it just to join forces to deal with the emperor?
Zhao Yun is not a hero, but he is not a stupid emperor who really doesn't think about anything.
He used to trust Shi Miyuan and didn't think about these problems, but Zheng Qingzhi's words made him doubtful.
"Is what Aiqing said true?" Zhao Yun's face turned dark. He still didn't want to believe that the person he trusted the most would deceive him.
Zheng Qingzhi said: "Reporting to your majesty, everything I said is true, and the Jin envoy came to Lin'an without waiting for the news in Chuzhou. Only then did I know that Prime Minister Shi was so bold that he dared to conceal such a national event and not report it. Your Majesty. The golden envoy is outside now, and your Majesty will know as soon as he asks."
"Where is the Jin envoy coming to Lin'an?" Zhao Yun was a little surprised.
Zheng Qingzhi said: "Your Majesty, I'm waiting outside the study. If your Majesty doesn't believe me, you can ask him face to face."
Zhao Yun's cheeks twitched and he was silent for a moment, as if he was unwilling to accept this reality in his heart, but in the end he said a little tiredly: "Let him in."
The chamberlain hurriedly went out, and Zheng Qingzhi said again: "Your Majesty, the status of this Jin envoy is unusual. He appears to be an envoy from the Jin Kingdom, but in fact he is a high-level craftsman sent to the Jin Kingdom by the Lianghuai envoys. This person has outstanding abilities and has been awarded the gold medal. People appreciated him, so he was appointed as an envoy. In addition, this person is from my Song Dynasty clan and is the eighth grandson of King Qin."
Zhao Yun couldn't help but be curious after hearing this, "Oh, the details sent by the Song Dynasty to the Kingdom of Jin have gained the trust of the Jin people, and they were appointed as envoys to the Song Dynasty, and this person is also a descendant of the clan."
Zhao Yun quickly did the math in his mind, "If he is the eighth grandson of King Qin, then in terms of seniority, wouldn't he still be my uncle?"
At this time, Zhao Tai entered the study and directly performed the courtesy ceremony, "I, Zhao Tai, pay my respects to my emperor, long live it."
Zhao Tai was the envoy of the Jin Dynasty. He directly greeted Zheng Qingzhi and corrected Zheng Qingzhi's words.
Zhao Yun looked at Zhao Tai and saw that he looked talented and handsome, so he asked: "Zhao Tai, are you an envoy of the Jin Kingdom and a fine workman of the Song Dynasty?"
Zhao Tai raised his head and squeezed out tears, "Your Majesty, I finally saw the holy face."
Seeing Zhao Tai's expression, he looked like Su Wu who was shepherding sheep on the grassland but remained loyal, or Zhang Qian looked like Zhang Qian who had traveled thousands of miles and carved out the Western Regions and returned after going through all kinds of hardships. Zhao Yun was very touched.
"Qing family, please get up and answer the question!" Zhao Yun had already accepted Zhao Tai's setting without the need for Zhao Tai to answer.
At this time, Zhao Tai still took out the letter written by the Emperor of the Jin Kingdom and the seal representing the identity of the envoy, "Reporting to Your Majesty, I am indeed a spy lurking in the Jin Kingdom. Because I have gained the trust of the Jin people, I sent you as an envoy to the Song Dynasty! I arrived in Chuzhou a month ago, submitted my credentials to the imperial court, and was waiting to go to Beijing to meet the Holy Spirit, but I didn’t want to be suppressed by the Prime Minister, so I didn’t report back to His Majesty at all!”
Zhao Yun had a dark face. After listening to Zhao Tai's words and looking at the materials from the Kingdom of Jin, he was convinced that Shi Miyuan had indeed deceived him on this matter.
This made Zhao Yun feel a little unhappy, but based on this, it was obvious that he could not bring down Shi Miyuan.
At this time, Zhao Tai observed Zhao Yun and quickly winked at Zheng Qingzhi.
The latter understood and added: "Your Majesty, Prime Minister Shi often told the officials that I have the power to recover. This is Emperor Xi. It is not surprising at all that he can do such a thing to deceive Your Majesty!"
After hearing this, Zhao Yun's eyes suddenly widened and an angry look appeared on his face, "Has he ever said such a thing?"
What this means is probably that Shi Miyuan thinks that he has great power and can control the situation of the court. The reason why he can control the situation of the court is because the official is Emperor Xi, an emperor who does not care about things and is easy to fool. He can be fooled by him. at the mercy of.
This is a bit hurtful. Zhao Yun trusted Shi Miyuan so much and regarded him as a confidant, but in Shi Miyuan's heart, it turned out that this was how he looked at him. Zhao Yun felt that his sincerity was wrong and he was greatly shocked.
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After going to court, Shi Miyuan returned to his mansion and was discussing with several confidants whether Zheng Qingzhi, the traitor, should be exiled to Hainan or demoted to Guangxi.
At this time, someone suddenly came to report that Zheng Qingzhi had brought someone with him to the palace to meet the saint.
Shi Miyuan didn't take it seriously at first, but news soon came from the palace that Shi Miyuan learned that the person Zheng Qingzhi brought was actually Zhao Tai, the envoy of the Kingdom of Jin.
As an old husband who had been in power for more than 20 years, Shi Miyuan immediately realized that Zheng Qingzhi had launched a counterattack.
This surprised Shi Miyuan. Unexpectedly, Zheng Qingzhi, who was eager to take advantage of the situation, dared to confront him in the middle.
After realizing that Zheng Qingzhi wanted to make a fuss about him concealing the arrival of the Jin envoy in the Song Dynasty, Shi Miyuan hurriedly led a group of officials to the palace.
Although he knew that he had concealed the Jin envoy's arrival in the Song Dynasty and was exposed by Zheng Qingzhi, Shi Miyuan remained calm.
He was confident in his position in the hearts of the officials and thought that he could get through by making excuses and admitting his mistakes. The officials would not punish him because of this.
At this time, Shi Miyuan got off the carriage and stood in front of the palace gate. Simu Sanji stood behind him, "Huh! The truth has dominated the court for twenty years. Zheng Qingzhi, a traitor, dares to challenge the truth. That's great!"
Li Zhixiao said: "My lord, this Zheng Qingzhi really doesn't know how to live or die. I was originally planning to drive him out of the court, but now it seems that I can't keep him."
Shi Miyuan sneered, "It's been a long time since I met someone who dared to confront the truth. When you meet the official, you must use the same tone and follow the truth's wishes to kill Zheng Qingzhi!"
Li Zhixiao and others nodded and saluted, "I'll keep this in mind, sir!"
Shi Miyuan nodded, then strode inside: "If I can get Zheng Qingzhi into Zhongshu, I can demote him to Lingnan! Huh, let's go face the Holy Spirit!"
At that moment, Shi Miyuan led everyone to rush in. No one among the guards guarding the door and the palace servants dared to stop him when they saw him.
Not long after, Shi Miyuan and his entourage went straight to the imperial study room where Zhao Yun received Zheng Qingzhi. After a while, he straightened his clothes and ordered his servants to report, "Go and report to your majesty quickly. Tell me who you are and ask to see you!"
In the imperial study room, Zhao Yun was talking with Zheng Qingzhi and Zhao Tai when he suddenly heard a report from the chamberlain that Shi Miyuan was asking for a meeting. Zhao Yun immediately frowned.
In the past, Zhao Yun trusted Shi Miyuan and did not think the worst about many things. But now, after being provoked by Zheng Qingzhi, Zhao Yun became suspicious and felt that there was something wrong with everything, which made him extremely scared when he thought about it.
Seeing Zhao Yun's expression, Zhao Tai quickly winked at Zheng Qingzhi.
Zheng Qingzhi reacted and immediately added his sword, "How does the Prime Minister know that His Majesty is meeting with me in the Imperial Study Room!"
When Zhao Yun heard this, his face immediately sank like water...
