Why did the emperor rebel?

Chapter 427 Being led by the nose

After leaving the door of the British government, sitting in the carriage, Jiao Jing tossed and turned thinking about the conversation just now, feeling something was wrong.

Seeing this, Xue Heng, who followed, couldn't help asking: "Uncle, what's wrong?"

Jiao Jingshang is Emperor Xuanzong's sister, Princess Qingdu, and Xue Hengshang is Emperor Xuanzong's daughter, Princess Changde.

The former is the aunt of the latter, so Xue Heng followed Princess Changde and called Jiao Jing uncle.

Frowning tightly, Jiao Jing shook his head and said.

"There is nothing wrong with it, but for some reason, I always feel a little uneasy in my heart. After all, Tingju is in front of civil and military officials. If something goes wrong, we just want to make up for it. I'm afraid it will be difficult."

"Speaking of which, what do you think of what Zhang Min said just now?"

Xue Heng was silent for a moment, and said.

"Uncle, apart from other things, this is already the third time that the British government has made its own claim."

"The first time was about Uncle Huichang. After they had settled everything, they wrote a letter to the Holy Mother to ask her to cooperate. The second time was about Luo Tong's matter. They made a decision on their own without even informing the palace. This time it's still the same."

"To be disrespectful, I always feel that Zhang Yu and others only value the banner of the Holy Mother. In fact, from the bottom of their hearts, they don't take the Holy Mother seriously."

In fact, since the end of this ban.

Xue Heng has never been very interested in participating in these matters of the British government. Often when everyone is talking, he is silent.

The reason is actually because of Princess Changde.

Ever since the big quarrel with the palace that time, Princess Changde has always had a knot in her heart. Xue Heng only found out the truth after several times of questioning.

But after knowing it, he couldn't open his mouth to persuade him.

After all, Princess Changde quarreled with Queen Mother Sun because of him.

Princess Changde didn't want Xue Heng to continue to get involved in this matter, but she also knew in her heart that this was the Queen Mother's intention, so she couldn't persuade her.

As a result, the couple who were originally harmonious and loving have had a lot of differences these days.

Knowing that Xue Heng was helping the British government, Princess Changde simply kept out of sight and out of mind, and hid in her princess mansion without leaving the door.

Xue Heng was busy here, and he hadn't been to the princess mansion for several days, so he was naturally dissatisfied.

This time, Zhang Min acted like this again, and it was not difficult to understand Xue Heng's resentment in his words.

However, Jiao Jing is naturally not clear about Xue Heng and Princess Changde.

Hearing this, he also fell into deep thought.

After a while, Jiao Jing suddenly asked.

"Xue Consort, tell me, if all this is really a game of the emperor, then he has spent so much effort just to create the illusion of harmony between the heaven and family, and to earn a good reputation in front of people?"

Xue Heng frowned, hesitated for a moment, and said.

"It should be. After all, the case has been tried for so long. If the charges can be proved, the emperor would have done it long ago. Or, the emperor planned to kill the case, but he couldn't find strong evidence, so We can only settle for the next best thing?"

Jiao Jing didn't speak, because he was not sure.

After all, judging from the current situation, there is indeed nothing wrong with what Zhang Min said.

As long as Xiao Weizhen and Zhang Fu killed Xu Bin as the mastermind, and Xu Bin could not produce any evidence, most of the responsibility for this case would fall on Xu Bin.

But he always felt that the Son of Heaven was not that simple.

After pondering for a moment, Jiao Jing asked in consideration.

"Xue Consort, do you think it is possible that the Son of Heaven already has evidence to prove that Xu Bin is telling the truth, but because he is worried that it will cause criticism if it is announced, so he set up this trick to lure the British government The government is going to make trouble?"

Xue Heng was stunned for a moment, and said hesitantly: "Uncle, this is unlikely. A few days ago, when the second master went to see the third master in the prison, the third master also said, Xu Bin has no evidence, why do you So guess?"

Jiao Jing also hesitated, and sighed.

"I just think that the emperor's promise this time is too smooth, and I can't see anything else."

"In the end, what happened this time was too sudden. The mission is far away in the north. We can only learn the whole story from Zhang Fu."

"Now that Jin Yiwei has strengthened its defenses, we can't find out any news. We are really tied up and can only be manipulated by the emperor."

This is actually their limitation.

Speaking of being in the capital, maybe they can still have some news channels, or think of some ways.

But as soon as they left the capital, their eyes were smeared.

From beginning to end, they had very limited information about the arrest of the mission.

What was the negotiation process like, what was the specific situation when the mission was arrested in the Xuanfu, whether the mission was tortured in the imperial prison, and what details were confessed.

They didn't know anything about these things, which seriously affected their judgment.

As a result, many things can only be guessed by relying on a little clue.

But such a big event is just a guess, how dare you act without authorization?So even if they knew that the emperor was making arrangements, they could only be led by the nose.

Shaking his head, Jiao Jing asked instead: "By the way, what did the Holy Mother say about the marriage in Duke Cheng's mansion?"

The marriage between the Duke of Cheng and the Duke of England was a good thing for Empress Dowager Sun, so after returning that day, Jiao Jing immediately let Xue Heng enter the palace and brought the news to Empress Dowager Sun.

Xue Heng replied: "The Holy Mother is happy to see this matter come to fruition, but her old man said that if there is no reason for giving a marriage rashly, it may be criticized by others."

"So I want to pick a date for the old wives of the two families to come to the palace. It is best to bring the two young ones with me. I said to the public that the two families have intended to get married, and because of the filial piety period, I am afraid that the engagement will cause criticism. So I went to ask the Holy Mother for grace."

Jiao Jing nodded, and said: "The Holy Mother is very considerate, has the date been fixed?"

Xue Heng shook his head: "Not yet, the Holy Mother is not in a hurry, I thought, after today, I will choose a day for the two old ladies to enter the palace."

"But now it seems that the court ceremony will be held in a few days. The old lady who wants to come to the British government doesn't have the heart to deal with this matter, so I think, we can talk about it after the court ceremony."

After listening, Jiao Jing thought for a while, lifted the curtain of the carriage to have a look, and then told the driver, "Stop ahead."

Putting down the curtain, Jiao Jing said to Xue Heng.

"Don't wait any longer, just get off the carriage at the front street, go back to the British government, and tell Zhang Xiang what the Holy Mother said about the marriage just now. As for the date, you say that the Holy Mother plans to call in three days. side, I'll tell."

Xue Heng nodded first, and then asked.

"Uncle, why are you in such a hurry?"

Jiao Jing frowned, heaved a long sigh, and spoke after a while.

"I always have a bad premonition. As you said, the British government is too powerful now. If Zhang Fu is released from prison, coupled with Cheng Guogong's government, it may be difficult to control each other. Therefore, we have to take advantage of the court to Beforehand, arrange some things..."

(End of this chapter)