Invincible son

Chapter 625 624 [Rain Lingling]

"You sent someone to assassinate Pei Yue and the daughter of the Dingguo Mansion?"

Emperor Kaiping didn't speak harshly, but Liu Xian was afraid of his father from the bottom of his heart since he was a child, and he had just witnessed a turbulent confrontation between the monarch and his subjects, so he had long been worried.Hearing Emperor Kaiping's seemingly calm inquiry at this moment, his heart suddenly jumped, and he almost told the whole truth.

At this moment, the eldest prince almost used all his strength to clenched his teeth, so he did not confess his sister, and replied in a trembling voice, "My father, the previous grievances between my son and Pei Yue have been wiped out. Because father The emperor told his ministers that as the prince of the Tian family, he must be open-minded, and he should not pay attention to everything, so that the subjects of the world will not look down on the Tian family."

Emperor Kaiping sneered, "Then why did you murder Pei Yue?"

Liu Xian froze for a moment, swallowed his saliva nervously, and said hesitantly: "Father, I just... just want to teach Pei Yue a lesson, and I don't really want to kill him. I know that Pei Yue is a minister who has made great contributions to the country. , and is highly regarded by the emperor, so...so I just want to teach him a lesson."

Listening to this long-winded nonsense, Mo Haoli shook his head slightly.

Emperor Kaiping's eyes were complicated. He knew that his son was not good at quick wits, so he probably didn't have any words to deal with him.

Many people don't understand or say they don't understand the reason why the emperor prefers the eldest prince, but at this moment, Pei Yue looked at Liu Xian who was trying to take the blame for Princess Pingyang, and suddenly had a glimmer of understanding.

In terms of talent and ability, Liu Xian is not considered top-notch among the princes, but compared with the flamboyant second son, the bumbling fourth son, and the ambitious sixth son, this eldest prince at least has a pure heart of filial piety.

Emperor Kaiping fell into a dilemma, half relieved and half annoyed in his heart, and said in a deep voice: "I will give you another chance, who is secretly planning these plots against Pei Yue?"

Hearing his father's cold tone, Liu Xian's hands trembled involuntarily, and he said with red eyes: "Father, don't ask me any more, these things are all done by my servants!"

Emperor Kaiping frowned, but when he was about to speak, he saw that the eunuch who had been summoned from the palace before had entered the palace, walked up to the palace with small steps, bowed and said: "Your Majesty, Princess Pingyang is asking to see you."

A look of nervousness and worry suddenly appeared on Liu Xian's face.

Emperor Kaiping's slender eyes shot out a stern light, he snorted softly and said: "No see, bring Pingyang back to the inner palace, and let Concubine Wu be disciplined."

"Slave and servant obey the order." Everyone knows what to do.

Emperor Kaiping said again: "As a princess, Pingyang has no intention of trespassing on the front court, and is forbidden to leave the house for a year. In addition, immediately take down the maid in charge of the Qiyun Palace and the inner eunuch, and kill him with a stick!"

The Qiyun Hall is the bedroom of Princess Pingyang.

Everyone knew that his heart was shocked, and he didn't dare to hesitate on his face, so he quickly responded and then slowly retreated facing the emperor.

A murderous air swept through everyone's hearts in an instant.

Princess Pingyang was still running around in the palace after nightfall, and even ran to the Liangyi Hall in the previous dynasty. This must be held accountable for those who are in charge of the internal eunuchs and maids.However, Emperor Kaiping said it so bluntly, and in front of so many ministers, it was obvious that there was some warning.

After hearing this punishment, Liu Xian couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

Fortunately, it's only a year of confinement. At worst, I will find some interesting things in the market and send them to the palace. It won't be too difficult to come to Pingyang.

Emperor Kaiping glanced at Liu Xian complicatedly, then looked at the important ministers and said: "Liu Xian tried to murder Zhongshan Hou Peiyue, this matter can no longer be hidden, and it must spread throughout the entire capital tonight. You might as well come up with a charter first, how to punish him to calm the bad influence of this matter."

No one shouted such nonsense as "respectfully ask for the Holy Judgment". The important officials who can appear in the Hall of Liangyi at this time are all people who have been in officialdom for a long time, and they can clearly distinguish when to say nonsense and when not to say it.

But no one spoke up to express their attitude.

Emperor Kaiping had expected this long ago, looked at Pei Yue who was standing upright and asked, "You are the master of suffering, so let you tell."

Pei Yue thought for a while and said peacefully: "Return to Your Majesty, Daliang Law has already stated that those who murder people will be imprisoned for three years; those who have been wounded will be strangled; those who have been killed will be beheaded."

It's a good thing that Gao Qiu, Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishment, did not enter the palace tonight, otherwise he would definitely have a close relationship with Emperor Kaiping.In the lobby of the Ministry of Criminal Justice, Pei Yue, who was still only Zhongshanzi, hugged Daliang Lv tightly, and used the exact same sentence to finalize Li Zijun's sentence.

Seeing that Emperor Kaiping's face became ugly, Pei Yue said again: "However, as the prince of Lu, it is definitely inappropriate to exile him for three thousand miles, not to mention whether he can survive the hardships along the way. Prestige. Therefore, I believe that the king of Lu ordered his subordinates to assassinate Wu Xun, the leader of the country, and he should be deprived of the prince's position and demoted to the general of the country as a punishment."

The hall was silent.

Daliang has established the country for nearly a hundred years. This is the first courtier who dares to manipulate the king in front of the emperor, but he is still so young.

Emperor Kaiping remained silent, looking at Pei Yue's eyes, he could faintly discover some deep meaning.

Just when the officials thought that the emperor was about to run away, and even Gu Liang was secretly sweating for Pei Yue, Emperor Kaiping, who had already firmly controlled the military and political power after 16 years on the throne, nodded and said, "Okay, I will follow your suggestion."

The hope in Liu Xian's heart turned into despair, as if all the strength in his body was drained instantly.

What's even more helpless is that he doesn't know who he should hate.

Pingyang stood up for his elder brother, Pei Yue also gave him a chance, and his father had to agree to it considering the stability of the court, but he obviously did nothing and lost his position as prince for nothing. Anything more absurd than this?
He couldn't even cry.

What Liu Xian didn't know was that Pei Yue had been observing him from the sidelines from the sidelines all the time, and he was quite surprised to see that the eldest prince did not beg for mercy for the first time, but actually resisted this matter from the beginning to the end.

After dealing with these matters, Emperor Kaiping was obviously a little tired, waved his hands and said: "You all step down, and all the love ministers at the court meeting tomorrow will comfort your colleagues for me."

"I obey the order." Everyone responded, and then began to exit the Hall of Liangyi.

Emperor Kaiping suddenly said: "Pei Yue stay here."

The hall became quiet.

Emperor Kaiping pointed to the round stool that Mo Haoli was sitting on earlier, and said to Pei Yue, "Sit down."

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Pei Yue did not refuse pretentiously, walked over and sat down, covering his chest, his face turned slightly pale.

Seeing this, Emperor Kaiping frowned and asked, "Are you injured?"

Pei Yue replied: "It's okay, it's just a small injury, thank you Your Majesty for your care."

The palace people in the palace were confused when they heard this, this pair of monarchs and ministers almost got out of control just now, why did they suddenly become so close and easy-going again?

Emperor Kaiping glanced around and said, "You all step back."

"Yes." The palace people saluted in response, and then there were only two monarchs and ministers left in the side hall brightly lit with candles.

Emperor Kaiping looked at Pei Yue's handsome and handsome face, sighed inwardly, and asked gently: "Just now, did you want to tell me that you didn't want me to decree to take away Liu Xian's position as prince?"

Pei Yue nodded and said: "Your Majesty knows, and the subject also knows that this matter was not done by King Lu, or even by Princess Pingyang."

The two tacitly did not mention the beating of Emperor Kaiping and Pei Yue's resistance earlier, because this is too common among the monarchs and ministers. Don't you see that Wang Pingzhang's power has been taken away bit by bit, but he still plays a role in the palace tonight. A loyal minister?Since Emperor Kaiping was willing to take the initiative to take a step back under Pei Yue's strong resistance, then the matter has been overturned, and no mature king or official will bite him to death.

Emperor Kaiping asked curiously: "Why can you be sure that this matter has nothing to do with Pingyang?"

Pei Yue pondered and said: "Your Majesty, I am not saying that Princess Pingyang has nothing to do with it, but that the strangeness is too obvious. According to my analysis, this matter was indeed ordered by Princess Pingyang, and King Lu was kept in the dark, but Pingyang Why can the princess bypass King Lu and order Ning Fengzhi?"

Emperor Kaiping nodded slightly.

Pei Yue said again: "The strangest thing about this matter is Ning Fengzhi, the counselor. As a close friend of the King of Lu, doesn't he know how serious it is to assassinate a powerful prince? Even if he dare not disobey Pingyang Why should the princess conceal this matter from the King of Lu? There is only one answer, and that is that he knows that if the King of Lu knows the inside story, the subsequent plan will not be successful."

Emperor Kaiping smiled and said: "This statement is reasonable."

Pei Yue sighed lightly: "So I guess, this Ning Fengzhi has hidden evil intentions and secretly planned all this. First of all, he is very clear about the festival between the minister and King Lu, and then after knowing that Princess Pingyang and the minister have a face-to-face conflict, as long as he Instigate a few words in front of Princess Pingyang, then the suggestion of using Lu Jiang to assassinate the minister will definitely get the princess's consent. Ahem, Your Majesty, your princess is really... Forget it, I dare not talk about the nobles of the Tian family."

"There are things you dare not do that you dare not say?" Emperor Kaiping sneered slightly.

Pei Yue didn't seem to hear it, and continued: "The black hands behind the scenes don't really care whether your majesty and ministers can see it. This matter was ordered by Princess Pingyang, and Ning Fengzhi was responsible for carrying it out. King Lu was willing to take the blame for the princess. These are all facts. Your majesty wants To appease the anger of the courtiers, we must take action to punish King Lu."

Emperor Kaiping's eyes were stern, and he said in a cold voice: "This person has a good plan."

Pei Yue looked at Emperor Kaiping and said solemnly: "This is why I begged His Majesty to depose King Lu."

"You want to lure the snake out of its hole?"

"Yes, Your Majesty."

"Let's talk about it in detail."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

……

Half an hour later, Pei Yue walked out of Liangyi Hall alone.

On a spring night, the drizzle was falling, and the chill gradually invaded.

Pei Yue tightened his clothes, and walked outside the palace under the guidance of the eunuch.

The night is vast, like a mass of thick ink.

Pei Yue's eyes were very bright, with a hidden killing intent.

He really didn't want to get involved in the messy affairs of the royal family, but since the black hand behind the scenes insisted on taking him, and even Pei Ning was affected, this move has really touched his back.

Then he had no choice but to draw his sword and chop it off.

(End of this chapter)