The Peerless Demon of Martial Arts

Chapter 657

Li Tianxing wanted to be calm, but there is no impenetrable wall in everything.On the second day after returning to the palace, the news exploded. No need to guess, it must have been spread by the eunuch.

But people just talk badly, there is no need to kill people because of this.The news became even more solid when he went to court the next day.

Wei Huaitai didn't come, other civil and military personnel were there, Li Tianxing was condescending, and he didn't quite get used to it.He simply wandered among the ministers: "During this time, I have been to many places and saw many things I didn't want to see. Especially in the northwest, the general appointed by the court can actually call out to catch the thief and lie about the military situation. The imperial court should support them. What do you say about this?"

None of the generals opened their mouths, but the civil servants were willing to speak: "Your Majesty, the root of this matter lies in the atmosphere of the Northwest Camp. I think you should send someone over there to clean it up."

"Ethos? Such a big thing has happened, and you can solve it by just cleaning up the atmosphere?" Li Tianxing looked at the others, each of them harboring evil intentions, but kept silent: "What's wrong with you? Are you all dumb? There is no one in the court to help , How can he, an external general, have such courage? Tell me, is someone colluding with the Northwest Army to make a profit. "

The doctor Yushi said: "The emperor's words are like that. Is he slandering the ministers and others for colluding with the rebels and intending to rebel?"

challenge?That's good, Li Tianxing is not polite: "You can say whatever you want, I can think so. But what about you? Everyone is holding the imperial salary, not helping the imperial court, thinking about something. Think I am not worthy As the emperor, you want to oppose me? Then why don't you just stand up and say it!"

After being silent for a while, someone replied: "Since Your Majesty has said this, I should also say a few words. The succession of the throne is the ancestral system, but it is not entirely the ancestral system. The rise and fall of any dynasty is determined by oneself. If the court has a wise ruler, the country will develop, but if the court has a foolish ruler, the people will rebel. Therefore, I believe that the emperor does not need to worry about this matter.”

Well said, he should be applauded.

Li Tianxing returned to his seat and sat down: "Let's talk about another matter. There was a plague in the palace. How many people knew about it?"

Many ministers are discussing, this is the performance of knowing.Knowing is not equal to understanding thoroughly, Li Tianxing guessed it, even if he asked one by one, these ministers would definitely know nothing.

"Sun Shiming."

"The minister is here."

"I will let you investigate the plague in the palace, and I will give you ten days."

Sun Shiming knelt, but shook his head: "I can't check."

"How about giving you half a month?"

"I still can't do it." Sun Shiming kowtowed again: "Return to Your Majesty, I have no right to investigate matters in the harem. What's more, this plague is over, and many empresses have died. There is no proof of death."

Li Tianxing calmly said: "So, you knew about this matter from beginning to end?"

"I... know."

"I know, then why didn't you send me a message? Did you wait until the people in the palace died?"

Sun Shiming's ability to become a first-rank official is naturally smart and brainy.Now that Li Tianxing asked this question, he also had an answer: "Your Majesty, the matter in the harem is not a trivial matter. If a little rumor spreads, it will deal a big blow to the royal family. Moreover, I don't know where the emperor is, so I may be dereliction of duty. Please, long live Haihan."

Humph, I'm waiting for my buddies here, okay, I have you, and I can talk.

It's meaningless to say more, so I retreated.After the dynasty was over, Li Tianxing wandered around the harem alone. None of the people in the dynasty could agree with him, and the emperor would be useless, so it wouldn't last long.

Stepping into the back garden, you can only see a court lady, and she is old, at least in her 40s.It is a miracle that such an old court lady can stay.

"You, come here." Li Tianxing waved to her.

The palace maid took small steps, came over and knelt down: "Slaves see Long Live."

"Oh, get up, you don't have to be so polite." Li Tianxing sat on the stone next to him: "There are rules in the palace, unless they are the maids in charge, the palace maids usually leave the palace when they are only 30 years old. Why are you still here? Judging by your clothes, you should not be the maid in charge."

The maid said: "Back to the emperor, what the emperor said is the rules on the surface, but the harem has its own set of rules."

own rules?This is strange, what is the rule?

Many concubines in the harem chose to commit suicide after falling out of favor.And the maids who followed them were unlucky, these court ladies were ignored, and the head eunuch of the harem ignored these things.If there is no emperor, you can't leave the palace casually, you can only die of old age here.

Li Tianxing said: "You can go, I will allow you to leave the palace and go to the House of Internal Affairs to get 500 taels of silver."

The maid was very grateful, and kowtowed to him several times: "My servant thanked the emperor, there is one thing, this servant does not know whether to say it or not."

"What's the matter, speak slowly."

The maid replied: "Before you returned to the palace, your majesty, someone was pouring medicine into the well in the harem. The slaves saw clearly that it was the eunuch in the palace."

"Oh? Then have you seen who it is?" Li Tianxing knew her concerns: "Don't worry, you can leave after you finish talking about this matter. I can assure you that nothing will happen to you."

The court lady said everything, this incident originated from a little eunuch named Xiao Duozi, who was in charge of delivering food from the imperial dining room to the harem.

In the evening, Li Tianxing asked some eunuchs to summon Xiaoduozi, just in time to deliver the meal.

Xiao Duozi put the dishes one by one in front of Li Tianxing, and reported the name of the dish: "Braised venison... crystal elbow..."

Li Tianxing looked up at him: "Are you Xiao Duozi?"

The eunuch hurriedly knelt down: "This slave has many sons and serves the master. But I don't know... how did the master know the name of the slave."

"I heard people say that someone threw medicine into the well of the harem while I was away. Do you know about this?"

The eunuch trembled: "Go back to the emperor, slave... I don't know."

"Raise your head." Li Tianxing pinched his chin and raised his hand: "What? Are you shy? Don't say that this matter has nothing to do with you. Someone told me that you were the one who poured medicine into the well. What happened? thing, tell me."

The eunuch looked left and right, grabbed some package, and wanted to put it in his mouth.Li Tianxing was quick, grabbed him, took off the medicine bag, wanted to die?I'm afraid it won't be that easy.

Li Tianxing said: "The previous eunuchs are getting more and more ruthless, even daring to commit suicide in front of the emperor. If you still refuse to speak, I will make your life worse than death."

Xiao Duozi burst into tears: "Your Majesty!! If you are not a slave, don't say it, you can't say it! The lives of the whole family of the slave are in the hands of others. If you shake your arms for half a word, the slave's life will be lost." Please forgive the slave's difficulties!"

(End of this chapter)