The rise of the prince

Chapter 108 The Emperor's Fury

Wei Chaoren said that he was dressed in plain prison uniform. Someone specially took care of it before he went to the hall to face the saint. He was neatly dressed and well-dressed.

His temples are gray and gray. This veteran who has guarded the border for decades and fought against the Liao people countless times is not strong. His face is full of weather-beaten deep wrinkles. His whole body is like a skeleton with meat hanging on it.The figure is not tall, just like ordinary people, only the palm is full of calluses, and the palm of the left hand is smooth. At first glance, it looks like a person who has been holding a knife and gun all year round.

He knelt on the ground, held the paper in his hand and read it for a long time before saying: "Your Majesty, this report is indeed written by the guilty minister, but there are still a few lines left, is it His Majesty who cut it?"

The emperor sat high above: "Look carefully, how did you see that I was cut off?"

"It's very simple. The guilty minister also wrote about the unidentified foreign enemy. At the same time, he also wrote about the preparation of the North's defense, and the matter of electing a new Jiedu envoy because he knew he was guilty. None of the above, and the minister's seal was also dismissed. Go to a corner." Wei Chaoren said.

"Fu'an, bring it up and show it to me." Hearing this, the emperor hurriedly waved.

The eunuch Fuan nodded, and hurriedly delivered the letter to the desk. The emperor took it and took a closer look. Sure enough, a small corner of the red seal of "Guanbei Jiedushi Wei Chaoren" was cut off. If you don't look carefully, you can't see it. There are no punctuation marks in ancient documents. , so as long as it is trimmed in the back, it is generally invisible.

"He Zhao, Tang Zhouwei, take a look." The emperor's face darkened, and he handed the paper to Fu An expressionlessly, and Fu An sent it to the hands of the two adults below. The two looked carefully for a long time before He Zhao said: "Your Majesty, This must have been cropped, if you look carefully the left side of the paper is still new, but the right side is old."

Tang Zhouwei also seemed to suddenly realize: "It's no wonder that I always feel that the sentences in the battle report are a bit strange. It turns out that there is an extra word in the last sentence."

The emperor suddenly slapped the table angrily: "How dare you deceive the king!"

The maids and eunuchs around were so frightened that they quickly knelt down, He Zhao and Tang Zhouwei also lowered their heads, Wei Chaoren was startled, and hurriedly said in a puzzled way: "Your Majesty, the guilty minister knows that the defeated army will be guilty, but everything he said is true. , there is absolutely no deception!"

Tang Zhou took a look at the angry emperor, whose face was flushed red, and understood, stepped forward and explained: "Master Wei, the emperor is not angry with you, but someone else. This battle report was not cut by the emperor. But that’s what the emperor saw in the battle report.”

"What!" Wei Chaoren was also surprised. Since he was escorted to Beijing, he has been imprisoned in Yushitai Prison, where he lived for a few months without knowing anything about the outside world.

"Which thief dares to be so bold!" Wei Chaoren stood up and shouted angrily, his eyes widened, and the murderous aura of the battlefield emanated from his thin body.

Tang Zhouwei hurriedly reminded in a low voice: "Master Wei, the emperor is still here."

Wei Chaoren then knelt down, and the emperor above waved his hands: "Stand up, He Zhao, tell him what's going on."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

It took a long time before Wei Chaoren recovered from the shock, and at the same time, he was in a cold sweat. Although he was a little surprised why His Majesty had not summoned him for a long time in Yushitai prison, he didn't think much about it. He just thought that His Majesty was angry, so he wanted to let He suffers.

I didn't expect things to be so dangerous. The reason why His Majesty didn't summon him was because he was too lazy to see him. He almost lost his head!
"You should thank the two people in front of you for this matter. If He Qing and Tang Qing didn't cooperate with the courtiers and defend you, I'm afraid it will be an unjust case." The emperor said.

Wei Chaoren also understood at this time how serious the matter was. This can be said to be a life-saving grace, and he quickly knelt down and said, "Thank you, Mr. He, Mr. Tang. I will never forget this life-saving grace, and I will definitely repeat it in the future." Thanks."

The two quickly helped him up, and He Zhao said with a straight face: "Master Wei is serious, and I should thank you for giving birth to a daughter who understands righteousness. Come to tell me about Guanbei, and I realized something strange and reported it to His Majesty."

"In my opinion, it's His Majesty's holy investigation. He saw something wrong at a glance, so he summoned Lord Wei from the Yushitai prison to confront him, so that he could be rehabilitated. Lord Wei should thank His Majesty first." Tang Zhouwei said hastily. , Wei Chaoren also understood, and quickly knelt down to thank Shengen.

The emperor let him flatten his back and said expressionlessly: "It's too early to be happy about this matter at this time. Whoever cut the battle report and who ordered it has not yet been found out."

He Zhao stood up and said, "Your Majesty, please entrust this matter to the minister. The minister will definitely investigate and deal with it vigorously, and will definitely find out the truth of this case! At the same time, in order not to startle the snake, and let the people behind the scenes be on guard, I want to wrong Mr. Wei." Go back to Yushitai Prison for a while and pretend that what happened today never happened."

"If we can find out who did it, it's nothing to suffer. For me, Yushitai prison is more comfortable than Guanbei." Wei Chaoren joked nonchalantly.

The emperor frowned, paced above and hesitated for a long time, and finally turned around and said: "Tang Zhouwei, I order you to take charge of this matter, and immediately file a case. Once you find out anything, report it to me directly. There must be no mistakes, and I will never forgive you lightly!"

Everyone was taken aback by these words, Tang Zhou was the manager?
"Your Majesty." He Zhao was taken aback for a moment, and then wanted to say something, but the Emperor took a look and stopped his mouth immediately.

The chubby Tang Zhouwei had a dazed look on his face, and he knelt down to accept the emperor's order after being dazed for a long time.

In the evening, a large table of people gathered in the garden of the palace. The table was a hot pot table that Li Ye specially asked Zhao Si to order.He Qian, Qiu'er, Yue'er, Wei Yubai, Wei Xingping, Yan Shen and Ji Chunsheng sat around a big table.

This is against etiquette, and servants are not allowed to sit at the same table with their masters.

But Li Ye doesn't care about these, hot pot is only lively when there are many people eating it.Needless to say, Qiu'er and Yue'er take care of his daily life every day, Yan Shen is busy for him, and travels all over the capital, and Ji Chunsheng has also worked hard to protect Wei Yubai recently.

Goat meat is the best for hot-boiled mutton, and the meat of the hind leg of the lamb is the best. The meat is dark red, the meat is firm, the fat is hard and crisp, and Li Ye took two maids to the market to pick it out in person early in the morning.

But the scene was very embarrassing at that time, because most of them were women's homes, and he was the only man.

Hairy tripe, beef balls, mutton slices, there are no vegetables in winter now, only radish slices and leeks.

The girl He Qian was the most excited. She was curious about all new things. She had never seen this kind of eating method. tasty."

Li Ye made a sauce dish for her in a funny way. For her, it was probably more fun than delicious.

(End of this chapter)