Almighty Nongmen Phoenix

Chapter 444; Punishment

Even if he wins in the end, the rebellion cannot be covered up.

How to block the mouth of the family and the world?
Will everyone be killed?
That's unrealistic and impossible. If he wants to do this, it will inevitably cause a big riot. At that time, some people with ulterior motives will be able to hold high the banner, and then he will be in big trouble.

At that time, if he doesn't say anything about his years of planning, he won't get any benefits, and he will be infamous through the ages.

This is the result after doing it.

So what if you don't do it?

He knew very well what Emperor Hongwen's goal was this time, which was to control the palace in his own hands.

Duke Zhen was not reconciled to this, because it took him a lot of hard work to gain control of the palace today.

How could he be willing to be removed like this?
After all, this is not only a loss of control over the palace, but also a sign that Emperor Hongwen is completely out of his control. If the other party makes any moves in the future, he will become very passive.

Zhen Guogong is now very headache and very angry. How did it take so long for the good situation to become what it is now?

"My lord, this matter depends on the old slave, let's take a step back."

Hearing this, Duke Zhen looked up at his housekeeper, who was his confidant who had followed him for many years.

"You should know what kind of trouble you will bring to your country if you take a step back."

"Of course the old slave knows, but the Duke made a mistake in one sentence."

"Ok?"

"The trouble is not yours, but the empress's. Now that something like this has happened, you have to give up some. The more you are reluctant to give up, you may end up giving up more. The lesser of two evils."

"The imperial palace is certainly important, but military power is your most powerful right to speak. As long as the military power is in your hands, Emperor Hongwen can't make any waves. It's nothing more than a little trouble."

Duke Zhen was silent, and he naturally thought of this, why he didn't make a decision for so long, it was nothing more than feeling unwilling to clear up years of painstaking efforts like this.

But what the old housekeeper said is right, things are already like this, you always have to give up something to calm down, if you continue to bite and don't want to give up, you will often lose more in the end.

Military power is a good thing, not only he likes it, Emperor Hongwen also likes it, and of course those aristocratic families also like it.

This is something he can guarantee in the future, and it must not be given up, so he can only give up the queen and the palace.

That night, the imperial study room was brightly lit, and Emperor Hongwen, King Jin and others did not close their eyes.

Until the sky turned white, the two looked at each other and smiled.

Sure enough, Lord Zhen still did not choose to put all his eggs in one basket.

"This is a good thing, but I'm afraid your situation will not be too good in the future."

"It's never been better."

Emperor Hongwen smiled lightly.

Soon it will be time for the court.

Because of what happened yesterday, today's morning is very lively.

Just as Emperor Hongwen guessed, there were quite a few people attacking the court this morning, but they were all aimed at the queen and Duke Zhen.

King Jin didn't get involved, and Emperor Hongwen just quietly watched the impeachment of the ministers below.

Suddenly, Zhen Guogong stood up.

"Your Majesty, I was deeply shocked and ashamed when I heard what the Empress did yesterday. Just now, the censors were right. What the Empress did was really dishonorable."

As soon as he came out, King Ning originally thought he saw hope, but after listening to him, he realized that it was wrong.

Just as he was about to stand up and say something, Duke Zhen knelt down heavily.

"The veteran proposes that the Empress be abolished."

Rumble!
When Lord Zhen Guo said this, it was no less than a thunderbolt exploding in the Golden Luan Hall. Everyone looked at Duke Zhen who was kneeling there in shock.

Those censors are stupid.

They were impeaching the queen, but at most they wanted Emperor Hongwen to punish him once or twice, and they had thought about abolishing the empress, but they knew very well that as long as Zhen Guogong was around, it was absolutely impossible to abolish the empress.

They didn't even dare to mention it, fearing that they would be hated by Lord Zhen Guo.

But I never expected Duke Zhen to mention it himself.

At the same time, King Ning was also shocked, he was completely dumbfounded.

Only King Jin and Emperor Hongwen were the only ones who were not dumbfounded, because Lord Zhen Guo didn't make any movement yesterday, in their opinion, Lord Zhen Guo had already chosen to give up the queen.

However, he was still a little surprised by Duke Zhen's decisiveness.

For a moment, the Golden Luan Palace fell into a strange dead silence, and everyone's eyes were on Emperor Hongwen, wanting to see how he would make a decision.

"Duke Zhen's proposal is a bit over the top."

"Although the queen has made mistakes and lost her virtue, she is my first wife after all. She has given birth to my children and managed the harem. How can she be punished for a single mistake?"

"Your Majesty is wise."

Wen Songtao was the first to stand up. Although he didn't know the real plan of Emperor Hongwen, he also paid attention to the movement of the capital yesterday.

Lord Zhen Guo didn't move, but today he made such a proposal, and he was very clear about what it meant.

It is not a good thing for Emperor Hongwen to abolish the queen, and this time it will directly aggravate the conflict between him and Duke Zhen.

Moreover, when His Majesty said such words at this time, he obviously did not think about abolishing the empress. As the number one royalist, he naturally had to stand up and support it.

"It's true that the empress is wrong, but people are not sages, so one should not be punished so severely for one mistake, and the minister is absolutely inappropriate."

Dong Xiang also stood up.

The left and right prime ministers all spoke, and the others also spoke one after another.

It's not a fool, the emperor has already said so, it is impossible to abolish the empress.

In the end, Emperor Hongwen pretended to inquire about it, and finally decided to punish him. The empress was temporarily imprisoned in Fengqi Palace to think about her faults, and the affairs of the harem were temporarily handled by concubine Zhao.

Hearing such a decision, King Ning immediately asked for mercy, but was frightened back by Zhen Guogong's look.

"Uncle, why don't you let me intercede in court?"

After the dynasty was dispersed, King Ning approached Lord Zhen Guo immediately to express his dissatisfaction.

But Zhen Guogong just glanced at him lightly.

"No one else said anything, you go to intercede, do you want someone to seize the opportunity and step on it again?"

"Don't forget that in those rumors yesterday, both you and I were one of the protagonists."

After finishing speaking, Duke Zhen strode away directly.

As for King Ning's future, he has already seen it clearly, and he is afraid that he will never go any further in his life.

It's not just that His Majesty refuses to let him go. After this incident, if he rises to the top position in the future, the people of the world will probably have something to say.

King Ning looked at Duke Zhen in silence, he could feel that his uncle was different today from before.

At this time, in the harem, Wang De personally brought His Majesty's imperial decree to Fengqi Palace.

After the reading was finished, Queen Wang was stunned, with a face full of disbelief.

"Impossible, how dare he treat Ben Gong like this, him."

"Empress, the content of this punishment is the result of discussions between Your Majesty and the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty, and Lord Zhen Guo also agrees."

"what!"

Queen Wang was shocked again.

Wang De smiled coldly in his heart, and didn't say anything more, just asked her to hand over the Phoenix Seal.

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