serious man in the red chamber

Chapter 129 Being led astray
Dragon Head Palace

There was no sound outside the bedroom, the chief eunuchs on duty and the court ladies and eunuchs all lowered their heads, not daring to take a breath.

There was a "snap" and another sound of smashing something. Everyone's faces turned pale with fright, and there was a deathly silence in the hall.

The Taishanghuang was already so angry that his veins were throbbing, and his hands were shaking. He didn't expect that it was his stupid son who did a good deed again.

He had known about the rumors a few days earlier, and like the emperor, he also chose to let it go.

Unexpectedly, the rumors intensified and spread to the royal family. Not only the emperor and King Zhongshun were dragged into the water, but even the harem was not spared.

In order to retaliate against Jia Hu, King Zhongshun ordered people to spread rumors everywhere, but he didn't care about these, whether it was Jia Hu's ambition to be an emperor, or the Jia family's intention to rebel.

In his view, as long as the purpose can be achieved, any means are acceptable.But King Zhongshun had no ability to control these things, so it didn't count that he set fire to himself, and it ruined his calculations.

Jia Hu took the initiative to submit the memorial to resign, and came to retreat as an advance. Originally, as long as the emperor returned the memorial, and then issued an order to appease the Jia family, at least it would be a win-win situation on the surface.

But King Zhongshun made another move, and successfully pushed the emperor and the entire royal family to the forefront.

Jia Hu’s memorial was delivered to the cabinet by the Secretary of General Administration, and then the cabinet should have passed it on to the study room. As a result, the memorial was suppressed by the cabinet for an entire hour, until the news from outside the palace reached the study room, and the emperor sent Dai Quan to ask Inquiry, several members of the cabinet knew about it.

Although the head of the household department who was serving in the cabinet committed suicide in fear of crime, the Criminal Division still found out his relationship with King Zhongshun.

The Supreme Emperor did not expect that his stupid son would be so bold that he ordered someone to detain Jia Hu's memorial, which is a felony.

If he had to say these things, he could still recognize them by pinching his nose, but there were some rumors outside the palace that made him almost vomit blood, saying that the death of Princess Beijing was too strange. Li poisoned the princess of Beijing.
The rumors outside the palace are getting more and more intense. If there is an autopsy, there may be a catastrophe, but if there is no autopsy, it will appear that the palace is guilty.

At this moment, Dai Quan, the chief eunuch in charge of the Qianqing Palace, walked out of the door with a memorial in his hand, and knelt down: "The servant, by the order of the emperor, brought the memorial of the king of Beijing County to help the coffin to go south to Jinling, please the emperor." Yulan!"

The Supreme Emperor only looked at the memorial in his hand and did not speak.

Dai Quan bowed his head nervously and knelt there.

Overlord: "Dai Quan."

Dai Quan immediately replied, "The servant is here."

Taishanghuang: "Tell the emperor to give rewards according to the regulations of the imperial court."

"Yes." Dai Quan kowtowed, got up and walked out quickly.

At this time, the Supreme Emperor could no longer suppress the anger in his heart, and slapped the table with his palm, "What a beast!"

Xia Shouzhong said: "The rumors are spread in water, in order to force the palace to allow him to carry the coffin south."

With a "hmph", the Supreme Emperor said coldly: "This is the path he chose, so don't blame me for being cruel."

Xia Shouzhong was slightly startled.

The Supreme Emperor looked at him: "What is that wicked person doing?"

Xia Shouzhong hesitated for a moment, then said in deliberation: "This old slave is going to call Lord Zhongshun?"

"What did you call him for? Call him to anger me?!"

After finishing speaking, the Supreme Emperor looked closely at Xia Shouzhong and asked, "Is that wicked person doing something shady again!"

Xia Shouzhong lowered his head.

The Supreme Emperor's eyes flashed: "Is that Mei Changwen also there?"

Xia Shouzhong: "Yes."

The Supreme Emperor: "Go and do something for me."

Xia Shouzhong: "Yes."

The Supreme Emperor: "Immediately go to Zhongshun Prince's Mansion and reward that Mei Changwen for my two mouthfuls."

"This"

Xia Shouzhong was taken aback and couldn't believe his ears.

The Supreme Emperor: "Go immediately."

"Yes." Xia Shouzhong walked out quickly.

Zhongshun Palace
outside study

Zhongjing Hou Shi Ding, Deputy Commander of the Infantry Yamen, Mei Changwen and Yushi Wang Rulin all came, and they all sat on the chairs beside them silently.

King Zhongshun kept walking back and forth, stopped suddenly, and slapped the desk angrily: "Not enough to succeed, more to fail! Idiot! Idiot! Go! Send out all the people in the infantry camp, and send out all the rumormongers!" Grab it! Grab it all!"

Shi Ding: "My lord, stay safe and don't be rash. You can arrest people if you are not restless, but you can't pace the barracks."

Deputy Commander: "What the Marquis Zhongjing said is that the prince has resigned from his post, and he can't transfer the troops of the infantry camp without permission. Not to mention at this time, it will give people a blame."

King Zhongshun: "Then tell me, how can these rumors disappear?"

Shi Ding and the deputy commander looked at each other without saying a word.

Mei Changwen: "The most important thing now is to find out who is behind it"

King Zhongshun said angrily: "It's hard to think about it, it must be the ghost of that little woman raised by Jia Hu!"

Shi Ding stood up: "Let's think about how to deal with the palace's accountability."

Deputy Commander: "Even if the emperor won't punish the prince, over there at the Dragon Head Palace."

King Zhongshun's face changed a little, and he sat down in front of the desk.

Wang Rulin hesitated for a moment, and said, "Our method is fine, but the wind direction is biased."

Mei Changwen nodded in agreement.

King Zhongshun: "Go ahead."

Wang Rulin: "Compared with major national events, ordinary people prefer to gossip about other people's lives, especially the private lives of wealthy families. Why can't our well-prepared rumors spread as quickly as others say?
Because things like mothers preferring younger sons to older sons are too common among the people.They can imagine it, that's why so many rumors spread. "

King Zhongshun's eyes lit up, he was not afraid of any rumors, the only thing he was worried about was the "rumors" that the queen mother favored herself and hated the emperor.

Mei Changwen went on to say: "Although there is no evidence to prove that Jia Hu was behind this incident, the emperor must have doubts, and that's enough. Next, as long as we follow the steps and slowly enlarge your majesty's suspicions, at that time, as long as If Jia Hu shows a little bit of ambition, he will definitely do it!"

King Zhongshun's eyes became brighter: "Good idea!"

Mei Changwen: "But I still have one worry."

King Zhongshun: "Oh? Let's hear it."

Mei Changwen glanced at Shi Ding first, and then said: "Now Jia Hu has mastered [-] elites. According to our plan, he will definitely have more military power. If he is pushed into a hurry, he will really rebel. , what shall we do?"

King Zhongshun smiled: "You see the emperor too simply. Don't be afraid that you will know that the emperor has absolute military power in the whole north. As for the south, the Supreme Emperor also has a new plan."

Suddenly, the chief eunuch's voice came from outside the door: "My lord, Chief Xia from Dragon Head Palace is here."

King Zhongshun was poured with cold water, and his face turned pale all of a sudden.

The door curtain was lifted, and Xia Shouzhong, the chief executive of the Dragon Head Palace, walked in slowly. His face was covered with a chrysanthemum-like smile. He first swept over Shi Ding and the others, then stopped for a moment on Mei Changwen, and then stepped forward. Said to King Zhongshun: "There is no purpose, the miscellaneous family just came to do something for the Supreme Emperor."

King Zhongshun was startled: "What, what?"

Xia Shouzhong made a serious face, turned around and shouted: "Who is Mei Changwen?"

Mei Changwen had already stood up, and after hearing this, he hurried forward and replied, "The next official is Mei Changwen."

Xia Shouzhong waved his hand: "Come here."

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Mei Changwen was taken aback for a moment, then took a few steps forward.

"Come here again."

"Crack! Crack!"

Xia Shouzhong slapped Mei Changwen skillfully.

Mei Changwen was stunned by the beating, King Zhongshun, Shi Ding, the deputy commander of the infantry yamen, and Wang Rulin were all stunned.

Xia Shouzhong turned around and said to King Zhongshun, "Forgive me, my lord, the Miscellaneous Family is following the order of the Supreme Emperor."

King Zhongshun came back to his senses, forced a smile on his face, "It's okay. It's okay."

Xia Shouzhong smiled: "Thank you, my lord. It's time for the miscellaneous family to go back. The Supreme Emperor is still waiting for the miscellaneous family to hand over their orders!"

After watching Xia Shouzhong go out, King Zhongshun turned his eyes to Mei Changwen, who was ashamed and indignant, and sighed deeply.

(End of this chapter)