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Chapter 239: Admonishment by the soldiers in the court
The next day, Lady Zhu came to the East Palace to tell Haitang that she had met the emperor and told him to go to court and accept the Wala Xiantu.The queen also knew about this, and the concubine would also urge the emperor to attend court early tomorrow morning.Haitang immediately asked Chang Le to go out to the East Palace and inform Prince Chu of all the progress in the palace.

Yan Shiyi and Ling Xue intercepted King Kang's sedan on his way back to his home.They covered King Kang's head with a sack, dragged him to an alley and beat him.Yan Shiyi used Jin Yiwei's beating method: on the surface, he looked intact, but on the inside, his muscles and bones were broken.

Ling Xue smiled secretly in her heart when she saw it: Master Shiyi is so cruel. Not only will Prince Kang not be able to go to court the next day, but it will be great if he can go to court in the second month.

Chu Yi and An Qing sneaked into the houses of Pei Shiyan and Ye Jiquan respectively, and administered itching powder to one and laxatives to King Kang's father-in-law.This laxative is not just croton, but a laxative made from several laxatives such as croton, rhubarb, senna, and thenardite, mixed together in proportion.There is no cure, and it has to last a day and a night before it is over.Needless to say, it tastes so sour and refreshing.

When he went to court the next day, Cao Baoli in the palace certainly didn't know this yet, but he suspected that it was the empress who asked the concubine Dao to persuade the emperor, so the emperor had to go to court to accept the Wala Xiantu.Afraid of being deceived, he specially asked the young chamberlain to go outside the palace and take a look. Prince Irgen was indeed outside, holding a scroll of pictures, waiting to hear the announcement.

It was true. Cao Baoli was relieved a little and helped the emperor go to the hall.Seeing the emperor sitting down on the dragon throne, everyone took a deep breath tacitly: success or failure depends on this one move!
"To inform my father, I will inspect Henan in the next year and find out two cases of official corruption, involving 100 million taels of gold and 500 million taels of silver. The governor of Henan is to blame. I sincerely ask my father to punish them severely." King Cheng First, report the matter.

The emperor became a little angry when he heard this, and said: "Corruption is the most abominable thing. These people who have no law in their eyes should be dismissed from their posts and investigated! Prince Cheng, I give you full authority to deal with it."

As soon as King Cheng retreated, Sun Yang, the censor of Zuodu, reported again: "Your Majesty, the riots among the refugees in Jingxiang have been put down, and the resettlement of the refugees on the spot has been successful. However, a humble official secretly investigated, and the imperial court allocated funds to provide resettlement and relief to the refugees. The money was withheld, and the refugees could not feel the emperor's great kindness, causing the people's hearts to wander."

"Someone is tampering with the relief provided to the refugees? Check it out for me! I won't let it go!" The emperor became even more angry when he heard this, and the good mood he felt when he got up to go to court was gone.

When Cao Baoli heard something wrong, he couldn't open the morning court as a complaint meeting.He hurriedly proclaimed to the outside of the hall: "Prince Xuanwala, Irgen, has an audience!"

"Wait a minute!" Sun Yanxi, the minister of Dali Temple, came out and said: "Your Majesty, I have something to report to you. It is related to the dignity of the royal family. It is not suitable for foreign princes to be present."

"Oh? Then let Irgen wait. Sun Aiqing, please speak." The emperor's anger has not subsided, and he does not want Irgen to come in now.

"Your Majesty, when Dali Temple was investigating the case, we accidentally received news that a minister was planning to rebel. The humble minister did not dare to neglect, and quickly arranged for an unannounced investigation. As expected, we found out that the minister actually had a dragon robe hidden in his home. Long Mian, the intention to rebel is clearly exposed." Sun Yanxi reported.

"Bold! There are such treacherous ministers and traitors! Do you think I don't exist anymore?" The emperor sat upright in anger. The refugee rebellion had just been suppressed, and there was another ministerial rebellion in the capital. As expected, they are not good people, and they are not allowed to be allowed. Have you devoted yourself to practice?The emperor pointed at Sun Yanxi below and said, "You won't capture this guy for me yet!"

As soon as the emperor finished speaking, two rows of Yulin guards came in from outside the palace. Together with the Jingwei, they subdued the Jinwu guards outside the palace by surprise. The Jingwei also forcibly took over the guard of the palace.

Yan Shiyi's task today is to stop all the Jinyi guards who want to enter the palace, as well as the fans from Dongchang and Xichang.

Zhao Muzhe ordered: "We are under orders to capture the rebels. Yulin Guards, enter!" The Yulin Guards quickly subdued Cao Baoli, Tian Jun and Wu Dezhong who were beside the dragon chair.Wu Dezhong still wanted to resist, but An Qing, who was among the Yulin guards, grabbed his pulse and pushed him to the ground.

The emperor was startled: "I asked you to catch the rebels, but how did you catch my ministers? They are all eunuchs, what use is my dragon chair?" The emperor did not believe it.

Sun Yanxi shouted outside the palace: "Master Zuo, present the evidence!" Zuo Zhangquan entered the palace holding a dragon robe and a crown in his hand, followed by the housekeeper of the Cao Mansion and his wife.Zuo Zhangquan bowed and said, "Your Majesty, this is the dragon robe and crown that I found in Lord Cao's house this morning. The steward of Cao's house and Mrs. Cao all witnessed it!"

When the housekeeper and his wife entered the main hall, they were too weak to stand. At this moment, with a "pop", they knelt down and worshiped: "Your Majesty, have mercy on me, Your Majesty, have mercy on me! This dragon robe was brought back by our master and has nothing to do with us!" "

The emperor stood up from the dragon chair, trembled his index finger, pointed at Cao Baoli and said: "You...you...have earned my wholehearted trust in vain, and you have done such a treasonous thing!"

Cao Baoli was covered in sweat. When he looked down, he found that King Kang and Pei Shangshu were not there. Knowing this, he quickly knelt down and kowtowed: "Wei ministers are loyal to the emperor. They are just playing tricks and have no intention of treason." ! Your Majesty, I am a rootless person who has long since given up my descendants. How can I sit on your throne!"

The emperor laughed angrily: "Can this dragon robe be worn for fun? You are confused!"

Cao Baoli saw the emperor's smiling face, as if he saw a glimmer of hope. He smiled bitterly and said: "Your Majesty, even marrying this lady is what you suggested me to do. You said, it's no use. Marry her back for fun. Cao Gouzi knows his mistake. Sorry, Cao Gouzi is so cowardly, Your Majesty, please spare my life!"

This Cao Baoli had a nickname of "Gouzi". The emperor would call him "Cao Gouzi" whenever he was happy in the palace. When he called him like this, the emperor thought of many things where Cao Baoli spared no effort to make himself happy, and he sighed. One breath.

Seeing that the situation was not good, King Cheng winked at Zuo Zhangquan. When Zuo Zhangquan moved, Zhao Muzhe also moved.For a time, there were soldiers holding swords and bows inside and outside the palace.

Zuo Zhangquan and Zhao Muzhe saluted the emperor, and Zhao Muzhe said: "Your Majesty! Never let these traitors be spared! They took bribes, perverted the law, brought trouble to the court, and took human life seriously. Now they intend to rebel. If they are not sentenced to death, what will be left in the hands of the soldiers?" Dao Jian disagrees!”

All civil and military officials in the court knelt down and said: "If we don't kill Cao Cao's thief, the people will be angry!"

The emperor looked around in panic and saw crowds of people and flashes of cold light. The civil and military officials in the court knelt on the ground, but no one came out to intercede for Cao Baoli.The emperor had no steps to go down, so he sighed and said, "That's all! Drag him down and behead him at noon tomorrow."

"Emperor Shengming!"

Guo Kuan and Lu Ping, who had been driven away by Cao Baoli, did not know when they had stood beside the emperor. Guo Kuan shouted: "Retreat!"

When the emperor saw Guo Kuan and Lu Ping, the two transferred chamberlains had returned, he felt relieved, as if he finally had someone to rely on. He quickly held Guo Kuan's arm and said: "Guo Kuan, hurry up, help him quickly." I’m going back!”

Haitang mentioned to the Queen Mother that after several Cao Baoli were beheaded, the Emperor did not have a handy chamberlain around him. He suggested that the Queen bring back Guo Kuan and others who had been with the Emperor before but were driven away by Cao Baoli. In this way, at least, The emperor will not be uncomfortable with it.Seeing Guo Kuan at this time, the emperor seemed to have grasped a life-saving straw to save his face:

I also have Guo Kuan, Lu Ping, and Cao Baoli. Just kill them!

(End of this chapter)