Rebirth of a famous family: Mala's first wife

Chapter 143 Fragmentation
Emperor Yanxi said that Cao Guogong's family was loyal, but he didn't think so at all in his heart.

Cao Guogong is unparalleled in meritorious service, and he is an extremely human minister. Emperor Yanxi has no seals on him, no rewards, but recently, people have written letters, accusing this Duke of the country of being arrogant and domineering, with ulterior motives, not only conniving with his subordinates, The servants are making money in various prefectures and counties, and the army he is in charge of is still following his lead, "only obeying the orders of the generals, not the orders of the emperor"...

Emperor Yanxi ignored all this, but the seeds of doubt still germinated quietly in his heart.

In the hands of Emperor Yanxi, he personally took charge of an elite inner guard, and reported to him every move of the ministers at any time.Originally, in the court, there was nothing that could be hidden from this seasoned emperor.But regarding Cao Guogong, there are very few cases brought back by the inner guards.If there is, it is basically positive news, nothing more than how diligent Cao Guogong is, how he loves soldiers like sons, and so on.This made him feel gratified and admired, even, gratified and admired to the point of fear.He was afraid that what was said in the impeachment memorials was true. The sergeants and the common people only knew that there was a general, but not that there was a majesty!

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In addition to Cao Guogong, Emperor Yanxi also has a knot in his heart, and that is his princes.

Emperor Yanxi has not established a crown prince yet, but he clearly knows that several older princes have secretly connected with some important ministers in the court!

The first prince born to concubine Shu, the second prince born to the empress, and the fourth prince born to concubine Rong each had a large number of supporters.

Cui Duo, Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishments, undoubtedly supports the First Prince!
Otherwise, Cui Duo would not have investigated and dealt with the matter of the third prince being poisoned and dumb back then.The stack of top-secret files submitted by Cui Duo is still in the secret room of the Hall of Mental Cultivation. Emperor Yanxi was completely lenient towards his biological mother, Concubine Shu, because he saw that the eldest son of the emperor was talented and didn't know about it beforehand. .At that time, only dozens of palace maids were killed and Youyou's mouth was sealed, but the crime of the murderer Concubine Shu was not made public.

It's just that in the more than three years since then, Emperor Yanxi has never set foot in Concubine Shu's Zhongxiu Palace.

Concubine Shu, although she is still one of the four concubines in name, her treatment is not as good as before. Zhongxiu Palace has become a de facto cold palace!
Even the eldest prince himself knows that his mother and concubine made an unforgivable mistake, if he still wants to win the favor of his father, he must completely cut off contact with his sinful biological mother!

And the courtiers also understood that if the emperor was willing to give the eldest prince a chance, then the premise must be to give Concubine Shu the death!
So many people think that if Concubine Shu is really willing to think about the eldest prince, she should kill herself early!

It's a pity that concubine Shu didn't die.As a result, the eldest prince's situation is very embarrassing.Because of Emperor Yanxi's suspicion, the eldest prince has been closing his door to thank guests for the past few years, cultivating himself, and no longer interacting with his uncle and courtiers.

But Emperor Yanxi could feel the delicate atmosphere in the court hall.After all, the outstanding talent and perseverance of the eldest son of the emperor are too similar to himself. Many former followers have not given up on the eldest son of the emperor. For example, Cui Duo, Shangshu of the Ministry of punishment, is an obvious one!
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Emperor Yanxi thought about it quickly, and came to his own conclusion: the masked night attack last night was by no means a coincidence!On the surface, this action was aimed at Fu Heng's daughter, but in fact it was aimed at Cui Duo's faction. The purpose was also very simple. It was to warn Fu Heng and beat Cui Duo, so as to arouse everyone's support for the eldest prince. Attention, it made the already unclear dispute over the establishment of the reserve even more chaotic!
Thinking this way, Emperor Yanxi believed that the main messengers behind it were Duke Cao and Concubine De.

After all, although the third prince is useless, they have another bargaining chip in their hands, and that is the newborn little grandson!

Emperor Yanxi was very vigilant about this.There has never been a lack of examples of foreign relatives monopolizing power in the past dynasties. How do you know that Cao Guogong's family would not have such a big dream in the Spring and Autumn Period, hoping to use the little emperor's grandson as a puppet, and then take power, and even change the dynasty? !

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Jing Zhaoyin peeked at Emperor Yanxi's complexion changing again and again, and secretly wiped a cold sweat from his heart.Although this trip was dangerous, he still had to complete the queen's entrustment.

Anyway, Jing Zhaoyin decided to add another firewood to the emperor's nameless anger, so he took out something from his arms and presented it to the imperial court respectfully.

"Your Majesty, please take a look. This is a secret letter found from those thieves, which is enough to prove that Cao Guogong's family has evil intentions and evil intentions!" Jing Zhaoyin used a very affirmative tone, as if he was very pleased with the appearance of such a scum in the court. And outraged.

Looking at the secret letter, Emperor Yanxi's face became more and more ugly. He glanced at the eunuch Wei Chen who was standing beside him, and said expressionlessly: "Submit it!"

Wei Chen hurriedly took the secret letter and held it in front of Emperor Yanxi.

Emperor Yanxi took it, looked at it at a glance, and looked at it carefully again, his face suddenly became very strange.

"Jing Zhaoyin, are you sure this is the evidence of Cao Guogong's rebellion?" Emperor Yanxi stared at Jing Zhaoyin coldly, his sharp eyes almost poked two holes in Jing Zhaoyin's face.

Jing Zhaoyin shuddered all over, but was startled suddenly.What he didn't understand was why the emperor still refused to believe such an obvious fact!

"Reporting to the emperor, I am willing to guarantee my life. Cao Guogong has long been plotting against me! In addition to the physical evidence just presented, I also have personal evidence! I suggest that the surviving man in black be sent for questioning." , Confess the crime of Cao Guogong in court!" Jing Zhaoyin was determined to make Concubine De's party look good, and every sentence he said at this time was like a boulder, resounding on the floor.

Emperor Yanxi's face turned livid in an instant, and he suddenly shouted: "Enough!"

When Jing Zhaoyin didn't know why, Emperor Yanxi gave an order in a high voice, "Come here! Arrest this villain who deceives people with lies and spouts blood, and hand it over to the Ministry of Punishment for accountability!"

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Immediately, two valiant and high-spirited inner guards walked in from outside the palace, and without saying a word, they dragged the dumbfounded Jing Zhaoyin outside.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, I am wronged, I am wronged!" Jing Zhaoyin fell from the sky in an instant to the ground, and when he was being dragged out like a rag bag, he finally shouted unwillingly.

"Hmph! You still have the guts to cry out for injustice!" Emperor Yanxi sneered coldly, his whole body as cold as an ancient sword in a cold pool, "You know, I hate deceitful people the most in my life! You are clearly the one who shouted to catch the thief Framed and framed!"

Emperor Yanxi said bitterly, and threw out the secret letter in his hand in disgust.

Jing Zhaoyin finally realized that something was wrong, and his suspicious eyes flicked back and forth between the fluttering secret letter and the emperor's uncertain expression.He didn't know where the strength came from, but he broke away from the two guards suddenly, staggered and threw himself in front of the emperor's desk, with trembling hands, he picked up the secret letter.

He only took a quick glance, and beads of sweat the size of beans burst out on his forehead.

Because, this turned out to be a letter that he was completely unfamiliar with!In a heart-to-heart tone, the person who wrote the letter asked him to wait for the opportunity to cut off the eldest prince's henchmen, so as to prevent the eldest prince from making a comeback.Moreover, the signer was none other than the eldest brother of the current empress!
Jing Zhaoyin felt as if he had fallen into an ice cellar, and felt that his breathing would freeze into ice.Even he was already stunned, it is conceivable that Emperor Yanxi would be furious when he saw this letter.

"Your Majesty! Your Majesty is holy!" Jing Zhaoyin suddenly uttered a terrified and fierce cry, which was the last struggle of the stupid trapped beast before dying, "This, this is not the secret letter that I found out at all! It is Now, someone must have tampered with the minister's study and used this forged letter to frame the minister!"

It's a pity that he only found out that someone had secretly exchanged letters at this time, but it was too late.What's even more frightening is that even after thinking about it, he couldn't figure out when the other party made the move, and why he didn't even notice it!
Jing Zhaoyin spoke incoherently and uttered this excuse, but what greeted him was the sullen and disappointed eyes of Emperor Yanxi.

Emperor Yanxi snorted coldly, "Since you said it was framed by someone, then I would like to ask you why it was you Jing Zhaoyin who was framed and not any other minister!"

Jing Zhaoyin was left speechless by the question.He froze for a moment before turning his mind again.In just a moment, he had already made a choice, and his whole body became sober, and he actually showed a bit of the backbone of seeing death as home, and calmly said: "Back to the emperor, that person must have resorted to such insidious means to slander The empress and the uncle of the country! It is not a pity for me to die, but please don't be deceived by those villains, and you must believe in the innocence of the empress!" After finishing speaking, he solemnly kowtowed three times, his face showing He took on a righteous and awe-inspiring demeanor.

As the saying goes, being with a king is like being with a tiger.Now that he has stepped into the vortex of power, he should have expected such a day of death!
However, in doing so, he neglected the most important point and violated Emperor Yanxi's taboo!Emperor Yanxi hated the collusion between the courtiers and the harem and the prince the most. Seeing that Jing Zhaoyin would rather die than die to protect the queen, he was already furious in his heart. Originally, his hatred for the queen was only [-] points, but now it has risen to [-] points!
"Hmph! A life-and-death thing!" Emperor Yanxi didn't want to waste any more expression, ordered the guards to escort Jing Zhaoyin to the Ministry of Punishment, and turned to Wei Chen, "Call the empress!"

Wei Chen's heart skipped a beat. He saw the intertwined emotions of anger, cruelty, and sternness on Emperor Yanxi's face, and he also noticed Emperor Yanxi's hands clenched into fists.That is to say, the Empress... is finally going to be in big trouble!

"Yes, Your Majesty! This servant will invite the Empress to come here." Wei Chen obediently agreed, and carefully retreated.

And on the way to Jingren Palace, he kept frowning and thinking, what kind of master could sneak into Jing Zhaoyin's side smoothly and replace such important documents? ! ——He has served the imperial court for many years, so he naturally knows that the emperor has already seen that Jing Zhaoyin was designed by others, but the problem is that the emperor finally chose to use this as an opportunity to ask the empress for an explanation!If it is true that the emperor and empress are out of harmony, and the queen is out of favor, then it must be said that the person behind this has made a very powerful move!

(End of this chapter)