Phoenix that can't smile

Chapter 326
The former imperial eunuch, Xiao Ruzi, carefully presented the post found outside the hall of Shuilong Scholar to Ming Gong. After Ming Gong read it carefully, he was suddenly furious and shot the case on the spot.

"How unreasonable is this? Who is so bold that he dares to openly criticize the widow's new policy and slander the court? He deserves death! Little Ruzi, send Lu Kai and Cheng Rong to the palace to see you." Ming Gong glared at the trembling little Ruzi , commanded sharply.

After a while, the inexplicable Lu Kai and Cheng Rong hurried into the palace to pay their respects. Seeing that Ming Gong was so angry, they didn't dare to speak first, and stood there.

"Two lovers, the queen just fell into the water in Xiyuan. In the blink of an eye, someone dared to paste documents indiscriminately under the eyes of the widow, cursing the new policy of the widow. Tell me, who is this person so bold? He actually caused trouble in the palace?" Ming Gong asked angrily.

"My lord, I believe that the person who secretly tampered with outside the palace of Shuilong Shuren must be someone from the palace, otherwise he would not dare to sneak into the imperial court so blatantly." Lu Kai insisted.

"Lu Kai, what do you mean, arrest and torture all the maids and eunuchs in Shuilong Shuren Palace?" Ming Gong said angrily.

Cheng Rong immediately stepped forward to stop him and said: "Your Majesty, you must not, the servants of Shuilong Shuren Hall, big and small, including handymen, total more than dozens of people, if they are all arrested suddenly, the whole palace will inevitably be in chaos. Rumors are the most frightening thing, once the king arrests people in a big way, there will be rumors outside, rumors that there is a big change in the palace, when the time comes, things will become more and more chaotic, and I am afraid it will be out of control."

"Well, Mr. Cheng, what you said is reasonable. It seems that there is only a secret investigation in this case. The widow has decided that you have full power to handle this matter. You must bring the guy who secretly spread rumors to justice!" Mingong reluctantly nodded.

"My Majesty, after reading the documents posted by the rumormongers on the palace gate, I think that this matter is very likely to be instigated by the local princes who are dissatisfied with the imperial government's policies, such as opposing the measurement of land, opposing the weakening of the princes' fiefdoms, and opposing unified taxation. , are commonplace, but I am worried that the claws of the local princes can actually enter the Chaoyang Palace, it is really terrifying!" Cheng Rong respectfully took the document of exposing the post, and after examining it carefully, he cupped his hands and analyzed.

"Looking at the world today, who else would dare to oppose the imperial court?" Ming Gong raised his thick eyebrows and said dismissively.

"Your Majesty, although the former prime minister Jiang Xuan and the great general Wang Zhi have fallen one after another, the new policy of the imperial court will still touch the interests of the powerful nobles. It is reasonable for them to oppose fiercely." Cheng Rong said.

"For the sake of the government, those in power who hide behind the scenes dare to secretly inform the palace and further murder the queen. If this is true, I will definitely not let them go!" Minggong thought again and again, and angrily shook his fist.

Outside the threshold of Yuhua Palace, Jinggui and Fanggui, who were extremely anxious, stood outside the door, waiting for the reply from the palace servants. After a long time, Du Juan, the maid of Yuhua Palace, came out slowly and invited them. An: "You two young masters, there has been a lot of rumors recently, so I invite the two young masters to walk around to the side door."

"What are you talking about? Isn't it just that something happened to Xiyuan? Everyone is in the same canoe, why are you so frightened and secretive? If you knew it, you wouldn't have done it." Opened the cuckoo, dragged nobleman Fang into the inner palace, and came in front of nobleman Yuan.

"What's the matter? Two younger sisters?" Noble Yuan leaned on the soft couch, and looked at Noble Jing and Noble Fang with a half-smile.

"Sister, a catastrophe is imminent! I heard that outside the Shuilong Shuren Palace this morning, someone posted a poster on the palace wall, slandering the government. The king suspected that it was someone from the harem who did it. It happened that the queen was in the lake in Xiyuan If something goes wrong, will your majesty use this to suspect us and send someone to investigate the matter?" Jing Guiren said with a pale face.

(End of this chapter)