Descendants of Pangu in the Great Desolation

Chapter 28
In a blink of an eye, half a month has passed since the second prince's wedding, the eldest prince Situ Ji has remained on the sidelines, while the fourth prince Situ Ao is a little restless.Situ Ao in the Minister's Mansion of the Ministry of Punishment asked Rong Lie anxiously: "Uncle, what are the attitudes of Shan Hui and Wang Ji? It is not good for us now that the second emperor brother has Yu Hua's support."

Rong Lie came slowly: "Fourth prince, don't be impatient. Not long ago, Shan Hui's nephew, Shan Lai, robbed a civilian girl in Liancheng. The woman was beaten out of the mansion with sticks, and the woman committed suicide in the Shan mansion that night when she did not come from Shan. Her father vomited blood and died when he heard that he was in a hurry and was seriously injured. Before he died, he confessed to his wife that he must ask for an explanation for his daughter. Asked the neighbors to write a complaint and sued the government, but Zhao Qingyun, the prefect of Liancheng, not only refused to accept it, but also said that the old woman framed Shan and kicked him out of the court. The old woman could not get justice for her daughter and found an old tree to hang herself. , was rescued by Shang Hong, the inspector of the eight prefectures who was inspected privately, and learned about the whole incident. Shang Hong was very angry and revealed his identity as the inspector, and brought the old woman to the Liancheng government office, and picked Zhao Qingyun's Ding Dai Hualing dismissed him from his official position and sent him to prison. Later, during the interrogation, Zhao Qingyun confessed that Shan Lai had bribed Shan Lai with 500 taels of silver so that he would not accept the case. Escorted to the government office and handed over to Qian Li of Fengjun Daotai for trial. Now Shan Hui is asking people to help reduce his sentence. Shan Hui knows that Qian Li and I have a good relationship. A few days ago, he asked Luo Ji, the Minister of Industry Give me a Jade Avalokitesvara, and want me to help. As long as I order him a little, he should stand on our side."

Situ Ao asked again: "What about Wang Ji, what does he mean?" Rong Lie patted Situ Ao's shoulders to reassure him, and said, "It's a bit difficult for him, but I believe uncle can help you win the title of crown prince." bit."

Three days later, Sun Lu, Prime Minister of the Right, and Yu Hua, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, came to the Prince Rui's Mansion one after the other.

Seeing his uncle, Situ Rui hurriedly asked, "Uncle, is what you said true?" Sun Lu nodded and said, "The second prince's matter is absolutely true. As long as Qian Li is right about Shan's favoritism, we will have evidence to prove that Shan Hui In order to cover up his nephew and accept bribes from Rong Lie, even with the help of Concubine Rong and the fourth prince, Rong Lie will have no time to turn back." Yu Hua smiled and said: "Yes, Master Yu is right, the fourth prince will be fine if Rong Lie collapses. Backer, don't talk about the crown prince at that time, maybe you won't even be able to keep the title of prince. Haha..." Situ Rui was overjoyed when he heard what the two said. Uncle and Father-in-law are gone, I will offer you a glass of tea instead of wine."

At the same time, the eldest prince Situ Ji, grandfather Yan Yin, and uncle Yan Fei in the university scholar Yan's mansion were also discussing the matter.

Situ Ji was puzzled as to why Situ Rui had to take away such credit at this critical moment, and asked, "Grandpa just watched this credit being taken away by the second child?" Yan Yin said to the impatient Situ Ji: "The eldest prince is calm, not for the second prince to take the credit, but for us to give him the credit this time. This is called playing hard to get. Let them think that the position of prince is bound to ignore us, and we will fight back when the time is right. Hit him by surprise, understand?" Situ Ji nodded slightly and said: "I understand, I will follow what my grandfather said and wait and see." Yan Fei smiled and said: "That's right, haha."

Five days later, at the beginning of Maoshi, all civil and military officials gathered in the court hall to wait for the daily routine "morning court".At three o'clock the emperor entered from the left side of the court hall and sat down in front of the dragon chair in the hall. Eunuch Xia, the chief eunuch next to him, shouted to all the officials in the hall: "Go to court." The emperor said: "Long live my emperor, long live, long live." Then all the officials stood up and stood on both sides.At this time, Eunuch Xia shouted to all the officials in the hall: "If there is something to announce, there is nothing to leave the court."

Situ Rui walked out from the side and knelt in front of the hall, holding the memorial in both hands, and said: "Report to my father, my son has something to report." The emperor saw that it was the second prince Rui'er who was married not long ago, and hurriedly said: "Submit it here. " Eunuch Xia walked down to Situ Rui, took the memorial from him, and returned to the emperor to present the memorial to the emperor.

After reading the memorial, the emperor still kept the memorial aside, and said angrily, "How unreasonable!" When all the officials saw the emperor's anger, they knelt down and bowed down, saying, "Your ministers are guilty, please appease your anger." The emperor asked Situ Rui: " Let's get back together. Ruier, is this serious?" Situ Rui nodded and said, "Every sentence of my son and minister is true, please check it out."

The emperor yelled at all the officials in the hall: "Where are the ministers of the Ministry of punishment and the minister of the Ministry of industry?" Long live, long live." The emperor asked the two people in the hall with a serious face: "Shan Hui, I came to ask you, do you ask Rong Lie to intercede with Master Qian Liqian of Fengjun Daotai on your behalf, and ask him to treat you well?" Nephew Shan Lai raises your noble hand, let me deal with it lightly!" Shan Hui knelt down when he heard the truth, and begged the emperor: "I am guilty, please forgive me." The emperor asked again: "Then Rong Lie, do you know crime?"

Rong Lie asked the emperor with a solemn face: "I don't understand. I just said a few words for Mr. Shan, just as a friend, what is the crime?" The emperor continued to ask: "Okay. Then I am asking You, did you accept Shan Hui's Jade Avalokitesvara as a thank-you gift?" Rong Lie stood on the hall like an eggplant beaten by frost, and said weakly: "I...I have nothing to say."

The emperor sternly shouted: "Since you have nothing to say, then don't blame me. What I hate the most is accepting bribes, and the crime alone deserves it. You actually try to intercede for him and reduce his punishment. Where is the Minister of Officials?" Yu Hua Walking out of the hall, he stood with his hands and said: "The minister is here." The emperor confessed to Yu Hua: "Put them in prison temporarily and leave them to you to deal with." Rong Lie replied: "The minister obeys the order." The emperor said again Shouted to the outside of the hall: "Come here, take the two of them down and put them in a big prison." Four guards walked in from outside the hall, half knelt down, and said: "Zunzhi" Hui and the powerless Rong Lie left the hall.

After the emperor saw that the two were escorted away, he turned his head and said to Prime Minister Zuo: "Prime Minister Zuo, you should immediately draw up an order to make a judgment and execute the judgment immediately!" Li Ze led the order and replied: "I obey the order." The emperor stood up from the dragon chair, said "dismiss court" to all the officials in the hall, and left the Chaohe Hall, and the officials dispersed and returned to their respective homes.

At Sishi Churui County Prince's Mansion, the Second Prince Situ Rui, Prime Minister Sun Lu and Minister of the Ministry of Officials Yu Hua sat in the hall, drinking tea and chatting about the affairs of the early court.

Prime Minister You took a sip of tea and said, "Second prince, now the fourth prince has no strength to stand up, and our greatest enemy is the first prince." Situ Rui picked up the teacup and respected Li Ze and Yu Hua, saying: "Haha, Rui I will invite my uncle and my father-in-law to Huibin Building for dinner later, to celebrate today's victory, and Rui'er will offer tea to both of you."

At the same time, the eldest prince, grandfather and uncle in the Yan Mansion were also discussing today's affairs.

The eldest prince smiled and said to Yan Yin: "Grandpa is really clever. He asked the second child to help us eradicate the fourth child. He thought he had paved the way for himself. How could he know the truth of the mantis catching the cicada and the oriole? I don’t even know the stumbling block.” Yan Yin said with a smile: “Humph, it’s a few years too early for Li Ze to compete with the old man, ha ha.”

At the same time, the door of the imperial study room in the palace was closed, and the emperor thought about today's events alone inside, and thought to himself: "Haier is right, Ruier got married just half a month ago, and Rong Lie caused trouble. It seems that I have to chat with Haier." The emperor shouted to the door: "Go to Fuze Palace and find Xiao Shunzi." After the guards outside the room responded, they left the imperial study room and asked the Seventh Prince not far away. Bedroom, go to Fuze Palace.

A moment later, Xiao Shunzi followed the guards from Fuze Palace to the outside of the Imperial Study Room, and was passed by the guards into the Imperial Study Room.Xiao Shunzi walked into the room, knelt down and said, "Your servant kowtows to the emperor, long live the emperor." The emperor looked at him and said, "Xiao Shunzi, go to Pingwang's mansion immediately, and invite the son of Hai into the palace, just say that I have something to do." Look for him." Xiao Shunzi hurriedly asked: "Slave is going now, do you want to invite Prince Ping and the eldest son to enter the palace together?" The emperor waved his hand and said: "No need, just invite Situ Hai alone. If you ask me If there is anything, just say that Jieer is looking for him, there is no need to say anything else."

"According to the decree, the slave will leave." Xiao Shunzi took the order to leave the imperial study, took the palace badge from Eunuch Xia, the chief eunuch, and left the palace to walk to Prince Ping's mansion.

(End of this chapter)