Xiangmen black-bellied woman

Chapter 185 It's time to reward the princess!
In the Chengqian Hall, Baili Qingcang rubbed his forehead with his hands, his face was livid and furious, and his eyes were fixed on a group of people kneeling in the center of the hall.

"Okay, that's great. One is a high-ranking member of the imperial court, and the other is Princess Zhaohua, whom I have appointed personally. You two can fight in public and involve so many people. Do you still have a king in your eyes?" Fa, is there still my emperor?"

"Your Majesty, rest your anger."

"I can't stop my anger now! Xiao Jingran, you want to send Xiao Huanxi to the funeral for the big fuss. I miss you sending a white-haired person to a black-haired person, so I don't pursue it. It's a good funeral. Why do you have to go around two streets to send it to me?" Did you go to the gate of Princess Zhaohua's mansion?"

Xiao Jingran knelt on the ground, raised his head and wanted to speak, but Baili Qingcang didn't give you a chance to speak, and interrupted him with a wave of his arm: "There is also Ninghua, I regard you as my most beloved daughter, and I treat you like you on weekdays. I love you in every way, I thought you were the most sensible, but I didn't expect you to do such a stupid thing!"

Shen Ninghua kowtowed: "Ninghua is guilty, please punish my father."

"Can this matter be settled with simple punishment? At that time, the two streets were blocked, and so many people gathered together..."

Baili Qingcang sighed deeply, his expression was full of tiredness, the impact of this incident was too bad, and he still doesn't know what the loss will be.

Xiao Jingran and Xiao Fengjue knelt on the right side, Shen Ninghua and Chu Junyi knelt on the left side, and the other officials all knelt behind the four with their heads down, trying to shrink their stature, for fear of being caught out by the emperor first.

There was silence in the hall, and after a long while, a servant finally came to report: "Your Majesty, the Secretary of the Household Department and the Governor of Jingwei Prefecture who went to investigate have returned."

Baili Qingcang suppressed the burgeoning anger in his heart, and uttered a word in a cold voice: "Xuan!"

Yin of Jingwei Mansion knelt in front of Baili Qingcang, and presented the folder in his hands with both hands: "Reporting to the emperor, this funeral incident involved more than 26 people, of which 12 died, [-] were slightly injured, and [-] were seriously injured. , the wounded have been sent to the hospital for treatment, and the hearts of the people are not disturbed except for a little fright."

As soon as these words came out, many officials were surprised, and there were many casualties, and the people were only slightly frightened.A censor couldn't help but say: "Minister of Jingwei Prefecture, are you being too hasty? 26 people were killed and six were seriously injured. This number is already huge in the capital, and the people are only slightly affected. some scares?"

Yin of the Jingwei Mansion turned around and said, "My lord Qin, I haven't finished reporting to the emperor yet, how about I explain it to you after I have finished reporting?"

Master Qin who was speaking was choked immediately, seeing Baili Qingcang's cold eyes on the stage, he quickly pleaded guilty: "Your Majesty, I'm just too worried about the people, and I'm in a hurry, please forgive me."

"Minister of Jingwei Prefecture, you continue to talk, what else?"

"Reporting to the emperor, the reason why the people did not panic was mainly thanks to Her Royal Highness Princess Zhaohua. At that time, the situation was out of control. Fortunately, the princess sent people to rescue the people and stabilize the people's hearts. This brought the situation under control. If it hadn't been for Princess, I don’t know how many people will be killed or injured this time.”

Baili Qingcang looked at Shen Ninghua: "Ninghua, you sent someone to rescue the people, and your father just asked a question, why didn't you tell him?"

Shen Ninghua looked ashamed: "Reporting to Father, the incident happened at the gate of my mansion, causing such a commotion and causing Father to worry, I am already extremely remorseful, Father should be punished no matter what, Ninghua pleaded guilty, there is nothing to explain .”

Hubu Shangshu strongly disapproved: "The princess is too modest. More than 500 people panicked. The princess sent people to save everyone, but only caused minor injuries to some people. This is a miracle. Your Majesty, My humble minister asks the emperor to reward the princess again!"

The officials below were shocked, so many people gathered together and rioted, but in the end, few people were injured, only a dozen people were slightly injured?

Baili Qingcang was also stunned for a moment, before asking aloud: "Then the 26 people who were said to have died just now are..."

Hubu Shangshu looked a little strange, and glanced at Xiao Jingran: "Reporting to the emperor, those who died were all the Xiao family's funeral procession, and the seriously injured person was also a servant of the Xiao family. Except for the trampling and destruction of a few stalls around, The people were not harmed."

"What?" Baili Qingcang stared at Shen Ninghua who was kneeling on the ground with wide eyes, and suddenly smiled loudly, "Okay! Ninghua, get up quickly, tell me, what's going on here?"

Shen Ninghua straightened up, but did not get up as she said: "Return to Father, you also know that Xiao Huanxi died because he failed to murder me, but Old General Xiao obviously didn't think so, he thought it was me who killed his daughter, But due to the will of his father, he didn't dare to make trouble for me publicly, so he had to stumbling in the dark, trying to deliberately embarrass me in the name of funeral, and it would be better to involve some innocent people."

Xiao Jingran suddenly raised his head: "Don't talk nonsense!"

"Am I talking nonsense? Master Xiao knows best. The funeral procession went around two streets to the gate of the mansion, and stayed in front of the gate for about a quarter of an hour without leaving. This attracted the surrounding people to stop and watch, Xiao It doesn't matter if adults don't admit it, so many people can testify for me!

"At that time, I saw that there were too many people around, so I hurriedly asked people to block the people, for fear of any accidents. Fortunately, as a princess, the mansion can call three hundred guards, otherwise, I'm afraid it will be really hard to be thorough this time."

Xiao Jingran gritted his teeth tightly, his cheekbones trembled, he raised his hand abruptly, and bowed deeply to Baili Qingcang: "Reporting to the emperor, this old minister is really sad. This old minister has fought for the country for many years, and only has one son under his knees." A daughter, I never thought that the daughter of a veteran minister who is as beautiful as a flower and a jade will disappear in one fell swoop, so I did such a thing in a moment of anger, please punish the emperor."

It’s a good move to retreat and advance. Seeing that there are people who testify that they can’t quibble, they simply admit it. Could it be that the emperor can punish the veteran who has fought for the country for many years and died of his daughter just because of a moment of anger?

Shen Ninghua sneered: "Master Xiao, you have done much more than that."

Xiao Jingran turned his head suddenly, frowned and asked, "Why did the princess say that?"

Hubu Shangshu nodded: "The princess is right. If the people just watched, it would not cause riots at all. The main reason is that someone deliberately threw silver ingots from the upstairs while the people were gathering, and the people looted it. event."

"Someone threw a silver ingot?"

"Yes," Minister of the Ministry of War ordered to present the evidence, "Your Majesty, this is the evidence obtained by the lower officials."

Baili Qingcang held the silver ingot in his hand and looked at it for a while: "It's just some ordinary silver taels, can anyone prove it?"

"Because the scene was too flustered, no strong certification was found."

Xiao Jingran's tightly clenched fists slowly loosened, and his tense expression relaxed slightly.

Baili Qingcang sat on the throne, frowning tightly. The common people did not suffer any harm in this incident. It would be too much to directly convict Xiao Jingran. If he is not punished, it is inevitable that he will get worse in the future.

"My dear friends, what do you think of this incident?"

Officials, you look at me, I look at you, one by one take turns to speak:
"Your Majesty, I believe that this matter has not had any serious consequences, so it can be dealt with lightly."

"No, although the consequences are not very serious, but the nature of the incident this time is extremely bad, I believe that a heavy punishment should be imposed, otherwise it is inevitable that someone will follow suit next time, and I am afraid that there will be extremely serious consequences at that time."

"Although the nature of the matter is bad, there are also factors of coincidence. Furthermore, it is understandable that Mr. Xiao is sad. If he is severely punished, it will inevitably chill the old minister's heart."

Everyone came and went and quarreled extremely lively, but they didn't say a word about how to deal with it.Shen Ninghua lowered her eyes. These officials have a way with Si Ni. Fortunately, she is prepared to fight back, otherwise it may be difficult to shake the Xiao family this time.

When everyone was arguing, the servant came in hurriedly: "Report to the emperor, the abbot of Guangning Temple is outside the palace."

"What?" Baili Qing stood up abruptly, causing the officials to immediately stop talking, wondering why the emperor had such a big reaction.

Chu Junyi looked at Shen Ninghua and nodded slightly at her.

The abbot of Guangning Temple was originally surnamed Qiu, but before he entered Buddhism, he had a wife, Baili Qingcang's aunt. Later, this aunt was assassinated because she supported Baili Qingcang's ascension to the throne. He was framed for his party struggle, and later he simply shaved his hair and became a hater, and entered Buddhism, with the name of Guangshan.

A monk in cassock with white beard and hair walked in slowly and bowed to Baili Qingcang.

"Master, no courtesy, come and give me a seat!"

"The poor monk dare not." Guangshan did not take his seat, and directly declined.

Baili Qingcang sat back on his seat, with a trace of nostalgia on his face. Decades have passed in a blink of an eye, and there are very few old people in the court now: "Why did the master come here?"

Guangshan looked at Shen Ninghua who was on the side: "This time I came here for the monks in the temple."

"Monk in the temple?"

"Yes, Princess Zhaohua invited four monks from the temple to do a religious ceremony, but only three of them returned to the temple, but they were seriously injured. One monk has disappeared without a trace. May I ask the princess, Where is that man now?"

Shen Ninghua raised her eyes: "Master, I'm afraid I will disappoint you, that monk will never return to the temple."

Guangshan's expression changed, and he closed his eyes and recited the Buddha's name: "Amitabha."

Shen Ninghua raised her head: "Father, the Xiao family's funeral procession will smash the gate of my mansion with a coffin. At that time, several eminent monks were performing on the stage. After the gate fell, they smashed the high platform. One of the four eminent monks died on the spot , and the other three were also seriously injured."

"There is such a thing?" Baili Qingcang frowned. ,

Shen Ninghua lowered her eyes: "Ninghua doesn't know, but it's a pity that the four eminent monks are all to blame. My mother's birthday is coming up. I have been restless in my dreams for the past few days. I wanted to do a ritual for my mother to accumulate blessings. There are so many things involved."

Jingyan's birthday?Yes, he used to celebrate birthdays with Jingyan...

Xiao Jingran's face turned pale. The incident actually involved Guangning Temple. Others didn't know, but he knew about the relationship between Guangning Temple and the emperor. The matter... was difficult...

(End of this chapter)