Fortunate Young Gentleman

Three years ago, the assassination of the Chu envoy was finally attributed to the Tang family, but the focus was still diverted. The Tang family paid a steward and the position of the Imperial Academy to eliminate the matter.

Just when everyone thought that the matter would end here, a letter from the Chu envoy pushed the case to a climax again and pushed the Tang family to the forefront.

Chen and Chu were friendly countries. In addition to sending envoys to communicate every year, the two countries also had envoys stationed in each other's capital.

Three years ago, the Chu envoy was assassinated, and Chu was furious. In order to appease Chu, Chen ordered a thorough investigation of the case, but it ended up in nothing.

Now the old case is brought up again, but Chen lightly let the culprit of the year go, which caused great dissatisfaction among the Chu envoys. A letter was directly handed to Emperor Chen, demanding that the people involved in the case be severely punished.

Chu was the victim of this case, so it was naturally qualified to make such a request.

However, the words "strictly handle" are very intriguing.

If an ordinary person was involved in this serious case, he would be beheaded at the least, or his family would be confiscated and exterminated at the worst, so that he could give an explanation to the State of Chu.

The Tang family has a special status, and it is impossible to behead and exterminate the family, but it is too disrespectful to the State of Chu to just symbolically dismiss Tang Qi from the Imperial College.

It is related to the face of the country. Now it is just the envoy of the State of Chu submitting a memorial to the Emperor Chen. If the court does not handle this matter well, the next submission may be a letter from the State of Chu to the State of Chen.

A letter from the envoy of the State of Chu shook the court, which had just calmed down not long ago.

...

In the imperial study, the Emperor Chen was furious and threw the memorial to the ground, angrily saying: "Now they are looking for me to explain, what have they been doing!"

The matter of the Tang family has been concluded. The envoy of the State of Chu submitted a memorial at this time, demanding severe punishment for the Tang family. Isn't it asking him to overturn his order?

The emperor is not joking. If the emperor's order can be overturned at will, where will the emperor's face be?

But if it is not overturned, it will inevitably lead to the dissatisfaction of the State of Chu. The emperor's face is not worth mentioning compared with the interests of the country.

Emperor Chen lowered his head to pick up the memorial, sighed, and said: "Those bastards of the Tang family only know how to make trouble for me. None of them with the surname Tang are good..."

Wei Jian stepped forward with a bitter smile on his face and said: "Your Majesty, the envoy of the State of Chu has come forward. We must take this matter seriously, otherwise, I am afraid that something big will happen..."

Now that the threat of the grassland has temporarily disappeared, the State of Chen has lost a powerful enemy, but the State of Chu has benefited more from this matter. The enemy has gone, and the State of Chu can develop better. At this time, it is obviously not a wise choice to make enemies with the State of Chu because of something that is not reasonable.

"Of course I know!" Emperor Chen waved his hand and said, "Summon the Prime Minister, the Minister of Justice, the Imperial Censor to the palace... In addition, let that bastard come here too!"

Tang Family.

The Chu envoy came forward and asked the court to severely punish the Tang family. Tang Zhao hit the nail on the head, and the atmosphere in the Tang family was solemn.

The severity of this incident is completely different from before.

The last time the Ministry of Justice found that the Tang family was related to the assassination of the envoy, the Tang family insisted that it was a misunderstanding, so it would not hurt the bones.

But this time is different.

When it involves countries, small things can become big things. The Chu envoy is holding on to this case. It doesn't matter whether the Tang family is guilty or not, and how serious their crime is.

The important thing is how to appease the envoy and satisfy the Chu State, which is what the court needs to consider.

As for whether the Tang family will sacrifice..., no one cares.

The Tang family waited anxiously for the result. The food was already on the table, but no one started eating.

Tang Zhao looked around, sighed, picked up the chopsticks, and said as he ate the rice in big mouthfuls: "Eat, anyway, the Tang family has nothing left, and my uncle's prince's tutor is just a decoration. Apart from this house, the Tang family has nothing important to lose. Just wait for the result. It's better to wait with a full stomach than to wait with hunger..."

Another courtyard of the Tang family.

Since the incident twenty years ago, Tang Jing no longer cares about the family affairs. He doesn't eat with everyone on weekdays. He just guards this courtyard. Except for going to and from the yamen every day, even the servants of the Tang family rarely see him.

He and a woman sat at the table. There was a simple meal on the table. The woman ate a few bites, put down her chopsticks, and asked, "What will happen to the Tang family this time?"

"I don't know." Tang Jing shook his head and said, "Your Majesty has just summoned the prime minister and several ministers to discuss matters. There should be a result soon."

The woman looked at him and continued to ask, "Will it affect you?"

"I don't know." Tang Jing said, "We still have to wait for news from the palace."

"If we had known this, why did we do it in the first place?" The woman sighed and said, "We should have persuaded them more back then."

Tang Jing shook his head and said, "They only have the family's face in their eyes and won't listen to persuasion."

The woman looked sad and said, "So now they have not only lost all their face, but also everything they care about."

"Let's eat." Tang Jing's eyes showed a trace of regret. He didn't want to mention this matter again. He picked up the chopsticks and said, "If we don't eat, it will get cold."

...

The Chu envoy rolled up the dust that had already settled. The Tang family just got out of the quagmire and fell into the whirlpool again.

Everyone was waiting for the result in the palace. At this time, Tang Ning received a summons from Emperor Chen.

When he was about to leave, Zhong Mingli chased him out and warned him: "This matter was caused by you. When you face His Majesty later, be careful when you speak."

Tang Ning nodded, indicating that he understood.

It was in his plan that the Tang family's case would become so big. As for Emperor Chen, he was not worried about it.

If Emperor Chen cared about the Tang family, he would have protected the Tang family many times when he was in the six ministries, and would not have waited until now.

He entered the palace under the guidance of an eunuch and came to the outside of the imperial study. Wei Jian stood at the door and smiled, "His Majesty is discussing matters with several adults. Lord Tang, please wait a moment."

Wei Jian was Emperor Chen's close friend. Before meeting Emperor Chen, Tang Ning planned to get some information from him first.

He took out an apple from his sleeve, which Qing'er had stuffed into his pocket when he left. He handed it to Wei Jian and said, "General Manager Wei, have an apple."

Wei Jian did not refuse. After taking it, he broke it in half and handed the other half to Tang Ning, saying with a smile, "We will each have half."

Tang Ning took a bite of the apple and asked, "What's going on inside?"

Wei Jian shook his head and said, "I don't know about that."

"Your Majesty is very angry?" Tang Ning asked in a different way.

Wei Jian smiled slightly and said, "The matter has become so serious that even the envoys of Chu State have been involved. Your Majesty is very angry, but Your Majesty also said that young people should rely on the breath in their chests. This breath cannot be held back. It is human nature to let it out from time to time..."

As expected, people who eat people's food are soft-hearted and people who take people's money are short-handed. With Wei Jian's words, Tang Ning felt relieved.

He bowed to Wei Jian and said, "Thank you, Steward Wei."

Wei Jian took a bite of the apple and smiled, "I didn't say anything..."

Tang Ning waited outside the palace for a quarter of an hour, and Wang Xiang and others came out of the palace. When they saw him, they all looked surprised.

Before Tang Ning had time to ask, a eunuch came out and said, "Sir Tang, His Majesty summoned you."

Tang Ning walked into the imperial study, and Emperor Chen looked down at him and said angrily, "Look at what you have done!"

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