Chapter 507 This is called...setting things right
The carriage stopped in front of the Shunguo Mansion.
Wei Zhao helped Shen Jin down.
Shen Jin knew that there were still many things to deal with in the palace, and was afraid that it would delay Wei Zhao's work. Just as he was about to speak,
he asked him to go and do his work. Yu Tingwan's figure appeared at the door. She looked at the man and saw that he was fine, and she felt relieved.
She lifted her skirt and ran down the steps with a smile.
"Aunt, have you had breakfast?"
"I had some snacks on the way."
Yu Tingwan acted cute: "I prepared those snacks!"
"You are thoughtful."
Yu Tingwan also thought so. She nodded heavily and did not forget to belittle Wei Zhao.
"He is a man, so he is not as considerate as me."
Wei Zhao laughed angrily:...
I am convinced.
Yu Tingwan: "My uncle's yard has been cleaned up early. The layout and furnishings inside are still the same, and the old things are kept."
She took Shen Jin's hand intimately and led him into the mansion. There was no strangeness at all after just two meetings.
She spoke directly, but also caringly.
"I don't know what my aunt likes, so I dare not make the decision. I also thought that this is my aunt's future residence, and you must be satisfied, so I stole some time, hoping that my aunt would have something to buy, and I would slowly buy it myself in the future."
Shen Jin's gentleness overflowed, and he said softly: "Okay."
"I want to pay my respects to your mother-in-law first."
Yu Tingwan: "She is preparing in the ancestral hall and is waiting for you to go there."
"Although your name has been added to the family tree a long time ago, my aunt has not paid her respects to the ancestors of the Wei family."
And...
Shen Jin didn't even have the opportunity to burn a stick of incense for Wei Fengxing.
Wei Zhao walked slowly, following the two of them, intending to go to the ancestral hall to report his safety to his ancestors, and also to get something.
Suddenly, Yu Tingwan in front of him paused.
She stepped back, stared, and gave instructions.
"Don't leave in a hurry."
Wei Zhao: "Hmm?"
Yu Tingwan: "I have to see if you have any injuries."
This man is too patient. She still remembers the previous arm incident.
Wei Zhao laughed: "Be more solemn. It's not even dark yet, and you want to take off my clothes?"
"I haven't rested all night. I'm a little tired. Just bear with it."
Yu Tingwan: ? ? ?
Wei Zhao suggested halfheartedly: "Or, give me a few cups of deer blood wine?"
——The
court officials entered the palace one after another. The blood stains on the palace road had not been washed clean, and bloody broken arms and limbs could be seen everywhere.
Most of them were civil officials. Where had they seen such a bloody scene? Except for Gu Fuju and a few old officials, the younger ones covered their mouths and noses.
They were all shrewd people.
Along the way, the Wei family army that should have been disbanded and the Xiao family soldiers under the name of the Loyal and Brave Marquis that had not been seen for many years could be seen everywhere. Shun Guogong was forced to death by that person again. How could they blame them for thinking too much?
The pedantic civil officials walked faster and faster, with wind in their footsteps. He didn't care to look at the road anymore, his cloth boots stepped on the pools of blood on the ground, and his official robes were also splashed.
Someone called He Xuran.
"That person is guilty of heinous crimes, but if General Wei is involved, he will be suspected of killing the monarch. The current situation is turbulent, and the emperor is gone. I am afraid that the people will become more and more panicked, and the arrogance of foreign enemies will increase."
"Although he calls you uncle, don't forget that you are from the Censorate!"
"Even if the emperor is wrong in many ways, it is not the turn of a minister like him to rectify the government, and the rituals and music will collapse!"
He Xuran said nothing.
He is from the Censorate, but so what.
He still thinks Wei Zhao is doing a good job.
There are also officials who are pale and light-headed, for fear of being implicated.
Inside the palace.
Ying Fuyan had not slept all night, and his body was obviously a little exhausted. He closed his eyes and dozed off to relieve the discomfort a little.
"I..."
Just said one word.
Xiao Huaiyan was nervous: "What's wrong? Why don't you go to the inner hall and lie down first?" Ying Fuyan
said: "I have a headache when I think about cleaning up the mess left by the dog emperor before his death."
Xiao Huaiyan: ...
Ying Fuyan: "I need a good person to share the burden with me." Xiao
Huaiyan was silent.
"What are you afraid of? I didn't ask you to do it."
Then who can you call?
Can Wei Zhao pay attention to you?
Suddenly, Xiao Huaiyan thought of something.
He Xuran!
That guy has a lot of energy!
He can stay awake for several days every time he tries a case!
Xiao Huaiyan breathed a sigh of relief: "Then you should have said it earlier."
"Don't blame me for thinking too much. It's really that you are the same as Wei Zhao, that dog thing, and you don't know how to behave."
The hall has been cleaned up, the bodies have been thrown outside, and the windows have been opened for ventilation.
No one spoke for a while.
After a while, Gu Fuju's voice came from the side: "Here they come."
Ying Fuyan slowly opened his eyes and saw a large number of ministers filing in.
The pedantic ministers were full of anger. He shouted before he even saw who was in the hall.
"How can you leave the emperor outside! Whose idea was it!"
"The Spring and Autumn Annals emphasizes status above all else. Ruler is ruler, minister is minister, father is father, son is son, this is the moral code of heaven and earth. Yet General Wei replaced one violence with another, committing crimes against his superiors. Once this precedent is set, all traitors and rebels in the future will follow suit."
"If you don't follow the rites and laws, in the future people will not be able to lead people, and countries will not be able to lead countries!"
"That's enough!"
Duke Xian, who was playing chess with Gu Fuju, stood up.
"This early morning noise is giving me a headache."
The crowd was silent.
Duke Xian came so early?
He has been appearing quite frequently these days.
Someone's eyes lit up.
"Duke Xian!"
"You are the same as me, and you will not be in cahoots with him!"
Duke Xian did not speak.
Xiao Huaiyan smiled.
"When the dog emperor killed loyal and good people and exploited the people, did your Spring and Autumn Annals ever save anyone?"
"Mencius said that the people are the most important, the country is the second, and the monarch is the least important. If the monarch is unrighteous, you are willing to be a pedantic loyal minister, and those people will have to become wronged souls?"
The ministers:? ?
The loyal and brave marquis raised his eyebrows and said proudly: "My son, yes, my son. He knows Mencius!"
The ministers: ...
... You are so arrogant.
Duke Xian: "Why are you all standing there? Let's see who that is first."
After being reminded, the ministers looked up.
Hmm? ?
The person sitting on the dragon throne is not the fourth prince!
It's... Jia Mu's staff around the fifth prince? ?
Are they crazy, or is Duke Xian crazy?
Ying Fuyan pulled himself together and let them look at him.
He Xuran frowned.
"This--"
Ying Fuyan smiled at him.
After all, he was the one who would help him in the future.
He Xuran: "Why are you here?"
Gu Fuju stood up and said, "Xuran, don't be rude. Pay your respects to the new emperor."
Gu Fuju smiled and introduced to everyone: "This is... the Prince of Yan."
He Xuran was struck by lightning.
He looked at Gu Fuju, then at Xiao Huaiyan, and finally at Ying Fuyan.
If he still didn't react, he would really be a fool.
He Xuran:...
Very good.
Just keep it a secret from him?
Yes, keep it a secret from him.
But he still has to do the work.
Everyone widened their eyes.
The Prince of Yan is still alive?
What about the fourth prince?
Some officials clenched their fists in their sleeves, their eyes were already slightly hot.
But...
"But according to etiquette, what position can he take?"
Someone just expressed dissatisfaction.
Duke Xian lowered his eyes.
"Xuran, bring out the evidence of the emperor's crimes that you have that he used to embarrass the new emperor."
"Let them see how the emperor, who always claims to be benevolent, tortured his own nephew to the point where he would rather die than live."
He Xuran took out the box and distributed all the confessions one by one, letting the ministers pass them around.
Duke Xian: "The three old guys are not here today, and they also thought that I could make the trip on their behalf."
"Do you know why the four of us resigned?"
Without waiting for these people to respond, he said to himself: "Those who retired and returned to their hometowns retired and returned to their hometowns. I stayed in Shangjing and didn't care about worldly affairs."
"It's not that we are too old to be loyal to the court. We are just tired of it."
"When the Prince of Yan got into trouble, Old Master Lu redressed his grievances. He was carried out in blood. Several of us old guys were furious and wanted to stand up, but Wei Fengxing stopped us halfway."
What would happen if we stood up? It would only end up like Old Master Lu.
"Don't think that we are bold enough to give advice every day, because we have not violated the bottom line of the emperor's prestige."
The King of Yan and the Duke of Shun were both people that Emperor Ying Qian had to get rid of. Anyone who dissuaded
them would be considered an enemy and would have to die. The emperor was a scourge that these pens could not kill.
"After Wei Fengxing died, could you not see the trick? He was just trying to protect himself. Like us, he could do nothing but shrink into a corner to compile the "Record of Benevolent Government."
Aren't there enough people who died in these years?
"The King of Yan, the Duke of Shun, and the old man of the Lu family are in trouble, and no one dares to speak out. Rather than saying that they dare not offend the emperor's prestige, it is better to say that they are protecting their false reputations, but those people shed real blood!"
How can you not be disgusted?
The hall was completely quiet.
They all understood the truth and were deeply helpless.
"But..."
"But the saints said, 'After the father dies, the son inherits; after the elder brother dies, the younger brother inherits'. When did they ever write 'give up the son and establish the nephew'? This is not in line with reason, nor is it justified enough to stop the people from talking."
"How is it not justified?"
Wei Zhao strode into the hall. He
held the imperial edict in his hand
. Thanks to the late emperor's calculations.
It should have been empty, but now it is filled.
"Let's not talk about anything else. When the late emperor passed away, he left behind three imperial edicts, and one of them was given to my grandfather as a secret." "
It is said that the late emperor valued the Prince of Yan, but it was not him who ascended the throne. Have you ever thought that there is something fishy?"
His words were true and false, but they were enough to be mistaken for the real thing.
"The dog emperor was anxious to force the Prince of Yan to death, and my father to death. Isn't it because the Prince of Yan was the candidate for the new emperor, and my Shunguo Mansion has something that can expose his fatal ugliness."
Wei Zhao corrected him calmly, "We are all educated, so be careful with your words. Don't appear too unsophisticated, and I'm not threatening you. Fight violence with violence, this is called...restoring order out of chaos."
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