065. Counterattack

The burning of the Imperial Ancestral Temple had caused a great disturbance in the court in the past few days. Cao Lun and other royalists were ready to take action, hoping to use this opportunity to bring down the Regent, or at least let the emperor rule the country himself. The censors submitted impeachment memorials every day, but they were not delivered to the Regent's palace, but directly to the Emperor.

This means that the power of the Regent faction has declined.

At the morning court, Rong Jing used the injury to the governor of the imperial guards as an excuse to blame innocent people. The two groups of officials argued endlessly. Finally, Lu Shangqian asked for permission: "Your Majesty, if the governor is guilty, he should be sent to the Ministry of Justice for a thorough investigation."

As they were talking, Yun Zhi had already entered the hall. He looked calm and composed, with steady steps, as if he had no idea that he had been summoned to question someone.

Rong Jing put away his usual gentle and harmless face and said coldly: "As an official appointed by the court, commanding the imperial guards, he recklessly beat and injured the people in the city. Shouldn't he be severely punished? Come! Take off his official robe for me!"

This is to punish Yun Zhi in public. Your Majesty knows that the Governor of the Imperial Guards obeys the Regent, but Yun Zhi has not committed a serious crime. Even if he is punished or dismissed, he only has to hand over his badge and wait for investigation. Now, Your Majesty is humiliating him.

Just as the guards were about to step forward, a voice suddenly came from outside the door: "The Regent Prince has arrived - the Marquis of Dingbei has arrived -"

The Regent strode into the store, not looking seriously ill at all. Before he even stood still, he sneered, "Your Majesty is so arrogant. Those who know would think you are here to punish me, while those who don't would think you are looking down on Governor Yun and want to examine him in public."

After saying this, he also walked through the ranks of officials, stood in front of the guards, and shouted, "Get out of here!"

The regent's cold-bloodedness and brutality were known throughout the court and the country. Although he had restrained himself a lot in recent days, his power still remained, and he frightened the guards into retreating one after another.

Rong Jing was frightened by him and it took him a while to calm down, and his confidence was somewhat weakened.

"Uncle, you don't know that although you care about the people, this man abuses his power and bullies the people in public. How can you let him off lightly?"

What he said was like a gun and a stick.

Rong Se was not fooled by his tricks and remained motionless. Liang Shenyu greeted him at the right time and asked, "I wonder how Your Majesty knew about what happened yesterday?"

Rong Jing choked.

Naturally, he sent people to keep an eye on the movements of the Regent's Palace. Moreover, how could there be no news at all about such a major event as the Governor-General of the Imperial Guards beating someone up?

"Of course, there is a victim who filed a complaint." Rong Jing tried to calm down, "How could I not know about such a serious matter as the governor of the imperial army beating someone?"

Rong Se laughed unceremoniously: "The Jizhou injustice case has remained unknown for fifteen years, and the bones are piled up like a mountain. Your Majesty just shirked all responsibility by saying that he was not aware of it. This matter is really of concern to you. Your Majesty, have you checked what caused the dispute yesterday?"

Before Rong Se could speak, Cao Lun interrupted and said, "It was nothing more than a quarrel. Speaking of this matter, the people's comments are not wrong. The burning of the Imperial Ancestral Temple is really unclear. Now that Your Majesty has ascended the throne, you are the Emperor of the Jin Dynasty. You should exercise the power of the Emperor to appease the spirits of the Rong family's ancestors in heaven. Not to mention that it is not in accordance with the rules that the prince has not been granted a country until now."

Rong Jing immediately agreed: "Not bad, what do you think of Yandi, uncle?"

"Very good." Rong Se dutifully maintained his scheming and scheming attitude, and then changed the subject, "But there's no rush."

"I have been ill for the past two days, but I didn't know that the rumors outside have spread so badly. Those idiots dared to talk about me, so it's easy for them to be beaten up."

Liang Shenyu chimed in, saying in a deep voice: "If you slander the royal family, you should be beheaded according to the law."

Compared to Rong Se who is in trouble now, Liang Shenyu should not be underestimated. Qiangzhou is backed by Yizhou, the Liang family and the Tang family of Yizhou have always been close, and he has a powerful army at his disposal. Since he has spoken, the weight of his words must be heavy.

Rong Se looked at Rong Jing's stiff face like he was watching a play, and then said slowly: "And the Imperial Ancestral Temple was burned down. I didn't light the fire. Why did the ancestors of the Jin Dynasty come to me for help? Besides..."

He paused for a moment, dragging out the last part of his words, and asked slowly as if he had won the battle: "Who told you that the front hall of the Imperial Ancestral Temple was burned down? My lords, there have been many impeachment memorials written in the past few days, right? Has anyone been to the Imperial Ancestral Temple to take a look?"

As soon as these words were spoken, all the birds fell silent.

Who would go and see in person whether the Temple of Heaven was really burned?

Besides, who would dare to falsify the Taimiao Temple?

What's more, the news came from the Cao family, so why does it need to be confirmed?

Now that Rong Se asked, they realized that even though rumors had been circulating for so many days, they had only heard about it from others, and no one really knew what the Temple of Heaven looked like after it was burned.

Even Rong Jing and Cao Lun didn't know.

Cao Lun's heart sank suddenly, thinking that things might not go well, but he couldn't figure out where the mistake might have gone!

"You didn't see it with your own eyes." Rong Se's face turned completely cold, and he said coldly: "What nonsense are you talking about? You didn't see it with your own eyes, someone saw it with their own eyes, bring everyone up!"

Several palace maids were brought to the Xuanzheng Hall, and the chief palace maid led them to kneel down and pay homage: "Your servant pays homage to your majesty, and pays homage to your prince."

"I will explain the whole story of the fire in the Imperial Temple to all the lords!"

The maid of honor said, "Your Highness, the fire in the Imperial Ancestral Temple was not an accident. We have already found out that someone deliberately spilled oil and set the fire. Now the person has committed suicide out of fear of punishment. Although the front hall was completely burned in the fire, the tablets enshrined in the hall, except for the tablet of the late Emperor Yongshi, were all found intact from the ruins of the front hall. There was not even a crack on it. Only the tablet of Yongshi has not been found yet."

The whole morning was filled with laughter.

The ministers looked at each other.

The Imperial Temple was burned down, someone did it on purpose, and the front hall was indeed burned down, but the tablet was still there, but that of the late emperor Rong Xu was gone.

This being said, there is something extremely strange.

Rong Jing couldn't remain calm, he suddenly sat up from the dragon chair, his face changed drastically: "How is it possible! When you came to report to the palace, you clearly said to burn everything!"

The maid of honor was extremely terrified and said, "I dare not lie to your majesty. I sent someone to the palace to report the matter the day before yesterday! Before that, I only reported that the fire had broken out, but how and what was burned was only found out the day before yesterday!"

Rong Jing fell back onto the dragon chair and looked at Cao Lun.

Cao Lun also looked unhappy.

There was indeed a report from there that there was a fire in the front hall. The Taimiao was built with wood, so if there was a flood, the fire would be difficult to put out. Moreover, the spirit tablets were all made of wood, so how could they be intact?

Not only was the front hall burned down, but the tablets of all the emperors were intact except that of the late emperor.

At this point, Cao Lun closed his eyes. No matter how dumb he was, he knew that this was Rong Se's work. He just couldn't understand how he could have known about it in advance and even counterattacked so beautifully.

The ministers, headed by the Regent King, relaxed, but at the same time, they also began to feel angry.

Only Yun Zhi was not surprised at all.

He dared to take action yesterday because he received orders from the Regent. From that time on, Yun Zhi guessed that the prince's net was about to be closed, so he dealt with those people in public without restraint.

Rong Se looked at Rong Jing who was in disbelief and smiled at him: "The tablets of our ancestors are all here, but the late emperor's is gone. Your Majesty, why do you think this is happening?"

Rong Jing said with difficulty: "How can we trust the one-sided words of these servants?!"

Rong Se felt that if people became shameless, they would really say anything, as if the words that had previously slandered him were not one-sided.

He even wanted to say sarcastically, Hey, you also know one side of the story?

But the head maid and several palace servants had already started to kowtow and cry out for justice: "Your Majesty, this is unjust. Everyone in the Imperial Ancestral Temple knows about this. Moreover, the spirit tablet is now placed in the Imperial Ancestral Temple. If you don't believe it, just send someone to investigate and you will know!"

"Your Majesty, please send someone to check it out." Rong Se was fearless. "Lord Cao said that I have angered our ancestors, but now only the spirit tablet of the late emperor has been burned. It can be seen who is really hated by the Rong clan."

Rong Se directed his attack on Rong Xu, and there was no more gentleness in his words.

"Your Majesty, you have given me time to choose a fiefdom. It would be better for me to think carefully about what my good brother did to anger the heavens and the people and cause the wrath of our ancestors."

Rong Se's move of using his own method to fight back is just playing tricks on others. Who doesn't have the ability to tell lies?

But the civil and military officials in the court did not think that this was nonsense.

After all, they all believed in ghosts and gods, not to mention that the Jizhou injustice happened not long ago. On that day, Rong Xu was violently killed and Zhu Lanshan and others committed this serious crime, but in the end it was left unresolved. If this matter was not false, it was suppressed for the sake of the royal family's face.

Moreover, this time the target was directly against the Regent. Since someone deliberately set the fire, it must have been a deliberate frame-up. As a result, the other tablets of the late emperor were fine, but that of the deceased emperor was gone.

Each of these items may seem unrelated, but when you think about them together, it seems as if they are intricately connected.

Rong Jingzhi was very proud of himself. He thought he could drag Rong Se into the trap today, but he was outwitted and lost miserably.

The court was dismissed in a hurry.

Before leaving, Rong Se looked at Rong Jing deeply and said, "Origin is important. How can the son of a foolish tyrant be a good person?"

This is a hint and a warning.

Rong Jing sat on the dragon chair, his whole body cold.

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Rong Se let out a breath slowly after getting into the carriage.

Win.

It’s a pity that he was not the original owner who was driven crazy by Rong Jing’s family. The real victim did not see Rong Jing’s face which was uglier than that of a person who had eaten a fly.

"It seems that my guess was correct." Liang Shenyu chuckled, "The Imperial Temple was not completely burned."

"yes."

Rong Se snorted softly, "It was Rong Jing who lit the fire. It was his father's tablet that was burned. From beginning to end, I did not interfere. I will just return this basin of dirty water the same way he splashed it."

"What's next?" Liang Shenyu lowered his eyes and said in a gentle tone, "If Your Majesty wants, it's fine to let him be infamous for a thousand years."

Rong Se glanced at Liang Shenyu inquiringly.

I always felt that when Liang Shenyu said this, there was cold hatred between his words.

He also disliked and even hated Rong Xu and his son.

Why?

"Not in a hurry yet." Rong Se said softly, "We'll talk about it after we find Zheng Fu. Half of the court officials are still standing behind the Cao family. The imperial guards are in good hands, but the military is in Cao Lun's hands. If we can't hit the target in one blow, it's better to accumulate strength and then make a breakthrough."

Just like Liang Shenyu wanted to detain Zhong Yichuan, it was because there were too many uncontrollable factors in the court.

Zheng Fu is the most important witness for them to convict the original owner. No matter what, they have to see him alive or dead. Only when this man is properly dealt with can Rong Se feel at ease.

Liang Shenyu looked at him for a moment, but did not say anything. He just smiled and said, "As you wish."