At the beginning of the hour, the side door of the Meridian Gate opened slowly, and the old eunuch walked to the door and said in a loud voice: "Go to court!"
The noise stopped immediately, and the civil and military officials entered the side door in an orderly manner, with the civil officials on the left and the military officials on the right, clearly distinguishing themselves.
?After entering the Meridian Gate, those above the fourth rank enter the hall, those below the fourth rank are at the gate of the hall, and those below the sixth rank are on the square.
The officials entered the hall and waited for a quarter of an hour, but Emperor Yuan Jing arrived late.
Clusters of eyes fell on the king of a country, trying to get a clue from his eyes and expression.
None of them failed. Emperor Yuan Jing reigned for thirty-seven years, with deep scheming and rich experience, very few people in the temple could wrestle with him.
Just Wei Yuan and Wang Shoufu.
This court meeting is no different from the previous ones, and the monarchs and ministers played right as usual.
"Your Majesty, tens of thousands of people in Chuzhou froze to death in the middle of winter, and the chief envoy has already asked for money and food to relieve the victims. I implore your Majesty to draw up an order and allocate funds to the Ministry of Households"
"The national treasury is empty. For disaster relief, you can solicit donations from the local gentry" Emperor Yuan Jing replied.
"Your Majesty, the northern barbarians have repeatedly violated the border. After the beginning of spring, border conflicts have become more intense. We have to guard against it."
"Your Majesty, the King of Zhenbei ignored the barbarians' looting of the border and defended the border town without sending a single soldier. This caused the people on the border to be displaced and suffered heavy casualties. Your Majesty, please punish him."
Hearing this, Emperor Yuan Jing looked at Wei Yuan, without a voice of joy or anger: "Wei Aiqing, what's the situation with the northern barbarians."
Wei Yuan frowned, and said: "At the end of last year, it snowed heavily in the north for several months, and countless animals froze to death. At that time, I expected that the barbarians would go south to plunder."
Emperor Yuan Jing suddenly remembered that this happened, and frowned: "What about the follow-up? The barbarians went south to invade the border. Why didn't the watchmen receive the news in advance?"
"The minister was negligent." Wei Yuan said.
In fact, he took back the Anzi from the north and transferred him to the northeast.
Emperor Yuan Jing said indifferently: "The barbarians from the north went south to invade, and Wei Yuan was negligent, so he was dismissed from the post of Zuodu censor. He was fined for one year."
The hall was quiet for a while, and numerous question marks floated in the minds of the officials.
Although the watchman has the duty of spying on intelligence, it is a incidental business. Furthermore, when the northern barbarians invaded southward, the king of Zhenbei could not defend himself and did not fight. Even if he knew in advance that the barbarians were going to invade the border, what was the point?
Why can't this pot be thrown at Wei Yuan's head?
However, it was rare for Emperor Yuan Jing to turn his gunfire on Wei Yuan. Although he was confused, the civil servants immediately seized the opportunity to attack Wei Yuan and shouted for the wise.
A censor came out and emphasized: "Your Majesty, the king of Zhenbei sits and watches the people suffer from the disaster of the war and remains indifferent. Please forgive me."
Emperor Yuan Jing's response was only four words: "I know."
The censor returned unwillingly.
The court meeting gradually came to an end. After the backlog of government affairs was dealt with during this period and the officials stopped playing, Emperor Yuan Jing raised his index finger and tapped on the table lightly.
The old eunuch in python robe came out and looked around at the officials.
Here it comes the hearts of the princes in the palace moved.
Just now it was normal. Although the removal of Wei Yuan from the position of the censor of Zuodu was surprising, the sudden meeting of Emperor Yuan Jing was definitely not because of this "small matter".
The old eunuch unfolded the imperial edict in his hand, and said in a loud voice: "I have found out the whole story of Fufei's case. Empress Shangguan ordered the court lady Huang Xiaorou to kill Fufei and frame the prince
"After all kinds of questioning by me, the Shangguan family confessed to his crimes. The queen is out of order, her virtue is not compatible, and she cannot inherit the destiny. She has a seal and ribbon, and she will retire to Changchun Palace."
Changchun Palace is the cold palace.
Inside and outside the hall, there was a dead silence.
From the first rank and the third prince, down to the officials outside the palace, everyone who heard the content of the edict was dumbfounded.
In the silence, a deep voice sounded:
"Your Majesty, this is impossible."
Emperor Yuan Jing squinted his eyes, looking expressionlessly at the Tsing Yi who came out of the queue.
Wei Yuan's temples were gray and gray, and the vicissitudes washed by the years were precipitated in his eyes, and he looked directly at Emperor Yuan Jing.
I don't know how long it took, the Secretary of the Criminal Ministry and the Minister of Dali Temple appeared at the same time, and said loudly: "Your Majesty, the case of Concubine Fu has not been tried by the third division, so it cannot be easily concluded."
Emperor Yuan Jing said word by word: "This is my family business."
The new minister of the Ministry of Rites rushed out, bowed, and said loudly: "Your Majesty, the abolition of the empress is also a major national event, and it should not be hasty. Please also submit the case of Concubine Fu to the third division for review before making a decision."
? Although the imperial edict stated that the queen had pleaded guiltyThe prince and the maid Huang Xiaorou.
"And among the three, the only one who has contact with the queen is Huang Xiaorou"
Huang Xiaorou? !
All kinds of chaotic thoughts and guesses flashed in his mind, and Xu Qi'an combined the clues he had obtained to deliberate the process of the case step by step.
Thinking of this, Xu Qi'an suddenly realized something, and took out a piece of dull yellow silk from his bosom.
Embroidered with bright red lotus flowers and a line of words: Spring of the 31st year of Yuanjing.
Princess Huaiqing stared at the yellow silk cloth and said, "This is on the maid Huang Xiaorou."
"Yes!" Xu Qi'an nodded, looked around the three of them, and finally landed on Huai Qing, and said in a deep voice: "Your Highness, we only know that the Queen saved Huang Xiaorou, but there are two doubtful points, I don't know if you have noticed it."
Huaiqing shook his head.
"First, why did the queen save Huang Xiaorou?"
"The queen mother has always been kind-hearted, so it is not surprising that she would spend a panacea to save a court lady," Huaiqing said.
The queen may be a good person, but that's not the point Xu Qi'an shook his head and said, "Then why does the queen pay attention to a court lady? She also sent He'er from Fengqi Palace to watch her?"
"I asked the empress, but the empress didn't tell me." Huaiqing frowned.
"Secondly, why did the maid Huang Xiaorou commit suicide?" Xu Qi'an pointed at the yellow silk cloth and said in a deep voice, "The answer is here."
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