My wife is number one in the world

Chapter 288
Things beyond his control would happen in the palace, which Li Zheng could not bear.

He guessed that someone in the palace stole the imperial decree and imitated his own handwriting, and then designed to replace Liu Mingzhi's imperial decree. Before there was no proof, Li Zheng looked at everyone present calmly, his expression unchanged, but his eyes changed. Everyone looked at it again.

Li Zheng suddenly remembered something, grabbed a corner of the imperial decree and took a closer look. He had a habit that even Zhou Fei, the chief executive, did not know. After a while, there is often an imperceptible ink mark in the lower right corner of the imperial decree. Only you know this habit.

Li Zheng checked the lower right corner of the imperial decree against the light, and sure enough, there was a dot of ink slightly penetrating into the lower right corner.

This is indeed an imperial decree written by myself, but why is there no seal?
"Zhou Fei."

"Your Majesty, the old slave is here."

"I ask you, after the second prince left that day, I proclaimed the imperial decree written after the two love ministers of the household department. Do you still remember whether I stamped the seal?"

Zhou Fei was taken aback, not knowing what the emperor meant, but he didn't dare to ask any more. After thinking about it carefully, Mu Ran and Zhou Fei's eyes lit up: "Your Majesty, after the imperial decree was written that day, Concubine Lan's incident with Princess Yun'an's glazed mirror Please see Your Majesty, His Majesty does not seem to have stamped the seal."

The corner of Li Zheng's mouth twitched, could it be that he was the culprit in this matter?
"You will carefully check every piece of my imperial decree. Why is there such a big omission in this imperial decree? How could you be negligent if the great seal was not stamped?"

"Your Majesty forgive me, this old slave was wronged. Concubine Lan cried and made noise when she entered the imperial study that day. Your Majesty, you comforted Concubine Lan and asked this old slave to go to Princess Yun'an to inquire about the news and verify the authenticity of the mirror. I didn't have time to check the imperial decree."

Li Zheng also seemed to have an impression: "Then after you left, I directly ordered Fu Hai, a slave, to pass on the will, right?"

Zhou Fei nodded unnaturally: "It seems so."

A group of ministers of His Highness knelt on the ground and looked at the muttering two emperors. They didn't know what they were discussing, especially the crown prince Li Baiyu, who was closest to the dragon chair, vaguely heard Concubine Lan, the mirrors With just a few words, he secretly guessed that this matter had something to do with Lan Fei.

"Your Majesty, how should we deal with this matter? Master Ding is loyal to his duty. Although he acts a little arrogantly on weekdays, there is nothing wrong with this matter. In order to protect himself, Lord Liu had no choice but to resist, and he did nothing wrong. It's a bad thing to handle."

"My dear friends, how should we deal with this matter in your opinion?" Li Zheng had no choice but to kick the ball to the courtiers below. He couldn't say that he had a problem, right? I don't want to lose face?

Du Chenghao, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, pondered for a moment: "Your Majesty, I wonder if Your Majesty has checked the authenticity of this edict?"

Li Zheng nodded helplessly: "It was written in my own handwriting, and the imperial decree is true."

Director Ding heard the emperor's admission that the imperial decree was true, and his body trembled and limp on the ground. The emperor admitted that the imperial decree was true, and the crimes that Minister of the Ministry of War had put on him were confirmed. I'm afraid I'm going to die.

Du Chenghao frowned slightly: "Your Majesty, since the decree is true, why is there no seal from His Majesty? Isn't Your Majesty protecting Baron Liu on purpose? Please give justice to the officials. Baron Liu not only beat Chief Ding, but also the minister and the two The servant is fighting, could it be that this matter will be exposed like this?"

"This?" Li Zheng glanced at Liu Mingzhi who was kneeling on the ground: "Liu Aiqing, I ask you why the dragon seal on the imperial decree disappeared?"

Liu Mingzhi raised his head and looked at the emperor: "Huh?" Since receiving the imperial decree, he has been paid by the housekeeper to be in the back hall. Why is there no seal? I know the hammer.

Could it be that the emperor forgot to cover it?
Song Yu, Shangshu of the Ministry of War, was also thinking on the sidelines, because Liu Mingzhi was ennobled that day, he was too excited for a while, and he really neglected whether there was a jade seal on the imperial decree.

"Your Majesty, I am wronged. Since I received the imperial decree, I have enshrined it in the back hall and have never touched it. I don't know what happened?"

Li Zheng snorted softly and looked at the ministers who were all kneeling on the ground, not daring to look up, wrote a note and gave Zhou Fei a look.

Zhou Feiling flicked his fingers, and a fingernail-sized ball of paper hit Liu Mingzhi's head. Liu Mingzhi looked up at the ball of paper that fell in front of him blankly, not knowing what the ball of paper meant.

Li Zheng pouted and signaled Liu Mingzhi to open the ball of paper on the ground. Liu Mingzhi opened the ball of paper on the ground in doubt, and made up a reason to cover it, otherwise he would be punished.

First Young Master Liu quickly grabbed the ball of paper in his hand and stuffed it into his cuff, watching Li Zheng pointing at himself.

Seeing that Liu Mingzhi understood what he meant, Li Zheng nodded imperceptibly. This matter must be covered up with an inexplicable reason. Liu Mingzhi cannot be punished, and neither can the officials, but this reason can only be made up by Liu Mingzhi. one.

"Oh!"

Young Master Liu slapped his hands and shocked everyone in the court hall, even Li Zheng froze for a moment.

"Your Majesty, I know what's going on."

"Oh? Liu Aiqing explained the matter clearly, otherwise the crime of blasphemy against the imperial decree would be serious."

Liu Mingzhi pondered for a while: "Your Majesty, I don't know if you remember that you went to the minister's mansion on the day I received the imperial edict, and I warmly received His Majesty's visit."

Li Zhengming knew that there was no such thing, so he had to cooperate with Liu Mingzhi to act: "There is indeed such a thing, what does it have to do with the imperial decree?"

"It's a big relationship. Your Majesty was sitting in the living room at that time, and the minister made a cup of tea for your majesty. However, since you first arrived in the capital, there was no good tea to serve your majesty. It could only be old tea that was bitter and astringent. At that time, your majesty Unfortunately, before the minister had time to enshrine the imperial decree, he put it on the table. His Majesty was not used to drinking the tea in the mansion, so he spit it on the imperial decree. The minister was worried that His Majesty's dragon body was unwell, so he didn't have time to take the imperial decree away. Could it be that saliva that melted the seal on the imperial decree?"

Li Zheng squinted at Liu Mingzhi, who was talking eloquently, and thought that this guy can really make up things, and there are no things that make him say things that are true. It seems that this guy can not only make money, but also has a good ability to lie. small.

"When you said that, I remembered that I did spit out because I couldn't get used to the tea in your house. So it's my fault?"

"I don't dare, it's because I didn't protect the imperial decree, I'm guilty."

"Ding Aiqing, this matter is a misunderstanding. You wanted to kill Liu Aiqing first, and Liu Aiqing beat you later. However, you have suffered such a great injury. I order Liu Aiqing to pay you 1000 taels of silver as compensation, and then allow you to cultivate another Yue, what do you think?"

Under the coercion of Li Zheng, Director Ding lost his mind for a long time. Li Zheng nodded in a hurry: "I am willing, I am willing."

"Your Majesty, the old minister refuses to accept. Is it the case that Baron Liu beat the old minister for no reason?"

"Oh? I see that Du Aiqing has neither wounds nor scars. Liu Aiqing doesn't know where Liu Aiqing hit you. If the evidence is convincing, I can't spare him. I will definitely punish Du Aiqing. You, Tao Aiqing, will be fair."

"Your Majesty, Baron Liu..." Du Chenghao, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, couldn't tell where Young Master Liu beat him after a long time.

If you really say it out, what face do you have in the capital, even if you resign and go back to seclusion, you will leave a stigma.

The head can be broken and the blood flow can be broken, but the face cannot be lost.

This is a dumb loss.

"The old minister is not injured."

(End of this chapter)