After losing the vest at the beginning, the female general was forced to marry the scheming prince

Chapter 124 The news spread throughout the harem
The emperor said to the prime minister: "Prime Minister, you hand over the matter in hand, and Wei Guogong and Su Shangshu will take over for the time being."

After the emperor's words came out, all the officials in the court suspected that they were hallucinating?

Your Majesty is going to take Prime Minister Fang's knife?
Before anyone else could react, Duke Wei reacted first.

He immediately bowed to the emperor: "Thank you, Your Majesty! I will definitely live up to your Majesty's trust!"

At this point, Su Shangshu had no choice but to step forward: "I will definitely try my best to solve your majesty's worries and problems!"

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The emperor did not wait for other ministers to raise objections, and then returned to the original topic:

"The main topic of today's court meeting is to discuss how to punish King Jing for going out of the fief without permission. Please don't digress."

All the ministers thought to themselves: You dismissed Prime Minister Fang in twos and twos, isn't it a serious matter?

After being favored by the emperor, Duke Wei naturally wanted to reciprocate.

"Report to the Emperor: Since King Jing left the fief without edict, he must be punished no matter what. Considering that he is the first offender, let him hand over the management power of the fief for three years!"

After Wei Guo spoke publicly, the Minister of Rites, Chang Weijun and others also echoed.

But who will take over after Jingcheng handed over the management power for three years is another problem.

This time, Duke Wei did not take the initiative to invite Ying.

He knew very well in his heart that King Jing was not that obedient, and Jingcheng was not so easy to take over.

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In the end, the emperor ordered Wei Guogong to take the lead, and several ministers drafted an edict together: order King Jing to return to Yudu to accept punishment.

The meaning of the emperor and the ministers is: first transfer King Jing away from Jingcheng.

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After the dynasty was dispersed, more officials followed Duke Wei than before.

The emperor had never shown any preference for any prince before, but today he directly dismissed Prime Minister Fang from his position, it seems that he is not optimistic about the third prince.

That's right, the First Prince is the eldest son, and he has the Duke of Wei behind him, so he is naturally a more suitable candidate.

However, the faces of the Ministry of War Ministers and the others were extremely ugly.

They were originally the followers of Prime Minister Fang, and they were very optimistic about the third prince, but now, the emperor has not appointed a prince at all, and Prime Minister Fang fell first.

Judging from what the emperor meant, I am afraid that he has no plan to make the third prince the crown prince, otherwise he would not have slapped Prime Minister Fang at this time.

No matter!The princes are still young, so let's stay neutral for now!

Look at Su Shangshu, Cui Shangshu, and Minister of the Ministry of Justice. They used to follow the emperor, be cautious, or be neutral, but now they are all doing well!
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The reason why the emperor took the opportunity to get angry with Prime Minister Fang was not because he was the third prince's natal family, if so, he would have dealt with it long ago.

He was because Ning Youbei said in his letter that the several million taels that Fang Haichang concealed were not given to the third prince, but to a certain prince.

In this way, the emperor could not tolerate it.

I thought he was supporting the third prince before, so he was asked to check and balance the Duke of Wei in the court.

But now he doesn't know whether it's the king of Jing or the king of Jiangcheng who he supports, and the hidden money is also given to them, how can it make them grow stronger?

Although Ning Youbei's letter stated that this matter has not been confirmed yet, it is a fact that the salt tax money has been reduced, and it is also a fact that it was not given to the third prince.

However, without Prime Minister Fang, uncle must be transferred back to Yudu as soon as possible, and let him take over the position of Prime Minister Fang, and at the same time contend with Duke Wei.

As for the post of Jianghuai salt transport envoy, it can be vacant for now, and let cousin Chen serve as a deputy envoy. After he is familiar with the salt tax business, he will take over the post of salt transport envoy logically.

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chaise palace
The fact that Prime Minister Fang was suspended from his duties quickly spread throughout the harem, and the imperial concubine panicked.

In the past, she was still a little proud.

The eldest prince is the eldest son, but the emperor's delay in making him the crown prince must be dissatisfied with him.

The imperial concubine herself thinks that the third prince is much better than the first prince, and her father is the prime minister, so there is a high possibility of making the third prince the crown prince.

However, Prime Minister Fang was suspended from his post and let Duke Wei take over his affairs. This obviously did not intend to make the third prince the crown prince.

Otherwise, the third prince would not be without any support.

If her father was really removed from the position of prime minister, then the third prince would be worse than the second prince.The second prince's grandfather was still the Minister of the Household Department.

Thinking of this, the imperial concubine couldn't sit still.

She took off all the headgear and gorgeous outer clothes, and only wore a white middle coat to go to the emperor to plead guilty.

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Hearing that the imperial concubine was coming, the emperor thought to himself: "It came so fast!"But he still announced the imperial concubine to come in.

As soon as the imperial concubine entered the imperial study room, she knelt down on the ground and kowtowed deeply.

"The concubine is guilty, please His Majesty punish her!"

The emperor turned the wrench in his hand, his face showed no expression, and his tone was also indifferent: "Your concubine, tell me, what crime have you committed?"

"The concubine shouldn't have failed to restrain the family members so that they failed His Majesty's grace."

The emperor's tone is still light:
"If you are married to your husband, since you are married to Zhen, the affairs of your mother's family have nothing to do with you. Even if they commit the crime of treason, married women can still be exempted."

"But..." The imperial concubine was still kneeling on the ground without looking up, "After all, they are all the family members of my concubine, please forgive me, Your Majesty."

The emperor's expression became even paler.

"Your concubine, do you know what crime they committed? Have you ever asked your good father and brother to see how they betrayed me?
You don't know anything, and you let me forgive you with just one mouthful, how do you know that I won't forgive you? "

"Didn't it mean that the elder concubine didn't report the price increase in Jianghuai?"

"Go down, the harem is not allowed to interfere in politics, and you don't want to interfere with the affairs of the court."

The emperor doesn't want to talk too much with the concubine.

There is no evidence that the Fang family colluded with the prince to hide the salt tax and silver.

But, in the heart of the noble concubine, is she such a cold and indifferent person?

Suspended her father's position just to conceal the rising price of Jianghuai?

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Queen's Palace
No matter what happened in the court, or the matter of the imperial concubine taking off her hairpin to plead guilty, the queen got the news very quickly.

She laughed a few times: "Fang Xiayun, you have today too!"

Fang Xiayun is the name of the noble concubine, except for the empress and the concubine De, few people in the palace know her name, they are all called by the name of the noble concubine.

If you want to say who is the happiest person today, it is the queen.

The eldest prince's biggest competitor is the third prince, but what the emperor sang today obviously did not think about making the third prince the crown prince, so who is she afraid of?

As for the second prince, he was never seen by the queen at all.

Although the second prince's grandfather was the Minister of the Household Department, he had almost no followers.

Unlike his own father, Wei Guogong, he not only has the support of the Minister of Rites and the Ministry of Officials, but also his brother-in-law is also the admiral of Yudu, holding the city defense army in his hand.

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(End of this chapter)