Dajin royal family

Chapter 72 Sudden Change
In the big camp, the emperor was in a high position, holding a wine cup in his hand, looking at the ministers in the camp with a smile.

In this banquet where everyone chatted happily, only one person was unhappy, and he was the Prince of the East Palace, Jiang Zhao.He is so fat that even his biological father doesn't like him.Jiang Zhao's fat is not reflected in his face, but in his body. He is more than two times fatter than his younger brother King Qi beside him.

He didn't want to kneel because his legs and hips couldn't bear the weight of his body, and he couldn't feel his legs now.But for the sake of etiquette, he is still bearing it.

King Qi noticed the prince frequently wiping his sweat, so he said with a smile: "Brother Prince, if you are not feeling well, go back and rest earlier."

"Hehe, thank you for your concern, brother, I'm fine."

Knowing that King Qi was mocking him, the prince still responded with a smile, as if he didn't understand what King Qi said at all.

King Qi laughed, feeling extremely disdainful, such a fat pig, what qualifications did he have to sit in that seat, as the king of a country, he couldn't even stand up alone.

At this moment, a Jinwu guard quickly walked into the camp, knelt down on one knee behind the emperor, and whispered in whispers.

After a while, the emperor was furious, and the wine cup in his hand hit the ground with a "clang", and in an instant the camp became audible.

All the ministers paused one after another, and they all looked at the emperor who had got up in a daze.

"Li Yuan, what a good son you taught!" The emperor glared at Li Yuan, the Duke of Bing who was standing in the background.

Li Yuan was full of doubts. Facing the emperor's angry reprimand, he was confused. He hurriedly walked to the center of the camp and bowed to salute: "Your Majesty, I don't know what mistake I made, please tell your Majesty clearly!"

The emperor waved his hand, "Master Xuan Leping come in!"

King Zhao panicked for no reason, and instinctively told him that this matter might have something to do with him, otherwise how could the emperor announce his daughter.

As if confirming his conjecture, Princess Leping cried to him as soon as he came in: "Father, Li Anmin and the Changsun family will be discovered by brother in private, and he will kill brother!"

hiss~
Everyone gasped, and looked at Li Yuan in shock, then at Princess Leping, and finally at King Zhao.

Li Yuan's mind was blank, his body was on the verge of falling, the thing he was most worried about happened.The wine cup in Changsun Sheng's hand dropped, and the liquor spilled all over his clothes without realizing it. The words "Li Anmin and Changsun's private meeting" kept echoing in his mind.

"Investigate!" The emperor issued an order, and all the Jinwu guards were mobilized, but within half a stick of incense, the ins and outs of the matter were gradually found out.

Tonight, Li Anmin and the Changsun family went out for a private meeting. Unfortunately, they were discovered by Duke Langya who was sending Princess Leping back. past.At the scene of the crime, in addition to Duke Langya, there were many corpses of domestic slaves from Duke Binguo’s mansion, together with the confessions of female officials in the women’s camp and the testimony of Jin Wuwei, basically an established fact emerged in everyone’s minds.

When Li Anmin was caught in the camp, his face was so swollen that he couldn't bear to look directly at him, and there were many bloodstains on his body, which seemed to further confirm a certain fact.However, when faced with the emperor's interrogation, Li Anmin pleaded not guilty, claiming that he did not intend to murder Duke Langya, but Duke Langya was the one who raped him, and the scars on his face were caused by Duke Langya.

No one believed it.

Because at the scene of the crime, there were more than a dozen domestic slaves from the Duke's Mansion.At the same time, the female officials in the women's family camp testified that they did see the conflict between Duke Langya and Li Anmin with their own eyes.

Later, another client, Changsun, was interrogated. Changsun remained silent. She only said that she was sent back to the camp by Li Anmin, and she didn't know what happened afterwards.

On the night when the matter was found out, Li Yuan was sacked by the emperor from beginning to end, his title was downgraded to Bingxian county magistrate, and his post as Bashu prefect was removed.

Li Yuan wanted to defend himself, but the emperor seemed to kill the matter, he didn't greet anyone from the beginning to the end, and he didn't let the Criminal Ministry and Dali Temple intervene, so he sentenced Li Yuan that night.

Before the end of the autumn hunt, this matter was reported back to Chang'an.One version of the story was accepted as fact by the masses in Chang'an.

The story goes like this, Li Erlang and Changsun's love is as deep as the sea, and they can't part with each other. Li Erlang can't sit back and watch Changsun marry other men, so he took the opportunity of this autumn hunt and wanted to take Changsun's family away, but was forced to die. The Duke of Langya discovered that the conflict between the two sides was inevitable.During the conflict, the frail Lord Langya was accidentally stabbed by Li Erlang.

Many people in Chang'an felt that Duke Langya was too miserable. Although he caught his fiancée who had fled, he was stabbed by the (female god) husband. It was not worth it.What a fine fellow, why hang yourself from a tree.

As one of the parties involved in this incident, the Changsun family was cast aside by the people of Chang'an as a shameless woman, and she still flirts with her fiancé.

And the aristocratic circle also had fun for a long time because of this gossip.

The case was handled so fast that none of the ministers could react.That night Li Anmin was convicted by the emperor of "abduction", "murder", "commitment of a subordinate", "deception", etc., and Li Yuan was also beaten by the emperor that night because of lax discipline.If the Dou family hadn't interceded, Li Anmin might have been beheaded.Although he saved his life, the emperor deprived Li Anmin of his qualifications to serve as an official, and was placed under house arrest together with his father in Bing County.

Of course, there are also some smart people who have discovered that something is wrong.An obvious reason is that Li Anmin committed the crime, and Li Yuan suffered the crime.More directly, another party, Changsun, was not investigated either.

For example, Duguzheng is very clear about this matter.

"Your Majesty is too much, even if it is to comfort King Zhao, you don't have to deal with Li Yuan like this." Dou Wei slapped the table angrily.Li Yuan is his brother-in-law, now that he has fallen into such a situation, he is also suffocating in his heart.

Duguzheng sneered and said, "Comfort me!" He uttered an obscenity, Wei Hong and Dou Wei looked at him in disbelief.

"Brother Dugu, what do you mean by that?" Wei Hong asked.

"Hmph!" Duguzheng said, "This matter is problematic from beginning to end, can't you see that, under the pretense of comforting King Zhao, he attacked the Li family, and the target is us Guanzhong nobles!"

Wei Hong was startled, then remembered something, and said, "Brother Dugu means that he arranged this matter?"

"I don't know if he arranged it, but" Dugu said coldly, "I can see that he did it all by himself. Think about it, Li Yuan's stupid son had so many opportunities to lead him in the camp." Why did they choose that night when the eldest grandson’s maidservant escaped? Wouldn’t it be better for them to escape when they were empty at noon! If they didn’t come to participate in this autumn hunting, why would they escape directly!”

Dou Wei and Wei Hong were suffocated immediately, and their expressions became very ugly.

Duguzheng said again: "It doesn't matter whether that idiot of Li Yuan's family has a conflict with Jiang Chengxiao or not. The important thing is that as long as something happens to Jiang Chengxiao, he will have a way to blame it on Li Yuan's family. After all, that stupid son of Li Yuan's family and the eldest grandson's family All the nobles in Chang'an know about the affair of a lowly maidservant, and Li Anmin can't get rid of the crime at all. What can the corpses of those house slaves at the scene explain?"

Dou Wei gritted his teeth and said: "No wonder he dealt with the case vigorously that night, and then disposed of all the corpses. He didn't want to leave any evidence. I thought it was wrong at the time. That kid Anmin was a little bold, but it made him angry. And he dared not kill someone."

Wei Hong analyzed: "At that time, everyone at the scene either passed out or was a dead body. The son of King Zhao woke up and didn't know anything. Only Li Anmin escaped by himself. There is no evidence for his death. If he made a fuss about it, what do we do? do not know either."

"Moreover, King Zhao's attitude is also ambiguous, which is very intriguing."

"What on earth does he want to do!" Dou Wei said angrily.

Duguzheng was silent for a moment, then said: "He wants to force us to agree to move the capital, this time the surgery on Li Yuan's family is a warning."

"Then we must never agree. After going to Luoyang, the Guanzhong nobles are still the Guanzhong nobles!" Wei Hong objected.

"Yes, we must not go. We still have the power to resist in Guanzhong. If we go to Luoyang, we will be mermaids." Dou Wei said.

Dugu shook his head, "No, we have to promise him to move the capital."

"what?!"

Wei Hongdao: "What do you mean, do you want to be blackmailed by him?"

"Otherwise?" Duguzheng looked at him and said, "Do you want to do the work of the King of Han?"

Hearing this, Dou Wei and Wei Hong were silent.

Du Guzheng said: "Now King Zhao is in Beijing, with nearly 60 soldiers and horses in his hands, and he is waiting for us to make mistakes."

After a long time, Dou Wei said unwillingly: "Are we going to watch him cut us one by one? This time it's Li Yuan, what about next time? Maybe it's Yu's family or Yuwen's family. One day It's going to fall on us."

Dugu stroked his chin and said: "The more we are at this time, the less we can be anxious, we can't make mistakes. If we don't agree with him moving the capital, this kind of thing will be inevitable in the future. Don't worry, if we go to Luoyang, his opponents will not only be us , Some people have been watching the show for so long, it's time for those people to stand out."

Wei Hong thought for a while, and said, "It's true, some people must be more anxious than us when we go to Luoyang."

Dou Wei thought for a while, understood the key point, and said with a sneer, "Okay, let's join hands with them at the worst."

In Dangkou County Mansion, Changsun Wuji was beaten by Changsun Sheng because he took his younger sister to go hunting without permission.

In the wing room on the other side, Changsun Sheng and his daughter Guanyin's maidservant knelt and sat on the cushions.

"Guanyin maidservant, I know that you are a smart boy. Now you can tell me what happened that night."

Changsun Sheng stared at his daughter with scorching eyes. He knew his daughter very well, she was very smart, and it was impossible for him to escape marriage, and it was an act of escaping the "royal marriage".It is even more impossible to follow Li Anmin to a private meeting regardless of his reputation, there must be some reason for this.

Changsun's face was haggard. Hearing his father's words, he said slowly: "Father, my daughter is definitely not a person who disregards honor, propriety, righteousness and shame. This time, my daughter went to the autumn hunting privately to persuade Erlang to let go and not to be entangled with me. That night , I have persuaded Erlang to let go."

"However, Prince Zhao's son was indeed stabbed, and the house slaves at the scene were all slaves who followed Li Anmin all the year round. How should this be explained?" Chang Sun Sheng's tone slightly increased.

Changsun said: "My daughter doesn't know. Erlang sent his daughter back that night. He was alone and did not bring his slaves with him. Instead, Prince Zhao brought his slaves to beat Erlang. After the daughter went back, I heard what happened. this matter."

Hearing this, Changsun Sheng's eyes flickered. He realized that this was a deadlock. The problem came after his daughter returned to the camp. "You said that Prince Zhao beat Li Anmin."

"Yes, he did beat Erlang at that time, but he took his people away afterwards. They didn't fight like the outside world said." Changsun herself was also full of doubts, she clearly remembered that Jiang Chengxiao finished beating that night Erlang left after that, and Erlang also promised that she would not seek trouble, so how could it be possible?
"Is it possible that Li Anmin holds a grudge, and after you go back, he took someone to meet Zhao Wangshizi." Changsun Sheng doubted.

"I..." Changsun didn't know what to say. Only the two parties knew about this matter.

"Alas!" Changsun Sheng sighed heavily. No matter what happened, it is true that the Guanyin servant girl went out to have a private meeting with Li Anmin. , all the evidence is conclusive, there is no room for justification.

"Father, all mistakes are my daughter's fault, and my daughter is willing to die to prove her innocence." Changsun bowed to the end.

Changsun Sheng shook his head, helped her up, and said, "Don't talk nonsense, I believe in your innocence for my father. Don't pursue this matter anymore. Now you have to prepare well, and you should get married in a few days."

"How could it be?" Changsun's fair face was covered with crystal clear tears, which was completely inconceivable, "How could the Zhao Palace agree to this matter after this happened?"

Changsun Sheng thought to himself, this is the most strange thing. After this incident, King Zhao didn't ask the emperor to break off the marriage.

"Don't think too much, Guanyin servant girl, you have to remember that you already have a husband's family, and you must never have any contact with Li Anmin from now on." Speaking of this, Changsun Cheng laughed at himself, and Li Anmin was sent away overnight by the emperor Bingxian, my worries are superfluous.

"My father is only worried now that you may suffer some hardships after you get married."

If something like this happened, the people of King Zhao's Mansion would definitely not give their daughter a good face.Thinking of this, Changsun Sheng felt remorse in his heart. He should not have agreed to the emperor's bestowal of marriage. If he could withstand the pressure, how could things develop into what they are now.

Hearing this, Guanyin's maid obviously understood her father's words, and smiled sadly, "I don't blame my father, it's all my daughter asked for."

She felt a little regretful, if she hadn't persuaded Erlang, things wouldn't have turned out like this.

(End of this chapter)