The powerful minister's palm is reborn

Chapter 66 The Punishment of Emperor Jia Ning
"Lord Xiao, are you sure?" Si Yanzhong asked back, with doubts on his face.

Your Majesty loves the princess so much, how could Long Yan be furious because a painting was sent from the palace of the princess?
Xiao Zheng stared ahead, staring at the palace gate: "I'm not sure about anything. I only know that the butler at the princess's mansion just now held a picture scroll in his hand."

Si Yanzhong clasped his fists: "Thank you, my lord."

After the words fell, Si Yanzhong turned and left.

Xiao Zheng heard the sound of footsteps coming from behind him, looked sideways at Si Yanzhong's leaving figure slightly, and an indistinguishable dark light flashed in his eyes.

Xuan'an Hall

Emperor Jianing looked at the squirrels and kingfishers in the painting with a dark gaze, and there was a trace of murderous intent in his eyes: "Xuan Dali Siqing, Minister of the Ministry of Punishment, Yushi Zhongcheng came to see me."

"Follow the order." Eunuch Yi replied immediately.

After Eunuch Yi left, Emperor Jianing looked at the two kneeling on the ground: "Get up."

"Abiding by the order." The two replied and stood up neatly.

After Shi Yanlin got up, he whispered: "Your Majesty, the Princess has something to tell His Majesty."

"Go forward and speak." Emperor Jianing responded.

Shi Yanlin bowed forward, stood in front of the royal case, and said in a low voice: "The princess hopes that His Majesty can mobilize a group of people to guard Shewang near Tongzhou, in case of emergencies."

Emperor Jianing raised his eyes, his heart tightened, and his palms were slightly clenched.

How many people were involved in this incident, so that Yinyin felt that he needed to mobilize the army to suppress it?
"I will arrange it." Emperor Jianing.

He looked at Zongshen and Shi Yanlin, and asked, "Do you know where Yinyin is?"

Zongshen stepped forward and replied: "After the princess fell into the water, the Caomin gave the token of the Dongfeng Escort to the princess, and the princess's people went to the Tongzhou bodyguard to send a letter to the grassman. After receiving the letter, Caomin followed The princess asked to send the envelope to Nianhua Xiaoyuan."

"How could she have arrived in Tongzhou in such a short period of time?" Emperor Jianing muttered to himself, frowning slightly.

Zongshen looked at Emperor Jianing and asked cautiously, "Your Majesty, why is the princess in Tongzhou?"

Emperor Jianing glanced at Zongshen, his eyes full of helplessness: "Tongzhou is flooded, Yinyin is afraid of accidents, and has been arguing with me for a whole day, so she insists on going to Tongzhou. I didn't know why I agreed to her at the time."

Now, he didn't know how to be thankful that Yinyin had successfully arrived in Tongzhou and told him the news about the grain and grass?
Or should Qi Yinyin put herself in danger, but he didn't know anything about her situation.

Zongshen frowned, and whispered: "No wonder she collected a batch of clothes for my people to escort to Tongzhou. It turns out that she had planned to go to Tongzhou a long time ago."

Emperor Jianing raised his eyes: "Zongshen, Shi Yanlin told me everything you know."

Zongshen and Shi Yanlin did not dare to hide anything, and reported to His Majesty one by one what they knew.

Emperor Jianing clasped his hands when he heard the report of the two, and whispered, "Yinyin has thought through everything, even thought of the follow-up preparations."

Tone!
You have arranged for clothes, seedlings, and medicinal materials.

But do you know where you are now?
Thinking about it, Emperor Jianing looked up at Zongshen, and said, "If you have nothing to do recently, take a trip to Tongzhou!"

"Okay." Zong Shen replied without hesitation, without even frowning.

"You must bring her back to me safely." Emperor Jianing looked at Zongshen with burning eyes and entrusted him.

Zongshen saw the worry in Emperor Jianing's eyes, and replied loudly: "Don't worry, Your Majesty, the Caomin will definitely bring the Princess back safely."

"Your Majesty, the adults you summoned have arrived." Eunuch Yi stood outside the door and announced in a low voice.

Emperor Jianing waved his hand and said: "If you step out of this door, you will forget everything about today. If someone dares to leak the slightest bit of wind and hurt your voice, I will take the heads of both of you."

"Abiding by the order." The two replied, and then retreated respectfully.

After the two retired, Li Wenzheng, Secretary of the Ministry of Justice, Luo Ming, Minister of Dali Temple, and Tong Qingnian, Zhongcheng Yushi, stepped into Xuan'an Hall one after another.

"My emperor, long live, long live, long live." The three knelt and kowtowed.

"Get up!" Emperor Jianing said.

Emperor Jianing glanced at the pastel picture of squirrel and cherry on the imperial case, and Eunuch Yi immediately understood, rolled up the scroll and placed it on a bookshelf beside him.

The three of them didn't dare to make a sound after getting up, and stood quietly waiting for the order from Emperor Jianing.

Emperor Jianing picked up the memorial on the imperial case and reviewed it, occasionally raising his eyes to look at the three of them.

The Xuan'an Palace was quiet, the three of them stood there motionless, their legs were numb, but they dared not speak a word.

Eunuch Yi watched the three of them grit their teeth and persevere, and their calves trembled slightly, and shook his head helplessly.

His majesty's thoughts could not hide from his eyes, but today he was at a loss, how could he dare to speak freely.

If His Majesty wants to hang out a few adults, let's hang out.Whatever the reason!
At dusk at sunset, the three adults in Xuan'an Hall waited anxiously, while countless eyes outside Xuan'an Hall stared closely.

Eunuch Yi stepped out of the Hall of Xuan'an seeing that the time was almost up, and ordered the people from the Shangshi Bureau to deliver the dinner to the Hall of Xuan'an.

Emperor Jianing put down the last memorial in his hand, got up and walked to the mahogany round table where meals were placed...

Emperor Jianing picked up the rice in the white jade bowl and looked at the three of them: "Do you know why I announced you here today?"

Emperor Jianing's sudden question scared the three of them, and they knelt down in unison: "Your Majesty, minister... wait... I don't know why Your Majesty summoned this humble minister!"

Emperor Jianing glanced lightly at the three people kneeling on the ground, then withdrew his eyes and stared at the rice in the bowl: "Put it in front of them."

"Of order." Eunuch Yi replied.

He took away the extra rice bowl on Emperor Jianing's table, squatted halfway in front of the three of them, and reminded: "My lords, Your Majesty wants you to take a look."

The three raised their eyes, and what they saw was soft, glutinous, sweet, and full-grained white rice.

The three of them were suddenly stunned.

"Your Majesty, is there something wrong with the food and grass?" Liu Wenzheng asked cautiously.

What could be wrong with the white jade bowl, the only possibility is the rice in the bowl.

It's a problem with the imperial grain.

Liu Wenzheng's careful inquiry gave the two adults around him a complete epiphany.

Seeing that there was an answer, Eunuch Yi ordered three pairs of chopsticks to be brought to the three adults according to Emperor Jianing's instructions, and said: "Your Majesty, let the three adults share the rice in the bowl and eat it."

The three of them raised their eyes and saw the sharp eyes of Eunuch Yi, holding the chopsticks in their hands to use up the rice in the bowl.

After dinner, Emperor Jianing came to the three of them and said in a deep voice, "This is your ration for tomorrow."

"Your Majesty, what does this mean?" The three raised their eyes in puzzlement.

Emperor Jianing waved his hand, and the three young eunuchs followed immediately: "Your Majesty."

Emperor Jianing said coldly: "After the three adults stepped out of the Xuan'an Palace today, you will follow them back to the residence. You must keep an eye on them and not allow them to eat any food."

"Your Majesty, I don't know what crime I have committed!" The three immediately knelt down.

They really don't understand why His Majesty punished them when the imperial rations were lost?

(End of this chapter)