Bachelor

Chapter 316 The National Law Is Above All
Chen Hong was still deliberately pretending to be loud, but he annoyed Empress Chen next to him.

Empress Chen didn't know that Chen Hong was a dark chess piece that Sun Dan was lurking beside Huang Jin. She was already very hot-tempered, so she took a step forward and slapped Chen Hong hard, and scolded: "You are worthless!" My little eunuch, in front of His Majesty and Mr. Sun, there is room for you to intervene. I won’t punish you severely today. It’s really like the palace is a place where cats and dogs come out to bark. Somebody, pull him down and beat him with fifty sticks. "

As the saying goes, it depends on the owner to beat a dog. Huang Jin is not happy when Empress Chen wants to punish Chen Hong.Seeing Sun Dan being scolded by Chen Hong, Huang Jin was also very happy, and said in his heart: "Well, you Sun Dan, you are too tired now. This Chen Hong is worthy of being a good son trained by Huang Jin. I can really feel angry for our parents, good, good, this son is so courageous!

Huang Jin hurriedly said: "Madam, although Chen Hong doesn't understand the rules, his words make sense and they are not wrong."

Empress Chen hated Huang Jin to the bone, and was about to throw a tantrum again, but when she saw Sun Dan frown slightly, she held back her anger.Because when she listened to Sun Dan's lecture just now, she said that what a man likes most is a woman who is as gentle as water, and the stronger the man, the more so.The reason why the emperor disliked her before had a lot to do with her irritable personality.

Thinking of this, Empress Chen regretted jumping out and slapping Chen Hong just now.

Sure enough, seeing the few people below arguing, the emperor's eyes obviously flashed a little unhappiness, and he looked at the people below for a while.

Feeling something was wrong, everyone stopped talking at the same time, and the atmosphere in the hall began to freeze.

"Why don't you talk anymore?" Jiajing's voice seemed to come from far away: "There are different opinions and endless discussions. This palace seems to be so lively all the time! Sun Dan, don't you have something to say, you say Come on, I'm listening."

Huang Jin asked at the right time: "Sun Dan, just now you said that Lu Fang's crime is not worthy of death, tell me your reasoning, haven't you always been able to speak well, can you fabricate many false reasons? Human life is more important than Mount Tai, let alone a prince. "

Sun Dan is not nervous, at least on the surface.He thought for a while before answering: "Eunuch Huang is wrong. Concubine Zhang is only three months pregnant, and the child in her belly does not know whether it is a boy or a girl. It is a bit imprudent for you to insist that you are the prince. .Secondly, according to the folk saying, if a child is not raised to the age of 12, it is not considered a support. In many places, children under the age of 12 are not even given a name. Therefore, even if Lu Fang murdered the child, But this child has no title or status, and it is not considered a serious crime of treason, so it is not suitable for punishment."

"When did you, Sun Jingyun, become proficient in the law and learn how to be a knife and pen official?" Huang Jin sneered: "I admit that I can't say anything to you. Who told us that our family has served two generations of kings since we were young, and we don't have much knowledge. Unlike Lu Fang and the others who were young Then I entered the inner book hall, and a famous teacher like you, Sun Dan, gave me advice. However, reading too much of this book may not be a good thing, just like you, Sun Daming, how did you cultivate a rebellious official and traitor without a king and a father? Inner book Tang is really a good place!"

Sun Dan stared at Huang Jin quickly: "Indeed, Lu Fang is my student, but Eunuch Huang is the steward of the Neishutang. Speaking of which, he is your student. Lu Fang can enter Yuxi Palace, is it Huang Huang?" Your father-in-law approved it?"

Hearing the words, Jiajing pierced Huang Jin's body with knife-like eyes, Huang Jin shrank in fright, and said forcefully: "I, the steward of the Neishutang, is just a name."

Probably knowing that his explanation was a bit far-fetched, Huang Jin was very anxious. After learning that Lu Fang had given the drug, he was naturally overjoyed, thinking that he had seized a great opportunity to bring down Empress Chen.But judging from Sun Dan's current intentions, it seemed that he wanted to pour dirty water on himself.

Huang Jin had no choice but to say: "Even if Lu Fang's crime does not apply to the punishment of beheading, it is okay to be sentenced to death, right?" He had no confidence in saying this, and he always felt that he had been circumvented by Sun Dan.

An ominous premonition rose from his heart.

Sun Dan suddenly smiled: "Eunuch Huang, you are wrong again."

Huang Jin was numb from his laughter: "Why did our family make a mistake again?"

Sun Dan said softly: "You and I are not officials from Dali Temple, the Procuratorate, or the Ministry of Punishment. It is up to you and me to decide how the criminal is convicted. However, Sun Dan has read the "Da Ming Law" several times on weekdays, and drugged the fetus to abort it. It's not murder. According to the law, a baby is not considered a human life until it falls to the ground. Therefore, in Sun Dan's opinion, if Lu Fang gave medicine to have an abortion, he could only be convicted of one crime of injury. He injured Concubine Zhang Gui with medicine, and Concubine Zhang did not If Lu Fang dies because of taking medicine, Lu Fang is not considered to have committed a murder. According to the law, at most fifty sticks will be beaten, and some soup and medicine will be compensated."

Hearing Sun Dan's crooked reasoning, everyone in the hall was horrified, and everyone was so shocked that they were sweating profusely.

But Emperor Jiajing became angrier the more he listened, his face darker than the bottom of the pot.

His chest heaved violently, and his eyes looked at Sun Dan coldly.

Sun Dan knew that he had caused the emperor's resentment, but in order to save Lu Fang, he couldn't care less about it.With the emperor, there will be opportunities to mend relations with him in the future, but if Lu Fang dies, his favorite student will also be gone.

As for Empress Chen, when she heard Sun Dan say that, she was so happy that she almost laughed out loud.

But seeing Sun Dan glaring at her fiercely, Empress Chen felt a little scared, knowing that now is not the time to be proud.He immediately lowered his head, pretending to be very sad.But the corners of his mouth are clearly curled up.

Huang Jin was stunned by Sun Dan's words, and he stuttered for a long time: "You, you, you... you are so bold... Unexpectedly, the concubine Zhang looked like an ordinary peasant woman. Then...then Lu Fang was so bold that he dared to ask her The imperial concubine's prescribing medicine is a serious crime of disrespect, and should be hanged according to the law."

"Eunuch Huang is wrong again." Sun Dan gently interrupted Huang Jin's words.

"Why did I make a mistake again, how could I be wrong again." Huang Jin was a little collapsed by Sun Dan, and his eyes fell on the emperor for help.

The emperor showed deep disgust on his face, and he didn't know whether it was towards Sun Dan or Huang Jin: "Sun Dan, tell me, I will listen to you."

Sun Dan said: "The reason why I said that Eunuch Huang is wrong again is because Concubine Zhang is just a noble concubine in the palace. The so-called disrespect is that the minister is treating the monarch. If he offends the majesty or the queen, it is disrespectful." But the concubine is a concubine after all, but not the empress. In truth, the empress is the emperor, but the concubine is a minister. Eunuch Huang said that, it is not that he messed up the order of the emperor and his ministers, and deliberately provoked the two palaces Is there a good situation of harmony between the two? Eunuch Huang made a slip of the tongue."

Pressing down his big hat, Huang Jin was so shocked that his forehead was covered with sweat, his legs softened, and he almost knelt in front of the emperor and empress.Human relations and the relationship between father and son are the moral basis for maintaining the operation of the Ming Empire. What crime is more serious than disturbing the rules?
"Our family's slip of the tongue, our family's slip of the tongue..." Huang Jin murmured, and said with a mournful face: "Such a big thing happened, could it be that we just lift it up high and put it down gently, so what's the face of my Tianjia?"

Hearing what Huang Jin said, the emperor suddenly woke up.He is narrow-minded and saves face, how can he tolerate Lu Fang's life.Immediately shouted: "Sun Dan, I really can't see that you can talk so well, go on, go on, let's see what else do you want to teach me?"

With the support of the emperor, Huang Jin regained his spirits and shouted: "Sun Dan, I was really stunned by you just now, and I forgot one important point - Lu Fang is just a little eunuch, who lent him the bear heart?" The leopard dared to poison Concubine Zhang."

He turned around abruptly, knelt down in front of the emperor, sobbed and said, "Your Majesty, the matter is of great importance at this moment, and I hope that the Holy Admiral will find out the person behind Lu Fang, and return justice to the world."

The emperor: "Of course I want to investigate thoroughly. As long as I can find out the mastermind behind him, no matter how powerful she is, I will never tolerate it."

Huang Jin was still kneeling on the ground. Hearing this, he knew that the emperor wanted to abolish Empress Chen, and said in a timely manner: "As far as I know, Lu Fang is the empress's personal eunuch. Lu Fang has done such a frenzied thing now. I don't know if the empress knows?"

Empress Chen raised her eyebrows and was about to refute, but Sun Dan interrupted: "Eunuch Huang is still wrong?"

Sun Dan's words broke Huang Jin completely, and he shouted, "Sun Dan, you can't say anything else, why am I always in the wrong?"

The emperor: "Sun Dan, I think what Huang Jin said is reasonable, why is he wrong again?"

Sun Dan: "As far as I know, Lu Fang started serving Empress Chen on the sixth day of the first lunar month, and it has only been nine days now. There are so many court ladies and eunuchs in the empress' palace. If something happens, the empress will be responsible. Can the empress be responsible? Nine days is only enough for the empress to remember his name and face."

While talking, he glanced at Empress Chen from the corner of his eye, and thought: What should I do, I taught you just now, it depends on your current performance.

Empress Chen is not a stupid person, but she is usually irritable and impatient to do some things.Now, it's about his own life and death, honor and disgrace, so he can only let go of his body.She hurriedly walked to the emperor and knelt down, sobbing: "Your Majesty, Lu Fang is indeed the personal eunuch of the concubine. The concubine was also blind and trusted this white-eyed wolf, but he used the trust of the concubine to harm Concubine Zhang." .The concubine committed the crime of negligence, please His Majesty punish her. The concubine is not ashamed to stay in this palace any longer, so I will go to the Clothes Bureau to wait for your Majesty to deal with it."

Empress Chen's move of retreating into advance shocked Huang Jin's group, knowing that things were not good.

Huang Jin gave Sun Dan a resentful look, annoyed in his heart: Empress Chen has become a difficult person with the help of Sun Dan, who is as shrewd as a ghost.His Majesty seems to have a dull temper, but sometimes he is soft-hearted and protective.I'm afraid that Empress Chen will pass this level safely.

Sure enough, Empress Chen's face was full of tears, which caused the emperor's heart to move suddenly. He suddenly remembered the love between husband and wife in Anlu, but his heart softened, and his tone eased: "Get up, what are you doing. Lu Fang He has only been with you for a few days, even if he commits a heinous crime, it cannot be blamed on you."

Empress Chen still couldn't get up, and continued to cry: "Although Your Majesty is in a prosperous spring and autumn period, no dragon son has been born, but this is not a blessing for the country. The concubines are also happy when they hear that Concubine Zhang is pregnant. They burn incense and chant scriptures every day for Your Majesty The dragon species in Concubine Zhang's belly begged for blessings. But I didn't expect things to turn out like this, and the concubine felt very sad! Concubine Zhang's face is also male. If she takes good care of her body, she will definitely give birth to a baby for Her Majesty in the future. It belongs to a healthy and beautiful crown prince. But Concubine Zhang is so ill now, please allow your majesty to let the concubine go to the bedroom of Concubine Zhang's sister so that she can take care of her nearby. Don't worry, your majesty, in two months' time, concubine Zhang will be taken care of. Nursing up to be fat and white."

Empress Chen's words surprised the emperor, and he was also a little moved. He stepped forward and helped Empress Chen up: "I am very pleased that you have such a heart. I can't tell, you are really an open-minded person. You deserve it." It's my queen! Sure."

Empress Chen felt relieved, knowing that she had secured her position as empress, she naturally admired Sun Dan in her heart, her tears were still flowing, she didn't know whether it was fear or joy.

Huang Jin was depressed, and when he met Sun Dan, he always had the feeling that he had strength but could not use it.

But now that Empress Chen passed the test smoothly, he was very unwilling in his heart.

He said: "Sun Dan, you said that the Empress only accepted Lu Fang for only nine days, so who do you think is the main messenger behind him?"

Sun Dan had already relaxed in his heart, and said with a smile: "I still have to ask Eunuch Huang about this?"

Huang Jin: "Why did you get involved with me?"

Sun Dan: "Although Lu Fang is a student of my Sun Dan, but Sun Dan is just a senior who teaches, and the manager of the inner school is Mr. Huang. Eunuch can go to the inner school to check and find out?"

Huang Jin saw that Sun Dan was more and more trying to accuse him of the crime, and felt very anxious, and said angrily: "Sun Dan, are you going to spit blood on others?"

The expression on the emperor's face had calmed down, he was both perplexed and disapproving, so he stopped thinking about asking about it: "Okay, both of you are old ministers of Zhenlong Qianshi, so you won't be afraid of foreign ministers seeing you quarreling like this. Are you kidding me? Let’s all go back. As for Lu Fang, she’ll be locked up in Beiya first... no, in the prison of the Ministry of Criminal Justice.” Guan Jinyiwei’s prison is certainly convenient, but this matter has already alarmed the entire government and the public. , I'm afraid the officials have a lot of nonsense.Simply hand over the person to the Ministry of Criminal Justice for interrogation, just like what Sun Dan said just now, if he personally convicts Lu Fang, if he does not comply with the laws of the Ming Dynasty, he is afraid that he will be scolded bloody by the officials.

Those officials take it as an honor to scold the emperor, but I will not give them this opportunity.

Huang Jin had no choice but to retreat reluctantly, but Sun Dan didn't want to leave, he finally caught the chance to meet the emperor, how could he let it go.

The emperor: "Sun Dan, what else do you want to say?" He was very dissatisfied with Sun Dan.

Sun Dan pretended to be discussing political affairs: "I just want to report to His Majesty about Fangshan's tax reform."

"Okay, I'll listen to you." The tariff reform and the emperor's pocketbook are such a big deal that the emperor can't ignore it.After he asked everyone to retreat, he sat back.

"Your Majesty really thinks that I want to talk about Fangshan?" Sun Dan asked suddenly.

The emperor was even more upset: "Don't tell me you still want to entangle the matter just now, that is my family business."

"Your Majesty's business is also a matter of the world. I'm afraid this matter has already spread to the capital. If your Majesty doesn't handle it well, I'm afraid it will cause people to slander." Sun Dan suddenly laughed: "The Holy Majesty really thinks that Lu Fang has given medicine. Empress Chen ordered it?"

"Isn't she who? I just don't want to be cruel." For some reason, although the emperor is dissatisfied with Sun Dan now, he couldn't help but tell the truth.Perhaps, Sun Dan is the kind of person who is easy to talk to?
Sun Dan said leisurely: "Didn't Your Majesty hear the allusion that Wu Zetian suffocated his own baby? In the harem dispute, unexpected things often happen, and everything may not be speculated with common sense."

The emperor stood up abruptly, stared at Sun Dan with wide eyes, and said in a trembling voice, "You mean...Sun Dan, how bold are you?"

(End of this chapter)