Unparalleled Concubine

"Your Highness has lost his mind."

Li Xin lowered his voice.

"Your Majesty will never let go of the prince's right to supervise the country. If the prince does not continue to supervise the country, how can he continue to make mistakes?"

"If the crown prince doesn't make mistakes, His Highness won't have a chance..."

Chapter 275 The Emperor in the Palace

Things did get serious.

This matter spread throughout the court in a very short time, and within half a day, most officials in the court knew that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince had killed an official censor in the prison of Dali Temple.

In this way, not only the students from Yushitai and Guozijian are making trouble, but also the civil servants in the entire court are somewhat unhappy. Not being able to punish scholar-officials is one of the most important privileges of them, and it is also the responsibility of these civil servants. One of the most cherished privileges.

You can punish them after they are dismissed from office, but you cannot punish people with official status. Although this is just a formality, it is very important for civil officials.

Punishments cannot be applied to scholar-bureaucrats, at least not easily.

Strictly Shouzhuo, the Minister of Dali Temple, went to Shangshutai in person and found Zuo Pushe Zhang Qu.

This Dali Siqing, one of the nine ministers, smiled wryly and saluted Zhang Qu.

"Mr. Haoran, save the officer!"

Zhang Qu put down the brush in his hand, looked up at Yan Shouzhuo, his voice was angry.

"Those censors haven't been convicted yet. How can Dali Temple be able to punish them? Even if there is an order from the crown prince, Dali Temple should stop it! You still want this old man to save you. Not bad!"

In addition to the people in Yushitai who can hear about things and sue without evidence, other officials must have certain real evidence to write impeachment letters, otherwise it will be a false accusation and they will be charged instead.

Zaifu like Zhang Qu submitted a letter to ginseng, basically one ginseng was accurate.

Yan Shouzhuo bowed his head and smiled wryly: "Mr. Haoran, you go down and ask. None of the people from my Dali Temple did anything last night. It was the people from the East Palace who took the sign of His Highness the Crown Prince and wanted to execute torture in the prison. Hall, how dare Dali Temple disobey him?"

"Now Dali Temple is surrounded by the family of the censor and some unknown students. If this continues, the majesty of the national law will not exist!"

Hearing this, Zhang Qu patted the table angrily.

"The power of punishment and prison is only owned by the Ministry of Punishment, Dali Temple and Jingzhao Mansion. Even if His Majesty wants to question people, he has to go through these yamen. Why would people from the East Palace dare to use the prison!"

In ancient times, there was still a relatively rigorous process for lawsuits.

Except for local governments like Jingzhao Mansion, which have the power to prosecute criminal and prison proceedings, only the Sanju Judiciary in the capital has the right to intervene in criminal and prison proceedings. Quan does not have the right to review, so there are only two yamen in the Sansan Judicial Division that can intervene in prisons.

The Ministry of Punishment generally examines the case files submitted by various places, while Dali Temple mainly targets officials for committing more crimes.

The Minister of Dali Temple bowed and cupped his hands and said, "I, Dali Temple, am innocent in this matter, Haoran Gongming learned from it."

Zhang Qu stood up from his seat and took a few deep breaths.

"You wait here, the old man is going to see His Majesty!"

Yan Shouzhuo nodded respectfully.

After this Lord Haoran left Shangshutai, he walked directly towards Changle Palace.

..............................

In Changle Palace.

Ever since Emperor Chengde promulgated the imperial edict for establishing the crown prince, he has never stepped out of Changle Palace, nor has he seen anyone again, as if he had really entrusted all state affairs to the crown prince.

At this time, Emperor Chengde was sitting beside the torch, drinking a bowl of soup while warming the fire. After drinking the soup, His Majesty the Emperor frowned slightly.

"This medicine is becoming more and more bitter every day."

The eunuch Chen Ju was waiting on the sidelines, and he sighed secretly when he heard the words.

In the past few days, the prescription has not changed a single cent.

A smile appeared on his face, he bowed his head and said: "Tomorrow, this old servant will ask those imperial doctors to adjust the prescription."

"That's it."

The Son of Heaven shook his head and said, "This prescription was written by more than a dozen imperial physicians in the Imperial Hospital with trepidation. If they are asked to change it at this time, they will not dare to change it for a while."

It is not difficult to be a doctor in this era. If it is cured, it is your ability.

But being a doctor is different.

Especially when treating the emperor's illness, it is your duty to be cured, and you will die with him if the cure is not cured. Therefore, when administering medicine to the emperor, the imperial physicians try to use some mild medicine, and dare not use it. heavy medicine.

At present, the prescription of the Chengde emperor was slowly grinded out by more than a dozen imperial physicians who took medicine blindly together.

After the emperor drank the medicine, he kept the hand warmer beside him and asked slowly, "How long has the prince supervised the country?"

The eunuch bowed his head and said, "It should be seven or eight days."

The emperor narrowed his eyes and smiled: "It's rare, nothing happened for so long, I underestimated him before."

Chen Ju bowed his head with a smile on his face: "His Royal Highness has several ministers to assist him. As long as he is modest, nothing will happen."

"He can't."

The emperor put down the hand warmer in his hand and coughed: "Among my dozen sons, the eldest is the least able to be an emperor. As long as he is more successful, I will not hesitate to be the crown prince until now."

It has always been the strictest patriarchal rule to establish a heir and establish an elder. If the eldest prince has a little bit of ability, even if it is mediocre, as long as he can keep this country, the emperor of Chengde will admit it.

After all, etiquette and rules are the most powerful tool for the emperor to rule the world. As long as everyone abides by the orderly rules and regulations, and the elders and children have different etiquettes, the country will never be easy.

The royal family, of course, takes the lead in following the etiquette.

But the eldest prince is really ineffective, the emperor has been hesitant for so many years.

Having said that, Emperor Chengde shook his head: "But I have given him a chance. If he has the ability to keep the title of prince, I will not take him by force. If he can't keep it, he can't blame me."

Chen Ju lowered his head and sighed: "Your Majesty is merciful."

"I'm not kind at all."

The emperor chuckled: "If I let him go, he can still live his life in peace. Now that I have pushed him to the position of prince, once he falls down, it is impossible to save his life."

Having said that, Emperor Chengde narrowed his eyes and sighed slowly: "If Lao Qi wins, he may not die..."

After the Son of Heaven said something to himself, he turned to look at Chen Ju: "What has Li Shen been doing lately?"

Chen Ju lowered his head and said, "Since he was injured by His Majesty last time, Li Shen has been recovering from his illness, hiding in Pingnanhou's mansion and never coming out."