It's better to fall in love than seize the heir

"Father! My son knows nothing about this matter!"

On the majestic and solemn Golden Temple, in front of the civil and military forces of the court, a memorial quickly drew an arc in the air with fierce force, and smashed heavily on the sole of Shen Zhuomin's feet.

The furious Longwei spread silently in the hall, all the courtiers held their breath and stood in silence, not daring to make a sound.

Shen Zhuomin's eyelids twitched as he stared at the memorial at the bottom of his feet. On the messy and scattered pages, clear ink characters came into view——

The servants of the third prince rode their horses to attack common people and merchants in the West Market.The father and son of a family were killed before they could escape.After the wife beat drums outside the Yamen of Jingzhao Mansion to call out her grievances and recited a blood book, she committed suicide by touching a pillar.

"I don't know?" The emperor laughed back angrily, "It would be better if you didn't know. I want to ask you, how do you restrain your own subordinates! How can you manage the people if you can't even discipline your own slaves? People!"

All the ministers of the Xu family gasped, and the hairs all over their bodies stood on end.This sentence is extremely heavy.

Shen Zhuomin knelt down with a plop, and his knee hit the ground hard, but he didn't seem to feel the piercing pain.

"Father, this matter is due to my son's negligence for a while, and my son is willing to accept the crime. But from the beginning to the end, my son has shared his worries for my father. The emperor can learn from the sky, and it can be seen by all. For the retainers and subordinates, the son I have also been strictly enforcing the law, and there must be no harm to the people in the slightest. Now that this happened suddenly, there may not be no strange things in it..."

"You are still sophistrying!" The emperor shouted angrily, interrupting Shen Zhuomin's words, "Do you really think that I don't know the rumors that have been raging in the capital during this time? I understand that you have done several great things one after another, so you keep your eyes open. You turn a blind eye, but you don't know how to repent. I can't bear the trouble to this point! Don't you think that I can't do anything to you because I'm sick recently? "

Shen Zhuomin's face was pale, and he was about to burst into tears.

How is it possible... It's not that he doesn't know the rumors that suddenly surged in Beijing, but hasn't he already ordered people to investigate thoroughly, and has already calmed down with an iron fist?

Taishi Xu also looked a little ugly, and wanted to intercede for Shen Zhuomin.However, just now there was movement in the figure, but was gently stopped by the person behind him.

He tilted his head half an inch.It was Yang Tinglan, the most trusted counselor under the Third Prince.

Yang Tinglan shook his head calmly, mouthing the word "no".

Taishi Xu is very scheming, he has been standing upright despite many storms for many years, he was only worried about his grandson's shortness of breath, but now he calmed down, and naturally realized all the inappropriateness.

The emperor's behavior was naturally not because of the ruined family.The emperor sits high on the Dragon Throne, commanding the universe, how can he put the lives of three ordinary people in his eyes.The emperor clearly took the opportunity to vent his dissatisfaction with the Xu family, intending to beat them hard.

Grand Master Xu slowly closed his eyes and sighed inwardly.Companion to the emperor is like companion to the tiger, and their Xu family, as the emperor's important arm for many years, is now gradually being suspected and guarded against, to the point where there is a rift between the emperor and his ministers?

But don't think about it, many years ago, the Wei family, who also had the merits of Conglong, was completely destroyed in the fire with the joint efforts of their Xu family and the emperor.

The emperor looked at the silent government and the public, and his eyes flicked over the wonderful and different expressions of his highness one by one, and finally fixed on Shen Zhuomin who was still kneeling on the ground with his head down and couldn't see his face clearly.

"Why, have you nothing to say?" The emperor said in a low voice without anger and prestige, "I really don't know how you, the emperor's brother... Do you know, after the incident, the people of Xishi were terrified and rumors spread, it was you six Brother personally went to comfort the injured people so that the situation would not continue to spread."

Shen Zhuomin shrank his hands in his sleeves, his fingertips turned white from being clenched hard.

Why is it Shen Jinghe again... He knew it, he knew it!The so-called horse-riding murder was mostly instigated by his good sixth brother. Fortunately, he stepped on his own face and won a reputation for benevolence for nothing!

Shen Jinghe, who had been quietly staying in the corner until his name was mentioned, stepped forward and saluted in front of everyone's eyes.

"My son is ashamed. This matter is related to the face of the Tian family. My son and the third brother are both heirs of the emperor, and their branches and leaves grow together. It is their own responsibility to share one or two."

After saying that, he turned his head to look at Shen Zhuomin who was silent and motionless, with a bit of unbearable in his eyes.

"Brother Sanhuang works hard for the government every day, and he works hard, which is obvious to all. I believe it is unintentional for the servants to neglect discipline. Please also look at the achievements of Brother Sanhuang in the past, and forgive me a little bit!"

Shen Zhuomin lowered his head, his forehead hair covered his cold eyes, and also concealed the irony in them.

The emperor snorted coldly, glanced at Shen Jinghe, noncommittal, "You are kind."

The emperor pondered for a moment, and the conversations he had overheard in the past few nights came to mind again, causing waves in his deep eyes, and a storm gathered again.

"It's just that if we don't deal with it properly this time, I'm afraid that the people in the world will think that the Tian family is like this, that they only know how to bully others and take advantage of the common people!"

The armrest of the dragon chair was slapped hard, and the loud noise made all the ministers jump in fear.

"Prepare pen and ink, I want to draw up an order!"

When the emperor is angry, the thunder strikes, and the consequences will naturally overturn the situation.The emperor had long felt that his relatives were powerful, and he was not afraid of the Xu family for a day or two. At this time, he seized the opportunity, and all the crimes of the Xu family's previous suppressed lewdness and extravagance, selling officials and nobles, and accusing the prosecutors were all overturned. When he came out, he issued three orders in one breath, demoting a large number of people.

Although the few people in the core were not shaken, a large number of people fell from the court one after another. Even the mature and prudent Taishi Xu felt that the position under his buttocks was shaken.Even the other Xu family members who were not affected by the turmoil couldn't help but feel a little bit cold-this is the attitude of the birds are exhausted and the good bows are hidden!Is Your Majesty really not afraid of their old and loyal ministers being distracted?

"The emperor's behavior today is quite different from the past. Earlier, he wasn't so suspicious." Liang Yan focused on feeding a spoonful of sugar and cheese to Shen Jinghe's mouth, while sighing.

Shen Jinghe was too lazy to move, so he swallowed the tender and sweet sugar cheese in Liang Yan's hand, licked his lips, and just smiled.

"He's old."

That night, I heard that Xu Guifei knelt in front of the Zichen Palace door with red eyes to beg to see His Majesty, she was finally let in, and she did not know what she said, which aroused Long Yan's fury.The emperor flung his sleeves away immediately, leaving only Concubine Xu Gui who was crying so hard that she was driven out half forcefully by the guards.

Concubine Xu's pillow was not blown.Even the concubine who has always been favored and has a high status in the palace is like this, and the other people placed by the Xu family in the palace are naturally trembling with fear.However, in two or three days, the harem that used to be full of flowers and birds fell silent, and everyone huddled in a corner of the palace, worrying about the heads of their heads, and really felt that the capital city was about to change.

The Third Prince's Mansion, located in the center of the turmoil, also closed its doors to thank guests, but it was not Shen Zhuomin's voluntary, but because of the half-month ban issued by the emperor along with the imperial decree.

Shen Zhuomin sat in a secret room deep in his room, with white smoke curling up from the incense burner, his eyes wandered unfocused with the fluttering white smoke, and finally crossed the void, and fixed on the table.

An elegant jade bone fan lay quietly there, which has been with him for ten years.

All kinds of visions suddenly appeared in Shen Zhuomin's mind, sometimes it was a letter sent from the palace crying by the concubine mother, and sometimes it was a quick glimpse of the new white hair on the sideburns of the grandfather before he was restrained, and his mind seemed to be entangled in a trance by the dense white smoke.He stretched out his hand, wanting to pick up the folding fan he was familiar with, but suddenly his hand slipped for no reason.

Snapped.

Pupils dilate.The folding fan turned into a white shadow and fell like a slow motion, but before it touched the ground, it suddenly returned to normal speed and fell heavily.

The jade fan bone slowly climbed up the crack, and in the next second, it collapsed into pieces.

Shen Zhuomin's expression changed drastically, one hand tightly grasped his heart and the skirt of his clothes as if he couldn't breathe, the unbearable heart palpitations spread all over his body, like some ominous omen.

There was a light knock on the door, which dispersed the piles of smoke.There was a faint sound, and the face of the attendant emerged through the white mist.

"Your Highness, Mr. Yang has arrived."

Shen Zhuomin looked through the door, and Yang Tinglan, who was brought into the mansion after disguise, was slowly taking off the bamboo hat, revealing the goatee on his face.

"Come in, please." Shen Zhuomin was still a little dazed, looking at the attendant's back as he left, he suddenly said, "Wait, pack... the things on the ground."

Yang Tinglan walked into the room, seeing the slightly dazed expression of the seated person, and then looking down at the torn folding fan, the expression in his eyes changed slightly.

"Your Highness." He called out calmly, which shocked Shen Zhuomin's thoughts.

"Mr. Yang..." Shen Zhuomin smiled wryly, suppressed the emotions in his heart, and pressed his temple wearily, "I made you laugh."

Yang Tinglan shook his head, his expression unchanged.

"Mr. Yang, you have also seen the current situation. The emperor's father suddenly launched an attack, and we were caught off guard." Shen Zhuomin fixed his eyes on the person in front of him, "You were the one who planned to change the bottom too often. Now, I You also need to come up with another way.”

Yang Tinglan shook his head uncharacteristically, with a bitter smile.

"It's not easy to say...Your Highness, don't blame the officials for speaking directly, but once the emperor's suspicion is aroused, it may be difficult to eliminate it."

"...I don't know."

Shen Zhuomin withdrew his eyes and was silent for a moment: "I understand. Go back first, sir. If you have any ideas, send someone to report back at any time."

"It's natural." Yang Tinglan got up and saluted, and left under the guidance of the attendants who reappeared at some unknown time.

Shen Zhuomin closed his eyes, calming down all his floating thoughts.After a long time, he opened his eyes, and there was an unknown light beating in his eyes.

"come out."

Suddenly, a black-clothed figure jumped down from the top of the empty and quiet secret room, kneeling down loyally and bowing his head.

"Go back and ask grandpa...just say, how is the training of the people who were asked to prepare by him a few years ago?"

The black shadow disappeared in a flash, as if it had never appeared before.Only the windless and automatic windows swayed slightly, and soon fell silent in the white smoke that filled the room.

Shen Jinghe showed a relaxed smile for the first time after reading the letter in his hand.He put the finished letter on the candle and burned it with one hand, stood up, walked to the window of the teahouse and looked at the people in the street below.

When he and Liang Yan were still in South Vietnam, Shen Zhuoxuan had already secretly contacted many important ministers in Beijing and China in their names, and after returning to Beijing, he had played games with many parties to win him over. Now the Xu family has fallen, even in the open On the surface, they have also been on equal footing with the third prince.

The letter sent back just now brought back a piece of good news.The third prince was imprisoned, and the Ministry of Officials had to deal with it. Now that the position of Minister of the Ministry of Officials happened to be vacant, they tried to push Xu Jin to the top.The Ministry of Officials is in charge of the examination and selection of the appointment and removal of officials in the court. The court collection, salary grants, appointments, and selections cannot be bypassed.If he can take control of the Ministry of Officials smoothly, not to mention all of them, even if he only gets a share of the iron bucket-like control of the Third Prince, that would be an exciting and good thing.

Although I don't know why Xu Jin still can't forget the hard work he did at that time, but Shen Jinghe has always adhered to the principle that there is no need to be suspicious of someone, and since he has recognized Xu Jin, he will let him do things.

There was a sound of footsteps on the stairs, Shen Jinghe raised his eyebrows, knowing that the guest he had been waiting for had finally arrived.He lowered the thin gauze curtain on the window to block all possible prying eyes, turned around and walked back to his seat.

It was Ruan Ling who pushed open the door first, he blinked his left eye at Shen Jinghe, opened half of it sideways, and let out a gentle figure behind him.

The face of that figure was not very familiar, he saluted without being humble or overbearing, and spoke in a gentle voice.

"Your Majesty, I have met His Highness the Sixth Highness."