The First Traitor [Rebirth]

After Yuan Li's first seven days, Yuan Ye wanted to take a sick leave for half a month, but the emperor urged him, so he had to pack up and return to the court.

Faced with the comfort of many colleagues, whether it contained gloating or sincere, Yuan Li expressed his gratitude.And Wu Xuhao also came over to comfort him and said: "My lord, please express my condolences. It is really regrettable that your son passed away at such a young age. I see that Mr. Yuan seems to be worried about your son's affairs, and he is getting more and more haggard. Why don't you stay in the mansion well?" Rest for a while?"

"That's right, we are still involved in the affairs of the court, why should Mr. Yuan bother?" Jiang Guangde's words were even more naked.

Yuan Ye and them pretended to be false: "The state affairs are the most important, how can I delay the state affairs for a trivial matter?"

The two slandered: If you really put your heart and soul into serving the country and the people, why did you find out that Yuan Li abused his power and used it for personal gain after his death?

They were all high-sounding words, and since Yuan Ye was determined not to let go of the power he held tightly in his hands, they couldn't force him, they could only say yes with a sneer.

Not long after, Wu Xuhao authorized the matter to impeach her on the grounds that "the original did not follow the etiquette system to wear the funeral for her brother".

According to the etiquette, mourning and filial piety must be observed within the five clothes, and officials with official positions must also obey it, and those whose parents have passed away must return to their hometown Ding You.Yuan Jing and Yuan Li are brothers. As a younger brother, Yuan Jing has to obey "Qi Fai" for Yuan Li for one year (nine months), and he has to go home to Ding You.

That is to say, the person who spoke for the original actually said that this ritual has never been written into the laws of this dynasty. It is strictly stated that there is only the mourning system within the five clothes, and there is no worrying system except for parents.It turned out that it was only for brothers, mourning was enough, and there was no need for Ding You.

Then he said in the incident: "This is the Han ceremony."

"This dynasty is not Han, this dynasty has its own rituals and laws, why should we follow the ancient rituals?!"

Wu Xuhao then came out to be a peacemaker: "Yuan Siye and Yuan Experience are brothers, and they should be in mourning. Ding You doesn't have to, and the law of this dynasty is the period of "Qi's decline".But Yuan Siye is not an ordinary person, she is in the position of Siye of the Imperial Academy, she should teach by precept and example, so that people in the world can follow. "

Wu Xuhao and the others made it clear that they wanted to tell Yuan Jing that if she was sensible, she should go home to mourn for Yuan Li and not interfere in government affairs.If she doesn't do this, although she is right, it will also damage her reputation.

"Shameless!" Someone complained about the cause, which was clearly aimed at her.

However, the prince and his party all wrote letters to agree with him, and most of the people also felt a sense of approval for a while.Yuan Jing himself didn't say anything about it, except that after the funeral, he should eat and sleep, and when he returned to the Imperial College, although some disciples hinted at Yuan Jing by "asking etiquette", Yuan Jing also answered their questions according to the book.

After observing the matter for many days, the emperor said with a smile: "If this happened to a young man from another family, he would panic, right?! This Yuan Erlang is really calm."

"What the emperor said is true." Liu Xiao echoed.

"Then what do you think I should do?"

Liu Xiao cautiously said: "Your Majesty, slaves are internal officials and must not interfere in politics."

"I just asked you what I should do, and I didn't let you interfere in political affairs." The emperor smiled, and changed the topic, "The crown prince has gone too far this time. I have already made it clear to him at the spring hunting meeting, and he has already agreed. , why suddenly want to force Yuan Erlang away?"

After the spring hunting meeting, the emperor called the prince to meet alone after the poisoning.Then he made it clear to the prince that Yuan Ye was a useful talent and his right-hand man, and hoped that the prince would let go of his grudges and make friends with him with the courtesy of a monarch and minister.When the prince heard this, a big rock hanging in his heart fell, and he became happy.

In fact, at this Spring Hunting Conference, the emperor wanted to observe these princes, and although the emperor showed distrust of him, this move was undoubtedly to let the emperor's closest ministers assist the prince, that is, to choose him to succeed him .If he wanted to object, he would be disobeying the emperor. Although the crown prince might not be lost because of this, no one could say for sure what would happen in the future.

After the prince returned to Beijing, he told his officials about this matter. Although there were some opponents, most of them did not object. This also made Yuan Ye meet many princes who greeted him after he came to court.Although members of the Feng family were quite critical, Feng Ying also agreed with the prince to take Yuan Ye under his banner.

But not long after, Feng Ying began to speak to the prince. Although Yuan Ye might assist him, Yuan Jing might not necessarily follow his father.If Yuan Ye grows old, Yuan Jing should take his place, then it will be as difficult for the crown prince to get rid of Yuan Jing.

The prince didn't take it seriously at first, but over time he also had this idea, and he also heard some news that Yuan had a very good relationship with King Liang and King Zhao.

These two people have never been considered a threat by the prince, but since they started to fight against him, he has formed a relationship with them.Even if they behaved well in front of the emperor, they still hated them in their hearts.If Yuan Jing really made good friends with them, then he really had to consider Feng Ying's suggestion and get rid of Yuan Jing first.

Coinciding with Yuan Li's accidental death, the prince's officials discussed for a few days and decided to force her to relinquish her official position and power.Even if it was only nine months, this year was enough for them to find various ways to make her, like Feng Qiaozhou, never return to court.

Secondly, there is no need for Ding You, as long as they spread the propaganda everywhere and try to put pressure on her in other ways, even if she has never left the court, in the eyes of the world, her various acts of disloyalty, unrighteousness and filial piety Sooner or later it will ruin her reputation.

Yuan Ye saw Yuan being so persecuted at first, recalling the dispute with her that day, he watched in silence.An Zhiyu and the others were a little anxious and said: "Sir Shangshu, those are just dog jumping over the wall and biting, we just need to find out whether they are mourning for brothers and uncles, Ding You, and use them to fight back, why can't we help Siye out of the siege? "

"No one in the world is blind." Yuan Ye said.

Seeing that he planned to stand by and watch, An Zhiyu couldn't help becoming confused: Yuan Ye has lost a son, and now only Yuan Jing is left, if he just sits and sees Yuan Jing's reputation destroyed or kicked out of the court, who will inherit it in the future? Will the original family be maintained?

After Yuan Ye's anger dissipated, regardless of whether Yuan Jing had an affair with Nan Lian or not, the only thing he could think of was that Yuan Li was gone, Yuan Mixue was nowhere, and now there was only Yuan Jing left.If Yuan Jing continues to be in this treacherous court, he is afraid that the next one will be Yuan Jing, after all, Yuan Jing has been poisoned and killed.

Moreover, if the body of the original daughter is targeted because of these things, it may be exposed at any time, and the danger to her will be even deeper at that time!It would be better to take this opportunity to let Yuan Jing stay away from the court, restore her daughter's body, and find someone else...

Accompanied by other people's gossip, Yuan actually went back.

In the Yuan Mansion, Yuan Lu's family is still wearing mourning clothes, wandering around like a lonely ghost, chanting Yuan Li's name, while A Ying and a group of maids follow behind her and take care of her carefully.It turns out that recalling her previous airy appearance, and comparing it to the present, it is a bit distressing.

Instead of talking to Yuan Lu, Yuan went straight back to Jingxinyuan to find Pingyao.

Yuan actually walked in front of Pingyao, but the latter still didn't notice, holding her pipa and wiping it.During the mourning period, the music of silk and bamboo is not allowed, so the pipa in Pingyao can only be kept as a display for nine months.Her eyes seemed to be empty, and she kept repeating the same movement with her hands.

"Pingyao." Yuan Jing shouted expressionlessly.

Pingyao was startled by her and came back to his senses, met those sharp eyes, and she accidentally plucked the string of the pipa.

"Jing——" Pingyao just started to speak, only to recall what Yuan Jing called her just now, so he changed his words, "Second young master."

"I just heard that before I returned to Beijing, Big Brother asked Zhi Lan and He Que from Goulang Pavilion to accompany you to catch up with you?"

Pingyao didn't know what Yuan actually knew, his heart tightened, but he said calmly, "En."

"Then, did you see them two after that?" Yuan actually leaned over to get close to Pingyao, and the closeness of her eyes made Pingyao even more frightened.

"Not anymore." Pingyao replied, and asked again, "But what happened, or did the young master's death have something to do with them?"

It turned out that there was no flaw on her face, if she hadn't known what kind of person Pingyao was, she might have been deceived.She thought that Pingyao in this life would still be in her hands, but she never expected that she could still see Pingyao in the previous life—the real Pingyao in the past and present.

If Pingyao was really that simple, she wouldn't have been able to fool her around in her previous life, and even defeated many concubines of King Qi and became the favorite concubine.

Although there was no evidence to prove that Yuan Li's death was related to Pingyao, she became suspicious and refused to let go of any suspicious points.

"They are dead." Yuan Jing said.

Pingyao was stunned and said: "Dead?!"

"Well, they're dead. Their bodies were found in a small forest in the outskirts, and they were nothing when they were found."

Pingyao's eyes finally flickered for a moment, and he asked again, "What the hell happened?"

"I think they are related to the death of the eldest brother. Perhaps the murderer confuses the public with the perjury of killing them to silence them and pretending that they died of abuse in order to destroy the evidence."

"Then who is the murderer?"

Yuan straightened up, squinted his eyes, and then calmed down: "I don't know, that's why I came to you to see if I could get some clues. But it seems that you really don't know anything."

Pingyao's mind suddenly recalled what Yuan Li said to her before he died, Yuan Jing and Nan Lian were not simple, and Yuan Jing must have come here to set her words.But even though she has fulfilled the lie now, she has not been able to divert Yuan Jing's attention.Since both Yuan Jing and Nan Lian were so tabooed by Yuan Li, why didn't she use this opportunity to find out about them?

It turned out that she had also heard about having an affair with Nan Lian. In the past, Yuan Li often complained to her that Nan Lian would not let him touch her. She just thought it was Nan Lian who looked down on Yuan Li.But now it seems that Nan Lian must love Yuan Jing, that's why she guards herself like a jade for Yuan Jing.

It's ironic for them to say it.Yuan Li fell in love with his younger brother's woman, but Yuan unexpectedly fell in love with his elder brother's woman. "It's not that a family doesn't enter a family." That's the reason.

"Princess... is it... useless to borrow the power of the Princess Mansion?" Ping Yao asked cautiously.

Yuan actually suddenly remembered all kinds of doubts in his heart.Pingyao saw that her complexion changed, even though it was only for a moment, it revealed that Yuan was led to suspect Nan Lian by her words.

"Father can't find out even after using the imperial guards, so what can the Princess Mansion do?" Yuan Jing said indifferently, glanced at her stomach, thinking that this could be regarded as Yuan Li's posthumous child, let her give birth, no matter what Whether it is a man or a woman, it is also a gift to Yuan Li. "Take good care of your baby."

A few days later, the discussion on Yuan Jing in the court gradually decreased, because Yuan Ye did not take any measures against it, making it impossible for those who are interested to take advantage of it.And Yuan Jing himself turned a blind eye to it, making them jump anxiously: "You are so young, you have such a thick skin, shameless!"

So after the matter slowly faded away, everyone thought that the matter was over like this, but unexpectedly a memorial of resignation was handed up just like that.Yuan Ye was a little surprised, and just about to approve, the memorial was sent to the emperor, which caused another uproar in the court.

After the emperor was ill for two days, he saw that things had gradually subsided. Although Yuan Jing's reputation might have been damaged, he still stayed in the court.He was about to comfort her so that she could continue to work, but he received her resignation letter, and immediately asked the official department not to move the letter.

The original voluntary resignation, the happiest thing is the prince's party who has been running around for a few days.

And this incident sparked even more intense discussions than when everyone tried to force the truth before. Many people feared that there would be a precedent for the fact that if a brother or uncle died in their family, their political enemies would use the same reason to force them to leave. court.

They don't seem to be able to make up their minds to let go of the official position they got after studying hard for ten years. Official career is their only way, so they want to advise Yuan not to resign because of the despicable behavior of the villain.

The emperor thought about it for a day and was ready to do something.

In this incident, he gradually discovered that the prince was not as obedient to him as a prince's young teacher.He could make the prince promise not to move Yuan Ye, but Feng Ying could make the prince go against what he had promised him.It's not a good thing for such a person to be by the prince's side.