Chongxi [rebirth]

He just sat there, his brows pale, his expression fearless, his cold eyes drooping down, as if he was really ready to die.

Li Zong's fingers hanging by his side convulsed slightly, his teeth were about to be crushed, but he couldn't utter a word.

Today, Han Chan stripped his thoughts and revealed them, so that he would no longer have a single chance of luck.He took a few steps back, then turned and left with big strides.Walking to the door, I saw Cui Xi arrived with the Shence Army, and Zhenghou was at the door, seeing him coming out, he hurriedly shook off his cloak to meet him, and put it on his shoulders: "Your Majesty, do you want to go back to the palace to change first? "

Li Zong had a serious look on his face. He turned around, looked at the plaque on the Taifu's mansion written by himself on the top of his head, closed his eyes, and seemed to have finally made a decision, and said in a hoarse voice: "Pass on my decree, Mrs. Fu Hanchan has colluded with the rebel party and plotted against him, and now he will be confiscated of all official positions and titles, and will be imprisoned in the Taifu's mansion, and he will never come out!"

"Your Majesty, is this...something wrong?" Cui Xi persuaded softly, "I'm afraid the courtiers will criticize me."

"Let's go with them." Li Zong lifted his lips and sneered: "They won't have time to watch the fun soon." After speaking, his expression sank, and he got into the sedan chair and said, "Go back to the palace!"

Cui Xi was at his side, looked back at the Taifu's mansion with the closed door, and the corner of his mouth hooked in a subtle way.

The incomparable Master Taifu has finally come to an end.

After Li Zong returned to the palace, he went to the Taigan Palace by himself.He no longer had to pretend to be seriously injured, and the imperial physicians who had been waiting day and night in the Taigan Palace were finally released back to the Imperial Medical Office, and now there are only the servants and the Ruan brothers.

Seeing him coming back in a snowstorm, the two brothers looked at each other, and the elder brother stepped forward and said softly, "Do you want to take a bath, Your Majesty?"

Suddenly seeing them again, Li Zong was taken aback.

He approached, stretched out his hand to pinch his brother's chin and looked at it for a while, then suddenly snorted: "It doesn't really look like it."

These two brothers were recruited by Cui Xi for him, their looks are about [-]% similar to Han Chan's, and their temperament and talent are even worse.Li Zong occasionally visits them, but most of the time, he just stares at Han Chan's portrait in a daze.

He looked at the panic-stricken brothers and suddenly felt a little bored.He waved his hands and said: "You go to Cui Xi to collect the reward, go out of the palace."

"Your Majesty doesn't want us anymore? But where are we not doing well enough?" The two brothers were startled, and quickly knelt down, looking at a loss, as if they didn't know what they did wrong.

Probably just got frustrated from Han Chan, Li Zong was more patient when facing the two who had had a little joy, he squatted down, looked around their faces, and suddenly said: "Cui Xi said that you voluntarily left with him in order to pay off your father's debt?"

The Ruan brothers didn't know what he meant when he suddenly mentioned this matter, so they could only nod their heads in agreement.

Their biological father owed a large amount of money because of gambling, and the people from the casino called to ask for the debt. When they were desperate, Cui Changshi approached them and asked them to serve a nobleman, not to mention this small gambling debt. , if fate is good, there will be endless glory and wealth.When the two brothers thought together, the left and right would not be able to survive anymore, so they agreed.

But I didn't expect that nobleman to be the current emperor.

Although the emperor was a little moody, but in the palace, they at least had food and clothing, so they didn't have to face their father who was addicted to gambling, and they didn't have to worry about being hit by debtors one day.

Li Zong laughed lightly and said, "It's really stupid."

He stood up and looked down at the two of them: "After leaving the palace, find a place to live in peace, and don't have to go home. The gambler doesn't care about your life, so why should you care about him?" He seemed extremely tired. , waved his hand wearily, and shuffled towards the inner hall: "Go find Cui Xi, ask him to arrange a clean identity for you, and leave the palace immediately after taking the money."

The Ruan brothers looked at each other for a while, seeing him was no joke.Quickly kowtowed a few times behind him to thank him, and then went to find Cui Xi together.

***

The news that Grand Tutor Han Chan was dismissed and imprisoned immediately spread.

Colluding with the rebel party and intending to rebel is a felony that can punish the nine clans, but he didn't even go to Xing prison in Dali Temple, just dismissed from his post and imprisoned in the Taifu's mansion?

This is too childish!

Many courtiers have different ideas, waiting for the early court to have a copy of Shen Hanchan, asking the emperor to punish the crime strictly, so as to make an example.Of course, there were also those officials who were looking for a way out before, for fear of affecting themselves, they made up their minds to keep their mouths shut and said nothing.

But the emperor did not come to court for three days in a row.

On the contrary, Duke of Qi Ye Zhili and Governor of Nieyang Zhongyu were summoned into the palace, accompanied by a young man in his late twenties.

Three days later, Li Zong finally reappeared in the court hall, but his expression was more sinister than before.

Before the courtiers could read the previous book, he raised his voice first: "Take him down!"

Under the order, hundreds of Shence troops poured in from outside the palace, and they were well prepared to control half of the courtiers.There was a sudden chaos in the Hall of Supreme Harmony, and the voices of grievances were endless.

The courtiers who survived the disaster did not understand the situation, and for fear of affecting themselves, they all knelt down and dared not speak out.

Only the waiter, Qiao Hairen, was honest and honest, and asked what they thought: "Your Majesty, do you dare to ask what crimes these courtiers have committed? Even if they want to ask for a crime, there should be a crime and a regulation, and then they will be tried by the third division, Mrs. There has never been a precedent for taking people directly with the temple!"

Seeing him speak out, the detained officials cried out for injustice one after another.

Li Zong was sitting on the dragon chair with a reckless posture. He heard them wailing for a while, and then he smiled sadly: "Qiao Aiqing is right, it is going to be handed over to the third division for a good trial. During the first trial, I am seriously injured and recuperating. Today, how many people have a different heart and betray me!"

As soon as he spoke, most of the courtiers turned pale, knowing that the emperor had come to settle accounts after autumn.

They glanced vaguely at the detained officials. They were all people who were looking for connections and ways in recent days. They probably got the evidence, so they took it directly.

But apart from them, there are still many courtiers with other thoughts, but they are more subtle.After all, the news that the emperor was seriously injured and dying was so true that even the Taifu couldn't sit still, how could anyone not believe it?Everyone is planning their own way out.

The courtiers were panicked for a moment, and no one dared to plead for mercy.

Seeing that they were finally quiet, Li Zong laughed mockingly: "Wang Qi, I will leave this case to you. If there is not enough manpower, you can transfer it from the Ministry of Criminal Justice." The party is coming."

As soon as the words were spoken, the hearts of the officials in the palace sank heavily, and their eyes scanned the detained colleagues in panic.

"Since you have nothing to play, dear friends, let's go." Li Zong saw enough of the different expressions on the hall, waved his sleeves and got up to leave.

Seeing this, Zhong Yu and Ye Zhili hurriedly followed behind him.

***

When Li Fengqi heard the news, his first thought was that Li Zong had indeed been manipulated by Han Chan, and that such a big deal was given to him, but he just dismissed him and banned him.The second thought is that Li Zong is probably really crazy.

When the news came out that the emperor was seriously injured and dying, most of the courtiers probably had other thoughts.It would be tantamount to literary inquisition if one by one was brought out for questioning.

It is said that no one is blamed, Li Zong's sudden appearance, I am afraid that everyone in the government and the public will panic, and the situation will only become more unfavorable for him.

"When did Li Zong favor Qi Guogong again?" Ye Yunting paid attention to another point.

After the Yin family revolted obviously, because of the in-law relationship between the Ye family and the Yin family, although Li Zong didn't get angry, he also ignored Ye Zhili for a while.Now after returning to court, he suddenly became enthusiastic again, which always made him feel weird.

"It seems that Duke Qi's nephew saved the emperor's life when he was in Zaohe. It is said that he took an arrow for him." Wu Geng said: "It seems that his name is Ye Boru, and he often enters the palace with Duke Qi recently."

"Ye Boru?" Ye Yunting frowned, "I've never heard of such a person among the relatives of the Ye family."

Since Ye Zhili could recommend him to the emperor, he must not be the kind of side relative who can't be reached.But among the close relatives of the Ye family, there is no such a person.

Seeing his hesitation, Li Fengqi ordered Wu Geng: "Go and investigate this Ye Boru. Li Zong's ability to escape Yin Xiaozhi's ambush this time is probably related to this Ye Boru."

They didn't know how Li Zong managed to hide from Yin Xiaozhi and Han Chan's eyes and ears by pretending to be seriously injured.Now it seems that this Ye Boru was probably the one who took the arrow for him.The two armies fought, and the battlefield was very chaotic.Yin Xiaozhi probably only knew that he had shot someone, but he didn't know that the arrow was blocked by someone.

He just didn't know if it was a coincidence that Ye Zhili suddenly recommended such a person to accompany the emperor before the army left, or if it was intentional.

Just when Ye Yunting was having doubts about Ye Boru, Ye Boru was also mentioning him at Duke Qi's mansion.

"Father wants to open the ancestral hall and put me back under my name, but should I inform my elder brother?"

"It's good to let me know, I've wronged you for so many years." Ye Zhili looked at the son who was most similar to him with a very loving expression.

Ye Yunting resembled his mother since he was a child, and he was not close to him; Ye Wang shed the blood of the Yin family, and his temper was spoiled by his mother so that he was unbearably stubborn, so he was destined not to inherit the Duke's Mansion.Only Ye Boru is the most like him, the most obedient and the closest to him.

This time the Yin family had an incident, he saw some clues, but he couldn't be sure.Just in case, he followed suit and sent Ye Wang to Yunrong.One is that at that time, he can use this to pluck himself out in front of the emperor; the other is that without Ye Wang, it is a matter of course for him to pick Ye Boru back.

What's more, this time Ye Boru obeyed his arrangement and stayed by the emperor's side. He really saved the emperor and gained the emperor's trust, which allowed him to regain his favor.

He looked at the second son who still had a slightly sick face, patted him on the shoulder, and said with a smile: "Don't worry, what father owes you mother and son all these years will be repaid to you one by one."

"Thank you dad, but the baby and the mother have never lacked anything." Ye Boru lowered his eyes and pursed his lips, seemingly at a loss.

Ye Zhili shook his head when he heard the words, and sighed: "That's the satisfaction of your mother and son. I will keep in mind what I owe you all these years. Just wait."

Ye Boru's downcast eyes flashed, and he gave an obedient "hmm".