The predecessor who was scumbag by me was the emperor

After the ceremony is over, the emperor returns to the palace. The ministers can go home to rest or choose to rest in the palace. After dawn, they will go to the Taimiao to worship the ghosts and gods of heaven and earth together.

Zhao Zhang took Shen Jia to Qiankun Hall, he rarely came here, but it was closer to the harem, and it was quieter than the imperial study room at the moment.

After he closed the door after entering, Shen Jia stepped forward to untie the cloak for him, scraped his cheek nimbly with fingers, and asked curiously: "What is the hexagram that Qin Tianjian gave you just now?"

Feeling that his fingers were still cold, Zhao Zhang took off his cloak and coat for him, and pushed him inside, "I'll talk about this later, you go and lie down for a while."

"Together?" Shen Jia pulled Zhao Zhang to lie down on the bed, wrapped in a soft quilt, he felt comfortable all over his body, and his blood warmed up bit by bit.

After not sleeping all night, both of them were a little sleepy. Shen Jia soon fell asleep. Zhao Zhang opened his eyes and looked at him for a while, then closed his eyes to rest.

Not long after, there was a knock on the door, and the two opened their eyes at the same time. Shen Jia asked confusedly, "It's time?"

"No, I have people staring at the Qintian Supervisor. I guess they will bring it by now."

Shen Jia became so fond of the note, and immediately felt drowsy, got up and got dressed, and in order to make the two of them look more natural, he even took a book to open the door.

There were a few Jinyi guards standing outside the door, and the old man in his hand was Zheng Lu Kuo, the supervisor of Qintian Supervisor.

"Bring it in!" Zhao Zhang was already sitting on the dragon chair, and he was not surprised to see Lu Kuo who was described as being in a mess.

Shen Jia went to the side and sat down, Jin Yiwei threw people in and withdrew, leaving only Lu Baihu to answer, the door was closed again, and the Qiankun Palace was extremely quiet for a while.

"What did he do?" Zhao Zhang asked.

Lu Baihu knelt down on one knee and lowered his head to report: "I followed him all the way. At first, Master Lu went back to the Yamen, and the officials of the Qin Tianjian were all there. Master Lu talked to everyone for a while, and then locked himself in the yamen. In the room, I thought Lord Lu was going to rest, but after half an hour, Lord Lu actually changed into a different outfit and crawled out from the back window."

Lu Baihu was quite surprised when he thought of this scene. Lu Kuo has always been somewhat immortal in the eyes of outsiders. Although Qin Tianjian is not valued by the emperor, he is also somewhat prestigious. Who would have thought that the supervisor would actually climb up in the middle of the night? window.

"I followed Master Lu all the way, and saw him wandering on the road, eating a bowl of bean curd and a bowl of mutton soup, and then turned into a teahouse, which is near the imperial palace and is the property of King Chen of the North.

At first, I thought Master Lu was here to see King Bei Chen, and he didn't follow because he was afraid of being discovered, but not long after, I saw a familiar person coming out of a teahouse, abducting him to the street and buying a basket of steamed buns. That man was a follower of Tobe Takashi.

Therefore, the minister sent two people disguised as civilians to enter the teahouse, and finally found out that the person meeting Mr. Lu was Mr. Gao Xungao, but the people around Mr. Gao were very alert, and soon found out that they were being followed. Suddenly, there was a fight between two tables of guests in the room, and it was a mess. When the minister entered the wing room, there was no one in it.

The minister and Jin Yiwei chased out, only to catch Mr. Lu halfway, he resisted the arrest, so he suffered some crimes. "

"In other words, Lu Kuo had a secret talk with Gao Xun, but you didn't hear what they said, and they ran away when they found out?" Zhao Zhang looked at Lu Kuo again, why didn't he realize that this old man still had a side of acting Woolen cloth?

Zhao Zhang originally wanted to see what was tricky in the hexagram, but he would never believe such an obviously targeted sentence if he could see it from the sky. He was not surprised to know that Gao Xun was playing tricks behind his back You don't need to check the previous things.

"Did I ask you or did you say it yourself Lu Aiqing?" Zhao Zhang looked at Lu Kuo who had never dared to look up with a half-smile. This person was probably scared by him at the beginning. He has been keeping a low profile these years. United with outsiders to calculate him.

"Chen... I don't know what mistake I made?" Lu Kuo answered with his head bowed.

"Okay, I don't know if I don't know, and I don't really want to know about the activities between you." Zhao Zhang waved his hand, "Take it away, put it in Zhao Prison, and don't use torture. At this age, let him live a few more days. year."

Only then did Lu Kuo really get scared. Zhao Prison is a place comparable to hell. Living there would be worse than death, and it would be better to die directly.

Lu Baihu reached out to grab his arm, and pulled it hard, dragging him to go out.

Lu Kuo struggled violently, and shouted loudly: "Your Majesty... Your Majesty, this old minister has been wronged! I don't know what mistakes I have made, this old minister..."

"Stop!" Zhao Zhang walked over, brushed away the messy hair in front of him, and said into his eyes: "If I say you are wrong, you are wrong, not to mention that you use the post of supervisor to falsify, falsely convey God's will, and try to Disturbing the government, murdering Zhongliang, whatever it is, is a serious crime of ransacking the family and exterminating the clan, but fortunately you are alone and have no children, otherwise I will send your family to Zhao Prison to reunite."

Lu Kuo was stunned by those eyes. He remembered how he used everything when he took over the throne. How dare he, he must have been crazy last night to dare to write that sentence.

"Your Majesty, I was confused for a moment, and I was forced to do nothing..." He regretted his mistake at the beginning, and when he thought about it, the tension was loosened, and fear came to his heart.

Zhao Zhang let him go and wiped his hands on the dragon robe, "I don't want to hear this. If anyone could be forced to commit treason, wouldn't Dajin be dead long ago? Take it away."

He hurriedly explained: "It was Mr. Gao who forced his ministers to do it. He said that it would be fine as long as he presented that sentence to the emperor in public. That sentence was not inappropriate, and he did not explicitly point it out. It is not a big mistake. The minister received great kindness from the Gao family back then, so I had no choice but to do it."

Zhao Zhang sat back and thought about it, and waved Lu Baihu to leave. Lu Kuo fell to the ground, trembling all over.

There were only the three of them left in the bedroom, so Zhao Zhang asked, "The country will be peaceful and the people will be safe if relatives and virtuous ministers are far away from treacherous officials. You really don't know who you are referring to?"

"I don't dare to lie to the emperor. I didn't know it at first, but... I overheard Mr. Gao ordering my servants, saying that... another vision occurred during the sacrifice of the Taimiao. At that time, a sentence will be displayed on the roof of the Taimiao. Words: The Shen family is a disaster for the country! I suspect that he should deal with Master Shen Jiashen."

Shen Jia raised his eyebrows. Gao Xun is really more vicious and more cunning than he imagined. If he is just an ordinary official, he must have been tricked by him.

Of course, if he was just an ordinary official, Gao Xun wouldn't have to deal with him.

Such a simple sentence, the first time I heard it, I would not think it was deliberately pointing at someone, but it was only a famous saying to warn the emperor, but Zhao Zhang noticed the abnormality at the first time, and then contacted the case against Shen Jia, very suspicious of this. It was another conspiracy against Shen Jia, so he deliberately changed the content of the hexagram.

Zhao Zhang tightly held the handle of the dragon chair, filled with anger, and asked in a low voice, "Who else knows about this?"

"I never told anyone."

"Very well, then I'll let you die, come..." Zhao Zhang called people in, and ordered: "Give Mrs. Lu a glass of partridge wine!"

Lu Kuo closed his eyes, knowing that he was doomed to die. He still didn't understand the reason for his own death, but the person who could make Gao's son plot murder could sit with the emperor at this time. What is the relationship between Shen Jia and the emperor? There must be some ulterior secrets, and his mistake was to think that this matter was irrelevant.

Lu Kuo was quickly dragged down. Shen Jia got up and walked to Zhao Zhang, and asked with a smile: "Now you should know Gao Xun's malice towards me, right? If you don't know that he loves you, I will Thought I killed his whole family."

Zhao Zhang didn't have time to argue with him, so he called Du Fucheng in and asked him to take someone to the Taimiao for inspection first. It's not difficult to be a capable person and a stranger, but it's not so easy to get into the Taimiao layout unimpeded.

"It seems that I have underestimated Miss Huang." After all, she is the eldest princess who grew up in the palace, and she must have confidantes inside and outside the palace.

"I don't know that they want to put you to death directly, completely disregarding my feelings, and didn't even say hello. Is it too heartless?" Zhao Zhang was depressed, and the deterioration of the relationship with the queen mother can be said to be because of the Pu family. , what about the eldest princess?When did they lose their family affection?

Shen Jia knelt down in front of him, held his hand, lay on his lap and asked, "Will they stop as soon as our relationship is broken? I have a hunch that this matter won't be kept secret for long, when the time comes I am a sinner in this world, a sycophant who got promoted by betraying my appearance, a disaster that brought disaster to the country and the people, and all the efforts I made before were in vain."

Zhao Zhang touched his face and asked, "Are you scared?"

"A little bit, but the main reason is that you are too tired, whether you are a courtier or a disaster, as long as I am still standing in the court hall, I will continue to do what I want to do, but you will be a little tired if you want to protect me. Civil and military are enemies."

"Then you think highly of them too. Throughout the dynasties, what's so strange about how many favorites the emperor has? They only care about their own interests."

"But the emperor has a son, you are going too far."

"You reminded me." Zhao Zhang was thoughtful, and pulled Shen Jia to write an imperial decree. The content was to appoint Prince Rui as the crown prince, move into the East Palace, and promote more than a dozen courtiers to be the assistant ministers of the East Palace. When this imperial decree is announced, some people should be happy and others should hate it.

Shen Jia saw a lot of familiar people in that list, Bai Yan, Zhou Yanzhi, Qin Huaibin, Cao Rui'an...all are second and third generations of officials. Sending these people to the East Palace is equivalent to winning over a group of people for Zhao Ting The important minister of the imperial court, the method is very good, I am afraid that people will not appreciate it.

A servant came to remind: "Your Majesty, the time has come, it's time to start the morning."

Zhao Zhang held the imperial decree in his arms and led Shen Jia out. His steps were extremely steady and his back was straight. Shen Jia watched him from behind, as if he saw a big tree that could shelter him from wind and rain. , what can a husband ask for if he has such a husband?