The reborn princess is hard to be

"Grandpa, I would like to ask you now, what was I at that time?"

Wei Jizhou frowned tightly, but he lowered his head and didn't speak.

Standing on the high hall, the emperor is dressed in a dragon robe, so he has a majestic dragon face, full of imperial style, and unparalleled bearing!

The huge dragon chair behind him is wide and long.The intricate and fine carvings on it, with a strong golden color, give people a sense of oppression.

In this world, whoever can sit on the dragon chair will have to bear the weight of the whole world.

The way of an emperor is heavy and difficult.

All the courtiers in the hall never expected to hear such royal secrets, and they fell silent for a while, no one dared to speak out.

The emperor didn't seem to really expect to hear any answers he wanted from his grandfather.

Staring straight at Duke Tai for a while, he continued quietly: "I actually figured it out later, I was just a bargaining chip in this battle for imperial power, a substitute that could be replaced at any time. Therefore, I have worked hard every day since then, and never dared to give up, until today I was able to sit on the throne at the enthronement ceremony. Royal family love, this is how profit comes first..."

When the emperor said this, he seemed to take everything lightly, instead of feeling angry, he was somewhat sad.

"At that time, I overheard these words. Although I was still young, I was heartbroken. I hurried out of the palace in a hurry. I still remember that it was raining heavily that day. I don't know if the maids in the palace were lazy, but I went to the palace unimpeded. I ran out of the bedroom. It was raining heavily, and I didn’t know how long I ran in the rain... The road was slippery in the rain, and I didn’t care about it for a while, but I stumbled and fell into the Yuqing Pool in the Imperial Garden. At that time, I didn’t have a follower by my side. He sank to the bottom of this pool and became one of the lonely ghosts in this huge palace. But what I didn't expect was that in the end, it was Concubine Shu, whom my mother reminded me to beware of every day, who saved me."

Li Chengming raised his head when he heard the words, and glanced at the emperor quietly.

"When I woke up, I was already in Concubine Shu's bedroom. If it wasn't for this person who the empress mother said was thinking of harming me every day, I'm afraid I would have died long ago." The emperor pulled out a wry smile.

As soon as the emperor finished his words, many people in the hall showed sobs.These things in the harem are like this in every dynasty, so what can these former courtiers say?

"Forget it, it's all old stuff, what's the point of bringing it up. But since then, I've often sneaked to Empress Shu's bedroom, and by a coincidence, I saw that Jinming was a man. I was old at the time Although she is young, she is smarter and more mature than other children. Out of the kindness to Concubine Shu for saving her life, I didn't make this matter public, I just buried it in my heart."

"Therefore, what I already knew before I ascended the throne cannot be regarded as a crime of deceiving the emperor."

Li Chengming thought to himself, it turned out that the reason why the emperor treated the princess so well was because of this.

After hearing this, Wei Jizhou raised his head and fixedly glanced at the emperor.He also knew in his heart that today the emperor must be deliberately favoring the princess and son-in-law, so it would be useless for him to say more.

Then he kowtowed, clasped his fists and said: "Since this is the case, I understand that I don't want to care about Princess Mingchang anymore. After hearing so much from the emperor, I am very tired. I am now old and unable to do what I want. I hereby invite the emperor The old minister is allowed to return to the manor."

"The morning court is not over yet, Duke Tai is in a hurry to do something." The emperor looked up at Wei Jizhou, with a smile on his face: "Come here! Bring a chair for grandpa. I think grandpa is old. If he is allowed to sit in the morning court, do you have any objections?"

No one in the hall dared to speak.

"Very good." The emperor nodded in satisfaction.

The emperor turned to look at Li Chengming: "Jinming is not feeling unwell, please sit down too."

Li Chengming was taken aback for a moment, then sat down slowly after hesitation.

"Brother Xie."

Li Chengming said silently in his heart, once the imperial brother's domineering spirit was released, he couldn't hold it anymore.

Brother Huang actually pretended so well before, as expected, there are no white lotuses in this world.

After the eunuch brought the seat, Wei Jizhou sat down slowly, and the emperor spoke again.

"Grandpa was afraid that I would be sad, so he concealed it from me and ordered Jinming to be arrested privately. Therefore, this concealment is out of family affection. If this is offset, it will not be considered a crime of deceiving the emperor."

The emperor just said that he heard about it when he was a child, and now he talks like this again.Called Wei Jizhou like a thorn in his back, a burst of cold sweat on his forehead.

"It's just that the morning court is not over yet, Grandpa please wait a little longer and listen." The emperor smiled gently, and then turned to look at Zhao Suran: "Zhao Aiqing, I sent you to Huainan this time, how are you doing with the investigation? "

Wei Jizhou's back stiffened unbelievably.

Upon hearing this, Zhao Suran gave Wei Jizhou a sideways glance.It seems that the emperor made it clear that he is going to deal with this matter strictly today.

Then his eyes gathered, he raised his head to the emperor, and said solemnly: "Report to the emperor. The minister and the princess went all the way south, and my big rivers and mountains meandered around. It was a peaceful and prosperous age! But when I came to the coast of 123 Romance, it changed."

Not only Wei Jizhou, but many officials and ministers standing below also trembled.

"Continue." The emperor whispered.

"Yes! 123 Yanqing was disturbed by the disaster along the coast, and it was desolate everywhere. Until the outside of Jin'an City, the disaster situation continued to worsen, and there were bones everywhere, and countless people died of starvation! Refugees were everywhere, and the wailing and crying were endless. I have doubts in my heart. It is said that the imperial court has allocated funds and food for disaster relief. The disaster area should not be here. But I came to Jin'an City Gate to take a look. Jin'an City Gate was closed tightly, and these homeless people who were persecuted by natural disasters The victims of the disaster were locked outside the city gates, and they were forced to death and starved to death, and no one came to take care of them."

"The minister was so angry that he had to use some small tricks to enter the city gate. As soon as he entered, he found out that Yan Xingwang, the governor of Huainan, had privately withheld the relief funds and kept them for his own use. What's more, he oppressed the local people all the year round. Jin'an City There are even more complaints from inside, the people have no means of living! This son plunders the people, oppresses the people, corrupts the law, and despises the court. He is neither an official nor a minister, nor a human nor an inhumane person. He is so daring!" Zhao Seran was furious when he thought of this, and clasped his fists and said sternly .

After hearing this, the emperor stared at him, held the arm of the dragon chair tightly for a while, and suddenly couldn't hold back his anger anymore, stood up and yelled: "Bastard!"

Zhao Suran glanced at the enraged emperor, and continued: "When I heard about Yan Xingwang's crimes, I would burn all of them. Immediately, Yan Xingwang was detained and found in Yan Xingwang's hands. There is a record of how he has embezzled and accepted bribes for many years. The account books, brought back together this time, and presented to the emperor."

The emperor let out a sigh of relief: "Bring it up!"

The eunuch at the side walked down after hearing the sound, took the ledger from Zhao Suran's hand, stepped forward quickly, and handed it to the emperor.

The emperor took the account book, glanced at all the officials in the hall, and slowly opened it.

"Pfft!"

An official in the hall suddenly knelt straight down, making a huge commotion in the hall of Tairen, which was a hundred times quieter than usual.

Li Chengming heard the sound and looked, and saw that the minister was trembling all over, his face was pale, and he urinated out of shock.

The emperor raised his head from the account book and glanced at the minister.

Pulling the corner of her mouth, she made a sneer: "Zhen Aiqing, why are you so well, shaking like this, I haven't seen your name in the account book yet."

The minister surnamed Zhen was even more frightened when he heard the words, and couldn't help but kowtow: "The emperor's redemption! The emperor's redemption!..."

The emperor snorted, and turned his gaze back to the ledger in his hand.

The only sound left in the hall was "Tom, tom, tom" and the sound of forehead hitting the ground, but the emperor just ignored it.

Li Chengming still roughly knows the contents of the account book.

So he looked sideways at the person who took the most bribes, but seeing that Wei Jizhou was about to come to an end, he calmed down instead.Sitting there straight with his back straight, he stared at the ground without saying a word.

The emperor sat in the high hall and looked over line by line.The anger that was suppressed on his face gradually couldn't be maintained any longer.

"No reason!"

The emperor suddenly threw the account book in his hand on the ground in front of him, let out a loud shout, and glared at everyone in the hall.

"You are all so courageous! All of you are not enough to eat the salary of the imperial court, but you are so greedy and perverting the law, you are so ambitious. To collect money to such an extent, what kind of things did the imperial court spend money to feed!"

All civil and military officials panicked and knelt down.

"The emperor calm down! The ministers are guilty!"

"Calm down your anger! How can you tell me to calm down!" The emperor's eyes were red, and he uttered angrily.

"..." No one in the hall dared to answer.

The emperor glanced again, and the grandpa who was sitting calmly had a look of coldness in his eyes: "Master Taiguo, in this account book, you are among the best. I never thought you could be so calm."

Wei Jizhou, who had been silent for a long time, finally opened his mouth with a chuckle: "Oh, the emperor already knows that no matter what expression the old man makes, it is not too helpful, so why can't he be more calm?"

After hearing this, Li Chengming really admired the old man.

"You!" The emperor choked on Wei Jizhou.

Then he narrowed his eyes slightly and looked at Wei Jizhou: "Okay, okay!" The emperor said three good things, but the anger on his face became more and more intense.

"Come here! Take Wei Jizhou, the Duke of the Taiguo, for me! Put him in the sky prison, and try again at another day!"

The civil and military affairs of the entire court have changed color, and the court has been greatly revamped. The situation that has been controlled by the Wei family for so many years is finally about to change!

Wei Jizhou looked up, his old face was full of shock.

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