The next day, the news of Ma Xuansheng's bizarre death spread like wildfire.
Originally, it was really nothing to die in the capital.
The emperor's most lacking is officials. He is a large number of officials and royal relatives, not to mention a young man who has just entered the court for a short time.
But... the situation of Ma Xuansheng is very special.
First of all, as we all know, Ma Xuansheng is a popular person in front of Han Yu. Han Yu used a lot of political resources to cultivate him. If Ma Xuansheng's death is unexpected, it would be okay. He himself and Han Yu were unlucky, but if it was artificial, it might be regarded as an attack and provocation against Lord Han, and Han Yu could not be unmoved.
Secondly, the process of Ma Xuansheng's death is really strange. The current known information is: An explosion occurred in a toilet in Bingmasi, south of the city. After the explosion, the people at the scene found the body of the prince-consort. Regarding the cause of the explosion, there are also information such as the suspect involved in the case... Bingmasi's people were a little evasive.
Of course this is normal, because if you go deeper, you will talk about the incident at Baoyuan Inn that night. In addition to Huang Donglai and others and the Ma brothers, there are Wu Juntou's immediate boss and Han Yu behind Ma Xuansheng...
In addition, it was difficult to get a series of operations that Ma Xuansheng tried to assassinate others afterwards.
Therefore, before confirming that someone can "protect" him, Wu Jun must have dared not say a word.
At this point, Wu Juntou, a native playboy in the capital, still has a clear idea - when you encounter something you can't afford, keep your words in your stomach, and you still have the capital to protect yourself and maneuver. If you spit out all the words, even if you tell the truth and you have no responsibility at all, you may die, because at that time you no longer have a trump card, and your only remaining value is to become someone else's scapegoat.
Finally, there is another point... Ma Xuansheng was the emperor's son-in-law appointed by the emperor. Although the marriage has not been handled and he has never even met the princess, his death has to be told to the emperor. The emperor must also arrange the aftermath of this marriage.
Let’s talk a little bit about it here. In the feudal era, when the marriage was encountered, “The two families agreed to marry, the man’s betrothal gift was given, and the woman’s family agreed, but before passing by, the man suddenly died suddenly for some reason”, the marriage may not be cancelled…
If the man is sensible and easy to talk to, maybe the two families will discuss this and can't let it go, but if the man insists on continuing and the woman's family is unable to resist, he may have to go to a "ghost marriage", that is, the woman will pass by as usual on the wedding day, and then start to be a widow, and be a horse for her in-laws for her whole life.
Although this kind of thing seems to us modern people to be inhumane and unreasonable, and the actual probability of it happening is not that high (because not so many people just died before marriage), it was true in the past, and it was not an isolated case.
So, back to our book, can Princess Qingle’s marriage also evolve into this situation?
Of course it is possible.
But what about it... the final decision is still in the hands of the emperor.
If Princess Qinglong was arranged to marry a son of a general today, and the other party died suddenly before marriage, then the man would not need to mention it, and the emperor would probably let the princess pass by with a tablet, because it was a political marriage, and marrying a dead person can be more tying people's hearts than marrying a living person.
However...Ma Xuansheng is not a descendant of a general or a family of officials. He is the son of a local tyrant. He is the only one in their family, and there is no object worthy of appeasement and win over except him.
So can the emperor be willing to let his daughter marry a tablet?
Even those with extremely weak feelings among the many children, that is, the emperor only regards them as bargaining chips, will not be sent to do such a free deal.
Not to mention, Zhu Qingsheng was originally a child that Zhu Wei loved more.
It is precisely because of her preference that Zhu Wei betrothed her to Ma Xuansheng, a new top scholar who is "pretty, talented, young and promising, and has a bright future" under Han Yu's sweet words, instead of sending her to a border political marriage or marrying the people.
But now that Ma Xuansheng people are gone, what else can I say?
The emperor only said, "Then let the marriage be done", and others would not say anything more next.
At this time, anyone dared to jump out and yelled straightforwardly: "Your swears, since the emperor has given the marriage, he should blablabla..."
Then he is looking for trouble, or even seeking death.
Where is this boundary? It's very simple... If you still fulfill the emperor's wishes after an argument and don't marry, then you think you are looking for trouble. If you look for a few more times in the end, your career may be over; and if the emperor finally fought for a long time and was forced to do what you said, then you can wait... You won't touch you in front of the door, but you have already been on the death list, which will be a year or a few months. Anyway, when this matter is over, you may be punished for stepping into the Palace of Supreme Harmony today.
Someone may have to say that if this is the case, it won’t take long to stay, and the emperor will only have some flattering ministers left by his side, right?
That's what you don't know...
Zhu Wei is like an Emperor Anle who governs inaction on the surface, and sometimes he acts a bit careless and confused, but in fact he is a man who is wise and foolish and is well versed in the art of emperors.
For more than 20 years, there have been conflicts and internal struggles among the civil and military officials in the court, the Jinyiwei, the Dongchang, and some other forces, but no one of them is too strong or weak. The person who maintains this "balance" is Zhu Wu.
There are also the things mentioned in the previous article that secretly weakening the power of the vassal kings is impossible without the emperor's instructions and promises.
Therefore, Zhu Wei is definitely not a foolish monarch who only likes to listen to slander.
If he was criticized today when discussing national affairs, no matter what the result was, he would not hold a grudge against the ministers; not only would he not hold a grudge, but he would also remember the other party based on the subsequent results.
However... the matter of Princess Qinglei is his family matter, and the result of the handling of this matter has almost no impact on the country, because even the common people can understand his decision to cancel the marriage. This is human nature, and this move will even show his humanity, making people feel that "the emperor is also a human being and loves his daughter."
If someone dares to argue with him about this matter, he will immediately determine that the person has low EQ and may have intelligence problems.
If such a person tastes something wrong during the argument with him, and finally compromises and finds a way out, he may not pursue it and can still observe it; but if the other party still fights to the end when he repeatedly gives the way out, then he will definitely not be able to bear it.
It’s not that you can’t tolerate the other party’s rudeness, but that you can’t tolerate the other party’s incompetence.
In Zhu Wei's opinion, a person who does not know how to adapt to such things and cannot understand the slightest selfishness of the emperor, even if he is a moral model and a model of etiquette, is also an incompetent politician.
He is also incompetent and has formed a personal grudge with the emperor. Who will die if you don’t die?
To sum up, when Zhu Wei said "the marriage was given up", no one around him dared to raise objections.
Someone must be asking here again, should Han Yu say a few words for the Ma family?
Then you are thinking too much. Han Yu only values ​​Ma Xuansheng. Now Ma Xuansheng is dead. In his eyes, the rest of the Ma family are nothing. It can be said that they have no use value. How could he offend the emperor for the benefit of the Ma family?
An old fox like Han Yu cannot make such low-level mistakes.
In fact, when the emperor talked about this, Han Yu didn't feel much regret for Ma Xuansheng's death. At that moment, he was thinking about how to make this crisis a turning point and how to gain greater benefits from this loss.
For example, by taking advantage of the title of "finding the truth for Ma Xuansheng and seeking justice", he waited for an opportunity to attack the forces he wanted to attack and eliminate a few thorns in his side...
Thinking of this, Han Yu had already thought about it and spoke with the flow...
He did not complain about the emperor's decision to cancel the engagement. He just pretended to be sad and began to make a fuss about Ma Xuansheng's death itself. While crying in front of the emperor, he told the emperor how good his relationship with Ma Xuansheng's master and apprentice was, and he said nonsense that he must thoroughly investigate the matter.
Zhu Wei is not stupid. He knows what Han Yu wants, but he does not want the other party to obtain all the power to handle the incident as he wishes.
Therefore, after a little thought, Zhu Wei had a trick on Han Yu. He handed over the case to the Jinyiwei, but at the same time asked Han Yu to "supervise" from the side and "assist in the investigation"... so that Han Yu had gained some of the right to investigate, but was restrained by the other forces.
Han Yu didn't dare to make a big splash, so he could only stop when he was better.
So the investigation began...
After receiving the imperial edict, Gao Yuan, the commander of the Jinyiwei, also saw that the case should be handled with caution, so he appointed his capable general Yun Shili to go out and jointly investigate the case with Lord Han Yuhan.
This is really... it's not that enemies don't get together.
Since Yun Shili got the "Go to Encounter Immortals" at Brother Sun's Mansion last year, he brought the "Yu Tai Immortal" who had a grudge against Han Yu back to Beijing, he has been secretly searching for Han Yu's flaws all year long.
It’s a pity that the other party is indeed powerful and he is cautious in doing things, so he has never given him any chance...
This time, the two sides actually wanted to "cooperate to investigate the case", and it was found that it was the murder of Ma Xuansheng, a person who had a close relationship with Han Yu. So Yun Shili could not take advantage of the issue?
Even if Han Yu was so scheming, he would never have thought that Yun Shili, a person who had no interaction with him, had already set his sights on him because of a "personal grudge".
What he didn't expect was that as the investigation unfolded, he would face the two scums of Sun Yixie and Huang Donglai next.
Chapter completed!