"Your Highness, calm down, Your Highness, calm down!"
Seeing that the atmosphere in the palace was immediately awkward, Nie Zishi quickly stood up and came to the rescue of Ma Zhengjiang and others with a sneer on his face.
"Your Highness, Ma Zhizhou, Li Zhixian and others have just arrived in Beiping Mansion. They have been tired of traveling and traveling all the way. They are also worried about the suffering of the people, so they are confused. Please forgive them this time!"
Then, he looked directly at Ma Zhengjiang and others behind him and scolded: "You are so confused, why don't you quickly beg for mercy from His Highness King Yan?"
Zhu Fu, the chief official of King Yan on the side, also knew that after the recent big scandal, there was now a shortage of officials in various parts of the Ming Dynasty, so he quickly stepped forward to calm the atmosphere in the palace.
"Yes, it's okay for Your Highness to calm down. Several magistrates and magistrates were also impatient for a while, so they were a bit wise and confused!"
It is a pity that Ma Zhengjiang and Peng Shuilian did not follow the steps given by Nie Zishi, Zhu Fu and others. They still stood at His Highness with eyes full of dissatisfaction, like newlyweds who were resentful!
Above, Zhu Di couldn't help but sneer.
"It seems that you are no longer willing to be our officials in the Ming Dynasty!"
"Your Highness!"
At this time, Li Wang, the guard of the Yan Palace, walked in from outside with a strange expression.
"What's the matter?"
Zhu Di asked in a deep voice.
"Your Highness, an urgent message from the capital!" Li Wang raised a letter above his head with both hands and reported it respectfully.
Zhu Di's expression condensed, "Bring it up!"
"Yes, Your Highness!"
A chamberlain standing next to Zhu Di bowed slightly towards Zhu Di, then walked quickly down, took the letter from Li Wang's hand with both hands, carefully inspected it, and then handed the letter to Zhu Di.
Zhu Xi unfolded it directly and read it.
Below, Nie Zishi, Guo An and other officials also held their breaths and looked quietly at Zhu Di above.
The more Zhu Di looked, the weirder the expression on his face became.
After Zhu Di finished reading, Chief Shi Zhu Fu quickly raised his hands and asked, "May I ask, Your Highness, what big event happened in the capital?"
Zhu Di glanced at the magistrates such as Ma Zhengjiang, Peng Shuilian and others who were still breathing hard with a half-smile, then handed the letter in his hand to the chamberlain on the side and asked it to be delivered to the Zhu Mansion below.
"There are some treacherous and unlucky villains in the capital who dare to slander the imperial government. Hundreds of them have been arrested by the royal guards. The emperor has ordered these villains to be beheaded in public display!"
"What?"
Zhu Fu, who had just received the letter, trembled with his hands.
On the side, Nie Zishi, Guo An, Zhai Shanfang and others also had shocked and regretful expressions on their faces.
Kill again?
As for the prefects and counties such as Ma Zhengjiang and Peng Shuilian, their foreheads were buzzing, they were dumbfounded, and their whole bodies were trembling.
The tyrant didn't even give them a chance to resign?
The first person to come to his senses was Nie Zishi. He scolded the magistrates such as Ma Zhengjiang, Peng Shuilian and others behind him: "Why are you still standing there, why don't you quickly beg for mercy from His Highness?"
Afterwards, Nie Zishi also quickly bowed his hands to Zhu Di again.
"Your Highness, the Guo Huan case has caused tens of thousands of officials to be lost in our Ming Dynasty. We can no longer damage officials. Please show mercy to your Highness!"
"Your Highness, King Yan, forgive me. It was Xiaguan and others who lost their minds for a moment and begged Your Highness to forgive me..."
Ma Zhengjiang, Peng Shuilian and others were shocked, their faces were pale, and they knelt on the ground and begged Zhu Di for mercy.
"Hmph, can you cultivate the wasteland?"
Zhu Di asked coldly.
"Please rest assured, Your Highness, this is just a wasteland, and the officials will definitely be able to reclaim it!" Ma Zhengjiang and Peng Shui nodded in agreement.
"Can you go deep into the various states and counties to understand the conditions of the people in each state and county?" Zhu Di asked again.
"Can, can..."
"Your Highness, Jin Yiwei Qianhu Pu Sanji wants to see you!"
Suddenly, Zhu Liang, who was wearing armor, walked in quickly and reported to Zhu Di.
"Pu Sanji?"
Zhu Di was stunned.
On the side, Ma Zhengjiang, Peng Shuilian and others, thinking of what Zhu Di had just said, their faces suddenly turned pale, and they were so frightened that they shivered like chaff.
The shadow of a person, the name of a tree!
At this time, Jin Yiwei suddenly came to Yan Palace. It was difficult not to think of them!
Zhu Di said: "Let him in!"
"Yes, Your Highness!"
Zhu Liang bowed his hands and quickly retreated.
"Please help me, Your Highness!"
"Please also ask His Highness King Yan to save the official..."
Ma Zhengjiang, Peng Shuilian and others quickly knelt down towards Zhu Di again and kowtowed.
Zhu Di glanced at His Highness Ma Zhengjiang and others with some disgust, but said nothing more.
Soon, Zhu Liang walked in with a burly general wearing a red flying fish uniform.
"The last general, Jin Yiwei Qianhu Pu Sanji, meets His Highness King Yan!"
"Pu Sanji, what brings you to my palace?"
Zhu Di had also met Pu Sanji many times, so he had nothing to say politely.
Pu Sanji glanced sideways at Nie Zishi, Ma Zhengjiang and other officials beside him, then he bowed his hands and said: "Your Highness, please forgive me, I will be ordered to arrest the treacherous, greedy and unlucky villain who slandered the imperial court!"
"Huh? When did such a villain appear here?"
Zhu Di asked with a puzzled look on his face.
"Your Highness, Ma Zhengjiang, the newly appointed magistrate of Tongzhou, had previously slandered the imperial court and Your Majesty in a restaurant with a group of corrupt and unlucky villains when he was in the capital.
The commander ordered the general to come and capture this person!" Pu Sanji replied.
"The official has been wronged, Your Highness, the official has been wronged..."
Ma Zhengjiang's eyes widened and he shouted towards Zhu Di with a look of fear.
"Slandering my father?"
In the palace, Zhu Di smiled coldly. He could still accept slandering the imperial court, but he dared to slander his father?
"Deserves to be killed! This person is Ma Zhengjiang, take him away with you!"
"Thank you, Your Highness!"
Pu Sanji bowed his hands.
"Are there any other greedy and unlucky villains who dare to slander our father?" Zhu Di asked again.
"Reporting to your highness, the general received the order from no one else!" Pu Sanji replied.
"That's good!"
Zhu Di said in a deep voice.
"I'll say goodbye!"
Pu Sanji raised his hands and asked for instructions.
Zhu Di nodded slightly.
Pu Sanji walked over directly, picked up Ma Zhengjiang who was lying on the ground like a chicken, and walked out.
"Your Highness, Your Highness, help me..."
Ma Zhengjiang woke up and shouted hysterically.
"be honest!"
Pu Sanji moved his hand down, and Ma Zhengjiang groaned, and could only whine and make no sound!
In the hall, Peng Shuilian and other prefects and other magistrates watched all this blankly, not daring to show any sympathy on their faces.
Guo An on the side was also shocked. A dignified fifth-grade Zhizhou could be so arbitrarily taken away by a Jin Yiwei just because of a few slanderous words?
Even the chief envoy didn't have any chance to speak!
"Your Highness!"
At this time, Li Wang, who had just left not long ago, walked in again, holding a piece of paper in his hand!
The atmosphere in the palace changed again!
"Bring it up!"
Zhu Di said helplessly.
"yes!"
The chamberlain on the side quickly went down, took the paper, checked it, and handed it to Zhu Di.
Zhu Di unfolded it, took a look, and a smile appeared on his face!
At the same time, he subconsciously glanced at Guo An below!