Volume 1: The Swan Goose Chapter 69: How Proud of a Strong Man (2)
Man Tingfang glanced at Xia Yunqing, and after he nodded slightly, he bowed and said: "I dare not deceive the Holy Lord. Now I do have evidence in my hand that can correct the crimes of Pingyang Hou and his son!"
"Why do you have evidence in your hand?" Emperor Yu frowned, quite surprised.
Man Tingfang lowered her eyes and lowered her eyebrows, and replied respectfully: "Back to the Emperor, although His Highness King Yi has not arrived yet, he has handed over all the evidence and physical evidence to the minister, and ordered the minister to report it to His Majesty today."
Emperor Yu snorted angrily: "Heh, he is quite good at putting off things."
Although he said this, he knew clearly in his heart: Yu Fengjin knew that no matter whether she gave this evidence to Xia Yunqing or Wang Su, she would not believe it, so she found Man Tingfang, who had no interest in anyone!
With such evidence in front of him, Emperor Yu couldn't shirk it, so he said: "Since Man Aiqing has the evidence in her hands, bring it over and let me take a look. If Pingyang Hou and his son are really guilty, I will never condone it!"
"Yes!" Man Tingfang bowed and slowly exited the hall.
Man Tingfang left Zichen Palace and hurriedly walked to Xuande Gate. Just after passing Zuoye Gate, she met Zhang Heng leading a team of patrolling Jinjia Guards walking towards him. Man Tingfang smiled and arched her hand to Zhang Heng.
After a brief exchange of greetings, before he could ask further questions, he excused himself and turned around to leave.
Zhang Heng looked at Man Tingfang's hurried back and felt deeply uneasy. He drank a lot of flower wine last night, and when he arrived at the palace early in the morning, his subordinates came to report that hundreds of ministers had gathered in the Long Live Hall.
, forcing the emperor to hear Pingyang Hou's case.
Zhang Heng didn't take it seriously when he heard this. He never took these officials seriously, because he knew very well that the power of his life and death was in the hands of the emperor. As long as the emperor didn't let go, no one could touch him.
However, when he inspected the vicinity of the Zichen Palace and wanted to go to the door to inquire about the emperor's words, he was stopped by the Chief of Staff and was not allowed to approach, so he felt that something was wrong.
Just now I saw Man Tingfang walking out in a hurry, but she kept silent about her questions, and she became even more suspicious!
As soon as he rolled his eyes, he immediately called two golden armored guards and ordered them to invite Liu Bingwen and Wang Su to come.
Soon, a golden-armored guard ran back with a heavy face and reported bad news to Zhang Heng: Wang Su said he was ill and couldn't come, and Wang Jing didn't know where to go to fool around and couldn't find anyone.
After hearing this, Zhang Heng stomped his feet angrily, and gnashed his teeth and cursed: "Damn it, this grandson formed an alliance with me on the front foot, and then threw us away with the back foot! Wang Jing, don't let me catch you, I will never spare you!"
When he was worried, Liu Bingwen's short figure hurriedly came over. Zhang Heng hurriedly greeted him as if he were seeing a relative, and said with cupped hands: "Master Liu, you are finally here!"
Liu Bingwen looked eagerly in the direction of Zichen Palace and asked hurriedly: "How is the situation inside?"
Zhang Heng shook his head and frowned: "I don't know what's going on inside yet. The Chief of Guards blocked me outside and refused to enter. However, Man Tingfang came out just now. When she saw me, she spoke in a flashy manner! I think there must be something wrong."
Liu Bingwen asked again: "Have you asked Wang Su and his son to come?"
Mentioning the two of them, Zhang Heng suddenly became angry and cursed through gritted teeth: "These old foxes! It was a good idea at the beginning to join forces to fight against Xia Yunqing. Unexpectedly, at the critical moment, he actually pretended to be sick and hid.
Then Wang Jing is fooling around somewhere, even asking someone else to do his job today!"
Liu Bingwen snorted coldly and cursed disdainfully: "Huh, Wang Su is extremely cunning and always does not get up early without profit! Now he is afraid that Pingyang Hou's affairs will harm him, so he hides to protect himself! I told you earlier
However, this father and son cannot be trusted!"
At this time, seeing that he was betrayed by his relatives, Zhang Heng was also a little panicked: "Master Liu, then... what should we do now? I think there is something wrong with this posture!"
"Don't worry!" Liu Bingwen said confidently: "I'm going to interview the saint now! Actually, you don't need to come to me today. I heard that the civil and military officials were coming and I was already prepared. Just wait and see the good show.
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After that, he waved his sleeves and hurried towards the Zichen Palace. Zhang Heng looked at Liu Bingwen's back in a daze, but for some reason, he felt uneasy in his heart.
for a while
The sound of footsteps came from behind, and Zhang Heng suddenly turned his head to look. He saw Man Tingfang leaving and returning, accompanied by a young girl in mourning clothes. The woman always lowered her head and walked cautiously through the crowd.
Beside Tingfang, they were escorted all the way by Ruan Lang from the Royal Guards Department.
Zhang Heng narrowed his eyes slightly, stepped forward, stretched out his arms to block the two of them, and asked in a cold voice: "Master Man, who is this? Why do you lead everyone to Da Nei! Can you be responsible if something goes wrong?"
When he came over, the woman pulled her hood to cover her face and subconsciously hid behind Man Tingfang. This move made Zhang Heng even more confused.
Before Man Tingfang could speak, Ruan Lang stepped in front and said with a straight face: "Commander Zhang, the emperor has urgently called for Man Tingfang and this woman. If you have any questions, let's talk about it later!"
"Your Majesty?" Zhang Heng's face changed slightly, and he said reluctantly: "The Emperor summoned a commoner for no reason? What is her background? As the commander of the Golden Armor Guards, to protect the safety of the Emperor, I must confirm again and again!"
With that said, he stretched out his hand to pull the woman behind Man Tingfang.
The woman exclaimed and subconsciously took a step back before she managed to escape.
"Commander Zhang!" Ruan Lang stood up and stood between the two of them and said seriously: "The emperor summons this woman, there must be no mistakes. If you have any questions, you might as well ask the emperor directly!"
Zhang Heng grabbed his collar and glared at him fiercely: "Ruan Lang, you are just a lackey beside Wang Jing. How dare you go against me? Are you tired of living?"
"Even if I am a lackey, I am a dog who only obeys the emperor's orders. Is Commander Zhang bigger than the emperor?" Ruan Lang forcefully opened his hand, shook his wrinkled collar, and looked upright.
"You!" Zhang Heng was so angry that his eyes were on fire and his gums were clenching.
"I'm sorry! I have official duties, so I can't talk to you anymore! Farewell!" Ruan Lang cupped his hands to him, and hurried to the Zichen Palace while protecting Man Tingfang and the woman.
As the woman walked forward, she secretly looked back at Zhang Heng, her tear-filled eyes full of hatred. This glance shocked Zhang Heng's whole body, as if he had been struck by lightning - he had seen this woman! Just before him
On the day of the raid on Xiaoxiang Villa, this woman dressed up as a singer and sat next to King Yi!
Oops! This woman is indeed the witness who was hidden by King Yi!
In the Zichen Palace, Emperor Yu lazily propped up his chin and sat sideways on the dragon chair. He raised his eyes from time to time and looked at the calm and confident Xia Yunqing in front of him.
Suddenly, a burst of rapid footsteps came from outside the palace, followed immediately by a cry: "Your Majesty, I have something to tell you!"
Before he finished speaking, a tall, pointed-mouthed little old man rushed into the hall angrily, holding a robe in one hand and a memorial in the other.
He passed by Xia Yunqing, gave him a vicious look, and made an inaudible snort from his nose. Then he walked up to Emperor Yu, holding the memorial in both hands and raising it above his head.
Emperor Yu waved his hand, and Eunuch Shuangxi immediately walked over and presented the memorial. Emperor Yu slowly unfolded the memorial, glanced at it, and laughed coldly. Xia Yunqing looked at Liu Bingwen in confusion, but saw Liu Bingwen raise the tip of his nose.
, arrogantly gouging out oneself, looking complacent.
Xia Yunqing pondered for a moment and then asked respectfully: "I wonder why your majesty is laughing?"
Emperor Yu looked at him with a half-smile but asked, "Guess who wrote this memorial?"
Xia Yunqing bowed his hands and said, "Excuse me for being stupid, I don't know."
Emperor Yu snorted softly in his nose, unfolded the memorial, and said quietly: "This memorial to impeach the chief minister of the cabinet expresses that I can no longer tolerate Aiqing's arbitrariness, deception, and various behaviors of confusing right and wrong. I hope that
I was able to reorganize the cabinet. The signature was actually Six Ministries and Nine Ministers! What do you think of this, Ai Qing?"
, he has repeatedly made arbitrary and arbitrary actions that confuse right and wrong. If this goes on for a long time, it will definitely bring disaster to the imperial court! Please punish this person severely!"
After saying that, he looked at Xia Yunqing proudly and thought to himself: Today I want you to summon all the civil and military officials to impeach Pingyang Marquis. Let me first impeach you on behalf of the Six Ministries and Nine Ministers, so that you have no time to take care of this case!
Emperor Yu looked thoughtfully at the two memorials in front of him with similar words and attacks on each other. He never said a word, but he was secretly laughing: On one side was the official Yan Guan, who was small and powerful, but always spoke out and dared to remonstrate, forcing him to kill his relatives for justice.
.On the other side are the most powerful officials of the imperial court who have mutual interests and are forced to punish their immediate superiors.
These two tit-for-tat memorials were actually sent to him together. It seems that both sides have been preparing for a long time and are waiting for today's decisive battle!
"Report!" While he was deep in thought, Ruan Lang strode into the palace, cupped his hands and said, "Report to your Majesty, Lord Manchu and the witnesses have arrived at the door!"
Hearing the word "witness", Liu Bingwen was shocked and quickly turned his head to look. He saw Man Tingfang slowly walking into the hall with a woman in mourning clothes.
The woman walked to the middle of the hall, knelt down with a bang, bowed three times, and then began to sob softly.
Emperor Yu stared at the woman leisurely and asked, "Is this the witness in Pingyang Hou's case?"
"Exactly." Man Tingfang bowed deeply and persuaded the woman softly: "This is the emperor of the dynasty, Miss Han Yan. If you have anything to say, you can tell him and he will make the decision for you."