Chapter two hundred and eighty seventh face is the most important
Things that are beyond his control should happen in the palace. This is something Li Zheng cannot bear.
He guessed that someone in the palace stole the imperial edict and imitated his own handwriting and then designed to replace Liu Mingzhi's imperial edict. Before there was any evidence, Li Zheng looked at everyone present calmly, his expression unchanged, but his eyes changed.
Everyone looked at it.
Li Zheng suddenly remembered something. He grabbed a corner of the imperial edict and looked at it carefully. He had a habit that even Zhou Fei, the chief internal officer, didn't know about. After writing the imperial edict, he would habitually touch the lower corner of the edict with the tip of his pen and then pause.
After a while, there will often be an imperceptible ink mark in the lower right corner of the imperial edict. Only you know this habit.
Li Zheng examined the lower right corner of the imperial edict against the light, and sure enough, there was an ink dot slightly penetrating into the lower right corner.
This is indeed the imperial edict written by myself, but why is there no seal?
"Zhou Fei."
"Your Majesty, this old slave is here."
"I ask you, after the second prince left that day, I proclaimed the imperial edict that was written by the two beloved ministers in the household department. Do you still remember whether I stamped it with a big seal?"
Zhou Fei was startled. He didn’t know what the emperor meant, but he didn’t dare to ask more. Thinking back carefully, Mu Ran’s eyes lit up. Zhou Fei’s eyes lit up: “Your Majesty, after writing the imperial edict that day, Concubine Lan was because of Princess Yun’an’s glazed mirror.
I ask to see Your Majesty, but Your Majesty doesn’t seem to have put a seal on me.”
The corner of Li Zheng's mouth twitched. Could it be that he was the culprit in this matter?
"You will check every one of my imperial edicts carefully. Why is there such a big omission in this edict? You even neglected to seal it without sealing it?"
"Your Majesty, please forgive me. This old slave is wronged. Concubine Lan entered the imperial study room and cried and made a fuss. Your Majesty, you comforted Concubine Lan and asked me to go to Princess Yun'an to find out the news and verify the authenticity of the mirror. I have no idea.
There was no time to check the imperial edict."
Li Zheng also seemed to have an impression: "Then after you leave, I will directly ask Fuhai, a slave, to convey the decree, right?"
Zhou Fei nodded unnaturally: "That seems to be the case."
His Highness's ministers knelt on the ground and looked at the muttering emperor and the two. They didn't know what they were discussing, especially the crown prince Li Baiyu, who was closest to the dragon throne. He vaguely heard Concubine Lan and the mirrors.
He only said a few words, secretly guessing that this matter might have something to do with Concubine Lan.
"Your Majesty, how to deal with this matter? Master Ding is loyal to his duties. Although he acts a bit arrogant on weekdays, he did nothing wrong in this matter. In order to protect himself, Master Liu had no choice but to resist, and he did nothing wrong. In short, this
This matter is not easy to handle."
"My dear friends, in your opinion, how should we deal with this matter?" Li Zheng had to kick the ball to the courtiers below. You can't say that it was yourself who had the problem, right? Don't I want to lose face?
Du Chenghao, the Minister of Civil Affairs, pondered for a moment: "Your Majesty, I wonder if your Majesty has checked whether this imperial edict is true or false?"
Li Zheng nodded helplessly: "I wrote it myself, and the imperial edict is true."
When Master Ding heard that the emperor admitted that the imperial edict was true, he trembled and collapsed on the ground. The emperor admitted that the imperial edict was true, which confirmed the crime that the Minister of War had accused him of. He wanted to cut off the head of a superior officer indiscriminately.
I'm afraid I'm going to die.
Du Chenghao frowned slightly: "Your Majesty, since the imperial edict is true, why is there no jade seal from Your Majesty? Your Majesty is not intentionally protecting Baron Liu, is he? Your Majesty, please give the officials justice. Baron Liu not only beat Chief Ding, but also attacked the minister and the two
The minister got into a big fight, could this matter just be revealed like this?"
"This?" Li Zheng glanced at Liu Mingzhi who was kneeling on the ground: "Liu Aiqing, I ask you why the dragon seal on the imperial edict is missing?"
Liu Mingzhi raised his head and looked at the emperor: "Huh?" Ever since he received the imperial edict, he had been kept in the back hall by the butler and had never touched it. If he hadn't gone to the Ministry of Personnel to report on his duties today, he might never have touched this edict in his life. The above
Why is the seal gone? I know the hammer.
Could it be that the emperor forgot to cover it?
Song Yu, Minister of the Ministry of War, was also thinking on the sidelines. Because Liu Mingzhi was knighted that day, he was so excited that he actually neglected whether there was a jade seal on the imperial edict.
"Your Majesty, I am wronged. Since I received the imperial edict, I have enshrined it in the back hall and never touched it. I don't know what's going on?"
Li Zheng snorted and looked at the ministers who were all kneeling on the ground and did not dare to look up. He wrote a note and gave Zhou Fei a look.
Zhou Fei understood and flicked his finger, and a piece of paper ball the size of a fingernail hit Liu Mingzhi's head. Liu Mingzhi looked at the paper ball that fell in front of him blankly and looked up, wondering what the paper ball meant.
Li Zhengnu pursed his lips and signaled Liu Mingzhi to open the ball of paper on the ground. Liu Mingzhi opened the ball of paper on the ground in confusion and made up a reason to cover it up, otherwise he would be punished.
Young Master Liu quickly picked up the paper ball in his hand and stuffed it into his cuffs, then looked at Li Zheng and pointed at him.
Li Zheng saw that Liu Mingzhi understood what he meant, and nodded imperceptibly. This matter must be covered up with some inexplicable reason. Liu Mingzhi cannot be punished, and the officials cannot be punished, but this reason can only be made up by Liu Mingzhi.
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"Oh!"
Young Master Liu clapped his hands and frightened everyone in the court. Even Li Zheng was stunned.
"Your Majesty, I know what's going on."
"Oh? Liu Aiqing must explain the matter clearly, otherwise the crime of blasphemy against the imperial edict will be serious."
Liu Mingzhi pondered for a while: "Your Majesty, I wonder if you remember that you went to my house on the day I received the imperial edict, and I warmly received your Majesty's presence."
Li Zhengming knew that there was no such thing, so he had to cooperate with Liu Mingzhi's acting: "It does happen. What does this have to do with the imperial edict?"
"The relationship is serious. Your Majesty was sitting in the living room at that time. I made a cup of tea for him. However, since he had just arrived in the capital, there was no good tea to serve your majesty. He could only have bitter and astringent old tea. Your majesty came here at that time.
Unfortunately, before I could enshrine the imperial edict, I put it on the table. Your Majesty was not used to drinking the tea in the palace, so he spat out a mouthful of tea on the imperial edict. I was worried that your majesty was ill, so I had no time to put the imperial edict away.
Could it be that the saliva melted the seal on the imperial edict?"
Li Zheng squinted at Liu Mingzhi who was talking eloquently. He thought that this guy is really good at making things up. He made everything he said seem to be true. It seems that this guy is not only good at making money, he is also good at lying.
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"When you said that, I remembered that I did spit out a mouthful of tea because I couldn't bear to drink it. So this is my fault?"
"I dare not, because I failed to protect the imperial decree, and I am guilty."
"Ding Aiqing, this matter is a misunderstanding. You wanted to kill Liu Aiqing first, and Liu Aiqing beat you later. However, you have suffered such great harm. I order Liu Aiqing to pay you one thousand taels of silver as compensation, and then allow you to cultivate.
One month, what do you think?"
Under Li Zheng's pressure, Director Ding had long lost his mind. Li Zheng nodded hurriedly no matter what he said: "I am willing, I am willing."
"Your Majesty, the old minister was dissatisfied, and Baron Liu attacked the old minister for no reason. Could this be the end of it?"
"Oh? I see that Du Aiqing has no wounds or scars. Liu Aiqing doesn't know where Liu Aiqing hit you. If the evidence is solid, I can't spare him. I will definitely give Du Aiqing and Tao Aiqing justice."
"Your Majesty, Baron Liu," Du Chenghao, the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, couldn't tell where Young Master Liu beat him after waiting for a long time.
If he really told it, how could he have the face to hang out in the capital? Even if he resigned and went into seclusion, he would still be stigmatized.
The head can stop the blood flow, but the face cannot be lost.