When Sun An came to Jingyi Hall, the bookcase was overturned to the ground, and five eunuchs were kneeling on the ground trembling.
Emperor Da Ma Jin Dao sat on the stool and closed his eyes slightly, obviously very angry.
Huang Laosi was wearing a black gown, which was covered with mud, especially at the knees, which were slightly worn.
The old eunuch knew at a glance that the emperor must have been kneeling in the imperial mausoleum for a long time.
Sun An quickly waved the eunuchs away and knelt on the ground: "Your Majesty, please calm down."
"Calm down?"
Huang Laosi opened his eyes, which were frighteningly red and covered with bloodshot eyes.
"My prince is suffering from a serious illness that has not been cured for a long time. Now he is in danger." Huang Laosi suddenly stood up and shouted: "Sun An!"
"The old slave is here."
"Even the sacred stone that extended the prince's life was broken into pieces. How did you, the chief eunuch, become the internal affairs supervisor?"
Having said this, the emperor came to Sun An with his hands behind his back, condescending and speaking in a gloomy tone.
"The root cause of all disasters is the failure of the country!"
Sun An's expression changed drastically and he raised his head: "Your Majesty, this..."
"There are rumors in the capital. You must know that I have only left the palace for one day, only one day since I left the capital, and only one day before I went to court. There is a saying in the capital that all these disasters are caused by the loss of the country."
"Your Majesty, this old servant will tell Commander Chen right now and order the Qianqi Battalion to put those who deceive the public with their evil talk into prison!"
"I have already met Chen Qing. If not, who do you think told me this treasonous statement?"
Sun An's eyes twitched.
He originally thought that the emperor's anger stemmed from the shattering of the Kirin Stone and the prince's illness, but now he realized that rumors had spread in the capital.
The emperor did not go to court for a day, and in just one day, there were rumors. It is conceivable that someone secretly did it deliberately.
The root cause of all disasters is the failure of the country. The general meaning is that all kinds of natural disasters are actually divine punishments.
So the question is, who is punished by "divine punishment"?
It must be the Emperor. God cannot cause so many natural disasters because he is targeting a common man selling steamed buns in Bei City.
If it were just floods, flash floods, earthquakes or earthquakes, then forget it, the main reason was that the prince was still sick.
When Huang Laosi went to the outskirts of Beijing, he definitely had to take a guard with him, but because he was too anxious, he didn't go to all the trouble to have the guards accompany him. Instead, he asked dozens of people from the Qianqi Battalion to protect him secretly, and knelt down at the imperial mausoleum.
One night, I prayed for the prince.
As a result, just after returning to the city, the deputy commander of Qianqiying found the emperor and said that just because he had not gone to court for just one day, there were rumors among the scholars in the capital, saying that the prince was not going to die soon, and that natural disasters had occurred one after another, which was obviously intentional.
People secretly stir up trouble, which is the main reason for Huang Laosi's rage.
"I am too generous to this so-called scholar!"
Huang Laosi's face was so gloomy that he seemed to be dripping with water: "When I first obtained this great treasure, I am willing to govern with benevolence, select talents and treat scholars favorably. I will not be polite to the common people, and I will not be punished to the officials. But I don't want to think that this scholar in the capital
He is so rampant and dares to make arbitrary remarks in the palace."
Sun An, who was kneeling on the ground, seemed hesitant to speak.
He does not deny that scholars are always on the verge of committing suicide. If they are just scholars, forget it. But what you need to know is that scholars can lead the trend of the people.
If scholars say that the new king's unkindness leads to divine punishment from God, ordinary people will think so too.
But having said that, no matter how much scholars talk about the palace, it is impossible for them to know about the prince.
So, the common people are guided by scholars, but who guides scholars?
The answer is obvious: aristocratic families account for 80% of the officials in the court.
If Sun An can figure it out, the emperor can also figure it out.
Therefore, the old eunuch knew that what Huang Laosi wanted to educate was not a group of scholars who knew how to tease and fool around every day, but the members of aristocratic families.
After taking a look at the emperor's face, Sun An gritted his teeth and asked bravely: "I dare you, old slave, to ask your majesty what he wants... to... to..."
"Yes, the family members!" The emperor sneered again and again: "The tax affairs in Xiao County have become a big deal after all. Chen Qing told me that the amount of tax money collected by all the greedy people in the world is shocking. They are afraid of my investigation.
Afraid that I would investigate deeply, afraid that I would investigate thoroughly. If I did, I don’t know how many people would be killed, so I used the excuse of natural disaster and the prince to cause trouble."
After turning around and sitting down, the emperor gradually calmed down.
As an emperor, he knows that there is no point in being incompetent and furious. It is enough to vent his anger for a while, and what needs to be solved must be solved.
"Chen Qing will go and find out the ministers from other dynasties who criticize the prince's affairs. Sun An, if there are any talkative people in this palace, you are the only one I can ask."
"This old slave knows the importance of things."
"What happened to the unicorn stone? I heard as soon as I returned to the palace that when the prince woke up yesterday, he saw that the unicorn stone was broken into pieces by some dog slave. He was so angry that he fainted again."
When this matter was brought up, Huang Laosi became angry again: "You are so clumsy when doing things in the palace. How do you, the eunuch who oversees the internal affairs, manage things?"
"It's Mr. Chu... He's Chu Qing, the son of the left minister of the Ministry of Industry."
"Chu Qing?" Huang Laosi looked stunned: "Why did he break the Qilin Stone?"
"The prince looked for him when he was in Taowu Palace, and then..." the old eunuch said slightly nervously: "Then he smashed it."
"You mean...he didn't accidentally smash the Qilin Stone, but...he did it on purpose?"
"yes."
"He is looking for death!" Huang Laosi was furious: "How dare you smash my sacred stone? Do you really think that I am not willing to punish him severely!"
The old eunuch glanced at Huang Laosi's face.
Observing words and expressions is an essential skill in this business. He was keenly aware that the emperor meant to "severely punish" him, not "kill" him.
"You don't know how to live or die, why would you smash the Kirin Stone!"
The emperor is not stupid, no matter how bold Chu Qing is, he can't smash the Qilin Stone for no reason.
"Your Majesty, according to what Chu Qing said, the crown prince's long illness is caused by... the Kirin Divine Stone. It is said that this stone has something strange. The old slave doesn't know what it means. I just saw Chu Qing's sworn look. The old slave has already
How will Your Majesty deal with him when he is imprisoned in a prison?"
"Nonsense, that divine stone was born from the creation of heaven and earth. It contains dragon energy. The blood of the Tian family is bathed in its light. It has endless magical uses. My prince is not an ordinary person, how can he be possessed by dragon energy..."
Speaking of this, Huang Laosi's expression changed drastically.
Sun An looked at Huang Laosi with an expression that said, "The Emperor, have you been deceived?"
Huang Laosi's pupils shrank like needlepoints, he gritted his teeth, and looked uneasy: "The person who gave it to me said that ordinary people will be plagued by all kinds of diseases if they live in the same room with the sacred stone. Only the blood of the Tian family can absorb dragon energy. Could it be that
…could it be that…”
Huang Laosi stood up suddenly, looked at Sun An and shouted: "Isn't the prince my flesh and blood?"
