Sushun was extremely arrogant, extremely conceited, and even a self-righteous person. He spoke without scruples and did not take Cixi and Ci'an into consideration. At the same time, Sushun was also an extremely face-saving person. At the moment, Being disgraced in front of the assistant ministers, Sushun couldn't bear it anymore.
"Looking for a fight."
He was furious and roared. In front of Ci'an, Cixi and other important officials in the court, he swung his fist at Li Zhen. He did not consider that this was the Chuxiu Palace, an important part of the imperial palace. Sushun's punch was Suddenly, in the eyes of Li Zhen, a master, he looked pale and without any strength.
Li Zhen snorted, raised his foot, and kicked it out hard.
"Snapped."
The foot hit Su Shun's chest, and a huge force immediately burst out.
At this moment, Sushun's fist was still six inches away from Li Zhen's chest, and it was only a little bit close to hitting Li Zhen. But at this moment, Sushun was kicked by Li Zhen and flew up. It flew through the air, and then landed heavily on the ground with a thud. It hurt my back and grinned from the fall.
Sushun was lying on the ground, with a look of pain in his eyes, and he felt even more aggrieved.
He just punched out, but Li Zhen used his legs, both sides to attack at the same time. Sushun's arms were not as long as Li Zhen's legs, so Sushun was hit first, causing a dull pain in his chest.
Sushun stood up unsteadily, ready to speak, but saw Li Zhen step forward, facing Cixi and Ci'an, clasping his fists and saying loudly: "The Queen, the Concubine Yi, Prince Zheng, Prince Yi, gentlemen, please leave. The officer just made a counterattack, but he was forced to fight back because of Sushun's attack. This is not because I want to take action in Chuxiu Palace."
After a few words, Li Zhen cleared away all his responsibilities.
Immediately, Li Zhen went on to say: "Sushun committed crimes in front of the Empress, and was arrogant and domineering. He disrespected the Empress. Sushun did not respect the Empress, which means he disrespected the Emperor. Such people are a scourge. I believe that we must Kick Sushun out of the eight auxiliary ministers, otherwise the court will be unrest."
Li Zhen looked serious and upright.
That expression made it seem like Sushun was really a big black sheep.
Ci Xi looked at the embarrassed Su Shun, with a hint of joy in her eyes.
Li Zhen's actions pleased her so much.
Cixi was happy, but Ci'an was worried, and she felt very bad about Sushun, because Li Zhen's words touched Ci'an's heart, and Sushun dared to speak arrogantly in front of her, and did not take her seriously. , after Zaichun ascended the throne, she was only a few months old, and she would definitely not be able to participate in politics. That is to say, the power was in the hands of Sushun and others. I am afraid that their mothers would always be oppressed by Sushun, which made Ci'an feel very worried.
Ci'an was unhappy and said in a deep voice: "Su Zhongtang, you are a high official in the court, so you have to pay attention to your image."
The words were not blatantly condemning, but they were tinged with criticism.
Sushun was criticized by a woman and felt unhappy.
However, the woman in front of him was the queen, so he did not dare to show disrespect and said respectfully: "Queen, I understand my guilt."
He apologized and said loudly: "It is Li Zhen's fault that Li Zhen slandered Wei Chen, especially Li Zhen who slandered Wei Chen for being reckless, and even slandered Wei Chen for ignoring the laws of his ancestors. He also said that Wei Chen set the emperor on It is a place of disloyalty and unfilial piety. If Li Zhen does not explain these reasons clearly, I will risk my life today to keep my innocence."
Sushun couldn't defeat Li Zhen, so he immediately returned to the original topic, trying to use it to counterattack.
Li Zhen felt happy when he heard this.
After Sushun turned around, he returned to the original place. These words were thrown out by Li Zhen himself. He naturally had enough reasons in his heart. Now that Sushun himself came to the door, Li Zhen immediately seized the opportunity. .
Cixi was also unwilling to be left alone and asked: "Master Li, what do you have to say?"
Obviously, Cixi asked Li Zhen to fight back.
Li Zhen looked calm, clasped his fists and said: "Queen Qi, Concubine Yi, if I dare to say this, I have enough reasons and evidence. Sushun speaks arrogantly, hits people, and is unreasonable. This is nonsense; Sushun wants to honor Concubine Yi as the empress dowager, which is ignoring the ancestral regulations. Looking at the emperors of our dynasty, the holy ancestor Kangxi respected his biological mother as the empress dowager, and the emperor Yongzheng respected his biological mother as the empress dowager. This is all There are already examples.”
"Nowadays, the generation of the prince does not follow the rules of Emperor Kangxi and Emperor Yongzheng. If you, Sushun, do not comply, you are ignoring the ancestral regulations. If the assistant ministers agree to Sushun's suggestion, the emperor will be buried in the sky. Put him in a situation where he is not loyal to the Qing Dynasty, and even makes the emperor unfilial to his ancestors, Su Shun, what do you say?"
Li Zhen stared at Sushun with stern eyes, his expression cold and stern, revealing a faint murderous intention.
At this moment, Sushun was already breaking out in a cold sweat.
Li Zhen said so many things. The most terrible thing is that Sushun violated the regulations of Kangxi and Yongzheng. Kangxi was the sage emperor of the Manchu Qing Dynasty and a promising king. Any official of the Manchu Qing Dynasty had harbored feelings for Kangxi. With the intention of reverence and admiration, without any disrespect at all, Li Zhen now accused Sushun of a serious crime, which made Sushun turn pale.
He looked at Li Zhen with a hint of fear, and was even more afraid of Li Zhen.
The person in front of me is too fierce.
He thought Li Zhen was slandering him casually, but he didn't expect that Li Zhen had dug a hole for him to jump into.
At this moment, Duan Hua, Zai Yuan and others all sighed in their hearts. At this point, it was not easy for them to interfere and help Su Shun plead for mercy. The matters involved were too sensitive.
Cixi was filled with admiration and admiration for Li Zhen.
When Ci'an saw that Li Zhenzhi had restrained Sushun, he nodded slightly and was quite satisfied.
"thump."
At the critical moment, Sushun knelt down on the ground with a plop and said in a low voice: "Empress, I am guilty. I made a mistake in what I just said. Fortunately, Mr. Li corrected me in time. I am willing to honor Concubine Yi as the Holy Mother Queen Mother."
Duan Hua immediately said: "Empress, please forgive Sushun for this time out of his sincere repentance."
Zaiyuan also said: "Please forgive him once."
Immediately afterwards, Du Han, Kuang Yuan, Jing Shou, and Mu Yin began to plead for mercy at the same time.
Ci'an was a soft-hearted person and couldn't bear to plead. He looked at Cixi and said, "I don't have a problem here, as long as Sushun sincerely regrets. However, Sushun has offended his sister, and she still needs her to make a decision. "
Cixi said decisively: "Su Zhongtang, I hope you will take this as a warning and get up."
Obviously, Cixi also let this matter go.
Li Zhen watched on the sidelines and nodded secretly in his heart. Cixi is indeed a Cixi. Just now, the six auxiliary ministers have asked for mercy. If Cixi insists, she may have a difficult life in the future. Now she has given Duanhua, Zaiyuan and others a favor. Obviously it gave Duan Hua, Zai Yuan and others a good impression.
Sushun kowtowed again and said, "Thank you so much, Concubine Yi."
When he lowered his head, a look of resentment flashed in his eyes, thinking that this matter was not over yet, and he would get it back in the future. Li Zhen watched Sushun stand up expressionlessly, knowing that Sushun did not take this matter seriously. Let things go.
However, Li Zhen didn't care about Su Shun.
Li Zhen said: "Two empresses, gentlemen, since we have agreed on the title, please immediately determine the title of the prince after he ascends the throne, so that it can be announced to the world when the prince ascends the throne."
