Chapter five hundred and fiftieth: questioning the guilt
And just when the guard finished saying this, a chamberlain suddenly walked quickly from the palace. When he saw Yang Yichen standing at the door of the palace, his eyes lit up, and he hurriedly walked to the door of the palace, first facing Yang Yichen. He saluted and shouted: "General Yang came so quickly, but I came late. I kept the general waiting for a long time. Please forgive me, General Yang."
After finishing speaking, the chamberlain took out another jade plaque from his arms, gave it directly to the palace guard, and shouted in a deep voice: "By the order of the Empress Dowager Yimin, I welcome General Yang Yichen into the palace. Do not stop him. "
The guard carefully inspected the jade plaque before letting him go. When the courtiers around him saw it, they exclaimed again. Empress Dowager Yimin sent her servants to greet her. It was indeed Empress Dowager Yimin who had summoned Yang Yichen. , for a while, everyone was talking about it again, and now they were talking about everything. This time, even the soldiers around Yang Yichen couldn't listen anymore. In fact, they were all the subordinates who followed Yang Yichen on the battlefield. In the past few years, Yang Yichen has been in trouble, but they have never left him. This shows how focused they are on Yang Yichen. When they heard these people slandering Yang Yichen, how could they endure it and just pulled out the saber from his waist and viciously shouted He shouted to the people around him: "What nonsense are you talking about?"
"Stop," Yang Yichen shouted loudly and stopped the behavior of the soldiers behind him. Then he glanced at the frightened courtiers around him, snorted coldly, and shouted: "This is the palace gate, you can't do it." Acting randomly, you all stay here and wait for me to come out,"
Although the soldiers were not angry, they did not dare to disobey Yang Yichen's orders. They could only glare at the courtiers, slowly withdrew their swords, and left them at the gate of the palace. Yang Yichen ignored the courtiers and turned around. The chamberlain said: "Please, father-in-law, please lead the way."
When the courtiers were gossiping about Yang Yichen and Yang Yichen's soldiers were intimidating the courtiers, the chamberlain seemed to have seen and heard nothing. He just stood there expressionlessly and waited until Yang Yichen spoke to him. , the chamberlain then bowed to Yang Yichen and said, "Mr. Yang, you're too polite, please come this way."
And just after Yang Yichen followed the chamberlain into the palace, the courtiers left silently one by one. Only at the entrance of the street, a black shadow waited until everyone had dispersed, then flashed past and disappeared in the blink of an eye. trace.
In the palace, Yang Yichen walked straight towards the palace under the leadership of the chamberlain. However, it was different from what Yang Yichen imagined. Yang Yichen thought that the chamberlain would lead him to avoid the crowd, but soon Yang Yichen's face Yang Yichen showed a clear expression on his face, as if he understood the other party's intention. Yang Yichen's face showed a trace of bitterness, but he soon returned to his normal expression and stopped talking.
"Hey, General Yang," after walking a few steps, he heard a sudden shout from in front. Yang Yichen looked up and saw several people walking in front of him. Among them, the leader, Yang Yichen, recognized him. Yang Lu, the secretary of the young eunuch Yang Lu, and the people around him are all officials of the Secretariat Department. The Secretary Department is in charge of the library collection and various imperial edict documents of the emperor. It can be regarded as a sinecure, but since Yang Lu was transferred to the Secretary Department After that, it was completely different.
Now the entire officialdom in Chang'an City knows that Yang Lu has been following Wan He since the Ministry of Rites. Now that Wan He has become the King of Liang who is inferior to one person and superior to tens of thousands of people, then Yang Lu will naturally rise to the top. , although it was just a casual position as Secretary, no one dared to think that Yang Lu had been idled by Wan He. On the contrary, those who hung out in the officialdom were all smart people, and everyone immediately understood that Wan He wanted Yang Lu to work frequently. Go in and out of the palace and monitor what's going on inside the palace.
Seeing Yang Yichen appear in the palace, and in front of him were the close servants of the Queen Mother Yimin. Not only Yang Lu, but also the officials from the Secretariat Department around Yang Lu all looked surprised, and the servant looked surprised when he saw Yang After Lu, his face was still expressionless, and he saluted Yang Lu and said: "I have met Mr. Yang. I am following the Queen Mother's order to take General Yang Yichen to meet the Queen Mother."
"Oh," after hearing the words of the chamberlain, Yang Lu's face immediately flashed with a change, but he looked at Yang Yichen for a while, nodded slightly, and said: "It turns out that the Queen Mother wants to summon General Yang. Since So, General Yang, please go quickly and don't keep the Queen Mother waiting for a long time. Take your leave."
After Yang Lu finished speaking, he bowed his hands to Yang Yichen, and then hurried towards the palace gate. The officials behind him all looked at each other, and Twilight looked at Yang Yichen with full of sympathy and sympathy. Mercy, needless to say, Yang Lu must have reported this matter to Wan He. Yang Yichen had just been released by Wan He, and now he was engaging in mysterious actions with Queen Mother Yimin. If Wan He knew about this, , waiting for Yang Yichen, it will not be a good result.
In this regard, Yang Yichen acted as if he didn't see anything. He just turned to look at the chamberlain. When all the officials left, Yang Yichen snorted coldly: "Everything has gone as you wished, so why not?" Walk,"
"Forgive me, General Yang. I am just following orders." This time, the chamberlain did not show any indifference. Instead, he knelt down to Yang Yichen and begged for mercy with a look of horror. However, when the chamberlain knelt down, his low voice There was a hint of a cold smile on his face.
Hearing the words of the chamberlain, Yang Yichen was neither surprised nor happy, neither angry nor sad. He just took a deep breath and said to the chamberlain: "Okay, since everything is in accordance with your master's wishes, please lead the way. "
"Yes, please, General Yang." The chamberlain kowtowed to Yang Yichen again, then stood up and made a gesture of invitation to Yang Yichen, indicating that Yang Yichen should continue moving forward, but Yang Yichen didn't care, as if nothing happened just now. , followed the chambermaid and continued walking forward.
Soon, Yang Yichen was led by the chamberlain to the door of a palace. The palace was also extremely luxuriously decorated. Yang Yichen stood at the door of the palace, looking at the deep palace, with a trace of hesitation on his face. And this At that moment, the chamberlain turned around, raised his hands to Yang Yichen and said, "General Yang, do you still have a way out now? Please, I just want to ask some things clearly."
Hearing the words of the chamberlain, Yang Yichen also breathed a sigh of relief. The chamberlain was right. At this point, he indeed had no way out. Yang Lu must have arrived at Prince Liang's Mansion now. Even before that, Wan He Yang Yichen already knew that he had been recruited into the palace, and what kind of end he would be greeted with. Yang Yichen simply couldn't imagine it, so there was only one dead end in front of Yang Yichen. Immediately, Yang Yichen took another step. He walked towards the palace.
After entering the palace and passing through several palace doors, the chamberlain stopped Yang Yichen in front of the last palace door. He complained, but asked Yang Yichen to wait outside the palace door first, while he He entered the palace gate first, and after waiting for a short while, he saw the chamberlain hurriedly came out again, saluted Yang Yichen, and said, "General Yang, your Majesty invites you,"
Immediately, Yang Yichen remained silent and walked towards the palace gate. After entering the palace gate, he found a palace that was not that big. At the front of the palace, there was a Buddhist niche with only one statue on it. In addition to the Buddha statue, there is an incense burner with three incense sticks on it, emitting wisps of light smoke. In front of the Buddhist niche, a woman wearing luxurious palace clothes is kneeling in front of the Buddhist niche, chanting sutras in a low voice, although it is just Seeing the back, Yang Yichen still knew that this woman was the former mother of the country and now the Queen Mother Xiao. Yang Yichen immediately knelt down to the Queen Mother Xiao and shouted: "My lord, Doctor Zuo Guanglu Yang Yichen, see the Queen Mother,"
After Yang Yichen shouted out his words for a long time, Empress Dowager Xiao slowly stopped reciting sutras, then lightly opened her red lips and said: "Doctor Zuo Guanglu, this position of General Yang is the same as the position appointed by the late emperor."
Yang Yichen was stunned for a moment, and then lowered his head. Empress Dowager Xiao did not let him get up, so naturally he did not dare to stand up. He just knelt there and said in a deep voice: "In response to your question, I did not command the battle properly back then. The late emperor has already generalized me." His position was removed. It was not until I was released from the prison that I was reinstated. I knew I was guilty and did not dare to ask for high-ranking officials and generous salaries. Now that I am reinstated, I feel ashamed."
"I feel ashamed," Queen Mother Xiao always turned her back to Yang Yichen. After hearing Yang Yichen's words, she sneered. Then with the help of the waiter, she slowly stood up, turned her head, and revealed her peerless face. , said coldly: "General Yang's words are too modest. How can General Yang feel ashamed? Besides, General Yang has done such a good thing as sitting down for King Liang and made great contributions. King Liang just reinstated General Yang to his post." "This is too stingy,"
There was sarcasm in Empress Dowager Xiao's words, and Yang Yichen couldn't help but feel bitter in his heart. From the beginning, he knew that Empress Dowager Xiao summoned him for the purpose of Yang Tong's death. Now there are rumors throughout Luoyang City that that day The king of Yue, Yang Tong, was killed by Yang Yichen, so Yang Yichen could be released by Wan He and restored to his original position. Regarding this message, Wan He, Liu Wenjing, and Yang Gongqing who were present that day had no intention of explaining. Yang Yichen is now in the care of others, how can he Dare to come out and explain casually, like the criticisms he received at the palace gate before, Yang Yichen heard it every day during this period, but he had no choice but to bear the blame. Now Empress Dowager Xiao is also pursuing this matter, Yang Yichen I can only be speechless,