Signed to Zhu Cihong, Prince of the Late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 118 Chapter 118, Wu Sangui entered the palace to sue, Fang Gongqian was suddenly besieged
Chongzhen didn't sleep well that night.

The next day, as soon as Chongzhen got up, he called Wang Chengen: "Go and get Bachelor Fan Jingwen and the British Duke... and so on."

Chongzhen suddenly hesitated, because he remembered one thing, that is, both of them were mentioned in the informant letter.

Chongzhen collected himself, suddenly remembered a candidate, and said: "Give me Wu Sangui and call him into the palace."

Why Wu Sangui?
Because in Chongzhen's mind, Wu Sangui is an outsider in this matter, and may have a more objective view.

Wu Sangui came soon: "I've seen Your Majesty, but I don't know if His Majesty suddenly summoned his ministers into the palace, what's your order?"

Wu Sangui was actually excited. From the time Wu Sangui became Minister of War and officially entered the cabinet, Chongzhen had not summoned him alone. However, he summoned him alone the day after he sent the whistleblower letter. The meaning of this is self-evident.

Chongzhen looked at Wu Sangui, but he was still a little hesitant.

The impression of Wu Sangui in Chongzhen's heart is indeed not very good.

But after hesitating for a while, Chongzhen felt that there was really no one else to discuss with, so he still took out the secret letter and put it in front of Wu Sangui.

"Wu Qing's family, show me this letter."

Although he already knew the contents of the letter, Wu Sangui read it pretendingly, and naturally showed a shocked expression.

"Your Majesty, this...what is said in this letter is too shocking, isn't it?"

These reactions of Wu Sangui were very normal in Chongzhen's view, so he did not have any suspicions, but said: "About this letter, I want to hear the opinion of Wu Qing's family."

Wu Sangui's expression changed, as if he was engaged in some kind of inner struggle, after a while he gritted his teeth and said: "Your Majesty, I feel that the contents of this letter must be false. The goal should be to drive a wedge between His Majesty and His Highness the Crown Prince, please be aware of it!"

Chongzhen looked at Wu Sangui with a surprised expression.

After a long while, Chongzhen said: "I didn't expect you to answer like this. Lang'er's attitude towards you is not good. Why do you want to speak for him?"

Wu Sangui said with a righteous face: "Your Majesty doesn't know something. Although His Highness the Crown Prince did have some misunderstandings with you, your loyalty to Daming and His Majesty has always been beyond doubt. In the face of national interests, the minister and His Highness the Crown Prince What is a little misunderstanding?"

After hearing what Wu Sangui said, Chongzhen's trust in Wu Sangui immediately rose to a higher level.

What is a loyal minister?This is a loyal minister!

Chongzhen said with some emotion: "Wu Qing's family, it seems that I really misunderstood you before. How about this, you, Wang Chengen and Dali Siqing will investigate this matter together, and you must investigate this matter clearly, understand?" ?”

Wu Sangui was secretly delighted when he heard the words, but on the surface he looked like he was still loyal and brave for the country, and said seriously: "Please rest assured, Your Majesty, I will definitely investigate carefully to see who is separating His Majesty and the Crown Prince. Get the damn scum out of Daming's officialdom!"

Chongzhen no longer had any doubts in his mind, and directly wrote an imperial edict stating that Wu Sangui would be responsible for investigating the case and could act cheaply.

Wu Sangui was overjoyed after receiving the imperial edict. This is what he has always longed for.

Seeing Wu Sangui leave, Chongzhen also heaved a sigh of relief, feeling a little happy in his heart.

"Wu Sangui is a courtier. It seems that he is different from his father Wu Xiang and uncle Zu Dashou. He is very loyal to Daming! If he can really help me find out who is the one who framed it this time, then in the future it will be true. It's not that you can't rely on him, let him fight a few more battles!"

On the other side, Wu Sangui happily took the imperial edict and returned home, gathering his confidants to discuss the matter again.

After seeing Chongzhen's imperial decree, the confidants were also overjoyed.

"That's all right now, with His Majesty's will, we can sanction this His Highness the Crown Prince once."

"Let's see if the prince dares to be so arrogant!"

"My lord, tell me, what should I do next?"

Wu Sangui raised his hand and pressed it, and everyone immediately shut their mouths, waiting for Wu Sangui's order.

Wu Sangui said in a deep voice: "Now that we have obtained His Majesty's imperial decree, it is equivalent to possessing His Majesty's Shangfang sword, and it will be easier to do things next. You, you and you, you guys use the investigation as an excuse to go to Check out some low-level officials who are close to His Highness the Crown Prince, and then leak the news in the process, do you understand what I mean?"

Wu Sangui's strategy is very simple, he just wants to convey a message through this method of investigation - His Majesty is suspicious of His Royal Highness, and people have already begun to investigate His Highness.

Wu Sangui believes that as long as this information is conveyed, it will definitely have a very large impact.

Many people who were originally close to Zhu Cihong will alienate Zhu Cihong because of this, and many centrists may waver and even jump out to attack Zhu Cihong.

In this way, Wu Sangui was using the power of Chongzhen's imperial decree to directly and greatly attack Zhu Cihong's power!
Several confidantes immediately took orders and left.

Later that day, Wu Sangui's confidants and their entourage arrested more than twenty officials who were closely related to Zhu Cixiang, and successfully took this opportunity to leak the news.

This rumor immediately spread throughout the city of Beijing.

The Duke of England was stunned when he heard it, and then he laughed loudly: "It's nonsense! If His Royal Highness really wanted to be Li Shimin, he would have been able to do so long ago, so why wait until now? No, I have to enter the palace tomorrow. Explain it in front of His Majesty, so that no villain will tell the truth in front of Your Majesty!"

Li Guozhen fell into long-term thinking.

Does His Royal Highness really want to be Li Shimin's second best?To be fair, Li Guozhen really didn't believe it.

It's just that Li Guozhen also smelled a great crisis from this incident.

Where did the crisis come from?

Cases involving the throne like this often cause shocks in the political arena or even a major purge. In many cases, even the emperor and the prince cannot avoid it, and may even become victims.

Li Guozhen reached out and knocked on the table, and finally made a decision after a long time: "No, I can't participate in this matter, let's just wait and see."

Li Guozhen's choice is very simple, that is to protect his life wisely and not to take this muddy water.

Fan Jingwen, Li Banghua, Shi Bangyao and many other important ministers of the Ming Dynasty also got wind of it and made their own decisions.

But on this night, no matter what decision they made, it was impossible to show it.

Early the next morning, Zhu Cihong was woken up by Fang Gongqian just after dawn.

"Your Highness, something serious has happened!" Fang Gongqian said to Zhu Cihuang very anxiously: "Late last night, twenty officials from our side were taken away by Wu Sangui, and some of them were officials from the Prince's Mansion. !"

Zhu Cixiang was also surprised when he heard this: "What? This guy Wu Sangui, who gave him the courage!"

Zhu Cihong was really angry.

It's fine if I don't mess with you Wu Sangui, but you actually dare to jump out and go against me?
Fang Gong said: "The servants have also inquired, and they all said that Wu Sangui has an imperial decree in his hand, and he is handling the case according to the decree!"

Zhu Cihong was even more surprised: "How is it possible to handle the case according to the order?"

Zhu Cihong took a deep breath and forced himself to calm down.

Something is wrong, very wrong!

What is Wu Sangui's decree?It can only be Chongzhen's will.

Why did Daddy Chongzhen secretly give Wu Sangui a letter of decree, but didn't tell Zhu Cihong?
Could it be that Chongzhen's father...

Countless thoughts rushed into Zhu Cihong's mind, like a violent wind and waves roaring on the sea, and it was difficult to sort out his thoughts for a while.

But Zhu Cihong quickly came back to his senses, the most urgent task was obviously to find out what was going on.

Zhu Cihong settled down, and said to Fang Gong: "Well, you should immediately send someone to inform Ying Yinggong, and let him go to the palace to go to the father's side immediately, and I will wait for him there! Then, you can find a way to send someone Go to the prison and see our people, and see if you can learn what's going on from their mouths."

Fang Gongqian hurriedly responded, and then left in a hurry.

After Fang Gong left, Zhu Cihong immediately got up to get dressed, and then began to wash.

The matter is urgent and we must hurry up.

Zhu Cilang planned to meet Chongzhen in person, and it would be best if he could get the answer to the question from Chongzhen.

Just when Zhu Cihong finished dressing and washing, and was about to sit down to have breakfast and go to Chongzhen, the sound of the system suddenly sounded.

"The emergency check-in task is triggered, the host should rush to the gate of Duanben Palace within 5 minutes to prevent Wu Sangui from Fang Gonggan's arrest!"

After the sound sounded, a countdown began to appear in Zhu Cihong's mind: "5:00, 4:59..."

Zhu Cilang suddenly stood up.

"How dare you, Wu Sangui, even dare to arrest the chief eunuch of the palace?"

At this moment, at the gate of Duanben Palace, Fang Gongqian who was just about to go out was instantly surrounded by a group of people led by Wu Sangui who appeared suddenly.

Fang Gongqian was taken aback, and took two steps behind very vigilantly, and said coldly: "Wu Shangshu, what are you doing?"

Wu Sangui chuckled and said, "What are you doing? Fang Gongqian, you are involved in a secret case that His Majesty asked me to supervise. Now I want to arrest you and go back for interrogation!"

After Wu Sangui waved his hand, several of his subordinates rushed up. Although Fang Gongqian tried his best to resist, he was only the body of an ordinary eunuch after all, and he was quickly subdued.

Fang Gongqian struggled and shouted: "Wu Shangshu, are you crazy? If His Highness the Crown Prince knows about it, he will not spare you!"

Wu Sangui's smile became even brighter: "His Royal Highness? You should think about how to save your life first!"

(End of this chapter)