An Lingrong's Rebirth: The Lock of Qingqiu

The emperor faintly glanced at the dark and dense crowd of His Highness, and then glanced a few times in Zhen Huan's direction. Zhen Huan was so nervous that she clapped her chest and shrank inward. A smile slipped across the emperor's face, and it disappeared in a flash. .

An Lingrong comforted: "Sister Wan, don't worry. In my opinion, the emperor is playing a trick on you. He will definitely not ignore the opinions of so many ministers below and let you sit on the dragon chair. This dragon chair You can’t sit anywhere you want.”

Shen Meizhuang nodded in agreement and said: "What Sister An said makes sense, Huan'er, even if the emperor asks you to sit on it, you can choose to stand on the left or right side of the dragon chair. Don't sit on it. If you give someone an excuse, , maybe some of the officials with bad intentions can accuse Huan'er of an unfounded crime, and then things will not be as simple as imagined. "

Zhen Huan said a little stubbornly: "If the emperor dares to ask me to sit up, I will go up and sit down. If the ministers have objections, it is also the emperor's order. Although they have objections to me, they will probably be dissatisfied with what the emperor has done, hum. ~~If he makes things difficult for me, no one will benefit from it.”

An Lingrong smiled secretly. Sure enough, from the beginning of the court meeting to the end of the court meeting, the emperor had no time to take care of the three of them. They had no choice but to hide behind and watch quietly:

The group of ministers were gesticulating and chattering, and they couldn't stop making noise. When the noise started, someone actually took off his hat in front of the emperor and held it on his head, revealing his bald head. Several hairs that could be counted were dancing wildly with the demons, standing restlessly on top of the head.

Soon, someone took off their boots, held them in their hands, and waved them up and down. Gradually, the scene became a little uncontrollable. The ministers were roughly divided into three factions, the positive faction, the negative faction, and a group of indifferent people. Wen Pai, who was old and tired of standing, ignored that group of people, so he went to the corner and sat at the base of the wall to whisper.

The emperor half-closed his eyes and fell asleep on the dragon chair.

"If we want to say that the most important recent events are none other than Ce Ling's provocation, General Zhen's defense and counterattack, it's a pity that something happened to the food and grass. How much impact will this have on the soldiers fighting on the front line?"

"Zhen Yuandao needs to be held accountable for this matter. His son fought tooth and nail on the front line to kill the enemy. The people he sent to escort the grain and grass were ineffective, and the grain and grass were burned to the ground. By the way, is this Zhen Heng his biological son? You guys Feel your conscience and ask yourself, without food and grass, they will starve to death! They are really not human!" The voice became more and more angry and uncontrollable.

"Where's Master Zhen? Why didn't he come to court?"

"Yes, why didn't he come to court? He was nowhere to be seen yesterday."

"Well, I can't escape the first grade of junior high school, but I can't escape the fifteenth grade. I'm pretending to be sick to delay time."

"The person who escorts the grain and fodder is the person Zhen Yuandao personally recommended to the emperor!"

E Min said angrily: "Today we jointly declare to the Emperor that Zhen Yuandao must be impeached!"

"Master E, do you have any evidence? There is no personal or material evidence. How can we prove that this matter is related to Master Zhen?" Someone objected.

E Min became angry and said: "If you want people to testify and material evidence, the food and grass are burned, and people are burned to death. Where can you find people to testify and material evidence? Is it possible that these people who have been burned should be asked to prove Zhen Yuandao's innocence? It's ridiculous, if Zhen Yuandao is He is innocent. If he brings the person who was personally recommended to the emperor to escort the food and fodder to the emperor alive, won't this suspicion be cleared?"

Listening to the endless noise in the hall, Zhen Huan almost fainted. She couldn't stand still and didn't want to listen anymore. She couldn't help but worry about her father.

At this time, a loud voice came from outside the hall: "I am late, please forgive me, Your Majesty."

An Lingrong couldn't help but his eyes lit up. The powerful voice sounded like Zhen Yuandao's voice.

The emperor opened his eyes slightly, Zhen Huan's eyes were red, and she couldn't help but shed tears. She kept wiping her eyes with a handkerchief, and stared at the palace door without moving. It was Zhen Yuandao who pushed the door open and entered.

Zhen Yuandao was full of righteousness. He walked in with long strides. The noise of the crowd quieted down and he spontaneously made way for Zhen Yuan to pass through.

Zhen Yuandao saluted the emperor and said, "Your Majesty, I am late. Please forgive me."

The emperor opened his eyes, leaned forward slightly, and said calmly: "Master Zhen, why are you late? Look, the ministers above the court are more impatient than me. They are waiting for You, taking off your hat and boots, are about to take action. Now that you are here, don’t kneel on the ground. How can you explain this to the ministers? By the way, where did they just talk? Now that Master Zhen is here, why are they all so silent and saying, "Continue talking, by the way, who just said that Master Zhen is coming? Master E, what did you just say?"

As soon as the emperor spoke, the silent place suddenly became lively again, and the voices were high and low, like boiling water.

Before Zhen Yuandao could wait for E Min to speak, he raised his hand high, clasped it tightly into a fist and said: "My lords and colleagues, Molai who escorted the grain and fodder was indeed recommended to the emperor by his ministers, but now it has become like this The accident is very serious. While I sent people to investigate the matter, I urgently and privately sent money and sent some food and grass to the border to meet the urgent needs. Please rest assured that we will not burden the soldiers on the front line. "

"Your Majesty, now that the food and grass are burned, Morai can't be found, no one alive, no body found dead, but no matter what, before he is found, I must first take responsibility and ask the emperor to punish him."

"Your Majesty, although Master Zhen has made remedial measures in time after the incident, the incident has caused a very bad impact and the losses have been heavy. I personally think that the burned food and grass should be converted into silver. Master Zhen will make up for it." E Min refused to let go.

"I second my opinion, Lord Emin!"

"I second the proposal!"

"I second the proposal!"

"Fools on the wall, grass on the wall, you wallflowers, Mr. Zhen has a clean sleeve and never embezzles money. Where does he get the money to supplement his food?"

"But don't forget to go to war. The treasury is already empty. The money lost from the treasury comes from the sheep. It is impossible to let innocent people share this loss, right?"

The emperor curled up on the dragon chair, yawned impatiently and said: "Okay, that's enough. I'm tired and I'm going to court. How about it? Have you guys come up with a result? How will this matter be handled?"

Before anyone else could speak, Zhen Yuandao said first: "Back to the emperor, if we must pay money, I really have no money to pay, so the emperor will let me go to jail for a period of time!"

The emperor turned the Buddhist beads on his wrist and said: "Master Zhen, you said this yourself. I didn't say I would imprison you. Since you want to go in, let's do this first. Lock up Master Zhen first. As for you, These people, if they need Master Zhen to handle something or go through the formalities, go to him in the prison. As soon as he can get the money together, he will be able to get out of the cell. If he can't get out of the cell, maybe you want him to do something. , it can’t be done, or you can gather together and think of a way, or you can make up the money for him. The country cannot suffer a loss. You have said it just now, the wool comes from the sheep, and it is impossible for this loss to be lost. Let’s share it among the innocent people, okay, that’s it, let’s retire from the court.”

Zhen Yuandao went to the cell, and the emperor walked away with Zhen Huan, Shen Meizhuang, An Lingrong, and Su Peisheng, leaving only the stunned ministers standing there.