[Red Chamber] The imperial examination life of the great master

The murder of Xu Shangshu's seven daughters by the son of Rong Guogong soon caused a storm in the capital.

Morning time.

The genius has just been polished, and the road to the morning court is crowded with sedan chairs of various colors.

Among them, there is a sedan chair that attracts the most attention.

The reason why it attracts attention is not because of its luxury, but because of the person sitting in the sedan chair—Jia Daishan, Duke of Rongguo.

Putting down the curtain, Xu Chengsong, Minister of the Ministry of Rites, looked gloomy. He folded his hands together and put them on his knees. Jia Daishan, that old fox, was so fateful that he didn't die of anger. , but he didn't die, which is troublesome.

That guy is as cunning as a fox, but also articulate, I'm afraid I have to make some preparations for today's matter.

The sedan chairs stopped in front of the Meridian Gate.

The civil and military ministers got out of the sedan chair and walked towards the palace in an orderly manner.

Jia Daishan is the Duke of the state, so he naturally walks ahead of everyone, his steps are firm, his face is a bit pale but energetic, and he is not much less than a young man.

Usually when he went to the morning court, those officials who were familiar or unfamiliar greeted him eagerly, but today, everyone was very abnormal. When Jia Daishan passed by, those people either lowered their heads or turned their faces, pretending not to see him look like.

Jia Daishan was tall and straight, and he didn't care about the attitude of those people at all.

After standing still, he lowered his eyes slightly, and breathed a long way. Today's morning was not so easy, it was a tough battle.

as predicted.

Morning has just begun.

A royal doctor came out of the row, bowed and said: "Your Majesty, I have a book to play."

Emperor Jianming's eyes were sleepy, and he waved his hands wearily, "What's the matter?"

"I want to impeach Mr. Jia for not being strict with his son and allowing him to commit murder!" The censor's face was flushed, and excitement flashed in his eyes.

When everyone glanced at him, they understood that the censor was responsible for the impeachment of all officials. The higher the position of the impeached officials, the greater their reputation. Rong Guogong has always been impeccable in his affairs, and few censors can catch him. However, this time the case of his eldest son, Jia She, gave these censors a big handle for nothing.

No wonder those censors were like cats smelling fish in the early court today. It turned out that it was for this matter.

"Your Majesty, Master Jia is an important minister of the court, but he can't even teach his own son well. There is a saying that 'it is the fault of the father if the son does not teach.', I implore Your Majesty to punish Master Jia for his crimes." It is Lu Tao, Minister of the Ministry of Industry.

Lu Tao came from a poor family, and he was not used to high officials and dignitaries in the court. He claimed to be clean, and he impeached Jia Daishan, and everyone was not surprised.

Later, not only Lu Tao, but even officials such as the Minister of the Ministry of War and the Minister of the Ministry of Households also came out to accuse Jia Daishan of not being strict in teaching his children.

The wall fell and everyone pushed.

Jia Daishan is not surprised by the current situation.

With his godly presence, Xu Qingsong's attack would never be so light, and there is probably a second move.

"Your Majesty," this time it was Song Yuanqing, Prime Minister of the Left, who stood up to impeach Jia Daishan.

Everyone was astonished. Song Yuanqing was a well-known gentleman in the court. When asked about everything, he said yes. He was a person who no one wanted to offend. Why did he speak out today?

Could it be that he was speaking for Duke Rong?

That's not right, I have never heard of any friendship between Duke Rong and Prime Minister Zuo.

"What's the matter with Prime Minister Song?" Emperor Jianming was also puzzled.

Song Yuanqing's face was gloomy, and he said in a sad tone: "The Duke of the country is incapable of teaching his son, this is his crime, the old minister just wants to ask His Majesty to let the poor daughter-in-law of the old minister die in peace, and I will be fine." The heart of that poor son."

Whoa!

Everyone looked at each other in dismay, with expressions of surprise and shock on their faces.

Even Emperor Jianming was stunned.

"Xu Shangshu's seventh daughter is your daughter-in-law?" Emperor Jianming asked.

Song Yuanqing nodded, and he wiped his tears with his sleeves, "Exactly, our two families have already agreed to each other, and we will invite the Iceman to talk about marriage just waiting for Xu Shangshu's seventh daughter Jiji. Unexpectedly, this happened. This matter, Wei, Weichen is really heartbroken."

The hall was quiet.

Everyone looked at Jia Daishan as if nothing seemed to exist. If this matter could be turned back before, it is impossible to turn back this matter now.

The seven daughters of Xu Shangshu still have the identity of Song Xiang's unmarried daughter-in-law, no matter what, Emperor Jianming has to give an explanation to their two families.

"Poor my son, after learning about this, he can't sleep day and night, and he hasn't had a drop of water yet." Song Yuanqing knelt down on his knees, wiping away tears, "I have a cheeky old face, and I want to ask Your Majesty to punish the murderer severely, so that I can be punished." That innocent daughter-in-law can be buried in peace."

What he said made many people couldn't help but feel sympathy for them, and even many people thought to themselves that Prime Minister Song was usually the one who kept silent for a long time, and now he was willing to fight for him. The daughter-in-law who had never been married spoke, which shows that this person has a pure heart.

Xu Shangshu also knelt down, "Your Majesty, my little girl died unjustly, and I dare to beg Your Majesty to behead the murderer in accordance with the law!"

"That's right, Your Majesty, I also implore Your Majesty to behead Jia Amnesty in accordance with the law." The others also knelt down.

What a trick.

Jia Daishan squinted his eyes and thought, this Xu Qingsong is really an old fox, but I don't know how he explained Song Yuanqing, a clay figurine, so that he agreed to take the lead. As for the so-called marriage contract, Jia Daishan laughed in his heart, Song Yuanqing is always cautious , refused to express his position easily, Xu Chengsong was the Seventh Prince's man, how could he let his son make a marriage contract with Xu Qingsong's daughter, who was also a concubine.There must be something wrong here.

Public anger is hard to offend.

Emperor Jianming was a little embarrassed.

He frowned. If he wanted to agree to these people, Jia Amnesty's case would inevitably involve the Rongguo Mansion, and Rongguo Mansion, as the leader of the prince's party, would inevitably make people feel that the prince was displeased if it was dealt with. If you don't agree, you will be riding a tiger right now, which is not easy to deal with.

Jia Daishan took a sneak peek at Emperor Jianming from the corner of his eye, seeing him like this, he had a plan in mind.

He coughed and stepped out of his seat, "Your Majesty, I dare not agree with what your lords have said."

"What does the Duke mean! Could it be you..." The censor who was the first to impeach Jia Daishan just now showed an angry expression and stared at Jia Daishan.

Jia Daishan stroked his beard and smiled without saying a word.

"Okay, let Jia Qing finish." Emperor Jianming interrupted the censor's words in displeasure.

The censor showed an angry face, but he still had to back down.

"What does Jia Qing mean?" Emperor Jianming looked at Jia Daishan.

Jia Daishan bowed and said, "Your Majesty, the dog is indeed useless, and I also think that I have no way to teach my son. This is my crime. I dare not deny it, but my lords keep saying that dogs kill people, but I can't agree with you. "

"Oh, Mr. Jia, there are all the witnesses and material evidence, so it's possible that you still want to deny it?" Xu Chengsong glared at him.

Jia Daishan shook his head, "I have a few questions I would like to ask Mr. Xu. I wonder if Mr. Xu can help me clarify my doubts?"