Father is on top, I was wrong

"Father, good morning."

Xiao Gui put his uninjured foot on the marble floor, leaned on the head of the bed and waved to Wen Wujue, beckoning him to come over and help him.

Wen Wujue was arranging his clothes by himself, Li Ling took a step ahead with winking, and supported Xiao Gui.

"Hey, Your Majesty, why is your foot still not healed?"

Xiao Gui looked at the old man in front of him speechlessly, and patted him in disgust, "Did I call you?"

Li Ling was clear in his heart, and deliberately separated him from Wen Wujue's contact, but on the surface, he was as calm as a human being.

"Serving the emperor, is it the duty of a servant."

Xiao Gui: "..."

Something that doesn't look good.

Wen Wujue soaked the snow-white sweat towel into the warm water, wiped his face briefly, and immediately felt refreshed, realizing that he had slept soundly last night.

While letting Li Ling serve him, Xiao Gui glanced at Wen Wujue.

When the clouds disappeared and the snow was gone, the clear sky light scattered into the hall, reflecting his face as smooth and white as satin.

Looking sideways from Xiao Gui's point of view, one can see his Adam's apple protruding slightly on the layers of dark clothes, his lower jaw is smooth and restrained, showing a restrained and romantic attitude.

Xiao Gui stared blankly.

It's not like he hasn't seen a good-looking man, but he always feels a little powdery and loses his masculinity.

Looking at his father again, under the good-looking skin, there are roots and bones, soft but hard, with a calm and restrained demeanor, and he walks with a strong character, which cannot be underestimated.

Li Ling followed Xiao Gui's line of sight, and his heart skipped a beat. It's no wonder that such a beauty is in front of a young man who has just fallen in love.

He calmly helped Xiao Gui fasten his court uniform belt, and incidentally blocked his sight.

It's a pity that Xiao Gui is much taller than him, he lifted his chin slightly, but he can still see clearly.

Wen Wujue tidied it up first, and said to Xiao Gui, "I'll go back to the mansion first, the papers are still at home."

"I'm going with Xiangfu." Xiao Gui said hastily.

Li Ling: "Your Majesty, you haven't had breakfast yet."

Xiao Gui glared at him, walked away from him, leaned in front of Wen Wujue, and said like a wolf with a big tail: "I'm going with Xiangfu, what's going to be discussed at court today, so Xiangfu can tell me first."

Wen Wujue looked at him strangely, thought for a while, but didn't object, and said unexpectedly: "Okay."

Xiao Gui was overjoyed, he left Wen Wujue's sedan chair unused, asked someone to prepare the imperial chariot in the palace, and went out from Xuanwu Gate with ease.

On the way, Wen Wujue explained several important matters to Xiao Gui one by one.

Xiao Gui used to ignore state affairs, basically it was Wen Wujue who made the decisions.He is like a mascot placed on top of the main hall. After everyone has finished discussing, he will use the jade seal to symbolically stamp the seal of official approval on the booklet and add a v.

It seems that he has no power, because most of the time, even if he is unwilling to certify a v to everyone, it will not affect the people below to do things. At most, it is the difference between self-media and official media.

But there is a premise for all of this, when everyone has no objection.

Most of Wen Wujue's decisions represent the opinions of many courtiers, taking into account the game of multiple interests, and thus make decisions that satisfy most people.

And if Wen Wujue's decision goes against the interests of everyone, especially if it harms the interests of the aristocratic family, it will be difficult to implement the decision downwards.

At this time, the game between the two parties requires an official certification, and the party with the certification can naturally obtain more convenience.

Therefore, Xiao Gui's power is Schrödinger's. If he can understand the checks and balances and utilization of power, he can stand above the crowd, manipulate courtiers from different camps to attack each other, and he will reap the benefits of the fisherman.If he doesn't know how to use power, he will only become a puppet and be manipulated instead.

Wen Wujue thought that Xiao Gui was still listening to him, as long as he gave him some advice, he didn't think he would be a puppet emperor who could be manipulated by others.

Outside the main hall of Xuan Yi, the courtiers lined up in two long rows, all dressed in dark court clothes and holding wat boards.

Not long after, I saw the imperial chariot approaching from the palace gate in the distance.

In the midst of shouting Long Live, everyone saw that the emperor who had always been at odds with the prime minister was strangely helping the prime minister to get off the imperial chariot.

It's about to die, what auspicious day is today?

But seeing the prime minister's face was calm, no one dared to say anything or ask anything.

The court meeting in the morning was fine. The Northern Expeditionary Army came back, rewarded according to merit, and counted the consumption of money and food after the war. The relevant departments reconciled with each other, and they were in harmony with each other.

However, after the intermission, starting from the afternoon, the atmosphere began to turn down suddenly after Taixue Jijiu Liu Xuan made a speech.

"Your Majesty, Prime Minister, I have something to say."

Xiao Gui sat on the head without speaking, resting his forehead with one hand, playing with the imperial brush with the other, playing his mascot competently.

Wen Wujue said to Liu Xuan: "Master Jijiu, but it's okay to say."

"The next official has the guts to ask the prime minister. Mr. Guo's body is not cold yet, and his murder case has not yet been handed over to the third division for trial. May I ask the prime minister, how do you plan to deal with this matter?"

When Liu Xuan met Wen Wujue a few days ago, he was still gentle and courteous, but today he was stabbed in the face, his voice was stern, and he didn't give half of the face.

Wen Wujue lowered his eyes and seemed to think for a moment before slowly opening his mouth, "I have ordered the assistant of Dali Temple to conduct an autopsy, and the assistant told me that Mr. Guo had a sudden onset of angina pectoris on the way back from the government office late at night. Long dead, no one else murdered."

As soon as these words came out, everyone was stunned, and there was no sound in the hall.

Xiao Gui raised his eyelids, looked at his father-in-law, and felt a strange feeling in his heart.

Just now on the road, he didn't mention a single word of Guo Xuanzhi.But if he remembers correctly, when he was in the northern border, his prime minister's expression changed when he heard about Guo.

After a while, Liu Xuan suddenly let out a weird laugh.

"The prime minister actually believes this kind of rhetoric?"

Wen Wujue said lightly: "Fate is impermanent, life and death are uncertain, why don't you believe it?"

Liu Xuan gritted his teeth, and said with some distress: "It is said that the prime minister is the most upright minister in Daliang, and he knows every detail. How can he be so hasty when facing such a big case as Mr. Guo Xuanzhi?"

He paused, then continued: "Since Mr. Guo died of angina, why did he turn purple when he died? Why did he have different shades of purple on his body? The prime minister has never seen Mr. Guo's body. Do you believe me so easily?"

"I'm not a professional. Wu Zuo came from Dali Temple. Could it be that offering wine is questioning Dali Temple's ability to handle cases?"

Wen Wujue kicked the ball to Dali Temple lightly.

Sure enough, Dali Temple Minister Xu Mao came out, as if he was having trouble with Liu Xuan, and raised his voice: "Dali Temple has always been strict in handling cases, and dare not neglect its duties. If Master Jijiu has doubts, please show evidence, don't come here. This is an insinuation."

Liu Xuan sneered twice, "Is that the evidence? Mr. Wang, didn't you say you have evidence in your hand?"

No one dared to make a sound, but Wang Bao came out calmly, unhurriedly took out the whole body of blue and white sheep fat jade from the wide sleeve robe, which was round in shape and tied with bright red ribbons.

Wang Bao is the head of the Daliang family, and he has always fought to the death with the Xue family. In the court hall, he has never done his own business and kept his mouth shut. Now, to present evidence, he will definitely break away from the Xue family in the whirlpool. Nothing to do.

Sure enough, as soon as he saw him coming out, Xue Sizhong immediately turned serious, pricked up his ears, and waited for him.

Wang Bao is over sixty years old, and his temples are white, but his triangular eyes are not cloudy, and his eyes are clear and calm.

"Your majesty, the prime minister, I and Mr. Guo are old schoolmates. He had an accident that day, and my heart ached unbearably. Besides, he was usually in good health. I refused to believe that he died of angina pectoris, so I reported the matter to the governor of Jingzhao Prefecture. At that time, the prime minister and the emperor were still in the north, so the Jingzhao government had been investigating the matter. It was not until the prime minister came back that he ordered it to be delivered to Dali Temple. I don’t know why the prime minister didn’t let the Jingzhao government intervene in the investigation. , maybe the prime minister has his own considerations, and the lower officials don't dare to speculate."

He said this carefully, but it was extremely ambiguous, repeatedly testing the edge of interrogation, which could easily make people suspicious of Wen Wujue.

Wang Bao continued calmly: "Dali Temple did not find anything, but Jingzhao Mansion found it. This is the physical evidence left by the murderer when he committed the crime. There is a word Xue on it. According to many officials and eunuchs in Bianjing , This thing has been seen on the young master of the Xue family, may I ask Mr. Xue, this thing belongs to your son?"

Xue Sizhong's complexion changed, and his face turned purple almost instantly, "Don't talk nonsense! How can a piece of jade pendant explain anything?"

"Oh?" Wang Bao slowly let go of the mutton jade pendant in his palm, "I haven't shown it to everyone just now, how did Master Xue know it's a jade pendant?"

"..."

Xue Sizhong shot himself in the foot with a rock.

Liu Xuan sneered and said, "Master Xue watches every day, how could he not know?"

Wen Wujue sighed in his heart, this Xue Sizhong, an idiot, is not Wang Bao's opponent at all, no wonder he has been overwhelmed by the Wang family for so many years.

Wang Baodao: "I think it's not difficult to tell whether this jade pendant belongs to the young master of the Xue family. You only need to call all the children that the young master has made friends with and identify them one by one. If Master Xue thinks it is forged , then, can the young master come up with the real jade pendant?"

Xue Sizhong: "..."

At this time, Wen Wujue suddenly said, "With just a piece of jade pendant, how can we determine that the murderer is the young master of the Xue family? If he accidentally lost it, was picked up by someone with a heart, and did some bad things on purpose, How can it be impossible to deliberately frame the young master?"

Xue Sizhong suddenly felt grateful to Wen Wujue at this moment, although he didn't understand why Wen Wujue wanted to help him.

Liu Xuan smiled coldly, and confronted Wen Wujue directly, "Prime Minister, why doesn't he think about it? Why are others not suspicious, but Mr. Xue? Because Mr. Guo executed his eldest brother, Guada Li Xia, there are many suspicions. Now that there is physical evidence, we should investigate it carefully. Or is it that the prime minister wants to cover up the criminal?"

Tang Yu, who had been silent for a long time, suddenly stood up.

"Master Liu has something to say, don't be sly, if the prime minister has the intention to cover up the suspect, why should he hurry back after hearing about Mr. Guo in the northern border?"

After Liu Xuan heard this, he became even more eccentric, "But after the prime minister came back, didn't the officials see what he did for Mr. Guo? Does condolence count? Mr. Tang, don't be blinded by feces and urine, and block your brain. Indiscriminate. The prime minister should know the grievances between the Xue family and the Guo family. The Xue family is the most suspected, but instead of accusing the Xue family of crimes, Xue Sizhong has been in and out of the prime minister's residence several times. Is there anything shameful in private? Bribery for personal gain, who knows?"

Everyone: "..."

These words are not straightforward, they are said directly.

Everyone felt that there was something wrong with Wen Wujue's speech, it seemed that he was biased towards the Xue family, but he had a reputation of being upright half his life, so who would dare to speak of him easily?

Even if an old minister like Wang Bao wanted to hint at it obliquely, Liu Xuan dared to shoot directly.

There was a moment of silence in the hall.

Xiao Gui suddenly spoke, his voice was cold, "Come here."

Li Ling was startled, and asked softly, "Your Majesty?"

"Liu Xuankong slandered the prime minister. If he dragged it on, he would be punished eighty times in front of Xuanwu gate."

Everyone suddenly showed panic, let alone eighty sticks for ordinary people, even twenty or thirty sticks, they will be half disabled.

Did the eighty sticks kill him?

What's more, since the first emperor, the courtiers were punished in public, at most with the court stick, at the gate of the hall.But now it is going to be dragged to fight outside Xuanwu Gate, which faces the main street of Bianjing, and the people who come and go are all common people. It has only been beheaded at Xuanwu Gate for public display, and I have never heard of people who are punished for public display.

By the way, what happened to the emperor today?Normally, she would not say a word, and let the crowd quarrel, and Yingtian would stand still and hang high, why did she end up in person today?

Wen Wujue sat on one side, did not speak, and lowered his eyelids, as if he had nothing to do with him.

When Li Ling saw it, he understood three points and raised his hand slightly.

The guards outside immediately rushed into the hall, exerting pressure from left and right, held Liu Xuan up and walked out.

Liu Xuan is also stubborn, at this moment he still has a smile on his face, his eyes fall on Wen Wujue's direction, extremely provocative.

Li Ling went out with him, and when passing by Wen Wujue, Wen Wujue winked at him silently.

Li Ling was stunned for a moment, then understood.

I'm upset, why do you think it's all caused by Wen Wujue?Although he was not happy in his heart, he didn't object. When he brought him outside Xuanwu Gate, he deliberately asked people to pay attention not to beat him to death.

The meeting continued, but the argument just now was forcibly dismissed, and no one brought it up again.

It seemed that Liu Xuan's beating shocked everyone.

Wen Wujue seemed to be on the side of Xue's family, but Xue Sizhong was sweating profusely and panicked, always feeling that this matter was not easy.

What's more, with the ironclad evidence in Wang Bao's hands, he just let this matter be exposed so easily?

The next discussions were all irrelevant matters, all of which were subject to Wen Wujue's decision, and no one had any objection.

After facing down, all civil and military officials walked down the imperial steps outside Xuanyi Hall, heading towards the direction of leaving the palace.

Xiao Gui stood on the wide and high platform outside Xuanyi Hall, watching his father-in-law, Tang Yu, Xu Ding and others return on the same road, chatting and feasting.

Suddenly, it seemed that they were all one, and only he was alone.

It is impossible for him to keep his father-in-law in the palace, and there is no excuse.

At this time, Li Ling came back.

Xiao Gui regained his senses and asked, "Is that person dead?"

Li Ling: "The prime minister meant to save his life. The slaves let people take it easy, and now there is still one breath left."

Xiao Gui said coldly: "It's cheap for him. Keep staring at him, and... Wang Bao."

Li Ling was stunned for a moment, "What does your majesty think?"

Xiao Gui didn't know what to say, he keenly felt that there was something wrong with Wang Bao's speech today. Although people with discerning eyes looked like Wang and Xue's two families were fighting each other, he always felt that Wang Bao's words were secretly poking at his father-in-law. , similar to Liu Xuan?

He waved his hand and didn't say much, "I don't know, just keep an eye on it."

Li Ling had no choice but to agree.

At night, the moon is dark and the wind is high, and the end of winter that is about to die is still cold.

A vigorous figure touched the back wall of the Prime Minister's Mansion, and the black clothes disappeared into the dark night, lowering his body and leaning on the edge of the wall.

After observing for a while, the visitor quietly jumped in from under the wall and stepped on the soft mud.

Just as he was about to get up, a powerful arm came out from behind, and suddenly held him tightly.

"Who!"

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