Five-year enthronement three-year simulation

Cheng Guogong's move was too sudden, not only shocked everyone around, but also made Ming Tan feel a little caught off guard.

Even though she had determined that this matter must have been written by Concubine Wan and Duke Cheng—but she never thought that the latter would plead guilty so easily in public...

wrong.There is something strange about this matter.

Her heart sank, she took a light breath, and looked up at the crowd who were still watching.

Sure enough, when those people saw Duke Cheng kowtowed and pleaded guilty, their faces immediately changed, as if they had encountered some scourge, they smiled and waved their hands, said goodbye to each other, and retreated like a tide.

Before the truth came out, it was fine to join in the fun -- but now, seeing that they were going to have something to do with Cheng Guogong, it was no longer something they dared to continue listening to!

One must not risk one's life for the sake of a momentary curiosity...

Ming Tan sneered in his heart and looked away.

Now that many clues have been tracked down, naturally there is no need for these people to create momentum for themselves, and it doesn't matter if they leave.

It's just that this Cheng Guogong, what exactly does he want to do?

Ming Tan lightly rubbed his forehead with a headache, but suddenly felt a big hand on his shoulder.She was slightly stunned, and couldn't help but look sideways, just in time to meet the emperor's comforting gaze.

"..."

Ming Tan suddenly calmed down.

Why not guess?

Now she holds the absolute initiative and has already recovered most of the truth. Even if Cheng Guogong wants to continue to quibble, she will definitely not turn up any big troubles, so why should she be afraid?

Let's just watch him perform!

After thinking about it, most of the crowd of onlookers had already left, except Concubine Ying, Concubine Wan and Ming Hui, only a few distinguished nobles were still present.They all came from prominent backgrounds, and to some extent they had some disagreements with Cheng Guogong. They stayed here because they had the confidence to see the latter's jokes.

——Xuan Ping Hou is naturally among them.

He has been at odds with Cheng Guogong for a long time, and of course he will not let go of the excitement of his old rival. Before the emperor can speak, he raised his voice and mocked: "Oh, as expected of the Duke, you even have such a gesture of pleading guilty? Could it be?" Do you want to continue talking after all the people here have left?"

... this old man.

Cheng Guogong was so angry that he wanted to jump up from the ground immediately and tear Xuan Pinghou's mouth open!

However, when he thought of his daughter's plan, he had to swallow his anger, forced himself to suppress the urge to scold the other party back, buried his head deeply, and repeated in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, although the old minister is willing to plead guilty, he still has something to say." Said, I hope you can grant it!"

Tiancheng governed the country with Confucian filial piety, Cheng Guogong is the emperor's in-law after all, so the latter thought for a moment, and it was inconvenient to refuse directly, so he said: "Tell me, what's wrong with me?"

"The Ninth Princess was in danger not long ago... I think His Majesty has almost checked it out, and it was caused by the strange plant 'horse rash'."

Cheng Guogong lowered his head so that everyone could not see his expression clearly, and said in a flat voice: "The old minister also admits that the actions and feet that eunuch Chen moved in the stable were done by my order - but," he said. Paused, before the emperor made trouble, he quickly said, "The old minister has no intention of framing His Royal Highness Ninth Princess! I implore Your Majesty to investigate clearly!"

"...You ordered people to secretly pour such poison on the horses, how dare you say that you have no intention of harming others?!"

The emperor frowned suddenly, his face was gloomy, and he did not hide his anger.He stared majestically at Cheng Guogong's stiff figure, then turned his head to glance at Concubine Wan and Minghui who were full of panic, a cold light flashed quickly in his eyes.

"Duke Cheng," he said coldly, "you are so courageous!"

In a corner not far away, Concubine Ying slightly narrowed her eyes, stepped back half a step, and completely hid herself in the shadows.

Ming Yi has been on the throne for decades, and the Tian family's prestige accumulated day by day is very frightening. Even Cheng Guogong, a nobleman who has been in a high position for a long time, can only feel the invisible oppression for a while, like a big mountain crashing down, about to knock him down. Spine crushed!

"Your Majesty calm down, please listen to the old minister's explanation——"

Cheng Guogong's shoulders trembled for a long time, before he suppressed the palpitations, he hurriedly said: "What the old minister did is actually for the sake of the common people in my family!"

Seeing that he was still talking nonsense, the emperor flicked his sleeves fiercely, and looked at the other party with murderous intent in his eyes, and shouted sharply: "Bold sinner, how dare you quibble?"

Seeing that the situation was not good, Cheng Guogong couldn't help suspending his heart, raised his head abruptly, stretched out his hand and pointed behind him, and raised his voice like breaking the boat: "Your Majesty! The old minister originally ordered Chen Eunuch to kill the Pantuo In fact, it's not the Ninth Princess—it's the horse of Marquis Xuan Ping!"

As soon as the words fell, Ming Tan, who was standing by the emperor's side, stared intently, and was enlightened immediately.

It turned out that this is really a good way to transfer flowers and trees!

As the chief envoy who took the disaster relief mission away from Duke Cheng, no one knows better than Ming Tan: The other party's target this time will definitely only be himself!

Then get in touch with Minghui's weird behavior of forcing himself to compete, and that weird cloth bag in the forest... The so-called Xuan Pinghou is definitely just a cover-up, a "framed target" who was temporarily stolen.

The trick was undoubtedly very poor.

However, the object chosen by Cheng Guogong was indeed something that the emperor and even Ming Tan himself could not easily refuse.

——If among Zhu Zhishen's remnant party, whoever makes them most wary of rats, it must be Xuan Pinghou.

Although there are many omissions in the old system of Tiancheng, the power of officials is emphasized, and the power of the emperor is suppressed, but the officials are not as good as those noble families.Once the emperor and the courtiers, even if the former rises to the top, it will not last more than a hundred years; but the latter can be counted from the founding of the country, and has established a foothold in Beijing for generations.

Because of this, it is easy to unplug a greedy Zhu Zhishen, but it is even more difficult to move Xuan Pinghou, who just got a share of the pie and has an entire family standing behind him.

But if he is allowed to continue jumping around in the court, for the emperor, it will be a hidden danger that will explode at an unknown time.

but……

Poison can fight poison, and war can stop war.

The high-ranking person is the best at playing chess. If you can let the family fight against the family, you can win the game without using a single soldier. Why not do it?

And Cheng Guogong's plan is the most brilliant here.

"..."

Ming Tan bit the tip of his tongue, subconsciously tightened his fingers, and raised his eyes to look in Xuan Pinghou's direction.

Sure enough, after listening to Cheng Guogong's words, the latter was stunned for a moment, then jumped into a rage, and roared ferociously: "What?! Shen Kaiyi, you are so vicious, you actually want to attack this old man—"

"If it wasn't for the stupid eunuch Chen who mistook Princess Nine's horse for yours, how long do you think you can live?"

Seeing the dignified expressions of the emperor and Ming Tan, Cheng Guogong couldn't help but be overjoyed in his heart. Anticipating that the trick would work, his speech became more imposing.

He responded bluntly, with a sense of righteousness: "Relying on the power of your family, you colluded with that dog official Zhu Zhishen to embezzle Yuanzhou's disaster money. Do you really think that the old man has no evidence?"

Xuan Ping Hou heard the words, his complexion changed immediately, his eyes widened, as if he didn't expect him to drag himself into the water at this time, "You, you..."

"Your Majesty is benevolent and lenient, and he doesn't want to attack the clan, but the old man can't see you continuing to show off your power in the court!"

Cheng Guogong's acting skills were very lifelike, as if he was really a loyal minister who hated evil and had a righteous heart, he put up his airs and scolded, while taking two steps on his knees, he bowed deeply to the emperor and said: "Your Majesty! The old minister is incompetent! I wanted to Holding the knife for the common people, without anyone noticing, weeding out traitors and slaying traitors for you—however, he had more energy than he could. Not only did he not let this traitor and traitor be punished, but he almost killed His Royal Highness Ninth Princess... It's all because of the old minister's incompetence. !"

"Shen Kaiyi!" Xuan Pinghou's eyes were about to split, and he shouted with hatred, "Don't you want to turn black and white here—"

Seeing that the two were about to fight, Minghui couldn't help but tremble, and when he was about to subconsciously step forward to fight, Concubine Wan grabbed his palm.

"—!"

He was startled, turned his head abruptly, but only met Concubine Wan's indifferent eyes.

"Mother, concubine mother...?"

"Hui'er, don't act rashly."

Concubine Wan gave a light reminder, and after seeing Minghui stop, she also withdrew her hand and turned to look at the emperor and Mingtan.

Her eyes quickly swept across the faces of the father and daughter, and with the cover of her wide sleeves, the corners of her lips slightly curled up.

And not far away, Ming Tan watched the farce with a blank face, and sneered coldly in his heart.

It's really a good show of vicious dogs biting each other.

She had seen enough of Cheng Guogong and Xuan Pinghou's scolding, turned her eyes away, and happened to meet the eyes of the emperor beside her.

"..."

Ming Tan was slightly taken aback, but when he was about to say something, he heard the emperor sigh deeply, and said in a low voice first: "Longlin, do you understand the current situation?"

"...I see."

Ming Tan was silent for a moment, and replied lightly: "It's nothing more than Cheng Guogong pretending to be stupid and wanting to use Xuan Pinghou as a shield, so as to make big things small and trivial—"

"Then I'll ask you," before she finished speaking, the emperor suddenly interrupted, looked at his daughter with gentle eyes, and asked slowly, "Are you willing to let him achieve this goal?"

May I wish again...?

Facing this question, Ming Tan was stunned for a moment, and suddenly felt aphasia in his throat.

She couldn't help asking herself: If she could use someone else's hand to blow up a timer without any effort.It doesn't cost much to remove the bomb from the side... Then will I not be moved?

Today's incident was in-depth study, in fact, it was only a surprise, and Ming Tan did not suffer any big losses.The reason why she is so persistent in finding out the truth is because she intends to plan for the future, and she also wants to vent her anger on the innocent Lin Shurong who died...

However, in the eyes of the king of a country, how can these be compared with tangible benefits?

——But the emperor still asked her what she meant.

Ming Tan bit his lip, feeling a sudden soreness in his heart.

"If I don't want to let him get away with it like this," she lowered her voice and asked softly, "Will Father give up this opportunity to get rid of Xuan Pinghou, and investigate the truth for Longlin?"

"of course."

The emperor answered without hesitation, stretched out his hand to caress the top of Fu Mingtan's hair, and smiled at the latter.

"No one can make my dragon scale feel wronged." He said flatly and calmly, as if stating a fact, "No matter who it is."

"..."

Ming Tan's fingertips trembled slightly, his heart was overwhelmed, and his eyes were a little red.

In the final analysis, she already knew that Duke Cheng and Concubine Wan were the ones who did it to her, so why should she be obsessed with an obvious truth?

What's more, the current evidence is insufficient, even if the truth is found out, I am afraid that the two people will try to get rid of the crime again... In the end, the gain may even outweigh the loss.

So, under such circumstances, why can't I also think about it for my father?

"—Forget it, this time his wish will be fulfilled."

Under the surprised gaze of the emperor, Ming Tan took a deep breath, and continued firmly: "As for the rest of the old and new grudges... I will solve them myself in the future, please rest assured!"

"……it is good."

After a long silence, the emperor just lowered his eyes and nodded deeply to his daughter.

Then, he turned his attention back to the two people who were still arguing in front of him, and interrupted their quarrel coldly: "Isn't it enough?"

Xuan Pinghou's swearing words got stuck in his throat immediately, neither spit nor swallowed, and after a long time of agonizing over him, he suddenly realized something, hurriedly bowed to the emperor, and cried bitterly: " Your Majesty! Your Majesty’s lesson! This minister has dedicated himself to the imperial court and has no half-hearted intentions!"

He was still kowtowing in disbelief here and there, but he didn't notice that Cheng Guogong beside him raised his eyes expectantly and looked at the emperor's expression, overjoyed in his heart.

Become!

"Your Majesty, the veteran has already prepared all the evidence of Xuan Pinghou's corruption of ink and money at home, and he is just waiting for such a golden opportunity today to reveal his true face for you!"

While speaking righteously, Duke Cheng made a heartbroken expression, and said in a remorseful tone: "The old minister failed to use the simplest method to get rid of this sycophant, so he can only present evidence. I implore Your Majesty to investigate this matter in detail to comfort you." Tens of thousands of starving dead souls in Yuanzhou!"

Xuan Pinghou shrank his pupils, and immediately scolded sharply: "Shen Kaiyi, you are so shameless——"

"In that case, please ask Cheng Guogong to submit the evidence as soon as possible so that the criminal department can investigate the case."

The emperor didn't bother to listen to their quarrel at all, and just waved his hand lightly, several guards quickly stepped forward, regardless of Xuan Pinghou's struggle and sophistry, directly escorted him, and saluted the emperor: "But at your majesty's order!"

"Take it down," the emperor said indifferently, "after returning to the palace, immediately put Marquis Xuan Ping in prison, there is no room for loss."

"Yes!"

The guards took orders to leave, and Xuan Pinghou's frightened begging for mercy gradually faded away until it disappeared.

On the other side, Cheng Guogong, who was still kneeling on the ground, couldn't help letting out a long breath. His clothes were already soaked in cold sweat, and his beating heart gradually subsided.

He propped himself up a little, turned his head indistinctly, and met his daughter's eyes, and the tense nerves were finally relieved.

Fortunately, this level is finally over...

——However, just when he thought that his merits and demerits were balanced and the matter was about to come to an end, a lazy voice suddenly came from behind, which made him feel like he was falling into hell.

"Although this king also knows that Lord Cheng acts impulsively because he is wholeheartedly for the people, but the means he adopted are not up to the mark, and almost harmed Princess Nine by mistake...Your Majesty, if you make such a big mistake, you still have to do it." I'm afraid it's somewhat inappropriate to take it lightly, right?"

Cheng Guogong was taken aback for a moment, his eyes widened, and he turned his head abruptly.

But I saw that the person who spoke was not an ordinary nobleman, but a well-known idle prince in the royal family—Yu Wang Mingshuo!

What's the matter with him? !

Isn't this prince famous for not being nosy?Now this situation obviously has a lot of inside information, so why suddenly step in!

The heart that Cheng Guogong had just put down was lifted again, and his expression was a little uncontrollable, and he became even more panicked.

Didn't I help the emperor win Xuanpinghou just now?Doesn't this count as passing the work?

His lips trembled slightly, and just as he was about to explain a few words, he heard the emperor's calm voice, not giving Duke Cheng a chance to speak at all, and he agreed without hesitation: "What fifth brother said is true! Although the duke is for righteousness, his actions are too fierce and reckless, and it is really difficult to set an example."

"Even if it's for the sake of my heavenly inheritance," King Yu sang along with him, with a smile on his face, and said casually, "Your Majesty should deal with it one or two, so as to calm everyone's mouths."

"Um……"

The emperor nodded in agreement, looked at Ming Tan calmly, and pronounced the sentence lightly: "In that case, we will deal with it according to the law of Tiancheng... Thirty sticks, a fine of two years, and deprivation of official positions." , Confiscated his official robes and wat boards and refused to enter the court——Duke Cheng, do you have any objections?"

"Old minister...Old minister..."

It doesn't matter if you fine your salary for two years, but depriving you of your official position and not being allowed to go to the court, this is not only a big shame for yourself, but also it is quite detrimental to his behaviors such as accumulating power in the court, and the party's comparison with Zhou. ah!

However, even though Cheng Guogong gritted his teeth with hatred in his heart, he also understood that this was a necessary sacrifice for getting rid of the crime.Therefore, he could only swallow this mouthful of resentment, face the emperor, and kowtow to accept the order unwillingly.

"Sinful Minister Shen Kaiyi, thank you for your kindness."

"..."

Staring quietly at the end of this big scene with his pitch-black eyes, Mingtan found strangely that there was no joy in his heart, but only coldness and indifference.

That's it.

She turned her eyes away and casually looked at a certain point in the void, with a sharp smile on her lips.

Duke Cheng, Concubine Wan, Minghui...

rest assured.These three people are all included in the liquidation, and none of them can escape.

……

When they returned to the Lin family's tent, Lin Shurong was leaning on the bed, quietly flipping through a book.

Hearing the sound of Ming Tan coming in, she just raised her head when she saw the other party walking quickly to the bedside and plunged her head into her arms like a small cannonball, feeling depressed and motionless.

Lin Shurong sighed, threw the book aside, put his hands around Ming Tan's waist lightly, and asked softly, "Duke Cheng and Concubine Wan, have they both been exonerated?"

"……how do you know?"

Ming Tan raised his head in astonishment, but after meeting Lin Shurong's peaceful and unsurprised gaze, his heart trembled again, he lowered his eyes again, and nodded in frustration.

"Mr. Cheng Guo falsely pleaded guilty, saying that he wanted to use extraordinary means to eradicate traitors for the court, and tampered with Xuanpinghou's mount; but unexpectedly, because his horse was also a pantuo, the person who did it accidentally made a mistake, so he did it. I accidentally hurt you and me."

"Xuan Pinghou..."

Lin Shurong didn't look surprised, but nodded like a prophet, and continued slowly for her: "Afterwards, Cheng Guogong is willing to show the evidence in his hand that Xuan Ping Hou was embezzled by Mo Yuanzhou's disaster money. , to take down the former for His Majesty as a bargaining chip in exchange for exonerating myself and Concubine Wan—right?"

"Mostly right, only one thing is wrong." Ming Tan pouted, buried his head in her neck, and sighed deeply, "Noble concubine Wan has nothing to do with this matter at all, it's all up to Duke Cheng." One person took the blame and was punished, but she herself has no debts..."

"Concubine Wan is well versed in the method of being wise and protecting herself. I'm afraid she has already figured out a way out before laying out the whole plan," Lin Shurong said. Yu."

While analyzing, she patted Ming Tan's head softly, and said meaningfully: "If your Highness is willing, you might as well think about it: Is everything a bit too much in Cheng Guogong's strategy of stealing the beam and turning the black and white?" coincide?"

coincidence?

Ming Tan was stunned for a moment, subconsciously went through the whole thing in his mind again, and his expression changed slightly.

Pantuoyu is a good horse born in the frontier, even in Beijing, it is not very common...

But Xuan Pinghou's horse is exactly the same as his own. Could this be a common coincidence?

In addition, Cheng Guogong has always been at odds with him, so the motive of attack has become logical; and in the case of insufficient evidence in Mingtan's hands, it is indeed impossible to completely expose Cheng Guogong's lies, so he can only let the other party Blatantly tampering with the whole incident, treating the experience of himself and Lin Shurong as an accident...

After sorting it out like this, you will know that this is clearly a well-arranged strategy before the action!

Then, who would be the one who made this plan secretly and let Cheng Guogong take the blame alone?

The answer is of course self-evident.

"...Think carefully and fear."

Ming Tan muttered something in a low voice, clenched his palms tightly, and rubbed his cheek against Lin Shurong's shoulder.

The latter saw her sullen and worried appearance, and obviously thought about the matter thoroughly, so he raised his hand comfortingly, smoothed Ming Tan's hair, and said calmly: "I have expected that this matter will never happen. It is impossible to bring down Shen's father and daughter, at most they can only be punished lightly, and give His Highness a sigh of relief - and now, since the matter is over, at least the hidden danger like Marquis Xuan Ping has been replaced. You should be happy..."

"The real hidden danger has not been eliminated, how can I be happy?"

Ming Tan closed his eyes, and faintly smelled the faint sandalwood stained on Lin Shurong's body.

This is clearly a calming Buddha incense, but the anger in her heart burned even more vigorously, turning into waves of a sea of ​​fire.

"Duke Cheng and Concubine Wan should be glad that you are safe and sound," she said coldly, "Otherwise, even if I risk my life, I will cut them alive with a knife, and let everyone go to hell together!"

These words were fierce and frightening, and every word was full of killing intent.Lin Shurong was taken aback when he heard the words, subconsciously hugged him tightly, and hurriedly interrupted: "What are you talking about, Your Highness? How can you speak nonsense!"

Ming Tan sneered, curled his lips indifferently, lifted half of his body, and pushed Lin Shurong against the head of the bed, squinted his eyes and stared at her for a while, then hummed softly, leaned forward and kissed her on the other side cheek.

"In any case, let's keep this account in mind for now."

As the little princess spoke, the corners of her lips curled up, her eyes shone coldly, full of unusual malice.

"Those secret methods... He Shen can use it, so I, Princess Chengjiu, can use it for nothing?"

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