Prince Regent's Concubine

The fire in Kaiyang County burned the mountain, and there was too much movement. Even if Xiao Chuyi and the others hadn't sent the news to the capital, the capital had already known it.

It's just that the specific reason for the burning of the mountain is not very clear, but the palace quickly took action. The emperor ordered Ling Taifu and his wife, Anning Hou and his wife, and Qin Guogong's mansion to be all invited into the palace.

Not only that, there are forbidden troops stationed outside these doors, and no one is allowed to enter or leave.

This kind of movement caused many people to be in crisis for a while, and they were afraid that the Imperial Army would surround their homes the next moment.

But after really inquiring, they couldn't find any specific news, only a general idea that it had something to do with Kaiyang County.

But the three couples who entered the palace knew what they had done. Except for the unexpected fire, they knew what happened in Kaiyang County.

It's just that I never thought that just moving the Lin family would make things like this. Now that the mine has collapsed and the mountain is being burned by fire, the crime of copying and beheading the whole family is undoubtedly the crime of punishing the nine clans.

Everyone panicked, and they couldn't even pretend to be calm.

The emperor appeared, sat on the dragon chair and looked at these people with a half-smile.

They were all his relatives, one was his aunt, one was his uncle, and the other was of a higher generation, his grandfather.

It's fine to mine privately, but now they want to destroy people's families for the sake of the two mines, and murder them for money.

Yesterday, it was even more daring to try to bury all the mining people in the mine, and even set fire to the mountain when it failed, which is really impressive.

The emperor was stunned and made them laugh angrily.

He threw out two ledgers sent from Kaiyang County, "Aunt, uncle, grandfather, you are really amazing, can't wait to get rid of my own superior?"

"I dare not, I am guilty, I know my mistake."

The six knelt and kowtowed together, not even daring to say a word of begging for mercy. The Anning Hou Mansion and Qin Guogong Mansion didn't intend to rebel, they just wanted to earn more money, and with more weapons and soldiers in hand, they wanted everything they wanted. It is military power and the reuse of the emperor.

As for Ling He, he did these things at the behest of the Empress Dowager, and also for money, but he has not seen the money until now, nor has he seen the things mined in the mine. As soon as they were sent out of Kaiyang County, someone took them over and transported them. In other places, he doesn't know what to do with it.

Ling He felt that he was wronged too, but he couldn't say that these things were all arranged by the Queen Mother, so he could only bear the blame silently.

He thought to himself, fortunately he wrote a letter to the Queen Mother after learning the news that Xiao Chuyi had gone to Kaiyang County, so the Queen Mother would not see him copying and beheading all over the house.

The emperor snorted, "Don't dare, I'm guilty, I know I'm wrong, if that's the case, then tell me, how should I deal with you?"

No one dared to answer these words, they naturally didn't want to die, but the crime was too great, if they didn't mention the capital crime, where did they know their mistakes.

"Why, there's nothing to say? Aren't you afraid? Then explain to me. There must be a reason for doing these things. If you are satisfied with what you say, I may be able to forgive you."

"Your Majesty, I know I was wrong. I was just infatuated for a while. I was greedy for money. I learned that there are many mines in Kaiyang County, so I started thinking about it. Your Majesty, I am really just greedy for money. Your loyalty to the Emperor is a lesson from heaven and earth. Please, Your Majesty Mingcha!" After the emperor finished speaking, Marquis An Ning was the first to speak aggressively.

And as soon as he finished speaking, Qin Tuo quickly echoed, swearing to the sky that he had no second thoughts, otherwise there would be a thunderbolt.

He chased him away first, and Ling He said it later, which showed no sincerity, and he said it purely for the sake of offending.

"Loyalty," the emperor took out another ledger from nowhere and casually flipped through it, "really loyal, selling coal for silver, producing iron to make weapons, recruiting soldiers and buying horses and giving them weapons, the treatment is better than that of the imperial army. Well, even I am not as good as you."

He stood up abruptly and threw the ledger on the table, "This is your so-called loyalty, is this what you say is the world can learn from the sun and the moon can be shown? Is this how you show it to me?"

When the emperor got angry, he was already on his knees and fell to the ground in fright.

They never thought that the emperor had so much evidence in his hands.

The evidence is conclusive, and the evidence is overwhelming. Such a situation really makes them want to justify, but they don't know how to justify it.

"Say it, why don't you say it? Tell me, how are you loyal." The emperor asked again as if he was being unreasonable.

"The emperor said we were unfaithful, so why didn't the emperor think about why we were unfaithful? Even if we want to be loyal, we must have a way." In this stern atmosphere, someone stood up and refuted the emperor's words.

Everyone present was shocked, even the emperor looked at the eldest princess who got up suddenly with some surprise.

Anyway, when she opened her mouth, the Eldest Princess decided to go all out. Anyway, once this incident is over, she will be able to save her life as the emperor's aunt, but there will never be a good end for the Anning Hou Mansion. When the time comes, the man will be gone and the children will be gone. No, there's no point in leaving her alone.

Anyway, once she died, the eldest princess thought of this, but she was not afraid anymore.

She stared straight at the emperor, and pointed at the Marquis of An Ning, "For so many years, my Marquis has not even been to the court a few times, and he has no errands in his name. No one in the capital knows that he is an idle Marquis with no real power. Lord, the court officials don't take him seriously, even the common people are disdainful when they mention it, he really wants to be loyal, but have you given him a chance, Your Majesty?"

"In the emperor's heart, only Xiao Chuyi is a member of the royal family and your relatives. What is my aunt? When did the emperor think of me as an aunt, and when was it your uncle who became the Marquis of An Ning? Only Xiao Chu Yi, no matter what Xiao Chuyi does, he is your uncle in the heart of the emperor. Xiao Chuyi dominates the government all by himself, he can say whatever he wants, and he can do whatever he wants. The civil and military officials of the court are obedient to him. , he is so rampant that he even takes care of what kind of wife the emperor marries, won't the emperor still let it go?"

"It's not that we don't want to be loyal, but if the emperor can take one more look at the Anninghou's mansion and arrange a dispatch for him so that he has a chance to do things, will we go on this road? The emperor only accuses us of being disloyal today, but a continuous court Master Hou, who can’t even go up, what are we going to be loyal to?”

"As long as the emperor has a little bit of my aunt's position in his heart, it will never happen today. We never thought about rebelling, but just want to live a better life for our family, so that my Lord Hou can have a chance to show his face in front of the emperor. , That's all. If the emperor has already convicted the An Ninghou's mansion in his heart, then the minister has nothing to say, whether the emperor wants to kill or cut the whole family, the minister's wife will admit it!"

What the eldest princess said was righteous Lingran, as if they let people mine mines privately, harm the court, and harm the interests of the people, they were all forced to take this road.