The Prodigal Son of Zhenguan

After Wei Ting returned home, Wei Deyun came to find him immediately.

"Erlang, how is your trip to the palace?" Wei Deyun asked nervously.

Because he knew that he might not be able to catch up with the person.

"His Majesty is very angry." Wei Ting closed his eyes and sighed: "Now, I can only pray that the people you sent out don't make trouble in front of King Jingyang, otherwise, you will definitely die."

"After all, King Jingyang is a son of the royal family. He has a title and an official position. He is also a favorite of the emperor and His Majesty. Your actions have offended both of them."

"Moreover, your behavior, whether it is spread or not, has set an example for others." Wei Ting sighed and said: "If His Majesty does not punish you, this kind of thing will happen again in the future. His Majesty asked you and me to think about the fate of King Changle and King Yi'an."

"Not only you and me, but the entire Xiaoyaogong family, including the entire Wei family's nine rooms, will be implicated if something big happens this time."

"Ah?!" Wei Deyun was stunned, staggered a few times, and collapsed directly on the chair.

"Isn't this bad?" Wei Deyun panted, with fear between his eyebrows.

Then Wei Deyun looked at Wei Ting, with a bit of anxiety in his fear.

"If you don't go to the palace and tell His Majesty about this matter, maybe there will be a chance for a turnaround." Wei Deyun said: "Even if we sent people out, no matter whether they can come back or not, as long as we refuse to admit it, even His Majesty can't do anything to us, won't our Wei family still be fine?"

"You must go and say it."

"Besides, maybe I'm not the only one who sent people."

"It's easy for us to get out of this muddy water."

"But now, everything is over with you saying this!"

In extreme fear, Wei Deyun put the blame on Wei Ting.

What if he was really sentenced to death by the emperor?

"Erlang, Erlang, you did this, so stupid!" Wei Deyun slapped his thigh.

Wei Ting raised his head and looked at his elder brother with lifeless eyes.

"Brother, do you really think that I did something wrong and that I harmed you?" Wei Ting asked back.

"You made a wrong move. Now, we have lost everything." Wei Deyun responded.

"No, brother, we are all wrong." Wei Ting said in a weak tone: "We overestimated ourselves and underestimated His Majesty."

"If I hadn't gone to the palace to see His Majesty today, told him about this matter, and asked for mercy, then our Wei family would be really finished. Once the incident happened, the entire Xiaoyao lineage would be wiped out, and none of the nine branches of the Wei family would be able to escape and would be implicated."

"You think you can hide the truth, but in fact, nothing can be hidden. Even if you muddy the water, more people will die." Wei Ting said: Why do you think I am afraid? You want our lineage to live a good life, and I want the entire Wei family to survive."

"His Majesty knows everything. The nine branches of the Wei family are all details. Even if I don't say it, it is easy for His Majesty to check. "Wei Ting said: "On the way back, I thought carefully about what Your Majesty said. It's not just the Prince of Changle and the Prince of Yi'an. Their high-profile rebellion has caused some commotion in Chang'an City. Brother, you know, the real horror is never in the rebellion of these two people."

"What do you mean? Our Wei family did not rebel."

"But doing such a thing to the Prince of Jingyang and despising the royal family is no different from rebellion." Wei Ting said: "I tell you, the real horror was the first time when Luo Yi rebelled. "

Wei Deyun was puzzled.

After the news of Luo Yi's rebellion reached the capital, it took only a few days for Luo Yi's family to disappear. That was all. Apart from the assassination of King Jingyang in Chang'an, there was no big commotion.

"Luo Yi's rebellion was sent to Chang'an too quickly. As the news came and went, Luo Yi's family was all killed. If you think about it carefully, the people around Luo Yi might have been arranged by His Majesty long ago."

"The emperor believed in Luo Yi, but our Majesty may not believe it. So, the more I think about it, the more I feel that Luo Yi was secretly forced to rebel by our Majesty. "

"Otherwise, how come the officials around Luo Yi seemed to have known about the movement long ago, and even if they were arrested, they could pass the news inside, and cooperate with the garrison outside the city, forcing Luo Yi to flee in a hurry, and he was killed on the way..."

"Brother, don't you think this kind of thing is terrifying?"

Wei Deyun was stunned.

He never thought it would be like this.Luo Yi's rebellion turned out to be because of this.

"Your Majesty knows everything, and has calculated everything. Even all the properties under the nine branches of the Wei family are clear to your Majesty."

"How could this be? How did your Majesty know?" The horror on Wei Deyun's face was about to overflow.

Time has continued for hundreds of years, and the ancestral property has also been accumulated from generation to generation. Even the head of the family does not know how much money and property there is in his family.

But your Majesty actually knows.

How is this possible?

This is the foundation and lifeline of the family's economy.

Wei Ting sighed.

"This shows that our Majesty has been secretly alerting us. Since the Zhenguan Year, three years have passed. The court's various measures, reforms, and everything have been advancing day by day. However, how many people who hinder the court's policies and the implementation of government orders have a good end? How many of the obstacles in the implementation of these government orders are caused by the aristocratic families behind the scenes?"

"Now even the aristocratic families are watching. Before they thoroughly understand our Majesty, no one dares to act rashly."

"How long has it been since Pei Ji's previous lesson? The court has laid off more than 600 officials. How many of these 600 people are related to the aristocratic families?"

"Although for the aristocratic families, this is These people are insignificant, but it is not good news. "

"The Hundred Cavalry Division has spread all over Chang'an." Wei Ting said, "That's why I panic. Once something happens, the people of the Hundred Cavalry Division will come to find us. Do you think you can hide it?"

"The Hundred Cavalry Division..." Wei Deyun murmured, "Aren't they the guards who used to follow His Majesty in the army? Now they are so powerful just by changing their names?"

"Since His Majesty ascended the throne, when have you seen the people of the Hundred Cavalry Division in public? Today I was in Ganlu Palace, and I thought there were only His Majesty and me in the palace, and the eunuch Wang De beside His Majesty. As for Li Wu, I don't even know where he suddenly appeared from."