Chapter 1814 Don’t let ourselves be plotted
"Your Majesty, Chong'er just came to plead for Chen'er. Why did you hurt him like that?"
In the Li Zheng Palace, Queen Changsun looked at the emperor sitting at the head with a complaining expression.
The emperor said nothing and just sat here drinking soup.
The eunuchs and maids accompanying him lowered their heads and did not dare to speak.
Who doesn't know that His Majesty the Emperor has been in a very bad mood these days.
No matter who it is, as long as they do something slightly wrong, they will be severely punished by the emperor.
Even Changsun Wuji's son Changsun Chong, now a member of the Ministry of Rites, was almost beaten to death by the emperor's order just because he asked his Majesty to investigate the matter of King Han.
If Queen Changsun hadn't knelt on the ground and begged, Changsun Chong would have been lying on the bed today.
"His Majesty!"
"Guanyin Maid, I don't want to quarrel with you anymore because of this matter. Don't go too far." The emperor put down the jade spoon and looked at Empress Changsun with a sullen face.
"His Majesty!"
"Humph, it's really not smooth everywhere." The emperor slammed the table, then stood up and walked outside.
The accompanying eunuchs and palace maids quickly followed.
The people waiting outside the hall also changed their expressions and did not dare to breathe loudly.
The emperor came to the Manlu Hall and was about to deal with the matter. Suddenly, news came from outside that Li Jing was asking to see him.
The emperor waved his hand and said goodbye on the spot.
But Li Jing did not leave, but kept kneeling outside the Manlu Hall.
The sun was setting in the west, and Li Jing was still kneeling here outside the Manlu Palace. The eunuch next to him had tried to persuade him dozens of times, but Li Jing remained unmoved.
The old faces look particularly criss-crossed in the sunset.
Li Jing looked pale. After he returned to Chang'an, he only drank a glass of water at Cheng Yaojin's place.
Now I have been kneeling all afternoon, and I have already lost consciousness.
His body swayed slightly and fell to the ground.
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br\u003e "Come quickly, Duke Wei has fainted." The panicked voice of the eunuch came from outside.
The news quickly spread throughout Chang'an City.
Everyone knows that if His Majesty the Emperor is serious this time, he will definitely deal with the King of Han.
Otherwise, why would the Emperor's empress Changsun, whom His Majesty cares most about, be reprimanded by the Emperor?
Li Jing, the Duke of Shiwei, the pillar of the Tang Army, fell to his knees and fainted outside the Ganlu Hall.
…
It was already the next morning when Li Jing woke up from his coma.
When he opened his eyes, he saw the emperor sitting on a chair nearby, holding a storybook published by Wangyou Bookstore in his hand.
"Wake up." The emperor's voice echoed as he flipped through the script.
"Your Majesty!" Li Jing spoke, but felt a tearing pain in his throat.
"The imperial doctor said that you are severely dehydrated, so you should recuperate first." The emperor said, put down his script, and handed him a cup of warm tea.
Li Jing stood up, reached out to take the tea cup, and looked at the emperor again.
After drinking the tea, Li Jing felt that his throat felt much better.
"Your Majesty, the King of Han..." Li Jing just wanted to know if there was any way to get the emperor to let Zhao Chen go.
"Pharmacist, you have to know that he is plotting rebellion this time. I have already said that I will not spare anyone who defends him. Do you want to give it a try?" The emperor looked at Li Jing with a blank expression. expression.
"Your Majesty!" Li Jing knelt on the ground.
"How could your Majesty not know the temperament of the King of Han? He has never been greedy for the power in his hands. If His Majesty really had the intention to rebel, why would he wait until today?"
"Your Majesty, be careful!" Li Jing and the emperor advised.
But the emperor was obviously a little impatient.
"I don't care if he has any rebellious intentions, but he has done it now."
"Forging the imperial edict, mobilizing the border troops, and proclaiming himself emperor, I wasted all my trust in him all these years." The emperor's roaring voice was heard outside the palace again.
"Your Majesty, are you really willing to believe a secret letter rather than His Highness who stabilized the Tang Dynasty and defeated border turmoil several times?" Li Jing's tone also increased a few degrees.
"Presumptuous!" The emperor seemed to be on the verge of going berserk.
"Li Jing, I thought you were a smart man. Since you insist on excusing the traitor, I will comply with your wishes."
"You immediately go after Cheng Yaojin's army, and you go and be his deputy. If you can't capture that traitor before this New Year's Eve, I will slaughter your Duke Wei." .??.
"boom--"
"Walk!"
The emperor opened the door of the hall and walked out angrily.
…
"My lord, this is good news."
"Just now our people came to us with news that the emperor is completely crazy now. Not only did he make Li Jingsheng kneel and faint outside the Manna Palace."
"He also ordered Li Jing to personally capture Zhao Chen when he returns. If Zhao Chen cannot be captured before New Year's Eve this year, the emperor will order the massacre of the entire Duke Wei Palace."
In the secret room, the young man was full of excitement, talking to the old man about the information he had just received.
"oh?"
"Is this really true?" The old man's face was filled with joy and a look of disbelief.
"Of course, a lot of people heard it."
"This move is so powerful that almost everyone around the emperor has been implicated by Zhao Chen."
"Now, no one will dare to plead for Zhao Chen anymore."
"That's Li Jing. Your Majesty actually treated him like this. Seriously?
..." The young man sighed.
It is said that the emperor is capricious. I didn't think there was anything wrong with it before, but now it seems that he is indeed right.
Because of Zhao Chen's incident, many people in the imperial court were in trouble.
The old man sat on the stone bench and tapped his fingers lightly on the table.
After taking a sip of tea, his brows still did not loosen, as if he was still worried about something.
"Sir, what's wrong with you?" The young man didn't know why the old man was quite happy just now, but suddenly he looked like this again.
"I don't know why, but I always feel that things went too smoothly this time." The old man spoke and tapped his fingers.
"It went well. It was the second secret letter that convinced the emperor. Otherwise, the emperor would definitely want to let Zhao Chen go."
"You have forgotten that when the first secret letter was sent, the emperor directly killed the official who spoke, and also ordered the arrest of those who discussed the matter in the capital." The young man analyzed it to the old man.
When the old man heard this, he realized that it was really the case.
If the second secret letter hadn't been delivered to the emperor again, I'm afraid the emperor would still be thinking about how to protect Zhao Chen.
But it was Zhao Chen who sought his own death.
"You immediately send people to guard the important roads outside Chang'an City to prevent Zhao Chen from sending people back to Chang'an."
"I'm worried that Zhao Chen will send someone back to explain the situation to the emperor. Then we won't be plotted against ourselves." The old man suddenly said.
He is also a thoughtful person.
The secret letter was a false accusation after all. If Zhao Chen sent someone back to explain, there was no guarantee that the emperor would not be suspicious.
"Yes." The young man nodded and was about to leave, but suddenly stopped: "If the person who comes back is someone with high authority, then we..."
"Kill them all the same."
"No matter who it is, as long as they come back to contact the emperor, they will be killed." The old man's tone was decisive, leaving no room for error.
