Chapter 218 Hanging Beam

The next day when Chunjia went to court, his complexion was not good, and all the courtiers saw it, and they were naturally trembling.

It's just that there are too many courtiers, and it is inevitable that some dare to speak out.

On this day, some people ignored the winks of their colleagues and insisted on going out to ask for a thorough investigation of Zheng Gu's death.

The reason is that although Zheng Gu was an eunuch, he was an important minister during his lifetime. After his family was imprisoned, they have not been seriously convicted so far, but they disappeared in the imperial prison in a daze.

If we don't find out the truth, one is that there will inevitably be criticisms in the public, which is not good for Shengyu; the second is that Zheng Gu's imprisonment has something to do with the palace change, maybe his death was silenced? If you follow this clue, you might be able to gain something; the third one is that Zheng Gu is the father-in-law of Princess Yun'an. The emperor has always treated Xiaozong's flesh and blood generously. example.

Then, if the eldest princess' father-in-law said nothing, it would be gone. It is impossible for the Tian family to remain indifferent and continue to lock the Zheng family up and down, right?

This is really a bit unreasonable.

Chunjia was in a hurry to deal with the court meeting, so that he could find the noble concubine's theory. After hearing these words, he pondered for a while, but felt that it made sense, so he pressed down his thoughts of making a quick decision, and asked all the ministers to discuss the matter of Zheng Gu. Son, how to solve it?

The courtiers hesitated and exchanged glances, mainly because they were not sure about the emperor's attitude.

In fact, if Zheng Gu was an ordinary courtier, they wouldn't need to hesitate like this, they must have tried their best to speak to the Zheng family.

After all, things hurt their kind, don't they?

The key point is that Zheng Gu is an eunuch, and this status is not accepted by mainstream scholar-bureaucrats.

Even if some people had a good relationship with Zheng Ju in the past, or had a good impression of Zheng Ju, they still had to consider whether they would be considered to be ingratiating to officials and hinder their reputation after they said so.

After a while, Duke Yi was the first to speak out: "Your Majesty, do you think that in addition to thoroughly investigating Zheng Gu, should you release the old and weak women and children of the Zheng family first? Especially those children, even if the Zheng family does it in private. What, they probably don't know anything about it. As the saying goes, innocent children should be sent back to their homes, and then choose one or two women to take care of them. Avoid harming innocent people."

Chun Jia said, "Yes."

In fact, the emperor didn't think there was any innocence in those ignorant children of the Zheng family. Zheng Fengzun was not very old when he committed the crime, but why did he show mercy to those common people? Of course, the ignorant children would not be so cruel. The problem is, in the eyes of the emperor, these people were entrusted to the Zheng family. If they commit crimes, then these people also grew up on the blood and tears of the common people.

Since they have been favored by Zheng Gu and others to bring them up, they should also bear the consequences of the downfall of the Zheng family.

But since Yiguo made it public, the emperor didn't intend to refute Yunzhao's face because of these few children, so he agreed, but he was thinking about it in his heart, and hinted to the Imperial City Secretary that it was unreasonable to be killed by the Zheng family The families of the common people were ruined one by one, but Zheng's own children became innocent, right?

The emperor once again confirmed in his heart that he wanted to do this because he loved the people like a son, not because he remembered the anger of being forced to compromise in the Zheng Fengdi case.

The courtiers saw that Chunjia's attitude seemed to be loose, and then one after another people came forward to express their views, most of them were speaking for Zheng Gu... This is not only because of Zheng Feng's running around these two days, but also because of Zheng Gu and Yun Yun. The relationship with Princess Anchang. The ministers speculated that even if the emperor didn't like Zheng Gu and didn't care about Zheng Gu's life or death, he should show mercy to Princess Yun'an, right?

After all, this is Xiaozong's flesh and blood.

It's just that besides agreeing to let Zheng's children under ten years old leave the imperial prison, and pointing out two concubines who have a weak reputation to take care of them, Chunjia has no other grace.

What the emperor meant was: "When it comes to palace changes, this kind of handling is already a lenient one. If there is still an inch to go, and someone storms the palace gate in the future, shouldn't it be an understatement?"

Now all the ministers dare not make a sound.

Although everyone felt that Zheng Gu was not out of his mind, why he would deliberately connive at the rebels entering the city and attacking Miyagi, but Zheng Gu, as the commander of the imperial army at that time, really couldn't shirk his responsibility.

In any case, the emperor's willingness to release a few young children can be regarded as a little bit of affection between the officials and Zheng Gu over the years.

So with the emperor's face looking bad, the courtiers didn't bargain any more, they only discussed sending someone to thoroughly investigate Zheng Ju's suicide process, to determine whether this powerful eunuch really couldn't think about it or was he murdered?

Afterwards, the court meeting disbanded.

Chunjia didn't even go to the imperial study, and went directly to the harem to look for Yun Fenghuang.

It was only at the end that I entered the door. Seeing Yun Fenghuang struggling to salute, and feeling a little pity, he stretched out his hand to help him, and said softly: "Didn't you say that you don't need to be more polite during pregnancy? Why are you so restrained? You I have never been so honest when I entered the palace."

At that time, the noble concubine was like a mudslide among the newcomers. No matter how noble the nobles were hired into the palace, and how much they were favored at home, when they came to him, who was not trembling and frightened?

Not to mention the selected good family sons.

As for the imperial concubine, if the emperor is a little more polite, she can climb the pole.

It made Chunjia feel wary when she saw her approaching her later...

Now the imperial concubine has suddenly become more disciplined, and the emperor feels a little unaccustomed to it.

"The imperial doctor's calculation is coming soon, so let the concubine stop resting all the time." Yun Fenghuang explained, "It's nothing to say a salute. Your Majesty, please think about those concubines who are pregnant and see the concubine before giving birth. Come forward to pay your respects? I haven’t heard that a few people were injured and kowtowed because of this.”

Chunjia said: "Your birth is not easy, we naturally have to be more cautious."

Yun Fenghuang lamented that it was rare for him to speak human words, but he didn't intend to talk more about this topic, so he just asked with a smile: "Your Majesty, I heard that the previous court discussed the matter of the former Hussar General?"

"You have good news here?"

"It's not that this concubine is well-informed, it's that just now someone brought the words of Princess Yun'an and a generous gift, saying that the princess is very worried about her husband's family. This is not entrusted to my concubine, and I want my concubine to help Talk to His Majesty?"

After hearing this, Chunjia's face became a little ugly, and she asked lightly, "Who is so unruly? As I said, you are heavy now, so don't bother with anything!"

"It's a servant of the side hall of Mianfu Palace, Your Majesty, don't be angry, Wu Taipin is the biological mother of His Royal Highness Princess Yun'an. When a daughter encounters something, how can a mother not accompany her to worry about it? "Yun Fenghuang shook his round fan and said indifferently, "The left and right concubines didn't intend to mix up, but they were vague and perfunctory. In the end, Chen Jing pretended to go to the front to inquire about the news, but I heard that today's court meeting is discussing the Zheng family. Things. It can be seen that Yun'an's mother and daughter are thinking too much, after all, they are the eldest princess's husband's family, so how could His Majesty keep procrastinating?"

The emperor snorted, "It's just that one Zheng Gu is dead, but these many people care about him!"

Yun Fenghuang looked at his expression, and said softly: "After all, he is a former general of hussars, and what's more, something happened to him in prison, it's really shameful!"

Because I remembered that Sun Yu asked someone to intercede with him not long ago, so as not to be replaced by the emperor, and the person Chunjia intends to replace Sun Yu seems to be in charge of the prison now, so he said, "I don't know the prison now. Who is in charge, even a key criminal like Zheng Gu can tell him to kill himself, it can be seen that he is useless! This time, His Majesty seems not to care about Zheng Gu's death, but what if he turns around and changes to a key criminal who needs to ask for a confession? "

After saying this, the emperor looked a little strange.

Yun Fenghuang's heart was startled suddenly, and he thought to himself, could it be that he was aware of the fact that he was beating the side drums for Sun Yu?

As a result, Chunjia pondered for a moment, then said slowly: "The imperial prison is just following orders, but it's still smooth."

"..." Yun Fenghuang was stunned for a moment, and said in surprise, "Your Majesty means that Zheng Gu is...?"

Chunjia coughed dryly, "I ordered."

He knew that the noble concubine had no relationship with the Zheng family, and even had a lot of grievances because of the former noble concubine Zheng Shangchu, so he had nothing to hide. It is convenient for Jiang Lan to clean up the whole family, but once the father and son leave the prison alive, it is impossible to say that the imperial army will make people's hearts fluctuate, so it is better to kill them."

The emperor didn't think there was anything wrong with what he did, and he still felt a little bit angry, "I originally thought that after I announced all the evil deeds that Zheng's family had done over the years, I would announce it to the world and issue a decree. Cut off. It’s just that there are constant turmoil in the front and rear palace. If Zheng’s crimes are numerous at this moment, wouldn’t it make people think that few civil and military men in the Manchu Dynasty are good things? Although this is also true, things can’t be like this If you do it, you can only take advantage of this guy, and let him get on the road quickly."

This is true, after all, there was the Ji family before and the Yuan family after, and there are already two scum families in a short period of time. If there is another Zheng family to join in the fun, the whole country will indeed have doubts about the court: what kind of bastard temple is this? What the hell! ?

Or maybe he feels that today's son is not discerning enough, after all, he gave the honor of the Ji family, and he fought for the title of the Yuan family, and this Zheng family...is the husband he found for Yun'an!

The emperor didn't want to be blamed for such an unknown person, so he would rather assassinate Zheng Gu privately to prevent the family from continuing to intervene in the Imperial Army.

In the end, although his subordinates were sharp and Zheng Gu died simply, Chunjia still felt that it was not enough to relieve his hatred after thinking about it!

If he hadn't been rushing to the extraordinary time, he wouldn't have cheap such a bastard!

"Your Majesty is wise and decisive in killing and attacking." Yun Fenghuang looked at the emperor appreciatively. Anyway, she has no grudges against Mrs. Zheng. It’s cheaper for the Zheng family, but it’s also for the sake of the overall situation... Besides, the future will be long, your Majesty is so discerning, why worry about the villain being a fish that slipped through the net?"

Chun Jia said subconsciously: "It's just that all the ministers are suggesting a thorough investigation into Zheng Gu's death. Is it possible that I will honor him later? Just think about it..."

Speaking of this, I feel something is wrong: Wait, I came to ask the imperial concubine to question, why are you talking about government affairs? ? ?

He gathered himself together, straightened his face, and was about to be reprimanded, but who knew that a palace official from the outside came in hastily, knelt down with a pale complexion, and said: "Your Majesty, empress, something is wrong with the side hall, Miss Meng has just hanged herself." !"