old friends return

Emperor Hengde briefly glanced at the letter that he "saw by accident", his originally smiling face suddenly sank, and he slapped hard on the side of the dragon chair, "You bastard! Who reported this letter!" The eyes of everyone below were all on Chen Yuting, Chen Yuting was a little uncertain about Emperor Hengde's attitude, but he had no choice but to bite the bullet and stepped forward to answer: "Return to the emperor, my minister I don't know who sent this letter, so I didn't dare to report it lightly."

Emperor Hengde sat on the dragon chair and glanced at everyone, with a black face: "I have never been very interested in these things, and all the lovers know it, but now someone is corrupting under my nose." Accepting bribes and overstepping the authority of the board of directors! How courageous it is!"

He yelled a few words at the ministers standing below, leaned on the dragon chair with his hands supporting his head, and said in a hoarse voice: "Liu Shangshu is not in the court today, it just so happens that this letter Liu Shangshu is the one who reported the report! I don’t want to hear his excuses and waste a lot of words, but I want to hear your opinions on this matter.”

As soon as these words came out, except for the few people below who had already known about it and Chen Yuting who had read the letter, everyone had an expression of disbelief, and when these words fell into Cheng Muzhi's ears, it was like a bolt from the blue.Liu Shangshu?Liu family?How can it be?Such things as corruption and bribery can happen to anyone, but he doesn't believe in Liu Yinqiu. A person who has been an official for more than ten years doesn't even have any decent decorations in his home. To embezzle?Isn't this incident clearly a frame-up?

Ultra vires director?What is the right to overstep?What is the reason?Why haven't I heard Ah Yan mention these things?Earlier, the second emperor's brother wrote to himself and asked him to pay attention to Zuo Xiang and Cheng Muze, lest they attack the Liu family, why didn't his own people notice it at all?

Why didn't I find anything, and this matter was reported directly to the emperor... The more he thought about it, the more something went wrong, and Cheng Muzhi couldn't help but want to go out to defend Liu Yinzi, but he was beaten by a cough After all, the cough seemed to be abrupt in the very quiet hall at this time, and everyone looked at this person one after another.

But it was Kong Shenqiao, a scholar of the Palace University.

This cough also pulled Cheng Muzhi's impulsive thoughts back, Cheng Mu subconsciously looked at Hui Shanyuan, Hui Shanyuan shook his head at him, signaling him to calm down and not be impulsive.

Cheng Muzhi's originally complicated thoughts could be sorted out now when he calmed down. He turned his head and had a face-to-face meeting between Prime Minister Zuo and the First Prince. The two had different expressions on their faces. Ming Ming pretended to be confused and smiled at Cheng Muzhi.

I only heard Kong Shenqiao's serious voice said: "Your Majesty, I think that we need to investigate carefully at this time, and we must not rush to convict Liu Shangshu just because of this letter from an unknown source. May the emperor think twice."

At this time, the Prime Minister Hui Shanyuan also stepped forward and said: "Your Majesty, although I have not had much contact with Liu Shangshu, the veterans of the Liu family have been loyal and good for generations. I personally think that Liu Shangshu would never do such an insult to the Liu family. There must be something strange in this matter."

Emperor Hengde raised his head and glanced at the two people below, then nodded, "What the two Ai Qing said is reasonable, and I also feel that this matter is a bit strange, but I don't want to say anything else. Does anyone know about Liu Shangshu's exceeding his power as a director? of?"

Grand Tutor Li Ye standing behind Prime Minister Zuo said at this time: "Your Majesty, I have heard about this incident. Earlier, there was a lot of trouble about the theft of paintings and calligraphy from a large family in Shengjing, but it was closed after a while. The Gu family said that it was Liu Shangshu who solved the matter for him, and the minister was a little puzzled at the time. The Dali Temple Minister should be responsible for this theft case, and Mr. Chen should take over. Why did Mr. Liu take it over? ?”

Emperor Hengde put his eyes on Chen Yuting, and before Chen Yuting said anything, Cheng Muzhi couldn't help it, "Father, my son thinks that this is not something that exceeds the authority of the director, the laws of the Great Zhou Here, the responsibilities of Shangshu and Dali Siqing already overlapped. For a mere theft case, no matter whether Mr. Chen took over or Mr. Liu took over, it is best to resolve the matter. Why do you say that the director of the authority? I believe that this matter must have been deliberately made a fuss on it, and please ask Father to investigate this matter thoroughly."

Hearing that Cheng Muzhi used this excuse to defend Liu Yintiao, the Minister on the Right sighed helplessly, and said that no matter how many brains this child encountered with the Liu family, he would not be able to use his brains. ah……

Sure enough, Emperor Hengde snorted coldly and said: "Prince, I know you have a good relationship with the young master of Liu Shangshu's family, but this matter is much more complicated than you think, the laws of the Great Zhou have always been like this, but Don't forget, who is the current emperor, what do you think, Prince?"

Cheng Muzhi was startled, he knew that he was reckless, but his father's words were a bit too serious... Who is the current emperor... It's you, it's you...

"Father taught me that this matter is reckless. If you offend father, please don't blame son. I was also impatient. I never thought that Liu Shangshu would have such a thing. Please also father Huang Mo wants to be angry with my son." After Cheng Muzhi finished speaking, he retreated to his seat, his fists were clenched tightly all the time, his heart was anxious, but there was nothing he could do.

What to do, if this continues, what will Ah Yan do?Why did this happen at this time?At this time, the Liu family should still be busy with Mrs. Liu's funeral. If she knew that Liu Shangshu had such a big incident, would Ah Yan still be able to bear it...

Chaozhong fell into an eerie silence at this moment.

Cheng Muzhi saw that no one in the court came forward to say anything, and he was still thinking about what to say, but he heard Zuoxiang Yanqi, who had never spoken, said: "Your Majesty, what His Highness the Crown Prince said just now is a bit extreme, but you can think about it." The starting point is also good, after all, you can't convict Liu Shangshu out of thin air, and I also think that you should conduct a thorough investigation, so as to get the truth out of this matter."

Conviction... Where did the crime come from... Cheng Muzhi already had a rough idea in his heart at this time, the leftist must have something to do with it at this time, thoroughly investigate this matter... I must not have this opportunity, since self-recommendation is not possible, Then let Prime Minister Right take charge of this matter. In short, Prime Minister Left cannot be caught. Even if Chen Yuting investigates this matter by himself, it is better than Yan Qi meddling.

Just as he was about to speak, Emperor Hengde said: "Since this is the case, this matter must be investigated carefully, and I don't want to believe that Liu Shangshu will do such a thing. Zuoxiang, why don't you just go with Dali?" Siqing should be responsible for this case together, I should rest assured when you do things, "

After finishing speaking, he looked at Chen Yuting and said, "This letter was sent to Dali Temple again. Don't try to hide it, you Dali Temple minister. Just go to Liu Shangshu's house for a few days and check it out carefully." In this matter, it is better to clear Liu Shangshu's innocence as soon as possible. "