shark [rebirth]

There is no one more reliable than Xu Jin. Four hours later, Pei Heng felt a soft kiss on his brows and eyes, and then a delicate warm wet towel was applied to his eyes. He raised his hand and gently clasped the back of Xu Jin's hand, Hearing Xu Jin laugh and take his hand away, Pei Heng picked up the towel and wiped his face casually, and when he opened his eyes, he didn't feel the slightest discomfort of being interrupted from sleep.

Xu Jin turned around and went out, but Pei Heng didn't get up immediately, and lay quietly for a while, enduring the headache that recurred outside the capital this morning, got up and went out when he recovered, and heard someone arguing in a low voice in the corridor, it was Xu Jin and Wen Ge the sound of.

Pei Heng picked up the tea cup on the table and took a sip, then walked out the door as if scattered, and saw Xu Jin's hands moving slightly in the corridor at dusk, talking to Wen Ge with a very strong posture.

"What's the matter? We got into a fight when we met." Pei Heng asked.

Xu Jin turned her head, and the serious expression on her face turned into a gentle smile in an instant: "Master Wen suggested that I should be stationed in the Qingyu Palace for a period of time. I don't think it's appropriate. If I leave the prince for too long, I will be dissatisfied and prone to madness."

Wen Ge: "" I thought when I said that.

Pei Heng let him talk nonsense, and asked: "Oh? How long will Master Wen second you?"

Xu Jin: "Three days."

Pei Heng almost choked, coughed and said, "That's really a long time."

Wingo: "..."

Xu Jin deliberately didn't give Wen Ge a chance to talk to Pei Heng alone, strode over and pushed Pei Heng into the room: "Hurry up and change clothes, the officials will enter the palace in the evening, Lu Juanqing and Lu Esa have already agreed, and we will do it today An Guogong."

Hearing this, Pei Heng also put the dispute behind them just now, couldn't stop thinking, spread his arms and let Xu Jin skillfully undress and change himself, and said: "There are so many people this morning, it's inconvenient to ask, General Lu Has the culprit who caused Ah Huan's illness been found out? Did someone send a message during the day?"

While Xu Jin was changing his clothes, he fondly took advantage of his waist, with a serious and innocent expression on his face: "I've been here before, and they said that some of the emperor's servants had given medicine to the emperor, and they all confessed. Said to be instigated by the Sun family."

Pei Heng suddenly rushed into his heart with anger, and asked suppressing his emotions: "Sun Yongshang or An Guogong?"

Xu Jin patted his back, not wanting to make him too angry, said: "I didn't say anything, but it's all the same, they all have to die."

The officials entered the palace dressed in plain linen, and looking around, the palace hall and the front square were shrouded in gloomy sorrow and sorrow. During the sensitive and numb period, people dared not whisper casually, so no one talked to anyone, and walked stiffly. Mingde Hall gathered.

The hall was empty and tall, the young man on the throne disappeared, the empress dowager was so sad that she closed the palace door, and the empress sat quietly behind the curtain.

Under the Imperial Street, the old Xiangguo is old and in poor health. The highest-ranking minister in the palace today is Lu Juanqing.

Eunuch Dexian's eyes were red, and he stood in front of the hall and sang salutes one by one. All the officials followed his voice and bowed in the direction of the inner hall where the emperor's body was. Hesitating, he paused and planned to end today's ceremony step by step, but Lu Juanqing took a step forward and said, "You are all here now, some things are better handled as early as possible, so as not to delay until the next day's court meeting."

The emperor passed away, and there is no golden mouth in the court for the time being, but all ministries and courts still have to do things, until the emperor is trusted to ascend the throne, there is a big court meeting every three days, and all officials still have to discuss important matters. Old Xiangguo and several first-rank officials took turns to make the final conclusion.

This kind of order can still be maintained in a short period of time. The recent one or two big court meetings, without exception, revolved around the issue of successor candidates. The women of the Sun family are all concerned with propriety and awareness of current affairs. The Queen Mother does not show up. Lu Juanqing knew that the little emperor was not dead, and even though the officials were arguing, they were naturally controlled by Lu Juanqing every time, and they couldn't make a decision on who the new emperor should be.

Seeing that Lu Juanqing suddenly stood up to talk about something, everyone guessed that when Pei Heng returned to Beijing today, he must make a quick decision to deal with the Sun family. Some also speculated that Lu Juanqing would propose to elect a new emperor.

For a moment, all the wandering eyes in the hall were on Pei Heng, King Huaiyuan and Lu Juanqing.

However, the three of them were more immobile than the other, and the slightest fluctuation did not appear on their faces. King Huaiyuan was still standing beside Pei Heng with his sleeves in his sleeves. Neither his uncle nor his nephew spoke to each other, and there was no sign of it.

As soon as Lu Juanqing raised his hand, An Guogong, who hadn't appeared just now, was brought to the hall. He was a little wrinkled in his fine clothes, and his face was bewildered. His enthusiasm for flattering King Huaiyuan in the morning had also disappeared. He subconsciously looked at King Huaiyuan with It was a bit of a submissive call for help, but Huaiyuan King didn't look at him at all.

The Sun family is not completely worthless, but the men of the Sun family are already worthless.

An Guogong trembled all over, as if realizing what he was about to face, he looked desperately behind the bead curtain on the steps, but only saw a mass of darkness, the queen had already left.

An Guogong sat slumped on the ground like a bereaved dog. Pei Heng glanced at him. When this idiot killed tens of thousands of soldiers, he must have never expected this day.

Lu Juanqing was dressed in a general's military uniform, standing with his hands behind his back, handsome and majestic.

"Your Majesty previously sent King Rui to the south to investigate the corruption case in Yangzhou. The prince returned to Beijing today, and the file was handed over to Dali Temple for investigation. The Xiling Division found a lot of things from the Duke's house, which can be matched with the Yangzhou case."

An Guogong trembled all over, and argued: "Your Majesty is not here, you are slandering me, Mrs. Sun! It's all fake! Fake evidence..."

Pei Heng said indifferently: "Your Majesty, there is no need to bother, I brought you into the palace today, just to meet your former colleagues, not for you to argue."

An Guogong stared at Pei Heng, fearful and resentful: "You are covering the sky with one hand, aren't you? My grandson family has been prosperous for a hundred years, but today I was defeated in this great hall where no one is in charge!"

Yan Yunhou smiled and said: "I don't like to hear these words anymore, the Sun family is so prosperous, isn't it defeated by the Duke?"

After being signaled by Lu Juanqing, several people entered in a file, with dozens of files on the tray in their hands, almost turning over the old background of An Guogong and Sun Yongshang. Dozens of people from the top to the six ministries and down to the local government were implicated.

Pei Heng turned to Xu Yiting and said, "Thank you, Mr. Xu."

Xu Yiting signaled his subordinate Xiling Guards to do it, and a dozen Sun disciples and accomplices were escorted down on the spot, and the hall was in turmoil for a while. This was the first "liquidation" in the court after the emperor's death.

Everyone was in a state of surprise, courtesy first and soldiers later, with the collapse of the Sun family, is it possible that they will fight for the throne next time?

King Huaiyuan and Marquis Yanyun stood at the same place, facing Lu Juanqing and Pei Heng, Xu Jin walked away from Wen Ge, and stood behind Pei Heng, there was a sudden tit-for-tat confrontation between the two sides.

King Huaiyuan suddenly asked: "According to the law, how should the Sun family be punished? Will the nine clans be punished?"

Only then did everyone come to their senses, and King Huaiyuan said again: "My concubine is innocent."

He was talking about his own concubine, but he pointed directly at the empress dowager and empress, these two most noble women were both born in the Sun family.

The courtiers exploded, and someone said angrily: "If this matter is to be thoroughly investigated, it must not be tolerated outside the law."

Seeing that the fire was about to reach the queen mother and the queen, Pei Heng and Lu Juanqing exchanged glances quickly, and Pei Heng said loudly: "The case investigated by this king does not involve the queen mother, and the current situation still requires the queen mother to sit in the palace. You're going to lose your sense of proportion."

Lu Juanqing's eyes darkened. Of course Pei Heng wanted to protect the Empress Dowager. The Empress Dowager had never done anything inappropriate. After the Emperor left, he lived in seclusion. Besides, there was no one in the court. In these few days, there was still a need for someone with a suitable status. It can only be the empress dowager.

A thought suddenly flashed in Pei Heng's mind, which made him feel cold: Could it be the queen mother who killed Ah Huan?

He suddenly raised his eyes to look at Lu Juanqing, but Lu Juanqing had already turned away, unable to see any clues.

Pei Heng immediately denied this absurd conjecture, thinking that he must be a warlord, a tiger would not eat a child, not to mention that she was the only woman in his imperial brother's harem, how could he have such doubts.

Lu Juanqing announced in public the conclusions after the collegiality of the various divisions. Sun Shiguogong and Sun Yongshang immediately beheaded, and those involved were punished according to the crime according to the law. They were exiled, beheaded, ransacked, and imprisoned. The matter was decided decisively. Incomparable ending in this night.

Someone immediately took advantage of the situation and proposed: "Your Majesty has no heirs. Now that everyone is here, we should decide on the succession as soon as possible."

The relaxed atmosphere froze again.

And just at this moment, there was just the right moment to shake the mountain to relieve the tension. The whole capital seemed to be shaken by the palm of a giant. The hall trembled and the carved windows made ominous creaking sounds. From above, he pulled Pei Heng and ran out: "Everyone go out first! Hurry up!"

"Dragon pulse?" Pei Heng immediately remembered the brief earthquake that happened in the capital last time.

"That's right, don't run around later, wait for me to come back."

All the officials woke up like a dream, staggering and crawling out with the hem of their robes, Xu Jin's pace was like lightning, he never looked back to care about anyone, took Pei Heng out, and quickly said to Wen Ge who was following: " Take good care of Chengyin, the change in the sea of ​​magic originates from the inner palace, I'll go check it out!"

It was the first time that Wen Ge was treated as a private national teacher, and he nodded in agreement.Xu Jin embraced Pei Heng and turned her back, using her figure as a cover, lowered her head and quickly kissed him on the lips, holding his face and took a deep look: "Don't run around." After saying that, she turned around and jumped. Go up to the roof of the main hall, and head towards the inner palace garden. The sky is covered by dark clouds, and the upper part of the Mingyue Imperial City is already full of ghosts.