The Tyrant’s Beloved Empress

Chapter 120

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The local corruption case involving Shi Xun is not only directly related to the teacher’s office, but also officials who have close contacts with Shi Lezheng cannot escape interrogation and accountability, especially Chu Anliang, who once interceded with Shi Lezheng. With two or three generals, they even more cautiously wrote confession books and confessed their crimes, desperately setting aside the relationship with Shi Lezheng.

But the emperor’s anger did not dissipate, and there was a rumbling in the court, and every day I could hear that any adult or general was invited into the Dali Temple, and some of them could still come out. Some went in, but there was no more news. When the news came out, they were already convicted.

As early as when the Zhao clan was removed, everyone had seen the emperor’s iron-blooded methods. Especially this time, the emperor was clearly aimed at rectifying the local military affairs office. The spearhead was aimed at the generals and heroes, and the court officials shook them tremblingly. Khan, but no one has the courage to stand up and enter the admonishment.

Some military commanders who were not very open-minded were even more frightened and sick at home. They were worried every day, for fear that the knife and axe hanging above their heads would fall on their heads one day. On the contrary, it was Dazhu Kingdom Xue Qi who was dismissed because of his lingering illness and resignation from the position of Dazhu Kingdom. The emperor remembered the merits of Xue Zhuguo. He not only retained his position as the Great Pillar Kingdom, but allowed him to be raised in Beijing. Later, he sent the imperial physician to the Xue Mansion to check his pulse, and rewarded the precious medicinal material Ruo (gan gan).

Xue Qi also felt that the sage was generous, and he insisted on holding on to the sick body, and repeatedly thanked the king for his grace. After returning to Xue Mansion, he said that he could not get out of the disease and the door was closed. The same as Xia Zhuguo and Shentuzhuguo, regardless of government affairs, only dedicated to providing for the elderly.

Shi Lezheng was compared with the endings of the other three self-appointed Lao Zhuguo, and the emperor’s meaning was clear.

Chu Anliang in Jiao Zuo’s mansion was so angry that he fell a set of precious tea sets: “He is forcing me to submit!”

Now the four pillar nations, he is the only one who still holds the military power. In the past few years, the Chu family hasn’t picked up the children, and they are all supported by him alone, so they are no better than the other five. Over the years, he has carefully planned, for fear of accidentally ending up all the games. At the beginning, Shi Lezheng tried to persuade him to send troops secretly to help the abandoned prince succeed, but for the sake of safety, he did not send anyone there. Unexpectedly, he hadn’t fallen into the conspiracy case, but would still be forced to turn over the military power when he came.

Anyone who has a bit of a brain can now see that the emperor has not yet called Dali Temple to close the case, and clearly is to force him to take the initiative to go to the table and resign!

“I knew it… I knew it was better at the beginning!” Chu Anliang has been a turf for all his life, and he has been stubborn for a lifetime. Now he has been put on the fire like this by the emperor, and finally he can’t hold it back. Live the accumulated grievances.

“Zhuguo calm down, be careful that there are ears on the wall.” His confidant opened the door vigilantly and looked outside. Only when he didn’t see the figure, he was relieved, and then carefully checked the doors and windows, before he lowered his voice: “The person who knows the times is a handsome man. We can’t support it alone. If (qiang) holds up and refuses to lower his head, I’m afraid…” He didn’t finish the following words, I’m afraid Xing Prison of Dali Temple is waiting for them.

In the past few years, Chu Anliang and Shi Le have been in close contact. Shi Lezheng and his son have been imprisoned in Xing Prison of Dali Temple for more than half a month, and no one knows what they have vomited. If Chu Anliang (qiang qiang) held on and refused to bow his head, for fear that the emperor would come up with a piece of evidence at random, he would be able to ask them to go to Xing Prison.

My confidant can’t help but feel a little bit shy when he thinks of this. He has done a lot for Chu Anliang over the years, but it is difficult to get away. If something happens to Chu Anliang, he is afraid that it will not be better. Therefore, he persuaded more carefully: “Tolerate a moment’s breath, then big things can happen.”

Chu Anliang was bitter in his heart, gritted his teeth for a while, but finally accepted his fate, closed his eyes and said, “You are right, you can keep the green hills, and you are not afraid that there will be no firewood.”

On March 20th, Dazhuguo Chu Anliang took off his official hat and removed his official uniform, and only put on a plain white shirt to appeal to the court. Since Chen Qigui has been with Shi Lezheng for many years of old friendship, he knows that the other party has made a mistake but hides it for him. These days, I was tossing and turning in the mansion and could not sleep well. I felt deeply ashamed of the trust in your majesty and was not worthy of this official uniform. Therefore, I would like to resign from office in order to repay my sins.

Chu Anliang was a very old man, and knelt in the Hall of Chongzheng with a haggard look, crying bitterly, begging Xiao Zhige to resign and pay for his crime.

No one in the court dared to speak for him, but many military commanders hurt his kind and looked faintly moved. Sitting on the dragon seat, Xiao Zhige had a panoramic view of everyone’s changes before and after, knowing that he could only go here this time, otherwise it would be too late, for fear of arousing grievances from the generals.

Standing in the forefront, An Changqing met him, and when he looked at Chu Anliang, who was sullied, he already understood the situation. He stepped forward two steps, personally helped Chu Anliang up, and comforted him in a warm voice: “Your Majesty is the sage monarch, rewards and punishments are clear. Although Zhu Guozhi is not aware that there is a small mistake, but there is no serious sin, why is it so self-blaming?”

An Changqing passed the steps, and Xiao Zhige went down, nodding and solemnly said: “What King Yan said is exactly what Shi Lezheng’s crime has not even been linked to his relatives. Chu Zhuguo is just a friend, so it doesn’t have to be the case. Now the four big pillars Kingdom, Xia Zhuguo and Shentu Zhuguo told the elderly to raise them, and Xue Zhuguo was sick again. Only Chu Zhuguo was still able to serve the country. Don’t say anything about resignation.”

Chu Anliang almost didn’t say anything when he said so plainly to appease the secret threat. He took a long breath and breathed for a while before he was relieved. He knelt down again tremblingly and said: “It’s not that the old minister is unwilling to serve the country. It is because the old minister is very old. These days, he is anxious and anxious due to the good things of the teacher. , It’s already useless. I only ask your Majesty to have mercy on the old ministers, and the prospective ministers will tell them to go home and recover from illness.

The two of them stayed in front of the ministers, and made a strong speech, and finally Xiao Zhige sighed helplessly: “No matter, Chu Zhuguo has decided to go, and it is not good for me to stay (strong qiang) again.”

After the words, he was reluctant to approve his resignation request, but he kept it nice, but what he did was commendable and secretly derogatory. In the end, even the honorary title of the Great Pillar Kingdom was not left, and he only very gently ordered Han Zhang to help him to the side hall to rest, and then ask the imperial doctor to come and get his pulse. Don’t let Master Chu suffer the cold.

After the dispersal of the dynasty, An Changqing and Xiao Zhige went to the Piandian of Chongzheng Hall to handle official affairs. The ministers who were waiting for a few discussions left, Xiao Zhige lost the memorial, stretched out his long arms and fished An Changqing into his arms. He was not very happy and said, “This Chu Anliang is really an old thing who can’t keep his hands.”

After Shi Lezheng and his son were sent to Xing prison, Xiao Zhige ordered Dali Temple to rigorously interrogate them. They vomited a lot of things, but Chu Anliang’s issues were trivial and trivial. He could be convicted, but he couldn’t hurt his bones.

Although Xiao Zhige’s wrist was tough in the court, he was always fair, so even if the courtiers were dissatisfied, he could not say a “wrong” word.

Chu Anliang’s guilt was insufficient, and even if Xiao Zhige was the emperor, he could not punish him as he pleased, otherwise it would be unfair and unable to convince the public.

“He’s a clumsy wall. If you don’t do things carefully, you won’t live until now.” An Changqing relaxed (shen) leaning back in his arms, but the pen in his hand kept on: “But this time he forced him It’s not bad to ask yourself to tell the old man. At least he can’t do anything on the face of it.”

Xiao Zhige sneered coldly: “This old fox has a big heart. As long as he doesn’t die, he won’t admit defeat.”

Before the waste prince conspired to rebel, he had a secret relationship with the waste prince, but he handled the (gan gan) from the beginning to the end, and did not ask Xiao Zhige to find evidence. Right now, although he was forced to resign and ask for retirement, he secretly said that he couldn’t make any wrong ideas.

An Changqing rubbed his cheek and said with a smile: “In the future, we will send someone to **** him off at intervals, so I can’t hold it back. Otherwise, if he holds it back for a lifetime, wouldn’t we have to guard him for the rest of my life?”

Xiao Zhige smiled, took the stubble that had emerged from Baxin and rubbed him, but said in a very serious manner: “The Goose King is really resourceful and resourceful, and you will have to rely on the Goose King for everything in the future.”

—Last night he pestered An Changqing for another night. He rarely got up late in the morning and went to the court before he had time to shave his beard. It’s also because the dragon seat is so far apart that you can’t see clearly. Otherwise, a hat with disheveled appearance is indispensable.

An Changqing was itchy and pushed people away a little disgustingly: “Go and ask Han Zhang to shave you beard.”

Xiao Zhige refused to go, and the two laughed for a while before they started talking about business again. An Changqing handed him a copy: “Taichang Temple Qing said that the examination papers have been approved, and the emperor list will be released soon.”

The test is completed on the first day of March, and the exam papers have been read on March 23 and ranked. Because of the matter of Shilezheng and his son in the front, everyone’s eyes are on this, and they don’t care about it. Now that the matter finally subsided, Taichang Temple Qing just handed over the papers to ask about the palace examination and the arrangements for the Qionglin banquet afterwards.

The list will be released at the end of March, and the palace exam will be held in mid-April. After the palace exam, Xiao Zhige pointed out another three people from the top ten exam papers, namely the champion, the second place and the Tanhua, combined into the top three. The Da Ye dynasty held a Qionglin banquet, inviting Xinke Jinshi to have a drink with Shengshang, and this time is no exception. The Qionglin Banquet is a state banquet, and the Shinke Jinshi will also be the pillars of the country in the future. Therefore, it is also a happy event worth celebrating, and all matters should be prepared early.

Xiao Zhige said, “Let’s make the Qionglin banquet more lively. A group of people have just sent off in front of me. It is just by the happy event that the ministers’ hearts are forgiven, lest they dare not speak loudly and tremble all day long.”,

Obviously he was scaring people with a calm face all day long, and now he has to blame the courtiers for fear of him. An Changqing glanced at him speechlessly, feeling more sympathetic to his colleagues, and said: “Then do it more lively.”

***

On March 25th, Gongyuan released the list.

Early in the morning, the walls of the Gongyuan Zhangbang were crowded with candidates who came to watch the rankings. After the exams, they stayed in Yejing to wait for the rankings to be released. They looked forward to it day by day, and finally looked forward to this day.

One by one Huangbang was posted, and everyone looked for the names of themselves or their relatives and friends eagerly. An Changqing also sent someone to watch the list early in the morning. He didn’t go out because there were too many people, and only sent An Fu to watch it.

Zhou Helan was sitting beside him—the two happened to collide when they came to the Gongyuan, and they came along the same way.

An Changqing joked, “I thought you had the chance to win, so you won’t be nervous.”

When Zhou Helan arrived, the clouds were calm and breezy, without frowning. Right now An Fu went to look at the list. He was a little nervous (exposed), his hands on his knees clenched into fists, and he looked out from time to time.

“It was originally not nervous.” Zhou Helan no longer concealed it when he saw it, and a trace (color) appeared between her eyebrows: “It’s just that after I went to a few banquets after the exam, I realized that this time I was a Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, I thought I was winning three yuan. When there was no suspense, I later found out that I was sitting on the well and watching the sky. I was afraid that this time I would live up to the young lady’s expectations.”

When An Changqing passed the handkerchief that An Xianyu personally embroidered with the “Lianzhong Sanyuan” handkerchief to him, he said that he would not disappoint An Xianyu, and this time he would definitely win the three yuan, and he was proud of the grace and beauty of the goose palace to propose marriage. .

Only when things came, he was afraid that he would fail An Xianyu’s expectations.

An Changqing filled him up with tea and asked, “If you fail to win the championship, how are you going?”

Xuxu’s hand clenched into a fist tightened again, Zhou Helan lowered her eyes and said, “If I fail to win the championship, I will still send a matchmaker to propose marriage. If the young lady does not give up, I will definitely earn a tribute for her in the future, and I will not make her face. There is no light; if she finds me useless and chooses someone to negotiate with me, I have no complaints…”

An Xianyu is getting older and older, and her ordinary daughter is already married at this age. She has been unable to make an appointment for a long time, plus she has retired from a family before. Although due to the power of the Goose King, no one dared to talk gossip, but when he wanted to come up, his words would not sound too good. Zhou Helan has always wanted to ask her to marry herself gracefully, so that she will not be broken in the future, saying, “Even if she is sheltered by her brother, it is difficult to find a good relationship at this age. If there are still people “We must marry earlier” and so on.

He spoke earnestly, and An Changqing was satisfied. If Zhou Helan said something like “If you fail this year, you will have to take the exam again in the coming year, and you will go to raise your marriage after the exam.” He will pass the exam, and An Changqing will not. Will agree to this marriage.

Now that he can put himself in consideration for An Xianyu’s sake, he is a person worthy of trust even if he has failed to high school.

As they were talking, they heard a loud noise suddenly coming from outside, and the voices of An Fu and Zhou’s servants came one after another.

“It’s hit, Young Master Zhou is hit!”

An Changqing was overjoyed and opened the curtain, even more anxious than Zhou Helan: “What is the number one?”

An Fu and the young companion went through the crowds to read the list. After seeing the ranking, they returned to announce the good news without breathing well. At this time, their tongues were knotted with excitement: “In, hit… the first name!”

Zhou’s little boy hurriedly added: “The son is the top of the list!”

Zhou Helan looked stunned for a moment, then closed her eyes and calmed down her emotions, maintaining a calm voice: “Going back to the house, I will have many rewards today!”

The people around listened to the conversations between their master and servant, and they knew that Jinke Huiyuan was sitting on the carriage. Many people who caught the son-in-law on the list looked at the carriage and were eager to move. When they wanted to come forward and talk, they were stopped by the people around them. They kindly reminded them: “You can see clearly, this is the carriage of King Goose Mansion.”

An Changqing’s carriage is very low-key, only embroidered on the carriage curtain with a gold word “Goose” on a black background. The font is exactly the same as the “Ge” flag used by the Northern Warlord.

Others moved their minds after hearing the words and took a look, and found that it was indeed the car of the Goose Mansion, so they could only rest their minds.

On the contrary, An Changqing sent the people back to Zhou Mansion, and then rushed back to the Wang Mansion to report the good news to An Xianyu.

***

After resolving the Yuan, Zhou Helan’s reputation is better than before. The invitations were much more numerous than before, and there were still many noble marquis’ homes with daughters waiting to be married that threw an olive branch to Zhou Helan.

It’s a pity that Zhou Helan is like a slippery fish, long-sleeved dances greet each other, but no one’s high branches.

It was another classmate hosting a banquet on this day, and Zhou Helan was invited to go. The classmate who hosted the banquet came from the same academy as he was originally from the same school. However, in the future, he was awarded a jinshi, and everyone was in the same court. It is inevitable that when there is a need to help each other, the love of the classmates becomes heavy.

The rankings of the few candidates who came to the banquet are not low. They are all within fifty. If it is not unexpected, after the palace examination, the scholars cannot run. If they are more powerful, they will get the emperor’s blue eyes, Jinshi and Diye. Not impossible.

In the days after being released on the list, some ordinary family members have almost reached the sky in one step, and many families of wealth and power that were hard to see before have handed out olive branches to them. Especially the top few, many have become guests.

When the elders were hot with wine, it was inevitable to talk about romantic affairs. The four greatest joys in life are “Long drought meets the rain, and old friends in another country. The bridal chamber nights, when the gold list is inscribed.”

Now that the titles of the gold list are within reach, it is inevitable to imagine a splendid wife and family, and the bridal chamber is dazzling.

Juzi sitting next to Zhou Helan said: “Brother Zhou is the most blessed, even in the double yuan, the first one is promising, I am afraid that it will attract a lot of pampered guests secretly admiring, and I am afraid that (yanyan) will have a lot of blessing in the future.”

Another person answered, “I heard that Brother Zhou and King Goose are quite related, and King Goose still has a younger sister who has not yet come out of the pavilion—”

“Brother Li speak carefully.” Before he could finish speaking, Zhou Helan frowned and interrupted him: “Marriage is the order of the parents to match the words. I will wait until I go to a banquet and have a drink. I still don’t want to be flirty. .”

The first two candidates were of poor origin, one won eleven and one won sixteen. These days, it is inevitable to be praised by others, and the words become less and less important. Right now, when Zhou Helan pierced it face-to-face, his face (color) was a little bit ridiculous.

Zhou Helan didn’t like the relationship between two people (sexual xing), so she poured her wine and turned to talk to others. It’s just that a word at the banquet was passed on by someone unknown. After a few twists and turns, it turned out that Zhou Helan uttered the truth after drinking, saying that he had no intention of the sister of the King Goose, but it was due to the knowledge of King Goose. Well, after the palace exam, I had to go to the Yanwang Mansion to propose marriage.

Even Zhong Shuangyuan, Sanding Jia’s promising son-in-law, Chenglong, would like everyone. After the news came out, many people believed it to be true, and it was inevitable that they were a little bit sour in their hearts. However, due to the identity of King Goose, these words are only circulated in private. Whenever they are mentioned, some people have to say a few words. If they say too much, some people will take it seriously.

When An Changqing knew about this, it was already mid-April and the palace examination was imminent.

Taichang Temple Shaoqing is only a few years older than him, and he respects him for calming down the disputes among the members of the restaurant, and often invites him to have a drink. When having a drink recently, he couldn’t help secretly (touching Mo) (touching Mo) to tell him the rumor.

“I’ve seen Helan once this week. The eyebrows are very straightforward, not like the ambitions of the villain. It’s just that there is no cause for nothing. I heard that he has some connections with the prince, and it is related to the fame of Lingmei, so I dared to take it again. Mouthpiece.”

An Changqing frowned, she stretched her eyebrows a moment later, raised her eyebrows and smiled: “Thank you Shaoqing for your kindness. If this matter was told to me earlier, I would have to worry about how to deal with it. But right now, I don’t need to have a palace test. No matter how much you worry, a few days later, the rumors will be self-defeating.”

Shaoqingmu (Lu) of Taichang Temple is puzzled: “Does the prince have a clever plan?”

An Changqing smiled: “Let’s wait and see.”

The author has something to say:

Counseling: I pretend to be a black face and a red face. It really turns out to be a natural match.