Clear and Muddy Loss of Love

Chapter 295

Guilty ordered to welcome the emperor's husband again

The courtiers knelt down and shouted long live.

Nangong Jingnv sat on a high position, unknowingly faded away from the youthful empress Her Majesty, there was neither sadness nor joy on her clear face, and no emotion could be read in her deep eyes.

Even so, the courtiers could clearly feel from Her Majesty the kind of domineering arrogance that belonged exclusively to the royal family, or exclusively to the superiors, making people dare not look directly at Tianwei, let alone Feeling overbearing.

Nangong Jingnv raised her hand: "Your family is free from courtesy."

Everyone: "Thank you, Your Majesty."

Standing in the ranks of the courtiers, the five ministers have a sense of rebirth, especially the official ministers.

He couldn't help looking up at the majesty of the empress, and it happened that Nangong Jingnv was also looking at him, and the two just looked at each other indifferently.

Her Majesty's eyes didn't see waves, and she didn't linger too much on the official minister's face, but it made the latter feel: In just a few days, Her Majesty seems to have grown a lot, and she seems to be able to see from her body. During the heyday of the Spring and Autumn Period, the first emperor was able to control everything in the court without making a show.

After experiencing this dismissal and imprisonment, the five ministers have somewhat lost their spirits, and they probably know the reason why the Empress let them out, but...the Bei'anhou people are all dead, so what's the use of rehabilitating them? ?

Nangong Jingnu: "Zhen, I called a group of ministers today to hold this great court meeting because the bell set up by the late emperor was rung, and the lord of the injustice has a close relationship with me... It is not someone else who he is suing. , it is me."

The hall was quiet, and Nangong Jingnv signaled the servants to read the confession of the Secretary of the Ministry of Punishment in court, and put the imperial decree of the former emperor and the property transfer documents of the Sifang Bank on a tray, and handed them to the officials for circulation. .

After all the courtiers in the hall had finished watching, the servant carried the tray and went outside the hall to show it to officials below the third rank.

According to common sense, Nangong Jingnv should speak at this time, but she showed extraordinary patience, and did not speak again until the servant came back with a few things and returned.

Nangong Jingnu: "My dear family, what do you think about this matter?"

This process is actually very long, about half a stick of incense, enough time for the officials in the hall to think about it a few times.

After the words were finished, no one came out, until after a few breaths, Qin De, Minister of the Ministry of War, held a jade wat and came out silently.

Nangong Jingnv also let go of her nervousness. Everything is difficult at the beginning, but with Qin De as the beginning person, everything will be easy.

Nangong Jingnu: "The Ministry of War has something to say?"

Qin De: "Yes, Your Majesty please forgive me."

Nangong Jingnu: "Sure."

Qin De: "Your Majesty, forgive me. In fact, I heard about the lawsuit yesterday. Besides, no one in the capital is not talking about it, so I boldly read the files of the Ministry of Criminal Justice and found the father and son of Ding Yi and Ding Fengshan. The confession of the former emperor’s husband, Qi Yuanjun, was also brought up from the confession of Li Qiaoshan, a former member of the Ministry of Industry, and after consulting the files, it was found that most of the things they sued happened after the emperor’s last decree. ...That is to say, what these three people have told is very likely that Lord Qi Yuan received the last emperor's decree and followed it up."

Zhongshu Sheng Zuo Servant shot Lu Boyan out to refute: "Your Majesty, I have objections."

Nangong Jingnu: "Oh? Then tell me."

Lu Boyan: "Even if what the Minister of the Ministry of War said is true, it cannot be ruled out that Lord Qi Yuan used the imperial decree to take revenge. As we all know: Lord Qi Yuan has a deep palace, vicious wrists, and is good at disguising. Don't forget, everyone, he is not Lord Qi Yuan, but It is the son of King Khan of the Supporting Plow Department of the Beijing Kingdom: Qiyan Agula! In the eighth year of Jingjia, Qiyan Agula changed his name and surname to infiltrate the court. Due to clever rhetoric and tricks, the imperial decree was deceived, and revenge was carried out with the convenience of the imperial decree. Considering the ultimate motive of revenge, even if the things reported by the three people all happened after the imperial decree was promulgated, it still cannot prove that Qiyan Agula is innocent !"

Nangong Jingnu: "What Zuo Pushe said also makes sense. The son of a foreigner's royal family is "uneasy and kind" and it makes sense... Then tell me, how do you explain the Sifang Bank?"

Lu Boyan's throat was stagnant, and he groaned for a long while before replying: "I have checked, the two big masters behind the Sifang Bank, one is an old servant in the mansion of Xie An, a wealthy businessman in the former dynasty, and the other is involved in the case of embarrassment. The criminals, these two people are in a difficult situation, maybe they have long been resentful towards the imperial court and have been cooperating with Qiyan Agula."

Nangong Jingnv smiled when she heard the words, and then asked Qin De: "What do you think?"

Qin De also chuckled, took another step forward, and said loudly: "Sifang Bank has donated 600 million taels of silver to the imperial court one after another. If Master Zuo Servant calls this wolfish ambition, then the lower officials hope to be 'wolf-hearted and dog-lung'." It would be better if there were more people!"

Lu Boyan: "Businessmen don't care about farming and mulberry. What they do is buying low and selling high. They earn money from the people. The savings of the Quartet Banks are more than the tax money of the national treasury for a year. If you don't open warehouses and let bloodletting, you can gain a foothold. ?”

Qin De: "What Mr. Zuo Pushe said seems to have nothing to do with this case, and no matter how the Sifang Bank earned the money, the Ministry of Criminal Justice has not received any report of Sifang Bank breaking the law. .”

Lu Boyan: "Master Qin, why isn't he guessing? How do you know that these documents are used to fund the court?"

The "relationship" between the Lu family and the Supporting Li tribe is too deep, Lu Boyan naturally can't wait for Qi Yan to "rehabilitate", but his objection in the first few sentences is still reasonable, and what he said afterwards has a sense of nonsense.

Nangong Jingnv remained silent, and Qin De continued to refute: "Master Zuo Pushe has seen clearly that each of these transfer documents is stamped with the official seal of the subordinate yamen of the household department, and one copy exists in the hands of the Sifang Bank. Yamen, you can tell if it is true or not. Moreover, Gu Chunshu, the big owner of Sifang Bank, when he donated the first sum of money to the court, the household department received the account, and His Majesty even praised Gu Chunshu for this. Everyone in the world knows, Mr. Lu, it's better not to argue."

Minister of the Household Department: "Your Majesty Qizuo, the real money has entered the national treasury, and the account is handled by the veteran himself, and there is absolutely no fake."

Lu Boyan's face was ugly, and he backed away with a cold snort.

Qin De: "Your Majesty, it's actually quite easy to check this matter. You just need to add up the amounts involved in these transfer documents and compare them with the numbers in the testimony to verify the authenticity. In addition, regarding the 200 million yuan in Huainan mentioned in the testimony The taels of silver and rice and grain supplies are not without trace, as long as someone is sent to Huainan to find out the accounts of the disaster relief that year, it will be known. However, Yichen believes that the court does not need to be so troublesome. These evidences must not be false, otherwise he would not be able to bear a single crime of deceiving the emperor."

Nangong Jingnu: "Since someone raised an objection, it should be investigated, the Ministry of Household..."

Hubu Shangshu: "The old minister is here."

Nangong Jingnu: "How much money did the imperial court pay for the relief funds for the Huainan Rebellion?"

Minister of the Household Department: "In addition to the food and grass needed by the army, the Marquis of Bei'an only took 2 taels of silver from the court. The people affected by the disaster in Huainan were no less than 30. 2 taels of silver is not enough to pay. The veteran thinks... what Qian Tong said is true."

Qin De: "Your Majesty, there is a lot of evidence to show that Bei'an Hou Qi Yuan is definitely not the 'wolf ambition' generation that Mr. Lu said. If Bei'an Hou is really bent on revenge, he can just sit on the sidelines when the court is in danger. So much money to support the court to tide over the difficulties? It is true... Qi Yuanjun changed his name and surname to sneak into the court. The purpose of infiltrating the court may not be pure, but there may be other unspeakable secrets. Think about it carefully, Qi Yuanjun’s two yuan and one flower are true, right? The three-year rule of Jinzhou is also true, right? Single-handedly persuaded the Imperial Forest Army and supported His Majesty to ascend to the throne of God, have everyone forgotten? Not long ago... the Marquis of Bei'an resolved the Huainan Rebellion without a single soldier. How about this? One by one, which one is not a world-class feat? You adults are all learned sages, how can you stick to the difference of race? In the eighth year of Jingjia, Luobei belonged to Wei. Although Qiyan Agula changed his name, but he They are also citizens of Dawei, and they are fully qualified to participate in the scientific examination. Have you ever thought about it? At that time, Kitakyushu was in the hands of Nagus Erihe. The tribe that Hou belongs to is a deadly enemy, so is there another possibility...Qiyan Agula changed his name and surname to Wei, in fact, to avoid the pursuit of his "enemy"?"

Qin De's words found another way, and many courtiers fell into deep thought.

Lu Boyan: "But begging Yan Agula to murder the king and plot treason! What about this crime? He always confessed to this crime, right?"

Nangong Jingnu: "No, this crime...she didn't admit it, it was me who confessed it for her."

One stone stirred up thousands of waves, and the courtiers talked a lot.

Nangong Jingnu took a deep breath: "The Marquis of Bei'an didn't admit any of the charges reported by Li Qiaoshan and Ding Yi. It was I who... didn't check the truth, didn't check the truth, and confessed for her. Now Thinking back, it was my fault. I handed over the Marquis of Bei'an to the Inner Court Division, Dali Temple, the Ministry of Rites, and the three divisions for interrogation...you guys, have you ever heard that the Marquis of Bei'an confessed his crimes?"

The chiefs of the third department said one after another: "Never."

Nangong Jingnu let out a long sigh: "The king ordered the minister to die, and the minister had no choice but to die. At the time when the incident happened, the Marquis of Bei'an was suppressing the rebellion in Huainan. I...heard Li Qiaoshan's words, and my heart ached. At that time, the world was unstable. In order to appease the anger of the public, and to prevent the matter from becoming irreparable, I beheaded Li Qiaoshan and confessed all the crimes for the Marquis of Bei'an. After returning to Beijing, the Marquis of Bei'an knew that the holy will is hard to violate, and the king has nothing to do... ...did not take out the last emperor's last decree, nor did he make any excuses, but endured everything alone, just to maintain my prestige in the eyes of the people in the world."

After hearing what Nangong Jingnv said, Qin De lifted the hem of his official robe and knelt on the ground: "I implore Your Majesty to rehabilitate Bei'anhou!"

The other five ministers also knelt down one after another: "The ministers are guilty...Please ask your majesty to vindicate the Marquis of Bei'an!"

Minister of the Ministry of Officials: "The minister is guilty of believing slander and framing Zhongliang. Your Majesty, please punish him!"

All the courtiers who had been impeached and remonstrated loudly said: "I am guilty!"

Nangong Jingnv looked at the courtiers kneeling in the hall, her eyes became hot... If she had been so decisive earlier, why did she and Qi Yan come to this day?

Nangong Jingnv's heart is as clear as a mirror, she lied about this matter, and she also knows that she has wronged the late emperor by doing so.

But she had long thought of a way to punish herself, after she died... she would not enter the imperial tomb.

Jingjia four years, April.

Empress Nangong Zhenzhen issued an edict of guilt, admitting that she did not investigate the truth, blamed Zhongliang, was stupid, and wronged her husband...

And at the request of the ministers, he kept Bei'an Hou's existing food town, but withdrew his title, and restored the position of imperial concubine, the lord of the harem.

The reason why the latter request went so smoothly was that the courtiers felt that the Marquis of Bei'an was no longer alive, and even if he was restored to the position of imperial concubine, it would at best be accompanied by incense from the Taimiao.

After all, Jingwei is fighting a war, and if a person from Jing country enters the harem, he may give birth to the next generation of emperor with His Majesty the Empress... The literati in Wei country are not so magnanimous.

Nangong Jingnv came down to the court happily. Guilt against oneself can be said to be the biggest fault of the emperors of all dynasties, and it will be recorded in the annals of history, but Nangong Jingnv doesn't seem to care at all.

Now that there is a master in the harem, although his life and death are unknown, the courtiers are not good at urging marriage anymore, and they dare not dare to go through dismissal and imprisonment.

Nangong Jingnv was very happy, she wished she could order Qi Yan to return to the palace immediately, and when Qi Yan came back, she could find a way to let everyone know that she was still alive.

This time, I won't let Qi Yan suffer any grievances again, in this life, I will join hands with Zi...

Three days later, Nangong Jingnv, who was immersed in happiness and joy, experienced a thunderbolt again...

The secret letter written by Han Yun and Han Mowen to His Majesty the Empress entered the palace... The letter said that the supervising army blatantly defected to the enemy and entered Jiaozhou City with the enemy's general.

After reading the contents of the letter, Nangong Jingnv's eyes went dark, and when she recovered, her face was covered with a thin layer of sweat, and she leaned weakly on the chair.

Nangong Jingnv's hand holding the letter couldn't help trembling, she read the letter over and over again, tears filled her eyes silently, she left?

She...how could?How dare!

Nangong Jingnv cried and laughed, tore up the secret letter, and smashed everything she saw in the study, she was so tired that she was out of breath and had no energy left.

Qi Yan's departure made Nangong Jingnv feel that her heart was taken away. Nangong Jingnv couldn't believe that Qi Yan, who already had a relationship with her, would abandon her...

After three days like this, Nangong Jingnv fell ill...

Her Majesty the Empress was not found to have any specific symptoms, but her body was inexplicably weak. Just when the imperial doctors were helpless, another memorial from Luobei entered the palace.

This memorial was written by Gong Yanghuai. It turned out that after Qi Yan left, Gong Yanghuai also wrote a letter to Nangong Jingnv, and sent it to the capital at a faster speed than Qi Yan.

The letter also explained that Qi Yan left the barracks for three days, and even said that Qi Yan was holding a severed finger, vomiting blood and fainting in the snow.

After reading the letter, Nangong Jingnv disappeared from all illnesses immediately, but tears flowed out again, vomiting blood?How could she vomit blood?

Nangong Jingnv read the letter carefully several times, outlined the whole story in her mind, guessed who the severed finger belonged to, and also guessed the reason why Qi Yan vomited blood.

Nangong Jingnv was so anxious and distressed that she wished she could put on a pair of wings and fly to Qi Yan's side.

She... didn't let herself down, and because she made a difficult choice...

Nangong Jingnv threw off the quilt, walked to the desk with her shoes, and wrote two secret decrees.

One was for Han Yun, telling him that the prisoner's "surrender to the enemy" should not be publicized, and Han Yun was asked to tell the soldiers in Luonan that the prisoner had been executed.

Another secret decree was given to the Youzhou army who stayed in the capital, ordering them to leave the city immediately, take Qi Yan back from the soldiers, and tell the soldiers that the "supervising army" would be taken back to the capital for execution, and Qi Yan would be restored when the soldiers left. Yan's identity, he took her back to the capital in a graceful manner, and unified the caliber with the outside world, saying that the Marquis of Bei'an was found!