Chapter 332 Chapter 332: How to cure you
Emperor Chengde got up at 3:00 a.m., and the maids filed in to help him dress and wash.
"Your Majesty." Hu Qian waited for him to finish dressing, and then respectfully said: "Master Cui came in the middle of the night, and has been kneeling at the door until now."
Emperor Cheng De glanced at Hu Qian: "For what?"
Hu Qian had already found out something from Cui Ye, so when Emperor Chengde asked, he simply said it.
The chopsticks that Cheng Dedi had just raised were thrown onto the table with a "snap".
"To have someone take advantage of such a big loophole. Is this how he manages the Criminal Department?"
Hu Qian lowered his head, thinking that the slave is an eunuch, and the slave can't answer your question.
But the emperor is angry, it would be wrong if he doesn't speak.
So Hu Qian asked: "Your Majesty, do you want to invite Mr. Cui in?"
"Tell him to kneel outside the Hall of Supreme Harmony." Emperor Chengde said angrily.
"Abiding by the order." Hu Qian didn't intercede with Cui Ye, and went out in response.
The emperor looked at the table of breakfast and suddenly lost his appetite.
Cui Ye knelt outside until his legs were numb. When he saw Hu Qian coming out, he quickly asked, "Eunuch Hu, has the emperor issued an edict to me?"
Hu Qian stretched out his hand, helped Cui Ye up first, and said with a embarrassed face: "Master Cui, the emperor was furious when he heard about this, and asked you to kneel outside the Hall of Supreme Harmony."
Cui Ye's face turned pale.
Let him kneel, he can accept it.
But go to the Hall of Supreme Harmony and kneel...
Seeing that he is about to go to court, won't he just show the excitement to the civil and military officials?
How can you say that he is also the Minister of the Ministry of Justice, does he not want face?
Especially when his arch-rival sees him kneeling outside the temple, he can laugh for the rest of his life.
Cui Nei was extremely resistant in his heart, but he didn't have the courage to disobey the emperor's will, so under Hu Qian's sympathetic gaze, he leaned on the wall and tremblingly went to the Hall of Supreme Harmony.
Before the hour, officials entered the palace one after another and stood at the gate of the Hall of Supreme Harmony.
When they saw Cui Ye kneeling at the door, everyone was startled. Those who were well-informed soon understood why Cui Ye was kneeling here, and those who were uninformed asked their colleagues. Industry.
On such a morning, Cui Ye's limelight was more than the sum of the previous decades.
But what he wants is not such attention!
Cui Ye's face turned pale, pale and red, and he was anxious again. The emperor always disregarded his face, which always made him uneasy.
When Liu Xiang passed by Cui Ye, he gave him a comforting look.
Six books, five of which are in the hands of him and the second prince. This is the bargaining chip for the second prince to sit on the crown prince. Liu Xiang will not allow a slight mistake.
At the hour of the morning, the sound of the whip sounded, and the officials stood in several rows, and then walked into the Hall of Supreme Harmony one by one.
On the high dragon chair, Emperor Cheng De sat on it with an ugly expression.
Hu Qian shook his whisk and said loudly: "Ministers, I have something to announce."
His Highness's standing officials looked at each other, but for the first time, no one stood up.
Just kidding, such a big incident happened in the Ministry of Criminal Justice, Master Cui was still kneeling outside the door, the emperor made it clear that he would deal with this matter in the early court, whoever dares to talk about other things at this time, might become cannon fodder.
Anyway, the weather has been good recently, and there are no urgent public sentiments such as catastrophe and catastrophe. They have plenty of time to wait for the emperor to deal with Master Cui before playing their own affairs.
In the quiet hall, only the sound of shallow breathing can be heard.
Emperor Cheng De lazily raised his eyelids and announced Cuiye into the palace.
Cui Ye wrinkled his face like a bitter gourd, walked into the hall and knelt down to pay his respects: "My minister bows to the emperor, long live my emperor, long live, long live."
"Cui Aiqing, you really lived up to my expectations of you."
Cui Ye trembled when he heard Emperor Chengde's yin and yang tone, "This humble minister is guilty."
"Well, then tell me, how should I punish you for committing such a serious crime?"
Cui Ye was dumbfounded when he heard this: "..."
Your Majesty, this is wrong.
Shouldn't we ask the cause of the matter first, and then analyze the case?
His confession is modest, but he is not rushing to beg the emperor to come down.
At this time, Liu Xiang stepped out from where he was standing, bowed to the emperor, and said: "Your Majesty, Cui Shangshu is certainly wrong, but this matter was done maliciously, and Cui Shangshu also suffered an innocent disaster. I beseech you, Your Majesty, Let Cui Shangshu be lightly punished, and the people behind the scenes be severely punished."
As soon as Liu Xiang spoke, several ministers followed suit.
They are the Liu party, so naturally they have to support Liu Xiang.
"Your Majesty, among the hundreds of prisoners in the prison of the Ministry of Criminal Justice, only the person from the Ningxiang Tower was poisoned. It can be seen that this is an adversarial murder. Although Mr. Cui is ineffective in administering it, it is understandable." A minister said .
Immediately afterwards, another person said: "Your Majesty, you can tell who did this at a glance. It is abominable for Zheng Concubine to rely on his status as a concubine to kill someone so recklessly. Please ask the Emperor to investigate clearly."
Someone weakly said something for Zheng Consort: "Zheng Concubine angered them because of the bereavement of his son, and the Eldest Princess went crazy because of this, maybe the Concubine is also because God is not clear..."
Before he finished speaking, Xiang Liu interrupted him sharply.
"Poisoning dozens of lives can be erased only by insanity? Didn't Mr. Zhu know that three people died of poisoning last night?"
If no one died, it would be easy to deal with.
But three of them died, even if they were civilians, but if they died in the Ministry of Criminal Justice, it was the responsibility of the Ministry of Criminal Justice.
If Zheng Kuan is not pulled to the front to stand up at this time, the candidates he has cultivated with great difficulty will be so useless.
How could Liu Xiang allow this to happen.
Master Zhu was angered by Liu Xiang, and immediately shrank his neck and stopped talking.
"Marquis Wu'an, what do you think?" Emperor Chengde asked He Yu suddenly.
He Yu was called out, and he was in a bad mood. He bit his head and said: "Back to the emperor, I think I should ask Concubine Zheng to come over and inquire carefully. Since he dared to bribe the jailer to poison him, who was the one who was bribed? You will know when you wake up and torture yourself."
Emperor Cheng De gave Hu Qian a look.
Hu Qian hurriedly bent his waist and said: "Your Majesty, Concubine Zheng is already on the way and will be there soon."
Although the emperor said it clearly, as a personal eunuch, he could always understand the emperor's meaning from the emperor's words and phrases, so before going to the court, he ordered someone to invite Zheng Consort.
Emperor Cheng De looked at Cui Ye again and asked, "Cui Aiqing, have you found the person who poisoned you?"
Cold sweat broke out on Cui Ye's forehead, and he replied tremblingly: "If you go back to the emperor, you haven't...not yet."
Although he entered the palace as soon as the accident happened, news from the Ministry of Criminal Affairs also reached his ears every once in a while, including finding the person who poisoned him.
What the **** ran away.
After interrogation, it turned out to be a jailer named Wang Hu.
It was also he who came to deliver the message to him. Cui Ye thinks back now, and probably ran away after delivering the message.
At that time, the prison of the Ministry of Criminal Justice was in chaos, and by the time it was controlled and interrogated, Wang Hu had long since disappeared.
(end of this chapter)
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