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Not even Prime Minister Li was hurt.
And at this moment.
Li Jiulang was standing in the Li Family Ancestral Hall, holding the tablet he had made in the morning in his hand, looking at the empty seat. After thinking for a long time, he finally smiled helplessly and left with the tablet.
After all, I still feel that my sister is somewhat unworthy.
Li Xingyue stood at the entrance of the ancestral hall and looked at her father.
After all, she had just experienced the assassination, and she also learned from the counselors around her father what would happen today and what her aunt was going to do.
Of course
Li Xingyue was also shocked, because this matter was too big. The Great Xia Dynasty had not experienced a rebellion since the one experienced by Emperor Xuanzong.
But his own aunt actually rebelled and killed the king.
How could this not surprise Li Xingyue?
But at the same time, Li Xingyue also understood why her father acted like that this morning, and why he asked her so many questions about her aunt.
present.
Li Xingyue watched her father walk out with an empty tablet, and hesitated, but still said, "Dad, why don't you put it up there? He's dead after all."
Li Jiulang was stunned for a moment, then he smiled and rubbed Li Xingyue's head. "I have been thinking about whether to put your aunt's tablet there, but forget it. If I hadn't gotten out early, our entire Li family would have suffered for what she did. If I put it there, all the ancestors of the Li family would come looking for me. Besides, it's also Dad's fault for being too sentimental that he actually made a tablet. I knew that she no longer considered us as relatives, but I still thought about her as my sister. Don't think too much about it. It's Dad who hasn't gotten over it. But it doesn't matter."
Although Li Xingyue was not good at studying, she understood these principles, so she nodded.
Li Jiulang smiled and said, "Let's go. There won't be any assassins coming to our house. Go and help Dad get his court robes ready. I need to go into the palace."
Li Xingyue nodded, but glanced at the empty tablet in Li Jiulang's hand, thought for a moment and said, "I'll go burn it."
Li Jiulang handed the tablet to his daughter.
Li Xingyue took the tablet and walked out of the ancestral hall courtyard, thinking about her aunt's appearance in her mind. She didn't know what to say or what to think, but she only knew that a girl's thoughts were innocent, so she burned it and was done with it.
If I don't see these things, I won't have these worries. My aunt will die anyway, so I won't have to think about her after she dies.
Li Jiulang stood at the gate of the ancestral hall, looking at his daughter's back, feeling somewhat relieved. He had taught his daughter so many truths, but he never expected that a phrase "a girl's thoughts are innocent" would make his daughter suddenly open her heart and become a better person.
Whenever he thought of this, Li Jiulang felt that he owed Su Changan too much.
But without thinking about these things, Li Jiulang turned around and looked at his father's tablet in the ancestral hall.
I have already told my old father everything I should and wanted to say about Li Nishang all day long, and there is nothing more to say now.
So after just taking a look and paying his respects, Li Jiulang walked outside.
because
Now it's his turn.
The wind blew gently.
The bell in front of the ancestral hall rang softly.
Li Jiulang was stunned for a moment, then turned around to look at the bell. He couldn't help but think of his sister who used to be so innocent and kept pestering him to ask about the bell.
After looking at the bell with a wry smile, Li Jiulang turned around with a resolute expression and walked towards his own yard.
Just at the gate, Li Jiulang saw the counselor Xu Zisheng in red official uniform.
Xu Zisheng was an official recommended by his father. Although he had always served as a counselor in his house, he actually held the status of an official in the Ministry of Revenue.
Seeing Xu Zisheng like this, Li Jiulang smiled and said, "Zisheng, you don't have to go with me."
Xu Zisheng bowed and said, "I used to follow Li Nishang, and I told you everything I know, but Xu Zisheng still wants to do his best for you."
Li Jiulang smiled and said, "I'm afraid I'll even lose my official position this time. I can't keep your official position."
Xu Zisheng immediately smiled and said, "As an official, what difference does it make whether I do it or not?"
Li Jiulang smiled helplessly, said no more, and walked straight into his yard.
When she arrived at her room, Li Xingyue had already tidied up her purple robe as the Minister of Revenue.
Looking at the court robe he had worn for many years, Li Jiulang smiled and stopped talking.
After sending Li Xingyue out, he changed into court clothes.
After tidying himself up in front of the bronze mirror, he walked to the table, opened the secret compartment, and took out the memorial inside.
Before leaving, he looked at Li Xingyue and said, "Stay at home."
Li Xingyue nodded.
Before leaving, Xu Zisheng looked at Li Xingyue and joked, "Miss, you should practice those etiquettes well. The Palace Administration is a place that specializes in correcting the etiquette of palace maids. I saw your movements today. If you go there, I'm afraid they will correct you."
Li Xingyue was furious when she heard this, but she was embarrassed and didn't know how to refute because she really did not do well.
Li Jiulang smiled helplessly, and then reminded Li Xingyue not to go anywhere, then he and Xu Zisheng got in a carriage and headed towards the palace.
Together with.
There were also three large carts of boxes, totaling eight boxes.
After walking a long way, Xu Zisheng looked at Li Xingyue before returning to the mansion. He smiled and said, "I'm afraid there will be fewer people coming to our Li Mansion in the future."
Li Jiulang smiled and said, "No one will come here anymore. They may even stay away from us."
Xu Zisheng laughed heartily.
……
At the Yang Mansion.
Yang Shanchang sent someone over in the afternoon, asking Yang Guofu to gather Yan Jingqing and others to Yang's house.
So there are now Yang Guofu, Yan Jingqing and other pillars of the Taifu Party, all wearing court robes and holding a memorial in their hands.
Among them, Yan Jingqing looked at Yang Guofu and said with some concern: "Guofu, this is really what the old man asked us to do."
Yang Guofu frowned: "If it wasn't for the old man, would I have called you here? And why would I have asked you to write down the charges against the Queen Mother and those under her in such a hurry?"
Yan Jingqing pursed his lips and looked at Yang Guofu, shaking his head helplessly: "It's really what happened today, I'm still scared. I never thought that His Majesty would stretch out his claws as soon as he said so, and you saw it like that, it's exactly the same as the late emperor."
Yang Guofu also understood Yan Jingqing, but after glancing at the sky outside, he stood up and looked at one of them: "Those censors have already gone."
The official being questioned nodded immediately: "After the old man gave the order, I immediately asked those people to write a memorial and wait outside the palace gate."
Yang Guofu glanced at everyone and said, "It's almost time, let's go too."
Everyone nodded, stood up and walked outside.
After leaving the yard, they got on one carriage after another.
Among them, Yang Guofu was sitting in the carriage with a memorial in his hand. He thought about what the person sent by his father said, that all the charges against the empress dowager should be written in a memorial. Today he would go to meet His Majesty in person to submit the letter. This was a matter involving his own interests, so he had to throw away everything.
Thinking of this, Yang Guofu sighed. They didn't have much direct contact with the Queen Mother. It was just that some businesses were controlled by the Queen Mother's people, so in order to save on toll taxes, they gave some to the Queen Mother.
But
This will undoubtedly make them hand over this business!
So Yang Guofu felt distressed, very distressed!
But when he thought of the emperor's appearance at the altar today, Yang Guofu was still frightened.
Just as Yan Jingqing said just now, just like the late emperor.
But what Yang Guofu couldn't figure out was.
Why did his father let the messenger say that all officials who had contact with Li Nishang, even if they were small county magistrates, must be dug out, the more the better.
Even if people from both the King of Shu and the Eighth Prince were dug out, it didn't matter, as long as there were enough people.
Although he did as he was told, he still couldn't figure it out.
However, he did not write about the King of Shu's people because they were useful.
But he has written a lot about the Eighth Prince's people.
……
The court for interrogating the officials of the Queen Mother's party today was set up in the largest outer court of the Ministry of Justice.
The specifications and scale are rare even in the entire criminal department files.
Taifu Yang Shanchang, Zhongshu Ling Su Zimu, Dali Temple Minister Dugu Ruyuan, Ministry of Justice Minister Lu Qingxu, and Taishi Su Wenqing who was not present yet.
It can be said that among the officials of the third rank and above in the current dynasty, all the officials involved in court affairs and investigating cases are here.
On both sides, officials from the Dali Temple and the Ministry of Justice who were of the fifth rank and above all sat there to listen.
There were dozens of officials in total, all sitting in the yard, making the usually spacious yard suddenly seem a little crowded.
There were many suspects in the court, but the officials being interrogated were more than a dozen people of the fourth rank or above who had followed the empress dowager in the past.
In the court, although the Minister of Justice Lu Qingxu was a woman, she was upright and serious. At that moment, her face was ashen and very serious. She stretched out her right hand and slammed the gavel heavily.
'boom! ! ! '
A loud and righteous voice echoed throughout the courtroom. The courtroom suddenly became quiet and even the slightest sound could be heard clearly.
"What you have done is extremely treasonous! Thanks to the emperor's careful planning, if anything had happened to the emperor, wouldn't the hundreds of years of foundation of our Great Xia be destroyed in the hands of you traitors! You eat the emperor's salary, but you do things that disrupt the government! You are so bold! You still don't speak frankly after the matter was exposed today!"
"I am innocent!"
"I am being wronged!"
"Lord Lu, although I used to obey the orders of Li Nishang, I didn't know she was going to do such a treasonous thing. It's unfair!"
……
The criminals below were chattering, one after another.
Lu Qingxu was even more furious, especially when he saw Wang Maoqing who was shouting the loudest. He immediately scolded, "Unjust? You still have the nerve to shout unjust! The Queen Mother wanted to transport the materials needed to make gunpowder. Not to mention the altar, even in the Imperial Examination Hall, you filthy traitors were definitely involved. Now you shout unjust?! The left and right guards entered the capital without an imperial edict. If it weren't for you guys interfering, how could such a big commotion not be known by others! ! I never follow the rule that scholars and officials should not be punished. The crime you committed today is a heinous crime that disrupts the foundation of my Great Xia! These words of the saints don't apply here! And you traitors, how dare you call yourselves scholars and officials of my Great Xia!"
After that, Lu Qingxu shouted, "Come here! Arrest him!"
Upon hearing this, the officers from the Ministry of Justice clasped their fists and then turned around and brought up the killing stick and other criminal instruments.
The officials below naturally knew how powerful these things were. After all, they had used them on others many times before. However, they did not expect that these things would be used on them today.
Immediately, the voices crying out for injustice became louder.
Among them, Wang Maoqing even stretched his neck and shouted: "Master Lu, I really don't know, I really don't know anything, I was beaten by Zhu Huang... No, no, I accidentally fell and then recuperated at home. I didn't even go to the altar today."