After the evil concubine was reborn, she only wanted to abuse the scumbag

Chapter 332 332: How to Treat You

Emperor Chengde got up at three o'clock in the morning, 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 Chengde glanced at Hu Qian: "What is it for?"

Hu Qian had already found out something from Cui Ye's mouth, so when Emperor Chengde asked, he simply said it.

The chopsticks that Emperor Cheng De had just raised were thrown onto the table with a "snap".

"It's surprising that someone took advantage of such a big loophole. Is this how he manages the Ministry of Punishment?"

Hu Qian lowered his head, thinking that the slave is a eunuch, and the slave can't answer your question.

But the emperor was angry, it would be wrong if he didn't speak.

So Hu Qian asked: "Your Majesty, do you want to invite Master Cui in?"

"Tell him to kneel outside the Hall of Supreme Harmony." Emperor Chengde said angrily.

"Observe 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 troubled 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 paled slightly.

Let him kneel, he can accept it.

But go to the Hall of Supreme Harmony and kneel...

Seeing that he was about to go to court, wouldn't he just show the excitement to the civil and military officials?
How do you say that he is also the Minister of the Ministry of Justice, does he want to lose face?
Especially when being seen kneeling outside the palace by his rival, he could laugh for the rest of his life.

Cui Ye 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 was up, 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.

In just such a morning, Cui Ye's limelight was more than the sum of the previous decades.

But he didn't want such attention!

Cui Ye's face turned pale, pale and red, and his mood was terrified again. The emperor's disregard for his face always made him uneasy.

When Liu Xiang passed by Cui Ye, he gave him a comforting look.

Of the six books, five are in the hands of him and the second prince. This is the bargaining chip for the second prince to sit on the throne. Liu Xiang will not allow a slight mistake.

At the time of the hour, 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 play."

All the officials standing by His Highness looked at each other, but for the first time, no one stood up.

Just kidding, there was such a big incident 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 is no rush of urgent public sentiments such as catastrophe and catastrophe. They have plenty of time to wait for the emperor to deal with Mr. Cui before playing their own affairs.

The hall was quiet, only the sound of shallow breathing could be heard.

Emperor Cheng De lazily raised his eyelids and declared Cuiye to enter 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."

When Cui Ye heard the yin and yang tone of Emperor Cheng De, his whole body trembled in fright: "This humble minister is guilty."

"Well, then tell me, how should I punish you for committing such a serious crime?"

When Cui Ye heard this, he was dumbfounded: "..."

Your Majesty, this is wrong.

Shouldn't we ask the cause of the matter first, and then analyze the case?
He pleaded guilty out of humility, not in a hurry to beg the emperor to forgive him.

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 really abominable for Zheng Yuma to rely on his status as a son-in-law to kill someone like this. Please ask the Emperor to investigate clearly."

Someone weakly said something on behalf of Zheng Consort: "Zheng Concubine is also angry with them because of the loss of his son, and the Eldest Princess has gone crazy because of this, maybe the concubine is also because God is not clear..."

Before he finished speaking, Liu Xiang interrupted him sharply.

"Poisoning dozens of lives can be erased only by insanity? Doesn'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 Ministry of Criminal Justice's responsibility.

If Zheng Kuan wasn't pulled to the front to stand up at this time, the candidate for Shangshu he had cultivated with great difficulty would be so useless.

How could Liu Xiang allow this to happen.

Master Zhu was furiously insulted by Liu Xiang, and immediately shrank his neck and stopped talking.

"Marquis Wu'an, what do you think?" Emperor Cheng De suddenly asked He Yu.

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, but as a personal eunuch, he could always understand the emperor's meaning from the emperor's words and phrases, so before he went to the court, he ordered someone to invite Prince Zheng.

Emperor Chengde looked at Cui Ye again and asked, "Cui Aiqing, have you found the person who poisoned you?"

Cui Ye's forehead was covered with cold sweat, 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.

He ran away.

After investigation, it turned out to be a jailer named Wang Hu.

He was also the one who came to deliver the message to him, and Cui Ye, thinking about it now, 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)