Ming Dynasty: A mere unruly commoner is rebelling against the heaven?

Chapter 50 I hope you can say the same thing in the Imperial Prison
After discussion, several selection officials decided to cancel the status of the eight sick women and not allow them to enter the palace to meet the emperor.

That night, Zhang Cai volunteered to send the eight women back to Yangzhou as fast as possible.

Under the cover of night, a horse-drawn carriage sped along Gyeonggi Province.

The person driving the carriage was Zhang Cai's coachman. Zhang Cai sat next to the coachman, constantly urging him to speed up.

But the direction they were heading was not back to Yangzhou, but to a private residence in the suburbs of Beijing.

This mansion belongs to Zhang Cai himself, and he uses it specifically to hide his mistress.

Zhang Cai felt extremely excited when he thought that he would soon be able to monopolize these eight beautiful ladies.

Suddenly, more than ten people appeared on the originally flat road ahead.

They stood across the road, the long swords in their hands looked particularly cold under the moonlight.

Seeing this, the coachman quickly stopped the carriage.

The sudden accident made Zhang Cai panic.

Because the operation had to be kept secret, he didn't even bring the soldiers from the garrison with him this time.

He originally thought that this place was only a dozen miles away from his private residence and the journey would be very smooth.

But I didn't expect to meet these desperate criminals on the road.

Because they were far away, Zhang Cai could only see a group of blurry black shadows and had no idea where they came from.

Zhang Cai forced himself to calm down and yelled at the group of dark shadows.

"My dear friends, I am a doctor from the Ministry of Rites of the Ming Dynasty, an official appointed by the imperial court!"

"If you hurt me, the Ming Dynasty will not let you go!"

"If you are seeking money, I can offer you fifty taels of silver, but I ask you not to hurt anyone."

Zhang Cai stared at the group of black shadows cautiously, waiting for their response.

But the other party did not respond, they just drove their horses and slowly approached it.

As they got closer, Zhang Cai finally saw their clothes in the moonlight.

Flying fish suit, embroidered spring sword!

"Jin Yi Wei!!!"

Zhang Cai screamed, her eyes widened as wide as she could, and she backed away desperately.

Unfortunately, there was a solid wooden board behind him, and the doors of the carriage he was riding in all opened at the back.

So he was blocked in place, with his feet still desperately kicking backwards, looking extremely funny.

"Doctor Zhang, you are so bold as to secretly keep this beautiful girl!"

A clear female voice sounded.

Zhuque, the deputy commander of the Embroidered Uniform Guard, dressed in a red flying fish uniform, slowly approached Zhang Cai.

Her voice was devoid of any emotion.

Under the night light, the half-mask of Suzaku on her face emitted a cold glow.

Few people know that Zhuque, one of the four great guards of the Imperial Guards, is actually a woman.

Zhang Cai felt panic-stricken and frightened, her legs felt so weak that she seemed to have no feeling at all, and she also felt that she could not control her excretion system.

But Zhang Cai still stubbornly refuted the allegation, saying that he could not prove the crime of keeping a concubine in his possession.

"What nonsense are you talking about? Who in the world would dare to keep a beautiful girl in private?!"

"I am following your majesty's order to go to Nanzhili to select concubines for your majesty. I am working diligently and will not dare to be negligent in the slightest!"

"Now, just as they were about to enter the capital, eight of the concubines suddenly fell ill and couldn't stop coughing!"

"According to the selection rules, women with illnesses cannot meet the emperor. After discussion, the selection officials unanimously decided to eliminate these eight women and send them back to Yangzhou!"

"I was only ordered to send them back to Yangzhou. How could I say that I was keeping the beautiful girls for myself?"

"You Jinyiwei should stop slandering others and defame their innocence out of thin air. Show us your evidence!"

Zhuque didn't even look at Zhang Cai, but just said lightly: "That's very well said. I hope you can continue to say so in the imperial prison."

"take away!"

"Yes, Fourth Master!"

The Jinyiwei received the order and rushed over quickly to arrest Zhang Cai.

Zhang Cai was terrified and fear penetrated into her bones.

"Stop! You have no evidence! You can't arrest me!"

“Stop! Stop! I didn’t hide the concubine! I didn’t! I didn’t!!!” “Stop! Stop it now, ahhhhhh!!!”

"..."

After Zhang Cai was taken away, a Jinyiwei asked, "Fourth Master, what should we do with the concubine in the carriage?"

Zhuque arrived behind the carriage and stretched out his hand to open the door. Eight beautiful women inside were huddled together in fear and hiding far away.

Zhuque thought for a while and ordered: "Put them in my house first, and after the effect of the medicine wears off, send them to the palace and present them to His Majesty."

"Yes, Fourth Master!"

Then Zhuque looked at the eight ladies and said comfortingly, "It's okay, you can have a good rest."

Then he waved his hand and sent someone to send them away.

According to the secret report of the Jinyiwei spies, Zhang Cai put an irritating drug in the water that the eight concubines drank, which would cause a short-term cough.

Other than that, there's nothing serious.

Zhang Cai's every move has been exposed to the Jinyiwei's sight since he left the capital.

It's just that he himself doesn't know it.

Ever since Ma Wensheng left Beijing without permission last time and the Jinyiwei failed to report the situation to Your Majesty in a timely manner, causing Your Majesty to be furious.

The Jinyiwei secretly swore that they would never miss any intelligence again.

They, the Jinyiwei, are the eyes and ears of His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, monitoring the world!

……

Forbidden City.

Fengtian Gate.

Zhu Youtang sat high on the dragon throne and convened a court meeting.

Officials from the six ministries below the steps reported their affairs in turn.

These days, officials in the capital have been very quiet, all affairs are proceeding in an orderly manner, and it seems that the world is at peace.

Just as the court meeting was coming to an end, the commander of the Embroidered Uniform Guard, Mou Bin, suddenly walked to the steps and bowed to Zhu Youtang from a distance.

"Your Majesty, I have something important to report."

The civil and military officials felt a little strange, because usually the Jinyiwei reported to the emperor in private.

This was the first time that a matter was reported publicly at a court meeting.

Zhu Youtang looked at Mou Bin with a calm tone.

"Accurate."

"Your Majesty, I want to impeach the Minister of Rites Liu Jian for not being strict with his subordinates, not knowing how to judge people, and not being able to supervise properly!"

Mou Bin's words caused all the civil and military officials in the court to change color.

Impeaching a minister or even a cabinet minister is not a big deal.

The censors in the Censorate and the Six Ministries do this every day.

But it was unusual for the Embroidered Uniform Guard to impeach the six ministers.

Since Zhu Youtang ascended the throne, the style of the eunuchs and guards has always been to raid people's homes and arrest them and put them in jail.

Since when have the Jinyiwei become so polite?
Are you even doing things like impeaching people and slapping them with the tongue?

Liu Jian's face changed drastically and he immediately broke out in a cold sweat.

He can ignore the impeachment of others.

But he was really afraid of impeachment by the Jinyiwei.

Liu Jian hurriedly walked out of the team with a tablet in his hand and stood next to Mou Bin.

After bowing to Zhu Youtang, he spoke: "Commander Mou, why do you say that?"

Mou Bin threw out a thunder with a calm expression.

"Zhang Cai, a doctor in the Ministry of Rites, attempted to hide a concubine while selecting her, and was caught by the Royal Guards!"

"what?!"

Liu Jian's face turned pale, he staggered and almost fell to the ground.

The entire court of civil and military officials was in an uproar and everyone was extremely shocked!

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