Prince Han Sien

Chapter 129

The books about Xijiang were thrown on the ground, and happened to land at the feet of Shangshu Hubu.Hearing the emperor's angry questioning, Hubu Shangshu bent down to pick up the folded paper, opened it tremblingly, and glanced at it.

Looking at the past, Hubu Shangshu's expression immediately changed, and he said very annoyed: "Your Majesty, the western frontier is in a desolate place, bordering on Xirong, a land that doesn't know etiquette, and the people's customs have always been tough. It’s simply nonsense. It can be seen that the governor of Xijiang has made no achievements in admiring my etiquette in the Zhou Dynasty in recent years, which is really unbelievable.”

All civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty stared dumbfoundedly at the Hubu Shangshu standing in the forefront, his gaze almost burned two holes in his body through his clothes.

It is said that after the governor of Xijiang was raped by Han Sien, Han Sien's book had just been handed over to the capital, and the Hubu Shangshu was the first person to jump up and scold Han Sien. He died, why did the words change in just a few days, and the person he wanted to crush became the governor of Xijiang again?

Or is there something wrong with the things in this booklet? Thinking of this, everyone's eyes shifted from Hubu Shangshu to the booklet in his hand.

Hubu Shangshu was really bitter, what he was holding in his hand was not a notebook at all, but a hot potato.

The emperor just snorted twice coldly when he knew the Minister of the Household Department, and then looked at Ji Luo who was standing in the front row, looking down at Ji Luo who was quite pleasing to the eye, and asked in a complicated tone: "Does the prince have something to say?"

Hubu Shangshu handed the hot potato to Ji Luo with a wink, Ji Luo glanced at it, looked straight, and said righteously: "Father, my son agrees with Hubu Shangshu's words, the folk customs in western Xinjiang are vulgar and vulgar. , it must have been influenced by Xi Rong, these non-existent things, father don't have to worry about it."

The emperor heheed twice after hearing this, then looked at the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty, and said in a bad tone: "Since the crown prince has said that, then all the lovers will circulate this book, so that they can share their thoughts after reading it. "

Ji Luo naturally handed the booklet in his hand to the person behind him. The person took a look, took a breath, and then reprimanded angrily: "Nonsense, the people who spread such rumors must be the barbaric gang of Xirong. man of."

Then everyone who saw the notebook was so angry, and when Han Sien's father Han Zhuo saw the notebook, his face suddenly changed. There is an emperor sitting in town, seeing his appearance, this memorial must be torn up.

But in the end, he held back, then knelt on the ground and looked at the emperor, and said with hatred on his face: "Your Majesty, this matter is related to the emperor's face, and we must investigate it carefully."

A group of people immediately knelt down and echoed, "Your Majesty, Han Han is right, this matter must be investigated in detail."

The military official was very bloody, and there was such a resentful person in his heart, he said loudly on the spot: "Your Majesty, the barbarian land in the western border is also the border between the two countries, and the small barbaric country of Xirong dare not invade my great Zhou, so such absurd words are spread. , Humiliated the Holy Majesty, I asked to send troops to Xirong to teach them a lesson."

Wen Chen has been more cautious since ancient times, and after hearing this, he said: "Whether it is related to Xi Rong or not is still to be investigated in detail, but since the matter involves the emperor, I feel that it should be dealt with as soon as possible. This time the rumors are very involved. The governor of Xijiang was taken down again by Han...Han Shizi, and the general of Xijiang, Liu Hucheng, also has an inescapable responsibility."

The emperor sat on the dragon chair and watched the courtiers express their opinions with cold eyes.Speaking of which, this was the first time since he became the emperor that he saw such a uniform request from the civil and military officials in the court to deal with a matter, and he felt a strange sense of satisfaction in his heart.

Ji Luo shook hands amidst the noise of the crowd, and tried to make his expression look the same as before. He walked out of the queue again and said, "Father, my son thinks what the ministers say makes sense. I think Han The son worked hard for the court and the great Zhou, but at this time he suffered an injustice. This matter must be investigated in detail, and... the son of Han is also innocent. The western border is thousands of miles away from the capital, and it is a desolate place. The health has always been bad, and the fifth brother and he have been in Xijiang for some time, and I feel that the father can order them to return to Beijing."

The emperor still agreed with Ji Luo's words, thinking of Zhao Wen and others who were sent by Han Sien to the prison of the Ministry of Criminal Affairs in the capital, the emperor's brain and eyes ached.

This Han Si'en is really bold and reckless, this time without his own will, he dared to move a governor of Xijiang.However, thinking about Zhao Wen's concubine's room in Xirong and the lavish money in his governor's mansion, the emperor felt that this kind of thing was barely excusable.

It's just that this credit must be gone, otherwise everyone will learn from Han Si'en in the future, and the court will still be in chaos?

The emperor, who had a complicated mentality about this matter, finally thought that if Han Si'en was a prince who dared to act so mischievously, as the emperor himself, he would have banned him a long time ago.

Even though the emperor was extremely complicated, he didn't show it on his face, and he didn't immediately agree to Ji Luo's proposal. He just said that the matter will be discussed later, probably to give people a sense that he still has the weight of speaking in the court. people.

Ji Luo respectfully agreed to the emperor's words, and the two seemed to be very loving fathers and filial sons.

Many courtiers in the court hall had complicated thoughts. After the emperor announced his retirement, some ministers gathered around Ji Luo and spoke some commonplace words, which could be regarded as secretly giving themselves a sense of presence in front of the future emperor.

Ji Luo has always accepted courtiers' flattery with a smile. She is personable, extraordinary, and has the air of a generation of enlightened masters.

After Ji Luo bid farewell to the courtiers and returned to the East Palace, on his own territory, he turned cold and let out a sigh of relief.In fact, he suggested that Han Si'en and Ji Huai return to Beijing today, and there was another meaning in it, that is, the person who went to proclaim the imperial edict, he hoped it was himself.

Although he knew that the two brothers Bai Wenhan lived a good life at the border, but he was always uneasy if he didn't see what was going on with Bai Wenhan with his own eyes.Just judging from the imperial decree sent by Han Si'en, there is a third prince Hu Yanlu in Xirong, and the border between the two countries is not very stable.

At this time, if he goes to Xijiang in person, he will definitely be able to stabilize the morale of the army. Of course, there is another reason, that is, the candidate for the governor of Xijiang this time must be someone he believes in.

In his previous life, there would be chaos in Xijiang after a few years, so Bai Wenhan went to Xijiang to take up his post, and in the end he could not see people alive or dead.And in the end, he was pierced by thousands of arrows because he was looking for Bai Wenhan's body.

This enmity, he has always remembered in his life, he has made the most meticulous arrangements in Xijiang through the Marquis of Yasukuni, but in the end he still can't worry about it, the accidents at the border, not to mention the consumption of national power, it is the soldiers guarding the frontier and the people there who suffer .

In his previous life, his journey to the top was not very smooth, and he had also seen the cruelty of border crossings before.

In this life, although he knows that he will face Xi Rong one day in the future, he has to make the best plan and kill all possibilities in the bud.

He didn't want to have extra troubles in Xijiang in the future.It's just that the emperor is not very relieved of him at present, and I am afraid that this matter still needs to be carefully operated.

After thinking about things about Xijiang in her heart, Ji Luo inevitably remembered the contents of the booklet.Thinking of people in Xijiang rumoring that Han Sien had climbed onto the dragon couch, he squinted his eyes, and immediately let go of those complicated and trivial matters. It was rare for him to think leisurely. , can attract attention wherever you go.

Copying the home of Zhao Wen, the governor of Xijiang, is fine, the people in the court will definitely seize this matter and quarrel, but taking off a mask can make the entire court ministers share the same hatred, and this whole week is only He, Han Sien, is alone.

Thinking of those rumors, Ji Luo heheed twice, feeling quite good.

Today, many ministers who went to the court, after they came down from the court, scolded those people in Xijiang for being blind at home. Even if they can't understand Han Sien's arrogance and domineering, they shouldn't be talking nonsense like that.

With Han Sien's appearance that even ghosts despise, how could they have the nerve to spread that this man was favored because he climbed into the emperor's bed?Is he willing to climb the emperor?

Everyone thought that if they were the emperor, and when they saw Han Sien's face in the middle of the night, they couldn't help but shuddered, feeling distressed.

And the most anxious one was Han Zhuo. Countless of his colleagues came to condolences after he fell to court, but they were all laughing at him in the open and in the dark.When Han Zhuo returned to the Duke's Mansion, his face was so gloomy that water dripped from his face.

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When the emperor was wondering whether to recall Han Sien, a scourge, from Xijiang, Han Sien's booklet was sent to the capital in a hurry.

It explained in detail how the rumor incident was caused. He did not hide what the deputy general of Xijiang Zhou Ran and the fifth prince Ji Huai did in it. He even directly expressed his guess in the booklet. And Ji Huai was involved with Hu Yanlu, the fifth prince of Xirong.

The emperor was furious immediately after reading this booklet. It was very hard for him to ascend the throne himself, so he naturally knew the hardships inside. If Ji Huai had a connection with Hu Yanlu, then Ji Huai's thoughts would be self-evident.

The emperor was naturally annoyed that he associated with a foreign country only for his own selfishness, so he immediately summoned Ji Luo and asked him to go to Xijiang to issue an edict in person, ordering Han Sien to return to Beijing immediately, and at the same time detain the fifth prince, Ji Huai, and Xijiang. The deputy general returned to Beijing.

When Ji Luo received the imperial decree, she was very surprised. Before he could fully function, the emperor sent him to the western border, and he escorted Ji Huai and Zhou Ran back to Beijing, which proved what they did.

Thoughts were racing through her mind, but Ji Luo didn't show it.

The emperor glanced at him, and said slowly: "You are already twenty years old, and you have been refusing to get married all these years. After this time, after understanding the incident in Xijiang, you, the prince, should have a princess by his side."

After hearing this, Ji Luo's expression changed slightly, and finally said: "Father, son..."

The emperor was too lazy to listen to his excuses, so he waved him away.Ji Luo left with a heavy heart.

After Ji Luo left, the emperor snorted twice, then closed his eyes, while Yuan Bao, the chief internal officer, was beside him without saying a word.

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There was a lot of discussion in the capital about Han Si'en, but no one said that he served the emperor with color.

As for Xijiang, since Zhou Ran was arrested, those rumors faded away.

But after Bai Shu came out of the cell, he never saw Han Sien again.

He was used to climbing the windows to find people, but now Han Sien's house is surrounded by guards day and night, and the posture is obviously that he doesn't want to see him, and he has a guilty conscience, so he didn't force his way in.

He came to see Han Sien every day, but Han Sien stayed behind closed doors and refused to leave even if he was asked to leave.He was stubborn, so he waited outside the door, and when it was dark, he left by himself.

Continue to wait the next day.

On this day, the sky in Xijiang changed, the wind blew loudly overnight, and it began to rain in the middle of the next day.

Bai Shu stood in front of Han Sien's door, the rain fell on him.He lowered his head, pursed his mouth and said nothing, but there was some itching in his throat, which made him cough heavily.

Not long afterward, Han Sien's door was opened, in the hazy drizzle, Bai Shu raised his head, and saw the face that made his heart beat suddenly.