Chapter 118: Second Minister
Although they said that they had received the will of the eldest prince and wanted to do their best to save Liu Jiang's life, the premise was of course that their own safety was not affected. Judging from the emperor's meaning today, they were a little confused. No one was willing to touch that bad head first.
What's more, there are two old ministers in the hall now, the old prime minister and the grand tutor, so it's not their turn to talk first!
Sure enough, seeing no one answered, Chu Hengjue turned his gaze to Nangong Lin with an expressionless face and spoke lightly.
"What should the old prime minister think about this matter?"
Nangong Lin rolled his eyelids and seemed to recover from the state of an old monk entering into meditation. He opened his mouth slowly and practiced Tai Chi.
"Go back to the emperor, you also know that the old minister has just found my little grandson in the past few days, and now the whole family is teasing her. Liu... The old minister has only heard of the matter of Jiang, and he really doesn't know much about it, so he dare not speak nonsense!"
Chu Hengjue raised his eyes, held the hand in the dragon robe, and turned his eyes calmly to Li Sheng, who was standing next to Nangong Yun.
"What does the teacher think?"
"Return to the emperor, it is always said that you have to live until you are old! Since resigning from office, the old minister has turned a blind eye to the things outside the window and only read the books of sages. All his thoughts are focused on studying history books." Li Sheng spread his hands and his expression was extremely helpless. "If you ask the old ministers, the old ministers can still talk a little bit. But you really can't be an old minister in this officialdom!"
His words are true and his attitude is sincere! Look, he is the Taifu, but he reads more than others!
The ministers admired this knowledgeable and knowledgeable old tutor from the bottom of their hearts.
Who said that since ancient times, literary people have been so cruel and corrupt? This is the role model for official people!
These two old foxes! Everyone secretly complained in their hearts that in today's affairs, they are the only two of them who dare to talk to the emperor like this.
But this made the remaining few people suffer! They were sure that the emperor would not make things difficult for the two old guys, but it was hard to say for them!
really.
When Chu Hengjue heard this, his face darkened slightly. He forced himself to squeeze out a smile at Li Sheng, suppressed the secret curse in his heart, and looked at the remaining people. He did not speak anymore, but the meaning in his eyes was self-evident!
Everyone knew clearly that if they dared to speak with Nangong Lin and Li Sheng would refuse, they would definitely not be able to bear the consequences, and they might be even more unlucky than Liu Jiang!
Chu Hengjue, who was sitting on the dragon throne, had an ugly face and saw the ministers below who looked down and dared not look at him, and he was even more angry. He was more eloquent in daily life, but when he used them seriously, he would only pretend to be stupid. Those two old guys were fine, but the remaining few really thought they didn't dare to deal with them, right?
Looking at the scene in front of him, especially the leisurely old friend Nangong Lin next to him, Li Sheng slowly shook his head, finally speaking to ease the atmosphere, and at the same time shifted Chu Hengjue's attention, which made the others breathe a sigh of relief.
"Your Majesty, according to the old minister, don't hurry to draw conclusions about this matter. If there is any misunderstanding in it, wouldn't it be a waste of reproaching Liu Da... Jiang?"
"Oh? According to the teacher's wishes, do you think Liu Jiang was wronged?" Chu Hengjue narrowed his eyes slightly when he heard this, and his facial expression did not change significantly. However, a few of the people present heard the coldness contained in their emperor's tone.
A light flashed in Nangong Lin's drooping eyes. It seemed that the emperor still minded Old Man Li's appearance last time! I guess in my heart, I thought that Li Sheng, the Grand Tutor, was getting closer to the eldest prince.
Li Sheng sighed secretly in his heart. To say something disrespectful, he could be said to have grown up at Chu Hengjue, and he knew the latter's nature very well. Chu Hengjue had all the conditions that a wise ruler should have, but there was also a common problem that most people in the royal family had - suspicion!
"No! The old minister believes that since this incident has happened, it must not be groundless. It is related to the charge of treason, and it must not be made hasty, so it must be thoroughly investigated!" Li Sheng's turbid eyes looked directly at Chu Hengjue without evasion, saying word by word.
"Why would the teacher recommend me who can take this thorough investigation?" Chu Hengjue said bluntly.
"The Third Prince!"
Looking at each other! After a while, Chu Hengjue's expressionless face finally showed a smile. Then he glanced around and said in a brisk tone: "After all, I am my teacher, I understand my intentions the most!"
"What the emperor said is extremely true. The erudition of the Grand Tutor is admired by the Wei ministers! The chosen one is really the most suitable!"
"I also agree with the Grand Tutor's words!"
"I'm going to discuss it!"
"I'm going to discuss it!"
“………”
For a moment, after seeing the smile on the face of Emperor Chu Hengjue, several ministers in the hall understood the current form. Even several ministers from the eldest prince's sect had to bow their heads and say yes.
They had no choice! Even if they were closer to the eldest prince, the Lingyun court and the other party now had the final say. Now our emperor's meaning is very obvious! It seems that they can only go down and think of other ways. Several people looked at each other secretly and remained silent helplessly.
"But..." Chu Hengjue suddenly spit out two words, which made everyone's heart that had been relieved suddenly rise again, and they all raised their ears and listened carefully to the words behind. Nangong Lin, who was standing silently, felt nervous. This was the main purpose of their emperor attracting them today! Just after Li Sheng spoke of the third prince, the aura on the emperor's body changed slightly. It seemed that he believed in Old Man Li's innocence.
"However, although I think that Hao'er's child has performed very well in every aspect in recent years and has won my heart. But he is young and energetic, and is afraid that he is prone to impulsiveness in executions of some major events. Therefore, I decided to send another minister to assist Hao'er in the trial of the case." Chu Hengjue said something slowly to make everyone below active.
Li Sheng frowned slightly when he heard this, his eyes were full of wrinkles, and his old face suddenly looked as ugly as a dead tree bark! Could it be that the emperor planned to let one of him and Nangong Lin take on this position? Otherwise, how could the emperor summon these two old guys who had resigned from office and retired!
It turned out that they were waiting for them here! The two of them looked at each other and understood what Chu Hengjue meant. When they pulled their eyelids, they returned to their state of meditation, but they were thinking about how to say no to refuse this time.
Especially Nangong Lin, he did not expect Chu Hengjue to have such an idea. Fortunately, everything is still under control, so there will be no mistakes because of this small matter. Even if Chu Hengjue really lets him and the third prince try the case together, he will have a way to put himself out of the matter, not to mention that there is not a third prince who is anxious to "make achievements"!
Chapter completed!