They all say I'm a tyrant

Chapter 38

The embezzlement case of Shangshu Li Bu, a veteran minister of the three dynasties, was formally handed over to the three divisions of Dali Temple, the Ministry of Criminal Justice, and the Yushi Cheng for trial in the early court. It is an unprecedented level in the hundreds of years since the founding of the Southern Wei Dynasty.

Li Bu is not only greedy for gold and silver, but also for power. The servant in the middle, passing the news for himself, stretched out his devil's hand to Lin Ce's side. This is something that no emperor can bear.

"Your Majesty," Gao Yong pushed open the palace door, saluted Lin Ce who was sitting in front of the desk, and then turned around and closed the palace door to isolate the chilly wind from the outside.

Lin Ce closed the memorial in his hand and took a sip of hot tea: "Have you checked out everyone on the list?"

"Your Majesty, all the servants and servants in the palace who had contact with Li Bu have personally checked it out. Some of them have indeed stayed in Changle Palace, but because of the previous incident, His Majesty ordered the servants to thoroughly investigate the inside of Changle Palace Waiter, so I have already cleaned up in advance. As for the rest, although Li Bu has placed people everywhere in the palace, they are still insignificant positions. It is just that in the Zhaoyang Palace... there are a few servants around the Queen Mother, They were all bought by Li Bu, there are these people around the queen mother who say specious things all day long, no wonder her old man recently..."

Gao Yong didn't continue after speaking halfway, but Lin Ce immediately understood.Some time ago, Empress Dowager Wu, like Li Bu, began to pay special attention to Lin Ce's marriage. More importantly, she began to take the initiative to find trouble with You Yan. It seems that the instigation of these people is indispensable.It was related to You Yan, which of course violated Lin Ce's taboo.

He knocked on the table with his fingers, looked up at Gao Yong: "Where are these people now?"

"The servants and servants in other places have been ordered to be taken into custody, but the ones around the Queen Mother... are not easy to move directly because of their status as servants." Gao Yong replied with his head bowed.

"It's hard to move?" Lin Ce chuckled, "Others have stretched out their hands to me. Look at the people on the list. My basic necessities are in the eyes of others. If Li Bu is more courageous , it is not impossible to want my life. What scruples do you have at this time?"

Gao Yong bit his lips: "The servant will do it now."

Lin Ce thought for a while, then suddenly said: "Wait a minute, you will deal with the people who have already been detained according to the palace rules. As for the people in Zhaoyang Palace, after arrest, they will be killed on the spot in front of the gate of Zhaoyang Palace."

Gao Yong was stunned for a moment, and stammered: "Stick, stick dead? In front of Zhaoyang Hall? Your Majesty, will this damage the Empress Dowager's face?"

"Face?" Lin Ce suppressed the smile on his face, and locked his eyes tightly on Gao Yong's face, "It's not right to have a pampered queen mother, she insists on listening to the bewitching of outsiders to cause trouble for me again and again, the queen mother is an old man I should also learn some lessons, so that I will not investigate for a while, and then be harmed by my own mother." After finishing speaking, he waved his hand, "Go, open the door of the palace, and her old man will come here later. Pass on, invite people in directly, I want to see if she has anything else to say to me."

Gao Yong responded: "Your maidservant complies with the order, let's do it now." After speaking, he hurriedly retreated.

Lin Ce stared at the closed palace door for a while, then turned his attention back to the desk.Since Li Bu's case was discovered, countless memorials have been piled up on his case, and those who came to report Li Bu's crimes belatedly, and those who had been bullied by Li Bu and dared not speak out, wrote letters to try to punish Li Bu. Severely punish those who don't lend money.Everyone wanted to get rid of Li Bu, and took the opportunity to tell Lin Ce their loyalty, for fear of being involved and losing their lives.

Lin Ce flipped through the pages one by one, but he just found it ridiculous. Everyone said that they were innocent, that they had nothing to do with Li Bu, that they were honest and loyal officials, but if they were really pursued, the whole court would be in trouble. , how many are really innocent?

Lin Ce raised his hand and pressed his forehead, dropped the memorial in his hand, and picked up another copy.The cold wind howled outside the main hall, making the huge imperial city look extraordinarily lonely and desolate. Lin Ce had never liked this kind of season, and he could accept it if he had You Yan by his side, but since he recovered from his illness, Li Bu's case After the incident, You Yan moved back to You Mansion.

He proposed this matter on his own initiative, because he has always known how much that person hates these court disputes.Over the years, You Yan has been involved in too many things because he has been involved in too many things. At that time, he was young and limited in ability, unable to be alone, and had to implicate his lover.But now, he doesn't want these things to bother You Yan anymore, because he doesn't know which one will become the trigger point that You Yan can't bear, and make You Yan recall the troubles that Lin Ce has brought him over the years , and finally pulled away.

And he didn't even know what he could do to keep You Yan when that day came.So he can only try his best to let him be at ease, stay away from troubles, and let that day come later.

Lin Ce got up and walked to the window, opened the window, let the cold wind blow into the hall, the howling cold wind swept in, Lin Ce couldn't help shivering, the weather seemed to be a little colder, it should be snowing It's not far away, and I don't know if You Yan is safe in the mansion these few days.

While he was thinking, someone knocked on the palace door, Lin Ce closed the window, and replied calmly, "What's the matter?"

"Your Majesty, the Empress Dowager has arrived."

You Yan hooked his lips, turned around and sat down in front of the table: "Didn't I say that if the queen mother comes, you don't need to pass on the message, please come in directly."

The door of the palace was slowly pushed open, and Empress Dowager Wu, wrapped in a thick sable fur, entered the palace angrily, followed by Gao Yong with his head down, who immediately winked at Lin Ce after entering the palace .

Lin Ce poured himself a cup of tea, and turned his head to look at Empress Dowager Wu: "It's freezing cold, and Empress Mother is not in the bedroom to rest well. Why did you come to Changle Palace so early in the morning and still be so angry?"

"The emperor is so calm, don't you know what Director Gao has done?" Empress Dowager Wu said angrily, "Isn't it the emperor's order to send people to Ai's bedroom early in the morning?"

"I ordered Gao Yong to thoroughly investigate all those involved in the Li Bu case in the palace. The list was presented to me by Dali Temple. There must be no injustice. Why did we find Zhaoyang Palace? The mother has lived in the deep palace for a long time. It's understandable that people don't know, Li Bu's tricks are so good, even Changle Palace was touched by him, it doesn't matter if Zhaoyang Palace got tricked, and I won't care about anything with my own mother. Leave this matter to Gao Yong." Lin Ce looked sideways at Gao Yong, "Gao Yong, what did you find in Zhaoyang Palace?"

"Your Majesty, there are three people involved in the incident in Zhaoyang Palace, two of them are the Queen Mother's personal maids, and one is the head servant of Zhaoyang Palace. Evidence of collusion with Li Bu was also found in their rooms. He has taken him down, and was about to be executed according to the palace rules, but was stopped by the Queen Mother." Gao Yong knelt down on the ground while speaking, "I hope your Majesty will punish you for your ineffectiveness."

"What's the queen mother's opinion on Gao Yong's handling? I know that the queen mother must feel extremely uncomfortable when her close servants are involved in this case, but people with evil intentions must never be kept." Lin Ce stood up and walked in front of the queen mother, "Li I placed these people in the Zhaoyang Palace with ulterior motives and instructed them to provoke the relationship between my mother and my mother and son, so does my mother still want to protect such people?"

"Aijia, Aijia just thinks that there may be something hidden about this matter. These people have been with Aijia for many years and have always been loyal to Aijia. Taking care of Aijia can be considered hard work, and there is no such thing as provoking you and me as the emperor said. An act of friendship between mother and child. When the death of the imperial staff is too hasty, it is better to conduct an investigation." Facing her son's eyes, Empress Dowager Wu's aura could not help but lose three points. She has faced Lin Ce for so many years. The mother's but still can not show the majesty of the mother.

Lin Ce stared at Empress Dowager Wu for a while, then suddenly laughed: "Mother, there are some things my son doesn't want to say too clearly. If there were no provocations from these people, why would Empress Mother suddenly be so interested in choosing a concubine? Why has my mother been able to ignore certain things for four years after I ascended the throne, but suddenly, she made an attack on Ziqing, repeatedly provoked the relationship between Ziqing and me, and even started trying to get people to interfere in my daily life? If it wasn't for the instigation of these people To be deceived, could it be that the queen mother deliberately colluded with Li Bu?"

Speaking of this, Lin Ce suddenly clapped his hands: "I think of Li Bu's birthday last time, but there were a few people from the Wu family on the list to go to celebrate the birthday. Could it be that your mother is trying to subvert Li Bu through the alliance between the Wu family and Li Bu?" Your son, my country?"

"The Ai family and that Li Bu haven't even met each other a few times, so why did they collude with him?" The Empress Dowager Wu said anxiously, "As for that Li Bu has always had a very wide network of contacts in the court, his birthday is full of civil and military officials in the court. Most of the time, is it because they colluded with him? Aijia, Aijia’s concern about choosing a concubine is for the sake of our country in the Southern Wei Dynasty, and for the emperor’s good. Contradictions, are you going to accuse Aijia of such crimes?"

Lin Ce smiled and shook his head: "I will not frame things that my mother has not done. Since my mother has nothing to do with Li Bu, there is no need for Gao Yong to feel sorry for disposing of several Li Bu's inner mothers. The evidence of these people is Dali Temple personally handed it over to me, so the queen mother doesn’t have to worry about being wronged.” After finishing speaking, he raised his chin towards Gao Yong, “After all, these people are with the queen mother, and it’s only natural that the queen mother can’t bear to see them being killed with a stick. Yuan, then bring him to Changle Palace, and I will accompany my mother to personally supervise the execution."

Empress Dowager Wu's eyes widened and she looked at Lin Ce in disbelief, but Lin Ce stretched out his hand, gently helped her to sit down, and whispered in her ear: "Don't worry, Empress Mother, although I'm not very close, but you She is my own mother. As long as you don't touch my bottom line, I will guarantee you to enjoy the rest of your life in this harem."