Red Mansion and Crimson Pearl

Chapter 339 The mob

The letters were not completely burned.

No matter what, Jia Huan was only a child of twelve or thirteen. How could he remain calm at this moment? No matter how hard he tried, his face turned pale.

Feng Ziying was a man who was very sensitive. He sighed inwardly when he saw this, but he had no choice but to order someone to go and ask, "See where the concubine from Rong Mansion is. Bring Huan'er over and sit with her."

Jia Huan was immediately shocked: "Brother-in-law! I just accompanied my aunt to burn incense, I don't know anything, brother-in-law!"

This "brother-in-law" finally made Feng Ziying angry: "I am not married yet, how can I have a brother-in-law? Mr. Jia San has one elder sister who is a concubine in the palace, and another elder sister who is the wife of a county magistrate in Jiangnan. How can you have a third sister to marry me?"

"I am the brother of the third sister! Didn't the wife of General Shenwu go to the palace to ask the Queen Mother to grant a marriage between the third sister Tanchun and your husband?! I am..."

Jia Huan's arms had already been pinned down by two soldiers, and he was screaming with a pale face and a hoarse voice!

Feng Ziying interrupted him with a sneer and said slowly:

"The Jia Tanchun you are talking about has long been expelled from the Jia family. She is now called 'Chen Yimin', the adopted daughter of the Empress Dowager, and has been granted the title of County Princess. She lives in the Yanjia Palace of the Daming Palace.

"What kind of relationship can she have with a young man like you who was born out of wedlock in the Rongguo Mansion? It's a capital crime to be related to the emperor!

"Why, Master Jia, are you tired of living? Do you want me to execute you right here and there?"

Jia Huan's face suddenly turned purple, he clenched his teeth tightly, and dared not say another word!

Feng Ziying looked at his face full of resentment and hatred, and waved his hand coldly: "Gag him, tie his hands and feet, and detain him separately from Rongfu Zhou, and interrogate him separately!"

He looked at Taoist Zhang again and gave an even more scathing smile, "Master Zhang! Today is your good day!

"Take it!"

Taoist Zhang sneered and let the soldiers tie him up: "I was personally conferred the title by the Supreme Lord and the Present Lord..."

"Shut up!" Feng Ziying folded his arms and raised his eyes with a look of disgust, "You have such a mean mind, you can't fool me!

"In the main hall of the Dali Temple, Master Zhitong is waiting for you! If you have any scriptures, go and read them to him!"

Taoist Zhang's face changed drastically!

No one in this world knows his background.

But if there is one person in this world who can find out all his details, there is only one person he fears the most, and that is the great monk from the Dali Temple!

"No, no, no, no! Master Feng, please! Take me directly to see His Majesty! I'll tell you everything! I'll tell you everything!"

Taoist Zhang almost knelt down to Feng Ziying!

Feng Ziying smiled as he looked at the old Taoist priest who had suddenly become half a head shorter in front of him. He raised his hand and stroked his white beard, and said softly:

"I'm afraid that your face will offend His Majesty! Don't worry, the Dali Temple's divine monk never uses torture, he only destroys the heart!"

In just half a day, the three confessions were compiled and sent to the Daming Palace along with some artifacts and letters.

Tao Xingjian looked at the imperial banquet team that had just arrived at the door, and then looked at Feng Ziying who was holding a pile of things in front of the steps. He sighed helplessly and whispered to him:

"General Xiao Feng, why can't you wait until after dinner to bring these over? You can have a good meal yourself, and let His Majesty have a good meal, too!

"Is this right or wrong? Do you want His Majesty to eat first or watch these awful things first?"

Feng Ziying was stunned for a moment, stamped his feet in annoyance, and slapped himself on the forehead: "What a pig brain!"

Tao Xingjian sighed and shook his head.

The voice of Emperor Zhaoming could be heard from inside: "Old Tao, bring in the imperial meal and the confession. I am generous and can eat while reading!"

"Okay, Your Majesty has guessed it!" Tao Xingjian smiled bitterly and had no choice but to obey the order.

The imperial meal was laid out, and Emperor Zhaoming even ordered three dishes and a soup and sent them to Feng Ziying: "You eat here!"

Then he unfolded the confession and actually started eating while reading it.

Feng Ziying dared not move at this moment, and first stole a glance at Tao Xingjian. Seeing that Tao Xingjian winked at him to start eating quickly, he stood there, holding the steamed bun in one hand, using chopsticks quickly, and filled his stomach like a whirlwind.

He said that he was careless, but Emperor Zhaoming only ate half a bowl of rice and drank two sips of soup, and then he was so angry that he walked back and forth in the hall with the stack of confession letters.

Feng Ziying was full at this time, so he had the energy to accompany Emperor Zhaoming in his anger. Seeing that the emperor looked unhappy, he whispered:

"They are just a bunch of idiots who are daydreaming. Your Majesty, please don't get upset over them. It's not worth it."

Tao Xingjian glanced at him.

Oh, all right, you little monkey, now you are trying to steal my words!

Feng Ziying did not understand what Tao Xingjian meant by this look. He thought it was an encouragement for him to continue. He took a bold step forward and continued to mutter:

"Look at this group, what kind of people are they! Taoist priests, concubines, bastards, and the ones mentioned in the letter, some foreign barbarians, some pirates!

"They are just a mob, and they really think they are a dish to eat! They are scheming and calculating, but they just want to get hold of someone's handle, and use the influence of their ancestors to coerce and bribe someone to charge into battle!

"What fool can be the Nine Border Patrol and the Governor of the Beijing Camp? They are still trying to fool others. It's good enough that they didn't get fooled by them!"

These words really made Emperor Zhaoming laugh, and he shouted, "That's enough! The princes and generals promoted by the emperor himself have all become liars in your mouth! You are the only one who is smart!"

Feng Ziying smiled apologetically: "I am just a fool! I can only be smart for a quarter of an hour without your Majesty's guidance. What do you think, should I go to the southeast next?"

"To deliver a head to the Prince of Dongping?" Emperor Zhaoming rolled his eyes at him. "What did Zhitong say?"

Feng Ziying reported honestly: "Master Zhitong said to wait."

Wait?

Emperor Zhaoming and Tao Xingjian looked at each other.

Keep your troops in place... and wait for the other side to cause internal rebellion?

"But I think we still need to make some preparations. Otherwise, if someone surrenders, we won't even have an empty house to detain and interrogate them, which doesn't seem good."

Feng Ziying said seriously.

Emperor Zhaoming kicked him without hesitation: "Get lost!"

Feng Ziying ran away dejectedly with a big footprint on his butt.

Without him to disrupt things, Emperor Zhaoming finally calmed down and sat behind his desk, thinking about his next plan.

At the morning court the next day, several imperial edicts were issued at the same time.

Search and confiscate the Shoushan Marquis’s residence.

General Shenwu, Marquis Huaiyuan and Prince Nannan were confined to their homes for reflection as they failed to perform their duties.

Jia She and Jia Zheng were not good at managing the household properly, so they resigned and waited for punishment.

Wang Ziteng, Shi Ding and Shi Nai behaved improperly and were allowed to go to Beijing to defend themselves.

The descendants of nine families, including the Prince of Dongping, the Prince of Xining, the Prince of Nangan, the Duke of Zhenguo, the Duke of Liguo, the Duke of Qi, the Duke of Zhiguo, the Duke of Xiuguo, and the Duke of Shanguo, were summoned to attend the palace banquet on New Year's Eve with their families and enjoy the occasion together with the Supreme.

That is to say, except for the Prince of Beijing and the two mansions of Rongning, the emperor will meet the heads of the other families of the Four Kings and Eight Dukes together with the Supreme Lord at the palace banquet on New Year's Eve.

"Is it to appease? Or to deter?"

Daiyu leaned on the bed, her slender fingertips gently stroking the dark leopard skin mattress beneath her, and she lowered her eyes in thought.

Sitting next to her was Princess Hongchang who came to visit her.

Princess Hongchang's eyes also fell on the mattress - this was not from the Empress Dowager's palace, but was presented by the Governor-General of Shaanxi and Gansu to celebrate the Emperor's birthday this year.