Tingwei's Mansion, the trial hall.

Hu's skin had been beaten with sticks, his clothes and robes were stained with blood, and he had lost his human form.

The military sticks stained with old and new blood were still alternately hit on Hu's shoulders, and each stick fell, and Hu, who had a large ball of hemp rope stuffed in his mouth, didn't snort, showing a very hard spirit.

She pressed her cheeks to the ground, as if she was tilting her head, staring at the right place in the hall with a pair of round eyes, where Liu Yan, who was obviously emaciated, was sitting upright, writing with a pen in her right hand.

Hu's eyes are very round, very energetic, and very imposing, but he doesn't blink to death.

Liu Yan finally lifted the heavy official seal of the court and sealed it firmly on the official document announcing the verdict of the Hu family.

The content of the official document is simple, it is written: Ting Weiqing Yan's wife Hu Shi, madness is difficult to treat, babbling hurts people, and disrespects the prestige of the court. Tortured and tortured, impatient to death.

After this official document was sealed, it was sent directly to the Criminal Department of Shangshutai.

Subsequently, Liu Yan wrote to the court to ask for guilt.

In the recital, admitting that Hu had madness as her husband and failing to dissuade Hu from entering the palace to congratulate the Queen Mother on the New Year, is the first sin; The Queen Mother missed the terroir of Yizhou, so she left the Hu family to live in Yongle Palace to accompany her, so as to recuperate Hu's madness.

I don't want the Hu family to slander the monarch after leaving the palace; As a husband and courtier, he had no choice but to lynch to warn and punish the Hu family.

As a result, Hu ran out of the house after a mad attack, and shouted all over the city about it, but he only died.

"The minister is the head of a family, and he is the minister of a country, and his responsibility lies in connecting the upper and lower levels. There is no ability to solve problems at the top, and there is no virtue at the bottom. It is unkind to use torture to the point of death. How can this incompetent, virtuous, and unkind person have the face to be in a high position? ”

Looking at the resignation letter, Liu Yan signed it with a pen, and his face was ruthless.

After framing the resignation and sending the subordinate officials to Shangshutai, Liu Yan slowly walked back to the backyard to arrange for his personal servants to pack up his utensils and books.

When I returned to the study, I was alone at first, not hiding my emotions, but feeling sad.

Everything is fine, how did such an unfortunate thing happen to me?

Is it because he has a beautiful, bright, cheerful wife with a large age difference?

The age difference is only in their twenties, is that big?

Among the former ministers of the first emperor, the relationship between husband and wife is generally very different, and the age gap between his husband and wife is not conspicuous at all.

Could it be that because he has never been tainted with military power, and he has no friendship with the military officials in charge, the emperor bullied himself and couldn't resist violently?

Or did the emperor settle his own character and deliberately bully himself?

Or, this has nothing to do with the emperor, it was the Hu family who took the initiative?

Why did things suddenly come to this?

Why don't you understand, from the moment he expelled the Hu family from the door, he became a thorn in the side of the emperor, the queen mother, the secretary of Jiangdu, and the relatives of hundreds of officials?

Even if Hu was directly killed at that time, the news would only spread internally.

This kind of rumor is not conducive to the reputation of the royal family, the princess and the family of hundreds of officials...... It will quickly dissipate and be replaced by other public opinion. It is impossible to spread to the people, and even if it is circulated, it is circulated on a small scale, as a strange talk and malicious slander.

But in this case, wouldn't he have wronged his family?

Will the daughters of the emperor, the queen mother, and the ministers and officials miss their own good?

No, they will only feel that they are weak and can be bullied, and even the Hu family will be more arrogant and do more daring and unscrupulous things.

It is to stab Hu Shi directly to death...... The daughters of the emperor, the queen mother, and the ministers and officials will not feel that they are strong, and they will still laugh at themselves.

Instead of this, don't smash the pot and pull everyone into the water.

I'm not comfortable, so don't be comfortable with everyone.

It is the emperor who is doing things, and he doesn't dare to accuse the emperor, so it's better to accuse, oppress, and kill himself.

Anyway, this bad breath is going to come out.

It doesn't matter whether you kill Hu or not, you have to borrow Hu's mouth to shout grievances and grievances, make everyone known to the government and the opposition, and pull everyone into the water.

Now it's okay, it's not in vain that I took the initiative to contact, and now Liao Li has intervened.

Hu can die, everyone is rolling in the mud pit, no one is cleaner than anyone, and no one laughs at anyone.

If you want to kill yourself to vent your hatred, first see if Liao Li and Sanke Father agree.

At this moment, the more he thought and recalled, the more aggrieved and sad Liu Yan became.

Remembering the benevolence of the first emperor, if the first emperor was there, how could such a shameful and embarrassing thing happen?

I also realized another layer of benefits of the Sanke family...... San Ke will talk about his feelings, but his colleagues in the Manchu Dynasty will not speak.

Even if some people are angry about what happened to them, they can only stand by and watch, dare not intervene, and dare not speak for themselves...... Because the wrath of the people is hard to do.

After all, from the moment he expelled the Hu clan from the door, he became the common enemy of the vast majority of the DPRK and China.

Liu Yan entered the study expressionlessly, and his mood fluctuated greatly, from pathetic crying to intermittent sarcasm and smirk.

On the other side, Shangshutai.

After Huang Quan came back, he was also alone in a room, and after thinking for a long time, he decided to recruit Guo Mu, the right servant of Shangshu.

Without waiting for them to discuss, the left servant shot Jiang Wan and returned to Shangshutai closely, came directly to Huang Quan, and showed the letter jointly signed by Zhuge Liang and Liao Li.

Now in the huge Jiangdu, the only one who still has a separate position is Huang Quan.

Huang Quan carefully flipped through this simple letter, and only felt incredible: "The prime minister wants to check the "Living Note" again? ”

He is naturally aware of the rumors that have been circulating among officials and their relatives recently, and the easiest way to refute them is to check the emperor's living records.

Can...... Wouldn't it be downright bad if something was really found?

Jiang Wan didn't blink his eyes: "Until now, only by being upright can we stabilize people's hearts." ”

It is conceivable that if the wives and daughters of the DPRK and Chinese officials collectively refuse to enter the palace to congratulate the Queen Mother on the New Year during the Spring Festival next year...... That would be a fatal blow to the prestige of the Imperial Family.

And this kind of blow is precisely the unanimous choice of the DPRK and Chinese officials.

Before this happened, the officials could still be suspicious of each other, so that they would not be in the same breath.

If the misunderstanding cannot be resolved, in the first month of next year, officials will unanimously prevent their wives and daughters from entering the palace...... Then the officials will know the clear attitude of their colleagues, superiors, and subordinates.

At that time, it can be said that the attitude is clear to resist the emperor, and it is the unanimous choice of the vast majority of officials in the capital.

Then, many things can no longer be whirled, and people's hearts will be completely cold, and they will change camps.

Everyone follows the birth and death of the first emperor, if even this basic dignity cannot be maintained...... It's simply unforgivable, and something has to be done.

Now it is impossible to confirm the true thoughts of the emperor and the queen mother, and the most important thing is to prevent the worst from happening.

Show the emperor's "Living Note" for the past two months, be open and honest, and you can clear up the rumors.

Huang Quan was worried, and he was afraid that he would really find out the clues...... At that point, this will certainly be ironclad evidence.

Jiang Wan seemed to be very confident, and Huang Quan saw that Zhuge Liang and Liao Li jointly signed to do this...... You can't stop it.

Anyway, Guangluxun Xiang Lang listened to the prime minister, and if he really wanted to investigate, he couldn't stop it.

Informing yourself is nothing more than giving face and doing it together.

But here's the problem, the prime minister wants to investigate...... It shows that the prime minister feels that all this is a misunderstanding, and the emperor's "Living Note" will prove everyone's innocence.

However, Liao Li also agreed, Liao Li's position is very clear, which shows that Liao Li must have other things in his hands...... Perhaps, this is exactly what the prime minister does not know.

Like gamblers, Prime Minister and Liao Li have already shaken the dice.

Who knows what the outcome will be?

Therefore, things should not be done like this, and the correct way to deal with them should be silence and delay.

Huang Quan had no choice but to go to the North Palace to investigate the "Living Note" in coordination.