Chapter 54

When Hua Yang sued the imperial court, King Xiang was not idle either. On the day Wu Run led the prisoners to leave Ling Zhou, King Xiang summoned two counselors, and the counselors carefully quoted the scriptures, and he personally wrote a sincere letter.The apology notes.

This is an apology for molesting Hua Yang unintentionally.

When the people flocked to Ning Yuan to sue him, seeing that Hua Yang sent an expedited letter of six hundred miles, King Xiang hurriedly called for counselors and wrote a second letter to defend himself, but he did notStupid, admitted some "minor crimes", such as the tenants of the royal family unintentionally occupying the fields of the common people, and then denied all the major crimes of kidnapping the daughters of the common people and killing the common people.

His two letters arrived only half a day later than Hua Yang's two letters.

Emperor Jingshun couldn't let King Xiang go.

The clans of the vassal kings were originally fat silverfish scattered all over the dynasty, occupying nearly 10% of the country's arable land, which is still registered, and only they themselves know how much land they have encroached on the people in private.

The arable land of the vassal kings does not need to pay taxes, and at the same time, they can still get a large amount of food from the court every year. The money and taxes collected by the court from the people can hardly support these vassal kings and their relatives!

If he could do whatever he wanted, Emperor Jingshun wished he could withdraw all the vassal kings and confiscate all the private property of the palace!

If he couldn't withdraw, he would tolerate it. The vassal king made some minor mistakes, but in order to show the emperor's kindness to his clan, he could still tolerate it.

However, this time, King Xiang was about to stretch out his hands to his daughter. No matter how much he endured, he would completely throw the majesty of the emperor at the feet of the vassal king's clan, and let them step on it!

Before the two imperial envoys set off, Emperor Jingshun only confessed to them, telling them to act impartially.

The imperial envoys hurried on and arrived at Lingzhou City on the ninth day of April. The first thing they did when they entered the city was to visit Princess Hua Yang in Ning Yuan.

Chen Jingzong was in the guard, Hua Yang changed into a bright yellow dress, and accompanied by two big maids, the guard leader Zhou Ji, and Wu Run who came back half an hour earlier, summoned the two imperial envoys.

When the imperial envoys reported their names, Hua Yang knew that these two people were actually the two who came to check on King Xiang in their previous life. One was Shi Yao, an old friend of his father-in-law, and the other was Zheng Hong, who didn't get along well with his father-in-law.

It goes without saying that Hua Yang admires her father-in-law, but she doesn't think all of her father-in-law's political enemies are bad people. For example, Zheng Hong in front of him, in his previous life, he also agreed with his father-in-law's thirteen crimes of exposing King Xiang, but insisted that King Xiang had no intention of rebelling.heart.

King Xiang really didn't want to rebel, he was stupid for raising the "blame of injustice", so Shi Yao's accusation of rebellion is not wrong.

In the final analysis, the two imperial envoys were both right, and only King Xiang was wrong.

After paying his respects, Zheng Hong took a long box from his entourage, Shi Yao took out a scroll of Minghuang imperial decree, and said to Hua Yang: "Princess, the emperor has a decree."

Only then did Hua Yang leave the table and knelt down to listen to the order.

Emperor Jingshun mainly said three things in the imperial decree.First to appease the daughter's grievances, then to praise the daughter's benevolence and justice for the people, and finally, Emperor Jingshun specially gave her a king whip, from the vassal king to the subjects, whoever offends the daughter and harms the people,Daughters can whip it.Beating the King's Whip is of great significance, Emperor Jingshun hoped that his daughter would use it cautiously, and if it was proved that the number of unjust beatings exceeded three times, the Emperor would take back the Whip.

Although Emperor Jingshun set conditions for his daughter to use it, this was the first time an emperor of this dynasty bestowed a king whip, which showed the prosperity of Hua Yang's sacred favor.

This "whip to beat the king" is also very appropriate. Who told Hua Yang to be molested by a vassal king and beat him with a whip?

Emperor Jingshun wanted to use this method to tell the people all over the world that his princess played well, and he fully supports him as the emperor!

"My son bows to my father for his kindness."

Hua Yang likes this gift very much, even though she may not use it a few times in her life.

Taking the long box containing the king whip with both hands, Hua Yang stood up supported by two maids.

Zheng Hong looked solemn: "Princess, I have to go to Xiangwang Mansion to investigate the case. It is inconvenient to stay for a long time, so I will leave."

Hua Yang: "Go, adults, just try the case impartially, don't judge King Xiang wrongly just because I sued him, and don't let the people be wronged just because he is a vassal king."

"The princess is wise, and the ministers must keep it in mind."

Wu Run went to see off the two imperial envoys.

Hua Yang told Zhou Ji: "Send someone to Xiangwang Mansion to have a look. If there is any change, report it at any time."

Zhou Ji took the order and left.

Hua Yang put the long box on the table and opened it.

In the previous dynasty, there were also examples of emperors rewarding virtuous ministers with whips. They were called whips, but they were actually maces. They were long, edgeless, four-edged weapons.Wait for a heroic man to use it freely.

The emperor must have considered this point, and the king whip given to her was a leather whip made of beef tendon, the head of a red gold dragon, and the whip was about seven feet long.

Hua Yang tried to shake it, but it was smooth.

Chao Yun said with a smile: "If the princess had obtained this king whip earlier, she should have beaten King Xiang with her own hands that day."

Hua Yang: "He is not worthy."

She likes this whip, and no one can get her whip if she wants to.

"Put it away."

At dusk, Zhou Jilai came back and said that the people he sent out had been watching outside Xiangwang Mansion for half a day, and they didn't find anything unusual for the time being.

Hua Yang recalled the dossiers he saw in his previous life. At that time, before the imperial envoys arrived in Lingzhou City, King Xiang raised the "Banner of Litigation of Injustice" high up, and all the people in the city could see it.

Why didn't King Xiang lift it in this life?

It's nothing more than watching people order dishes. The father-in-law told him that one minister and one king would dare to complain about injustice, but when it was Hua Yang's turn, King Xiang would not dare to act recklessly.Moreover, this time King Xiang's son and more than 20 guards were taken to Capital City first, and handed over to Jin Yiwei for trial. Where is Jin Yiwei, they can find out how many bowls of wine King Xiang drank on a certain day,King Xiang probably knew that his crime was indisputable, so he accepted his fate.

Without the "rebellion", the father-in-law's crime of "falsely accusing the relatives" was completely eradicated.

Hua Yang is in a good mood.

She has done so much, not only to make everyone in the Chen family have a good end, but also to make her younger brother a good name in history.

"When the cockroaches are gone, the good bows are hidden; the cunning rabbits are dead, and the lackeys are cooking", these are all sympathetic to the hero's criticism of the king.

From Hua Yang's point of view, his younger brother's treatment of the Chen family was of no benefit at all except to bring him a bad name.Perhaps the younger brother wanted to take back the power once held by the father-in-law into his own hands, but the father-in-law was dead, and what he left to the younger brother were all capable ministers worthy of reuse. He followed the father-in-law to assist the younger brother in creating ZTE for a few yearsThe pillars of the government, the father-in-law is alive, they may look at the father-in-law as the leader, once the father-in-law dies, the younger brother is in charge of the government again, and they will use their means. These people will naturally listen to the younger brother, why use such an extreme method to eradicate the father-in-law and his party?

Hua Yang cherishes the prosperity of the country and the people's peace in those years. ZTE was brought about by his father's reforms. Those courtiers who took advantage of his younger brother's youthful vigor to support and instigate him even wanted to abolish his father's reforms. They just wanted to continue to follow the path of corrupt officials.Gather people's fat and people's ointment for their own use.

Hua Yang has no ambitions, her natal husband's family is her small family, and the world is her princess's family.

The only thing she wants is to have a happy family and a prosperous life.

When Chen Jingzong stepped into Qifeng Palace, he saw Hua Yang leaning comfortably on the rocking chair, with his eyes closed, swinging gently under the shade of a tree.

There is a pink and tender peony on her head, and there is no other jewelry besides it.

The brilliant sunset from the west only climbed up her red skirt.

Signaling Chaoyun and Chaoyue to retreat, Chen Jingzong walked closer slowly.

The peony's petals are delicate and pink, which can be called perfect, but her white and pink beauty is more attractive than the peony.

There is a small stool next to the rocking chair, maybe the maids are sitting here talking with her.

Chen Jingzong sat on the small stool with his elbows on his knees, his upper body leaned forward slightly, and his eyes gradually moved down from her eyebrows.

Her skin was as thick as snow, and her lips were as red as fire and moist.

Chen Jingzong looked away, he didn't want to be disgusted by her every day, but she looked like this, which man couldn't help but miss her.

Not to mention men, even women and children will not be in a daze when they see her.

Hua Yang opened his eyes, and what he saw was Chen Jingzong sitting beside him. He tilted his head, looking at the tree trunk behind her, wondering what he was thinking.

"came back?"

The rocking chair was very comfortable to rock, so Hua Yang continued to rock it lazily, talking to him.

Chen Jingzong looked over again, and said: "The two imperial envoys also called Xiang Baoshan, Wang Feihu, and Lin Yan."

Hua Yang was not surprised at all: "Looking at how they ruined the guard, you can tell that they are not good officials. One is the son-in-law of King Xiang, the other is Xiang Baoshan's sister-in-law, and the other has a big belly."

Chen Jingzong laughed: "Don't mention Xiang Baoshan and Lin Yan first, just talk about Wang Feihu, you can't suspect that he is not a good person just because he is fat."

Hua Yang shot him a look: "Who said I judge people by appearance? Did he treat you to drink flower wine, did he collude to bribe you?"

Chen Jingzong: "You have already kept accounts, if I listened to them that day and drank flower wine, what would you do?"

Hua Yang said with a smile: "Then I'll whip you a few times, just as my father rewarded me with a king whip today."

Only then did Chen Jingzong find out about this and asked Chaoyun to come out with a whip.

It was given to the princess by the emperor, and the son-in-law's words didn't work, so Chaoyun looked at the master asking for instructions.

Hua Yang nodded.

Only then did Chaoyun go to fetch the king whip.

Chen Jingzong saw that the whip was only seven feet long, and it was very delicate. He immediately stopped trying his hands and played with the handle of the carved dragon head for a while. He asked Hua Yang: "The whip is a good whip, can it be used?"

Hua Yang: "Isn't this simple?"

Other weapons need practice, the whip is too simple, just shake it.

Chen Jingzong pulled her out of the rocking chair and told her to slam the tree with a whip.

Hua Yang felt sorry for the tree: "Well, what will I do if I beat it."

The trees that can be planted in Qifeng Palace are precious and elegant, and Hua Yang is reluctant to spoil any beautiful things.

Chen Jingzong raised his eyebrows: "Then hit me?"

Hua Yang smiled, holding the handle of the whip in one hand, and following the whip with the other hand, he circled around Chen Jingzong, as if wondering where to hit.

Finally, she lightly touched Chen Jingzong's ass.

Chen Jingzong: "If you fight King Xiang like this, he will think you are playing tricks with him."

Hua Yang was disgusted by him, walked to a corner of the yard, and angrily lashed at the large water tank placed there.

The whip hit the water tank and rebounded quickly.

Before the whip hit Hua Yang, it was grabbed by Chen Jingzong in time.

Hua Yang stared blankly at the whip in Chen Jingzong's hand.

Chen Jingzong: "Is it still simple?"

Hua Yang pursed his lips.

Chen Jingzong stopped laughing at her, gave her the whip, and began to teach her how to beat the whip.

Hua Yang studied for a quarter of an hour with relish, and then his arm became sore, and the palm of his hand was slightly reddened by the force.

The whip learning was over, and the couple went to the main room to wash their hands and eat.

After nightfall, Hua Yang came over after taking a bath, and found Chen Jingzong leaning on the couch in his middle clothes, holding the whip in his hand.

"Why did you find it out again?" Hua Yang asked suspiciously. Putting it in an ordinary house, such an imperial gift should be respected, and Hua Yang didn't intend to take it too lightly.

Chen Jingzong looked at her, then lowered his eyes, and after a while, he put the whip back.

Hua Yang thought he was weird.

Two quarters of an hour later, Chen Jingzong clasped Hua Yang's wrists tightly, and whispered in her ear: "In fact, sometimes, a whip can also be used as a rope."

Hua Yang: ...

She gritted her teeth: "How dare you!"

Chen Jingzong kissed her flushed face: "Of course I don't dare now, we will talk about it later when you are willing."