"Your Majesty, this is too much for this subject. This subject only wants justice, that's all."
"Well, I know. You can go back first."
This time, the father and son did not dare to "act shamelessly". No matter how they tried to persuade him, it was useless. Secretary Bai supported his father. In fact, after kneeling for such a long time, he was not much better than his father. He was trembling and could not stand up at all. After suffering so much but not achieving the expected result, how would he feel?
Le Chengdi looked at him and asked the eunuchs to help him up and send him back to the Bai family.
After they left, Le Chengdi said, "Summon the governor of the capital city, the minister of the Supreme Court, and the minister of the Ministry of Justice to the palace immediately." Le Chengdi said. He sat back behind the plan and continued to read the memorials. However, in his current state, he could not read them. He threw the memorials aside. He was so irritable, depressed, and angry that the eunuchs wanted to find a hole to hide in.
However, an eunuch came out and asked, "Your Majesty, it's very late. Do you want to call for dinner?"
Because of the father and son of the Bai family, Le Chengdi missed the dinner time. Obviously, he was not in the mood to eat before.
Le Chengdi rubbed between his eyebrows and said, "Call for dinner." He directly moved to the side hall and said, "When the three ministers come, bring them here directly."
The eunuchs all breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, Le Chengdi did not vent his anger on them.
Li Hongyuan walked out of the palace with a cold face. Along the way, one could feel the cold air whooshing from afar. No one dared to approach him because it was already dark. Sometimes, it was hard to notice. Therefore, even if they were walking towards him, they would all stop in their tracks and turn. If they really couldn't avoid him, they would quickly retreat a little, either standing or kneeling. They didn't dare to breathe too loudly and were unusually respectful.
Li Hongyuan walked straight past them, completely ignoring them.
It was better to be ignored. It was definitely a thousand times better than being noticed.
Li Hongyuan went out of the palace and boarded the carriage. His exposed emotions disappeared without a trace in an instant.
However, since he didn't say anything, the carriage could still stay where it was.
Because the Bai father and son left not long after him, although it was slightly slower due to the inconvenience of movement, they were still carried out in a palanquin. When they learned that the carriage of Jin Qinwang fu was still there and had not left, the two people couldn't help but shiver. There was always an unpleasant feeling, always feeling that they had provoked someone who should not be provoked.
When the two of them got off the palanquin, they happened to see Li Hongyuan's carriage with the curtains pulled open. Because there were no lights in the carriage, they couldn't see the situation inside. However, they felt that there was a pair of beast-like eyes inside, flashing in the darkness as if it was hunting, and the father and son were the prey it was staring at.
His knees were already hurting to the bone, and now his legs were weak. If he wasn't supported, he might have fallen to the ground. She had long heard of Jin Qinwang's illustrious reputation and had also seen his methods of dealing with people on certain occasions. However, in the end, she hadn't come into contact with him nor had she personally experienced his methods. Now, there was a kind of terrifying feeling.
"Return to the fu."
Li Hongyuan's emotionless voice came from the carriage, and the coachman in front of the carriage immediately raised his whip.
Looking at the carriage that was going further and further away, the father and son's hearts were filled with varying degrees of regret. However, after losing his only grandson (son), how could this person still have any rationality to speak of?
When Li Hongyuan returned to Jin Qinwang fu, Jingwan had already ordered people to prepare the meal. She didn't feel surprised that Li Hongyuan returned so quickly. In any case, this kind of thing, for her, was already used to it.
Because she already had a plan in her heart, Jingwan wasn't worried. And Li Hongyuan's emotions were all for others to see. When facing Jingwan, he couldn't be bad and did what he should do.
At the same time, the Governor of the Capital Magistrate, the Minister of the Supreme Court, and the Minister of the Ministry of Justice had already arrived at the palace three days ago. Although they had already gone to the yamen, when the Emperor summoned them, even if they were in a daze in the middle of the night, they still had to get up and enter the palace. What's more, after today's matter, they already had a plan in their hearts.
Le Chengdi let them eat together. Regardless of whether they ate or not, they all had to sit down and thank the Emperor for his grace.
Le Chengdi was in a bad mood and hastily ate a bit. When he stopped, the other three also followed suit.
Le Chengdi wiped his mouth and threw away the handkerchief, "Today's matter, you should already know. I'll give you three days' time. Zhen wants a satisfactory result."
According to reason, the moment a person died, the Capital Magistrate should have taken over. However, Li Hongyuan didn't let anyone report the case. The Bai family took the body back and didn't want to report the case. Li Hongyuan investigated their own internal problems. The Bai family only wanted Le Chengdi to uphold justice. They were too grieved and too angry. Perhaps, they had "forgotten".
Le Chengdi only needed to say a few words and the following three people had a headache. Because they didn't take over at the first moment, there would be a lot of gaps in the middle. For example, the people related to Jin Qinwang's manor and the people serving Bai gongzi were all very important. And now, it was unknown whether these people were still alive or not. After all, if the Master wanted to kill these people, it was just a matter of a few words.
However, no matter how much Xi Li complained incessantly, his mouth could only agree.
In fact, smart people knew that there were only two situations in this matter. First, it was a coincidence. The Bai family's boy was unlucky. Others were fine, but he died. Second, someone schemed against Jin Qinwang. It was nothing more than borrowing the Bai family's hand to deal with Jin Qinwang.
If it was the former, the Bai family would definitely not let it go and bite Jin Qinwang to death. This was not what the Emperor wanted to see. If it was the latter, then who was the one who schemed against Jin Qinwang? In fact, there was still a range. It wasn't big, but it wasn't small either. Of course, it wouldn't be easy to investigate. If those related people died, it would be even more difficult to investigate. And the final result was also not what the Emperor wanted to see. And between these two, the possibility of the latter was far greater than the former.
And even if it was the latter, if the investigation didn't lead to the cause, the Bai family would definitely bite Jin Qinwang to death.
More importantly, she had to satisfy the emperor. What was the most important thing to satisfy the emperor?
To put it bluntly, this kind of thing shouldn't be investigated in the open. The Emperor himself would determine the outcome.
The Capital Governor and the Minister of Justice might have some concerns and didn't dare to go through some procedures. But the Fifth Tai Qing of the Supreme Court was famous for being upright and plainspoken when facing a case. He would investigate it as he should.
Because of the special situation, Master Bai's funeral hadn't been held yet. The Bai family didn't even hang out the white banner. Naturally, no one would come to offer condolences. So, it was certain that the body hadn't been buried yet. It was just tidied up and changed into decent clothes. From the outside, it didn't look that scary.
In fact, the people who went to the manor with Master Bai were indeed beaten to death by the furious Madam Secretary Bai who couldn't find a way to vent her anger. Their relatives and friends were not allowed to collect the bodies. They were directly thrown into the mass grave and buried hastily. There was no value in itself, but the people and things related to them still had to be investigated.
Fortunately, the people who belonged to Jin Qinwang didn't die. On the contrary, the people who wanted to commit suicide didn't die.
The suspicious points of Master Bai's body also had to be investigated. So, an autopsy was necessary.
People couldn't rest in peace even after death. How could the Bai family allow it? They cried to the heavens and fought to the earth.
The others were in a dilemma, but the Minister of the Supreme Court was determined.
The people of the Bai family couldn't wait to eat him alive. Their eyes were filled with poison. The Fifth Tai Qing didn't flinch, "As long as I am still in this position, I have to do things according to the rules. Secretary Bai doesn't need to look at me like this. If you really don't like me, you can go to the Emperor to complain. If the Emperor dismisses me, I have nothing to do with it."
In Jingwan's impression, the Fifth Tai Qing was an amiable old man. He liked to stroke his beard. From time to time, he would break a strand. He also liked flowers and plants. Occasionally, he would be like an old child. He would "snatch things" from his grandfather. He would quarrel until his face turned red. Even though she knew that he had a "bad temper" that even Le Chengdi had a headache in some aspects, she had never really seen it. However, when it really showed, people couldn't help but gasp in admiration.
Secretary Bai was infuriated by the Fifth Grand Eunuch, but he really could not be involved in this case. After all, the Fifth Grand Eunuch was investigating the case according to the normal procedure. He was in the right no matter what. If he was involved in this case, Secretary Bai would be regarded as taking advantage of his relationship with Emperor Le Chengdi. At that time, not only Secretary Bai would be criticized, but even Emperor Le Chengdi would be criticized by all kinds of ministers. It would be strange if Emperor Le Chengdi was happy at that time.
Secretary Bai clenched his back teeth. He could only be isolated and watch the coroner make trouble on his dead son. His wife cried and threw a tantrum. She had already lost her image. She cursed the Fifth Tai Qing to die a horrible death and to have no descendants.
The Fifth Tai Qing looked coldly with a straight face. He was extraordinarily serious.
Speaking of which, the Fifth Tai Qing was well-mannered. If it were someone else, he might have directly retorted. "The Bai Family is the one who will have no descendants. Look, even your only son is dead. Could it be that you have done too many evil things to end up like this?" "It should be noted that the Fifth Tai Qing had many children and grandchildren. His family was harmonious, and many of them were successful."
In the end, it was the wife of Secretary Bai who fainted from crying.
It had to be said that the coroner was quite capable. According to some of the characteristics of the corpse, it could almost be concluded that the deceased had taken some kind of medicine before his death. And the effect of the medicine was probably to replace the organs.
According to this clue, they continued to investigate. They really found a servant of the deceased. However, the servant was dead, and the clue was completely broken. If the servant had not been beaten to death by the order of the wife of Secretary Bai, they would have suspected that the wife of Secretary Bai had something to do with the servant. She killed the servant to silence him. Knowing that her recklessness had broken an important clue, the wife of Secretary Bai fainted again. However, when she woke up, she refused to admit her mistake. She did not take good care of her son and caused his death. Didn't such a servant deserve to die?
In fact, as expected at the beginning, there was no result at all. Everything pointed to the fact that someone had planned all this. However, every clue, whether it was the people of the Bai Family or the people of Li Hongyuan's farm, was broken at some point and could not be investigated further. It was like a thread that was divided into several parts and then cut off together.
Since there was no clue, no matter how angry Le Chengdi was, the result would be the same.
Even though the Bai family was rational and thought that they shouldn't completely vent their anger on Jin Qinwang, but once they thought that their precious flesh and only seedling was gone, how could they still be rational? Even if they wanted to be rational, other people were either wailing, pointing and gossiping, or rejoicing in other people's misfortune, constantly reminding them, washing away their rationality. When this person's grief and indignation reached a certain degree, they would always involuntarily find a way to vent.
The former court elder of the Bai Family went to the palace every day. His body was obviously getting worse and it looked like he would die at any time on the way, but he still did not stop.
Le Chengdi was having a headache. After all, this was his uncle who had helped him a lot. Besides, if he put himself in his uncle's shoes, he could not say anything harsh. However, it was absolutely impossible to put all the blame on his son!
Master Bai's body could not just be left there. It had to be buried.
Therefore, the Bai Family finally hung up the white banner and did the ritual.
Other people also came to offer their condolences one after another, especially the in-laws of those grandaunts who had married out — — Those grandaunts came back as soon as they knew about the matter. Until now, a few days later, they helped to take care of all kinds of things.
They wanted to comfort them and let them restrain their grief. However, the sorrow of a white-haired person sending off a black-haired person was not something that could be eliminated with a simple sentence. Looking at the miserable appearance of the family, people couldn't help but sigh.
The Bai Family did not have a son before. From top to bottom, from inside to outside, they were often laughed at.
And as the wife of Master Bai, even if she gave birth to four daughters, she was also called a hen that could not lay eggs. She was scolded and disliked. That kind of grievance, that kind of bitterness, it lasted until the fifth pregnancy when she gave birth to a son. In fact, she was not young anymore. In order to give birth to a son, her husband had long stopped sleeping with her. That child was also calculated by her. When it was born, it was a son. Her position was stable and all the "mistakes" in the past were as if nothing had happened.
That son was Old Madame Bai's life! Without a son, it could be said that there was no hope left. Recently, she was going crazy.
And this matter, she didn't know how, but it was related to Jingwan again. It seemed that in just one night, all the mistakes were her. Building the horse ranch was her idea. Building a luxurious animal garden was her idea. It was all because of her that Jin Qinwang became more and more extravagant. If it wasn't for her messy ideas, how could someone die and so on.
Jingwan felt her knees hurt. It was simply lying down and getting shot.
However, it was not enough to just talk about it. The Old Madame of the Bai Family actually wanted Jingwan to wear mourning clothes for her son and kneel until her son was buried.
If Jingwan didn't care about it before, her face would have turned completely cold now.
Originally, the Luo Family didn't intervene in this matter. However, the Bai Family's actions completely angered the Luo Family.
Luo Peishan directly tore into Scholar Bai in the court. Of course, he didn't do anything to Scholar Bai directly. He was the Minister of Personnel Affairs and was in charge of the officials. As long as the officials were related to the Bai Family, especially those sons-in-law of his, he would pull them all out and mercilessly scrutinize them from head to toe. People in the officialdom simply couldn't withstand being scrutinized to death. There was always a bit of a problem with their morality. At this moment, all of them were pulled out by Luo Peishan. There was a problem here. If they didn't pass the assessment, they were not allowed to be promoted.
Luo Peishan also didn't use any underhanded tricks, "… … This official is not like some people who like to fabricate nonsense and create something out of nothing. This official has always paid attention to the facts. Scholar Bai said that this official was talking nonsense, but this official can't agree. You must know that these matters are not handled by this official alone. There are so many people in the Ministry of Personnel Affairs and they are all clear about it. Originally, there's no need to report to the Emperor about the transfer of officials below the fourth rank. Now that I've brought it out, it's easier for everyone to understand. "
Although it wasn't an underhanded trick, it was more infuriating to go against the Bai Family openly.
The Bai Family had the Emperor as their backer and they knew how to conduct themselves. There were many colleagues who were on good terms with them. However, at this moment, no one stood out. Firstly, if they angered Luo Peishan, they might become the next Bai Family. Secondly, if the Bai Family vacated their positions, there would be more opportunities for others. Friendship was friendship, but when it came to their own interests, friendship was nothing.
Scholar Bai was so angry that he almost vomited blood.
Luo Peishan's smile didn't change, but his eyes were cold.
In such a situation, Le Chengdi chose to be a bystander and didn't say a word.
Of course, the Luo Family wasn't the only ones who were really angered. The real evil fire in the living hell's heart was accumulated. Once it exploded, it would definitely burn people to death. However, the living hell didn't take any action for the time being.
Many people related to the Bai Family were in trouble, so Old Madam Bai didn't dare to keep pestering Jingwan.
However, that didn't mean that the Bai Family would stop causing trouble. The former Cabinet Elder ran to the Emperor and requested that the eighty-one altars built today be used for his grandson's ritual.
Le Chengdi immediately flew into a rage. If it weren't for the fact that this was his uncle, if it weren't for the fact that he was old and couldn't even stand steadily, Le Chengdi would have smashed the inkstone directly on his head. Le Chengdi still longed to see the Imperial Noble Consort and asked her to come out to perform the ritual for his nephew? How could a kid like him deserve such honor?!
"Uncle, go back. I'll pretend that I don't know about it."
This time, the former Grand Secretary had steeled his heart. "Your Majesty, the Imperial Noble Consort is just a nameless orphan girl of unknown origins. You supported her and made her the Imperial Noble Consort, giving her the supreme honor. But to say that she's some Fairy of the Ninth Heaven, it's fine if you just coax the ignorant people, but do you really believe it? Think about how much the Empress Dowager did for you. How much she sacrificed and how much she sacrificed. Do you really have the heart to see her family die out? "
Le Chengdi's face was livid. Of course, he remembered some things in his heart. This was the reason why he had always been kind to the Bai Family. But it didn't mean that he was willing to be mentioned in public. "Uncle, you've gone too far. My uncle is very good. He has many children and grandchildren. How can the Bai Family die out?"
The Bai Family had always been reasonable and sensible. But now, they suddenly exposed it, which made Le Chengdi very angry. He suspected that they had been pretending before.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, my poor grandson. If he can't reincarnate, his experience will only be the beginning of the Bai Family. Do you really have the heart to …"
"Enough!" Le Chengdi shouted angrily, interrupting him.
"Your Majesty, my grandson died unjustly. He died with his eyes wide open, and his resentment can't be dispelled. You promised to uphold justice for him, but you didn't say anything. You even gave him a religious ceremony, and he wasn't willing to be reincarnated. Your Majesty, the Bai Clan is gone, and this old thing doesn't have the face to continue living in this world. Everyone in the Bai Clan is ashamed to face their ancestors. It's better for them to die so that they can go down and beg for forgiveness …"
The former Cabinet Elder seemed to have lost his mind. Whatever he should say and what he shouldn't say, he screamed it out.
To put it bluntly, his goal was still Li Hongyuan. He wanted Li Hongyuan, the "murderer", to pay the price and resolve his grandson's grievances. He was also certain that Le Chengdi wouldn't give up the altar. This was not only a threat of death, but also the death of everyone in the Bai Family.
Le Chengdi's face was gloomy. He didn't know what happened to make his uncle act like a different person. Even if he got what he wanted, would the Bai Family have a good life in the future?
However, if this continued, Le Chengdi's image in the public would be affected.
When Li Hongyuan heard the news, he knew that it was about time.
"Is it necessary for the Bai Family to do this?" Jingwan was confused.
"The Bai Family's only child is gone. This means that the previous plan is useless. It is not wise to destroy the friendship between the Bai Family and my father. But what if someone made a promise to the Bai Family? How long can my father stay on the throne? How long can the Bai Family exist? Even if the Bai Family is hated by my father, as long as the Bai Family is still alive, there is a possibility for the Bai Family to rise again. If the Bai Family removes a big rock like me for the person who made the promise, the Bai Family will be a meritorious official.
Hearing this, Jingwan also understood. "Is Ah Yuan going to do it?"
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