bookrandom Chapter 347 Why should I stop it?
Chapter 347 Why should I stop it?
"Your Majesty, the Prince of Chu's palace was deliberately set on fire, and the Prince of Chu himself admitted that a lot of refined salt was burned!"
Late at night, in the Imperial Palace, in the side hall of Concubine Shu’s Palace.
The emperor, who had just had a fierce battle with Concubine Shu, was sweating profusely and felt very refreshed.
But the arrival of the shadow guard interrupted the emperor's pleasure. The emperor, who had originally had a happy look on his face, suddenly frowned.
"What happened? Aren't there many guards in the palace? Why did someone set fire to the refined salt?"
"Your Majesty, there were many people outside the palace at the time, and the criminals hid in the crowd, which is why the palace was completely unprepared."
The shadow guard said in a deep voice: "His Royal Highness the King of Chu seemed to be angry and took advantage of the crowd to catch the arsonist. He also encouraged the people to go to the Huangfu family and even asked Lord Ling from the Ministry of Justice to bring people over."
The emperor narrowed his eyes at these words, and a cold light flashed across his eyes: "Well done, this is my son, this is the attitude a prince should have!"
This is Kyoto City. How dare someone attack the palace? They are so bold!
If we don't teach them a lesson, they will really think that the royal family is easy to bully!
The shadow guard was stunned. He didn't expect that the emperor would support the King of Chu in instigating the people to go to the Huangfu family.
That is the first wealthy family.
"Your Majesty, should we send someone to stop them? In case a commotion breaks out..."
"Stop? Why should I stop?"
The emperor sneered: "Chu Ning just asked the people to go to Huangfu's house to make trouble. It's no big deal. Leave."
The shadow guard wanted to say something, but when he saw the emperor had turned and left, he had to retreat.
The aristocratic families really went too far this time. They were unable to defeat the King of Chu through normal means, so they resorted to such despicable means.
This is Kyoto City, under the feet of the Emperor. How could His Majesty allow these people to do what they want?
Your Majesty did not order an investigation into the matter this time out of consideration for the noble and wealthy families, and naturally he will not stop the King of Chu from taking revenge at this moment.
Knowing the emperor's character well, the shadow guard did not dare to persuade him too much and could only dispatch people to keep an eye on the Huangfu family.
If a conflict really occurs in the Huangfu family, they can respond immediately.
At this moment, the people who came to the gate of Huangfu Mansion had already surrounded the place, and the indignant people shouted:
“Why burn refined salt!”
"The coarse salt of your Huangfu family cannot compare to the refined salt of His Royal Highness the King of Chu, so you resort to such despicable means."
"Your Huangfu family is the head of an aristocratic family, yet you actually do such a shameless thing."
"That's right. Now that we have no refined salt, what do you want us to eat? Give us back the refined salt!"
The angry voices of the people were like huge bells, resounding through the sky, shaking the heavens and the earth. The loud sound made the entire Huangfu family restless.
The head of the Huangfu family, Huangfu Yang, who was awakened, came out personally to stop it and sent someone to notify Huangfu Gao.
In fact, Huangfu Yang didn't need to notify him. With such a loud noise, Huangfu Gao couldn't sleep at all and would have been woken up long ago.
Arriving at the gate of the mansion, everyone bowed and said, "Greetings to the old master!"
Huangfu Gao nodded slightly, then looked at the people outside the mansion.
"Everyone, you keep saying that it was my Huangfu family who sent people to burn down the palace. Do you have any evidence?"
The people who had been making a lot of noise suddenly quieted down. Facing Huangfu Gao's question, no one dared to speak for a while.
Huangfu Gao narrowed his eyes, and a cold look flashed across his face: "Since there is no evidence, it is slander. If you don't leave, my Huangfu family will arrest you and send you to the authorities!"
The people were shocked by Huangfu Gao's aura and looked timid.
After all, they are the number one family in Da Chu. If we offend them, what if we are retaliated against in the future?
However, just when everyone was frightened and wanted to retreat, someone in the crowd suddenly shouted: "Don't be complacent, His Royal Highness the King of Chu has caught the arsonist and is now interrogating him!"
Then someone immediately echoed: "Don't try to scare us. The King of Chu has captured a live person. Your Huangfu family won't be able to be arrogant for long!"
Someone took the lead, and others immediately followed: "You only dare to bully us ordinary people!"
"Humph, this time your Huangfu family's days are over!"
"That's right, just wait, the King of Chu will definitely take care of you!"
More and more people were talking about it, and all the words were unfavorable to the Huangfu family.
Huangfu Yang saw this and showed a fierce look on his face: "Father, these unruly people are too presumptuous. If we don't teach them a lesson, if they spread this matter, it will be disadvantageous to us."
Huangfu Gao narrowed his eyes and pondered for a moment, then nodded slightly.
Huangfu Yang's face suddenly turned fierce, and he shouted at everyone: "How dare you speak nonsense in front of my Huangfu family and slander my Huangfu family for arson!
Humph, if I allow you to spread rumors, won’t the reputation of my Huangfu family for generations be ruined by you?
Come, arrest them and send them to the authorities!"
At the command, the Huangfu family guards rushed out like wolves and tigers.
The people didn't expect that the Huangfu family would dare to take action, and they stood there in a daze for a moment.
Fortunately, at this moment, someone in the crowd shouted, "Run!"
Everyone woke up as if from a dream and fled in different directions.
But the guards of the Huangfu family were chasing him relentlessly. After catching up with them, they knocked the civilians to the ground and beat them up.
In just a few moments, more than a dozen civilians were knocked down, and some were even tied up with ropes by the Huangfu family guards.
Huangfu Yang looked at the scene with a sneer on his face.
This is the consequence of going against the Huangfu family!
We caught a group of people tonight, and I believe no one will dare to act recklessly here again.
Just when Huangfu Yang was feeling proud, he suddenly heard an angry shout from a distance: "How dare they arrest people in the street! Come on, take them down!"
Huangfu Yang's face changed drastically, and he looked up quickly, only to see two armies rushing out from the streets on both sides in the distance.
The leader, riding a war horse and wearing a red official uniform, was actually the Minister of Justice Ling Haoran.
"Father, why are people from the Ministry of Justice here?" Huangfu Yang suddenly had a bad feeling for some reason.
Huangfu Gao frowned, a cautious look on his face: "It must have been the King of Chu who notified me!"
While the two were talking, the runners from the Ministry of Justice had already rescued the captured civilians and captured several guards from the Huangfu family.
Ling Haoran rode his horse to the front of Huangfu Gao and his son, and without dismounting, he looked down at them and said in a cold voice:
"You two, why did your Huangfu family guards arrest civilians without permission?"
Huangfu Gao smiled and bowed, "So it's Lord Ling, you've come at the right time. These villains are here to slander my Huangfu family, and the guards just want to catch them and report to the authorities."
"is it?"
Ling Haoran looked indifferent: "They are just guards, they have no right to arrest people in Jingdu City. Even if someone slanders the Huangfu family, it should be my Ministry of Justice who arrests them."
Huangfu Yang was about to explain, but Ling Haoran snorted coldly: "Please follow me to the Ministry of Justice to explain this matter clearly!"
After saying this, Ling Haoran waved his hand and said, "Come here, bring all the people who did this back to the Ministry of Justice!"
Then, he extended his hand to Huangfu Gao and his son and said, "You two, please come in!"
Huangfu Gao's face looked a little ugly. For such a trivial matter, Ling Haoran actually wanted me to go to the Ministry of Justice?
Unusual behavior must have a purpose.
What exactly is Ling Haoran going to do?
Who gave him such courage?