Fortunate Young Gentleman

The Aftermath of Concubine Tang Hui's suicide was not known to Tang Ning until the next day.

Although she was the culprit of the regicide, she was still a concubine after all, and Emperor Chen finally left her body intact.

Concubine Zhang Xian and Concubine Tang Hui, who died of illness, were both guilty and could not be buried in the imperial mausoleum. However, Emperor Chen, who was recuperating and not concerned about court affairs, issued an order to rebuild a mausoleum for her.

Although Concubine Tang Hui died, the aftermath of the regicide was not over.

The Tang family colluded with the palace concubines and intended to rebel. Tang Huai and Tang Qi, as the masterminds, were also sentenced to immediate execution. As for Tang Qi's son Tang Zhao, he escaped this disaster because he was not in the capital.

However, the court had already sent people out of the capital to arrest him, and he could not escape the knife on his head after all.

The only ones who survived the case were Tang Jing and his wife. Tang Jing had not been involved in the Tang family affairs for a long time and had nothing to do with the case. He was only stripped of his official position and his life was not in danger.

In the Shangshu Province, an official walked up to Wang Xiang and shook his head and said, "Wang Xiang, the Tang family committed regicide and treason, which is a serious crime that will punish the nine clans. Although Tang Jing did not participate, he should be executed according to the law..."

Wang Xiang glanced at him and said, "If you punish the nine clans, then Tang Xiang and His Majesty are also in the nine clans of the Tang family. Do you want to execute Tang Xiang and His Majesty as well?"

"I dare not, I dare not!"

The official finally realized it and immediately bowed and retreated. He only thought about the Tang brothers, but forgot that His Majesty and Tang Xiang were also related to the Tang family. If Tang Xiang heard this, his career would be over.

It would be fine if his career ended. If Tang Xiang classified him and the Duan Wang Tang family as the same party, he would die too unjustly.

The Tang family committed such a heinous crime. From the perspective of the laws of the State of Chen, King Huai's handling method was somewhat merciful. At least, Tang Jing and his wife should not be able to escape death.

However, if this case was really handled according to the law, and it was rigid and inflexible, wouldn't even Prime Minister Tang and His Majesty be involved? Therefore, even if King Huai was considered merciful, no one dared to object in the court.

Of course, Tang Qi and Tang Huai, as the masterminds, were sentenced to death immediately. No one had any objection to such a treatment.

In addition, several confidants of Concubine Hui of Tang who were directly related to this case, except for the maid named Zizhu who bit her tongue and committed suicide in the Dali Temple, no one could escape the knife.

Zizhu was lucky. She committed suicide out of fear of crime, at least she could leave a complete body. Although others could live a few more days, they could not avoid the separation of their bodies.

Even Concubine Hui hanged herself, so naturally no one cared about the life and death of a little maid. However, for the Dali Temple, this was a huge mistake.

King Huai repeatedly told him that Zizhu was the most important witness in the case and asked the Dali Temple to guarantee Zizhu's safety, but in the end, she died anyway. He had surrendered to Prince Duan a few months ago. This time, King Huai would not take this opportunity to remove him from the position of Dali Temple Minister?

When he thought of this, the Dali Temple Minister was furious. He pointed at the Dali Temple Junior Minister and said angrily: "You bastards, I told you to take good care of her, how did you do that!"

The Dali Temple Junior Minister was pale and said in a trembling voice: "My lord, it was my negligence..."

The Dali Temple Minister asked with a sullen face: "Where is the body of the palace maid?"

The Dali Temple Junior Minister said: "The weather has been hot these days. I was afraid that it would stink if I left it here, so I had someone drag it out and bury it last night."

He wanted to see the body alive or dead, otherwise how could he explain to King Huai? The Dali Temple Minister was even more angry and shouted: "Where is it buried?"

The Dali Temple Junior Minister bowed his head and said: "Last night, it was dark and windy, and they didn't know which mass grave they buried it in..."

The person was gone, and even the body could not be found. The Dali Temple Minister's chest rose and fell a few times, and he gritted his teeth and said: "Get out of here!"

The Dali Temple Junior Minister left the court in panic as if he had been pardoned.

The moment he turned and walked out of the hall, the panic on his face disappeared, and a trace of subtle sarcasm emerged.

The palace had been in turmoil for the past two days, and the capital was even more uneasy. A major event also happened in the Dali Temple.

The Dali Temple Minister was incompetent, and the important witness in the case of Prince Duan and Concubine Hui's regicide died in the Dali Temple. Prince Huai was furious and impeached the Dali Temple Minister to the Shangshu Province.

This kind of thing was very common, just like the last case of Jingzhao Yin's dereliction of duty. For the Dali Temple Minister of the third rank, it was a trivial matter that could not be any smaller.

But there are times for trivial matters. How can ordinary cases be compared with regicide cases?

The Dali Temple Minister was directly dismissed and investigated because of this trivial matter. At the same time, many officials of the Dali Temple were also implicated.

The Shangshu Province handled this matter very unreasonably. The Dali Temple Minister was one of the Nine Ministers, and his official position was from the third rank, which was only half a head lower than the six ministers and half a level higher than the Jingzhao Yin. However, the Jingzhao Yin was only fined a few months of salary, while the Dali Temple Minister was even stripped of his official hat. In comparison, it seemed too unfair to the Dali Temple Minister.

However, there was no voice of opposition in the court to this injustice.

The Dali Temple Minister was a die-hard supporter of Prince Duan. Now that Prince Duan had killed the king, the Dali Temple Minister's head could still remain on his neck. It was already a great mercy of the court. What official position did he want?

That is, Prince Huai was merciful. If he was as cruel as your majesty, I am afraid that all the officials and dignitaries who were close to Prince Duan before would have their heads cut off.

Even so, they did not have a good end.

All the officials and dignitaries who stood with Prince Duan in a high-profile manner during this period were dismissed, officials were dismissed, dignitaries were stripped of their titles, and this turmoil almost affected half of the court. However, even with this turmoil that overturned the court, the two prime ministers and the senior officials in the court remained silent.

The court has always been like this. This is the price of standing on the wrong side, and it is also the path they chose themselves.

If Prince Duan soared to the sky and ascended the throne, they would naturally be loyal ministers with unlimited prospects. Unfortunately, Prince Duan's rebellion failed, and they had to admit the price of their shortsightedness.

Just as this hurricane in the capital swept the court, Tang Ning's family was already in a villa outside the capital.

This villa is surrounded by mountains and rivers, with beautiful scenery around it, covering an area of ​​more than several acres. In the villa, there are small bridges and flowing water, rockery and forests, and entertainment facilities are all available. In order to build this villa, Tang Yaoyao invested 100,000 taels of silver.

This courtyard is dozens of miles away from the capital, and two miles away is the camp of Zuo Xiaowei. If the incident that happened that night happened again, the guards of Prince Duan's mansion would be wiped out by Zuo Xiaowei before they even approached.

This is why Tang Ning built the courtyard here. With the natural barrier of Zuo Xiaowei, no one can do anything to them unless the other guards gather together.

And now the guards can't gather together even with the order of Emperor Chen. After moving out of the capital, Tang Ning has no worries.

Tang Ning lay in the shade of the yard, enjoying the leg massage service of Qing'er and Xiu'er. After a while, another servant came to report that Prince Huai was visiting.

After a while, in the living room of the Tang Mansion, after King Huai sat down, he took a sip of tea and said, "Prince Tang really chose a good place, but it's too far from the capital, so it's not very convenient to find it."

Tang Ning sighed and said, "It's a bit far, but at least no one came to the door in the middle of the night..."

"Xu Wei, the leader of the guards of Prince Duan's Mansion, has been executed, and the rest of them have been exiled according to the law." King Huai was silent for a moment and said, "Prince Duan was imprisoned in the palace by his father, and like Prince Kang, he will never step out of the palace where he is imprisoned."

Tang Ning thought for a while and asked, "Is the execution date tomorrow? Those people's day?"

"Today." King Huai glanced at him and said, "Brothers Tang Huai and Tang Qi were executed an hour ago."

Tang Ning was silent for a long time. King Huai handed him a memorial and said, "The case of Concubine Hui has been closed. This is the memorial. Prime Minister Tang, please take a look."

Tang Ning opened the memorial and after reading it, he suddenly asked, "Who gave the Anshenxiang to the Tang family? Have you found out?"

King Huai looked at him, shook his head regretfully, and said, "No."

[ps: Chapter 2 will be released later, please refresh at 10 o'clock.]