Chapter 1214 Where is the face
Prince Yong...oh no, now it should be said that it is Emperor Yongzheng.
After the official announcement of Emperor Jianxing's death, Yongzheng asked someone to take out a so-called will. Of course, this thing could not have been left by Emperor Jianxing. Its origin was naturally from Yongzheng's work.
As for the truth and falsehood, is this important? It is not important to Yongzheng at all. The role of this will is only to prove his inheritance of the great unification. With it, Yongzheng's succession to the throne is just right. As for the truth and falsehood, isn't he who has the final say?
At this point, Yongzheng's last obstacle was completely eliminated. When Emperor Jianxing finished his grand work, he could naturally ascend to the emperor's throne.
Yongzheng waited for too long on this day, but that doesn't matter. Although the Qing Dynasty is not the Qing Dynasty in the past, he is the ultimate winner after all. When he ascended the throne of the emperor, he can naturally truly master the supreme power of the Qing Dynasty, rather than being a so-called regent like before.
Yongzheng's reign had already been decided, and he directly used his title of Prince Yong to determine his reign, which is the term Yongzheng.
Next, we are waiting for the time to finally ascend the throne. This time will not be long. Yongzheng has been waiting for so many years, so he can naturally afford it.
But Yongzheng never expected that just two days before he officially ascended the throne, a news made Yongzheng furious. When the news came, Yongzheng was shocked at first, and then could not suppress the anger in his heart. He issued a series of orders, and even gritted his teeth and cursed in the palace.
With a "bang" sound, the eunuch Zhao Zhong, who was waiting at the door, turned pale with fear.
Tomorrow is the time for Yongzheng to ascend the throne. Logically, Yongzheng should be proud and satisfied now, but after the news came yesterday, Yongzheng became extremely irritable. Not only was he furious, but he also blew a lot of anger on the people around him.
In just half a day, the three little eunuchs and two palace maids who served Yongzheng were dragged out by Yongzheng and beaten to death. Now there are still blood stains outside that have not been completely cleaned up. Their crying before death echoed in their ears. When they thought of this, Zhao Zhong, the eunuch who was considered Yongzheng's confidant, could not help but feel the fear of the death of the rabbit and the fox.
Yongzheng has always been a master who is difficult to serve, and Zhao Zhong naturally knew about this, but it was the first time he saw Yongzheng so angry. Now Zhao Zhong only hopes that this fire will never burn on him. Although he is the eunuch who serves his master, eunuchs are also human beings. Compared with ordinary people, eunuchs' lives are also life!
A burst of rapid footsteps came, and Zhao Zhong quickly looked up and looked in the direction of the coming sound. When he saw that the person coming was Ma Qi, Zhao Zhong felt slightly relieved.
"Horse......"
"The Emperor is inside?" Ma Qi asked softly.
Zhao Zhong nodded and said at the same time: "The emperor is in a bad mood, please be careful with Ma Xiang."
Ma Qi nodded silently. Ma Qi naturally knew why Yongzheng was in a bad mood, and he came here for this matter now. He looked into the hall and then said, "Please inform Eunuch Zhao, and then Ma Qi asked for a meeting."
Zhao Zhong responded, then turned around and entered the hall with a stern look. When he entered the hall, he saw Yongzheng sitting in the chair with a gloomy expression. There were broken jade pieces on the ground. It seemed that the jade Ruyi that Yongzheng had played with on his usual daily life, but now he was broken into pieces.
"Your Ma Qi, the minister of the study room, asked for a visit." Although it is not a good time to report to Yongzheng at this time, it would be too unfair if Yongzheng was angry and dealt with himself. However, it would not be possible if Zhao Zhong did not report it. Ma Qi was outside. As a slave around Yongzheng, Zhao Zhong could only say with a thorn in his mouth.
Yongzheng slowly raised his head with a calm face, and his sharp gaze swept towards Zhao Zhong, which made Zhao Zhong's heart suddenly shrink and he quickly lowered his head slightly to wait for Yongzheng's next reaction.
Yongzheng did not speak immediately, and the atmosphere in the hall was extremely rich, as if there was invisible pressure to make Zhao Zhong feel breathless.
Maybe it was a few seconds, or maybe it was more time, but Zhao Zhong seemed to feel that it had been so long for a century, and it was not until Yongzheng's voice sounded that it broke the suffocating tranquility.
"Let him in."
Zhao Zhong immediately breathed a sigh of relief and responded quickly. Then he hesitated for a while and did not turn around and go out immediately. Instead, he squatted down and cleaned up the smashed pieces of Yu Ruyi before leaving.
A moment later, Ma Qi entered the hall and paid a visit to the grand ceremony when he saw Yongzheng. Yongzheng did not let Ma Qi get up and asked directly: "How is the matter done?"
Ma Qi's face looked a little ugly, but he still said respectfully: "Go back to the emperor, the people sent by me have recovered a few..."
"How many?" Yongzheng asked coldly.
"Five people, these five people are..." Ma Qi dared not hide it and said in a slight manner.
After Yongzheng heard Ma Qi's answer, his face became darker.
"Where are the two dog slaves, Tian Wenjing and Zhang Xi?"
"Back to the emperor, these two slaves are the first to run away. After the ministers chased them...they have already..." Speaking of this, Ma Qi couldn't help but look up at Yongzheng slightly, and saw that Yongzheng's face had become dark as the bottom of the pot. He held his right hand tightly by the handrail. The blue veins on it were raised, which was clearly extremely angry.
"What do you mean is that Tian Wenjing and Zhang Xi have escaped into the Ming Realm? Not only these two dog slaves, but even the other eleven slaves who ran away with them and their families have not recovered them?" Yongzheng's voice was cold, like a scraping bone.
"A servant dies, but a servant is incompetent..." Ma Qi kowtowed quickly, and in a few strokes, he knocked blood out of his forehead.
Tian Wenjing and Zhang Xi suddenly disappeared a few days ago, and then the Qing court disappeared several more people one after another. When the Qing court realized it, they realized that these people were actually running towards the Ming Dynasty, which immediately caused Yongzheng to be furious.
More importantly, all the officials who ran away were Han officials, with seventeen consecutive people. Although these people were not very high in their official positions, ranging from the sixth to the fourth rank, this was something that had never happened before.
Especially this kind of thing happened before Yongzheng ascended the throne. This was clearly a slap in the face. How could Yongzheng not be extremely angry? When Yongzheng found out, he immediately asked Ma Qi to take charge of the matter and asked Ma Qi to arrest all these people and his family members who ran away with him, and at the same time strictly ordered other Han officials in the court to avoid similar situations again.
Chapter completed!