Turbulent Times Chapter 453: Going to the palace to plead guilty

It wasn't until the figures of all the parties disappeared that the nearby crowd who were eating melons looked away and began to discuss in a low-pitched routine.

"Hey, that couple is really courageous."

"The world has never heard of anyone daring to treat the King of Han like this, even His Royal Highness the current Crown Prince wouldn't dare! But, to be honest, what I saw just now was so **** enjoyable!"

"The horse and the son on the horse just now look familiar, as if I saw it somewhere last year." Some people frowned and thought, but they couldn't remember for a while. After all, this era is different from the future generations of the information explosion. Similarly, although Wang Junlin is a celebrity, and because he is a famous horse, there are many people who have heard of their deeds, but not many people have seen them with their own eyes, and those who have seen them from afar cannot remember it half a year later. It's also normal.

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Since the death of Empress Dugu, there was no one to restrain him, Emperor Yang Jian of the Sui Dynasty completely let go of himself, and the number of beauties in the harem tripled in just half a year. The state of health has declined drastically. In addition, even though he is an emperor, his ability in that aspect cannot withstand the passing of time. When doing that kind of thing with a beautiful girl, he will inevitably be unable to do what he wants. Hearing the news, the old emperor's quality of life has improved, but his body has been depleted even more. The most obvious manifestation is that his energy when reviewing memorials every day is not as good as before.

At this time, after reviewing the memorial for less than an hour, he felt sore all over his body, and was about to take a rest for a while, when a servant came to report that the Marquis of Qin An was coming to see him.

"Wang Junlin? This kid came to see me so soon? I remember that Hou Quande specially reported to me half an hour ago, saying that this kid just entered the city." Yang Jian did not expect Wang Junlin to come to see him so soon. It seems that there is no problem with this person's loyalty to him. Although I have a little more thought, who has no selfishness? I almost put him on the opposite side of his aristocratic family, so it is understandable for him to find ways to protect himself.

Yang Jian simply reviewed several memorials and waited for Wang Junlin to come to see him. After a while, Wang Junlin hurried in under the guidance of an old eunuch.

Wang Junlin stepped forward, made a deep salute, and said respectfully: "Your Majesty, Ying Yanglang, Zhangye County, Yongzhou, will see Wang Junlin to see His Majesty the Emperor. Long live, long live, long live!"

Yang Jian didn't show his face, as if he didn't hear anything, he continued to review the memorial, ignoring Wang Junlin.

Wang Junlin secretly scolded the emperor that sometimes he needs to act coercively to increase his majesty. Ashamed, self-reproached, and extremely remorseful, he said, "Did you come here to plead guilty to His Majesty?"

Yang Jian didn't raise his eyelids, but asked indifferently: "What's the crime of the Marquis of Qin An? Is it because the Turks invaded and failed to stop the foreign enemies, or the snowstorm in Yongzhou did not raise food?"

"Reporting to Your Majesty, the Turkic enemy was severely injured by the army led by the minister. Less than one-tenth of the 100,000 troops fled back, and they will not commit another crime for several years. The food needed by the victims of the snowstorm was also raised by the minister. When we arrived, less than 300 people died of starvation in the three counties in the north of Yongzhou."

"Then why are you pleading guilty? I don't quite understand."

Yang Jian put down his imperial pen, glanced at Wang Junlin and said, "Then tell me! What did you do wrong?"

"Reporting to Your Majesty, I have committed two crimes. The first is because I have scruples in my heart, I did not fail to completely turn the Longxi Li family back. This is my first crime."

Yang Jian snorted coldly and said, "I already knew about this matter, but you transferred the disaster to Yang Su, and I took the opportunity to cut off many of his minions, which can be regarded as making up for it. But you dare to go against my will and make decisions without authorization." , I will punish you for this matter."

When Yang Jian said these words, there was actually a smile on his face. Wang Junlin was the young courtier he admired the most. Helping him stumble or weaken several powerful families and powerful officials, but he found that Wang Junlin was actually a bit rebellious in his bones. As an emperor, Yang Jian naturally hoped that he would abide by some basic rules of the court like a normal court official. Among the rules, the most basic rule is not to deceive the king. Once discovered, it will be a serious crime. Even if Yang Jian did not intend to punish Wang Junlin, but in order to be serious, he must punish Wang Junlin to a certain extent .

And Wang Junlin was able to take the initiative to admit this mistake and apologize to him, which made him quite gratified. Yang Jian nodded and asked again: "Then what is your second crime?"

Wang Junlin immediately said with regret and a wry smile: "Your Majesty, when I first entered the capital, I had a misunderstanding with His Royal Highness King Han."

Yang Jian was greatly surprised when he heard the words, and was about to ask what kind of misunderstanding it was. At this time, Hou Quande, the commander of the Marquis, walked in, looked at Wang Junlin with a complicated expression, and came to Yang Jian's side and whispered a few words talk.

Wang Junlin's hearing is astonishing. He heard that what Hou Quande reported to Yang Jian was exactly what he wanted to say.

Then, Wang Junlin noticed that Yang Jian's expression was startled, he glanced at Wang Junlin extremely annoyed, and shouted: "Wang Junlin, you are so brave, you dare to hit the King of Han so hard."

Wang Junlin cursed secretly in his heart, thinking, even the emperor is actually a mortal, and there is no sense of fairness when his own son is involved. , to vigorously promote officials from poor families, but they are actually members of the group of powerful families. Not only is the Jiupin Zhongzheng system to a certain extent determined or restricted their ideology and character, but even in their view, their royal fate is The most honorable person in the world, his son can rob your woman, rob your horse, or even kill you, and he will never be severely punished afterwards, but whoever dares to hurt his son will deserve to die.

Wang Junlin even secretly guessed that he had made enough great achievements in the past two years, and he had done too many great things for the emperor. His position in the other party's mind was already extremely important. Take it down without saying a word, or even kill it directly.

These thoughts flashed in his mind, the expression of respect on his face remained the same, and the expression of remorse and panic became stronger, but the cold light in the depths of his eyes flashed away.

Kneeling down very cooperatively, he said with a panicked look: "Your Majesty, this matter is a misunderstanding. I didn't know in advance that it was His Highness the King of Han."