Chapter 194

Yang Tinghe let out a long sigh and muttered within the room.

"Do not act rashly..."

After undergoing a fierce internal struggle, Yang Tinghe.

Knowing full well there was a great pit ahead.

Ultimately jumped in without a second thought.

There was no dull "thud" sound.

Only a memorial to the throne that Yang Tinghe had written several days prior.

Flowing with over a thousand characters.

Listing Qian Ning's ten great crimes.

Grand Secretary Yang Tinghe, remonstrating unto death!

At this moment, the entire court and the common people became as one.

Even Gu Dayong, Zhang Yong, and Jiang Bin, those so-called "traitors" who were usually friendly with Qian Ning, had deliberately kept their distance from Qian Ning these past few days.

There was no choice.

Who told you to draw a sword in the Taimiao?

Looking at Yang Tinghe's memorial to the throne.

Jiajing's face remained expressionless.

Standing before Jiajing, Gu Dayong looked at "Zhu Houzhao" with a terrified expression and asked.

"Your M, Your Majesty, all the officials are kneeling outside!"

In front of Gu Dayong, Zhang Yong, and others.

Jiajing let out a long sigh and said mournfully.

"Dayong, take Grand Secretary Yang's memorial and send it to Qian Ning's Wang Fu."

"Do not let the officials know."

Upon hearing this, Gu Dayong immediately "thudded" to the ground, crying with gratitude and lamenting.

"Your Majesty, this servant knows Your Majesty has done your utmost. It is that scoundrel Qian Ning who was blind; he deserves to die!"

These past few days, how could Gu Dayong and the others not have been filled with fear and anxiety?

How could they not fear that Zhu Houzhao would be coerced by the court officials and, in the process, have them all eliminated as well?

Sending this memorial to Qian Ning.

Had only one meaning.

If Qian Ning wants to die with dignity, let him die with dignity.

If he does not want to die with dignity, then let Gu Dayong help him achieve dignity!

That very night.

Qian Ning, the Commander of the Jinyi Imperial Guards, committed suicide in his home.

No last words.

No farewell letter.

On the very day Qian Ning committed suicide.

Jiajing immediately issued an imperial edict, ordering the Three Judicial Offices to strictly investigate Qian Ning's crimes.

Not a single detail must be overlooked!

The Grand Secretariat.

Looking at Jiajing's handwritten imperial order, a bitter smile inevitably appeared on Yang Tinghe's face.

The man is already dead.

What is there left to investigate?

Confiscate his property?

Just for the little silver Qian Ning had?

Qian Ning has already committed suicide.

This means that the great treachery and evil end with Qian Ning; the investigation stops there.

Jiajing is protecting Gu Dayong, Zhang Yong, and Jiang Bin.

But in doing so.

Jiang Bin's power in the outer court appears all the more glaring.

Two years ago, the troops of the three major camps in the capital were already transferred out, while the border troops transferred into the capital were all Jiang Bin's personal followers.

Could all of this be the result of Jiang Bin bewitching the Son of Heaven?

Thinking of this, Yang Tinghe could not help but shake his head.

It was not that Yang Tinghe believed Zhu Houzhao would not be bewitched.

Rather, Yang Tinghe simply did not believe Jiang Bin possessed such a mind.

What exactly lies behind all of this?

Yuzhang Ning Wang Fu.

These past few days, Zhu Chenhao, looking at the reports sent by Qian Ning, was overjoyed.

With such a "legal" means to inherit the throne, Zhu Chenhao would never be so foolish as to risk rebellion!

But soon, Zhu Chenhao could no longer smile.

The news of Jin Ling's officials dying in remonstrance reached the Wang Fu.

Zhu Chenhao's old face immediately darkened.

He gritted his teeth at his strategists Liu Yangzheng and Li Shishi beside him:

"Good, good indeed!"

"I've given them so much silver every day!"

"At this critical moment, they all put on a facade of unwavering loyalty—pretending to be loyal ministers?!"

"Every festival and holiday, didn't I give them thousands of taels of silver?!"

"…."

Listening to Zhu Chenhao's curses,

the two strategists behind him sensed something was amiss.

But they could not say exactly what it was.

In the end, they could only temporarily abandon this path of adoption and succession.

……

……

After Qian Ning's death,

everything gradually settled.

Aside from nearly a million taels of family wealth,

the court and realm acted as if the matter had been forgotten.

Justice once again triumphed over evil.

The scholars could once again manipulate… advise the Son of Heaven.

They even took the opportunity to remove one of the Son of Heaven's hounds.

The scholar-officials had won big!

Yet in Jiajing's eyes, Qian Ning was merely a pawn he had cast aside during his preparations.

Just as the court and realm rejoiced and celebrated,

a memorial to the throne from a seventh-rank minor official once again drew the attention of the court and realm.

The petitioner was the County Magistrate of an obscure small county in the southeast.

In the past,

such a memorial would not even have warranted a glance from the Son of Heaven—let alone Yang Tinghe.