Gao Qiu really kept his promise this time and did what he said. Just after the secret meeting of Fan Lou, his alleged criticism of the prince before his party members in the court quickly stopped. And his party was originally a pioneer in the fight against the impeachment of the prince and was disregarded by people's lives. Now, his retreat naturally led other forces in the court to calm down.

As one goes up and down, the court officials who did not dare to speak out to protect the prince finally seized the opportunity. In just a few days, the memorials of pleading for him were sent to the Yintai Division like snowflakes. The wind direction suddenly changed by 180 degrees.

Even Zhao Ji had never expected this. He was really willing to take this opportunity to take down the prince Zhao Heng, but now, seeing that the ministers reacted so much, he hesitated and could only put it aside for the time being to see the future.

In fact, Gao Qiu's two-faced and three-killing approach is a taboo in the court. If it weren't for the life and death of his only son, he wouldn't dare to take such risks. Fortunately, Zhao Ji was different from those who were guessing. In addition, Gao Taiwei himself was full enough, so he actually let him solve the problem successfully.

Of course, there are also reasons why Cai Jing and other powerful officials let him go. As for the whole story, in addition to not wanting to fight Gao Qiu, the more important thing is that they have no intention of offending the current crown prince. After all, the crown prince is the future king, and he has great righteousness. Some loyal and conservative officials speak up for him. If there is a real dispute, they may not be able to escape unscathed. Now that Gao Qiu is joining forces with the crown prince, they are not willing to provoke at will, especially when he cannot benefit from it. The officials in the court are still unwilling to do things that harm others and do not benefit themselves.

The previous massive impeachment and criticism against the prince was finally quickly calmed down, but the accountability for the incident in the capital that day did not completely calm down. Soon, the court officials found a brand new target - Sun Tu, the Marquis of Yue!

Before, because everyone focused on the higher status of the prince, he ignored him, and only a few people impeached him. But now, as the prince no longer made things difficult for him, the ministers suddenly discovered that the Yue Hou was the real driving force in this matter. He was the officials in the three yamen, and he was personally taken. Even the order was to pour smoke into the waterway below, causing thousands of people to be choked and killed there. The prince's order was selected by them. This allowed the officials to find the prince's scapegoat, and various impeachments arose again.

Just two days after the twelfth lunar month, hundreds of impeachments against Sun Tu were piled up in the Yintai Division, and many of them were sent to the palace. Among these bullets, Sun Tu was completely described by them as a cruel and bloodthirsty villain, stealing power, and vicious methods. Some even mentioned the old things again, and brought out his crime of killing court officials many times in Shandong and Jiangnan, thinking that it was proof that he was extremely guilty and should be executed.

In fact, how many of these officials who impeached Sun Tu came from their original intentions and how many were instructed by some people, but it is hard to say what kind of person Sun Tu was. Anyway, it is a correct thing to denounce the impeachment of Sun Tu in the court. As for whether he did this to eliminate the major problems for Tokyo, what do the people think about this, these court officials will not think about it at all.

It was also under this situation that Sun Tu's biggest weakness was finally completely exposed - he had almost no followers in the court, and he rose too fast, and there was no alliance in the capital. At this critical moment, there was not even a person who could speak and defend him.

Originally, there was a Tong Guan who could rely on it. But at this time, Tong Shuai was always in the north and was busy preparing for the Northern Expedition. How could he be an enemy of so many forces in the capital for him? Even if he came in person, he couldn't stand it, let alone those gangsters. All they could do was not to put down the wrongdoing and follow others to impeach Sun Tu.

As for other court-in-law people who are friends with Sun Tu, Di Huchen was originally a party of the prince, so it was naturally impossible for him to turn the gun suddenly. Di Yingyang was even more humble and could not even pass the memorial. The families of the Hu Ben Army all had their own parties, and it was impossible for him to change his course just because of his son's words. Some people even wrote memorials to impeach Sun Tu in order to express their positions.

It can be said that Sun Tu is in a state of storm and surrounded by enemies. In the court, he is like a lonely boat falling on the vast sea. When the wind and waves rise, he may be completely overturned at any time. In the eyes of many people, if it weren't for the Song Dynasty's tradition of not killing scholars and officials, I'm afraid he would have really lost his life this time.

Although the emperor has not finally made a decision to punish him, in the eyes of many people, the rare young marquis, who had made many contributions to the court, is probably the end of the journey. Even if he can really save his life, it is difficult to maintain his mission. Once he is in the capital and there are no dispatches in the court, the future of Sun Tu will be really dark and full of thorns.

The Palace Front Office was the first to react. Gao Qiu took back all the military powers in Sun Tu's hands with just a command. Although he was still the position of Du Yuhou of the Palace Front Office, he was just a free agent and had no real power. In order to embarrass him, Gao Qiu specially sent Di Huchen to deliver the decision.

Although Di Huchen felt guilty, he could only obey orders. On the fifth day of the twelfth lunar month, he came to see Sun Tu again with a handwritten order. Originally, when he wanted to come, Sun Tu must have been very annoyed after learning about this, and even could have driven himself out of the house because he blamed him. But the result was greatly beyond his expectations.

Sun Tu, who was already in a whirlpool and might not be able to protect himself at any time, seemed quite calm at this time, and even had time to take his son Hutou to play snowball fights in the backyard of his home. When Di Huchen was led to him, there was still a lot of snow on our Yue Hou's head, which looked a little embarrassed.

"Sanlang, you..." Di Huchen looked at the other party blankly. The comforting words he had prepared could not be expressed at this time.

Sun Tu smiled and hugged his son in his arms, nodded at Di Huchen and said, "Did the second brother come here today with the order of Gao Qiu? He wants to use this to laugh at me..."

"You...have expected it?"

"What's hard to guess? He has only a little bit of success. A successful villain is also a villain." Sun Tu gave a disdainful evaluation, and then handed his son over to Yaer who had already heard the news: "Second brother, you don't have to feel guilty. Even if you don't come, there will still be others. And compared to you, others will only be more arrogant and want to tell me not to come to Taiwan."

"Haha, you can see through it thoroughly, but you have compared me." Di Huchen smiled bitterly and shook his head: "But after all, I have let you down. If I hadn't helped you with the help of the prince before, you wouldn't have ended up like this today."

"So I don't plan to ask you to sit down and talk today, nor will I give you tea." Sun Tu said as he stepped forward to ask for the warrant, and just opened it and glanced, he threw it aside. Since he had known that Gao Qiu would make this arrangement, there was no need to see it.

However, Sun Tu still showed a look of pity on his face: "It's a pity for the Hu Ben Army. Originally, under my leadership, they could slowly become one of the few elite troops among the imperial guards, but if others intervene, they will probably be beaten back to the prototype again."

"Are you still worried about the Hu Ben Army at this time?" Di Huchen was a little shocked. His brother-in-law's heart was too big. It was so angry that he still had the time to think about something else?

Sun Tu smiled: "I know what you are worried about in the second brother. Obviously, it is impossible for those guys in the court to let me go so easily."

"In my opinion, this is just the beginning. When all the assignments you have been deprived of, it means you no longer have the ability to resist and protect yourself. At that time, they will naturally have the means to cure you." Di Huchen looked worried: "Are you really not worried about yourself at all? I know that you have experienced many wars and the experience of fighting on the battlefield is the most abundant, but although this court battle is not bloody, it is sometimes more dangerous and terrible than real swords and guns. My ancestor Di Wuxiang has been fighting for many years and has few defeats, but in the end, he has a difficult ambition to reach his ambition in the court.

"There is a world of difference between civil and military officials. Now you have no dispatch and have many enemies. I am afraid that it will be the target of public criticism in the future. Even if you have no problem, they can find all kinds of crimes."

Sun Tu could see that Di Huchen was really worried about him this time, and even took out all the affairs of his ancestors for this. This made him feel warm and his resentment towards his brother-in-law completely dissipated.

At that moment, he smiled again: "I know that I am in a difficult situation, and maybe even more troubles will come one after another. However, my Sun Tu is not a mud, so I can let them control it at will. I was ready to go back to the capital from Jiangnan that day."

"You... have a backup plan?" Di Huchen's heart suddenly jumped, as if he had caught something.

Sun Tu didn't say more, just said, "I don't have to worry about my affairs here. If you really want to help me, just say a few good things for the brothers of the Hu Ben Army, at least give the reward I promised them before, otherwise they would have been in vain to fight against the thief the day before yesterday."

"I understand." Di Huchen nodded and agreed: "Then you can rest at home with peace of mind. Fortunately, this is the New Year Festival, and even if those people have any ideas, they can only drag it out for a while."
Chapter completed!