At the third update at night, Su Shi had already fallen asleep.

Today's fire alarmed the entire capital. Su Shi did not go to a banquet and had a rare opportunity to go home early to accompany his wife and children.

The city was noisy and boiling due to the fire, but Su Shi's house was quiet.

But at midnight, a knock came from the door, and it could not even be said to be knocking on the door, but smashing the door.

It was as if it was beating a drum, pounding the door so hard that it was about to fall.

The mansion of the Zhongshu Sheren is not big. The sound from the front door clearly reaches the backyard when the three-entry yard is clearly transmitted to the backyard.

Su Shi woke up in his sleep and his heart twitched violently.

The sound of the tent outside the bed was still rough and loud, which made him feel as if he had returned to Huzhou and was sent to Beijing. At that time, the Censorate who was ordered to take people was so rude.

The knock on the door soon stopped. Su Shi knew that someone opened the door and asked.

"What's the matter with the sacrificial being?"

The concubine beside her also woke up, sat up, pressed her hands against the bedding and covered her chest, and asked nervously.

Su Shi forced a smile and said, "I don't know who it is, it really disturbs people's tranquility."

His slightly trembling hands revealed the tension in his heart.

"Chaoyun, have the servant woken up?" The voice of his wife Wang Runzhi came from outside the door.

"What's wrong?"

Su Shi asked outside. Chaoyun, who was serving in bed, had already gotten out of the bed and reached out to hang up the curtain outside the Babu bed.

Without any obstruction, the sound outside the door was much clearer now, "It is said that it is the emperor's great service, please ask the officials to enter the palace quickly."

Su Shi immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

The emperor's death was a big deal, but the death of the Supreme Emperor who had been sank in bed for more than a year had no effect on the court and the country. Moreover, he still had a faint sense of pleasure in his heart. How could he have no complaints after being arrested in Taiwan for a few months?

However, he soon became nervous again. It is true that he, the Secretariat of the Central Secretariat, is a two-system official, but the edicts related to the Tian family are all the work of Hanlin scholars in the internal system, and have nothing to do with the Secretariat of the Central Secretariat of the external system. Such a summoning is completely unreasonable.

Su Shi felt suspicious, but Su Shi did not dare to delay. He got up and put on his clothes and went out to receive the oral order. He realized that the Supreme Empress had recruited all the officials in Beijing to enter the palace. As for the other details, the eunuch who passed the imperial edict refused to say a word.

Although the two systems of officials are called together, the class is very different. This is the difference between the emperor's personal and the subordinates of the Zhongshu. The Hanlin bachelor's ability is inferior to the bachelor's in the Chinese Pavilion, while many of the Zhongshu Sheshouans are less than the first-level attendant level, and there is a direct bachelor's degree between them and the bachelor's.

However, the two systems of officials often call each other, because they have the task of drafting edicts, once they are prosecuted, the status of the Zhongshu Sheren will be improved. It is natural to recruit officials above the attendant system to enter the palace, and the Hanlin scholars are on their side, and the Zhongshu Sheren has barely become one of them.

Knowing that things are not about you, it's just a big deal, just like broad beans sold for wine. Su Shi felt relieved and felt a little lost. However, he didn't dare to delay at all, and then hurried out.

He rode his two followers into the Imperial Street and saw a group of people rushing towards the Imperial City. The lanterns they set up formed into light streams, as if they were in court.

But if you look closely, the officials in the queue were all the important officials of Jinzi who were ranked above the court at the court, at least they were above the attendant. There were so many people who looked like crucian carp across the river, just because they were all high-ranking officials and nobles, and there were many followers.

As he came into the crowd, Su Shi's face became more solemn.

I didn't think about it carefully when I heard the news, but now I feel it's getting stranger after seeing it.

Under normal circumstances, if you have a prime minister here, you can just wait until tomorrow to attend court. I have never heard of the situation where other important officials are recruited to the palace overnight.

Could it be that something happened? Or is the death of the Supreme Emperor not that simple?

Su Shi looked towards the burning carbohydrate field on the east side, and the red light was reflected in his eyes. Perhaps this fire was inseparable from the death of the Supreme Emperor.

Su Shi did not know his guess, but to some extent it was in line with the facts. Until he entered the imperial city, he was still thinking about the mastermind behind it until he stood in Funing Hall.

Except for Shen Kuo, all the attendants in the capital gathered in Funing Hall. Even Li Suzhi, who had just been replaced by Shen Kuo, returned to Kaifeng Prefecture to clean up his belongings and was summoned to the palace.

Regarding this extraordinary call, all the important officials had their own guesses, but Cai Que's simple and direct opening remarks were something that no one expected.

"The emperor's great cause was not due to illness, but an accident."

It was an accident, not a murder, but it was not a normal death from illness.

The important officials were silent all at once, and they held their breath and listened quietly to Cai Que's statement on behalf of the Supreme Empress and the prime ministers of the two prefectures, regarding the entire story of the Emperor's death.

A moment later, Cai Que finished his notice, but the palace was still lonely and silent.

The inside story reported by Cai Que shocked everyone.

Neither the two kings made a comeback, nor the empress dowager was causing trouble, nor the queen suddenly disliked her husband.

But the emperor killed his father.

If an adult prince is in a hurry to ascend the throne and commits evil deeds that are against human ethics, it is not difficult to understand. There are many similar things in history. But the emperor is only six years old, and no matter how imagination the important ministers have, they would never have imagined that such a change would occur.

But from Cai Que's words, we can learn that what Zhao Xu did was just to move the furnace and seal the curtain, so as to prevent the smoke and dust from outside from choking the seriously ill Emperor. If the Emperor did not die because of this, and passed on to later generations, it would definitely be another beautiful story of the emperor knowing filial piety when he was young. It would be unreasonable to think about it like this.

Although the accidents in which charcoal gas caused people to die are not common, the important officials on the list have been officials for almost 20 or 30 years, and have never seen them with their own eyes and heard of them. But I didn’t expect that they could still kill people after washing them with water.

"This matter has never happened in the past. We have discussed it several times and felt that it is not appropriate to deal with it. Now we can only gather ideas to follow the heavens and respond to others. You can speak out without avoiding it."

No one spoke for a while.

As long as there is a bureaucratic society that is one level higher than another, it will be difficult for lower-level bureaucrats to speak the truth in front of Shangguan. Shangguan said something and asked everyone to speak frankly, but if someone takes it seriously, the outcome will usually not be very good.

The reason why the Censorate was able to accuse the prime minister was because they were directly responsible to the emperor in terms of organization. Now the Supreme Queen does not speak, and only Cai Que, as a representative, came forward to ask for a blunt statement. This situation was strange and made everyone feel alert.

"This matter is too incredible, but it's certain?"

Li Suzhi was in a bad mood and was going out anyway. It was inappropriate to give his opinions directly. He was not afraid of anything when he came forward to confirm the authenticity.

Cai Que sighed: "If it weren't for confirmation, how dare we defame the emperor? It's really a last resort."

"How to confirm it, and what is the basis of it?"

"The whole thing is indeed unexpected, but there is no other explanation except for this reason." Han Gang came forward to Cai Que and said: "The emperor was ill for a long time, but the other three were all healthy. If it were said that the violent epidemic would not only happen in the bed tent, but the other people in the Funing Hall had nothing to do. If there were differences in diet, the emperor and the other three in the tent did not drink the same food, and even the three were different. But the three were in the same condition as the emperor after their death, and their lips and cheeks were red, which was consistent with the symptoms of charcoal poison. The emperor's remains cannot be desecrated, but the other three were in the side hall. You can check it later."

Han Gang's words of declaration were heard by Su Shi, but the Supreme Queen behind him was anxious to prove her innocence. This was like the defendant in the court who claimed to be innocent. No wonder the Supreme Queen didn't speak. She is now in charge of the palace. If the Supreme Queen had something to do, the first person in the world would think of her.

Only Li Suzhi asked again: "The qi of tobacco and charcoal is poisonous, and everyone knows this. But after washing away the ash by water, is it still poisonous?"

Han Gang shook his head. He would never admit that he had known the background of the so-called smoke poison for a long time, and could only respond vaguely: "It may be that it has not been cleaned up, or it may be that the toxicity in the charcoal gas has nothing to do with the smoke ash, and now it is just speculation. But if the smoke poison is really related to the smoke ash, there are not many scholars in the world who can live."

The ink pieces in the four treasures of the study were made of soot such as pine branches, cypress and other soot and glue. Many people have tasted the ink, and have never heard of anyone being poisoned to death.

"And the common sense recognized in the world is often wrong. The borer has a seed, and the rotten grass turns into fireflies. After you go back, you can conduct experiments according to the same conditions to prove whether it is true or not."

Han Gang's speculation is quite reasonable, Li Suzhi nodded and no longer asked.

Of course, he could not just let go of his suspicion. The whole fact was unimaginable. After just asking a few questions, he felt that it would be better to stop when he saw it.

The situation is not normal now. The prime ministers gave up the power to control the court and sought opinions from important officials. When did they see it in the past? Han Qi forced Empress Dowager Cao to withdraw his curtain and return to power, but even Fu Bi, who was also the prime minister, did not notify him! It is related to the power in the future. If you can get one more point, you will be one point. Who would think that there is too much power in your hands? The so-called abnormality will make you a monster!

Li Suzhi retreated and looked at him without looking sideways, but he knew that the ideas of his colleagues around him were basically the same as that of him, and he was full of doubts. No one dared to express his position casually for such a big thing. Moreover, although the prime ministers are asking for opinions now, no one dared to say whether they were fishing on the line and let fish with dissolute intentions pop up by themselves. After asking the reasons for the matter, he waited for the prime ministers to give themselves a standard. Li Suzhi did not believe that Wang Anshi, Zeng Bu, Zhang Dun, and Han Gang, who were very opinionated, would he not have any idea now?
Chapter completed!