Princess Yulong

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The weather is getting colder and colder, and it started to snow again just after the twelfth lunar month. If it were normal days, no one would be willing to go to the streets. But recently, because Mrs. Qian whipped Mr. Qian in the street, they ransacked an outside house. , I copied out a yard that a first-rank official could not buy with a year's salary.

At this moment, an uproar was set off in the entire Yizhou City.The people are willing to go out in the severe cold, and the teahouses, taverns, and listening books in Yizhou are even more overcrowded.

Even acquaintances meet and say hello are related to this matter.

One person asked, "Do you know what happened outside the palace gate that day?"

Another person replied: "Why don't you know, I also heard that Mrs. Qian found two large boxes of jewels from Mr. Qian's outer room!"

Someone from the side immediately approached, "It's not just two boxes. My neighbor's natal cousin saw it with his own eyes, and found five boxes. It's not just jewelry, the gold in those boxes is dazzlingly golden."

"..."

But whenever someone mentions this on the street, a large crowd will gather on the spot, and they will say everything, and everyone will speak convincingly, and there will be various witnesses who "saw it with their own eyes".

It took only five days for the incident to spread throughout the city.

Palace of Wende

On the right, Crown Prince Li Chengjiang stood at the head, and behind him stood Yue Wang Li Chengyue, Wen Wang Li Chengwen, and Prince Ping Li Chenghao standing alone on the left with a cane.

In this warm spring-like hall, apart from the four adult princes, the prime minister Ma Zhiyuan and the uncle Yuan Yanming stood side by side behind the princes.

"Tell me how to deal with this matter?" It was Emperor Yue who was above the right position who spoke.

Emperor Yue is in his sixtieth year, and his temples have been stained with frost. He has been in poor health in recent years. His body is thin, his complexion is sallow, and wrinkles are obvious on his face. Although his eyes are dim, they have a unique look. The momentum of the state of the world.

At this moment, he was just leaning back on the red sandalwood chair, and his voice was obviously panting, but he was still not angry and arrogant, so that the people in the hall did not dare to slack off at all.

Seeing that no one answered, Emperor Yue pointed at the crown prince, "Prince speak first, what should we do about this matter?"

Li Chengjiang raised his head slightly, raised his arms and bowed, and said, "I report to my father, according to my son, this matter should be investigated and dealt with urgently. Now the people are talking about it, and they all say that Mr. Qian's money comes from unknown sources. If the court doesn't act, I'm afraid It's hard to appease everyone."

As soon as Emperor Yue said "Mmm", Li Chengwen stood up and saluted and said, "I have something to say."

Emperor Yue looked at him again, "Chengwen has any objections, let's hear it."

Li Chengwen said respectfully: "Your Majesty Qian has been in the court for many years, and he has also stayed in the position of the second-rank servant of the household department for nearly ten years. A second-rank servant who has been an official for many years will always have some savings. And according to As far as I know, Mr. Qian bought several Zhuangzi in the suburbs of Beijing many years ago, and the weather has been good and the harvest has been quite good in the past few years."

He paused for a moment, then turned to say: "Of course, Mr. Qian didn't handle the family affairs well, and he lost the court's face in the street. This matter should also be punished."

The prince snorted coldly and said, "Sixth brother, don't you think it's too easy to be punished? It's true that officials and wealthy gentry like to buy a few acres of fertile land, and it's okay to earn some extra money in addition to the imperial salary. But Madam Qian is amazing. That is known all over the world, and we all know that it is a woman's business to be in charge of the backyard. Mr. Qian works in the household department, does he still have so many thoughts to compete with his wife and take charge of Zhuangzi?"

Li Chengwen lowered his eyes, and said forcefully: "Your Highness the Crown Prince still has a few confidantes!"

"you……"

Li Chengjiang frowned and stared at Li Chengwen, but was interrupted by Emperor Yue.

"Okay, what are you fighting for!"

Emperor Yue coughed a few times, and everyone standing there leaned forward one after another, except Li Chenghao remained motionless and expressionless.

Emperor Yue took a sip of the herbal tea handed over by Eunuch Yuan, took a moment to relax, and then said, "What's Cheng Yue's opinion on this matter?"

Li Chengyue is also a handsome man with a tall body. Among the several princes, he is the only one who looks the most like Emperor Yue.But he never likes to talk, and he does his errands conscientiously, but he never asks for credit and rewards, and he usually behaves quite low-key, he can be regarded as a clean stream among the princes.

After being named by Emperor Yue, Li Chengyue stood up and said: "I haven't thought about it carefully, but I have also heard rumors outside. If you don't investigate, you can't justify it."

These words were in line with Li Chengyue's character, Emperor Yue also nodded thoughtfully, and asked again: "What do the Prime Minister and Uncle Guo think?"

Yuan Yanming first said: "The matter of ministering to His Royal Highness, Mr. Qian, is no longer a simple household matter."

Ma Zhiyuan also said: "The minister also seconded the proposal, but it should be discussed who will investigate and handle this matter."

"My son is willing to go..."

"My son is willing to go..."

Li Chengjiang and Li Chengwen said in unison.

"Heh!" Emperor Yue sneered, "It's rare that you two have the same opinion."

Yuan Yanming held the ceremony and said: "I think it is more appropriate for the crown prince to handle this matter. Now there is a lot of discussion among the people. The identity of the crown prince in the East Palace will undoubtedly show the attitude of your majesty and the court. It will be the empress's birthday soon. It should be resolved as soon as possible.”

But Ma Zhiyuan stood up and said: "The minister thinks that it is more appropriate for His Royal Highness King Wen to step down for this matter. The crown prince has a noble status. After all, this matter is only a family matter of a second-rank official. It is too powerful for the East Palace to investigate and handle it personally. And His Royal Highness King Wen's status as a county king is just right, which not only represents His Majesty's importance to this matter, but also won't make the common people feel that this matter is so important that the Crown Prince needs to come forward."

"Huh?" Emperor Yue's voice rose, his probing eyes kept shifting between the two, he changed his sitting position, pointed at the two of them back and forth, and asked, "What's going on with you two today? Don't you two always have the same nostrils?" Let it out!"

These words stunned both of them, Yuan Yanming first smiled and said: "Your Majesty is wise, I and Lord Ma are just discussing the facts."

Ma Zhiyuan also said: "Uncle Guo said that we should discuss the matter as it stands, and discuss the matter as it stands."

Emperor Yue said "Oh", "That's good. I thought you two had a private quarrel. Both of you are the ministers of my Great Viet. Only by uniting as one can we serve the country better."

Both of them said yes.

Emperor Yue's dark and unclear eyes seemed to be inadvertently sweeping across the people below one by one. He pursed his lips and frowned, somewhat embarrassed, and finally turned his gaze on Li Chengyue. Li Chengjiang was the first to discover it. He was about to speak when he listened Emperor Yue said.

"Cheng Yue thinks, who is safer to let do this?"

Li Chengyue suddenly felt that all eyes were focused on him, his half-down eyes did not fluctuate, only the corners of his lips hooked slightly imperceptibly, he stood still and did not speak, as if he was thinking seriously.

After a long while, he slowly said: "According to Erchen, it is most suitable for the fifth younger brother to handle this matter."

His words made Li Chenghao, who had been silent for a long time, look directly sideways. Emperor Yue seemed to be interested immediately, and asked, "Why is he the most suitable? Chenghao is not in good health and has just returned to Beijing. I am afraid that even the ministers I don't even recognize a few faces, how can he be suitable?"

The corner of Li Chengyue's mouth twitched, and he said again: "My father just asked the fifth younger brother to support Mrs. Qian a few days ago. Isn't it logical to ask the fifth younger brother to check on Mrs. Qian? Why bother to find someone else? The fifth younger brother came back to Beijing not long ago when he was at home, so he just took this opportunity to get in touch with the ministers of the court and China, and he was not afraid of being accused of partiality by interested people, this is the best of all three, naturally the best."

Emperor Yue's eyebrows were raised high, with an expression of sudden realization, he nodded again and again, "Well, this matter is very good, I will leave it to Cheng Hao to do it!"

"My son..."

As soon as Li Chenghao spoke, he was interrupted by Emperor Yue.

"Cheng Hao, please work hard, there is no need to discuss this matter again!" He stretched out his hand to Eunuch Yuan and said, "I am tired, so I will not go to court today, and let them go to Cheng Hao and tell them everything about Qian Minchuan. The six departments said hello, and let Chenghao do things cheaply."

Duke Yuan bowed and said yes, helped Emperor Yue, shouted and drove away.

Emperor Yue handed over this matter to Li Chenghao. Li Chengjiang had thought about it in advance. The reason why he still wanted to fight with Li Chengwen was that this matter would fall into Li Chengwen's hands. Li Chengwen, who practiced favoritism and cheated.

So as soon as Emperor Yue left, he automatically walked in front of Li Chenghao, said with a smile in his eyes: "The first errand after returning to Beijing, fifth brother must handle it well, and don't let the emperor's trust in you be disappointed."

Li Chenghao looked helpless, and replied: "My brother has never been good at doing these things, now I have to do my best."

"Fifth Brother, don't worry." Li Chengwen also came over, "If you have any doubts, just come to my sixth brother."

Li Chenghao nodded slightly, "Thank you sixth brother first."

The three people here were still talking, but Li Chengyue had already left alone, and when Li Chenghao looked over, there was only a shadow of his back.

At the same time, an internal servant bowed his head and walked quickly. After meeting the princes, he said to Li Chenghao: "His Royal Highness Prince Ping, General Ying Yang is here to invite His Royal Highness to return to the residence quickly."

Li Chenghao hurriedly asked: "What did you say?"

"I heard that someone went to the gate of the palace to appeal for grievances, and it was Mr. Qian." The servant said every word very clearly.

Li Chengjiang couldn't help laughing and said: "Fifth brother, go back quickly. If you want to come to this common people, it's because your father asked you to support Mrs. Qian earlier, so you did it."

Li Chenghao just sighed heavily, "My younger brother takes a step ahead."

……

The carriage approached slowly, Li Chenghao had already raised the curtain to look, and saw that there was indeed a circle of people in front of the gate of the palace, probably seeing the carriage coming, the crowd stepped aside one after another.After the crowd, three people dressed in filial piety appeared and knelt facing the palace. In front of them was something covered with a white cloth, which could be seen as a corpse.

"What's going on?" Li Chenghao asked Ying Yang in a deep voice.

Ying Yang outside the car immediately came over and said: "His Royal Highness, these people came just after you entered the palace early in the morning. The humble officials read the certificates of the family members of the deceased. It said that on the nineteenth day of the winter month, the deceased went to work at the pier and met Master Qian." While patrolling at the pier, Master Qian’s fan fell into the river, so the attendants caught the dead man and asked him to fish for it. The river was cold and the dead refused, so Young Master Qian ordered his followers to beat the dead man, and then threw the dead man into the river Later, although someone rescued the deceased, he was seriously injured and died of the cold within a few days. The family members went to Qian’s family to seek justice, and the servants beat and injured the youngest son of the deceased.”

Li Chenghao's eyes were heavy, his face was full of anger, and he said: "Why don't you take this matter seriously and go to Jingzhao Fu Yin, it will be delayed until this time."

Ying Yang paused, and replied: "Your Highness does not know something. It has not been easy for people to sue officials since ancient times, not to mention that the sue is still a senior official who holds great power, from the second rank. I guess the humble job, just the slap in the face No one who is orphaned or widowed can afford it.”

Li Chenghao's face turned darker, Ying Yang glanced at him, the words on the tip of his tongue rolled away and he didn't know how to speak, Li Chenghao could tell at a glance that he was cramped, and asked with a frown.

"What else?"

Ying Yang pondered for a while, and said: "The dead man's daughter is the girl Zhui'er of Li Yuan."

Li Chenghao's eyes flashed, and the fingers under the sleeves of his robe rubbed together.

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