Wang Zhaoyuan, Zhao Yantao's wives Luo and Zhang all participated in the flower festival in the palace for the first time, and they felt that everything was very fresh.

Although they are not the people with the highest level of command, because their husband has just been promoted to become the guard of the most important border pass in Houshu - Jianmen, and he went to work with the prince, he will inevitably become the right-hand man of the future Son of Heaven in the future, and the future can be described as bright. The Lady of the Commandment, who was at or one level below them, complimented them and made them feel very comfortable.

What's more, Concubine Hui Guifei, who was on the tip of her heart, also looked at them differently, and she didn't say a lot of care for them during the banquet, and after the banquet, she specially called them to the Huxin Pavilion on Yuye Lake to chat for half an hour. After inquiring afterwards, only the two of them had this treatment on the day of the Flower Dynasty Festival. After Luo and Zhang left the palace, they boasted about the matter in front of relatives and friends, which attracted the envy of everyone.

Little did anyone know that in just a few days, they would fall from the clouds to hell.

Xu Rui revealed to Meng Chang that Luo and Zhang accidentally leaked their husbands and soldiers after they were drunk. Meng Chang was suspicious in his heart, and sent someone to investigate secretly, but the result was not to investigate, and more things were found out after the investigation, Wang Zhaoyuan and Zhao Yantao not only embezzled money, but also embezzled and accepted bribes, sold official positions and other things.

And among these evidences, there are clues faintly pointing to Li Hao. This point was not mentioned by Meng Xuanzhe to Xu Rui.

Li Hao is both the uncle and the prime minister. Meng Chang didn't believe that Li Hao would be involved in this kind of thing, so he drove to the Li Mansion in person. When he went, his expression was solemn and his brows were furrowed, but when he came back, his expression was obviously much more relaxed and happy, and he was even in the mood to tease a snowflake parrot raised by Xu Rui.

"Follow me and say: Shu is prosperous, and the country is peaceful and peaceful!" Meng Chang stared at the parrot in the cage and taught carefully word by word.

"Shugu...... Gollum Luck ...... Flourishing...... "The snowflake parrot barely learned half a sentence, and then couldn't learn it anymore, flapping its wings and knocking over the small saucer containing food and water in the cage to the ground............

"Your Majesty, don't force it! Look at it, it's so anxious!" Xu Rui sneered as she asked Hongying to clean up the messy scene.

"Hahahaha...... Aifei, you said that if this little snowflake learns this sentence, fly out to tell its friends. In the future, when we leave the palace in Weifu, the streets are full of bird calls of 'Shu Kingdom's national fortune and prosperity, Guotai and Min'an', how comfortable it is to listen!" Meng Chang supported his chin with one hand and looked at the snowflake parrot and thought.

Red Sakura had already packed the food and water saucers in the Snowflake Cage. Xu Rui held a white porcelain and blue glazed jar, scooped a spoonful of corn with a white jade spoon and put it into the snowflake parrot's food plate, and saw the parrot nodding and eating, so he turned his head to Meng Chang and said with a smile and sly: "Aren't you afraid that it will all be said to be 'Shu Gu Gu'? In the future, when people mention our Shu Kingdom, it will not be called 'Shu Kingdom', it will be called 'Shu Gu Kingdom'!"

"You!" Meng Chang scratched Xu Rui's nose dotingly, and reached out to take her in his arms. Rui'er seems to have gotten a little more lively lately.

"Your Majesty, you weren't happy this morning, why are you happy again when you come back in the afternoon?" Xu Rui asked casually with a white jade spoon and added a spoonful of water to the snowflake parrot.

"Aren't you worried about Wang Zhaoyuan and Zhao Yantao in the morning! In the afternoon, I went to my uncle's mansion to talk to him in detail, and he promised that it had nothing to do with him. And Wang Zhaoyuan and Zhao Yantao committed suicide in fear of crime, and the suicide note also explained that it had nothing to do with Uncle Guo. Naturally, I was much happier. Wang Zhaoyuan and Zhao Yantao were so full of evil that they even wanted to drag Uncle Guo into the water! ”

Meng Chang saw that there were no outsiders around, and Hongying obediently retreated to the door and stood with her head bowed, before whispering to Xu Rui's ear. The hot airflow made Xu Rui's ears itch, so she couldn't help but rub them with her hands, and her white ears turned red.

"Oh, has Your Majesty investigated clearly, and is Uncle Guo really wronged?"

After listening to this, Xu Rui knew that Meng Xuanzhe probably took the opportunity to release a little evidence that could involve Li Hao, but unfortunately it was resolved by him.

This Li Hao is really an old fox, and he is ruthless, forcing Wang Zhaoyuan and Zhao Yantao to write a suicide note in his favor, and he took himself out so easily! Xu Rui knows that now that Wang Zhaoyuan and Zhao Yantao are dead, there is no proof that they are dead, and Li Hao is destined to be as stable as Mount Tai. But she still wanted to plant a seed of doubt in Meng Chang's heart. When the time is right, it will take root and help Meng Chang get out of his blind trust in Li Hao.

"What's the matter?, Concubine Ai has other ideas?" Meng Chang asked with a frown. He's not stupid. If Xu Rui had other ideas, it must be suspicious of Li Hao. Who, and this question is something he doesn't want to think about.

Li Hao helped him eliminate those old ministers who disobeyed him, helped him control the power of the court, and was his uncle, he personally appointed him as the prime minister for so many years. If he really had a problem, the consequences would be unimaginable. So Meng Chang refused to think about this matter in his heart.

"It's not a mature idea, the concubine is just a little confused. Then since Wang Zhaoyuan and Zhao Yantao are greedy people, they must be people who cherish their lives, how could they commit suicide in fear of crime before His Majesty convicted them?

Moreover, according to the laws of our Shu Kingdom, as long as no one is killed, if they can donate their family property and compensate them ten times the amount of silver they embezzled, His Majesty can send them to the border and let them make meritorious contributions. Wang Zhaoyuan and Zhao Yantao both have good backgrounds, and they can obviously do this. Why should they do that?

Ants are still stealing life, let alone people?"

“…… Maybe they suddenly discovered it with their conscience!" Meng Chang didn't know whether he was helping himself to make excuses, or helping Li Hao make excuses.

"They have been greedy for more than ten years, and they have not repented, how can their consciences suddenly find out? Besides, His Majesty has ordered that no one should go to the dungeon to see them, who will let the two of them find out on their conscience?" Xu Rui continued to analyze in detail.

Meng Chang also knew that what Xu Rui said was true, and it was so true that it could not be refuted. He stammered, unable to find a reasonable explanation for the matter.

Xu Rui knew that Meng Chang was just fascinated by family affection, and he couldn't turn around psychologically for a while. This kind of thing can't strike while the iron is hot, it can only be prompted in place, let him figure it out by himself, otherwise it will arouse the other party's rebellious psychology and make him impulsively bet the future of Shu on Li Hao, which will not be good.

So Xu Rui saw Meng Chang's depressed expression, and changed the topic and said: "Maybe it's just that I'm thinking too much, but it's not like that! You know, women have always been easy to think about problems a little pessimistic." Let's not talk about it! Our kids are going to move today! I was basking in the sun outside under the crape myrtle trellis, and suddenly I felt him move. ”

Xu Rui took Meng Chang's hand and walked towards the courtyard outside.

"Our kids probably like to bask in the sun. Before the sun goes down, you can go out for a walk with me!"

In the prime minister's mansion, Li Hao was discussing with his sons and henchmen in the secret room.

"Wang Zhaoyuan and Zhao Yantao, two idiots, wasted their father to train them for so many years, and they were planted on their wives. I told them a long time ago that women have long hair and short knowledge, and they can't let them know about our big things, and they don't listen. Well, now they planted it themselves, and they almost affected us. This is the voice of Li Hao's eldest son, Li Xun.

"Big brother is right. Fortunately, my father made a quick decision, tricked them into writing a false confession, and then let them 'commit suicide in fear of sin'. Otherwise, according to their temperament, they will definitely not be able to survive the punishment, and it will be troublesome for us to confess. This is the voice of Li Hao's youngest son, Li Zhen.

Li Hao was silent and did not speak. He sat still for a long time, then raised his eyelids and asked Han Luo, the commander of the guards standing next to him, "Wang Zhaoyuan and Zhao Yantao's families have been dealt with?"

"Don't worry, my lord, everything has been taken care of, and there won't be a little problem. Han Luo replied. Then he stood there silently, as quiet as a sculpture.

"That's good!" Li Hao nodded, holding two dark green round jades in his hands, "What happened to the two of them happened too suddenly. Do you really think it could be their wife who betrayed them drunk?"

A circle of people was silent.

Li Hao sighed and said, "That's it, anyway, we can't go to His Majesty and that Hui Guifei to verify this matter, so we can only believe it." As long as the people of the Wang and Zhao families have taken care of it. ”

"If you want me to say that you are too kind, father, those two almost exposed us, and you also took the initiative to ask for the absolution of their whole family in front of Your Majesty, and also took the initiative to send them all back to their hometown. You are really benevolent to the Wang and Zhao families. If it were me, I wouldn't have left them alone. This is the voice of Li Hao's second son, Li Pu.

As soon as Li Pu spoke, Li Hao felt his eyelids jump. This son, his head is as unpretentious as his name. The brothers are the most stupid of him. It's just that this kind of thing shouldn't have let him know in the first place, because he only had these three sons and couldn't bear to give up any of them, so he kept wanting to bring him out. Don't let him come to this kind of occasion in the future.

A look of ridicule appeared in Li Xun's eyes. Even the third brother knew that his father was using this excuse to take the people of the Wang and Zhao families into his own hands, and to create some incidents halfway, such as encountering bandits or something, so that the people of the two families would disappear forever and never threaten the Li family. That's what my father meant when he asked Commander Han just now. But the second child can't understand it.

But if you don't understand it, at least it won't threaten you. Unlike the third child, he always wants to make trouble for himself. Li Xun looked at Li Xun with vigilant eyes, and then lowered his eyelids.

Li Yu seemed to be aware of it, looked up and looked around, found nothing, and continued to stand with his hands down.

"You say, will Meng Chang really be deceived by me?" Li Hao said with his right hand on his forehead, frowning and pondering.

"Father, he left today with a good look, and I think he must have really believed in us. Otherwise, why would he come to our mansion for this trip?" Li Yu thought for a moment and replied.

"It's better to observe carefully!" Li Hao nodded with satisfaction, and looked at his youngest son with a kind gaze.

The resentment in Li Xun's eyes flashed away. He would never let the third child take his place.