Xiao Mingyan's good-looking face smiled even more: "Steward Chen's words and deeds are all for the sake of your master, and he is worthy of being a loyal servant." Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ”

Steward Chen was flattered and didn't dare to say anything.

Shen Changfen's face was gloomy, and he knew that the matter had come to this point, and there was no room for him to turn around, so he decided to dissociate himself from this matter at the moment.

Clearing his throat, Shen Changfen sighed: "Alas! In vain, I was honest all my life, but I was blinded by this insidious and cunning uncle and believed his one-sided words. ”

As he spoke, he knelt down in front of Xiao Mingyan violently, and the old tears were full of tears: "The official knows no one else, and I ask His Royal Highness to punish him." ”

When Steward Chen heard this, his jaw fell to the ground in shock: "My lord, ...... you are?"

"Bastard!" Shen Changfen shouted angrily: "Your master is insidious and cunning and full of lies, you Diao slave will definitely not be able to get out of it, don't kneel down quickly!" ”

Steward Chen seemed to understand something, and fell to his knees with a thud: "Your Highness is angry, the old slave deserves death.......

"Where can you deserve death," Xiao Ming smiled brightly: "It's too late for this prince to thank you!" ”

As he spoke, Wen Xi had already brought Li Zhengkun to his eyes.

As soon as he saw that Steward Chen was also there, Shen Changfen knelt on the ground with a dark face, Li Zhengkun suddenly felt bad, his eyes turned a few times, he knelt on the ground and cried with a handful of snot and tears: "Your Highness spares your life, the grass people are also deceived by Steward Chen, the grass people really don't know, please let Your Highness know clearly, and the grass people are innocent......"

Of course, Xiao Mingyan knew that he wanted to push the responsibility away, but he didn't expose it, but his face sank: "This prince believes that you are deceived by others, but you have innocently let Liu Hao be wronged by slander, I don't know how Li Yuanwai plans to compensate, huh?" ”

The last "um" was just a nasal sound, but it made the three kneeling people break out in a cold sweat at the same time......

Li Zhengkun hurriedly said: "The grass people are willing to compensate ten times the silver taels and that Liu Hao to comfort him for being wronged." ”

Xiao Mingyan nodded, and looked at Shen Changfen again: "Lord Shen? ”

"If the subordinate official neglects to supervise, he is willing to punish himself ten times the silver tael to warn himself that he must not make such a big mistake in the future."

The corners of Xiao Mingyan's good-looking mouth rose slightly when he heard this, "Okay, since the two of you are so righteous, this prince doesn't want to pursue this matter any further." ”

After speaking, he looked at Liu Hao, who was kneeling on the side, and his legs were numb: "Liu Hao, are you satisfied with these compensations?" ”

Hearing this, Liu Hao pushed the messy hair covering his forehead behind his ears, and Xiao Mingyan saw that he was already with tears in his eyes.

Liu Hao kowtowed three times in a row: "Thank you Your Highness for being the master of the grass people, the grass people are now alone, and the twenty taels are enough." His Royal Highness is worried about the country and the people, and the remaining silver taels are invited to His Highness to accept them for disaster relief, which can be regarded as a part of the grass people's heart. ”

Xiao Mingyan was moved, you must know that four hundred taels of silver is enough for a family of five for ten years, and the unkempt young man in front of him obviously needs these silver for future use. To be unmoved and have great love in the face of such a great fortune is indeed a sign of respect.

"Okay, then the prince will fold the silver into rice grain to comfort the victims."

"Grass people, thank Your Highness!"

After the case ended, Xiao Mingyan took Wen Xi out of the mansion.

"Wen Xi, tomorrow you go to investigate the young man just now, if it is really as he said, his parents are dead, then take him with him!"

"Yes."

Wen Xi agreed, and then asked the doubts in his heart: "Your Highness, then Shen Changfen and Li Zhengkun are embarrassed to be a traitor, why didn't Your Highness deal with them?" ”

"There's no hurry." Xiao Ming said lightly: "The appointment and dismissal of officials are complicated, and they affect the whole body. This Shen Changfen was recommended by the imperial brother, and I can't cut him down for the time being, so it's better to uproot him when I have all the certainty. ”

Zichen Palace.

Xiao Hongzhen sat on the chair in a golden dragon robe, holding a colorful cigarette bottle in his hand and playing with it carefully, as if he opened his mouth casually: "Zhaolin, Ming Yan can say that Chen Zifeng donated all his wealth to solve Mingzhou's predicament this time, but it is a bit unexpected by me, what do you think?" ”

"The second prince cherishes his family and country, and has the talent to prosper the country, which is indeed a great help to His Majesty." Ji Zhaolin, the Metropolitan Governor sitting opposite, thought for a moment and replied.

Xiao Hongzhen didn't stop, rubbing at the spout: "It's true that he is my help, so what about Zhengyuan?" ”

"The great prince's intellectual talent is also extremely high, uh...... Speaking of which, he is more like His Majesty. ”

Xiao Hongzhen put down the cigarette bottle in his hand when he heard this, looked into the distance, and said softly: "If you say that the most similar to me, it is still the kid Li Ran......"

Hearing this, Ji Zhaolin's scarred right eye moved slightly: "If Your Majesty is concerned, it will be ...... to bring the five princes back."

Xiao Hongzhen pondered for a moment and shook his head: "He is the son of me and Yueru, he is doing well over there, what are you doing when you take it back?" Unless he can inherit the throne, I don't want him to get involved in this troubled waters. ”

Ji Zhaolin's eyes fluttered when he heard this: "If that kid comes back, he is the real third prince........"

"I've only met him a few times over the years, but I think he's strikingly similar to me...... He's on par with the boss, oh...... Kung Fu is very good. ”

"He is the son of His Majesty, and he is naturally top-notch in every way." Ji Zhaolin said: "It's just that since the death of His Royal Highness the Prince, the prince has been undecided, and I don't know what His Royal Highness means .......about the candidate for the throne."

Ji Zhaolin is Xiao Hongzhen's confidant, so he didn't feel overstepped when he asked Xiao Hongzhen like this, he lowered his head and pondered for a moment before he said: "In the early years, I felt that Ming Yan was the most agreeable, but he didn't have that mind, but over the years, Zhengyuan's ability has become more and more apparent. Compared with him, Ming Yan is slightly better in talent, but he is much inferior in terms of means....... What does Zhaolin think? ”

"The old minister and His Majesty have the same idea, could it be that Your Majesty's favorite candidate is the eldest prince?"

Xiao Hongzhen didn't answer this sentence, but said with a smile: "Originally, I was still in a hurry to establish a reserve because of my advanced age, but after taking the concubine's Xiaoyao Pill during this time, I feel that my body is better than before, so I am not in a hurry in advance, and it is not too late to wait for another year and a half to make a decision......

Ji Zhaolin said respectfully: "The concubine's mother's family is an apricot forest family, so she naturally knows how to take care of Your Majesty's body, and Your Majesty's current spirit is not inferior to ten years ago, so there is naturally no need to rush the matter of establishing a prince." ”

Xiao Hongzhen smiled and stretched out his finger, and nodded Ji Zhaolin in the air: "You, you always win my heart the most!" After finishing speaking, he put his hands behind his waist and paced back and forth in the hall, "The concubine has also been gone for five or six days, and I really miss it......"