Chapter Twenty-Four: The Young Gentleman's Grace
The slave followed far behind him, not daring to come closer, and watched as the horse chased after the princess and pulled it, and was swept away by the princess with a wave of his sleeves.
Princess Cao was angry, and the good-natured Princess Cao was very angry.
"Hugh wants to explain, you still have to think about how we will face the princess and the Xu family in the future, instead of bothering to explain." Princess Cao walked angrily on the corridor, and the palace people quickly retreated to both sides.
Princess Cao has always advocated that Mingzhe protect herself, not to participate in political affairs, not to entertain guests, and not to make friends with courtiers, and she is so angry because Hui Yan's impulsive actions may cause the princess's mansion to be retaliated against by the Xu Party.
In the above politics, Emperor Yuanyou once asked Huiyan: "Wu'an Hou father and son have guarded the East China Sea for two generations, and there has been no war. The East China Sea is an important place for our dynasty, which is related to the integrity of the territory of the Jin Kingdom and maritime trade, and the imperial court will send officials to replace the previous overseer in the spring every year. ”
Hui Yan suddenly became alert at that moment, and was keenly aware of the deep meaning of the emperor's words, which forced him to answer truthfully, "The minister is frightened and does not dare to pretend to hide it." The ministers obeyed the hadith many times, observed the people's feelings, and got the astonishing truth - Xu supervised the private collusion with several high-ranking sea officials to embezzle military salaries and tributes, if His Majesty was deceived and reused Xu Chao, wouldn't it be a great fortune for the country, please see what is going on. ”
Hui Yan's righteous and stern words made Princess Cao's heart sink. Xu Chao is the younger brother of Xu Guo's uncle Xu Xiao, the sister-in-law of the princess, who was demoted to the East China Sea as a supervisor because of drinking and dereliction of duty, and it is no surprise that he can be transferred back to Lin'an early next year to reinstate his post, and Hui Yan's words are bound to anger the Xu family and implicate the princess's mansion. Princess Cao came from a humble background, her mother's family had no power in the court, and Princess Cao kept to herself.
"The princess should be angry, but the princess should also listen to her husband's explanation. Princess, princess ......" Hui Yan followed his wife's hurried steps, and beads of sweat fell from her cheeks.
Princess Cao was breathing shortly, unable to suppress the anger in her heart, looking at her husband, Hui Yan was calm and composed, and did not have any remorse for her straightforwardness and honesty. Princess Cao couldn't pay any more attention to his defenses.
"I just hope that my family is safe and sound, and I never want to get involved in partisan fighting, you also know this, and I know the trend of the DPRK and China in the past one or two years, not only now, but also in the future, the Xu Party will be the mainstream, if what you just said is spread by ears and eyes, offending the princess and the East Palace, the queen and her family will think that I want to stand on their side. Hui Yan, after the third sister, I have become a nail in the flesh of the Xu family......" Speaking of this, her heart was sour, and she didn't dare to continue.
"I'm not acting rashly, I have inspected the account books in the East China Sea, which are full of loopholes, obviously I have done something, but I have not dared to confirm it because the evidence is not conclusive, until I met Liudi before I saw it."
Princess Cao stopped reluctantly and stared at Hui Yan with a smile, "What does it have to do with Liudi?" "She and Liudi have no personal grudges, so why do you mislead the colt in such a move?
Hui Yan also had doubts in her heart, "She suddenly talked about Xu Chao, saying that she asked Xu Chao for three East China Sea pearls, I didn't understand what she meant at the time, His Majesty mentioned the reuse of Xu Chao when he suddenly opened, this year's Spring Dynasty tribute to the court of pearls is very few, twenty Hu are just reluctant, and the size of the beads is not the same, Liu Di said that Xu Chao's mansion is not only three pearls, the beads are big and round. I doubt it...... She secretly visited the Xu Mansion and looked at the real account books. ”
It is said that after the death of King Qin Jun of Changshan, Yuan Lingjun once left the palace to relax, and stayed in the East China Sea without returning.
Thinking that these obscure and dirty secrets were actually told from the willful and unscrupulous Liudi, Princess Cao couldn't help but feel a little frightened, under the word "straw bag", how many secrets did she have. Princess Cao realized at this moment that she had never seriously understood this sister. It was a terrible discovery. The princess once said that Lingjun acted informally, and most of the things he thought of and did were useless. Just because what he did was meaningless, Xu Dang would let down his vigilance. Everyone is drunk and I am sober, Yuan Lingjun is the person who has insight into the future, she is just dormant and cold.
Princess Cao suddenly realized that embezzling military funds was a crime of killing the head, and if Hui Yan could use Xu Chao, the emperor could completely punish him for the crime of negligence, and Yan Zhan would be sentenced to be an accomplice to corruption.
As for his father, he is tempting, giving Hui Yan a chance to show his determination, and he is also forcing himself to face the situation in the court. The more Princess Cao thought about it, the more frightened she felt, and her nails sank into her palms vigorously.
She owes Yuan Lingjun a great favor.
In the hall, Emperor Yuanyou was sitting in a precarious position, knocking on a few cases with his fingertips, and he had already made a final comparison in his heart: they were the same half-son, and the difference was immediately superior.
Emperor Yuanyou suddenly laughed, and after laughing, a deep smile came to his mouth, "Maosheng, a nightingale flew from Zitai last night, and it cried all night, and disturbing people's dreams for no reason is the most hateful. ”
Mao Sheng shook his head, "Your Majesty wants to listen to the truth, and Princess Cao, who stays out of the matter, will inevitably get involved in the quagmire." ”
"Who can stay out of it?"
Two days later, Emperor Yuan You suddenly ordered the detention of Xu Chao, the overseer of the East China Sea, to return to Beijing, and the court discussed a lot, and the Xu family was panicked.
"Why doesn't the lord go out and bring chariots, horses and attendants, it's really worrying the concubines." Seeing that Yuan Lingjun came back alone, Mama hurriedly greeted him. Yuan Ling ignored the old maid's complaints and walked straight to the courtyard.
"Is there anything you can't talk about after eating?" Raising his eyes and touching Mama's anxious eyes, Yuan Ling was very displeased.
"It was Chang Shan who sent the letter not long ago." Mama took out two mailboxes with different styles and symbols, "It's a handwritten letter from your concubine, and the other one is probably from Zhen Wangshi." ”
Yuan Lingjun took the two mailboxes and looked at them, threw them aside, and did not check them immediately.
It was past noon, and it seemed that she was still going out to play, Kunjiao was afraid that she would lose her temper in a hurry, so she asked the maid to wash Yuan Lingjun's hands and face, and present the boiled decoction.
Smelling the strong smell of medicine, Yuan Lingjun tightened his brows in disgust, "It smells bad, it's even more difficult to swallow." ”
Then he drank it all in one gulp, grabbed two dates and stuffed them into his mouth very quickly, and then slowly opened the letter, read it again, looked up at Kunjiao, and asked, "Who is Yu Kang?" Kunjiao also looked dazed.
The Jin people, who are known for their elegance, did not hunt originally, only love boating in the south of the Yangtze River, poetic and picturesque, and later the northern dynasty's gate lord clan and the Hanmen military generals broke out in a long-term internal strife, and the Hao clan was difficult to survive and reproduce in the continuous war, and was forced to move south and settle in the fishdock county adjacent to the Southern Jin Dynasty.
Although it is a depressed winter day now, the Guantao Pavilion in Lin'an City is still full of clothes - the literati and scholars who come here gather together to meet friends with poetry, chess and swords.
Today, there are no more frequent visitors to the Guantao Pavilion, known as "Chrysostom is difficult to open, difficult to open Chrysostom", although this person has a strange temper, but he is not afraid of power, and loves to pick and choose what others do not like to say, dare not say and hang out with everyone.
"Listening to what Mr. said, the snow damage of the year was not a heavenly punishment, but a spring hunt that angered people."