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Chapter 463, hot potato

I don't know how Princess Ji persuaded her at night, King Huai'an went to Zongzheng Temple early in the morning to hand over the letter of guilt, and threw a big piece of hot potato over. Zongzheng Siqing Li Yi, the king of Xiangyi, is the youngest uncle of Li Yuan and Li Shentong, the king of Huai'an, and Li Shimin's uncle and grandfather, who is not a few years older than Li Yuan, and is the highest-ranking descendant of the Li royal family.

Li Yi is known as Zongzheng Siqing to the outside world, from the three-rank official, he is called the patriarch within the Li clan, and is in charge of various royal affairs, including the education and punishment of the children of the clan for misconduct and the investigation and disposal of the affairs of the clan relatives, and the maintenance of the dignity and dignity of the royal family and their reputation.

He is not only sleek and square, but also lenient and strict, able to adhere to principles, and can cut tofu on both sides. Especially in the matter of fighting for the crown, he resolutely resisted the pressure of the imperial court and clan relatives from all sides, and even dared to refute Li Yuan's face, and he has always been impartial and not taken advantage of. Under that circumstance at that time, although he was not as desperate as King Huai'an to protect King Qin, Li Shimin was already very grateful for being able to do this. Therefore, after the Xuanwumen incident, not only did it not affect itself, but also did his best to keep most of the clans from being punished, not only did he have a very high prestige in the clan and the court, but even Li Shimin also respected the clan relatives of this grandfather's generation.

Although the matter in the palace of Huai'an is a hot potato, it is the best way to hand it over to him. First, it relieved Li Shimin's pressure, and secondly, although he was Zongzheng Siqing, he was also the patriarch of the Li family and Li Shentong's own uncle, and handed it over to him for disposal, which was equivalent to handling the affairs of the Huai'an Royal Mansion as a family internal affair. This matter is important, because it is not allowed to spoil concubines, kill wives and indulge in deceitful family rules, and it is light to say that it is light, because no matter how it is, it is a family matter, and it is not good for courtiers to talk more about it, anyway, it is not a national event. Third, no matter what the result of the disposal is, as long as Li Yi did it, no one dares to make irresponsible remarks.

Li Yi, the king of Xiangyi, looked at Li Shentong, the king of Huai'an, who was kneeling in front of him and sighed with shame on his face, and said half-sarcastically: "You and I are both county kings, how dare I accept your courtesy?" ”

Li Shentong was ashamed: "Uncle said so, is it going to torment my nephew?" The nephew is in trouble, and the uncle is now the only elder in the clan's close branch, who will go if he doesn't look for his uncle? It is reasonable for the uncle to take care of the nephew's housework, and ask the uncle to bother! ”

Li Yi sneered: "You can spoil your concubines, kill your wives and indulge in bullying your concubines, and the entire palace does not know how to act in order to be filial, where can you still put me, an elder, in your eyes?" Look at you, you are a member of the royal family, and you are also a very popular minister in the court, but what have you done in family affairs?

If you have to record the married concubine in the name of the princess, I have resisted everyone's criticism and agreed, and the daughter's family is just a good picture, and it is not a big deal, who knows that you are getting worse and worse! connived at his concubine An Huai to wantonly hurt his mother-in-law, Princess Dexiao was pushed down and almost had a miscarriage, and he actually committed suicide by hitting a pillar for a little trivial matter! Looking at the entire court clan, who has you Huai'an Mansion doing things out of line?

I remember that your young son was born to your favorite concubine Jin, I heard that you favored her very much, and handed over the housekeeping power to her, and there are many people who love the concubine, but I have never seen such a fool as you! Do you see that her mother's family has become powerful in the past few years, so she indulges her concubines and gives birth to children and behaves in the house? Don't forget, even if the concubine has no children, she is also the mother of your children! No matter how favored the Jin family is and then sealed as a side concubine, she is just a concubine! No matter how powerful her mother's family is, she is not your serious relative!

Your concubine and concubine's misdeeds have aroused public anger, disgraced the entire clan, and even the emperor has been forced to be in a dilemma, only by punishing their mother and son can they calm down the anger and regain the dignity of the clan, according to the law, your concubine should be removed from the family tree and demoted to the common people, and the Jin family should show the queen to cut off the position of side concubine and then abandon ......"

Before he finished speaking, King Huai'an's face changed drastically, and he knelt down in a panic and kowtowed repeatedly: "An Huai is young and ignorant, and he is also the nephew of his uncle, uncle must not!" If he is at fault, it is also his nephew's upbringing, and the Jin family has also depreciated himself as a rough envoy of the palace and sincerely repented, not to mention that she has always kept to herself, and all her mistakes are caused by her nephew's biased behavior, and she asked her uncle to punish her nephew! ”

Li Yi snorted coldly: "I know you can't bear it!" In this case, I can't take care of your family's affairs, and I don't want to take care of it, take your guilty book and go back quickly, look for it in the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty, and let whoever dares to take it will take care of it! Come on! Come on! Don't bother me! ”

King Huai'an refused to leave, and he didn't want to let go of the treatment of Concubine Jin and An Huai, but he just begged cheekily: "Uncle don't be angry!" The Jin family can't take a break, and your nephew can't be degraded, please think of a way to protect your nephew's family, not to mention that coming to you is also the meaning of the queen's mother, presumably it is also the emperor's meaning, no matter who you look at, you can't pick a son! ”

"Shut up! The queen asked you to come to me, so that I could act impartially and maintain the dignity of the national law and patriarchal law, and never let me show favoritism for your absurd behavior! If this is the case, everyone will be the same in the future, the family will not be the family, the country will not be the country, how will the old man control the clan? How does the queen remediate Kungang? How did the emperor face the courtiers? And how can you, the king of Huai'an, block the mouths of the world? Since you are reluctant to spoil your concubine, then leave quickly, and do whatever you love! ”

The king of Huai'an became more and more ashamed, but he resolutely did not leave, but begged hard, but Li Yi said nothing and refused to accommodate him, and when the trouble was raging, a small official shouted outside: "My lord, Princess Ji of Huai'an is asking to see outside!" ”

Li Yi was stunned, what is this nephew doing here? Could it be that he was afraid that he would not be able to withstand Li Shentong's begging for favoritism, so let's take a look?

Li Shentong is a joy, he knows his wife too well, she can come, she is definitely not here to embarrass herself, she is definitely here to help herself. And my uncle has always had a good impression of her, and after this time, he has become more sympathetic to her, so he will definitely give her face.

After hesitating, Princess Ji had already come in, and she didn't seem to see her husband's eager eyes for help, but knelt directly in front of Li Yi: "Nephew Ji's greeting uncle!" ”

Li Yi has always had a good impression of this noble and gentle nephew, and a few days ago she was still happy that she had found her biological daughter, but in a blink of an eye, it was rumored that their mother and daughter were bullied by concubines and children in the palace, which really made him sympathetic.

What a hard-working woman, and she met a husband who had no conscience and was confused. He sighed and stretched out his hand to help: "My nephew and daughter-in-law are here?" You are not in good health, and you have suffered such a big grievance, hurry up, don't worry, uncle will never show favoritism, it's a big deal to leave it alone, go to whoever you like! ”

Princess Ji said firmly: "No! The nephew and daughter-in-law are not wronged, and the nephew and daughter-in-law are unable to escape the blame, and it can even be said that they have suffered by themselves, so they came to ask their uncle to punish them! ”

Li Shentong and Li Yi were startled at the same time: "Why do you have to be punished?" ”

"The nephew and daughter-in-law, as the lord of the inner courtyard of the Huai'an Palace, manages a group of concubines and children, but such a thing happened, it is really not good at governing the family and teaching the children strictly, so that a few days ago there was a lot of trouble over a trivial matter, and these days there are rumors that have greatly damaged the reputation of the palace, and even the entire clan has been criticized, isn't this wrong? Shouldn't it be punished?

Although the prince is the head of the family, the man's family mainly focuses on being loyal to the country and doing his best for the court, where can he take care of the trivial matters at home? Everything in the family has always been taken care of by the nephew and daughter-in-law, and the concubine's children and daughter-in-law have all been handed over to the nephew to manage and restrain him, he has great trust in his nephew and daughter-in-law, and he rarely asks about it, but because of the nephew's dereliction of duty, there is such a thing that damages the face of the palace, although the prince bears it, but the nephew really can't shirk the responsibility, and ask Uncle Wang to punish him! ”

Li Shentong was grateful and ashamed, his wife was so wronged, but he didn't accuse him in front of people, and took all the responsibility on herself, she was too sorry for her before, she must cherish her well in the future, and never live up to the vow of love and white-headed love when the two were newly married.

Li Yi became more sympathetic and even more moved: "You are really virtuous and generous, I know that you want to carry the black pot for this bastard, but although you manage the inner courtyard of the palace, you have no responsibility for the matter of spoiling concubines and killing wives and indulging in concubines, even if you want to, you can't take it on your head, as the head of the family, how can he do something wrong and let his wife bear the responsibility?" Hurry up, please get up, I either don't care about this matter, if you want to take care of it, I have to deal with it impartially, and give you an explanation at the same time! ”

Princess Ji said resolutely: "The nephew is not carrying the black pot for anyone, but the nephew is mainly at fault in this matter." The uncle also knew that before he found his daughter, his nephew and daughter-in-law had always thought that she had no children and no daughters, and that she was just a young man, and the older she get, the more desolate she becomes. Later, after An Huai was born, he was the youngest son in the house, and he was born smart and lovely when he was young, although he was not born to his nephew and daughter-in-law, but he still loved and doted on him very much, even if he did something wrong, his nephew and daughter-in-law did not allow the prince to discipline him, and he protected him in every way.

Later, the prince was so angry that he simply didn't care, and the Jin family was stopped by his nephew and daughter-in-law if he wanted to manage it, which caused An Huai's naughty and arrogant temperament, so that he caused trouble, and the nephew and daughter-in-law suffered by themselves! Fortunately, he is still young, and careful teaching in the future will definitely make him repent and reform himself into a manufacturable material. As for the Jin family, she has always been virtuous and virtuous, and it was her nephew and daughter-in-law who were not in good health that she handed over all the housekeeping rights to her, not because the prince favored his concubine and killed his wife to let her take care of the house. What's more, after the incident happened that day, she depreciated herself and made sincere changes, so she shouldn't hold on to a little mistake, right? It's all the fault of my nephew and daughter-in-law, and I will never dare to push it on the prince, and ask my uncle to punish him! ”

Li Yi stroked his beard, he was already deeply impressed, this princess of Huai'an, who usually lived in a simple place, was not virtuous and generous, but also extremely intelligent. The husband connived at the concubine and the wife treated the concubine generously are two different things, and the husband connived at the concubine to bully the concubine and the concubine pampered the concubine and indulged in his naughtiness are two different things, one is to mess with the etiquette and discipline and should be severely punished, and the other is extremely virtuous and generous and should be praised. (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to () subscribe, reward, your support is my biggest motivation. )