Chapter 20: The Man Behind the Pot

"Minister Li Zhaotong has seen Your Majesty, long live my emperor! Banzai! Hooray!

His Majesty is thrifty and loves the people, loyal and benevolent, appoints the virtuous and uses his ability, is shrewd in government, is good at fighting in strategy, magnificent, makes great efforts, perceives the people's hidden dangers, reduces the punishment, is politically lenient, loves the people's lives, and is a good neighbor and a good neighbor.

His Majesty summoned Wechen in the midst of all opportunities, but it was really to Wechen's kindness as a mountain, and the grace was recreated, Wechen bathed in the holy grace, and immediately had mixed feelings, gratitude, thousands of thanks, unforgettable, tears in his eyes, and hated to be smeared with liver and brain, loyal and exhausted, and died to serve it.

Your Majesty, if there is anything, even if you tell Weichen, Weichen will definitely do his best and die! ”

Li Zhaotong is not stupid, Xiao Jing didn't even give him a chance to wear a coat, so he took him away roughly, it must be a big deal!

Therefore, after he entered the Fengtian Temple, he didn't care about anything, and after kneeling down to meet him, he boasted.

Anyway, if you don't wear it, you can't wear it, and you can brag to the emperor's father for a while, maybe you can make his old man a little angry!

It also gives yourself more chances to live.

As for what others think......

Are you teaching me to do things?

"Li Zhaotong, do you really think so?"

Emperor Hongzhi glanced at Li Dongyang meaningfully, to be honest, Li Zhaotong was so flattering, which he didn't expect.

After all, his father can be a Confucian Li Dongyang!

So he wanted to see what Li Dongyang's reaction was.

What is Li Dongyang's reaction?

Of course, his face was flushed, and he couldn't wait to find a crack in the ground to get into.

Woe to the family!

There is such a shameful son of evil, it is simply a corruption and self-shame!

However, Li Zhaotong, who was bent on saving himself, did not look at the others, he swore that he lined up his chest and promised:

"Your Majesty commands!"

"Okay, then you can tell me about the prince giving a cream cake to the courtiers, did you instigate it?"

"Did I instigate it?"

Li Zhaotong was stunned, and wanted to subconsciously answer no.

But he suddenly remembered that this matter was really inseparable from himself, after all, he proposed it to the female dependents at that time, and he was too lazy to ask the prince what he was going to do, let alone stop the absurd behavior of the prince.

At the same time, another thought poured into Li Zhaotong's mind:

Listening to what Your Majesty means, do you want me to take the blame for the prince for the dog?

Definitely!

Li Zhaotong caught a glimpse of Zhu Houzhao who was squeezing his eyebrows out of the corner of his eye, and he thought:

This dog has forced the prince until now, and he is still skinned, it is really lifeless, and the battle is not endless! With the rebellious psychology of this dog forcing the prince, maybe things will get bigger!

No, it's definitely going to be a big deal!

Didn't you see that Fengtian Temple was very quiet?!

The prince's face must not be lost! If you take the initiative to take the blame for the prince, your reputation will definitely be bad, but here in Your Majesty, you can be in the emperor's heart!

Then a small life can be saved!

Thinking of this, Li Zhaotong didn't hesitate, he fell to the ground prostrate and shouted:

"Your Majesty, Weichen deserves death!"

"Where is the sin?"

Emperor Hongzhi glanced at Li Zhao approvingly, this good boy was really clever and did not disappoint me.

"Your Majesty, the guilty minister is guilty of doing business in private;

Relying on his personal relationship with His Royal Highness the Prince, Sin Zai begged and instigated His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to reward the courtiers with a small cream cake, so as to promote the princess house, a shop that the criminal minister will open on Qipan Street tomorrow. ”

Emperor Hongzhi's approving gaze was very vague, but Li Zhaotong caught it, so he simply made a bigger scale, boldly betrayed the blame, and boldly advertised!

"Oh? Then tell me why you only instigated the prince to send a cream cake to the courtiers' daughters, instead of instigating the prince to send it directly to the courtiers' families? ”

Emperor Hongzhi heard that Li Zhaotong "quietly" inserted an advertisement in his confession, but he didn't care, because Li Zhaotong's answer was so satisfying to him, so that the prince could retreat!

In addition, the prince fought in the palace before, and he was crazy to stand up, this is simply to make the prince make money!

Emperor Hongzhi is such a living son as Zhu Houzhao, he doesn't have the idea that the crown prince will threaten his throne after his majesty, he wishes that Zhu Houzhao could be more promising!

In this way, bad things become good things?!!

But the only thing that can't be explained clearly now is why the cream cake is only given to the young ladies of the Qunchen family?

This must be clarified, otherwise this thing is not perfect!

Li Zhaotong was not angry when he saw that Emperor Hongzhi inserted an advertisement in his "confession" testimony, and he became more confident, and his whole person was completely relaxed.

So, he replied in a relaxed tone:

"Why are you only giving it to your daughters? The reason for this is very simple, it is because after the investigation of the culprit, women prefer cream cakes, which my father can attest. ”

"Li Qingjia, is that so?"

Emperor Hongzhi looked at Li Dongyang with burning eyes, and he hoped that Li Dongyang could be as clever as his son.

Li Dongyang didn't seem to understand what Emperor Hongzhi meant, and the first sentence he answered almost made Emperor Hongzhi lose his temper:

"Your Majesty, the old minister can't prove what the son said."

But how could an old fox like Li Dongyang make a mistake, he continued:

"However, what Lao Chen can prove is that the ladies in Weichen's Mansion do prefer cream cakes."

"It's worthy of an old fox, and he doesn't leak a drop of water."

Emperor Hongzhi complained in his heart speechlessly, and then a smile appeared on his face, and said:

In this way, it is clear that the prince gave food to the ladies of Aiqing's family because of Li Zhaotong's instigation!

Li Zhaotong, on the other hand, is for his own benefit;

To promote his brioche petit four;

In order to make the new princess house on Qipan Street better tomorrow;

In order to make the daughters of Aiqing become the target customers of the princess house;

Relying on his personal relationship with the prince, he instigated the prince to give the ladies of Aiqing a cream cake, which caused serious consequences.

The prince didn't know anyone, listened to slander, and finally did something bad with good intentions, which made everyone Aiqing misunderstand and feel ashamed, resulting in today's embarrassing situation.

That's the whole thing, right? ”

"Your Majesty Shengming!"

Liu Jian is decisive, he knows very well that the prince's mistakes must be more than what the emperor said, and the main responsibility may not all lie with Li Zhaotong!

But in this matter, he also sorted out the main context, this is the unintentional mistake made by the prince and Li Zhaotong in order to promote the cream cake business, not to humiliate anyone.

The emperor is such a living son as the prince, and the prince is the only successor of the emperor, so the prince must not offend the ministers, let alone ruin his reputation, otherwise when the prince succeeds to the throne in the future, it will definitely affect the stability of the Ming Dynasty.

Therefore, this matter can no longer be pursued, since Li Zhaotong is willing to take the main responsibility and let the prince get out, let him bear it!

That's a good thing!

Anyway, His Majesty is a benevolent monarch who can even let go of the family of his mother-killing enemy, Concubine Wan, and Li Zhaotong will not cause death if he makes him angry.

Not to mention, his father is still Li Dongyang, and he, Liu Jian himself, is also ready to ensure that Li Zhao agrees!

After all, the prince has a loose temperament and likes to mess around, so he needs Li Zhaotong, who is not much older than the prince, to follow the prince.

This is conducive to the stability of the Ming Dynasty!

Liu Jian is the first assistant, when he expressed his position, some people expressed their positions one after another, and finally, all the hundred officials in the Fengtian Hall expressed their positions!

They shouted "Your Majesty Shengming"!

Bad things completely turned into good things, Hongzhi Emperor Longyan Dayue, he glanced at Li Zhaotong again, and liked it even more!

This good boy, as soon as I meet him, something good will happen!

"In this way, there is no need to discuss the matter again!

The prince did not know anyone, so he was punished for copying "Emperor Ming Zu Xun" again, and he was punished with ten strokes!

Li Zhaotong bewitched the prince and should have been exiled, but he remembered his good attitude of repentance and punished him with fifty rods.

In addition, Xiao Jing, add a few clothes to Li Zhaotong and go out in obscene clothes, what kind of style is it?! ”

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