It turned out that he returned to Beijing that day and returned to the mansion after separating from Chu Qingruo.

Thinking of the days in Ping'an Town and the relationship on the way back to Beijing, Lu Yiqing has always remembered her. I don't know how she has been doing since she got home, and whether her bad-hearted stepmother has embarrassed her.

I remembered that they watched the scenery together, talked about poetry and painting, played chess and played chess along the way, and the happy and beautiful memories along the way, and the thoughts of her in my heart became stronger and stronger.

That night, Lu Yiqing entered the palace to return the evidence of King Jinyang's guilt found in Weifu's private visit.

Coming to the door of the imperial study, the eunuch sang: "The eleventh prince Lu Yiqing asks to see the saint!" ”

The emperor sat on the dragon chair in the imperial study, tall, in his fifties, he looked very similar to Lu Yiqing, his figure was slightly fat, a well-maintained face, a pair of wise and shrewd eyes, and the majesty of an emperor.

The emperor heard the eunuch's singing and said, "Xuan!" ”

Lu Yiqing, who was listening to the announcement outside, hurriedly lifted the front swing and stepped in, "Erchen has seen his father, and his father is blessed with Jin'an!" ”

When the emperor saw that his most beloved son had returned, his majestic face showed a rare trace of pride and love as a father. "Get up, how did you get from this private visit to Weifu?"

"Thank you, father." Lu Yiqing stood up, "Erchen has gained a lot from this micro-service tour. ”

"Oh? Is it? Tell me what you've gained. The emperor was refreshed and picked up the tea cup on the bookcase, blew on the tea foam floating on it, took a sip, and asked him in a rather happy mood.

"Back to my father, this time the sons of the ministers paid a private visit, and when they arrived at the place under the jurisdiction of King Jinyang, the sons saw the opposite scene to what he said in the recital.

Erchen remembered that King Jinyang had said a few years ago that there was a shortage of land and materials in his jurisdiction, and the climate was unstable all year round. Therefore, please ask the imperial court to allocate food and allocate funds to relieve the plight of the local people. ”

"Well, I remember that there was such a thing, didn't I order him to allocate 500,000 stone of grain and 200,000 taels of silver as disaster relief funds? How? What's wrong with this? The Emperor put the teacup back on the bookcase, and his expression began to become solemn.

"Yes, Father. This time, Erchen went to the land under the jurisdiction of King Jinyang, and everywhere he went, he was rich in resources, fertile land, prosperous merchants, and a rich appearance.

When he arrived in Qingshui County, Erchen made a secret visit as a master. After visiting many local people, I found a strange phenomenon. ”

Lu Yiqing's voice echoed in the huge imperial study, and every word and sentence seemed so heavy.

"And? What else can you tell you as well. ”

Under the dim light, the emperor's face was a little blue, and under the flickering candlelight, it was a little cloudy.

"Yes. Under Erchen's visit, Erchen learned that although Jinyang County was rich in products, fertile land, and prosperous commerce, the people were still living beyond their means. ”

"Why is that?" There was already a faint murderous aura in the emperor's tone.

"Taxation is onerous, and there are many items of exorbitant taxes. Those who sell grain have a grain tax, those who sell cloth have a textile tax, and those who carry sedan chairs have a foot tax, and almost all walks of life have a kind of name that can be taxed.

The most ridiculous thing is to connect the mother who gave birth to a stable woman, and the pregnant woman who gave birth to a child had to charge a maternity tax.

Second, from top to bottom, there are not a few local officials who are corrupt and bribery, engage in irregularities and favoritism, and enrich their own pockets. If there is a complaint, if there is no silver to pay filial piety, go to court, do not ask the plaintiff and the defendant to hit the ten sticks to kill the stick, and then slowly tell the grievances.

There is no right or wrong in a lawsuit, and whoever gives more money will be judged as the sufferer. The people have grievances and sufferings. ”

"Bang" The emperor was furious, and with a raised hand, he threw the tea cup on the bookcase on the ground and smashed it.

The eunuchs and palace maids who were waiting in the imperial study all knelt on the ground and trembled, and Lu Yiqing also lifted his hem and knelt on the ground. "My father was angry. The son has another thing to report. ”

The emperor eased his emotions: "The conversation between me and the eleventh prince just now, if anyone spreads it, I will punish his nine clans!" Seeing that everyone was shouting that the slave was obeying, he waved his hand, "You all go down, you don't need to serve here." ”

After everyone trembled and pushed out of the imperial study, the emperor said hatefully: "It seems that the theory that King Jinyang intends to rebel is not groundless. You go on to say. ”

"Father, this time the son-in-law went on patrol and encountered a strange and dangerous thing."

"Oh, tell me what's weird, what's a risk?"

After the emperor calmed down, he reached out to take the teacup and drink saliva, but found that the teacup had been smashed by himself, and put down his hand in annoyance.

Seeing this, Lu Yiqing raised his voice: "Deshun, make a cup of tea for the Long Live Lord again," thought for a while, "Give me a cup too." "Succeeded in making the emperor laugh.

"What, does the emperor still have a lot to say to me?"

Lu Yiqing pretended to be distressed, shook his head and sighed. "This King of Jinyang's crimes are really too numerous to mention!"

Hearing this, the emperor sighed and put away his smile, "Okay, you can finish it all at once, it seems that I am really old, and I am beginning to be kind." ”

"Father, don't say that. No one in the world says that I am generous and benevolent to the Son of Heaven, but some people are deeply favored by the emperor but do not know how to be grateful. ”

The emperor knew that he was comforting himself, his heart warmed, and he waved his hand, "Don't talk about me, let's talk about your strange and dangerous things." ”

"Yes."

So Lu Yiqing saved a pair of people who came to the county government halfway through the Qingshui County Ya, Chu Qingruo beat the drum and complained to the county lord of Jinyang County for robbing the grandson of the people's man.

In the middle of the night, there were two masked black-clothed men who visited the yamen at night, and then he and Chu Qingruo went to the White Tiger Camp in two ways to transfer troops to protect their grandson. As a result, he was chased and killed all the way, and Chu Qingruo was kidnapped halfway.

In the end, he and Fu Lingyun searched the mountain together to rescue people, Chu Qingruo and Fu Lingyun fell off the cliff together but accidentally found a strange cave patrolled.

The original, 1510 was given back to the emperor.

The emperor snorted from his nose, "King Jinyang's daughter was born well, robbing the people's men, killing people, chasing and killing the prince, she didn't fall behind, the blue is better than the blue!" ”

After speaking, the emperor was silent for a long time, and kept looking at Lu Yiqing with strange eyes. Lu Yiqing was a little hairy by him. "Father, why are you looking at your sons and daughters like this?"

"Old Eleven, I ask you, what's the matter with Miss Chu?" The emperor asked him sharply.

Lu Yiqing was stunned, and pretended to be calm and said, "It's just the little girl in the yamen who helps copy the case records, nothing special." ”

"Really? It's fine if it's not very special, if it's very special, then you're hurting her! The perceptive emperor noticed that he, the son he was most proud of and most reassuring to, had developed feelings for a woman. This is not a good phenomenon~

As a monarch, you can spoil a woman, give her a noble status, give her glory and wealth, but you can't give her a heart of your own.

Since ancient times, the deep affection of kings has been the root cause of confusion and confusion, and it is impossible to have it as a prince!

"Father, don't you often say that marrying a wife should be a virtuous one, and the views of the family are extremely prejudiced?"

Although Lu Yiqing knew in his heart that there was an invisible gap between him and Chu Qingruo that could never be crossed, he just wanted this little bit of caution to be buried in his heart forever, and he would only slowly remember it when he was dying of old age in the future.

But the emperor's words made him feel strongly uneasy, for fear that if he didn't fight hard, he was afraid that it would be impossible for him to be with her in this life, so he couldn't help but retort in a low voice.

Unexpectedly, the emperor heard it with the tip of his ear, and slapped the table Long Yan was furious, "That's also the daughter of a courtier, not a common man!" ”

Lu Yiqing was also a little excited: "Erchen doesn't think so!" Erchen felt that among the poor people, there were also women who read poetry and books and understood righteousness.

Besides, those ministers in the court, who didn't come out of the common people at first, didn't they all take the imperial examination, won the gold list, and had the opportunity to walk into this golden luan palace after receiving the grace of long live? ”

"You! You bastard! Dare to talk back! Is this the way that Taifu taught you to be a king? Is this what you, a prince, learn every day when you get up early and go dark in the dark?

You went out to Weifu for a private visit, not only did you have feelings for a civilian woman that you shouldn't have, but you also learned to talk back to me? In your eyes, there is still an emperor or not, and there is a father who has not been me, someone is coming, someone is coming! ”

The Emperor was furious.

The leader of the eunuchs, Peng Gonggong, walked in when he heard the sound and knelt on the ground: "The slave is here." ”

The emperor was so angry that he kept pacing back and forth, shaking his finger at Lu Yiqing, who was kneeling on the ground, "Pull this rebel out of me and beat him hard!" Beat him until his mind is clear! ”

Gonggong Peng was frightened, secretly glanced back at the eleventh prince who was lying motionless on the ground, and asked cautiously: "Is this ...... Excuse me, how many ...... are played?"

"Give me twenty ...... to beat him hard Oh no, the forty boards, the will of me, from tomorrow the eleventh prince has thought about it behind closed doors, and he will not be able to leave the house without a summons! ”

So, the emperor in anger ordered someone to beat him with forty boards, and told him to go back to his house and be grounded, so that he could reflect on it!

And then ...... This Fu Lingyun, who happily came to the ground, came.

But can he tell this bastard the reason for the beating? No! You can't even kill it! What's more, this guy has the same thoughts about Qingruo as himself!

Fu Lingyun looked at his face as black as the bottom of the pot, and his heart was extremely happy. Undisguised as he gloated, he squatted down excitedly and kept poking his injured ass with his fingers.

The strength of his hands was quite strong, and the pain made him sweat all over his head. Lu Yiqing was furious and reached out and grabbed a book to knock Fu Lingyun's head, but he easily dodged it.

Deshun is secretly funny, I've seen those who fell into the well, but I haven't seen the one who fell into the well so blatantly, the two of you have been pinching each other so much since you were a child, are you naïve? Our Royal Highness is usually a very stable person, why did he become naïve when he met Fu Gongzi?

Lu Yiqing couldn't hit him at all, and he was poked several times by him, knowing that he was invincible, he was indignant: "Hmph! Immature! ”

Deshun: ...... Your Highness, are you not naïve?