Jiang Anyi's words were like a scoop of cold water poured on Shi Chongwei's head, Shi Chongwei's face changed, and he said with displeasure: "Master Jiang, is it wrong for the lonely king to be the master of the people?" The matter of the emperor's village, Lone didn't know, why did he ask his father for punishment? ”

"Your Royal Highness, what happened in Suxi County was done by the envoy of the Neizhuang Mansion in the name of the East Palace, and His Royal Highness has failed to investigate, so he should ask for the guilt of Banzai; His Royal Highness has asked Long Wei to send a message to Beijing, summoning the people of Dali Temple and Long Wei to come, this matter will inevitably alarm Long live, if His Royal Highness stays in Suxi County for a long time, Long Live the situation is unknown, if someone instigates two sentences, I am afraid that it will be unfavorable to the prince, and the matter has priorities, His Royal Highness should go back to Beijing to explain the reason to Banzai instead of appeasing the people in Suxi County, and the merits of His Royal Highness can not run; Shi Shen was sealed by the emperor and had saved Banzai, how to deal with him is not only a matter of the court law, but also involves the face of the heavenly family. Jiang Anyi persuaded bitterly.

In the past few years, the indirect tempering of King Chu'an has made Shi Chongwei grow up very quickly, Jiang Anyi's words made him shocked, yes, the situation in Beijing is changing rapidly, and it is most important that he should let his father know the reason as soon as possible. Respectfully bowing to Jiang Anyi, Shi Chongwei said sincerely: "Thank you Master Jiang for your advice, I almost lost a big one because of a small one." It is the luck of the lonely king to be assisted by Master Jiang, and let people write down the guilt of the Shi family, and the lonely will set off to return to Beijing to face the saint. ”

Jiang Anyi accepted this salute calmly, and said with a smile: "Your Highness's heart is warm and cold to the people, and there is nothing wrong with it, but the minister's heart is too heavy, and it is not as good as His Highness's pure heart." His Royal Highness returned to Beijing, and the minister stayed in Suxi County to deal with the hand, and handed over to the people of Dali Temple and Longwei to explain the situation. ”

Shi Chongwei shook his head and said, "Let Xiong Yi'an stay, and on the way back, I have to discuss with Master Jiang what to say when I see my father." ”

Xiong Yi'an had a grudge on his face, now he will definitely be rewarded when he returns to Beijing, and the great opportunity to show his face and make meritorious service was lightly wiped out by the words of the prince's brother-in-law, but his official position is the youngest among the four, and he can't compare to Jiang Anyi in the prince's heart, so he can only nod aggrievedly and agree.

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Yanshan Garden.

After lunch, Shi Fangzhen checked the notes sent by the political hall in the study as usual, and he had to know the major events in the DPRK and China, and some of the twists and turns had to be approved by him. The first one is that the prince went to Suxi County for a private visit, accompanied by Jiang Anyi, the young Zhan of the Zhan Mansion of the East Palace, Xue Minlin, the general of the left guard of the East Palace, and Xiong Yi'an, a member of the Ministry of Works.

Shi Fangzhen smiled and shook his head, a few days ago, Jiang Anyi made a pilgrimage to me and asked him to take the prince to understand the people's suffering, and it was only a few days away, if the imperial historians knew that they had to join him, I let Jiang Anyi go to Zhan Shifu to do Shao Zhan Shi is not wrong. These days, Wei'er has worked very hard to take care of the affairs of the court, so it is good to go to Suxi County to observe the people's situation and relax, and the combination of work and rest is the best way.

During this period of time, the court was cleaning up the officials and re-investigating the old cases, and the Huan Hai Xingbo was just a small wave in Shi Fangzhen's eyes, and the secret fight between the prince and the king of Chu'an was not worth mentioning in his opinion, they were all their own sons, and it was good for them to sharpen each other, and it was not without benefit to me. The secret guard said that the East Palace and the Chu'an Palace's palace are competing in the Mid-Autumn Festival, and these two children are a little overdone, and when I return to Beijing, I will mediate and mediate for them, and the brothers will work together to break the gold, like me and King Ning.

The thought flashed in Shi Fangzhen's mind, and he continued to look down, and the Hubu Shangshu Yu knew whether the Mid-Autumn Festival reward was distributed according to the usual practice in previous years. Shi Fangzhen said to Liu Weiguo beside him: "It's the Mid-Autumn Festival soon, and it's been almost two months since I came to the other garden to recuperate, do you think it's time to go back to the palace?" The Mid-Autumn Festival banquet is still waiting for me to preside. ”

The rest of the garden is very effective, Shi Fangzhen looks glorious, and his weight has increased a few pounds, Liu Weiguo really hopes that the Son of Heaven will recuperate for more time, and said with a smile: "It is said that the old slave should not talk much, but the prince regent has done a good job, long live the peace of mind to live in the other garden for a little longer, and it is not too late to return to the harem after the Mid-Autumn Festival is cooler." The prince regent worked hard, so it was better to let him host the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet for Banzai, and let the prince have more experience. The crown princess's birth date is in early September, so it's good to return to Beijing before that. ”

Shi Fangzhen nodded and said with a smile: "Yes, then I will stay for a few more days." "Lived in the palace for two months, Shi Fangzhen really liked it here, compared to the beautiful scenery of the palace garden, and there is no government to disturb the gods, no wonder the sages will say "die in peace", pleasure does consume the will.

Living happily in the other garden, plus the emperor's grandson is about to be born, it is better to be happy alone than to be happy, Shi Fangzhen decided to let the ministers share his happiness, and the reward of this year's Mid-Autumn Festival will add one or two silver, don't underestimate this two silver, there are thousands of officials above the ninth grade in Beijing, and the number of officials in the yamen is huge, and one or two silver per person is also more than 10,000 taels, as well as the 16 guards in Beijing, the officers and soldiers of the East Palace, the banquet in the palace, and the cost of rewarding Lin Lin finally calculated that the silver spent by the household department was not less than 500,000 taels. In the past few years, the treasury has accumulated some silver taels, otherwise Shi Fang would not dare to open this mouth easily.

There were many fewer government officials who had been screened, and Shi Fangzhen had all dealt with them after an hour. Standing up and stretching his hands and feet, Shi Fangzhen smiled and said, "Liu Weiguo, go, go fishing." ”

Since living in the other garden, Shi Fangzhen, who rarely fished in the past, likes to come to the shore of Luoshui Lake at the end of the Shen Dynasty and the beginning of the first month, sit beside the clear lake, look at the lake and mountains, feel the slight coolness brought by the breeze, and enjoy the leisure time; If it is good in the wind and rain, the green hat, the green coat, laughing at the wind and rain in a lake, the wind and waves in the chest are calm.

Liu Weiguo was already ready, and walked down the mountain behind Shi Fangzhen, and the eunuchs and palace maids who accompanied him also looked relaxed, Long live the lord fishing by the lake, and they could also enjoy the scenery of the villa freely.

Today's luck is good, in a quarter of an hour, Shi Fangzhen caught two feet long carp, Shi Fangzhen smiled: "Let people give the fish to the queen, and let the imperial kitchen steam and braise it at night, haha, I am tired of eating fish during this time." ”

Liu Weiguo took the fish wilt and said with a smile: "Long live you are a real dragon, these fish are rushing to come to the Hajj, it is their honor to be able to enter your belly." ”

Shi Fangzhen smiled more and more heartily, pointed at Liu Weiguo and said: "Your sycophants are getting more and more sophisticated, I am a real dragon, and you are the turtle prime minister next to the dragon king." ”

"Long live Xie Jiyan, the folk saying 'thousand-year-old turtle and turtle', the slave is still happy to serve the millennium by the side of the long-lived lord."

While speaking, a little eunuch brought a black wooden box, and the secret guard's report arrived, Liu Weiguo took it, and the surrounding eunuchs and palace maids automatically left ten zhang away, leaving the space for Liu Weiguo.

"Long Guardian News, the prince took Jiang Anyi, Xue Minlin, and Xiong Yi'an to Suxi County this morning, fought with people in front of the envoy of the Neizhuang house, and then went to the county government to sue the Neizhuang house envoy for lawlessness. The crown prince revealed his identity and ordered Dali Temple and Longwei Mansion to send personnel to Suxi County to try the case. ”

Liu Weiguo was frightened while reading, in his heart Jiang Anyi was a troublemaker, and there was a turmoil in him, so he had only been in the East Palace Zhan Mansion for a few days, and he led the prince to Suxi County, and the inner village house made Shi Shen unlucky. Liu Weiguo and Shi Shen have a relationship, he was his companion when the Son of Heaven fell into the water, if Shi Shen did not save the Son of Heaven, his little life would not be guaranteed, so Liu Weiguo was grateful to Shi Shen, and the two made friends and have been in contact.

Seeing that the face of the Son of Heaven was gloomy, Liu Weiguo was determined to say a good word for Shi Shen, and said with courage: "Long live, the old slave has the courage to say a lot of words, you know Shi Shen's temperament, he is a cautious person, since you were the prince, you have been the envoy of this inner village, and you have never made a mistake, could it be that the subordinates are doing nonsense under his banner, His Royal Highness mistakenly thinks that he is instigating, if so, the old slave implores you to see the love of the year, and send him lightly." ”

Shi Fangzhen threw away the fishing rod in his hand, took a sip of the tea on the small table next to him, and said coldly: "Don't be in a hurry to distinguish for Shi Shen first, didn't the prince let the people from Dali Temple handle the case, this is very good, right and wrong have their own national laws to measure, the prince has not drawn a conclusion, what are you anxious about?" Am I the kind of ungrateful person who needs you to remind Shi Shen that he saved me back then? ”

Liu Weiguo "pounced" and knelt down, and said frankly with tears: "Shi Shen saved Wan Sui back then, and actually saved the life of the old slave, and the old slave has had a close relationship with him for nearly forty years, and he can't bear to see him in prison in the year of his sixtieth birthday." The old slave selfishly did not dare to conceal long live, please long live the grace. ”

Shi Fangzhen didn't make a sound, he was angry that the prince didn't know anything, Shi Shen had saved me, even if he found out that Shi Shen had committed a traitor, why didn't he quietly go back to Beijing and tell me that I would deal with him, and now there is a lot of uproar, Dali Temple and Longwei have sent people to go, isn't this putting me on fire.

Liu Weiguo wept silently on the side, Shi Fang waved his hand in real annoyance, and said, "Get out, pass the decree, let the prince come to see me in the other garden after he returns to Beijing." ”

As soon as the eunuch who delivered the decree walked a hundred steps away, he saw Tang Lu from the communication office trotting closer, and said, "Long live, the prince asks to see you." ”

"Let him in, Jiang Anyi can be by his side, let him go to Hajj with the prince." Shi Fangzhen stood up and walked towards the Chengfeng Pavilion.

Chengfeng Pavilion, Shi Chongwei told what he had seen and heard in Suxi County, and finally said: "Father, the son is guilty of negligence, and I ask my father to punish him." ”

Liu Weiguo was on the side, his face was already as pale as paper, there were more than ten murders alone, if what the prince said was true, no one would be able to save Shi Shen, and it would not be too much to raid the house and destroy the door.

Shi Fangzhen was silent for a moment, and asked astringently, "Have you ever found out if Shi Shen knows?" ”

"Father, it is the duty of Dali Temple to investigate the case, and the sons dare not trespass." Shi Chongwei said.

Shi Fangzhen sneered: "What a dare not trespass, you know that Shi Shen saved my life, and ordered Long Wei to raid Shi Shen's house, do you want the world to say that I am ungrateful?" ”

The tone was very heavy, Shi Chongwei's knees weakened, and he knelt down and asked for sin: "Father's anger, it is the son's ministers who are not thoughtful and do things absurdly, please ask my father to surrender." ”

"Long live Qiyue, I don't think so." On the side, Jiang Anyi knelt down with the prince and said loudly.

"Jiang Anyi, you stop. I ordered you to be the Shao Zhan of the Zhan Mansion in the East Palace, entrusted the crown prince to you, and trusted you, is this how you repay me? Shi Fangzhen said angrily: "The prince is still young, and he doesn't know how to act, as his master, won't you advise him how to act." Even if Shi Shen is heinous, he has a life-saving grace for me, you won't let the prince delay for the time being, give me time to buffer, in your eyes, I will bend the law for personal gain and harm Shi Shen? The prince had a seizure on the spot, and the people cheered, what do you want me to do? Is it really favoritism, or is it for the world to point fingers at me and say that I am ungrateful? You have done the history of Huazhou assassination, you are not a 'second stunned' who was an official for the first time, what is your personal accident, have you read all your books in the stomach of a dog? ”

The more Shi Fangzhen spoke, the more angry he became, and threw the teacup in his hand to the ground angrily. With a shattering sound of "pop", the Son of Heaven was furious, and the eunuchs and palace maids who were standing were so frightened that they knelt on the ground one by one, and they didn't dare to raise their heads, for fear of incurring an unwarranted disaster.