Chapter Thirty-Seven: Heroes Don't Hesitate
Li You said: "These kings and ten eggs, Lao Tzu is still in Chang'an, they dare to bully my mother, if I leave Chang'an, my mother and concubine must not be bullied to death by them?!"
On the east side of the Xuanwu Gate, near the palace wall, there is a row of bungalows, which are the places where the storehouses and eunuchs live.
Cui Bingshi, the deputy head of the eunuchs, is the second person in the eunuchs except for Wang De, he is a close confidant of Li Ke's mother Concubine Yang Niangniang, in charge of the distribution of materials in the harem, and the concubines in the palace are a little jealous of him.
Cui Bingshi's long face is a typical yin and yang face, for the queen mother and the favored concubines in the palace, it is a smiling face all day long, and for those concubines who are treated coldly, it is as cold as frost, and their items are issued shoddy, and they are extremely deductible. The concubines dared to be angry but did not dare to speak.
As for the eunuchs and palace maids who offended him, there were several who were killed by his own hands.
For Concubine Yin, Cui Bingshi has always been neither good nor bad. However, now that Li You has been driven out of Chang'an, it is conceivable that Concubine Yin's status in Li Shimin's heart is not high. He classified the concubine Niangniang into the ranks of unfavored concubines.
At this time, Choi Byung-seok was leaning on the couch, enjoying the brick tea invented by Li You, and thinking about how to torture his beautiful wife when he went back at night. Although he can't have such a thing with a woman, he still has the ability to toss a woman.
There was a "snap", and then someone shouted: "The slave and maid should die, Your Highness spare your life." ”
A little eunuch ran in in a panic with his face covered and shouted, "Lord Steward, His Royal Highness King Qi has come down." ”
Cui Bingshi hurriedly stood up, and before he could reach the door, Li You had already arrived.
"His Royal Highness King Qi, ...... you" Before he finished speaking, Li You stretched out his hand and slapped him, followed by a hard beating.
Cui Bingshi didn't dare to fight back, he lay on the ground with his head in his hands, and shouted: "Your Highness, why do you want to beat slaves?" ”
Li You said angrily: "Lao Tzu is happy. You, a dog who looks down on people, actually bullied my mother, it's really boring and crooked. ”
He ignored Choi Byung-seok's pleas and just beat him hard. No one dared to care about the eunuchs around, kneeling to the side and not daring to say anything, many people were looking forward to His Royal Highness King Qi being ruthless.
Li You kicked for a while, felt that it was not enjoyable, and said to Zhou Qian: "Straighten his legs." ”
Zhou Qian took the two eunuchs of the Qi Palace, straightened Cui Bingshi's legs, Li You raised his legs, stepped on his calves fiercely, and heard a "click", Cui Bingshi's calf bone was broken.
Li You stopped and said to the eunuchs around him: "In the future, if this king hears it, if anyone dares to be disrespectful to my mother, this king will directly kill him." ”
After saying that, he walked away.
Li You did it on purpose, he was worried that after he left, Concubine Yin would be wronged, so he desperately was punished, and he also wanted to make an example of the chicken. In this way, even if those snobs in the palace don't like Concubine Yin, they don't dare to bully her.
Today, it has become a festival in the palace. The news of Choi Byung-seok's beating was like a spring breeze that blew through every corner of the gloomy palace. The concubines, eunuchs and palace maids who were bullied by Cui Bingshi were all smiling, not to mention how comfortable they were.
From this day on, Li You became a hero in the group of these poor people.
Li You was bold and reckless, which angered Concubine Yang, she looked at Cui Bingshi with bandages on her body in front of her, her willow eyebrows were upside down, and she said: "You go back to recuperate, this palace must take this evil breath for you." ”
The next morning, Taiji Hall.
Li Shimin was just about to talk about disaster relief, when Wang Shoucheng came out and said; "Your Majesty, the minister impeached Li You, the king of Yiqi, who, as the prince, despised the majesty of the palace and openly beat Cui Bingshi, the deputy head of the palace. Although Cui Bingshi is a eunuch, he is also a fourth-grade official, and His Royal Highness the King of Qi blatantly violates the laws of the court and beats the officials of the court, and he should be severely punished to correct the dynasty! ”
As soon as his words came out, there was immediately a lot of discussion in the hall, and everyone didn't expect that Li You, the king of Qi, would be so bold and scatter all the wilderness into the palace.
This is a slap in the face of His Majesty the Emperor!
Li Tai and Li Ke gloated and waited to see Li You's jokes.
"The minister seconded the proposal."
"The minister seconded the proposal."
There was a wave of condemnation of Li You in the main hall.
Li Shimin was also very angry and said, "Li You, the king of Xuanqi, has come to see you. ”
Li You soon came to the main hall. Some shrewd ministers suddenly felt strange, the Yiyang Palace's palace was not close to here, why did he appear so quickly?
Li Shimin said angrily: "King Qi, I have allowed you to enter the palace at any time to visit your mother, you dare to go to the palace to spread wild, look at it, these are all impeachment of you." As he spoke, he threw down a pile of impeachment notes from above.
Li You said: "It's such a coincidence, Erchen is also here to impeach a person." ”
Yushi Wang Shoucheng said: "There is also a sequence of impeachment, Your Highness should first tell me about your beating." ”
Li You didn't bother to pay attention to him, and continued: "Erchen wants to impeach a person, he is not strict with his subordinates, conniving at evil slaves and bullying masters, and violating the ethical court. ”
Li Shimin asked, "Who are you impeaching?" ”
Li You said: "Please tell a story first. ”
Li Shimin said: "Okay, you can talk about it." When he was talking to Li You, he was kind and patient.
There are many shrewd people among the ministers, and when they see Li Shimin's attitude towards Li You, it doesn't seem like they want to trouble him, but they seem to be acting with him.
Li You said: "Once upon a time, there was a woman who married a man when she was only 14 years old, and since then she has been loyal to this man and has never left him for 17 years.
There was a slave beside this man, and he was bullying his woman behind this man's back, but this man didn't notice it, and his woman had to endure it silently with tears.
The woman's son knew about this, so he taught this dog slave a lesson, excuse me, did this son do the right thing? ”
Cheng Yanjin was extremely shrewd, he had long wanted to exonerate Li You, as soon as he heard it, he knew what was going on, and immediately stood up and said, "It's the right thing to do." This son is a dutiful son, good look. ”
Wei Chigong also stood up and said, "If my family's slave dares to do this, I will whip him to death." ”
Li Shimin said: "Yes, it should be like this. ”
"Huh?" Seeing Li Shimin's attitude, the ministers immediately understood that this was a father and son singing. As an audience, it's up to you to have understanding.
The eldest grandson Wuji said: "Yes, my Datang pays attention to the dignity and orderliness of the upper and lower levels, and it is a big crime for a slave to bully his master, and the crime is unforgivable." ”
The shrewd ministers have come to their senses. If there is such a thing in the palace, Your Majesty will know about it as soon as possible, but Your Majesty did not deal with this matter yesterday, and when it comes to today, it is to act for everyone to see.
It's really like this, Li Shimin heard about the beating incident, he didn't get angry, these days, he has always felt a little guilty about Li You, and wants to give him some compensation. Li You beat a eunuch, it is nothing, and he also knows what the faces of the eunuchs are like. He was not prepared to pursue the matter for a long time.
Things got to this point, and it was supposed to be fine. However, there are really things that don't know whether they are dead or alive, and they just want to come out and make trouble.