Chapter Twenty-One: The Messenger of Li Bo
Qian Wanquan asked Wu Yi if he knew Zhou Qi, Wu Yi hated to take back the sentence just now, thinking that he had to think about it before he said it, this lie is too much, and it is really not good.
"Hey, didn't I come to Huizhou, and then I met the prefect of Zhou, I didn't know he was the prefect at the time. But I've heard that his sister has sinned, and he didn't protect his sister, so he must be a good official, and he will definitely not wronged us! β
As soon as these words came out, Chen Wanquan was ignorant as a child, although he didn't want to blame Wu Yi, but thinking that now that the two adults were folding together, the court had its own judgment, and it was not something that he could control. Seeing that it was getting dark, he ordered everyone to rest.
Wu Yi followed everyone out, Qian Ning sent the old lady back to the room, and Wu Yi waited for Qian Ning, wanting to say thank you to him for giving him such a good job.
"It's nothing, just tell me if you need anything."
"Hehe, Shao Dong, you are really a good person."
"It's not early, you should go back and rest quickly."
"Well, good, good night to the young owner!" Wu Yi walked to his room. Her room is less than two hundred meters away from the old lady's room, and there are still Qian Duo's maid Chunju and Qian Ning's maid Bai Zhi living in it.
"Let me tell you, today Miss Zhang told our young lady that although the Zhou Governor's Mansion is only half a level older than Yu Tongzhi, the official level crushes people to death, and the Zhou Governor's Mansion is promoted by the emperor unusually, and it is impossible to be reprimanded for the first time when he disagrees with his subordinates, so our Qian family is still very hopeful that the big thing will be turned into a small thing this time."
"Sister Chunju, Miss Zhang is likely to comfort our young lady." Bai Zhi said worriedly.
"Don't you know? This Miss Zhang is not an ordinary person, she is the most powerful person in the Zhang family now, and the entire Jinzhong knows that marrying Miss Zhang is marrying back to a vault, which is much more known than those of us in the inner courtyard! β
Wu Yi was making the bed, and when she heard it, she was also interested, "Sister Chunju, is this Miss Zhang also running a business?" β
"Well, I heard that she went out to do business with Zhang Gongzi at the age of twelve, and earned 50,000 taels of silver the first time she went out! People say that she is the reincarnation of the God of Wealth, but she is a god! β
Wu Yi's eyes lit up again when he heard fifty thousand, "Fifty thousand taels? Oh my God, I won't be able to earn 50,000 taels in my life. β
"Wu Yi, now you have ten taels of silver per month, which is already very good."
"Yes, yes, I, Wu Yi, really took shit luck. Hahahaha. β
Early the next morning, Zhou Qi sorted out the case file and attached it to the fold and submitted it to the capital, and Yu Nian also wrote the fold, while participating in the health problems of Qian Ji Tea House, he also experienced various problems after Zhou Qi took office, and finally did not forget to remind the court that Zhou Qi's protection of Qian Ji was for his own official fortune, and he did not have the heart of a courtier.
The emperor received the report to discuss with the ministers, Li Tianshi added fuel to the fire, and Xu Cheng watched coldly, everyone understood that if there was a problem with the tea, not only Qian Ji would have to take responsibility, but the queen would also be responsible, after all, her palace maids and eunuchs were all derelict in their duties.
"Your Majesty, since Huizhou Governor Zhou Kai thinks that this matter is suspicious, it is better to let him find out the truth as soon as possible to reassure people."
"Didn't you see it, Prime Minister? Huizhou Tongzhi Yu Nian participated in the prefect Zhou Kai, saying that he connived at his sister to disrupt the business order, and even took the government bank to a private bank to deposit, this time he also had to protect the Qian Ji Tea House in front of ironclad evidence, which was purely selfish. Li Tianshi finally waited for the performance of Qian Ji, although Yu Nian also wrote his dissatisfaction with Zhou Kai on the recital, Li Tianshi still had to push the boat down the river and set the Qian family to death, if he accepted Yu Nian by the way, it would be an unexpected joy in the camp of the three princes.
"Qi to the emperor, Zhou Kai won the top prize in the examination, and only after receiving the emperor's grace did he go to Huizhou to serve as the prefect, which is a great grace. Although the minister had never seen him, the person who thought of the splendid article would never be so unreasonable. Besides, whether Zhou Kai bends the law for personal gain also needs to be verified by the imperial court to the local government, and Zhou Kai also wrote it clearly, if he didn't say half a lie, the minister also thought that it was unreasonable for Qian Ji Tea House to have rat droppings, and their roasted tea master told Zhou Kai that their tea garden never ate and drink before discovering rat droppings, not to get rid of the crime. β
"Well, two Aiqing, put Zhou Kai's matter aside first, just say Qian Ji, how to deal with the imperial court?"
"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that he should suspend the worship of the Qian Ji court, but the matter of food and drink must not be sloppy."
"Your Majesty, if Qian Ji is wronged, the court will suspend Qian Ji's court worship like this, will it be in the hands of traitors?"
"Prime Minister Xu, if Qian Ji is not wronged, and continues to worship in their court, will it affect the health of the emperor's dragon body, the emperor's body is more important than anything else!"
"Well, I understand what you mean. Before the matter is clarified, suspend the Qianji Imperial Court's worship, and I want to send someone to Huizhou to investigate the prefect Zhou Kai's favoritism, who are your candidates? β
"Your Majesty." The official Shangshu finally spoke, "The prefect Zhou Kai is the champion of the imperial examination, a serious protΓ©gΓ© of the Son of Heaven, and the imperial court needs to send a person of reverence to go in order to find out the truth thoroughly." β
"Well, then I will send a member of the royal family, and I don't walk around much in the officialdom, so it's good to have no obstacles." The emperor looked at everyone, and everyone couldn't think of anyone who met the conditions for a while, "That's it, Li Bo, the companion of the fifth prince, is also a relative of the emperor, but it is a distant branch." Except for being the prince's companion, he has never walked around the court, and he has nothing to do with anyone. Now that the five princes have gone out of Beijing to observe the people's feelings, I left him behind to exercise him, just right, let him go to Huizhou to exercise. β
Prime Minister Xu felt that Li Bo didn't care what happened to the Zhou Governor's Mansion when he went, but he would definitely not lead the fire to the queen in the matter of Qian Ji, and felt that sending him was just right. Li Tianshi wanted to send his own people, but there was no one in the camp of the three princes who was both a royal family and could do things, and the emperor had already spoken, and Chrysostom said that he had no better candidate, so he had to find another way.
Kunning Palace, the prime minister told the queen about the matter, "Dad, wouldn't it be good to directly blame the tea house for all the faults, what does it have to do with me?" β
"Even if it's a problem with money, you can't let them have a problem now."
"What do you mean?"
"Your palace maid can't even tell the difference between tea and mouse droppings, and she gave it to all the wives to drink, if this thing is true, where will you put the face of the queen? Where will the emperor's face go? β
"Dad, is that Zhou Kai your person?"
"I've never met him."
"Then why is he so clever? Helped us. β
"Maybe it's just a coincidence, if you show us goodwill, this week is very transparent, and he is a malleable talent."
"So what now?"
"Wait and see."
"Dad, if it is really as Zhou Kai said, Qian Ji Tea Garden was framed, would it be Li Guifei and them, why did they suddenly want to frame Qian Ji? Could it be that they were trying to implicate me in the first place? β
"Queen, blind judgment can lead to wrong actions, and now we better wait and see what happens."
At this time, the third prince was also discussing with Li Tianshi, "Your Highness, rest assured, Zhang Hai is in Huizhou, he has already lit the fire, although he has not completely counted our people for more than a year, as long as Zhang Hai adds firewood, he will soon be on our side." β
"Hey, uncle, even if you are in the upper position for more than a year, you will be a prefect, what use can it be!"
"What if he is the prefect of Huizhou? Hahahaha, congratulations to the third prince, we're really going to sit in the vault soon. β
"Oh? Hahaha, the person sent by my uncle really lived up to expectations. However, that Zhou Kai seemed to be in the way. β
"But I just became the prefect, and the hairy boy who has not dried up, I don't believe it, Zhang Haijia can't deal with him for more than a few years."
"What about Li Bo? He is a member of the Five Princes, will he go against us? β
"Probably not, it's impossible for anyone to know that we are doing ghosts in Huizhou, hey, don't worry, Li Bo is the same as Zhou Kai, he hasn't even been in officialdom, so it's easy to deal with." I'll write a letter and ask Zhang Hai to step up his efforts to win over Yu Nian and bring down Qian Ji together, if Li Bo is cleaned up in Huizhou, will we have more than one opponent. β
"Hmph, hum, let's cultivate a court by ourselves, and then help up a Huizhou prefect, if Li Bo is also killed, I see what my fifth brother will fight with me when he comes back!"
"Three princes, a great cause is worth making!"
"Hahahaha......"
On this day, in the yamen of the prefect of Huizhou, Wan Ting sat in the middle of the hall in a daze.
"Why?" Zhou Qi saw that Huanting was sullen and listless looking at the yard, and didn't say a word from morning to night, not knowing who provoked her.
Wan Ting kept her posture still, but glanced at Zhou Qi, "Brother, did you say that Chen Mingyang ran away?"
"Why do you have to fight him? This Huizhou person is outstanding, or let's climb Huangshan in two days. Well? Zhou Qi touched Wan Ting's head and asked dotingly.
"No, no." Wan Ting turned her face away and began to look at the ground again.
"Then what do you want to do, didn't you say last time that people's gardens are beautiful? Or you go to other people's houses as guests again, and don't stay alone. β
"No, no."
Zhou Qi looked at Wan Ting helplessly and let out a sigh, "You." I'm going to Huangshan the day after tomorrow, if you don't go, don't mess around in the city, maybe we'll go back to Beijing in two days. β
Wan Ting turned her head to look at Zhou Qi, "Why are you suddenly going back to Beijing?" β
"Someone has joined me, the court is going to send someone to investigate, and I will be exposed as soon as someone comes, so we are really not safe here, so we can only go back."
"Father won't send anyone who knows you, don't worry."
"Alas, it's not easy to be a prefect."
"Brother, you are a good official." Wan Ting flashed her two peach blossom eyes and looked at Zhou Qi solemnly.
Zhou Qi only smiled and didn't say anything more.