At noon that day, in a waterfront attic in the Hibiscus Garden, Li Tai, the king of Wei, was holding his celebration banquet.

His guests were only two old men in their fifties, one was Du Chuke, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, and the other was the Shaoqing ruble of Dali Temple, both of whom were great contributors to the design of the East Palace.

Although the cold wind is howling outside, there are eight large charcoal basins burning in the attic, and the inside is as warm as spring.

Li Tai toasted the ruble with a smile on his face, and the ruble drank the wine in the cup in one gulp and said, "What a good wine!" ”

"Haha, please Sir drink a few more cups to drive away the cold." Li Tai was very attentive when he heard this.

"Your Highness." As he spoke, he raised his glass and drank it down.

Li Tai went to pay homage to Du Chuke again, and the three of them began to discuss the affairs of the past two days after a few glasses of wine.

Du Chuke said with a puzzled expression: "I have already inquired this morning, yesterday Fang Xuanling reprimanded the East Palace, but he only reprimanded and did not have any actual punishment, nor did he make amends to Kong Yingda. ”

Li Tai said lightly when he heard this: "My father is very disappointed in him now, and the prince can't let him be, but in the end, it is father and son, and what can I criticize him at this time." Let Fang Xuanling publicly reprimand, just to show his heart to the ministers. ”

"Yes, Your Highness is right, that's it, so as soon as I heard yesterday that Fang Xuanling personally went to the East Palace to send an edict to reprimand him, Weichen launched it directly." You see, I don't know how many officials have impeached the East Palace today. "The ruble drinks with a bit of a big tongue.

"In order to ensure that nothing goes wrong, we have to use the Cen text, and we can't let the Zhongshu Province withhold the recital and not give it to Your Majesty, and it will appear again." Du Chuke said solemnly.

"Mr. Du is reasonable, there is no mistake at this time." Li Tai also got serious.

After finishing business, the three of them talked about some ups and downs, and Du Chuke and Luble left the Hibiscus Garden and went back to their respective yamen on duty.

Since the ruble received the complaint against Li Chengqian yesterday, Sun Fujia, the secretary of the Dali Temple, and Zhu He, another young secretary of the Dali Temple, have taken sick leave.

At present, Dali Temple is in charge of rubles.

The ruble has climbed to the high branch of the King of Wei, and naturally he doesn't care about the other people in Dali Temple, not to mention that now is a critical period of struggle with the East Palace, and it will only be better if there is no constraint on his future actions.

Luble came to Dali Temple in a daze, and saw two Dali Zheng, both anxiously waiting for him to come back in front of the door of his official room.

Ruble knew that they were in trouble, so he said loudly as he went, "What are you doing here without your respective rooms?"

"Back to Lord Shaoqing, there are people outside who are complaining." A Dali temple is stepping forward.

"If someone complains about it, you should handle it as usual, why did you come to me?" Ruble walked up to him, blushing his stomach and squinting.

That Dali Zheng had to smile and say: "It's not because the case is serious, and the people involved are too noble, and the subordinates don't dare to make decisions, only a responsible minister like you can make a decision." ”

"Hmm" Ruble was very impressed by this, nodded and said, "Then I'll go and see, it's really useless, everything has to be done by me." ”

Saying that, his belly was shy, and he was a little staggering when he walked, and the two Dali Temples were escorting him all the way to the Dali Temple lobby.

As soon as the ruble entered the main hall of Dali Temple, he saw that the hall was full of people, and the noisy bazaar was like a noisy bazaar, and the two Dali Temple were appeasing everyone.

Luble sat down in the hall, slapped the shocked wood, and shouted: "If you have any grievances, tell me one by one, and this official will make decisions for you." ”

As soon as his voice fell, everyone in front of him shouted "Master, I am wronged"

"Ask the big master to call the shots for the little people."

"Ask the master of Qingtian to avenge the grievances of the little people."

"The villain's whole family has been wronged!"

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"Bang" was another shocking sound, and the ruble was already angry, and shouted loudly: "Put these Diao people's forms away, this official will see who is called, who will answer, and don't make any more noise and shout." ”

The official in the hall hurriedly accepted all the complaints and presented them to the table, and the ruble picked up a copy drunkenly, and couldn't help but be overjoyed at a glance, it turned out that these complaints were all filed against the crown prince Li Chengqian.

Looking at so many paper rubles, a trace of doubt flashed in his heart, but as soon as he heard that everyone below called him Lord Qingtian, he thought that he must have received a case against the prince yesterday, and today these people dare to come to sue, God helps me.

Luble looked at the black and oppressive complainants kneeling in the hall, waiting for himself to avenge them, and for a moment felt that he was infinitely taller, and he wanted to be the strong force of the Han Dynasty.

At the moment, he didn't look at the paper carefully, only let the two Dali Temples look at the paper and then talk to him, and he thought about how to deal with Li Chengqian, and then asked for credit in front of Li Tai.

There are 87 complaints, all of which were sued by Li Chengqian, some of whom accused him of damaging crops, some of whom accused him of leading people to rob cattle, some of whom accused him of leading people to rob his daughter-in-law, some of whom accused him of taking people to rob his daughter, and some of accusing him of making people work and beating people......

All kinds of crimes are listed clearly, but the latest time has passed half a year, and there is basically no evidence, and the two Dali Temples are dripping with cold sweat, so it cannot be established even if it is sued by ordinary people, let alone sue the crown prince. But the two of them were threatened, and they also knew that the ruble sitting on them had taken refuge in the King of Wei, and if they wanted to find fault with the crown prince, even if it was not established, it had to be established.

The two glanced at each other and said to Lubu: "Lord Shaoqing, these people are Diao Min, where are there any grievances." ”

"Even if there are grievances, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and I can't easily accept their complaints, if it damages the Prince's reputation, we can't afford it."

When Ruble heard them say this, he despised them very much, and said: There are no fools in the background, they are really cowardly.

His face turned angry, and he said loudly: "As officials of the imperial court, we preside over the law and discipline of the imperial court, as long as someone is wronged, it is our responsibility, and His Royal Highness the Prince's reputation should be maintained by himself, what do we have to do?"

"Lord Qingtian, Lord Qingtian!"

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Lu Bule was proud in the shouts of the big man in the blue sky under the hall, and mockingly glanced at the two Dali Temples, the two Dali Temples, and said with a smile: "The adults are upright, which is really admirable." ”

"Well, take the complaint and bring these complainants, let's go to the East Palace to meet His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and ask him what to do?" The ruble had already figured out how to make Li Chengqian ugly.

What the? You're going to ask the prince what to do? Even if His Majesty is not in the capital, this should be the prime minister to ask!

Don't look at it, what are you?

The two Dali Temples were already scolding in their hearts.

However, scolding and scolding, he wanted to die, so naturally he didn't stop it, and the two of them said that there were important things in the yamen, and arranged a few officials for Luble to let him bring people himself.

When he saw the complainant when he came out of the Yamen, he also had to go out, and he had a plan to bring these bitter masters with him......

Yu shouted loudly: "Everyone, if you want to avenge your grievances, please go to the East Palace with this official and ask the prince of the East Palace for an explanation." "Fortunately, he is still somewhat sensible and didn't say to take down the prince.

Li Chengqian found that Xu Jingzong did have some talents, not only revised the script, but also instructed the actors how to act, how to arrange the stage, and how to dance......

Li Chengqian saw that he was capable, so he handed over all the affairs of the Eight Winds Hall to him, and he just sat by and watched, and if he didn't like it, he would give a few words.

Du He and Zhao Jie also come to the East Palace every day to listen to it, after all, the struggle between the two sides is very fierce now, and many things have to be handled by them, so these two people are also sitting next to Li Chengqian bored.

Suddenly, a small eunuch came in, and said to Li Cheng with a trembling voice: "His Royal Highness the Prince, the young secretary of Dali Temple came to the gate of the East Palace with many people, saying that he wanted to avenge the people, and asked His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to go out - go out - right - confront him." ”

"Bastard, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is so noble, what kind of thing is he, he dares to come to the East Palace to spread wild, I will go out and beat him, let him know what the sky is high and the earth is thick." Zhao Jie said that he was going to hit the ruble.

"Don't worry!" Du He hurriedly stood up and stopped Li Chengqian.

Li Chengqian glanced at Du He and said to Zhao Jie: "You go and beat him, whip him, don't hurt him, I still want him to jump up and down these days?"

Zhao Jie didn't seem to understand when he heard it, but Du He said, "Okay, I'll go too." ”。

Watching Du He and Zhao Jie go out, Li Chengqian sighed in his heart, it seems that he has to find a few good thugs.

Looking back at Xu Jingzong next to him, he shivered at a glance, and said with a smile: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is really benevolent and kind." ”

Li Chengqian knew that he had guessed the inside story, and he didn't break it, so he smiled slightly: "This drama is hard for Bachelor Xu to keep an eye on King Gu, it's cold these days, Bachelor Xu lives in this Eight Winds Palace." ”

Xu Jingzong's heart was shocked, and he secretly thought: His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is so shrewd, it is completely inconsistent with the rumors outside......