The next time she appeared in front of Concubine Miao Xian's mother and daughter, she looked worried. Concubine Miao Xian asked him softly why, and he reached into his sleeve and took out a thick stack of chopsticks and threw it on the table in front of me and the princess.

I hurriedly looked through it, and saw that the content of the advice was all about the princess entering the palace at an irregular time and the palace gate opening at night. The Shangshu were all famous officials in the world, including the palace attendant Shi Lu Xu, Zuo Zhengyan Wang Tao, and Tang Jie, who was recalled by Jinshang after being released and entrusted with important tasks.

They quoted scriptures in the slashes, talked about the importance of strict palace prohibition and eradication, as well as the punishment methods of the kings of the past dynasties for the failure of the guards, for example, Emperor Guangwu of the Han Dynasty returned to hunt at night, and the Shangdong Gate Hou Zhiyun refused to open the door for him, and Emperor Guangwu later entered from the Middle East Gate, but the next day he rewarded Zhi Yun and degraded the Middle East Gate; Cao Zhi, the son of Emperor Cao Cao of Wei and the Marquis of Linzi, opened the Sima Gate without permission, and Cao Cao was furious and killed the bus commander in charge of the palace gate guards......

In the meantime, I glanced sideways and saw that I was looking at Wang Tao's slash, so he ordered me to say, "Read the last paragraph to the princess." ”

I bowed my head and obeyed, and read: "Then the princess returned at night, did not distinguish the authenticity, and then played it, opened the door and accepted it, and went straight through the forbidden, and there was no ridicule, and the envoys of the imperial city and the palace inside and outside the palace were invited to be impeached in Kaifeng Mansion." ”

The princess frowned when she heard this, and said: "I opened the door, and the official was dissatisfied, so he scolded me directly, why do you want to ask the prison envoy for his crime?" ”

Imakami sighed, "You think they don't want to scold you? They actually want to scold your father. The palace gate, if I hadn't ordered it, who would have dared to open it at night? The Taiwan admonition only had some scruples, and it was inconvenient to count us clearly, so he talked about the prison envoys. Punishing them is tantamount to slapping us in the face and giving us a warning. ”

The princess seemed to apologize, bowed her head and remained silent, and after a while she raised her head again and asked her father, "Daddy, will you punish those prison envoys?" ”

Imakami shook his head and replied clearly, "No." They were acting on the orders of the emperor. I can't let them take my mistakes. ”

As a result, he withstood the first round of attacks by Taiwanese officials and did not punish any prison envoys. In the following month, there were still rumors about the matter, and he ignored them.

The princess lived in the palace, and did not return to the princess's house, Concubine Miao Xian was also happy to get together with the mother and daughter, and stayed in the Yifeng Pavilion every day to accompany her daughter, but the queen went out of the palace to the princess's house to see Mrs. Yang once, and came back and said: "She cried to me about being beaten by the princess, but fortunately, the injury was not serious, and after I comforted it, she also reluctantly promised not to mention it to outsiders in the future." But there are a lot of waiters in the princess's house, it is inevitable that there are many people, the princess has lived in the palace for a long time, and the days are long, I am afraid that it will attract the attention of the officials, if they pursue this matter, it will not be good to talk about the princess's fine behavior. The princess stayed for two days, and then went back with the horses, and in the future they should be considerate of each other, and if they have something to say, they should not do anything that hurts or angers again. ”

But the princess did not agree, stating that as long as Li Wei and her mother were still in the princess's house, she would resolutely not go back. The emperor persuaded her several times, but she did not change her mind. Li Wei later entered the palace several times to ask to see the princess, but the princess not only did not see her, but also had a violent reaction, either crying or throwing things in anger, and every time Concubine Miao Xian held her in her arms and comforted her to calm down.

Concubine Miao Xian was worried about this, and once when the princess took a nap in the afternoon, she couldn't help but complain to Yu Chongyi: "Such a husband and wife, it's better to leave the balance!" ”

Yu Chongyi thought about it and suggested: "They are all coordinated by the official family, and it is not good to leave after all, and the official family will not agree." However, if the princess and the colt are separated for a year and a half, it is a feasible way for the two of them to calm down and think carefully about how to get along in the future. ”

Concubine Miao Xian sighed: "Now the official family and the queen are persuading the princess to go back and reconcile with the concubine, the princess is afraid that she will not stay by my side for long, and where can she be separated from the concubine for so long?" ”

At that time, they all knew that Ren Shouzhong had been ordered to visit the princess in the Yifeng Pavilion, and when he heard Concubine Miao Xian say this, he stepped forward and said: "It is not difficult to separate the princess from the concubine for a year and a half. If Miao Niangzi has this intention, the minister immediately went to the princess's mansion, found the concubine and told him, and asked him to leave the capital by himself. ”

Concubine Miao Xian was surprised: "Can you say that he will leave Beijing?" ”

Ren Shouzhong smiled and said, "Miao Niangzi is waiting for good news." ”

Ren Shouzhong immediately went to the princess's mansion. I don't know what he said to Li Wei, but the next day, Li Wei really impeached himself, listed some examples, said that he was the lord without a case, and begged him to be punished today and given a foreign appointment.

Under the strong approval of Concubine Miao Xian and the persuasion of Ren Shouzhong, Jinshang was invited by Li Wei to decide to demote him to the defense envoy of Hezhou and order him to leave Beijing to take up a foreign post.

On the day when the edict of Li Weiguan was announced, Concubine Miao Xian sent her inner attendants to guard outside the court early, and invited him back as soon as she was in the court, wanting to ask him for details. But the result was unexpected—Jinshang handed her the volume of the demotion system that had not been issued, and said: "Under the guidance of Sima Guang, the imperial history platform in the hall and the officials of the Imperial Court made a statement together, insisting that I withdraw the imperial order. ”

At that time, the princess was still in the inner room, I didn't know that the day was coming, and Concubine Miao Xian did not ask her to come out to see her father, so she eagerly lowered her voice and asked Jinshang, and he told us what happened: "I asked the ministers to read out Li Wei's demotion system in the court, and the Taiwan admonition was silent for a while, and then two or three people stood up one after another, and asked me that the princess entered the palace at an irregular time, and the palace gate was opened at night, but the prison envoy was punished. Then I said that the envoy did what he was commanded to do, and he was not guilty, and I did not want to hold him accountable. And they went on to speak, and more and more people came out of the ranks, and they demanded that I punish the prisoners. I never allowed it, and when the two sides were facing each other, Sima Guang, a fellow practitioner who was sitting in the corner of the hall and holding a pen record, suddenly threw his pen up, strode into the hall, looked around at the officials and said: "The dereliction of duty of the prison envoy is the punishment, but the point is not here, but the reason why the princess of Yanguo ignored the strict palace ban and entered the palace from time to time, why don't you speak out?" ’”

Concubine Miao Xian was shocked when she heard this, and said, "He brought the topic to the princess?" ”

Jin Shang bowed his head and said with a wry smile: "He made a generous statement in the palace, and the spearhead was pointed at Hui Rou, saying that she has always been unfilial to her aunt, disrespectful to the concubine, and her reputation for arrogance is known inside and outside the court. I heard that before entering the palace this time, the princess had also fought with her aunt, so that she beat the Yang family, not only did she not feel guilty at all, but she blocked the palace door at night, and entered the ban, completely ignoring the palace ban Zhou Wei and the safety ......of the monarch's father.

Speaking of this, he looked at me intently before continuing: "Sima Guang also said, 'After the princess locked the palace door at night, outsiders made a noise and disagreed, all saying that there were many ministers in the princess's house, and there were those who were not self-conscious, and the princess and her husband's family were not in agreement, or it was caused by the separation of the ministers, and Your Majesty must not be deeply concerned. Now not only should the princess be punished for the envoys inside and outside the palace of the imperial city, but all the envoys of the princess's mansion should be investigated and surrendered again, so as to suppress the affairs of the guards and the royal family style. The princess is immoral, and Li Wei is the princess is cautious, and there is no big fault, now the right and wrong are clear, if Li Wei is punished and the princess is maintained, it is unfair to be reasonable, the emperor is so biased, how can he show the world? ’”

I was speechless, and Concubine Miao Xian was also speechless for a while, and finally asked: "This Sima Guang is so rude, doesn't the official family scold him?" ”

Today: "How can I scold?" What to scold him? What he said was a fact recognized by the courtiers, and it sounded reasonable, and I couldn't refute it...... Moreover, as soon as his voice fell, some officials echoed him, and in the end, every Taiwan official came out to speak for Li Wei, and it was not until I agreed to withdraw the order to demote the official that they temporarily shut their mouths. ”