Chapter 16: Tug-of-war
At the beginning of spring, pieces of flowers and plants are spread horizontally, and the sound of warblers is crying.
Yu Wen learned from Ye Rong's depressed narrative that on the way to the court today, a child rushed out and crashed straight into his carriage. He took the abrasive child to the medicine hall for treatment and prescription, and the child was still crying, which took a lot of time.
When he sent the child to the street, the child guiltily confessed that it was the servant in the prime minister's mansion who asked him to delay time, and persuaded Ye Rong to enter the palace quickly.
Sure enough, when he hurriedly went to the palace, the emperor had not said anything, and the prime minister's first mouth was sneering: "Su Wen military discipline is the strictest in terms of punctuality, and the dignified general will also miss the time, perhaps because he has been away from the battlefield for too long, and gradually forgot to abide by the time and ignore the king's law." β
Ye Rong didn't even have time to take out a pen and paper, and the prime minister said: "The saint is wise, and the minister implores General Ye to be punished by law and the dynasty is corrected." β
The emperor patiently waited for Ye Rong to prepare all the writing tools before speaking: "Ye Rong, why are you late?" β
Ye Rongti wrote: "On the way, the minister accidentally hit and injured a boy, and he was delayed by taking him for treatment. β
The emperor said: "In this case, it is understandable that there is a reason for it. β
Lord Tan said again: "But the saint, the country has national laws, and General Ye, as the head of the army, has delayed time, if this person who violates discipline is not severely cracked down, the army's heart may be uneasy." β
"Why is Lord Tan aggressive?" The words written by Ye Rong made the prime minister sneer: "How did the prime minister force the general?" In all fairness, if the general violates military discipline while marching, how can he tolerate it? β
"According to the Prime Minister's words, it seems that your Excellency has been on the battlefield. However, when marching, if there is a last resort and violates discipline, the ministers will basically spare all of them......"
Without waiting for Ye Rong to finish writing the word "forgiveness", the prime minister said viciously: "Driving carelessly is the fault of the coachman in the general's mansion, and the general did not manage his subordinates well, so he missed the early dynasty." β
"But the kid was hit by himself, and he revealed to the minister that it was Lord Tan who asked him to crash into the carriage." Ye Rong wrote everything out straightforwardly.
The prime minister had an angry expression on his face that was wronged: "General Ye, you are a martial artist by nature, even if you hurt the child, it is reasonable, and you will not provoke scolding; But why do you want to slander who you are? β
Ye Rong was extremely angry and wanted to argue again, but at this time the emperor spoke up: "The two Aiqing Mo are arguing above the court." β
The emperor didn't look at the prime minister's painstaking expression of integrity, grievance, and anger, and put his arm on the dragon chair, and he was full of momentum: "General Ye, considering that there is a reason for the incident, I will be fined for two months and ten acres of fertile land will be recovered." β
The prime minister wanted to speak and stopped, but the emperor's words turned to him: "Tan Xiang, as an example of a hundred officials, but you openly quarrel with anger and quarrel, and you will be fined for one month. After a pause, he added meaningfully: "It's good to do it yourself." β
As usual, disperse the dynasty and return home.
After hearing this, Yu Wen exhaled: "It's okay, the saint is still on your side, maybe he also thinks that the prime minister is framing you." β
Then he became worried: "It's really a shame for him to delay the court's life with the child's life...... I don't know what kind of trick I will use tomorrow. She tugged at Ye Rong's sleeve: "Maybe he's going to go forward on the Holy Ground right now to slander you!" β
Ye Rong's originally uncomfortable face became a little nervous when he heard her say this: "Then, then I can only come and cover the water and earth." I don't know how to play tricks in officialdom. β
You don't understand the power of the court officials, and I don't know how to fight as a wife. Yu Wen smiled, we are really a natural pair.
As long as you're not pretending.
Yu Wen comforted him: "It's okay, Ah Rong, in the past two months, I will take the whole house to be thrifty, and you don't have to worry about the expenses in the house." Then, in the early dynasty, if Lord Tan targets you again, as long as you have a clear conscience and frankness, and the saint is a clear-eyed and bright-hearted person, you can calmly deal with his slander. β
Is it a matter of leading the whole house to be thrifty...... It's better to leave it to the fog to do it, I don't understand. Yu Wen thought confidently.
Ye Rong ignored the twenty centimeter height difference between the two and hugged her tightly, and Yu Wen felt the obedient nod of the large dog general with his shoulder.
In the afternoon, Yu Wen sat in the courtyard basking in the sun as usual, and Wu Chao came over and asked, "Madam, Concubine Tan smashed all the things in her house, and the person in charge of the materials came to ask you what you meant." β
Yu Wen closed his eyes and felt the warmth of the sun: "The general was fined for two months today and harvested ten acres of land, and the mansion was going to start being thrifty, but Tan Biluo didn't know how to understand the general." If she doesn't want to use the things of the concubine, she can make up for the things used by the high-class maidservants, and it can be regarded as making up for it. β
Wu Chao knew that his wife was a general who was bullied by Tan Biluo's father, so she gave this thin order, so she said very cooperatively: "The slave will relay these words to the person in charge word for word." β
Before dinner, Wu Chao reported: "Madam, Concubine Tan has almost destroyed those that have been made up." β
"Make up for the middle maids." After Yu Wen said this, he buried his head in the delicious fish soup.
Before going to bed, Wu Chao said impatiently: "Madam, Concubine Tan has smashed things again." β
"Make up for the inferior maidservants." Yu Wen untied the necklace around her neck, "Tell her that if this time it is smashed, she will have nothing to do." In addition, she may be demoted to a maid by Mrs. Ben in anger because of her wanton waste, or driven out of the palace. β
Wu Chao exited the room with the words of the temporarily blackened version of Yu Wen, and couldn't help but snicker, his wife really protected the general.
Yu Wen waited for the cloud screen to drop the tent, and the world was quiet, and slowly closed his eyes. Her brain began to work fast.
His daughter was banned for life, so the prime minister began to start a tug-of-war with Ye Rong. What is said today about punctuality and discipline and punishment according to the rules may also be alluding to what happened in the general's house. The prime minister's purpose is to exempt Tan Biluo from a lifetime ban and fight for him?
Yu Wen is a spirit, maybe the prime minister has wanted to suppress Ye Rong for a long time, and Tan Biluo's matter is just a good pretense, which provides him with a good reason.
In that case, even if he immediately lifted Tan Biluo's grounding, the hostility between the prime minister and Ye Rong would not subside in a short time, and he would not stop until he achieved the goal he wanted.
The prime minister probably couldn't get used to seeing the emperor's favor for Ye Rong, otherwise her family Ah Rong, a military attachΓ©, would not be able to infringe on the prime minister's rights and interests. Therefore, Lord Tan just wants to discredit Ye Rong's image, desperately stepping on Ye Rong's status in the emperor's heart, and it would be better to lower his grade by the way.
Yu Wen was at a loss for words, and decided to observe what the prime minister would do tomorrow, and then gather her powerful subordinates to discuss countermeasures.
If either step is not handled well, it can be a long, long tug-of-war.