In the early dynasty, according to Lu Qingmeng's meaning yesterday, King Chang thought that he was a clever wicked person in front of the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty.

"Father, someone is raising soldiers and horses privately in the eastern suburbs." King Chang couldn't help but report the matter directly to Emperor Liang Qin.

The civil and military officials were all stunned when they heard this, and Emperor Liang Qin, as the first group of insiders of this matter, couldn't help but be stunned.

He had already sent Luo Mingrang to investigate secretly, and he had always counted this matter on Gu Huanli's head, so he didn't dare to startle the snake easily.

Now it's a good thing, but he was shaken out directly in front of others by his unsuccessful straw bale son, isn't this a chance for others to take precautions? Emperor Liang Qin secretly scolded King Chang as a "fool" in his heart.

But as the king of a country, in the face of such a big crime of raising soldiers and horses privately, he can't say in front of hundreds of officials that he actually knew about it early on, but he didn't order sanctions for a long time, wouldn't it make everyone in the world know that he was afraid of Gu Huanli?

After thinking about it, Emperor Liang Qin still pretended to know nothing about this matter, and turned to ask King Chaochang with a shocked face: "Is this true?" Who is so bold? ”

Gu Huanli sat aside and was not shocked, not even curious about King Chang's answer, as if everything had already been expected by him.

Sure enough, I saw King Chang swear and say the name of "Lu Xuan".

Emperor Liang Qin was even more surprised: "Lu Xuan, a mere household commander, how can he have such a great ability, are you mistaken?" ”

Even Emperor Liang Qin didn't believe this, and he didn't know how King Chang chose Lu Xuan as his scapegoat without thinking.

However, Emperor Liang Qin's suspicion was not out of trust in Lu Xuan, but rather than Lu Xuan, he preferred that this matter was done by Gu Huanli, so that he would have the opportunity to set up an unclear charge for him in front of the world.

But now that King Chang is confident, even if he suspects Lu Xuan, Emperor Liang Qin is always unable to dismiss his remarks based on subjective assumptions.

Forcibly swallowing a breath of anger, Emperor Liang Qin had no choice but to pretend to be indifferent to King Chaochang and asked, "What evidence do you have to prove that this matter was done by Lu Xuan?" ”

King Chang immediately responded: "Father Qi, as far as the son knows, Lu Xuan has not been in the house recently, and he has not been to the household department on an errand for several days, the Lu family lied that he was ill, but the household department covered it on the grounds of sending him to deal with urgent cases, if it wasn't for the ghost's intentions, how could the remarks of the two sides be so biased?" ”

Originally, King Chang only said Lu Xuan, and no one present would stand up and say anything, but now that he has pulled the household department in, then the household department Shangshu, who is the main person, can no longer sit idly by.

I saw that the head of the household department resolutely stepped forward: "His Royal Highness King Chang means, is it that my household department has the intention to protect Lu Xuan in the eastern suburbs to raise soldiers and horses?" ”

King Chang raised his lips and smiled, and the disdainful Chaohu Shangshu responded, "I am afraid that Lord Shangshu knows this matter better than His Royal Highness."

Isn't this a blatant basin on people's heads? Who can stand this?

Seeing that King Chang had no basis for involving the entire household department, and treating the household department with such rudeness, Chen Weizhi, who was also an official of the household department, could not stand again.

"Your Majesty, the household department has always been loyal to Your Majesty, if Lu Xuan's crime is true, the household department will never do anything disobedient to Your Majesty in order to shield her, and please let Your Majesty know about it."

Chen Wei said that the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty were all recognized, and the household department, as one of the six departments, really did not have to collectively destroy its future for the sake of a mere history.

Emperor Liang Qin also thought so, and then raised his eyes to look at King Chang, who had just sworn an oath: "How many times have I taught you, you must pay attention to evidence in doing things, and you can't frame the court officials with such empty words." ”

Emperor Liang Qin has always painstakingly managed the contact with various officials, but his straw bag son is good, as soon as he offends, he offends the entire household, if the household department is disgusted with him as a king, how can he have to pay for the loss?

Emperor Liang Qin said that he wanted to stop the farce provoked by King Chang, but he did not relent: "Father, then Lu Xuan is clearly in the eastern suburbs, if my father doesn't believe it, he can send someone to check." ”

"This ......" was said by King Chang, and Emperor Liang Qin suddenly fell into a hesitation.

He immediately turned to look at the Hubu Shangshu with a straight face: "What King Chang said is true?" Is Lu Xuan really in the eastern suburbs? ”

Hubu Shangshu did not shy away from it, and then nodded: "Back to Your Majesty, Lu Lingshi is indeed in the eastern suburbs at this time. ”

Hearing this, King Chang couldn't help but snort coldly, and then looked at Fang Cai with disdain to refute his Hubu Shangshu and Chen Weizhi: "What else do you have to say?" ”

Hubu Shangshu was provoked by King Chang like this, but he did not show any panic, but responded to Emperor Liang Qin with an indifferent face:

"Back to Your Majesty, Lu Lingshi is indeed in the eastern suburbs at this time, but there are some unspeakable hidden things, so the lower officials helped to conceal it."

"What is unspeakable, even I have to hide it, do you want to deceive the king?" Emperor Liang Qin's words showed a hint of anger.

Hubu Shangshu hurriedly knelt down: "Weichen has no intention of deceiving His Majesty, but this matter is related to the name of His Royal Highness the county lord, and the eldest princess specially ordered Weichen not to tell the truth." ”

"Lord Pingchuan? What does this have to do with the county lord of Pingchuan? "Emperor Liang Qin was confused.

Hubu Shangshu pretended to be embarrassed at this time, and explained hesitantly: "Don't hide it from Your Majesty, Lu Lingshi was entrusted by the eldest princess to go to the eastern suburbs to find His Royal Highness the county lord who was greedy for fun. ”

"What? Are you saying that the county lord of Pingchuan is lost? Emperor Liang Qin's face looked a little anxious, Shen Xixu was a member of the royal family after all, if she rashly lost and found it without success, it would inevitably make the royal family a laughing stock of the people in the world.

However, in this way, the concealment of the head of the household department can also be forgiven.

It's just that before Hubu Shangshu had time to respond to Emperor Liang Qin's question, King Chang, who was sued first by the wicked here, was a little untenable, and then retorted to Hubu Shangshu:

"Full of nonsense! Lu Xuan is the history of the household department, even if the county lord of Pingchuan is lost, what does it have to do with her? I think that's just an excuse you're using to cover for her! ”

Hearing this, Hubu Shangshu looked at Emperor Liang Qin with an indifferent face: "When His Royal Highness the county lord left, he was bumped into by Lu Xuan by chance, and his whereabouts were also reported by Lu Xuan to the eldest princess's mansion. ”

After explaining, he turned to look at King Chang: "If His Royal Highness King Chang doesn't believe it, you can go to the Eldest Princess's Mansion in person and ask Her Royal Highness the Eldest Princess for verification." ”

"You!" Seeing that the other party moved out of the eldest princess to suppress himself, King Chang suddenly felt a wave of anger in his heart.

Who in the world doesn't know that the eldest princess is the most difficult woman to provoke in the entire Great Liang Dynasty, just with the appearance of King Chang's straw bag, if she comes to her, I'm afraid she won't even have to say a word to him.

King Chang even felt that Hubu Shangshu was deliberately humiliating himself for a while, and was about to refute it, but was stopped by Emperor Liang Qin:

"Enough, since the eldest princess has testified on this matter, there is nothing to say, but it is just a misunderstanding, and now it is more important to find the county lord of Pingchuan as soon as possible."

Emperor Liang Qin said that he was about to cover up the matter hastily, but a deep voice suddenly came from behind him: "Wait." ”

The two words were short and indifferent, but Emperor Liang Qin, who was already panicked, suddenly broke out in a cold sweat, and calmed down for a long time before looking back at Gu Huanli: "What does the fierce king have to say?" ”

I only heard a lazy voice coming from the curtain: "Isn't the imperial brother curious about who the soldiers and horses in the eastern suburbs came from?" You must know that raising soldiers and horses without permission is a crime of rebellion, and according to the law, it should be punished with capital punishment. ”

When Gu Huanli said this, he deliberately stared at the person who His Royal Highness Jin Luan had been picking quarrels and provoking trouble.

On the other hand, King Chang, I don't know if he was already weak-hearted, or if he felt the resolute and murderous gaze behind the curtain in the hall, he was immediately flustered when he said this: "Father, this matter must have been misunderstood by the son-in-law." ”

King Chang was afraid that Emperor Liang Qin would find out about him, so he was in a hurry to end the matter before he could speak.

Emperor Liang Qin couldn't help but be suspicious by the very different attitudes of the two-

On one side is Gu Huanli, who was originally firmly suspicious of Emperor Liang Qin, but seeing that he looks calm, if those soldiers and horses in the eastern suburbs really have anything to do with him, he will not take the initiative to investigate thoroughly at this moment.

On the contrary, King Chang, the person who took the initiative to provoke trouble, seemed to be more anxious to bury the truth at the moment, and this appearance of being a thief was even more suspicious than Gu Huanli.

Emperor Liang Qin seemed to have guessed something, but this matter was a matter of royal face, and it was always difficult for him to make a direct judgment above the court.

Emperor Liang Qin immediately changed the topic: "Although this matter cannot be taken lightly, but the safety of the county lord of Pingchuan is more important at the moment. ”

Seeing Emperor Liang Qin's appearance, he was already suspicious, but he deliberately helped to cover up, which was really not the scene Gu Huanli wanted to see.

Gu Huanli immediately pretended to be kind to remind: "Brother Huang, don't worry, this king has already seen the eldest sister yesterday, and learned from him that Lu Xuan has successfully found Ah Xu's whereabouts, and now he is on his way back to the imperial city, so Your Majesty doesn't have to worry." ”

Being said by Gu Huanli, Shen Xixu's affairs are nothing to worry about, but there are things that are more difficult for Emperor Liang Qin to choose.

In this way, Emperor Liang Qin can no longer use the disappearance of the county lord of Pingchuan as a shield to cover those soldiers and horses in the eastern suburbs.

After thinking about it, he wanted to give Gu Huanli and the civil and military officials an explanation, and also to save the face of the royal family, so Emperor Liang Qin had to ask everyone what they thought about this matter.

Now it was the turn of Tobe Shangshu to fight back, and he didn't think about it and asked King Chang:

"Lu Xuan, as the history of the household department, has no intersection with His Royal Highness, I don't know how His Royal Highness learned about his family's message? How did you find out about the housekeeping of my household department? ”