178, Du Ruhui was beaten (II)
Du Ruhui had already gone out on an errand on Li Shimin's orders, and Li Shimin, Fang Xuanling and others were waiting for him to come back and ask the result, but when it came to the appointed time, they didn't see him return.
When Li Shimin was about to send someone to find him, Du Ruhui came back in embarrassment, and Li Shimin couldn't help but be taken aback when he saw this: "Mr. Du, you, what's going on?" ”
Du Ruhui and Fang Xuanling have made a decision, they are unique, and they have always acted thoughtfully, although their official positions in the Qin Palace, Li Shimin trusts and respects them very much, and they are commensurate with Mr. Yi.
"Hey, it's hard to say." Du Ruhui smiled bitterly and shook his head, and briefly explained what had happened.
"It's unreasonable, this Yin Arat's reliance on his daughter to be favored in the palace, acting domineeringly, doing a lot of evil, I look at my father's face, I don't bother to trouble him, he even dares to bully my people now, I will go into the palace to find my father to ask for an explanation." Li Shimin was furious when he heard this, and he was about to enter the palace to seek justice for Du Ruxuan.
"Lord Wang, Your Majesty has sent Gonggong Chen to make noise about you entering the palace." It's just that as soon as he finished speaking, before he could get up, the guards in the palace came to report that Gaozu had sent an inner servant to announce his entry into the palace.
"Lord Wang, when I came back, I saw that Yin Arat entered the palace, presumably he went to sue first, with the relationship between Concubine Yin De and the prince, Your Majesty announced that the prince entered the palace at this time, most of the time there is no good thing."
"Your Majesty has been suspicious of the prince recently, and the prince will never contradict your majesty for my business." Seeing this, Du Ruhui's heart tightened, and he hurriedly said.
"Lord, the views of the ministers are the same as Du joining the army, this is an extraordinary time, and the prince must not be rash." Fang Xuanling and eldest grandson Wuji opened their mouths to persuade at the same time.
Li Shimin glanced at everyone, pursed his lips without saying a word, and silently turned around and went to the palace with the chamberlain.
Sure enough, as soon as he saw the emperor, before he could speak, Gao Zu had already glared at him with an angry face and scolded: "Li Erlang, you are really so bold that you dare to connive at the people in your mansion to bully my concubine's family." ”
"In the past, people often said that the people of your Qin Palace's mansion acted domineeringly and often bullied ordinary people, but I didn't believe it, but now it seems that the problem is even more serious than what they said."
"Father, can you allow Erchen to say a few words?" Li Shimin held back the anger in his heart and spoke to Gao Zu's gaze.
"What else do you have to say?" Gao Zu said angrily.
"My father is so angry because of Concubine Yin's father, right?" Li Shimin asked.
"Yes, since you already know this, you should know how bad your men are." Gao Zu was furious.
"Father, the truth that the minister knows about this matter is a little different from what his father knows, as far as the son knows, it was Du Shenjun in the son's mansion who didn't get off the horse when he passed by the gate of Yin's mansion, and Yin Defei's father felt disrespectful to him, so he sent someone to drag Du Shenjun down and beat him violently, even his fingers were discounted......" Li Shimin said.
"Nonsense, Concubine Yin Defei's father just arrived in the palace not long ago, and brought a servant who was injured by your subordinates, and he said that when Cao Senjun in your mansion rode past his door, he went on a rampage all the way."
"Not only did he not apologize after hitting someone, but the servant of the Yin Mansion came out to stop him, and the soldier whipped and beat him, and said a bunch of bad words in his mouth, and the servant had many whip marks on his body and face, can this be fake?" Gao Zu became more and more angry and shouted loudly.
Li Shimin was so angry that the green tendons on his forehead were beating non-stop, and he almost couldn't help but run away on the spot, Gaozu couldn't help but say angrily when he saw this: "What, you're not convinced?" Or do you think I'm biased towards Concubine Yin? ”
"Erchen doesn't dare, if the father thinks it's Erchen's fault, Erchen thinks it's his son's fault, and when he goes back, Erchen will personally go to Yin's Mansion to apologize." Li Shimin did not flinch, he slowly spoke to meet Gao Zu's gaze.
Li Yuan looked at Li Shimin's expressionless face and bottomless eyes, his heart tightened, and he wanted to continue to blame and ask him to severely punish Du Ruhui, but he couldn't speak for a while.
Gao Zu looked at Li Shimin quietly for a while and then waved his hand: "That's it, you are the prince, even if your subordinates make mistakes, how can it be your turn to come to the door to apologize, you go down, remember to restrain your subordinates in the future, don't let them act recklessly." ”
When Li Shimin came out of the palace, he happened to meet Yuanji, the king of Qi, and when Yuanji saw that his face was as black as the bottom of a pot, he couldn't help but smile and came over: "Second brother, what's wrong with you?" With such an ugly face, was scolded by his father? ”
"If you don't want to be beaten, get out of here." Li Shimin glanced at him coldly.
Li Yuanji's hair exploded when he heard the sound, and he was about to go crazy, but he didn't know what to think, the dirty words that slipped to his mouth were swallowed back, and he retreated to the side with a sneer.
Li Shimin didn't pay any attention to Yuan Ji anymore, and left the palace quickly, and when he returned to the palace, Du Ruhui, Fang Xuanling, and the eldest grandson Wuji and others did not leave.
They saw Li Shimin's face and their hearts tightened, the eldest grandson Wuji had the best relationship with Li Shimin, he was the first to stand up and speak: "Lord, Your Majesty, he ......"
"Don't say anything, Mr. Du, I wronged you to go to Yin's Mansion with me to Yin's Mansion, and we will apologize to that Yin Arat." Li Shimin shook his hand, stopped the eldest grandson Wuji's words, his eyes fell on Du Ruhui, and he spoke.
"Lord Wang, this ......" Du Ruhui was taken aback.
"Father doesn't ask about the indiscriminate, he wants to vent his anger to Concubine Yin De, okay, I'll do what he wants, I want to see if this Yin Arat can afford this glory." Li Shimin sneered.
"Lord Wang, you are temporarily dissipated, you come to the door to apologize in person at this time, that is not to give Yin Arat's face, but to slap His Majesty's face, if the Yushitai hears that you go to Yin's mansion to apologize in person, tomorrow Yin's excerpts will be piled up with the imperial case."
"Lao Du was beaten today, but in front of the public, there are a lot of people who see it, and the apology prince can't go, let's go, I'll go with Lao Du to accompany him." Fang Xuanling took over with a wry smile, and the eldest grandson Wuji and Zhang Gongjin nodded.
"You say, am I doing a very bad job?" Li Shimin glanced at a few people, and the anger in his heart was gradually suppressed by him, and he opened his mouth with a gloomy face.
The eldest grandson Wuji, Fang Xuanling, and Du Ruyan opened their mouths when they heard this, and subconsciously wanted to say something, but in the end they didn't spit out a word, and the emperor's behavior in recent months really made everyone in the Qin Palace's mansion feel very aggrieved.
"That's it, what's the use of me feeling sorry for myself here, Mr. Du, Mr. Fang, I have wronged you in advance." Li Shimin retracted his gaze, smiled a little self-deprecatingly, and then spoke to Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui with an apologetic face.
"The prince is serious, this is our duty, with the courage and wisdom of the prince, I believe that we will be able to keep the clouds open and see the moon." Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui arched their hands at him at the same time.