Hua Xiao naturally doesn't care about trivial things like how many concubines the emperor has, so he doesn't know exactly how many there are and who they are.

Besides, the emperor is happy today, sealing a beauty, Ming'er is angry, maybe he will cut the beauty again, who will remember this person's comings and goings?

However, Hua Xiao still knows the main characters.

The queen's surname is Du, and the father-in-law is Lord Du of the Ministry of Officials.

Under the queen is the concubine, surnamed Yu, and the father of the concubine is the princess. The concubine has been frail and sick for many years, and she still has no son and half a daughter under her knees, and she is all supported by her mother's family.

And then the four concubines.

There are two of the four concubines.

First, Concubine Chen, her maiden home is the Rongguo Mansion in Jiangnan.

Second, the virtuous concubine Gong.

Under the four concubines, there are many other concubines.

Hua Xiao didn't come one by one, only mentioned Jieyu Hu's family, Jiangnan Haining Hou Mansion.

Hua Xiao said that Li wrote lightly, and also drew a line under the Rongguo Mansion and the Haining Marquis Mansion in a matter-of-fact manner.

"Concubine De, Hu Jieyu." Li said lightly: "Lord Wang, if this case is found out to have anything to do with these two families, what will the emperor do with these two mothers?" ”

Hua Xiao was silent for a moment and said, "The prince is guilty of the same crime as the common people. ”

The corners of Li Qing's mouth hooked slightly.

Whether it is Concubine De or Hu Jieyu, they are not princes, but the emperor's concubines.

Accompanying the king is like accompanying the tiger, where is the emperor's concubine so good?

"This case starts with an excerpt in the spring four years ago." Hua Xiao's voice came from the side.

Four years ago?

She hadn't even been in this world four years ago.

Li Qing put down the pen and made a gesture of deferencing.

Hua Xiao said: "In the spring of four years ago, Xu Cheng, then the governor of Jiangnan Prefecture, said that the river needs to be repaired, and if it is not repaired, when the summer flood season comes, I am afraid that there will be a danger of bursting the embankment. The imperial court allocated silver taels and sent officials to supervise the construction of the river in Jiangnan Mansion. The river was repaired, but when the flood season came, the embankment still broke. ”

Li Qing asked: "The river burst because it cut corners in the process of repairing?" ”

Hua Xiao shook his head: "The flood of that year was very ferocious, and it was rare in a hundred years, and the place where the embankment broke was not only Jiangnan Mansion. However, only Jiangnan Prefecture built a river that year. Xu Cheng hanged himself after the river burst its embankment. ”

Li Qing was surprised: "He didn't rescue the disaster? Just dead? ”

Hua Xiao nodded.

What an irresponsible person.

Li Qing made a reasonable guess based on what Hua Xiao just said: "He was greedy for silver taels, cut corners in the process of building the river, and committed suicide in fear of crime when the flood burst the embankment?" ”

"At that time, Xu Cheng's death was so qualitative." Huaxiao Road.

Li Qing's eyes lit up slightly, listening to Hua Xiao's meaning, Xu Cheng's death actually had another hidden meaning?

Isn't this a little bit similar to the Dunlin Racecourse case?

The death of Zheng Herong's family has a hidden secret.

Li blinked his eyes quietly, and decided to take a good look at the case that Hua Xiao was going to investigate, maybe there would be some unexpected gains.

She didn't speak, waiting for Hua Xiao to continue.

Hua Xiao said: "The floods have caused several prefectures along the Yangtze River in the south to suffer varying degrees of damage, among which Jiangnan Province has been the most severely affected. The imperial court allocated a total of 1 million taels of disaster relief silver, of which 500,000 taels were sent to Jiangnan Mansion. Jiangnan Province was the most severely affected, and because Xu Cheng committed suicide, the situation was also the most chaotic. At the critical juncture, a classic historian named Gao Herui stood up. ”