Chapter Eighty-Eight: Excuses

Xia Qingqing was still a little uneasy, thought about it, picked up the pen and started writing in front of the table, if you find that someone is stealing chickens and dogs, or eating the customer's leftover meals, you will be kicked out of Baiyutang immediately and will never be hired.

"Midori."

"Miss, you call me."

"Yes, send this to Limkin."

Xia Qingqing blew the paper, let the ink on it dry as soon as possible, folded it and put it in the envelope.

handed it to Midori, who walked out quickly.

In the Third Prince's Mansion, "Okay, okay, I really dozed off and sent a pillow." ”

"How did I not know before, my eldest brother and I have such a heart-to-heart?" The third prince stroked his palms and laughed.

"Master, this is a good opportunity, if you use it well, you will definitely be able to pull the eldest prince off the horse."

"Not bad."

Hua Yan and a group of people knelt down at the bottom of the three princes, and the three princes laughed angrily, "It's really approaching the end of the year, and it won't stop." ”

"The officials under the eldest prince dare to buy and sell official positions so blatantly, and now they dare to use their private power to encroach on the land of the common people."

"There is no way for people to file a complaint if they want to redress their grievances, and local officials leak it."

"Directly unjustly killed dozens of people in this family, but fortunately, the local people worked together to protect it, and a fifteen or sixteen-year-old boy ran out."

"Okay, with them, we're really on the verge of annihilation."

Several people were a little anxious on their faces, "Master, then we have to send someone to pick it up secretly, I'm afraid that this young man won't be able to escape from the three princes' encirclement and interception!" ”

"Of course I have to save it, not only do I want to save it, but I also want to send this young man directly to my father and let him see it. What kind of wolf-minded people he taught them. ”

"If such a person is allowed to sit on the throne, I think this dynasty will perish sooner or later."

"Master, be cautious!"

Hua Yan continued to speak, "Maybe it was done by the eldest prince's subordinates, and he didn't know about it, but it doesn't matter whether he participates or not at the moment!" ”

"On the occasion of the Chinese New Year, the gifts given by local officials to the imperial court are a large sum, and we have intercepted them elsewhere, and the gifts sent to the eldest prince, guess which state?"

"If you have something to say, say it." The third prince's face was solemn.

Hua Yan put away a touch of joke and said solemnly, "It's Tongzhou." ”

"Tongzhou?" The third prince was shocked, "How could it be him?" ”

"At the time of the autumn harvest, only Tongzhou said that the weather was not good this year, the rain was less, and there were not so many things for the harvest. The local people were already on the verge of making a living, and they specially wrote to the imperial court, hoping to reduce some taxes and levy grain! ”

"For this matter, my father also specially ordered to send someone to Tongzhou to verify!"

Officials who came back also said that the disease began to spread in Tongzhou because of the severe drought. As a result, nine out of ten local people have died, the disaster is very severe, and the imperial court even sent people to suppress the disaster and condolences, how can it be Tongzhou? ”

"Master, I'll tell you the truth, when I just received this letter from the eight-hundred-mile fast horse, I was also taken aback, and immediately sent someone to check it again."

"Our letters are all transported by water and passed on by flying pigeons, only the road to the capital in the end is sent by fast horses, which is two or three days faster than the news from the capital."

"Tongzhou is indeed full of disasters this year, and the people are hungry, but the prefect not only gave the eldest prince a New Year's gift, but this New Year's gift is full of 50,000 taels of silver."

"How is this possible?"

Everyone was shocked by the Tongzhou prefect's generosity. "Good, good, that's good. One year of green prefect, 100,000 snowflakes of silver, the ancients did not deceive me, he could take it out in a disaster year. such a quantity of silver. ”

"I can't imagine how many times he has sent them to the capital in previous years."

"Master, the man we sent stopped the letter he sent to the eldest prince. Sneaked a look. He wanted to ask the eldest prince for an official, hoping that the eldest prince would say a few good words for him in front of the saint, and for the sake of the silver, he would raise his grade to a higher level. ”

"This Tongzhou is also more than ten days away from the capital, and after reading the letter, our people hid the things on the official in order to prevent them from being exposed. Hurry up and come back to spread the news, master, you can get an idea now, whether we catch it or let it go, we will listen to your words. ”

"Put! Not only to let him come to the capital, but also to put him in front of the emperor, but this link is a link, it is inevitable that there are some too many coincidences, it is difficult to ensure that some people have done something from it, it is better to be careful, and first connect the young man to the capital smoothly. ”

"It's the master, I'll go down and deploy." Chen Ming walked out of his brother Chen He quickly, and then said, "Master, I'll go to assist my brother." ”

"Okay, your brother, let's go together!"

The emperor once again summoned the official history of Qin Tianjian in the study.

"Your Majesty, the weather is dry, drink a cup of autumn pear soup and moisten your throat, I see that the corners of your mouth are a little peeling. Fu'an walked into the store quickly, holding a cup of autumn pear soup that had just been stewed in the imperial dining room. ”

Okay, put it down, the emperor was concentrating on reviewing the chapter, and suddenly laughed, and for a while the emperor's laughter echoed in the study, Fu'an put the autumn pear soup into a small bowl, brought it to the emperor's hand, and said, "Your Majesty, what makes you so happy?" ”

The emperor said as he smiled as he took the soup bowl. "You don't know."

"What did the Goryeo Dynasty send me?"

"He sent more than a dozen girls, saying that they can sing and dance, and hope that I can accept them into the harem, so that they will have nothing to sing for me to relieve my boredom."

I laughed at these people who really don't know the height of the sky, thinking that if I send some young girls with good looks, I will reduce their annual allowance for this year, it's really whimsical!

The emperor's face was more serious, and he drank a few sips of autumn pear soup, which was also placed on the table, "These menacing foreign countries, foreign countries, look like they are small on weekdays. ”

"If there is really something, they will be the first to turn against the water, and they will be sandwiched between several big countries, and they must be in fear all day."

"It's sad to be tight, so if you hug your thigh on the left side and pull your arm on the right, I hope the two sides don't fight, and they can survive in the cracks, but they use the wrong method."

"Who am I? If he really gave me something to enjoy and something practical? Then I will think about it! ”

"It's really sad and sad that these young girls have not yet experienced all the tastes of this world, and they are about to be betrayed by their own country and come to this strange country to curry favor with me."

"I'm really sad for the fate of these girls." The Emperor said in deep thought.

"Your Majesty, you are so kind-hearted, these people may not be pretending to have any ideas."

Fu'an hit the nail on the head and said the true purpose of these girls, the emperor waved his hand indifferently and said, "Don't worry, I won't keep any of these people, not only won't I stay, but I won't accept them, let them go back wherever they come from!" ”

"Through this move, I think I can also tell these people with bad intentions that if they are good at talking about good business, they will naturally have room to turn around, and if they make these crooked ways, I will not pay attention to them."

"Don't think that I have few children, so I attach importance to spreading the branches, but I don't know that this throne can only be done by capable people, and these girls sent here, even if they can really conceive a dragon seed and give birth to a child, they will not be able to tolerate their sitting position."

"Your Majesty, you are well aware of the righteousness, and the old slave admires it."

"It's just that I have to find some reason to push these girls away."

The emperor nodded, "If you refuse directly, presumably these girls will have no way to go back, but if they really stay, they will cause trouble for themselves, how should this be?" ”

Fu'an opened his mouth at this time and said, "Your Majesty, if you are not sure about your mind for a while, it is better to summon the old prince and let him think of a way for you." ”

"Okay. You are right, summoning King Jing into the palace. ”

"Yes, Holy."

"Grandfather's decree has arrived."

As soon as noon arrived, the old prince was about to go back to his room to rest and take a nap, when he heard Xia Jinghong outside, eagerly knocking on his door,

The old prince's heart trembled, he couldn't help turning over, got off the bed and asked, "What's wrong?" "Three steps and two steps to open the door.

"Grandfather is the father-in-law of Fu'an next to the emperor, and he personally went to the palace to pass the decree that the emperor summoned you to enter the palace immediately."

The two of them said as they walked towards the lobby. "Didn't he say what the emperor told me?"

Xia Jinghong shook his head, "I didn't say it, but looking at Lord Fu'an's face, it seems that there is something good, waiting for you." ”

The old prince was even more puzzled, he didn't understand which play the emperor was singing, and he hadn't heard of anything good recently!

Around the corner, I saw Fu'an sitting in the hall, drinking tea.

As soon as Fu'an raised his eyes, he saw the old prince. "Lord Jingwang will go with our family, the emperor will summon you to the palace."

The old prince knelt down on the ground and said, "The minister obeys the order." ”

"Our family is in a hurry, we only brought horses, not carriages, I hope you don't mind!"

"Hey, what did Fu'an say?"

The old prince waved his hand indifferently, "When will the people of the military use to take the carriage, this day is not too cold, let's go over early, lest the emperor be in a hurry!" ”

"Good. What the old prince said is, then let's go. ”

After getting into the carriage, the two galloped all the way in the direction of the palace, and everywhere they went, the horses' hooves raised sand and dirt, and the pedestrians next to them had already been driven away.

The old prince seemed to be uneasy, and turned his head to Fu'an and said to the emperor, "What's the matter with summoning the old minister?" Fu'an, you can also mention me a few words first. ”

Fu'an held the reins in one hand, tilted his head and said to the old prince, "The prince has nothing to do." ”

"It's nothing more than a letter from the Goryeo Kingdom, wanting to pay tribute to young girls, but the emperor refuses to accept it, and he can't think of an excuse to refuse, so he summoned you to the palace."