The rise of the prince

Chapter 224

Yu Chengan has always disliked Xiaowang's lineage, not because of any prejudice or hostility, but because Xiaowang's lineage has always been domineering, showing its martial arts skills, but lacking in martial arts.

This was the case with King Xiao who fought in the South and the North, and it is also the case with Li Xingzhou who is now domineering.

Dressed in a neat official robe and holding a jade wat, he got off at the Meridian Gate, and then hurried northward. The journey was long, and he was slightly fat, making it inconvenient to walk. He leads the way.

He has some impressions of Ji Chunsheng, he was a deputy envoy of Wude at the beginning, and later when King Xiao went out to fight, the emperor was worried, seeing his high martial arts skills and honest personality, he transferred him to King Xiao's army and protected King Xiao from then on.

It wasn't until a few days ago that the emperor was assassinated, and the former Wude envoy Zhu Yue happened to be involved in the case of framing Wei Chaoren, and was confiscated by the whole family. The emperor used him again. Before this, this person has been in the palace, doing his best to protect the legacy left by King Xiao. The eldest son Li Xingzhou.

Yu Chengan doesn't care about this person, even though Ji Chunsheng is currently an envoy of martial arts, in charge of the guards of the imperial city, with a third-rank body, and the right to enter the palace to participate in the court council, but he is still just a martial artist. jester.

If His Majesty favors him, he has the right. To put it bluntly, if His Majesty is not around, he will be useless.

Entering the palace with Ji Chunsheng, Yu Chengan did not have any good manners.

After walking for a quarter of an hour, I arrived at the main hall of Changchun.

Just happened to meet Wang Yue who just came out of the hall, he must have come to manage the papers in person, and he is the only one in the world who has the second right to handle government affairs alone.

The two saluted without saying much.

There are no more than two ministers above him in the court, Wang Yue, who is under the same school as Zhongshu, and Zhong Daoyu, the general. Zhong Daoyu and Wang Yue are old. As the deputy prime minister, he will take up the post sooner or later. There is no need to curry favor with Wang Yue in order to make peace with Zhongshumen.

Besides, Wang Yue, Yu Chengan, can also see clearly that although he was born in Wenju and has the habits of a literati, in the final analysis, he still has a barbaric and hostile spirit of a warrior in his bones. After all, we are not the same people. seek.

As he walked, he turned some thoughts in his mind. The surrounding trees began to become lush, and the walls of the attic began to increase, and he had already entered the inner city.

A country governed by culture and peace, and a country governed by martial arts!
Yu Chengan submitted statements to His Majesty more than once to express this matter, but it never came to an end. His Majesty's murderous spirit was still too strong, and he frequently used troops in his life.

Just think about Qin Huang Han Wu, which one was not like this, martial arts seems to be famous for a while, comfortable and happy, but it is a waste of money and money, harming the country and the people invisible, and it will be a big pot in the long run!

Soon, he was handed over from Wu Desi to Shangzhi's personal guard, and then entered Kunning Palace under the leadership of a young eunuch, waiting for the notification.

The time has come!

Yu Chengan had been waiting for this day for a long time.

Li Xingzhou seems to have a brilliant literary talent. His "Xiaomei in the Mountain Garden" and "The Sapphire Case. Yuan Xi" which is now widely circulated and praised by everyone in Kyoto, even he is amazed and loves it very much. It can be said that it is amazing. do.

But like father, like son!
He didn't dare to say how unique and ruthless his vision was, but he could also tell that Li Xingzhou was perverse and domineering, he acted unscrupulously, and he only gained a reputation. Cherishing the wings of one's fame and reputation is really the work of a fool.

But it's not good because of what he does, he is talented and knowledgeable, but he reveals the ferocity and determination of a warrior everywhere!

This worried Yu Chengan, he didn't dare to say how good the crown prince is, but at least with the crown prince's disposition, the future successor would not be someone who would act recklessly and lightly start a war.

But if it is Li Xingzhou and the like, I am afraid that Jing Chao will be plagued by wars and disasters year after year, and there will be no peace.

Although it seems that Li Xingzhou is unlikely to succeed Datong, he has no name and no role, and his reputation is not right.

You must know that he is the eldest son of King Xiao!
This alone is enough to make Yu Chengan worry!

King Xiao was loved by the emperor at the beginning, only they, the veterans, could understand that if it wasn't for King Lin's funeral, King Xiao would have been established as the crown prince long ago.Later, King Xiao died to save His Majesty. Nearly ten years after his death, the position of the East Palace was vacant for a long time. The ministers repeatedly advised the emperor and it took many years before he re-appointed the crown prince, which shows the status of King Xiao.

But even though the crown prince lives in the East Palace now, and His Majesty asked him to go to court to participate in state affairs, the governor of Kaiyuan Mansion is still not the crown prince, but He Zhao.

The more he thought about this, the more worried Yu Chengan became. He was worried about the country and the king, but he couldn't say anything about it, and no one knew about it.

Even so, when he thinks about Guan Zhongleyi, a sage of his ancestors, he will be full of motivation, and it is all worth it.

But now he managed to seize an opportunity. Li Xingzhou himself committed a stupid thing, and the emperor was assassinated. He even bought more than 3000 catties of iron and stone privately, and did not report to the Yantie Division!
He didn't care why Li Xingzhou bought so many iron stones, he only knew that as a heir of the royal family, he secretly hoarded a large amount of iron stones of unknown origin and use in Beijing because he had an evil intention.

After a while, the little eunuch came out and said that His Majesty called him in.

Yu Cheng'an straightened his sleeves, adjusted his appearance, and walked in carefully.

Finding that not only the emperor but also the empress were in the Kunning Palace, she frowned slightly, because King Xiao was born to the empress, and Li Xingzhou was the son of Prince Xiao, so the empress would probably protect Li Xingzhou's crimes at this time.

After he saluted, the emperor had already opened his mouth to ask him what he was talking about.

The arrow is on the string and has to be fired.
"Your Majesty, the old minister's second visit is to report the matter to the Secretary of the Municipal Bureau. Since it involves the heirs of the royal family, it is difficult to mention it above the court." Yu Chengan cupped his hands. That makes sense.

"Let's talk about it, don't hide it." The emperor said expressionlessly.

Yu Chengan nodded, and then said: "Recently, the Shibo Department reported that Xiao Wang's son bought more than [-] catties of iron and stone from Jiangzhou, and after being inspected by the Shibo Department, he directly entered the palace.
I feel that this matter is of great importance, more than 3000 jin of iron and stone in Beijing is not a small matter, there may be disasters." He said cryptically, but His Majesty should understand, but Yu Chengan raised his eyes slightly, but saw that His Majesty had no one. The expression did not seem to be much surprised, even the queen did not open her mouth to intercede for Prince Xiao's mansion.

Yu Chengan frowned, didn't he make it clear?

So he put it more bluntly: "Your Majesty, more than 3000 catties of iron and stone can produce more than a thousand catties of iron. If it is cast into spears and spears, it may be enough for thousands of soldiers. Moreover, there are many elite soldiers in the Xiaowang Palace. This matter must not be neglected." "

Speaking of this, he raised his head slightly again, but the emperor and empress were drinking tea by themselves, and didn't seem to care much
Yu Chengan vaguely felt that something was wrong, could it be that what he said was wrong, and His Majesty couldn't understand the benefits?Arming thousands of people, still in the middle of the capital, this is no small matter, even the Wu Desi guarding the imperial city, there are no more than a thousand people.

"Your Majesty, the Shibo Department is under the jurisdiction of the ministers. This is a matter within the minister's responsibility. Your Majesty, please make clear the decree and allow me to thoroughly investigate the Xiao Palace to eliminate hidden dangers. It's fine if there is nothing wrong. If there is something wrong, it's fine Make plans early." Yu Chengan said again.

This time he directly put forward the purpose of his trip, as long as the purpose is clear, it is to tell everyone in the world that Prince Xiao's mansion is rebellious!At that time, it will inevitably become the target of public criticism. It is not up to him to check whether there is any evidence.

As a result, when he looked up, the emperor didn't care about this matter at all, he waved his hands and said: "Xingzhou is naughty and mischievous, he has been like this since he was a child, I will discipline him. As for what you said, there is no need to investigate and deal with it."

Yu Chengan was stunned at this moment, he didn't understand why this happened, the emperor had just been assassinated, so he should be most suspicious, why was he so indifferent when he heard that there were so many irons in Beijing!

"Your Majesty, this is not something young and naughty!" Yu Chengan emphasized.

"The eldest son is the heir of the royal family. He has reached the age of the crown. The palace is full of loyal, loyal, and willing to serve dead soldiers. Moreover, more than 3000 catties of iron and stone are not reported to the Iron and Steel Division, but they act sneakily. Suspicious, this matter must not be taken lightly!" Yu Chengan became a little anxious, and began to let go of his words.

The emperor did not respond to him.

He had no choice but to continue: "If these 3000 kilograms of iron and stone are made into spears and spears, they are enough to arm thousands of dead men, and if they are made into strong crossbows and hard bows, they are enough to prepare tens of thousands of arrows. You must pay attention, Your Majesty!
I also think about the country and the country and the safety of Your Majesty. Even if the son is innocent, I can't just sit idly by and let so many iron and stone flow into the capital, and the whereabouts are unknown. Your Majesty think twice, and I ask you to order a thorough investigation! "

The more he spoke, the more impassioned he became, and at the end he knelt down with a plop and kowtowed heavily.

Human emotions are strange things because they are uncertain and deceptive. The so-called deception is not only deceiving others, but more deceiving oneself
Many times, people will find a reason for themselves. At the beginning, they also know that there are many loopholes and loopholes, or they are just excuses at all, but they can repeat and emphasize them again and again. up.
For example at this time
Yu Chengan knelt down on the ground, generous and without regret, he had already decided in his heart that removing Li Xingzhou was a major event for the country and the country, as for why, he probably forgot.

The emperor frowned, stood up slowly, glanced at him a few times, saw his impassioned expression, and asked lightly: "Oh, I heard you say that Yantie Division did not report, could it be that Yantie Division is also under your control? What do the salt and iron envoys eat at the Nalu Festival?"

Yu Chengan's pupils dilated in an instant, his mind suddenly recovered from the impassioned statement, and his spine felt a chill in an instant, realizing that he had accidentally said the wrong thing and missed a flaw.
"This matter. Your Majesty, I have heard of this matter occasionally."

"It's a coincidence to hear about it." The emperor stretched out his hand expressionlessly, and the court lady hurriedly offered the teacup. He took a sip, and Yu Chengan knelt down on the ground, not daring to raise his head or speak.

"Lu Jie only reported it to me in secret, but within three or two days, you came here, what do you think is a coincidence?
In all likelihood, your son-in-law told you. "

The situation took a turn for the worse in an instant, Yu Chengan was covered in cold sweat, and hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, my son-in-law, my son-in-law did inadvertently tell this minister after drinking, but this matter is what one minister thinks and one wishes."

The emperor waved his hand to stop him from continuing to say: "Okay, this matter is here, don't mention it again. You want to investigate and deal with it clearly, but once you make a decree, don't you tell the world that Prince Xiao's mansion is rebellious? I'm afraid that Prince Xiao's mansion will Innocence, there will never be peace from now on."

"This minister never thought of it, it's really negligent." Yu Chengan quickly shook his head to clear it up, his heart beat faster and his forehead was sweating, although this was exactly the effect he wanted, but at this moment he didn't dare to say a word.

"I don't know? Or is it your intention?" the emperor said slowly, no one knew what he was thinking, and the teacup in his hand was gently placed on the table, making a sound, which startled Yu Chengan.

Yu Chengan didn't dare to speak anymore, he would lose his words if he spoke too much!He never thought that entering the palace today would end like this
The emperor paced back and forth slowly, and then said condescendingly: "I will decide this matter myself, you don't have to worry about it, don't worry about it, I understand the child Xingzhou, he can't have a different heart, so you can rest assured."

As he said that, the emperor waved and asked Fu An, the head of the inner court department, to come in. Fu An understood, quickly polished the ink, lit the incense, and then bowed down to pick up the pen to record.

Only then did the emperor speak: "Decree, Li Xingzhou, the son of Prince Xiao, misbehaved, acted recklessly, and lost the royal face. Seeing the decree, I will come to reprimand you in person. I will reflect on it immediately. I will make a wrong statement within seven days, submit it to the middle letter, and punish the palace. Worship for one season, take this as a warning, respect this."

Fu An writes very quickly, not daring to miss half a word.

After finishing writing, the emperor painted with a Chinese ink brush, and then the little eunuch took orders, skipped Zhongshu, and hurriedly sent it to Menxia Province.
"This matter is over, you can go back too, if you mention it again, think about it yourself." The emperor said lightly.

Only then did Yu Chengan get up from the ground, and then hastily bowed to leave, and the matter was thus settled.

The matter was completely beyond Yu Chengan's expectations. He blamed the imperial decree without mentioning the iron stone at all. He just said that he behaved badly in a general way, and then fined him three months' salary in a fake manner, so it was exposed!

Such a big matter is so big and small, and small things are turned into small things?
Yu Chengan left Kunning Palace in a daze, and he didn't recover for a long time. He didn't have the joy and excitement when he came, only full of loss and puzzlement.

Why, what happened?When did the emperor become so tolerant and generous, trusting others.
After leaving the inner city, it was Ji Chunsheng who picked him up and saw him off again. At this moment, he was in a daze, he didn't have the slightest intention to talk to others, and his mind was full of unreasonable problems.

After leaving the Meridian Gate, he happened to meet Wang Yue who was about to go home. He was full of doubts and didn't want to say hello, but the other party greeted him with a smile.

"Master Yu entered the palace in a hurry, not knowing why."

He didn't dare not give Wang Yue face. After all, he was the prime minister of the court, with one person under ten thousand, and he hurriedly cupped his hands and said, "It's not a big deal, but it's just a private matter. Please worry about it, Mr. Wang."

The groom of the prime minister's mansion was preparing the horse, so Wang Yue was not in a hurry to leave, and smiled indifferently: "Since it's a private matter, I won't ask any more questions."

Yu Chengan nodded, then hurriedly got into the carriage and left, thinking in his heart that he must check carefully after he got back, is there someone doing something behind his back?
"Tsk tsk, your two younger sisters are so big." Li Xingzhou sat on the bedside and marveled. Shiyu didn't want to answer him, but said coldly: "You can go. From now on, we owe nothing to each other."

"It's so unfeeling, didn't you call my brother last night." The bastard smiled triumphantly.

The tone of the poem was anxious: "Get out!" What kind of bullshit, brother, this bastard is obviously a few years younger than her.
This is the third floor of Qizhen Pavilion, which is also a new property of Prince Xiao's Mansion. It was grandly opened yesterday, and she will take over from today.

In the end, Shiyu didn't dare to disobey Li Xingzhou, obediently went to Tingyu Tower as he said, and obeyed his arrangement.That bastard is too domineering, too smart, arrogant, and has a strong background, which makes her feel a strong sense of oppression, an oppression that cannot be resisted
As for allowing him to stay overnight last night, it was because he drank too much at the opening banquet and was distracted.Secondly, it is just to repay the words of Yongyue Pavilion that night, Shiyu thinks so.

In addition to selling Jiangjun Niang, which is famous all over Kyoto, a kind of fine wine that is as clear as water but as spicy as fire, and sells for a hundred taels for about half a catty, there is also something called perfume.

Li Xingzhou showed her it and gave her two bottles. Compared with General Brew, this perfume surprised her even more.

Even though it is a small bottle, it has a strong fragrance and can last for a long time. If he hadn't explained the reason to himself, Shiyu would have thought that this bastard had chopped up a plum grove and stuffed it into a small jar. With his unscrupulous character, he said Maybe it can really be done.

But even the principle, she had only half a clue. She didn't understand why there were so many weird things in the palace, and she couldn't figure out what was going on in that bastard's mind.

But he dared to entrust this tens of thousands of taels of business to himself
Shiyu was too shocked to speak when he first heard it, and couldn't believe it.

She didn't know what to say, she was moved a little bit, but only a little bit, that's all. This man is so big, it's unreasonable, I already hate him, if he colludes with others, and comes here with the precious things in this building, then that's all. Go ahead and cry, bastard.

Shiyu thought so in her heart, thinking of the scene of him crying and begging for herself, she instantly felt much better.
Shiyu did a little grooming, and when he looked back, he hung the framed paper on the wall, and carefully wrote the word "one" on it.

"What are you doing?" Shiyu frowned.

"Ahem, hahaha, writing, this word is hung here, I will write slowly in the future." He laughed.

Shiyu frowned, always feeling that he was smiling maliciously: "If you want to write, you can finish it at once. It's strange to hang on like this."

"No, this is the custom in our hometown."

Shiyu didn't bother to pay attention to him, just hoped that the bastard would leave quickly, he put down his pen as he spoke, and then leaned over.

Shiyu took two steps back subconsciously, he always had a sense of oppression that made him uncomfortable.

The bastard suddenly looked at her seriously, which made her flustered and at a loss: "What are you doing?"

Li Xingzhou stretched out his hand, Shiyu quickly took a few steps back to avoid him.

He said: "If you want, you can live in the palace. Although I, Li Xingzhou, am not a good person, I can still be responsible. Three books and six ceremonies, it is not acceptable for a bright matchmaker to marry, but it is easy to take you through the door. Anyway, I am the master of the palace."

"No!" Shiyu's heartbeat quickened, and she subconsciously shook her head.

Then he quickly raised his head stubbornly and said: "Who will enter the door of your beast? Didn't you want to occupy me a long time ago? Now everyone knows that your plot has succeeded. Do you think you have won? But I don't, I won't go to the palace , I'm going to live outside, I'm going to show my face everywhere, I'm going to lose all your face!"

What I didn't expect was that bastard Li Xingzhou was not angry, but laughed happily: "Hahahaha, that's what I like about you. I should talk about love on the basis of independence. This kind of love will not become Burden, as long as you like, you can live anywhere you want, just let me know and I can come and see you."

After hearing this, Shiyu felt a little flustered, almost forgot to speak back, and his head was a little dizzy. After realizing it, he quickly said: "Don't think about it! Last night I paid you a favor, and you don't want to enter my room in the future."

"Yes, yes, you have the final say." He laughed and said, as if he didn't pay attention to her declaration at all.

The poetic tone is short-tempered, but there is nowhere to vent his anger. In front of his shamelessness and laughter, all counterattacks are like hitting cotton, that feeling is very uncomfortable, this person is her nemesis!
Li Xingzhou was refreshed and returned to the palace humming a little song.Then Ji Chunsheng came to him and told him that Yu Chengan had entered the palace today, and that he was the emperor who went to Kunning Palace to meet privately.
In the past few days, he specially asked Ji Chunsheng to help him watch out for people entering and leaving the palace, just for this reason.

If someone wanted to use his private purchase of iron ore to make a fuss, it was only in the past two days, but the result was somewhat unexpected.

Li Ye knocked his head, frowned and said, "Yu Chengan, I didn't offend him, did I?"

Just at this time, the eunuch who delivered the decree came, and when the palace heard that the decree was coming, everyone became excited. After all, the previous decrees were all for rewarding the prince.

Yan Chuan hurriedly sent someone to prepare the table, burned incense to sacrifice to heaven, Li Xingzhou bathed and changed his clothes, and changed into his official official uniform of Captain Zhaowu before coming out to receive the order.

"Your Majesty has a decree, and the edict said: Li Xingzhou, the son of Prince Xiao, has misbehaved, acted recklessly, and lost the face of the royal family. Seeing the imperial decree, he will reprimand him in person, and he will reflect on it immediately. Worship, take this as a precept, respect this."

Before Li Xingzhou accepted the decree and gave some rewards to the father-in-law who delivered the decree, everyone in the palace was unhappy, only he and Qiu'er laughed happily.

The emperor's decree did not mention that he did not report the private purchase of iron ore, nor did he say that he was rebellious or something serious. He just punished him lightly, and then punished him with three months of worship, obviously to appease those who knew The minister of this matter is just putting on a show.

This shows that the matter passed without any risk!

Li Xingzhou was naturally happy, Qiu'er also understood the deep meaning, but the rest of the palace were crying because the prince was punished by the emperor.

Li Xingzhou laughed loudly, pulled up the unhappy Yue'er, and then pulled up the frustrated Xiao Guqi from the ground, and shouted: "Yan Cook, add food to the whole house tonight, add two meats for me!"

Yan Cook, who was still gloomy, also jumped up when he heard this, and the palace regained its former vitality.

Three thousand catties of iron ore, in this era, there are 16 taels per catty, which is almost equivalent to about five thousand catties in later generations. It is no wonder that others make a fuss about it, this time he was careless.Fortunately, he found out early, and Ji Chunsheng in the palace reported to him, so he made preparations early.

This time, Yu Chengan is probably going to have a bad nose.
　In the past, the author divided [-] words into one chapter, but this is very troublesome, and it depends on whether the plot is suitable for the division, fearing that the file will be interrupted, and the number of words must be made up.Now the author simply publishes a chapter of about six characters, so that the plot is complete and smooth, and there is no need to make up two thousand characters when there is a break in the middle~
　　
　
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