The ministers of infrastructure knelt down and begged the scientific research boss to be enthroned

Chapter 164

Coming out from Emperor Zhaohe, Wei Chenrui turned and went back to the East Palace.

Ever since Wei Chenrui's behavior was exposed, the hidden guard in the East Palace who was in charge of pretending to be Wei Chenrui in the workshop returned to the Dark Guard Camp. Huixin couldn't follow him out of the palace anymore, so he could only take care of everything in the East Palace.

Since Shao Fu started classes, the Fourth Prince moved out of the East Palace and moved to live in the First Prince's Mansion. At this time, there was no master in the East Palace, so it was very quiet.

As soon as Wei Chenrui entered the door, the tranquility was broken: "His Royal Highness has returned to the palace, welcome to the palace!"

"Welcome Your Highness back to the palace!"

After a while, the whole East Palace knew that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince had returned to the palace, and Huixin also put down her work and came out to greet her.

"Is your Highness's trip going well?" After finishing speaking, Huixin was two steps behind Wei Chenrui, following behind her and Kai.

"It's going well, there are no accidents!" He said in his mouth, but his pace did not stop.

Hearing that Wei Chenrui said that the trip went well, Hui Xin felt relieved: "That's good!"

Wei Chenrui was really tired after a long journey. Meimei took a bath and fell asleep in the cool breeze of the electric fan.

After sleeping for an unknown amount of time, Wei Chenrui woke up and saw that the sky was still bright, so he greeted Hui Xin and asked, "Hui Xin, what time is it?"

Hearing Wei Chenrui's call, Huixin hurriedly opened the door and came in: "Your Highness, the application time has just passed."

It was about time to go to pay his respects. The news of his return to the palace at this time was probably spread throughout the entire palace.

Besides, Wei Chenrui missed his grandmother and concubine after such a long time, so he decided to get up: "Wait for me to get up!"

Huixin helped Wei Chenrui out of bed, then greeted the maid waiting outside, and came in to dress Wei Chenrui.

After tidying up, Wei Chenrui went out brightly to say hello.

When paying his respects, Wei Chenrui heard that Concubine Pei was sent to the sidelines for offending Emperor Zhaohe, and thought to himself, "Father is so fast this time, I can't hold back!"

After returning, he posted a post to Pei Qianhuo's house, saying that he would visit tomorrow morning and discuss important matters.

When Pei Qianhuo received the post, he was puzzled and couldn't figure it out. The princess who had always been at odds with him actually had something to discuss with him. The sun really came out from the west, and he was proudly thinking about how When she was embarrassed, news from the palace spread.

"What did you say? Concubine Pei was thrown into the cold palace? What's going on, tell the truth!" Pei Qianhuo stared at the visitor with a gloomy expression.

The visitor replied tremblingly: "I don't know too well, it seems that the empress Pei concubine said something unpleasant, which angered your majesty. At that time, only the empress and your majesty were present. What is it!"

"Come on, hurry up and take care of it, and let the lady enter the palace to find out!" With that, Pei Qianhuo took a sip of tea and suppressed his anger a little.

Hearing that people were going to enter the palace, the reporter kowtowed even more fiercely: "My lord, Your Majesty has ordered that no one is allowed to visit the empress, not even the third prince!"

With a "bang", Pei Qianhuo threw out the teacup in his hand: "What's the use of raising you, you can't even protect your mother, why don't you hurry up and get out!"

I don't know what's going on right now, Pei Qianhuo didn't dare to plead rashly, he thought for a while and said: "Pass a letter to the third prince, and ask him to find out why His Majesty is angry, and to show his filial piety, he knelt down and begged His Majesty Let him visit."

"Yes!" Pei Er, who had won Pei Qianhuo's trust, left in response, and went down to convey Pei Qianhuo's instructions.

The night passed quickly, Pei Qianhuo didn't get the answer he wanted, and he didn't think about how to embarrass Wei Chenrui, Wei Chenrui had already entered the Shangshu Mansion.

Although it is well-known that the two are at odds, Wei Chenrui is a concubine after all, and she still has to live with face. When he heard that the servant came to report, Pei Qianhuo still had a smirk on his face and stepped forward to greet her. : "I don't know that His Highness is here, but the official is far away from welcoming you, and I hope His Highness will forgive you!"

Wei Chenrui didn't have the rule of reaching out and not hitting the smiling face. Those who should be slapped in the face should still be slapped: "Master Pei had a hard time last night, look at the black eye!"

Knowing that Wei Chenrui was taking pleasure in others' misfortune, Pei Qianhuo was so angry that he could only suppress it, squeezing a smile from between his teeth: "I knew His Highness was coming, and I was so excited that I didn't sleep all night, so His Highness laughed at me." Already!"

Wei Chenrui smiled and said: "So that's the case, but this palace misunderstood and thought Mr. Pei was making trouble because of Pei Fei's abolition of concubine!"

Pei Qianhuo now understood that Wei Chenrui might have something to do with this matter, he couldn't keep his smile on, and said with a gloomy face, "This matter is His Highness's masterpiece!"

Wei Chenrui shook his head: "Of course not, it's just that Concubine Pei did something wrong, and the emperor didn't kill her, it was already for the sake of the Pei family!"

"What did Concubine Pei do that is so serious?" Pei Qianhuo couldn't understand.

"This palace is here today for this purpose. This matter is related to the face of the emperor, so it is inconvenient to say it here, and I hope your lord will hold back!"

Wei Chenrui's expression was serious, he didn't look like he was telling a lie at all, Pei Qianhuo had no choice but to believe it.

According to Wei Chenrui's request, Pei Qianhuo took him to the study and dismissed all the waiters: "It's fine now, Your Highness, please tell me!"

Wei Chenrui gave Kai a wink, and after receiving a positive nod, he said, "I wonder if Mr. Pei knows the life experience of the third prince?"

Pei Qianhuo had a bold guess in his heart, but felt that it was unlikely, so he pretended to be calm and said, "Isn't the third prince His Majesty's own son? What else is there?"

"Could it be that Your Majesty thinks that Concubine Pei..."

For the rest, Pei Qianhuo still didn't have the guts to say it directly.

Wei Chenrui nodded: "Master Pei guessed right, the third prince is not the blood of the father. As for who it is, the father does not know. I wonder if Mr. Pei can clarify the confusion for the hall and the father?"

"Your Highness, don't just talk nonsense, do you have evidence?" Pei Qianhuo didn't intend to admit it.

Wei Chenrui didn't expect that Pei Qianhuo would admit it like this, but just to confirm whether he knew or not. Seeing him, it doesn't seem like he knew: "Of course there is evidence for this matter, Mr. Pei really I don't know about this?"

Pei Qianhuo was stunned: "How could I know when Concubine Pei became so courageous?"

"Tsk tsk tsk, the Pei family is really well-bred, and the girls they teach are really good to the family." Wei Chenrui shook his head, looking regretful.

Pei Qianhuo's face immediately changed when he heard that, he still has two prostitutes who are waiting to get married, if this matter leaks a little bit, they will be finished: "This matter is related to His Majesty's face, and His Majesty can't let it go." This matter was leaked!"

Wei Chenrui nodded: "That's right, what Sir Pei said is very true. Now, sir, you are the only one who knows besides this hall!"

"This, this..." Pei Qianhuo didn't come out anymore, he was really scared, Wei Chenrui is the daughter of Emperor Zhaohe, and Emperor Zhaohe would definitely not do anything to his own daughter, so it's hard for him to say.

No, it's not hard to say, it's for sure, I am the elder brother of Concubine Pei, if this matter gets out, I will definitely die.

Pei Qianhuo didn't know what to do, he kept blaming Wei Chenrui in his heart, he really didn't have good intentions, he deliberately revealed this matter to himself, wanted to borrow a knife to kill someone, and kept breaking out in cold sweat.

He could only break out in a cold sweat, he had no choice but to know what he shouldn't know, only the dead can keep secrets forever.

Wei Chenrui was very satisfied with Pei Qianhuo's performance: "Master Pei, have you thought about what to do now?"

Pei Qianhuo raised his sleeves and wiped his sweat, and asked tentatively, "Is it still too late for you to surrender?"

Wei Chenrui was quite surprised: "You don't care about Fei Feifei anymore?"

Pei Qianhuo looked righteous and arrogant, and said angrily: "She dares to do such a thing, she is not worthy of being part of the Pei family, if it is not easy to cause trouble, I would like to get rid of her family."

Excommunication is quite a punishment in this era. People who are expelled are not easy to be accepted by others, and generally end badly.

It's normal for Pei Qianhuo to say that. After all, what Concubine Pei Fei did was not a human matter, but a major matter of punishing the nine clans. Pei Qianhuo wanted to swallow her alive, let alone other things.

Wei Chenrui still understands what Pei Qianhuo did, but it doesn't mean she will trust him and accept his surrender: "Master Pei, don't forget that there is a deadly feud between us, back then you were a hired killer If you want the life of this hall, you will not forget, right?"

Pei Qianhuo really forgot about this. Being reminded by Wei Chenrui, his face instantly turned ashen, knowing that he was really doomed, and collapsed on the ground.

Wei Chenrui came here today not to ask for his life, but to save his life so that he can get someone who cuckolded Emperor Zhaohe from Pei Feifei's mouth, so he said: "This hall will not accept your surrender, But after all, you have done a lot of things for the country of Zhao, the emperor thinks that you have worked hard without credit, and you didn't know about it, and you didn't participate in it, so I will spare your life for the time being."

"However, capital crimes can be avoided, but living crimes cannot be forgiven. I am afraid that your position as Minister of the Household Department will come to an end. Father has decided to give you a face and let you retire from illness!"

Pei Qianhuo naturally understood the meaning of the words, and quickly knelt down to thank him: "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your kindness!"

The goal has been achieved, so Wei Chenrui naturally didn't need to stay any longer, so he left Shangshu Mansion under Pei Qianhuo's escort.

Pei Qian was full of anger, but if he could save his life, that's all there was to this anger.

However, in order to achieve the goal of retiring from the illness, after Wei Chenrui left, he staged a scene of being angry and vomiting blood, and took the opportunity to smear Wei Chenrui again.

When he heard the news, Wei Chenrui was not unhappy at all, but was very happy: "This Pei Shangshu is taking the opportunity to give the hall a boost. Let's see who dares to oppose the hall in the future."

As Wei Chenrui said, from then on, the courtiers behaved well in front of Wei Chenrui, for fear of becoming the next one to vomit blood.

The courtiers are obedient, and Wei Chenrui's affairs will be handled easily.

In the early morning of this day, Emperor Zhaohe began to discuss the matter of "rewarding the three armies".

The courtiers all knew that Wei Chenrui had just returned from the Northwest, so he must have some thoughts about this matter, afraid of saying the wrong thing and offending Wei Chenrui, so they didn't open their mouths, waiting for Wei Chenrui to speak first.

Wei Chenrui was very satisfied with the impact of the Pei Qianhuo incident, and took the lead to speak: "It is right to reward the three armed forces, but we should also show something to those soldiers who died and who are about to retire due to injuries."

"His Majesty's words are true!"

"It should be expressed!"

The courtiers spoke one after another, agreeing to Wei Chenrui's proposal.

Unexpectedly, someone sang the opposite tune: "The lower officials also agree with His Highness's words, but Yinzi from the household department does not agree!"

"Rewarding the three armies consumes a lot, plus those who died and are about to retire due to injuries, this amount is too huge, the treasury can't afford it, so think twice about your highness."

All the courtiers looked at that person, wanting to see who was so desperate and dared to contradict His Majesty the Empress Dowager, and it turned out to be Pei Qianhuo's tough son-in-law, He Ming'an, the servant of the household department.

Being stared at by so many ministers, He Mingan was at a loss and didn't know where to put his hands.

Wei Chenrui doesn't know how much money the household department has now, but she knows that He Mingan is not a good liar, if Pei Qianhuo didn't take care of him, the job of the household department assistant would not fall on him: "I don't know How much money does the Ministry of Finance have left?"

He Mingan was very clear about the amount of money in the household department, so he opened his mouth and said, "5000 million taels!"

"It seems to be a lot, but there are also many soldiers in the three armies. If rewards are based on the merits, the money may not be enough."

Wei Chenrui did not expect Zhao Kingdom to reward the soldiers with such a large amount. He lowered his head and thought for a while before saying, "The treasury cannot be without money. The barbarians will soon send people to sue for peace and reward the finances of the three armies. Just knock from the barbarians!"

"As for those who died and retired due to injuries, the pension money will not be allocated by the user department, and it may not be able to reach them if it is allocated. They will be given an approval note and go to the county government to collect it. According to the amount distributed by the county government, the amount will be reduced. The corresponding amount of tax money."

The money from the household department was saved, so He Mingan naturally would not have any objections, and said happily: "It's so good, it's so good!"

Now that the opinions were unified, Emperor Zhaohe ordered: "Then do as Her Royal Highness said!"

"My lords, do you have anything else to play?"

"My son still has something to play!" Wei Chenrui stood up again and said.

"Civil servants get a certain degree of fame, and they will be exempted from certain taxes. There is no reason why military generals don't."

"But if all taxes are exempted, Zhao Kingdom will not receive much tax, and the treasury will be empty, and Zhao Kingdom will also be in danger. Therefore, I propose that the biological children of soldiers who died for the country and retired due to injuries, go to school for free."

"In order to prevent someone from encroaching on the quota and opportunistically, it must be a biological child, neither adopted nor adopted."

It has to be said that this is indeed a good way, and the courtiers will naturally have no objections if it does not affect their own interests.

Wei Chenrui's proposal was approved again.

With the presence of the imperial court, those teachers must not dare to say anything. Even if they are not willing to teach, Wei Chenrui is not worried. The army of Jinshi has already entered the village, and there will be more and more. Don't worry about not having a teacher.

(End of this chapter)