Man Tanghong

Chapter 473 Concubine Yin De's Little Secret

Li Yuanji wanted to scold her a little bit.

Ling Jing also wanted to scold her a little bit.

After the two monarchs and ministers looked at each other, Qiqi was speechless for a while.

Li Yuanji waited until the teacup in his hand began to cool down, then took a sip of tea, and teased with a stern expression: "Dou Gui is generous enough, Zanhuangshan dares to promise to go out."

Zanhuang Mountain belongs to Zanhuang County. It is a famous mountain in Hebei Road. It has beautiful scenery and rich iron reserves.

Zanhuang County, where Zanhuang Mountain is located, was not called Zanhuang County in the past, it was called Fangfang County, and it was divided and named Zanhuang County in the 16th year of Kaihuang in the Sui Dynasty.

Before Li Tang established the country, Dou Gui was conferred the title of Zanhuang Duke because of his meritorious service, and the fiefdom was in Zanhuang County.

And because there is only Dou Gui in the vicinity of Zanhuang County, Dou Gui has the final say in Zanhuang County.

It is precisely because of this that Dou Gui once made Zanhuang County his own private territory, and moved many of their Yifang people there to build their Yifang's family business on it.

Later, although Dou Gui was changed to the Duke of the State and the land was re-divided, Zanhuang County was still secretly controlled by Dou Gui.

It can be said that Zanhuang County is the private land that Dou Gui built for himself in Datang.

A lot of Dou Gui's painstaking efforts were poured into it. Dou Gui ceded Zanhuang Mountain in Zanhuang County to Xiao Yu, which was equivalent to ceding all the family property in Zanhuang County to Xiao Yu.

Not to mention the income that the iron mines in Zanhuang Mountain can bring to Xiao Yu every year, the family property that Dou Gui left for Xiao Yu is enough to bring Xiao Yu's family business to a higher level.

Therefore, it is reasonable for Xiao Yu to spare no effort to help Li Jiancheng.

But the crux of the matter is not this.

The crux of the problem is that Li Yuanji is now targeting the Li family in Zhaozhou, and is also indirectly taking care of the Dou family. All the family businesses of the Li family and the Dou family in Zhaozhou, logically speaking, are Li Yuanji's lunch .

Dou Gui promised everything in Zanhuang County to Xiao Yu. He seemed to be disposing of his own family business, but in fact he was also generous to Li Yuanji. How could Li Yuanji be happy.

Ling Jing is also a part of this. Once the Li family in Zhaozhou falls and everything in Zhaozhou is harvested, Ling Jing can also get a lot of benefits. Now that part of the benefits has been given away by Dou Gui, how can Ling Jing Will be happy?
Ling Jing smiled wryly and said, "Who says it's not."

Li Yuanji glanced at Ling Jing and said: "We don't want to offend Xiao Yu now, otherwise it will be easy to attract some people's attention to us, which will be very bad for our subsequent plans, so we can only pretend that we don't know about it. .

However, Xiao Yu's two iron mountains are not so easy to get.

Sooner or later, I'll let him spit it out with interest. "

If Li Yuanji remembered correctly, in history, a large area of ​​Zhaozhou was granted to the eldest grandson Wuji by Li Shimin, and there were several iron mines on it.

Relying on these iron mines, the Changsun family became Datang's largest seller of iron materials and ironware.

If Changsun Wuji hadn't been greedy and wanted to instruct his nephew to do things after he came to power, the Changsun family might have been able to get rich for several generations.

Therefore, it doesn't matter who owns Zhaozhou's iron mountains now, what matters is who owns them in the future.

Xiao Yu is now the person who carries the tripod in the Xiao family. Among the next generation, Xiao Yue is a bit capable, but he hasn't matured yet.

So after Xiao Yu died, when Xiao Yue hadn't grown up, it was the time when Xiao was at his weakest.

When the time comes, Xiao Shi will not be able to accept her, so she can do whatever she wants with Xiao Shi.

It's easy to get back the two iron mountains.

Xiao Rui, Xiao Shi's son-in-law captain who doesn't dare to stand out alone, can't support Xiao Shi's situation.

Speaking of which, when Xiao Yu was in Xiao Yu's generation, he was still a royal family.

It belongs to the royal family of Liang State.

It's a pity that if the world is united for a long time, it will be divided, and if it is divided for a long time, it will be united. People who used to be members of the royal family are now reduced to other people's subjects.

After thousands of years, the Xiao family will be well-known to everyone. I am afraid that the only one who is now living in Turkic is Empress Xiao who is jokingly called "Liuwei Dihuang Wan".

Yes, the famous Empress Xiao is Xiao Yu's sister.

In history, after the Turks were destroyed and they were welcomed back to the Central Plains, the reason why they were treated with courtesy was also because of the blessing of Xiao Yu's legacy.

As for what was said in the unofficial history, Li Shimin treated her with courtesy because he coveted her beauty, that is nonsense.

When she was welcomed back to the Central Plains, she was more than 60 years old. Why did Li Shimin covet her for her beauty?
Coveting the chicken skin and age spots on her face? !
Li Yuanji is unwilling to say anything more on this issue. Time has already proved that everything belongs to future generations.

No matter how well the predecessors did, no matter how much they got, they were making wedding dresses for future generations.

And Xiao Yu is a predecessor to him, so everything about Xiao Yu, as long as he wants, will become his 'wedding dress'.

So there is no need to rush to argue with Xiao Yu right now.

Besides, it was Dou Gui who was generous to him, and if he cared about it, he cared about it with Dou Gui.

He just pretended to be confused secretly, pretending to be confused, and took the food he had put on the plate.

"Is there really no clue about what's going on in the palace?"

Li Yuanji stared at Ling Jing and asked.

How Li Jiancheng persuaded Xiao Yu, and how to make Xiao Yu support him, is now basically clear, so there is no need to stare at it, and there is no need to investigate further.

So what needs to be focused on now is only the affairs of the palace.

Hearing this, Ling Jing nodded, then shook his head and said, "It's true that there is no news at all. Although I have found some rumors, none of them are reliable."

Li Yuanji pondered and said: "We have found out some gossip, let's read it out together, maybe the truth we want is hidden in it, but we don't know it."

Ling Jing hesitated for a moment and said: "Someone said that Concubine Yin De had a man she liked before entering the palace, but her father disliked the poor and loved the rich, so he was not willing to marry her to the man he liked.

After the sage entered Chang'an City, her father searched for ways and relationships, and sent her to the sage's mansion, where she became one of the sage's concubines.

After the saint ascended the throne, she naturally became a concubine in the saint's harem. "

Li Yuanji automatically ignored Ling Jing's next words, staring at Ling Jing and said, "Let's focus on the person who is pleased with Concubine Yin De, where is he now, and what is his identity?"

Ling Jing smiled wryly and said: "Your Highness may not believe it, but the person whom Concubine Yin De likes is now in the palace."

Li Yuanji raised his eyebrows and asked, "What identity?"

Ling Jing said: "The Luomei Courtyard visitor!"

Li Yuanji was taken aback, narrowed his eyes slightly and said, "Luomei Courtyard used to be Concubine Yin De's dormitory, is it empty now?"

Ling Jing nodded slowly and said: "As far as I know, after Concubine Yin De entered the palace, the man she liked asked someone to use the castration for him, and then entered the palace as an eunuch.

Before meeting Concubine Yin De, she had been bullied everywhere. After meeting Concubine Yin De, she was arranged to hide in Luomei Courtyard. "

Li Yuanji said thoughtfully: "So, does Concubine Yin De have an affair with this pleasing person? In order to protect the pleasing person, she has to be coerced by the Ministry of Internal Affairs?"

Just as Ling Jing was about to shake his head, Li Yuanji shook his head first and said: "No, no, if Concubine Yin De really has an affair with this person, it is impossible for him to live in the small place of Luomeiyuan.

With my father's favor towards Concubine Yin De, Concubine Yin De only needs to say a few good words for him, and he can become a guest of the Grand Palace, or an official of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

But now he is just a guest in a small courtyard, which means that she doesn't hold that much importance in Concubine Yin De's heart, and it is impossible for Concubine Yin De to have an affair with her. "

Ling Jing nodded and said, "I think so too. Besides, as an eunuch, even if he has an affair with Concubine Yin De, he can't do much."

To be precise, if you can't make a child, you can't put a hat on Li Yuan.

Even if there was really some improper relationship and it was exposed, Concubine Yin Defei would have ten thousand reasons to excuse herself.

So even if this person has an affair with Concubine Yin De, it is not enough to be a bargaining chip for the Ministry of Internal Affairs to blackmail Concubine Yin De.

Li Yuanji said: "It's true..."

Ling Jing followed up and said: "The minister was afraid that there might be some hidden clues in it, so he specially sent someone to check it out. The final result disappointed me greatly.

When this eunuch met Concubine Yin De for the first time, he had indeed a close relationship with Concubine Yin De. Concubine Yin De had a low status at the time, but she still tried her best to find an official for him, so he became a visitor of Luomeiyuan.

But since then, the relationship between him and Concubine Yin De has gradually become alienated.

From then on, Concubine Yin De was promoted step by step, but he remained in place all the time.

Concubine Yin De didn't treat him well after she left Luomeiyuan.

Apart from providing him with food and drink, and keeping him alive, he hardly cared about his life or death.

Therefore, I concluded that he and Concubine Yin De had nothing to do with each other except for a marriage that ended before it even started.

Concubine Yin De would not risk her life, the life of the county king, and the lives of everyone in the Yin family to bite the prince in order to protect him. "

Li Yuanji nodded thoughtfully.

This makes sense.

After all, when Concubine Yin De fell in love for the first time, people were still running around in the market, and the people she could meet were the ordinary people in the market.

After entering the palace, the people she associates with are all ladies, and most of the real men you can see are outstanding people in the world.

Under the influence of these people for a long time, looking at the lover of the girlhood, it was just like that.

Maybe when we first met, there was a feeling of "meeting an old friend in a foreign country", or maybe I was moved by the spirit of my lover who was willing to enter the palace to accompany her, so I took good care of him.

But when they really get along, they see all kinds of inferior sides of the lover, so they are disappointed and abandon him.

Anyway, it is completely reasonable for Concubine Yin De to abandon her first love, and it would be a ghost if she didn't abandon her.

"Since he doesn't have much relationship with Concubine Yin De, why do you mention him?"

Li Yuanji looked at Ling Jing in puzzlement and asked.

An insignificant person, isn't it a waste of time to mention him?
Ling Jing said slowly: "The reason why I mentioned him is because I found out that he once helped Concubine Yin De send letters to others, but I didn't find out who it was.

But I have a hunch that the recipient of the letter should have an unusual relationship with Concubine Yin De, and it is very likely that they have conspired together. "

"And this conspiracy is very likely to be Yin Defei's handle?"

Li Yuanji questioned.

Ling Jing nodded seriously.

(End of this chapter)