This Jinyiwei is obviously super strong but draws too much

Chapter 1144: Not enough success

Meng Yuan is the only clue now, but they don’t have any good solutions if they can’t find him.

But no one knew whether it was to disgust Ying Wushang or he was really intimidated by the Qianhu Order, Xu Le was unusually active in giving the two of them a good suggestion -

"I think that although Lord Meng's whereabouts are uncertain, the Meng family is still in the capital. You might as well start from there."

Facing the two people's questioning gazes, Xu Le said calmly: "Back then, the former crown prince was the eldest son of the imperial harem, born with the most noble status. His temper was naturally bigger than that of ordinary princes, so even Lord Meng couldn't bring him back from Jiangnan with just a few words."

"Your Excellency is saying." Qi Yunzhou's eyes flashed, as if he understood what the other party meant.

Xu Le nodded and said with a smile: "When Lord Meng went to Jiangnan to deal with the Crown Prince's affairs, he must have had the emperor's decree, otherwise His Highness would not have obeyed him so obediently."

The imperial edict is different from the file. If the Jinyiwei's file is lost, with the position of a thousand households, at most he will be fined and scolded. But if someone destroys the imperial edict without authorization, even if he is as respected as Lord Meng, he will lose his head, because this is related to the dignity of the royal family.

"But the imperial edict is not an ordinary item. Why would the Meng family be willing to let us borrow it?" Huangfu Xiaoyuan asked.

Xu Le smiled, did not answer, bowed and retreated. He was only forced to help today because of the power of the token. No matter how much, he was not a good man.

Qi Yunzhou looked at Xu Le's departing back, thought for a moment and said, "Your Highness, I'm afraid it won't be possible for you to go and borrow the books yourself, after all, we are not related. But there is someone who may be able to help. I will take care of this matter. Please go back to the palace and wait for a while."

Huangfu Xiaoyuan had no other choice but to choose to believe Qi Yunzhou, and the person Qi Yunzhou was looking for was none other than his disciple, Princess Hua Luan.

The mother of Empress Yongle was a daughter of the Meng family, so the Empress has half Meng blood in her body. Roughly speaking, the little princess can naturally have some face in the Meng family.

Even if there was no such relationship, as the only princess of the dynasty, Hua Luan's reputation had some weight that the Meng family had to consider carefully.

However, this matter could not be rushed, so Qi Yunzhou put it aside for the time being. After he had taught the princess for some time, he decided to bring up the matter only when winter came and the families in the capital began to move around more frequently.

It was a day of light snow, and the capital city was covered in a thin layer of silver. Students were either holding umbrellas or walking quickly. It was a pity that there were few people stopping to watch and comment on this beautiful snow scene.

Qi Yunzhou opened the window and looked at Princess Hua Luan and two or three attendants standing in the first snow. The little princess waved her hand and asked people to remove the paper umbrella above her head. She raised her hand to pick up a snowflake, lowered her eyes to look at it carefully, her expression was so serious as if she was studying a masterpiece.

Silver flowers were floating in the sky, and the girl was singing with her eyes while holding snow. The people matched the scenery, and the scenery was pleasant. This scene suddenly inspired Qi Yunzhou to write a few lines of poetry, but this excellent atmosphere was completely destroyed by the other party in the next second.

The little princess suddenly let go of the snowflakes in her hands, tilted her head back, opened her mouth wide, and swallowed the snowflakes in her mouth in one gulp.

"Your Highness, what are you doing?" Qi Yunzhou looked at Princess Hua Luan who returned to the room with a frown on his face.

"My queen mother said that tea brewed with the first snow is the most delicious, but I don't think the taste is that special." Princess Hualuan licked her lips, took the hot tea brought by the servant and drank it slowly.

Hearing this, Qi Yunzhou was speechless. Should he say that she is worthy of being the Majesty's daughter? Sometimes he really couldn't understand what the father and daughter were thinking.

"Teacher, what are we going to learn today?" After drinking a cup of hot tea to get rid of the cold, the little princess asked about today's lessons. Qi Yunzhou's teaching has always been spontaneous and there is no fixed process.

"We don't have classes today." Qi Yunzhou picked up the tea.

"Oh," the little princess stood up and patted her skirt, "Teacher, I'm leaving now."

". Your Highness, wait a minute."

Qi Yunzhou pressed his nose helplessly and said, "Today I want to ask your help for something, Your Highness." "Teacher actually asked me for help. Let me tell you about it." The little princess sat back in her seat.

"For now"

Qi Yunzhou laughed and shook his head: "Your Highness, even if you are unwilling at this time, you shouldn't show it so obviously."

The little princess held her chin with her hands and said nonchalantly, "If it were to be with outsiders, I would have to hide it, but it's not necessary to be with the teacher."

If an ordinary person heard these words, he would surely be moved, but Qi Yunzhou was different. He could see the mockery behind the little princess' words at a glance. He was afraid that she was implying that he was good at sophistry. If he spoke in a roundabout way, he would only get into trouble. It would be better to be straightforward and save both of them some effort.

"Your Highness's kindness warms the heart."

Qi Yunzhou smiled, and then said: "Even so, I will be frank with you. I would like to trouble the princess to go to the Meng Mansion and check the imperial edicts from previous years kept in the mansion."

The little princess looked at Qi Yunzhou strangely and said, "Teacher, what old story are you looking into? Isn't it in the court's documents?"

Qi Yunzhou has a wide network of contacts, and almost every Confucian disciple has some relationship with him. With his ability, it is not difficult for him to check the court files.

"This is an event that happened several decades ago. The court documents may be missing and not as detailed as the imperial edict," said Qi Yunzhou.

"Really?" The little princess stared at Qi Yunzhou suspiciously for a long time, then nodded: "This is not a difficult task. It's rare that the teacher asked, so I'll leave this matter to me."

"Thank you, Your Highness." Qi Yunzhou nodded and said, "By the way, Your Highness can also go and test the attitude of the Meng family."

The little princess frowned slightly: "Teacher, didn't you say that it's not appropriate to grow wings too early? Besides, the Meng family is not a good choice."

Everyone knows that the fortune of the Meng family lies in the Meng Yuan brothers and sisters. Now the younger generations of the Meng family can hardly even defend the city. Princess Hualuan doesn't even look down on them.

Qi Yunzhou said: "The descendants of the Meng family are indeed mediocre in talent, but they are still a family of dukes and marquises, and they are also the maternal family of the Queen. It is not a bad thing for Your Highness to be friendly with them."

"I am worried that they will not be a help but a burden," the little princess said bluntly, "I heard a while ago that my cousin gave a generous gift to my brother at his apprenticeship banquet, and then someone exposed my cousin's affair."

The head of the Meng family gave Prince Ding a set of four treasures of the study from a great literary figure of the previous dynasty, which was worth more than a thousand gold coins and was considered the most valuable gift at the apprenticeship banquet. Although it was okay for the queen's mother's family to be more generous, the next day the incident of the young master of the Meng family ordering servants to beat up the young master of the Zhang family was exposed.

If it was just an ordinary fight, it would be fine, but this happened to be a conflict between two young men who were jealous of each other for the favor of a courtesan in a brothel. The young master of the Meng family was defeated by the young master of the Zhang family in a poetry competition in the brothel. Afterwards, he held a grudge against the young master and put the young master in a sack in the dark and windy night.

After beating the man, the young master of the Meng family not only did not keep a low profile, but instead publicized the matter as a "battle record" to show off his ability. Only the young master of the Meng family dared to act so wildly under the feet of the emperor.

It is not surprising that the playboy did such a ridiculous thing, but considering that his father gave a valuable gift at the Prince Ding's apprenticeship banquet, it is inevitable that people will think that he was trying to use his power to pressure others.

So the Zhang family, who had originally intended to settle the matter peacefully, became so angry that they made up their minds to report the matter to the court. The cause and effect of the matter were clear, and the Meng family was in the wrong.

The officials in the court may value the Meng family a little more because of the relationship with the Queen, but they will never break the rules of the game for this reason. If you, the Meng family, have the ability to suppress the Zhang family from speaking, then everyone will just pretend not to see it. But since this matter has been exposed, we have to follow the rules.

The emperor was away and Prince Ding was only an audience member. The government was handled by the cabinet, so the head of the Meng family was fined and reprimanded for "not educating his children strictly". Not only did he have to compensate the Zhang family for the medicine, he also had to bring people to apologize.

Since this incident happened right before the prince's apprenticeship banquet, Prince Ding did nothing but was gossiped about for no reason.