Longevity starts from listening to music

Chapter 16 The Utilized Peony
When Mingyun returned to the capital, he was given two additional imperial pearls.

This matter was spread in the royal capital, and there was a lot of discussion among the people. In the court, many officials also had their own thoughts, and felt that the ownership of the throne became more and more confusing.

Mingyun, who became the prince of Qizhu, did not compete with the prince and Minglong immediately, but lowered his posture and made friends with officials from all walks of life in the court.

His sincere and elegant image has won the favor of a large number of people.

A few days later, a major event happened in the capital.

The Minister of the Household Department was imprisoned for embezzling the treasury's money and filling his own pockets because of his bad conduct, and he was going to be executed in the autumn.

This incident shocked the government and the public, and the people were in an uproar.

In Qunfang Pavilion.

Obviously, he also knew about the downfall of the Minister of the Household Department, "Tsk, the Ministry of Household Affairs is in charge of the country's land and finances. Over the years, this Lord Shangshu may have embezzled a lot of people's fat and anointing, but I heard that this time the family ransacked, but only Copied less than 30 taels of silver, this Shangshu usually spends money lavishly."

Rose rubbed his shoulders for him, looked around, and whispered after seeing no one there: "I heard that the Minister of the Household Department is the crown prince's money bag, and most of the people's fat and ointment he collected will fall into the crown prince's hands." gone."

"So, my elder brother is going to have a headache."

"Not only that, but I also heard people say that the newly appointed Minister of the Household Department, His Majesty did not adopt the advice of the Crown Prince and the Second Prince, but listened to the Fourth Prince and promoted a newcomer. It is possible that His Majesty saw the two princes fighting. It's been too long, I'm a little bored, and I don't want their people to take over."

Qunfang Pavilion is one of the largest gold-selling caves in the capital, and the people who come and go are either rich or noble, and Rose and the others can naturally hear more news than ordinary people.

Some don't even know what to say.

After all, as a prince, he is no different from a decoration in the court.

"It seems that the fourth prince can no longer hold back and has started to participate in the party struggle."

Ming Buyan murmured.

"Your Highness, what did you say?" Rose couldn't hear clearly.

"Oh, it's nothing, I came to Qunfang Pavilion to enjoy, not to talk about important national affairs." Ming Buyan laughed.

"There is one thing that His Highness may be interested in."

"Oh, what's the matter?"

"It's about Peony. I heard that a few days ago, Prince Wang, the son of Minister of the Ministry of Officials, fell in love with Peony and wanted to redeem her. However, she didn't explicitly refuse this time. I don't know if she plans to leave Qunfang Pavilion."

Ming Buyan was taken aback for a moment, "Sister Mudan is leaving?"

"I don't know, I just didn't refuse, but I didn't agree either."

Expressed his thoughts without saying a word.

In the past, there were many people, including princes and nobles, who wanted to redeem their lives for Peony, but they were all rejected by Peony. Why is this an exception?
Could it be that the son of the Minister of the Ministry of Officials is very attractive?

"What do you want to do?"

At this time, there was a loud noise outside the Accord.

Without saying anything, go out with Rose to have a look.

I saw Zhang Yun, the son of the Minister of Justice, fighting with a young man. Mudan was standing beside him, feeling a bit at a loss, surrounded by crowds of onlookers.

"It's Young Master Zhang and... Young Master Wang."

Rose was a little surprised.

"Prince Wang? Is he the son of the Minister of the Ministry of Officials?"

"Yes."

Obviously, he looked at the other party twice.

Good looking, but not as handsome as him.

"Bastard, I killed you!"

Zhang Yun yelled, raised a vase and threw it at Wang Gongzi.

Prince Wang wanted to dodge.

But suddenly, he was startled, as if affected by something, he couldn't dodge in time, and let the vase hit his head directly.

With a bang, the vase shattered, Prince Wang's eyes turned white, and he fell to the ground covered in blood. Everyone exclaimed and quickly backed away.

After Zhang Yun saw this scene, he also woke up from his anger. He was a little dumbfounded, looked around, and ran out of Qunfang Pavilion in a panic.

"It's a big deal now."

"The son of the Minister of the Ministry of Justice killed the son of the Minister of the Ministry of Officials, tsk tsk, this is the first time this has happened in Daliang since the founding of the country in the century."

There was a lot of discussion among the people, no one dared to go up to see if the prince was really dead, for fear of causing trouble to the upper body if he was not careful.

Among the crowd, there was one person who caught Mingbuyan's attention.

It was a young man in his early thirties who was wearing a long purple dress. The other party glanced at Prince Wang's body and smiled.

The other party is Wen Changfeng.

"Interesting, after dealing with the Ministry of Households, are you now dealing with the Ministry of Punishments and the Ministry of Officials?" Ming Buyan smiled.

He could see that the prince could have escaped just now, and it was Wen Changfeng who tampered with it, hitting the opponent's acupoints with true energy through the air, making it impossible for the opponent to dodge, and he was crushed to death by the vase.

"Peony, what's the matter?"

Rose ran to the panicked Peony and asked.

"I, I don't know. I just finished dancing and was about to go up to accompany His Royal Highness. Mr. Zhang rushed out suddenly. He looked a little drunk. He held my hand and kept asking me, why didn't he agree to follow me?" He left, and then Young Master Wang rushed out to stop him, for some reason, when Young Master Zhang saw him, he wrestled with him angrily..."

Peony told the story.

Ming Buyan who came up asked: "Sister Peony, I heard that this prince wants to redeem your body, you didn't refuse, right?"

"Sister Fang asked me to do this. She said that the prince is the son of the Minister of the Ministry of Officials, and he is a frequent visitor to the Qunfang Pavilion. If I refuse directly, I am afraid that I will do something to the other party's face, so I asked me to refuse later." Mudan said.

I understand clearly.

Peony is being used.

Being used by Sister Fang, no, to be precise, by the Fourth Prince Ming Yun.

The other party asked Mudan not to reject the prince, and fabricated the illusion that Mudan might leave with the prince, and then used Zhang Yun's love for Peony to make the other party jealous and do irrational things in public.

Let Wen Changfeng get in the way and let Zhang Yun kill the prince.

And there was a hint of thought in Rose's eyes.

Obviously figured out something.

Soon after, people from the Yamen came to the scene and confirmed the death of Prince Wang.

The news that the son of the Minister of the Ministry of Justice had killed the son of the Minister of the Ministry of Officials quickly spread in the royal capital, and there was an uproar among the ruling and opposition parties as well as among the people.

And that night.

In Qunfang Pavilion, there was also a conflict.

It's Rose, and Sister Fang.

"Sister Fang, you have participated in the party struggle, right?"

Rose asked straightforwardly.

After staying in the Qunfang Pavilion for so many years, Rose had already noticed that Sister Fang might be assisting a certain prince, but she didn't point it out.

But what happened today forced her to come out and confront her.

Sister Fang was silent and did not answer.

Rose showed anger on her face, "You use Peony, what if something happens to Peony? She is a weak woman, caught between the Ministry of Officials and the Ministry of Punishment. If she is not careful, she will be doomed. Do you really have the heart?"

"Peony will be fine, I promise."

"How do you guarantee it? Or is the prince behind you saying that he can guarantee it? Sister Fang, do you really think those high-ranking and important people care about the life and death of us people in the world?"

That night, she had a quarrel with Sister Fang and had a cold war for two days.

In the entire Qunfang Pavilion, the atmosphere was vaguely wrong.

Ming Buyan noticed something, and felt quite helpless in his heart, "Let a group of weak women get involved in party disputes, Sister Fang, Sister Fang, what are you going to do next?"

Qunfang Pavilion was his source of happiness.

He didn't want to see Qunfang Pavilion wiped out under the party struggle.

(End of this chapter)