Donggong Zhangjiao

Chapter 14 Southern Tour
When mentioning the relationship of in-laws, the First Prince's expression immediately changed.

At this time, he should indeed avoid suspicion, but if he really gave up such a good opportunity to become famous directly to Pei Yao, he would naturally not be reconciled.

So he immediately cast a look of help to his grandfather, Prime Minister Zuo Li Mu.

Li Mu, the old fox, naturally understood it instantly, and immediately started to remedy it.

"Your Majesty, Lu Xiang's words are indeed reasonable, but as the First Prince said, as the crown prince, it is really dangerous for His Royal Highness to tour the south alone. His Highness is young and has little experience after all. If such a major event is not handled properly, another accident will happen. So I think that even if His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is going to tour the south in person, he should send a few more capable people to accompany him."

These words were obviously in line with Emperor Jing's intentions, so he nodded immediately.

"Well, this matter really cannot be underestimated. Although Yao'er has always been steady, she is still a little younger. I don't feel at ease on such a long journey."

Pei Yao had expected that he would say that, so he immediately made a move to retreat.

"The emperor's uncle is very concerned, and the ministers understand it in their hearts. It's just that as the crown prince, the minister should share the worries for the emperor's uncle. Because he is young, he needs a lot of experience. In the future, he can better serve the emperor's uncle and the people of Daqi. Since the emperor's uncle is worried, it is better to follow what Li Xiang said and send a few capable ministers to accompany the ministers."

When he said this, it would be bad for Emperor Chengjing to say that he was not allowed to go.

Moreover, Pei Yao has already lowered his head on his own initiative, if the First Prince's faction has a good brain, he should accept it as soon as he sees it.

After all, the official department of this case has been brought to the forefront. If they want to keep the official department in their hands, they should behave with their tails between their legs.

As for taking ministers with him, Pei Yao is not afraid.

The king's orders are not accepted, the sky is high and the emperor is far away, and he, the half-lord, has the final say when he goes out. What he wants to do, it's not the turn of those courtiers to intervene.

I can't suppress people now, let alone in the future.

After he finished speaking, Li Mu and the eldest prince exchanged glances, and then Li Mu agreed.

But this matter will not make them so comfortable. After all, the initiative is in the hands of Pei Yao, so Lu Chuan stepped forward at the right time.

He pointed out that the selection of the accompanying ministers needs to be carefully considered and determined. It is better to have the cabinet members discuss together, draw up a list, and then let Emperor Chengjing decide.

His sentence was reasonable, and Emperor Chengjing couldn't refute it, so he agreed.

This can be regarded as breaking Li Mu's arbitrariness and finalizing the intention of the entourage of the southern tour.

After coming out of the imperial study, the faces of the First Prince and the others were not so good.

"Is Zecheng not going to the palace?" Pei Yao asked the eldest prince gently.

The latter turned around, also pulled out a smile, and cupped his hands.

"I haven't paid my respects to my mother for many days, and I am entering the palace today, and I am going to have lunch with my mother."

"Then you go, I'm sure Aunt Huang will be happy to see you."

Pei Yao smiled, pretending to be a gentle brother, and waved his hands.

The eldest prince nodded, and then headed towards the harem.

At this time, Lu Chuan walked to Pei Yao's side, and after the two exchanged eyes, they went out of the palace together.

On the quiet palace road, Weng and his son-in-law stood side by side.

Pei Yao said lightly, "Where is Xu Bohan now?"

"I have a house in the suburbs of Beijing. I have sent someone to take care of him. Nothing will happen." Lu Chuan said, and then asked, "I'm afraid the trip to the south will not go well. The matter is still undecided. Your Highness still needs to be cautious. Nah."

"Don't worry, father-in-law, I know what's going on in my heart, the eldest prince is going to greet the queen today, I'm afraid it's just to ask for advice." Pei Yao narrowed his eyes.

The eldest prince is not difficult to deal with. Although he is also smart, he is not as insidious and cunning as the empress Li. In the fights between him and the eldest prince in these years, most of the fights between him and the eldest prince were made by the Li family and the Li family behind the scenes.

"The harem is not allowed to meddle in politics. The empress's hand is stretched too far. If he is really the eldest prince in the future, I'm afraid there will be a rooster in the morning." Lu Chuan frowned.

Pei Yao chuckled, "Their mother and child are deeply affectionate and depend on each other. In the future, their lips will be dead and their teeth will be cold."

The stronger the eldest prince's dependence on the empress is, in the future as long as the empress is brought down, then the eldest prince will fail.

Hearing this, Lu Chuan's brows stretched a little, and he nodded.

As Pei Yao expected, the eldest prince went to the harem to pay his respects to the queen, and it was indeed to seek advice.

The next day the queen invited Emperor Chengjing to her palace for lunch.

First, he made some remarks, denouncing the officials for not doing their job properly, causing such a scandal, which added to the embarrassment of Emperor Chengjing, and then said that although the matter was caused by the officials' carelessness, as the minister of the officials, Liu Minghe had a lot of things to do. Not all threads are in his hands, and the negligence of the people below is also unknown.

He also flattered and comforted Emperor Cheng Jing, saying that he will take care of everything every day, and it is normal if this kind of thing is not discovered, as long as it is dealt with, it will be fine.

This Emperor Chengjing was originally a man of little ability, he usually relied on the cabinet for government affairs, and occasionally listened to the queen to give him advice, and now he habitually asked.

The queen took the opportunity to persuade her, and successfully stuffed the eldest prince into the personnel of the southern tour, and also suggested that the prince is delicate and expensive, and no one can take care of him. Although the southern tour is for official business, he should also bring a Two caring and sensible maidservants serve.

In this way, the two young and neat maids in his palace were pushed out again.

So when he went to court the next day, Emperor Chengjing arranged things according to what the queen said.

It's fine for the eldest prince to make a tour of the south. Putting a maid to serve him is obviously sending a slave, but secretly sending a woman to his bed, not to mention whether it's eyeliner or not, it won't sound good if it spreads.

Pei Yao naturally refused.

But Emperor Chengjing has been sitting on this dragon chair for many years, and it is not useless. With the queen's on-demand broadcast, and the cooperation of other courtiers, what he said a few times also meant that Pei Yao was suppressed by the word of filial piety and could not refuse.

But the queen's people still can't be taken, even if they want to bring a woman, they have to bring someone who knows the basics, so he proposed to bring two sensible people from the backyard, and it's fine for him to serve the queen's aunt, it's still inconvenient for him to use.

Emperor Chengjing couldn't push him too hard, so he had to take a step back and agree.

It's just that it is a matter of careful consideration as to which two to take along with the Southern Tour.

With a high status, it is naturally inconvenient to go out with him. This entourage is under the sign of serving.

If you are too dishonest, you can't ask for it. After all, you have to go out to do something, not to bring someone to find something for her.

It doesn't matter if you are stupid, if you are used as a gunman or tricked into it, you will be hitting yourself in the foot.

After much deliberation, Pei Yao finally decided to bring Fang Yun and Zhou Shuren.

Not to mention that they are all well-behaved and sensible, Fang Yun's status is special, so maybe he can take advantage of it.

After returning to the East Palace and discussing with the Crown Princess, the Crown Princess conveyed this matter to the ears of everyone in the backyard.

All of a sudden, the backyard exploded.

Others don't talk about it, He Liangdi is the first one to quit.

She is also a formidable person, so she went straight to the front yard to find Pei Yao.

But I don't know how Pei Yao coaxed him, He Liangdi made a fuss and came back quietly, probably being appeased.

But when he came back, he called Zhou Shuren to his yard, and I heard that it was a good order.

But Fang Yun didn't care about these things. What she cared about now was what role she was going to play on this tour with Pei Yao to the south.

　After two days of busy work, I found that the regular posting was not done properly. I really didn’t mean to stop updating the book as soon as I opened it.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)