Donggong Zhangjiao

Chapter 151
The dark-faced Li Mu subconsciously cast his eyes on his deadly enemy, Prime Minister Lu Chuan.

How can there be such a coincidence in the world.

He had just received a letter from the eldest prince yesterday afternoon, and the reply letter hadn't been sent yet, but the brochure from the north was handed over the next morning.

At this time, it was just right to put the eldest prince on the tip of the knife.

But meeting his unfriendly gaze, Lu Chuan only spoke lightly.

"Why does Li Xiang look at me like this, does he have something to say?"

There was a lot of sarcasm and contempt in the tone.

In fact, in terms of age, Lu Chuan and Queen Li are about the same age. This Li Xiang is Queen Li's father, so he is naturally old enough to be Lu Chuan's father.

Normally, it was fine for Lu Chuan to disrespect him, but now Li Mu is angry, and being questioned in such a tone by the junior, his chest hurts from anger.

With a cold snort, he turned to look at Emperor Chengjing and cupped his hands.

"Your Majesty, this old minister thinks that since the eldest prince invited him to go north to help the disaster, he must want to do a good job in the disaster relief, and he would never do anything that would not be concealed. The memorial has not been handed back to the capital."

"If something happens to the First Prince, there must be an urgent report back to Beijing, but there is no such thing at the moment. This shows that the First Prince is safe, so what else can delay the First Prince from reporting the disaster?"

An official stepped forward and countered.

At the same time, someone stood up and added loudly.

"The other disasters mentioned in this memorial are more serious than the drought. According to Da Qi's law, the eldest prince should report to Beijing as soon as possible. , but this time no one has submitted the memorial before this letter, and the ministers have to suspect that it is the eldest prince who intends to hide it and not report it!"

This second person has a stronger head, and his words are more straightforward.

Immediately, Prime Minister Li choked and trembled.

At that time, Emperor Cheng Jing, who was sitting on the dragon chair, did not look very good-looking.

But after all, it was caused by his own son, and he didn't want to convict his son, so he pursed his lips tightly and said nothing at the moment, seeing that he was in a bad mood, and cast his eyes on Pei Yao who was standing below.

But Pei Yao was very indifferent at the moment, as if staying out of the matter.

For this disaster relief, the eldest prince went north to check the disaster situation and implement disaster relief measures on the front line, while Pei Yao did the work of guaranteeing the logistics.

Dispatch the grain of the household department, the troops of the military department, resettle a large number of refugees who fled, and help Emperor Chengjing deal with a small part of the papers handed over from the disaster area in the north.

He was so busy that he forgot to sleep and eat, and when he came to the morning court, his face was still tired.

Therefore, after looking at Pei Yao at this moment, Emperor Chengjing felt that this matter did not seem to be Pei Yao's handwriting, so he still looked at Lu Chuan next to him.

The Lu family is a century-old scholarly family, not to mention peaches and plums all over the world, and disciples are all over Daqi, it is very likely that Lu Chuan deliberately put this way.

But even if you can see it, this time it's the eldest prince's fault.

When Emperor Chengjing frowned and thought about how to deal with it, the sonorous and powerful voice of the second prince suddenly sounded from below.

"Father, my son believes that the emperor will not hide the disaster, but now we have not received a letter from the emperor for several days. It is useless for us to argue in this court. My son please go north and find out immediately. As for the memorial, it can help the emperor brother, and I ask the father to allow it!"

The second prince has always been an inconspicuous one. Even though his birth mother is Concubine Chen, who is the first person under the empress in the harem, Concubine Chen is not favored. It is sealed in the face of seniority and heirs.

The mother and son are both low-key.

So for so many years, the courtiers only saw Pei Yao and the eldest prince fighting openly and covertly, and they didn't pay attention to the second prince at all.

Even Ruipin's newborn fifth prince has a more sacred heart than the second prince and deserves the courtiers' attention.

Therefore, when he stood up at this moment, everyone was stunned unexpectedly.

Including Emperor Chengjing and Prime Minister Li.

But it was only a momentary accident, and soon, Li Mu, the old fox, was the first to react.

The second prince is neutral and low-key, he never fights or grabs. Compared to Pei Yao, the older prince is a real brother. I am afraid that this move is to take this opportunity to cling to the eldest prince so that he can make a future for himself.

The real relationship between Pei Yao and Emperor Chengjing is good or bad. Those who participated in the seizure of power all know that if Pei Yao is really enthroned, can he have a good life as the second prince?

The reason why the eldest prince didn't win over before was because the second prince couldn't succeed in martial arts, and he didn't have any relatives to help him, but now that the second prince came out, he just happened to be able to get out of the siege.

So Li Mu hurriedly said, "Your Majesty, I think the second prince's move is feasible. First, it avoids the risk of punishing the eldest prince with one-sided words, and even wrong punishment. Second, sending more people to go there will indeed help one or two. .”

Emperor Chengjing had already reacted at this moment, and nodded as soon as Li Mu finished speaking.

"Well, Li Aiqing's words are right. Second child, pack up immediately, bring your troops, and set off for the north tomorrow!"

"Yes, my son obeys the order!" The second prince lowered his eyes and cupped his hands.

With the disturbance caused by the second prince, the court did not convict the eldest prince.

When the morning was over, Prime Minister Li caught up with him as soon as he left the palace.

The two went to the tea house in the city together.

Pei Yao didn't seem to care too much, and went to the yamen to do business after the court.

And in the East Palace at that time, Fang Jun coaxed the child while listening to Qing Rong talking about the news from the Fang family.

This time it was a letter from Aunt Rong.

It is said that Zhao and Fang Hongshen have been having a lot of trouble recently, and there is a lot of suspicion.

In fact, Fang Pei had been in trouble for a long time because of Fang Pei's miscarriage. Later, Fang Pei didn't spread the word home. As time went on, Zhao took the initiative to bow his head and felt better.

But how could Aunt Rong want to see them well? No, she joined hands with Aunt Qiao.

Aunt Rong is getting heavy now and is about to give birth, so she can't take care of her, so she pushes Fang Hongshen to Aunt Qiao.

Originally, Aunt Qiao had some tricks, but now with Aunt Rong's help, she quickly won Fang Hong's deep heart.

This time Fang Hong went back to the mansion, either to see Aunt Rong or Aunt Qiao, Zhao was so angry that he scolded anyone surnamed Qiao as a vixen.

That's right, Aunt Rong's surname is also Qiao.

Just scolding is not relieved, Aunt Rong is too weak to move, can't Aunt Qiao clean up?
No, Mrs. Zhao found a reason to punish Auntie Qiao on her knees, and beat Auntie Qiao's fifth daughter Fang Jin, but this time Auntie Qiao just knelt down and fell ill.

Aunt Rong gave an assist, and the two teamed up to blow the pillow wind twice, which satisfied Fang Hongshen's dissatisfaction with Mrs. Zhao.

In one fell swoop, he seized Zhao's housekeeping rights.

This was something Aunt Rong couldn't wait for, she was afraid that when she gave birth, Mrs. Zhao would take advantage of her, and now the risk was reduced.

After listening to Qingrong's narration, Fang Jun's lips curled up in a sarcastic arc.

"It's really lively. It's a pity that I can't see it with my own eyes. It would be more interesting if it was bigger."

"Ma'am can't hold back now. She gave birth to two sons. The third son is only good at learning, but he is not yet old enough to enter the official examination, so he can't support her. The fourth son is a mess, not to mention, Now Madam is pointing at the eldest girl to add luster to her long face, what a pity, tsk tsk."

Qing Rong couldn't stop smiling.

Fang Yun glanced at her, raised his brows slightly, "After all, the mansion has raised me for many years, now that the time has come, it's time for me to share more of the family's worries."

(End of this chapter)