The Fugitive White Moonlight of a Powerful Minister

  Chapter 102 Prince is too arrogant

  In May, Pei You, Minister of the Ministry of Industry, went to Jiangnan as an imperial envoy, and personally supervised the construction of five government schools in Jiangning, which won the applause of the people.

  In more than a month, the other seven prefectures in the south of the Yangtze River followed suit and built more than 20 schools at one time.

  But just a few days ago, due to heavy rain, two of the five schools that Pei Shilang personally supervised built collapsed!

   Fortunately, it was night, and only two stewards who stayed overnight in charge of the school were injured.

  But when something like this happened to the school built by the imperial envoy, it was undoubtedly a severe slap in the face of the imperial court. Minister of the Ministry of Industry got the news in advance yesterday, and he didn't care that Shilang Pei was on his wedding leave, so he hurriedly called him to the Ministry of Industry to discuss the whole night, to find out what the problem was.

   When dawn came, Pei Shilang, who had been silent all night, put together the drawings and laughed lowly: "Where is the problem, it won't be here."

   Standing up and bowing: "Master Lao Zhang, this matter is not aimed at the Ministry of Industry, the school built under the supervision of the lower officials, the lower officials will bear it all."

  Zhang Guozhang has been immersed in the court for many years, of course he can see who is behind this.

  The imperial court sends imperial envoys to the south of the Yangtze River every year, but they return empty-handed every year. Why? Could it be that they all raised a group of wine bags and rice bags, and those superficial efforts of the Eight Houses in the south of the Yangtze River fooled them?

it's not true.

  The governor of Liangjiang is the governor of the Eight Mansions in the south of the Yangtze River, and the governor of Liangjiang is the king of Rui.

  Emperor Jiahe is in his forties this year, but he has yet to set up the East Palace.

  The eldest prince is weak, and the third prince died young. Now the only ones who can compete are the second prince Rui Wang and the fourth prince Chu Heng.

  Although the fourth prince has outstanding abilities at a young age and has many supporters in the court, he is only seventeen years old; King Rui is older and married the eldest daughter of the Xie family, so more courtiers are optimistic about King Rui.

  A highly promising candidate for the heir apparent, who wants to offend?

   That's Shizi Pei, who is aloof and arrogant, and a newborn calf is not afraid of tigers, and he doesn't even give people a little bit of face.

   Now the governor of Liangjiang has been convicted, but the officials of the Jiangnan lineage have not been replaced in the future, and even the Nanguo Zijian is a member of King Rui.

  If it’s just these two schools, I’m afraid King Rui’s temper will be aroused, and one or two rooms will collapse during the day, killing and hurting the scholars, then it’s not good!

  For a whole day, Zhang Guozhang was restless, waiting for the eldest princess to pass him over for questioning.

  In his opinion, this matter is neither small nor big.

   Prince Pei and King Rui are cousins ​​after all, they are related by blood. The eldest princess also hugged King Rui back then and treated King Rui with care. As long as she makes peace, the two cousins ​​sit down to have tea and wine, and Prince Pei pays King Rui a gift, the matter will be reduced to a minor one.

  As for the collapsed school, it was the rainy season, so why can’t I find it?

   But when the dusk fell, no one from the Duke's Mansion came over. Zhang Guozhang couldn't bear it, so he asked his servants to inquire.

  At such a time, Pei Shizi even went to Guining with his wife!

   I haven’t returned for a whole day!

   King Rui had even found someone to write the paperwork, so he waited for the son's three-day wedding leave to pass, and gave him a big gift tomorrow morning.

  Zhang Guozhang sighed repeatedly, after all, he is young, too sharp, too sharp!

  Wen Ning was still thinking about it in the carriage. In July of the 15th year of Jiahe, nothing major happened in the court.

   At this time in her previous life, she was even in the Shen family.

  So she has no idea what Pei You is going to do tonight.

   But she didn't think too much about it, she didn't care what he was going to do, as long as the calculation didn't hit her head.

  But she never imagined that the calculation tonight was really on her head.

  Gu Fei came out of Shi's house, looked back at Doctor Shi who had quickly loaded his luggage into the carriage, and was about to drag his family and leave Beijing, and scratched his head in confusion.

  Today, Guining's group stopped at the foot of Wanggui Mountain, and only Tu Bai accompanied his son and wife up the mountain.

  Before the prince left, he whispered in his ear, let him return to Beijing first, and give Doctor Shi a thousand taels of silver, so he should know what to do.

  Although he was a little puzzled, he didn't dare to delay at all, and came to Shi's house as soon as he entered the city.

  Dr. Shi was out for a consultation, and he waited for more than an hour before returning.

  But as soon as he saw him, Doctor Shi seemed to understand what he was doing. After taking his silver ticket, he non-stop called his family to move the packed luggage to the carriage.

Before leaving, Dr. Shi saluted him: "Please guard Gu to pass a message to the son, and give the madam the wrong pulse. This old man is not good at learning. With such a clumsy skill, I will never dare to delay the nobles in the capital again. Dare to set foot in the capital again."

  One sentence, Gu Fei was stunned on the spot.

  Although he is dull, he can still understand human speech...

  But when did Doctor Shi ever take the pulse for his wife? He really took the wrong Mai Shizi, why should he give him silver taels? If it's just an ordinary wrong pulse, why did he have to leave the capital overnight like he was fleeing with his family?

  And those luggage were clearly prepared early, as if they planned to just wait for a word from here, and then slap their **** and leave.

  Reminiscent of the hasty marriage of the eldest son, and the eldest princess's face blushing as if a happy event is imminent, Gu Fei had a ridiculous guess...

No!

  How could their son do such a ridiculous thing!

  How dare their sons fool the eldest princess and His Majesty like this!

   This is simply a joke in the world!

  But if it is true, and hastily asked him to dismiss Doctor Shi, could it be... is he planning to have a showdown with the eldest princess tonight?

  Thinking of this, Gu Fei's heart trembled.

  When he returned to the Duke's Mansion, at the gate of the Duke's Mansion, he saw Wen Ning bowing his knees and resigning, saying that he was not feeling well, so he went back to the Qinghui Hall to rest first, and became more certain of his guess.

  The eldest princess has already set up a family banquet, and when the husband and wife come back to have dinner, if there are no other arrangements, why bother to send the wife away?

  Gu Fei couldn't help but glance at Tu Bai, wondering if Tu Bai knew about this.

But Tu Bai only watched the crowd send Wen Ning away, and immediately went to Pei You's side and said in a low voice, "My lord, the booklet will be submitted by Shen Gaolan, the Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites, and reprimanded you for eager for quick success and insufficient supervision, which led to the accident and exaggerated the local people's grievances." , It seems that he wants to label the young master as dereliction of duty and dereliction of duty."

  The night was gloomy, and Pei You's cold and pale face was even colder under the moon that only showed half of his face.

  He looked slightly sideways: "Shen Gaolan?"

"yes."

  Pei You snorted lightly, and moved forward with his hands behind his back.

  Gu Fei hurriedly stepped forward to report: "Young master, the matter has been settled, and he has left the capital, and he said that he will not set foot in the capital again."

  Pei You remained calm, just let out a low "hmm" and went straight to Fuquyuan.

   "My son..." Gu Fei followed behind, hesitating to speak.

  In the current affairs of the Ministry of Industry, should we focus on public affairs first? Why do you have to anger the eldest princess and Your Majesty at this time...

  Pei You turned his eyes and looked over.

  As soon as Gu Fei touched the blackness in his eyes, he swallowed the rest of his words in horror.

  What their sons wanted was never an admonisher, but someone who would do things for him in a down-to-earth manner.

  He has always been clear about what he wants to do and how to do it, and it is not something that can be swayed by others.

  Maybe...he was thinking too much.

   Isn’t the prince also concerned about tomorrow’s morning court? Letting Madam avoid it is to discuss the school with the eldest princess.

Gu Fei made up his mind, and stood side by side with Tu Bai at the entrance of the Fuqu Courtyard. He wanted to use Tu Bai's words to see if he knew how the prince planned to deal with the school. Before he had time to think about how to speak, he listened There was a "clang" in the Fuqu courtyard, and there was the sound of porcelain being smashed.

   Immediately afterwards, Her Royal Highness, the eldest princess, who has always been calm and calm since she worshiped the Buddha, uttered a stern voice that almost tore her throat:

   "You let go, wanton—!"

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  Ronghua was preparing for today's dinner early in the morning.

  Bride came in, the family should have dinner together yesterday, but Pei You went to the Ministry of Industry yesterday afternoon, Qing Huitang said that Wen Ning had gone to bed early in the morning, so she didn't call anyone.

   Today, Wen Ning returned to Ning, and logically the two of them should come back after lunch, so she told her servants to prepare dinner early. The two young men looked desolate and detached from the fireworks of the world. There were no maids or nanny in the yard, and some things had to be brought up by the mother herself.

   But in the afternoon, there was news again, saying that Pei You took people to Wanggui Mountain.

   Really ignorant!

   Calculated according to the time, Wen Ning's body will only be three months old, how can he climb a mountain? Sure enough, before he came in, the servants came to report that Madam was tired and went back to Qinghui Hall to rest, and only the eldest son came.

   I have to talk about her son who doesn't understand anything!

   Don't wait for her to say anything, what did that unscrupulous Qing Lingling sit in front of a table full of food?

   "Mother, my son asked Dr. Shi to ask Ah Ning for pulse this morning."

   "Doctor Shi apologized, because the month was too young, he diagnosed the wrong pulse."

   "Nianzai had worked for the Duke's Mansion for many years, and his son beat him thirty times, spared his life, and ordered him to return home."

  The whole process was silent, with light eyebrows and eyes, drinking tea in a moderate manner, as if talking about a trivial matter that is completely worthless.

  Ronghua thought that Pei You's sentence "A Ning is pregnant" last time was the most challenging to her peace of mind gained from eating vegetarian food and praying to Buddha for many years, but she never expected that there would be such a thing in the future.

   After a daze, an uncontrollable anger rushed to her forehead, wrapped in the anger of being offended, and washed away the innocence she was so proud of.

   "You wanton, wanton—!" She smashed the teacup regardless of her image, and angrily shouted.

  Would she not know if the Duke’s Mansion had a doctor this morning, especially if his Qinghui Hall had a doctor?

  What kind of craftsmanship is Dr. Shi? She has been in and out of the Duke's Mansion for more than ten years, wouldn't she know? !

  It was reported this morning that Dr. Shi took the pulse, and Dr. Shi took the wrong pulse, all bullshit!

   "Mother, relax." Pei You didn't seem to notice it, and gently put down the teacup, her tone was still flat, "Sooner or later, there will be."

  嗡—

  Rong Hua felt that anger exploded in her head and traveled to her limbs, making her hands tremble!

   Is that the same?

  Can that be the same? !

  People are getting married, of course there will be sooner or later! Otherwise, what else would he want!

   "Evil! Evil!" In just a few moments, Rong Hua had figured everything out. What "A Ning is pregnant" was a big lie fabricated by Pei You, "You just rely on..."

   Relying on her to spoil him!

   Relying on Emperor Jiahe to favor him!

  Relying on the fact that he has been wandering abroad for many years, they are willing to punish him!

   But last time, when the courtiers he had attended came to her to complain, what did he say when she had a heart-to-heart talk with him?

   "But I am indeed the heir of the Duke's Mansion, am I?"

  Relying on the fact that he is the eldest son of the Duke's Mansion, he is not afraid of offending courtiers, and is not afraid of strong remonstrance.

  Now he is also relying on their love for him and their guilt towards him, to perversely act against him, and such a big event as grandiosely adopting an heir is born out of nothing.

  He has always been like this.

  As long as the goal can be achieved, as long as it is beneficial to him, if he can rely on it, why not rely on it?

   At that time, the courtiers came to complain:

   "Arrogant, my son is too arrogant, Your Royal Highness! The old minister has been in the court for decades, and he has never suffered such heart-piercing anger!"

  She also praised Pei You, "Isn't Jinling a thing in the pool".

   I really don’t know the pain until I poke my heart!

"Go to the ancestral hall for me! Go and kneel for me!" Rong Hua's graceful face was as white as a sheet of paper, pointing to the door with trembling hands, "Go and repent to the ancestors! It won't be until dawn You don't want to get up!"

Pei You lowered her brows and eyes slightly, put away the calm and breezy expression, and her expression was rare and soft: "Mother, don't get angry, this is because your son has gone too far. Ah Ning is completely ignorant of this matter, please don't let my mother Get angry with her."

   "Nurse Cui." He called out of the hall, "serve mother to eat."

   After finishing speaking, he turned and went out.

   When something happened, I still wanted to say a word to that Wen's daughter. I really don't know what kind of ecstasy soup I was poured into!

  Rong Hua covered his heart, and clasped the Buddhist beads in his hand on the table with a snap: "Mother, prepare the carriage and enter the palace!"

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"What did you say?" In the cool breeze of the lotus pavilion at night, King Rui put down his wine cup, and squinted at the person in front of him who reported, "He took his wife to visit the mountains? What did he say to his aunt after he returned? "

  Fan Jiu looked around, waved his fly whisk, lowered his waist and leaned over to King Rui and whispered.

"It's absolutely true! News came from the eyeliner of the Duke's Mansion at the front, saying that the eldest princess was furious and punished Pei Shizi to kneel in the ancestral hall, and news came from Fan Si at the back, saying that the eldest princess went to the palace to ask His Majesty to accuse the son of all kinds. At the gate of the hall during tea time, I paid close attention to my ears, and heard the eldest princess angrily scolding, 'Royal blood is not a joke'."

  Fan Jiu firmly said:

"Look at the entire country, which prince's grandson's grandson got married in such a hasty way, and finished the matter in a month? And that nephew of the Wen family who has no background and no ambition, the daughter of the Wen family How could it be possible to get into the eyes of the eldest princess? If it is said that Pei Shizi played tricks, or used tricks from his heirs, everything makes sense!"

   King Rui has a piece of porcelain-white warm jade with him, and he always likes to play with it in his hands when he has nothing to do.

At this moment, he was playing with the warm white jade, raised his eyebrows and eyes slightly: "He is so arrogant? Although the heirs of this Duke's family are not of the blood of the Tian family, but my aunt is here, and she also has half of the royal blood. How dare he fool me like this?" Aunt, are you fooling your father?"

  Fan Jiu couldn't help smiling: "I think it's... the journey was so smooth, and I'm so spoiled..."

   "How did the emperor react?"

   "Your Majesty retreated to the left and right, leaving only Master alone. Fan Si doesn't know His Majesty's reaction, but if you think about it... you won't be happy? This behavior of Prince Pei, if you say it seriously, is a crime of deceiving the emperor!"

   King Rui stroked the Nuanyu in his hand: "Why do you think he chose to tell the matter at this time?"

Fan Jiu's slender eyes narrowed: "Since it's created out of nothing, it won't last long if you want to hide it. At this stall, he knows that something will happen. If tomorrow is taken in front and the bully is behind, Long Yan will be furious. Even Mrs. Shizi will not forgive lightly? But if this matter comes first, His Majesty will be angry, and it will not be easy to turn over the old account tomorrow. In this way, Pei Shizi is eager to have a showdown today, because he is protecting Shizi lady?"

   Rui Wang Ben sat lazily in the wicker chair, closed his eyes when he heard the words, and made some calculations.

   "In the past few days, how does the relationship between my cheap cousin and his new wife look?"

  Fan Jiu was waiting for him to ask, and immediately replied: "Go in and out together, very affectionate. On the morning of the second day of the wedding, the nanny wanted to go in to collect the yuan handkerchief, but the prince drove them away, saying that they were disturbing the madam's rest."

   King Rui pondered for a moment.

  After a few breaths, he sat upright from the wicker chair, his open peach eyes were sharp: "Fan Jiu, look at Pei Shizi, he must be ambitious?"

   "It must be, Your Highness! And the ambition is not small!"

   Otherwise, how could he have been in office for a year, eager for quick success, and even disregarded offending King Rui to pull down the governors of Liangjiang?

King Rui looked at the already ruined lotus in the night: "Such an ambitious person doesn't marry the princess, but he also doesn't find a noble daughter from a family who can help him. Wen's daughter... such a big incident in the Ministry of Industry did not prevent him from taking Wen's daughter to Ning to play, and he did not hesitate to anger my aunt and father at this time..."

  He paused for a moment, and a smile appeared on the corner of his lips: "Fan Jiu, could it be that my cheap cousin is also an infatuated kind?"

  Born in the emperor's family, he knows better than anyone else.

  Sentiment is not terrible, but there is weakness in sentient beings. A heartless and ruthless lunatic is what makes people vigilant.

   "Hurry up and order someone to investigate! Tonight, I will investigate Wen Tingchun's family thoroughly. Tomorrow morning, I must send two big gifts to that ignorant cousin!"

   King Rui stood up contentedly, brushed off his robe, with a face full of certainty.

  Pei You is not easy to deal with, but it is rare to defeat him with a Honglu temple minister?

On July 21st, Pei Shizi, who had just finished his wedding leave, was read a book on the first day he went to court, claiming that the Jiangning Mansion Academy, which he personally supervised, was just a heavy rain, and two out of five buildings collapsed. Not only the students in Jiangnan, but also the common people were outraged and wrote letters constantly, demanding an explanation from the court.

  At the same time, Wen Tingchun, who had only been envied by others for three days, was also given a book.

   It is claimed that he used his power for personal gain and enriched his own pockets at the dust-cleaning banquet for the Prince of Ryukyu in April this year. All the drinks at the banquet came from his private winery.

  (end of this chapter)