The Grand Princess

Cui Yulang came at night.

He came rather tortuously. After making several detours and changing clothes, after confirming that no one was following him, Zhao Chongjiu took him over the wall of the princess mansion's backyard and entered Li Rong's house almost without a sound.

Li Rong and Zhao Chongjiu passed their anger and knew that Cui Yulang was coming, so they didn't sleep, only took off their hair bun, lit the lamp and waited in the room.

At night, there was the sound of footsteps outside. Li Rong lay on the small couch, raised his eyes and opened his eyes, and saw Cui Yulang push the door in. He knew that Li Rong was wrong at night, so he didn’t look like a slinger. Kneeling on the ground and saluting respectfully, without raising his eyes, he whispered: "Weichen has seen your Highness."

"Calling you here is something urgent."

Li Rong's voice was very weak. Cui Yulang didn't say anything. Li Rong said slowly: "I need to speed up the matter of handing over the supervisor to Concubine Rou."

"His Royal Highness said so, but what happened?"

"You do it first, preferably within three days."

Cui Yulang thought for a while and whispered: "Weichen understands."

Cui Yulang and Li Rong had already prepared for this. Early the next morning, Li Rong arrived at the Superintendent, and only at the door, she saw Shangguan Ya anxiously greeted him and said in a low voice: "Today the Superintendent has come to a scholar. It was said that the number of people who went to Beijing to rush for the exam was changed, and I kept them."

Li Rong nodded and walked into the Supervisory Department together with Shangguanya. Shangguanya said in a low voice, "I don't know what this scholar thinks. Shuntian Mansion does not kneel, and the Penalty Department does not kneel, so he knelt to the door of the Supervisory Department. It's not easy to investigate this matter, I'm afraid I will leave Huajing..."

"It's okay."

Li Rong raised her hand, stopped Shangguanya's words, and entered the house with her.

The scholar was sincere and frightened to continue the tea. Seeing Li Rong was coming, he quickly got up, knelt on the ground and said: "I have seen your Highness."

"Are you Sun Wen?"

Li Rong said directly, this is the name of Cui Yulang's friend.

The other party hurriedly said: "Yes, it is the Caomin."

"Here is the paper?"

"It's already written."

"Fine."

Li Rong nodded and asked Shangguanya to collect his certificate, and said directly: "Give him five taels of silver and go out of Huajing first. On the Huajing moat, there is an old man named Sanye. You get on his boat. , Let him take you away. The boat will sink when you approach Zhangxian halfway. You will swim with San Ye to the shore, and someone will meet you. You will hide for a while before listening to the arrangements."

Sun Wen had already gotten Cui Yulang's arrangement, and after the salute, he was led by others to retreat.

As soon as Sun Wen left, Shangguanya immediately came up, "What are you selling?"

Li Rong took Sun Wen's paper and looked at it carefully, and slowly returned to her: "You are about to change your boss soon, get ready."

After hearing this, Shangguan Ya thought for a while, and then came to understand: "Inspector, you want to let go?"

"Su Rongqing recently opened an inn where all the examinees who came to Beijing to participate in the imperial examinations lived in. He also deliberately looked for examinees who came to sue. What do you think he is?"

Shangguanya frowned, she couldn't understand.

The imperial examination is not a big event either. It's just a cutscene. The children of ordinary people are admitted to the Korean middle school only to find some people to help.

There are always some dirty and tiring work that nobody does, and the role of the imperial examination is not here. For Shangguanya such a natural and top nobleman, it is really impossible to figure out the significance of Su Rongqing's arduous efforts on this matter.

Li Rong glanced at her and knew she didn't understand.

If she had never seen the impact of the imperial examination system after the rise of the Han nationality, and did not know the so-called Dragon and Tiger List this year, she would probably not understand.

It's just that she knows, and naturally she understands the key to the dispute between Pei Wenxuan and Su Rongqing.

"The first thing Su Rongqing has to do is to gather people's hearts."

"It's what he Su clan would do."

After all, this kind of congee was the beginning of the Su clan, and other big families only followed the good comments.

"Secondly," Li Rong lowered her voice as she looked at the matter on the report. "The last time, Su Rongqing will not be over."

Shangguan Ya moved for a while, she raised her head and looked at Li Rong. Li Rong said calmly: "Your Majesty has seized his position as the Secretary of the Criminal Department and granted me and Pei Wenxuan to reconcile. No one intends to believe it. Then your Majesty will have the next move. Su Rongqing's purpose is to seize Sichuan. The foundation of your child, this time he has found out so many scholars who have complained, what do you think he is going to do?"

Shangguanya did not speak, Li Rong laughed and gave her the answer: "He wants to sue in this case."

"What's the purpose?" Shangguanya frowned, Li Rong put his hand on the table, "Do you think, if this case comes out, who does your Majesty hope to handle the case?"

Shangguanya understood in an instant, she raised her eyes to Li Rong: "Prince?"

Once Li Chuan handled this case, although the imperial examination case was not big, it was the family's interests that were confronted.

Because of Li Rong's supervisory department, Li Chuan has already had a gap with the aristocratic family. If he personally contributes to the Han family, the relationship with the aristocratic family will be further separated.

The Han nationality has not yet formed a climate. If Li Chuan is really separated from the family, and Li Ming does not give Li Chuan enough trust, then Li Chuan’s political capital will only be left with an official family.

But if Li Chuan does not accept the case, or even because Li Chuan does not accept the case, resulting in the case not getting a fair trial, then Li Chuan's sage as a prince will be greatly reduced among the people.

"Then there are two ways left now."

Shangguanya said quickly: "Or, just let this case not go to the table."

"Either," Li Rong answered, "we must let this case fall into the hands of others."

The official offices that can handle this case today are nothing more than Yushitai, the Ministry of Criminal Affairs, Dali Temple, and the Supervision Department.

The supervisor of Yushitai was Shangguan Minzhi, and Yushitai took the case. In the eyes of the family, Li Chuan took the case.

Both the Ministry of Justice and Dali Temple are under the control of the family, and they will not take the initiative to investigate this hot potato.

The last thing left is her supervisor.

Shangguanya understood Li Rong's meaning. After hesitating for a moment, she slowly said, "But, for an imperial examination case, the inspection department was handed over. Is it too expensive?"

Li Rong did not speak, she wanted to tell Shangguanya, but she didn't say much. After thinking about it, she just said: "I am in this position, and I am a bit dangerous. My father hopes that my family and I will die, but I I can’t get to this point. Although I’m leaving temporarily, our people are still there, and everyone knows what to do and what not to do.”

Shangguanya responded, and Li Rong saw her look sad, smiled, and patted her on the shoulder: "Hurry up and do things. When you're done, you can drink and bet on money."

Shangguanya laughed when she heard this, and said, "Xing Le."

After speaking, Shangguanya approached her and whispered, "How do you feel when you have recently and after you leave?"

Li Rong raised her eyebrows, Shangguanya looked around, and leaned forward: "Is there a lover at night party, something to stimulate?"

Li Rong smiled and drew Zhang Zhezi from the side, and patted Shangguanya on his body, saying: "Get out."

Shangguanya smiled and stood up, waved: "Go."

After speaking, he went back to his room. After Shangguanya had left, Li Rong took a cup of tea and took a sip of tea.

In fact, Shangguanya’s concerns were not wrong. It was indeed a bit risky to hand over the supervisory department for an imperial examination case.

It was Pei Wenxuan's suggestion that it was first handed over to the Supervision Department.

And now it is determined to be handed over to the Supervision Department...

Li Rong looked at the tea leaves floating in the tea bowl, her eyes a little cold.

——It is because the people from Pei Wenxuan are among the scholars who complained.

What Su Rongqing has to do is to take the salary from Li Chuan's kettle, and what Pei Wenxuan wants to do is to dismantle the stove.

If Pei Wenxuan's intention is here, then no matter what, she can't get involved in this whirlpool.

Li Rong stayed in the Supervisory Department for a day. It was not until the evening that she got up and returned to the princess mansion. When she walked out, she saw Guan Ya changed into a men's clothing, and she was throwing her purse, happily going out. She walked extremely briskly, almost looking like she was about to jump up. Li Rong was waiting for her at the gate of the inner courtyard, watching her humming a little song, and calling her: "Where are you going, so happy?"

When Li Rong spoke, Shangguan Ya realized she was there and was taken aback, and hurriedly said, "Your Highness, you haven't left yet?"

"Aren't you leaving?"

The two walked out of the yard together, Shangguan Ya coughed lightly, "Didn't I leave? It's too obvious during the day."

"When are you going to play? It's too late, and your father is afraid to curse."

"Father knows my temperament." Shangguanya said to her, quite confident, "I said it earlier."

Li Rong smiled and said nothing. When she walked with Shang Guanya, she would feel like she was a teenager for a moment, and then she would notice the difference between the two. She felt that looking at Shangguanya was like seeing a child.

"Su Ronghua is waiting for you, right?"

Li Rong spoke directly, Shangguanya's face stiffened, and Li Rong lowered her head and chuckled, "You are not so happy when you simply go out for drinking and playing."

"Neither do I……"

"When did you get so close?"

Knowing that she was ashamed, Li Rong didn't give her a chance to explain, and cared like an elder. Shangguanya didn’t cover up, and said directly: “I used to be in the Supervisory Department. After doing things, I often made appointments to the gambling hall. The night when you and Su Rongqing had trouble in the palace, I heard that he went to the palace. Go to the gate of the palace to pick him up, take him to climb a mountain, and comfort him. Later, the relationship is good. Now he has nothing to do and is idle, so he will look for me every day."

"Play it," Li Rong told, "Don't delay business matters."

"Don't worry, I know it in my heart."

As Shangguanya said, the two of them stepped out of the inspector’s gate together. As soon as they left the house, they saw Su Ronghua sitting at the door, turning the fan in his hand, and hearing the sound behind him, Su Ronghua turned her head and smiled instantly: "Oh, Come out?"

With that, Su Ronghua stood up and saluted Li Rong.

Li Rong raised his hand to stop his movement: "It's worthwhile to pick up Aya?"

"Yes." Su Ronghua admitted frankly. Shangguanya felt that they were a little embarrassed when they were talking, turned around and waved to Li Rong, and said straight, "Your Highness, go."

Having said that, Shangguan Ya stepped forward, pulled Su Ronghua's sleeve, and then pulled him up the street.

The two talked and laughed all the way. Li Rong was standing at the door, watching them go away, and seeing people coming and going on the street, she felt a little empty in her mind.

It seemed that in the last few years after the last life was old, she often looked in a daze.

She was in a daze when she saw a little beggar running up to her. He held a notched bowl and said in a tender voice, "Madam, can you give me a copper plate?"

Li Rong looked down and saw a note in the beggar's bowl. She didn't know what was happening, as if she knew who gave her the note.

She took two copper plates from the purse and put them in the bowl, while silently holding the paper in her hand.

The little beggar ran away, Li Rong opened the paper in the dark with her finger, and saw Pei Wenxuan's handwriting.

"I'm here."

Li Rong subconsciously raised her head, and after looking around, she saw a young man with two beards standing not far away.

He smiled and took Li Rong's gaze. Li Rong couldn't help but pursed her lips. She hid the note in her palm, and stepped down the steps, saying: "Go back."

The coachman and attendants were a little surprised, but didn't say much, just watch Li Rong step forward into the crowd.

After she turned around, a young man in blue followed her into the crowd.

They never talked, one after the other, each on the side of the road, like two people completely disjointed.

It's just that every stall Li Rong walked through, the young man would walk by and buy what Li Rong had seen.

Li Rong also noticed Pei Wenxuan's movements, so she walked to a lantern stand where she was guessing lantern riddles, and raised her hand to touch the lantern on the lantern stand that best looked like Chang'e flying to the moon.

She stood in front of the lantern stall for a while, and the young man stopped behind her, looking at the comb on the opposite stall at will.

After Li Rong left, the young man followed again.

When Li Rong walked out of the busiest long street, she felt tired. She called a carriage and yawned and looked at the carriage. Before she got into the carriage, she saw the youth standing not far away, smiling at her, Li Rong He pursed his lips and chuckled, suddenly in a playful interest, he threw the handkerchief in his sleeve.

The wind blew the silk handkerchief across the street lightly, and the light shone through the soft yarn. The son hurriedly stepped forward, and the soft yarn passed by, leaving a lingering fragrance in his nose.

The son raised his hand to grab the handkerchief that was flying.

When I turned back, the carriage was already like the Iraqi in a dream, and went away.

Pei Wenxuan stared at the carriage that was going away. After a long time, he lowered his head and chuckled, folded the handkerchief carefully, and put it in his heart before returning to the stall where he had been guessing lantern riddles.

When Li Rong returned to the princess's mansion, she just stopped and was reading with her feet soaking her feet. She listened to Jinglan and said, "Your Highness, Master Zhao, please."

Li Rong raised her eyes: "Send him in."

Zhao Chongjiu got permission and walked in.

As soon as he came in, Li Rong saw a dozen lanterns in his hand.

Li Rong almost laughed when he saw the lantern. Zhao Chongjiu's face was dark, and he placed the lantern on the ground. Then he mentioned the one that Chang'e was flying to the moon, and arrived in front of Li Rong: "Just now Master Pei hastened to find me and gave it to me. With so many lanterns, I specifically told me that this one must be handed over to His Highness."

"He said, that stall, he won."

Li Rong finally couldn't help laughing when she heard this.

She took the lamp that Pei Wenxuan had won, and looked at Chang'e on the lamp. She laughed for a long time.

She suddenly felt that some things were not inexcusable even if they were at odds.

A person's life is just trying to live a good life. With this lamp here, she wants to go on even if it's a bit of a run-in.

She found out in a daze that the biggest difference between herself and when she was young may be that.

When she was young, she always wanted to throw it away.

Now that something is wrong, she would think of repairing it.

She didn't know whether this was a regressive compromise or a maturity, just as if it was an inevitable path in life.

If it's not good, think about throwing it away, Pei Wenxuan and her, it should be over long ago.

She is not perfect, and Pei Wenxuan is not perfect.

But Pei Wenxuan never thought of giving up. She was forced to persevere around and finally found out.

This feeling is worth it after all.

But after Pei Wenxuan gave the lantern, he walked down the long street with his hand held down, imagining Li Rong's appearance when he received the lantern, and couldn't help but laugh.

Tong Ye yawned and muttered: "You are too idle, son, is it because the staff is not enough, or you are too energetic. After changing your pretence and waiting for so long, it is hard to send your majesty back to guess what lantern riddles are. You are a champion to guess a lantern riddle and win a lantern. Isn’t this bullying? It’s going to make people laugh."

Pei Wenxuan knew that Tong Ye was in a good mood, so he dared to be so presumptuous.

He didn't respond to Tongye either, just raised his head and smiled and glanced at the bright moon in the sky.

Thinking that Li Rong was also with him under the moonlight, his eyes couldn't help but soften a few inches.

"Laugh as you laugh," Pei Wenxuan's voice was full of smiles, "Madam is happy. If you learn to be talented, your wife can't coax me well, what's the use?"

Anyway, he has seen the scenery of climbing to the top, and the most greedy one is only this firework world.