Datang: Father, are you teaching me how to do things?

Chapter 67

There are four agencies under the jurisdiction of the Criminal Department in the Outer Imperial City, namely the Criminal Department, the Metropolitan Official, the Bi Department, and the Simen.

Now there are [-] department heads who are in charge of responding—that is, verifying cases and convicting them.

Among the fourteen chiefs, there was another man named Su Longxi who was particularly capable.

He was praised by the Ministry for having a pair of "deep eyes"!
No unjust, false or wrongly decided case could escape his eagle-like keen eyes!

And his own personality is dull and quiet. Colleagues say that he can be expressionless for eleven and a half hours at twelve o'clock a day.

He doesn't chase after fame and fortune, he could be promoted early due to his meritorious deeds, and his boss once euphemistically said that as long as he has a meal at his mansion, everything can be discussed... But he sternly rejected him in court, and let it go.

This person has no desire for power or money, and even regards it as dung.

Completely devoted to work, it can be said that he is a man married to work!

Many people in the criminal department admire him very much.

But I didn't expect that such a person would fall into the wrong way!

Now he is locked up in the prison of the Ministry of Criminal Justice.

As far as charges are concerned, there is no need for a joint trial in Dali Temple, and he will be executed directly after autumn!

"Heroes are saddened by the Beauty Pass. It really has been the truth since ancient times."

In the Ministry of Criminal Justice, seeing Li Zhi's arrival, all the members of the department shouted "The Ninth Prince is here" and came out to greet him one after another. When Li Zhi took the initiative to talk about this matter, their eyes showed a look of pity.

Li Zhi nodded his head. When he heard about this two days ago, he knew that Su Longjiao had fallen for female sex.

The members continued, "I didn't expect that he usually looks like he doesn't care about everything, but he will go crazy for a woman."

"It's nothing more than an ordinary woman, but she is still from this palace!"

"He was smart all his life, he was confused for a while, it's too wrong."

"Little Highness, can you ask His Majesty for information..."

"Don't make unreasonable demands, this matter is Su Longjiao's own fault, and His Highness cannot be implicated."

Some of the members were moved and wanted to beg Li Zhi for a hand; some were still on the side of reason, thinking that whoever got involved in this matter would be unlucky.

in fact.

It wasn't any noble daughter from the clan, and certainly not the concubine in the harem, who plunged Su Longxi into the vortex of love.

Just an ordinary court lady.

There are about [-] such maids in the entire imperial city now.

But even if it is an ordinary court lady, if you really want to be careful, the way of speaking can be very subtle...

There are three thousand beauties in the emperor's harem, and the three thousand here is undoubtedly an imaginary number. In many cases, the emperor's harem is far more than three thousand beauties!

Because strictly speaking, court ladies also belong to the emperor's women!

It doesn't mean that as long as the emperor wants to pick it up at any time, it's too superficial!
It's that they were selected from all over the world to enter the palace, and they themselves have the nature of show girls.

The most typical example is still warm --- Emperor Sui Yang of the former dynasty.

During Yang Guang's period, not only the maids in the Luoyang Emperor's Palace were his personal belongings, but even the palaces full of palaces all over the world were his forbidden property.

The direct reason for Yu Wenhua's rebellion was that his younger brother slept with Yang Guang's woman in Jiangdu's palace, and he was terrified all day long, so he directly urged his elder brother to act first.

It's such a tragedy...

Even if such a huge power of the Yuwen family slept with a court lady, now that Su Longjiao is still locked in a prison, it can be said that it is time to burn incense?

Not necessarily.

After all, she was just a court lady. If she wanted to cuckold the emperor, that would be too exaggerated, and the emperor would be considered too cheap.

Li Zhi said to the crowd, "I will ask my father to let him fulfill Su Longxin."

All the members raised their eyes when they heard the words, they were very surprised,
"Your Highness, do you really want to?"

"Sucking... it's not right, this is the dirty work of our criminal department, how can we let the Ninth Prince clean it up for us."

It's not an easy job!

Once the persuasion fails, it is tantamount to exposing the emperor's scar.

The lessons of the previous dynasty are still vivid in my mind, Su Longjiao has not hurt his family, it should be His Majesty's kindness, and it is time to burn incense!
"Your Highness, don't try to persuade me about this matter, your lord's matter...you still don't understand."

A member said tactfully.

Li Zhi innocently curled his lips, "Who says I don't understand? How can it be dirty if men and women love each other? Father and Emperor already have so many concubines, so what can I do if I want to fulfill a court lady? If he doesn't agree, I will scold him!"

Li Zhidao, "You guys also come to help me, you don't need to come forward, just write a certificate to prove that Su Longjiao works diligently and has a serious attitude."

The members looked at each other in blank dismay, is your Highness coming for real?
Of course Li Zhi is serious!

"Your Highness is too kind..."

The members looked at each other and decided, "Su Longjiao can be regarded as the face of our criminal department anyway, so get him!"

They quickly organized and wrote the proof.

Li Daozong didn't know about this, so let him know, and he wouldn't let the staff make such bold nonsense.

Sacrifice Su Longjiao for this kind of thing is not worth mentioning at all, but it is not worthwhile to use it to ruin His Majesty's heart!
But now, whether he knew it or not, it was too late.

After Li Zhi got the things, he went back. He waited for the opportunity, but the next day, Li Shimin came to him by himself.

"It's still cool here as a child... But after all, it's indoors, and it's still not as comfortable as on the mountain."

Li Shimin walked into the room, the haze of the previous few days was completely gone from his face, on the contrary, he became quite relaxed.

He said to the three children in the room, "In the coming summer, I plan to go to the Nine-story Palace on Tiantai Mountain to escape the summer heat, and I will be leaving soon. You will follow Father."

Cheng Yang jumped up excitedly when he heard it, "That's great!"

Li Zhi was slightly surprised, and asked how far the nine-story palace was from Chang'an.

Li Shimin looked up and replied, "It's about 300 miles away, and the journey will take two days. You should prepare in advance."

Li Zhi thought to himself, he had to prepare in advance, he had to solve Su Longjiao's matter quickly!

While Li Shimin was leisurely practicing calligraphy at Li Zhi's place, Li Zhi wandered around, thinking about how to organize the most suitable language.

"Father, what do you think of the maids in the palace?" Li Zhi asked suddenly.

"Well, why did the childish slave suddenly ask this?"

Li Shimin looked interested, "A maid is a maid, what do you want to ask?"

There are also Li Zhi's two personal maids here, and they immediately pricked up their pink ears when Li Zhi asked about this.

But they are not ordinary court ladies, they are the youngest daughters of a fourth-rank official and a fifth-rank official, and Li Shimin specially selected them to dress Li Zhi.

Li Zhidao, "I saw many old maids in the palace, they never married in their whole life, what's the matter?"

Li Shimin couldn't help smiling when he heard the words, and nodded his head up and down. He was very happy that Li Zhi was able to observe keenly and ask when he didn't understand.

So be careful when answering.

He put down his writing brush, and said in a solemn tone, "There are only a few old palace ladies who stay in the palace and never marry.

Palace ladies are selected into the palace at the best age of 13 to 20 years old, and most people will wait until the final deadline of 36 years old before leaving the palace.

Do you know why? "

"why?"

Li Shimin said, "These maids may not be willing to enter the palace at first, but the conditions in the palace are far better than their own. Gradually, they get used to the life in the palace, so they are unwilling to leave. This is the reason."

Li Zhidao, "However, they only left the palace at the age of 36, so it should be more difficult to marry..."

Li Shimin smiled again when he heard this.

"When these court ladies who have seen the big world return to their hometowns, the local gentry will respect them all. It doesn't matter whether they marry or not. This is their own choice."

Li Zhi suddenly realized, and at the same time, he also understood the attitude of the second father Li towards the court ladies!
This is the most important.

His tone was very flat from the beginning, and he didn't have that perverted possessiveness, so he didn't reject court ladies marrying...

Li Zhi turned his black glasses and asked, "Does the father know about Su Longjiao?"

(End of this chapter)