Unparalleled Concubine

Dong Cheng bowed his head and said: "Your Majesty, from the perspective of this servant, the people in Pingnanhou's Mansion have no intention of killing that young man, they just want to drive this young man out of the capital, otherwise they don't need to work for Jingzhao Mansion... "

Speaking of this, Dong Cheng didn't continue, but the meaning in his words was already obvious. Pingnanhou's mansion was a powerful general, and there were legal generals in his family. Many of those people were from back then. The ruthless people who followed the old master Li Zhijie on the battlefield, they wanted to kill a young man, it couldn't be easier, there was no need to go to the Jingzhao Mansion to come forward.

Emperor Chengde closed his eyes, pondered the cause and effect in detail, and then the emperor opened his eyes, hehe smiled: "You are right, the people in Pingnanhou's mansion really did not intend to kill this young man, it seems that this young man The man is indeed Li Shen's lost son, otherwise the Pingnanhou Mansion would not be as abnormal as it is now."

Pingnan Hou Li Shen was the playmate of Emperor Chengde since he was a child. Hearing the news about Li Shen at this time, the emperor was obviously very happy. He squinted his eyes and continued to ask, "What's the name of this boy?"

"It's called Li Xin."

Dong Cheng bent down and replied: "This Li Xin, after the house was burned, sneaked into the southern part of the capital. The poem discovered by the Tianmu Supervisor a few days ago should be written by this Li Xin."

Having said that, we have come to the crux of this matter. The key to this matter is the attitude of Emperor Chengde towards Li Xin. If Emperor Chengde speaks and Li Xin slanders the emperor, then how can Li Xin be imprisoned? He couldn't run away, but if Emperor Chengde felt that Li Xin was innocent, Zongwei Mansion and Pingnanhou Mansion would suffer somewhat.

Emperor Chengde pondered for a moment, then frowned and said, "That's all?"

Eunuch Dong took out a document from Jingzhao Mansion from his sleeve, handed it up with both hands, bowed and said, "Return to Your Majesty, this is the document that Jingzhao Mansion ordered to burn down the wooden house in Beishan, it is one of the evidences of this matter. The document does say that His Majesty hunted Beishan, and judging from this document, Jingzhao Mansion is suspected of discrediting His Majesty."

When the topic reached this point, the key point was reached. Emperor Chengde asked the little eunuch next to him to pass on the document, and took it in his hand to examine it in detail.

If Li Xin was present, he would have found that this document was exactly the one he handed to the seventh son.

After reading this document, Emperor Chengde looked a bit unhappy. If you look at it according to this document, Li Xin's poem was indeed written correctly. In the name of a charcoal seller, he went to burn down the house of a charcoal seller.

Emperor Chengde threw the document aside in a bit of anger, and said angrily: "Li Ye, who is doing favors to the Pingnan Houfu, actually carries me as a banner, it is really outrageous."

"Send my will."

Dong Cheng knelt down on his knees.

The Emperor Chengde patted the table and said: "Jing Zhaoyin Li Ye, under the guise of the holy will, insulted the common people, deeply disappointed my expectations, cut his post by two levels, fined his salary for one year, and still temporarily takes the post of Jing Zhaoyin."

Jing Zhaoyin and Li Ye are now the third rank, and if they cut their positions by two levels, they will directly become the fourth rank. Climbing above the court, every level is as difficult as climbing the sky, cutting two ranks in a row, it can be said to be extremely heavy punished.

But still let Li Ye take the position of Jing Zhaoyin, which shows that the emperor still values ​​him, and the dismissal is only temporary. After a while, he will find a chief official to restore his post.

Eunuch Dong responded respectfully, then bowed his head and said, "Your Majesty, this Li Xin, do you still want to arrest him?"

The Emperor Chengde waved his hand in a moody way: "No more arrests, what he said is true, what are you arresting? Later, you will go to Pingnanhou's mansion and tell the lady in Pingnanhou's mansion that the capital is at the foot of the emperor. It's not for her to play petty temper, if she pretends to be wrong like this again, I will accept her imperial status."

Speaking of this, Emperor Chengde snorted angrily: "A wife of the Hou's mansion has no capacity for others, and she has no sense of propriety. She can use the people of Jingzhao Mansion at will?"

In fact, at this point, it can be seen that the Emperor Chengde still has a preference for the Pingnanhou Mansion. If an ordinary official makes such a mistake, at least he will be fined and demoted, and it will even cause disaster, but On the head of Pingnan Hou's mansion, Emperor Chengde just sent someone to reprimand him and settle the matter.

After Dong Cheng went down to do business, Emperor Chengde put aside the documents at hand, picked up the big-character poster written by Li Xin next to him, and smiled at the eunuch Chen Ju behind him: "Li Shen, how could you There is also a son outside, and his son's literary talents are not bad, compared to his father, he is much better."

Chen Ju bowed his body and lowered his head and said: "Master Pingnan is not in the capital, and that Mrs. Yu in Pingnan Hou's mansion will probably not let Li Xin go after suffering this loss, and she still wants to attack this young man." of."

Emperor Chengde narrowed his eyes and said: "Dong Cheng went to scold her a few words, she should be able to restrain herself somewhat, if it is really not possible, let the inner guards take some people to protect him by his side."

Emperor Chengde nodded and said calmly: "Then let's do this. Before Li Shen comes back, send someone from the inner guard to follow Li Xin. Don't let that jealous Mrs. Yu hurt her."

Chen Ju nodded respectfully.

The Neiweijian is also one of the Eight Supervisors. It controls the main military power in the palace. It is the right hand of the Chengde Emperor.

Chen Ju nodded in response.

Emperor Chengde smiled and said.

"Li Shen went to southern Xinjiang alone to be happy and unrestrained, but now he wants me to wipe his ass."

"Chen Ju."

The eunuch Chen Ju put down the things in his hand, bowed and said, "The old servant is here."

Emperor Chengde chuckled.

"Take pen and ink, I want to write a letter to that great general Li Shen who is at the front line."

"By the way, tell him that he suddenly has a fifteen or sixteen-year-old son."

Chapter 18 Mrs. Jade

Pingnanhou's Mansion is located in Changlefang, which is the closest to the imperial city. It faces south and is a large house with thirteen entrances, which shows the extraordinary status of Pingnanhou's Mansion in the imperial court.

You know, after the Jin Dynasty ruled the world 30 years ago, the land price in the capital has experienced 30 years of skyrocketing. In Changlefang today, it is not an exaggeration to say that every inch of land and every inch of gold is not an exaggeration. The scale has already explained the prosperity of the holy family.

In the past two years, Marquis Pingnan spent most of his time fighting rebellion in southern Xinjiang, and never lived in the capital. This Marquis of Pingnan's mansion was entirely managed by Mrs. Yu, who was the wife of Marquis Pingnan, and her maiden name was Zheng, a local prominent family in Jinling City, has some tricks. Even if Pingnanhou is not in the capital, she still manages Pingnanhou's mansion in an orderly manner. She was born with beautiful jade, and people in the capital call her Mrs. Yu.

On this day, Pingnanhou's mansion was as peaceful as before, but a eunuch in red clothes came to the gate of Pingnanhou's mansion, but this eunuch did not enter the main entrance with great fanfare, but entered Pingnanhou's mansion through the side door. Finally, in the main hall of Pingnanhou's Mansion, he met the rumored Mrs. Yu.

Although Mrs. Yu already has a son, she is well cared for. She is in her early 40s and looks like she is 30 years old. After seeing this red-clothed eunuch, Mrs. Yu bowed gracefully and said with a soft smile, "Eunuch Dong, what do you want?" It’s enough to send someone to inform you about the matter, how can you go there yourself?”

The person who came to visit Pingnanhou's mansion was naturally Dong Cheng, the eunuch of the Tianmu Supervisor. Don't look at Dong Cheng's extremely humble appearance in front of the Emperor Chengde, but as the head of the Tianmu Supervisor, he has the authority to be in the palace. Ranked in the top three, no princes and nobles in the capital would dare to underestimate this fat eunuch Dong.

Dong Cheng was expressionless, and did not sit down in the main hall, but said with a serious face: "His Majesty's oral order."

Oral edicts are actually the emperor's oral message, which is the emperor's private opinion. In this sense, it has no legal effect.

It's just that although this thing has no legal effect, in an empire, the emperor's meaning is the greatest law, and no one will not give the emperor face. Unless it involves major national affairs, things like oral instructions and handwritten instructions are not the same as ordinary ones. The decree is no different.

Madam Yu's complexion changed slightly when she heard the words, and she bowed immediately and said, "The angel will be there later, I will go gather my family and listen to the hadith."

Dong Cheng shook his head, and said: "Your Majesty has no intention of making this matter a big deal, Madam just listen to it alone, it's not good if too many people know about it."

Madam Yu stopped, turned her head and knelt down slowly in front of Dong Cheng.

"Concubine, Mrs. Li Zheng, respectfully listen to the hadith."

Dong Cheng's face remained unchanged, and he said: "The land of the capital, under the feet of the Son of Heaven, there are laws for everything. It's only you who can do whatever you want. This time, two generations of Pingnanhou have repeatedly made military exploits. The family is old, so I don’t care about it with Pingnanhou’s mansion, Pingnanhou’s expedition is abroad, hunting for thieves for the country, it’s quite hard work, the lintel of the family has a reputation, I hope that love will be careful.”

After saying this, the seriousness on Dong Cheng's face disappeared, and the eunuch stretched out his hand, helped Madam Yu up, and said softly: "Madam Li, Your Majesty has said so much, and this servant has already said every word Out."

Madam Yu's face was pale, she stretched out her hand to pull Dong Cheng's sleeve, and said, "Dong Gonggong, the Marquis is not in the capital, and I run the Marquis's mansion as a concubine. He offended the Son of Heaven, and asked Eunuch Dong to speak out."

After saying this, she took out a yellowed money note from her sleeve and stuffed it into Dong Cheng's hand.

This world has its own banknotes, but the banknotes in this world are not the same concept as the banknotes in later generations. The banknotes in this world are similar to a deposit slip. With this deposit slip, you can go to the bank to withdraw money and deliver it to the bank at the same time. A certain percentage of the bank's storage fee, so this kind of "paper currency" cannot be directly consumed, and is generally used for large transactions.

Moreover, in the entire Dajin, there are only two or three reputable bank drafts such as Datong Bank, which can be trusted.

What Mrs. Yu gave Dong Cheng was a one-thousand-coin bearer money order from the Datong Bank. Anyone who took this piece of paper could take out a thousand-coin copper coin from the Datong Bank.

Dong Cheng squinted his eyes, put the money order into his sleeve, and said softly: "Mrs. Li, have you made things difficult for a young man recently?"

Madam Yu's complexion changed slightly, and she forced a smile: "Why can't I understand Mr. Dong's words?"

Dong Cheng's face was calm: "Madam Li, the Tianmu Supervisor has already found out about this matter, and His Majesty has already figured it out. It is useless to distinguish it at this time. Originally, this matter, no matter what Madam Li does, it will not disturb you." As far as His Majesty is concerned, the bad thing is that Mrs. Li used Jingzhao Mansion to burn down the young man's house, and Jingzhao Mansion went there in the name of hunting for His Majesty Beishan."