Unparalleled Concubine

In addition to the highest-ranking Ministry of Rites and the two most powerful official departments, the other four were all named after the four princes who stayed in the capital. For example, the fourth prince, Ji Huan, had One of the official positions is the Minister of the Ministry of War, and the Seventh Prince Ji Wen is the Minister of the Ministry of Industry of the Jin Dynasty.

In addition, the eldest prince is in charge of the household department, while the third prince is in charge of the punishment department.

The four of them, although they can't be regarded as a complete six ministers, most of the affairs of each ministry are taken care of by the two servants under their subordinates, but they are serious officials at the ministry and hall level, and each of them has a big share in the capital. power.

This degree of decentralization is rare in the history of the Jin Dynasty. You must know that each of the six ministers in the past was a second-rank official with seriousness and eight classics. Before the Chengde Dynasty, there was no precedent for a prince to hold an official position of this level.

It was the Emperor Chengde, who was confident that he could fully control the capital, who dared to decentralize power to this degree.

After the fourth prince Ji Huan clapped his hands, he sat back on the soft couch again. After he lowered his head and took a sip of the tea, he looked up at Li Xin and said softly, "Young Lord knows why he was played by a commoner in the applause." Is it?"

Li Chun's face turned slightly red. What he did during this period was really embarrassing. With the status of the Pingnanhou Mansion in the capital, Li Xin, who was not even as good as a grassroots, could not fight against Ping anyway. Nanhou's Mansion, but Pingnanhou's Mansion, suffered successive losses in the hands of this country bumpkin.

Li Chun lowered his head slightly, and said in a deep voice: "This Li Xin is very treacherous and unscrupulous in his actions. I didn't investigate for a while before I found out."

The fourth prince smiled slightly, stretched out his hand to pour a cup of tea for Li Chun, and said softly: "Young Master is still thinking simply, since he is a mountain man who has just entered the capital, even if he has great abilities, it is impossible for him to move." Half a hair in Pingnanhou's mansion, but he happened to touch the sore spot of Pingnanhou's mansion, and he touched it twice, there must be a big problem behind it."

Li Chun sat down slowly in front of the fourth prince, took a deep breath, and said softly: "I have been puzzled in my heart for the past few days, and I ask Your Highness to give me some advice."

In fact, there is not much difference between his status and the fourth prince in front of him. If it wasn't for Li Chun's deliberate flattery, he would even be qualified to have an equal dialogue with this fourth prince as the young master of the Pingnan Houfu.

That is to say, before the fourth prince ascended the throne, there was no superior-subordinate relationship between the two of them. The reason why Li Chun was so respectful in front of the fourth prince was because he already believed that the fourth prince would sit on the dragon seat in the future. Head on the chair.

Qi Wang Jihuan took a sip of tea, squinted his eyes and said, "According to the news from the servants, Li Xin appeared in Father's sight because of that poem."

Speaking of this, Ji Huan looked at Li Chun, and said with a soft smile: "That poem is very well written, did you read it, Young Master?"

Li Chun gritted his teeth and said, "That guy wrote this poem on white paper and posted it all over the street, so I naturally saw it."

Ji Huan chuckled: "Then, did the young master think why this poem could be sent to the emperor so quickly? He, Li Xin, is just a commoner, and he was able to reach the public by just pasting a few pieces of paper on the street. God listen?"

Li Chun frowned, and said with a wry smile: "Maybe it's because the content of that poem is too sensitive, Your Majesty knows the details, so..."

Before he finished speaking, the fourth prince interrupted him.

"It is precisely because the content of this poem is too sensitive, and it mentions the Jingzhao Mansion. According to normal circumstances, it should be quickly suppressed by the people of Jingzhao Mansion, and then the traces will be wiped clean, so that it will not be passed on to the emperor. , but this poem, on the second day, it was passed on to the table of the father."

Having said that, no matter how stupid Li Chun is, he can understand it. He raised his head to look at the fourth prince, and said in a low voice: "Your Highness means that someone is obstructing it and wants to embarrass me in Pingnanhoufu?"

His Royal Highness Qi Wang did not answer this question, but said to himself: "I also sent someone to inquire about the conflict between you and that Li Xin in the Ningcui Building. The two insiders who followed that Li Xin that day Wei followed in secret, and the emperor didn't give him any order beforehand, so how did this Li Xin know that he was followed by two inner guards, and he used this as a means to frame the young master?"

Li Chun's face changed slightly.

He had never thought about these details before, but after being mentioned by His Royal Highness Qi Wang, he discovered that there was a big problem behind Li Xin.

That's right, as a young man who just entered the capital, how can he stir up the situation and make the entire Pingnanhou's mansion into a mess?

No matter how smart he is, he still has to borrow strength, so who lent him this strength?

The more Li Chun thought about it, the more he frowned. He lowered his head towards His Royal Highness, and said in a respectful tone, "Thank you, Your Highness, for your reminder."

The fourth prince smiled slightly: "Young Master, have you figured out what to do?"

Li Chun bowed his head and said: "Not yet, but I have some clues after all. Later, I will ask someone to check who Li Xin has been in contact with during this time. He has not been in the capital for less than a month, and his whereabouts are all there. If there are traces, I can always catch some lies."

His Royal Highness Qi frowned slightly, and then relaxed.

He shook his head, and said softly: "You don't need to look it up, this king has already inquired about it, you should know this is the first place Li Xin first entered the capital."

Li Chun was startled, and then said in a low voice, "Deyilou?"

When Li Xin first came to the capital, he earned a lot of money in Deyilou. At that time, Mrs. Yu sent someone to Deyilou to say hello, and told Deyilou to cut off business contacts with Li Xin. She also sent people to burn Li Xin. one's house.

His Royal Highness King Qi squinted his eyes, and said softly: "Who is the owner behind the Deyi Building is not a secret in the capital, and the young master should know it."

Li Chun's face was a little ugly.

"Wei Palace..."

His Royal Highness King Qi chuckled: "That's right, the things that Li Xin has done since he came to Beijing, more or less have the shadow of Lao Qi behind them. Although he hides well, he can't hide it from me."

Li Chun snorted.

"My Pingnanhou's Mansion has no grievances or enmities with His Royal Highness King Wei, why does he make things difficult for me in Pingnanhou's Mansion?"

The fourth prince's eyes twitched, and he complained in his heart.

You idiot, if you get close to this king, you will offend Lao Qi the most!

He glanced at Li Chun, feeling a little emotional.

"Compared to that illegitimate son's IQ, the IQ of this Li family man is far inferior..."

Chapter 48

There are only a few contenders for the throne in the capital. The seventh prince is always watching the situation of the fourth prince, and the fourth prince is also watching his brother. No one who can stay in the capital is a fool.

The Seventh Prince wanted to use Li Xin to restrain Pingnanhou's Mansion, thereby harming the power of the Fourth Prince, so the Fourth Prince was startled, and also set his sights on Li Xin.

The fourth prince had a conversation with Li Chun, and about an hour later, His Royal Highness Qi patted Li Chun on the shoulder, and said softly: "Young Lord is still imprisoned, so don't run around outside, so you don't have to worry about it." People have seen that they want to sue you in front of the emperor, and the emperor will probably be even more angry at that time."

Li Chun nodded quickly, and said: "His Highness, put it down, I came in through the back door, and no outsiders saw it. I will go back to the residence in a carriage. There will be no big things in the future, so I won't go out in person."

This time, Pingnanhou's Mansion has already offended the Emperor Chengde twice. Even Li Chun, who was lawless before, can feel the majesty of the emperor, but one can be two, and if Pingnanhou's Mansion is offended for the third time, After Chengde Emperor, what will Pingnanhou's mansion look like at that time, I really don't know.

Li Chun nodded to him, and said with a smile: "Young Lord has been resting at home during this time, just to avoid the limelight, and when I have time, I will speak for the little Lord in front of my father." A good word, let the old man let you out of the house in advance."

Li Chun nodded and bowed to the fourth prince: "Thank you, Your Highness, Li Chun. I will have someone investigate the matter about Li Xin after I go back. If there is anything, I will tell Your Highness immediately."

His Royal Highness King Qi nodded to him, and said with a smile: "Young Lord, no matter whether this Li Xin is the son of Ping Nanhou or not, Lao Qi definitely wants to use his identity to do things. Now that we know, let's We can't let him succeed, even if we can't deal with this Li Xin, we have to drive him out of the capital."

The reason why His Highness King Qi is so concerned about this matter is because he has won the support of Li Chun, and the real master of the Marquis of Pingnan is the Marquis Li Shen who is in charge of the army abroad. The Hou Mansion did not fall to him, the King of Qi.

To put it bluntly, in the eyes of that Marquis of Pingnan, the four princes who stayed in the capital are just juniors playing tricks, and with the current power and status of Marquis Pingnan's mansion, there is no need to be in the dust. Stand in line before settling down, because no matter who sits in that position, they cannot do without him.

Li Chun and the fourth prince can only be regarded as personal friends.

However, one day Li Chun will take over Pingnanhou's mansion, and if he wins Li Chun, there will be more opportunities in the future, so the fourth prince is quite interested in Li Chun, and now Pingnanhou's mansion has an extra illegitimate child for no reason. However, the illegitimate son happened to be very close to his seventh brother, which naturally attracted the attention of His Royal Highness Qi Wang.

Li Chun sneered: "This person, I don't know what method he used to climb to the high branch of His Royal Highness King Wei, but wild species are wild species, and they are destined to fail. Don't worry, Your Highness, I will be able to drive him out of the capital in at least three months." , when he leaves the capital and His Majesty no longer cares about it, it will be his death!"

The fourth prince narrowed his eyes.

This Li Chun, just said that Li Xin was pretending, but now he uttered the word "wild species", clearly acquiescing to Li Xin's identity.

In other words, this Li Xin was indeed the son of Li Shen, Marquis of Pingnan.

His Royal Highness Qi Wang had some ideas in his mind, he smiled at Li Chun and said: "Young Lord, my father is quite dissatisfied with your Li family recently, you should keep a low profile when you attack Li Xin, it is best not to use the Li family's If there is any need for help, you can send someone to my palace to deliver a message, and I will try my best to help you."