The Adventures of the Crying Princess

The prince called for Lord Gong, the deputy director of the Imperial Observatory, who was sitting in the study of the East Palace. When he saw the prince come in, he stood up and saluted, "Your Highness, your humble servant greets you."

"Master Gong, there is no need to be so polite. You have really helped me a lot this time. Although my father doesn't say it, he must have some grudges against Prince Yi and Princess Yi.

I have nothing to thank you for, so I have prepared a small gift for you to accept." The prince smiled and winked at the messenger beside him.

The palace servant brought a tray covered with red cloth and handed it to Lord Gong. Lord Gong smiled with joy and immediately knelt down to thank him, "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your grace."

The prince was overjoyed and helped the person up with a smile, "No, no, it's a little too early to call you that. I will need the supervisor's full support in the future." The prince glanced at the palace servant beside him, and the palace servant hurriedly left upon seeing this.

"The emperor is incompetent and favors his youngest son, which is totally against the ancestral etiquette. The previous supervisor was weak and incompetent, and dared not speak frankly and honestly. He is not worthy of being a minister. I will naturally learn from the past and contribute my part to the long-term peace and stability of our country. I understand that I will follow your majesty's lead."

"Sir Gong, there are some things you can say here, but you can't say them outside."

"Of course, your majesty's teachings will be kept in mind."

The next day, officials from the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Personnel submitted a letter to the court recommending the deputy director of the Imperial Observatory as the chief director. Emperor Chengde was not confused and naturally knew that the person who recommended the deputy director of the Imperial Observatory must be the one who benefited from the whole thing.

It's just that this person has been on good terms with Prince Yi in recent days. Emperor Chengde looked at Yuwen Ji, and Yuwen Ji naturally understood what the emperor meant, and also knew that all of this was the prince's intention.

For nearly half a month, Yuwen Ji deliberately met with these two people frequently in his mansion. I believe that the prince and Emperor Chengde must have seen it.

He deliberately left people to monitor him. This result was naturally what he wanted everyone to see.

Yuwen Ji stood up and bowed, "Your Majesty, this is not possible. The cause of death of the director of the Imperial Observatory is strange, and this matter must be investigated.

After learning of the death of Lord Jianzheng, I personally visited the scene and found many suspicious points, including... the person who recommended him mentioned by the Minister of Rites, Lord Gong, the Deputy Director of the Imperial Observatory.

The case has not been fully investigated yet, so how can you recommend the suspect to take up such an important position? Your Majesty, please understand. "

The emperor examined Yuwen Ji's expression, as if trying to tell if he was lying. After a while, he was relieved. "Prince Yi's words are reasonable. He was the director of the Imperial Observatory for more than 30 years, working hard and without complaint. If I don't find out the cause of his death, I will be ashamed of his 30 years of hard work and concern for me."

Everyone knew the cause of the death of the director of the Imperial Observatory. Yuwen Ji proposed to try this case, which proved that he was not familiar with the two ministers of the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Personnel, or at least they were not of the same mind.

It was also to stop the people from talking nonsense. It was unbelievable that a fifth-rank official died for no reason.

Yuwen Ji openly named the deputy supervisor as a suspect, which was not only to preserve the image of Emperor Chengde, but also to prove once again that he, Prince Yi, was not in collusion with the Imperial Observatory.

After the morning court session, Emperor Chengde called Yuwen Ji and asked, "Are you healed?"

The emperor knew that he was faking illness, but he didn't point it out. Yuwen Ji smiled and came up to him, kneeling at the feet of Emperor Chengde, "Thank you for your concern, father. I am fine now."

"That's good. Judging from your appearance, you should be able to withstand fifty lashes." Emperor Chengde glanced at Yuwen Ji and rolled the walnuts in his hand.

"No, Father. You are in a bad mood so early in the morning. Don't hit anyone. It's okay for you to hit your son, but it's not good for a child who is pregnant and frightened."

"You still know that she is pregnant, and you still dare to act recklessly." Emperor Chengde put down the walnuts and stared at Yuwen Ji. "Tell me the truth, what is going on with the Minister of Rites and the Vice Minister of Personnel? If you tell even a lie, you will be dragged away and beaten with a stick."

Seeing that he couldn't hide it, Yuwen Ji had to admit, "Father, do you know who was responsible for the attack on my son and the encounter between the princess and the King of Xiling in the palace that day?

My son doesn't dare to target anyone, he just wants to tell that person not to bully us all the time. My son doesn't want to argue with him, we are all brothers, why bother to force each other. "

Emperor Chengde sighed, "You mean, the Minister of Rites and the Vice Minister of Rites are the prince's men?"

"My son was just guessing. His original intention was just to cause discord among them, that's all.

After what happened today, I'm afraid the prince will no longer trust these two people, so my son has finally vented his anger on my princess."

One must be careful when fighting with the crown prince. One also needs to strike a balance between not going too far and not being too hasty. Yuwen Ji knew this clearly.

Acting crazy and stupid has become something he has become adept at over the years. Compared with the prince's unique resources and status, Yuwen Ji can only take it slow and disintegrate the prince's power bit by bit.

Emperor Chengde knocked on his son's head and said, "Don't act crazy and stupid in front of me. None of my sons are stupid. There are no outsiders here. Tell me what you really think."

Yuwen Ji kowtowed, "Father, the Crown Prince bullied me. Do you know that I almost didn't see you that day? Four ferocious beasts besieged my son, and the secret guards and the guards of the Ministry of Justice were all there. Some were injured and some died. I can tolerate this.

But what about the princess? She was already more than six months old at that time. What if she was really frightened? The son was terrified at the thought.

During the days of recuperation, my son pretended to bribe the prince's men, namely the Minister of Rites and the Vice Minister of Personnel, and even deliberately let the people the prince had planted in my son's house see it..."

"Stop, you mean the prince planted someone in your house?" Emperor Mingde was stunned.

Yuwen Ji looked unconcerned, "Oh yes, they are two gardeners who have been in the mansion for some time.

My son just wanted to sow discord and make the prince no longer trust these two. If possible, just like today, let the prince's plan fail.

Your Majesty, I know clearly that my son only wants to accompany the princess. If you feel that my presence has disturbed the court and has brought bad influence on my brother, the crown prince, I will take the princess and leave in peace and happiness."

"You are just kidding me. You are talking nonsense. Who are you trying to scare? The older you get, the more unruly you become. You learned this from that monkey."

Hearing that he was leaving and taking his peace and joy with him, Emperor Mingde could not bear it, and he slammed the table and stood up, "Go back and stay with your wife. You are allowed to work in the palace for the next few days until the monkey is born smoothly.

I will discipline the prince and stop him from causing trouble for you. You are a prince, you should always put the overall situation first and stop talking about retirement."

He wanted to get some information out of Yuwen Ji, but he got scared instead. Emperor Chengde rubbed his brows and glared at Eunuch Chen who was laughing at the side. "Old fox, are you satisfied that my son can threaten me? It's all because of you."

"Your Majesty is so lucky. Your son is sensible and your daughter is well-behaved. I can't see that Prince Yi is threatening Your Majesty. It's just that the child has been wronged and is complaining to his father.

Prince Yi has been well-behaved and sensible since he was young, and he was really wronged this time. Thinking of the prince facing four ferocious beasts alone, the servant was terrified.

No matter how brave our prince is, he is only in his twenties after all. How could he not be afraid?

Fortunately, our Prince Yi has been to the battlefield before. If it were someone else, he would have been scared to death and would have cried right now, hugging your majesty's legs."

Seeing that Emperor Chengde had taken his words in, Eunuch Chen stopped talking. The emperor glanced at him and said, "This time, I ignored him. Among my nine princesses and three sons, he is the most sensible.

You are right. If it were me, I might not do better than him. I might just beat the prince up. "The old emperor said at the end, and he laughed at his own words.