Emperor Que Shaohua

On July 21 of that year, King Ning entered the Household Department and began to check the taxes, money, food, people, and acres of land in the Yu and Zhou Dynasties in recent years.The young fifth prince possesses high martial arts skills, and he has made many meritorious deeds after leading the Jingyu Guard for a short time. These are obvious to all, but can he also achieve success in handling government affairs, or will he end up in disgrace?Of course there are those who expect him to make real achievements, but there are quite a few stakeholders who are waiting to see him make a fool of himself.

Luo Pingyuan himself remained calm, and King An, who had returned from his tour of the Huangzhuang, invited him over for a drink. He said he was busy, so he sent someone to give the crown prince and the third brother each some local products from Yuzhou.

Everyone saw that he brought his guards and a group of accounting documents to the household department, and he methodically occupied a row of duty rooms and signing rooms that had just been cleared. Afterwards, all the accounting documents in the household department were guarded by Jing Yuwei's sergeants. Without the signature and approval of Zhong Shilang, who has just arrived in office, it is not allowed to flip.

The Secretary of the Household Department had not yet arrived due to his illness. King Ning was in charge of the court with hundreds of officials in the hall of the Household Department. Will call for inquiries.The Ministry of Household Affairs has suffered a lot in recent months. Some officials have become frightened, and some officials have made up their minds in private. They want to give the inexperienced King Ning a blow. They were planning to complain and evade when they were summoned. He went his own way and didn't give him a chance to speak at all. Faced with such a neither soft nor hard attitude, he had no choice but to busy himself with his own business.

Zhong Lin has been in the engineering department for several years. Although his official position is not big, he is very familiar with the civil affairs. He selected and transferred more than ten people from the lower-level officials. Under the leadership of Ren's head of the household department, as the inspection team, he began to count the treasury's silver and various warehouses.Jing Yuwei dispatched manpower to check and check the granaries in various state capitals with written documents, and report back after finding out the real number.

In the eyes of others, since King Ning entered the household department, he was obviously much busier than before. Apart from the morning court, he first went to the Jingyu guard to deal with the file affairs, and then sat in the household department for seven or eight days.In the summer and autumn, the land mu annual tax is about to be collected. Depending on the situation, the investigation will last for quite some time.

Near noon, the crown prince left the morning court and went to greet Emperor Tianyi according to the usual practice. However, just as he got into the car, a servant came to deliver a message. When they went to the Jing'an Hall to discuss matters, Grand Fu Song Fangxi was summoned at the same time, so that he didn't have to go there.

Luo Wenxiao knew in his heart that Xue Songnian was the head of civil servants, Li Furen was also conferred the title of Lingyange University scholar, plus two other courtiers, Emperor Tianyi summoned them at the same time at this time, it should be for the upcoming autumn. The next examiner is selected.

He was depressed for a while, and there was only less than one month left before the three-year autumn. In Taixue, academies, and even inns, students from all over the country had already lived in the exams, and the streets of Los Angeles could also be seen from time to time. Scholars in square scarves and Confucian gowns, some of them posted famous posts everywhere, paid homage to Beijing Chinese officials and great Confucian scholars, and most of them were studying behind closed doors, waiting to be admitted to the Tribute Academy at the end of August to take the exam.The grand ceremony of the country's ethics, but it has nothing to do with a prince like himself.Emperor Tianyi refuted his candidate for the examiner early in the morning, but now, he even skipped listening to him when he greeted him, making it clear that he would be kept out.

Thinking of this, he felt discouraged, and diligently processed and reviewed the documents handed in by the officials of the six ministries every day. From morning to night, King An could eat, drink, have fun, and enjoy the wealth and honor in the world, but he could only follow the rules and be cautious. What can you get in return for your hard work?There is only growing estrangement and suspicion.

He hesitated for a moment, then ordered the car to change direction and went to the harem to see Concubine Han.

In fact, he didn't know what to say when he saw the concubine mother.After July [-]th, he endured for two days before going to the harem. Who would have expected that all the careful planning inside and outside the palace would all be in vain. Not only did he fail to achieve the expected results, he almost gave himself away.

Immediately afterwards, I heard the news that Jing Yuwei and his comrades from Jianghu defeated Pin Wutang outside Yumen Pass.In front of Zhuang Shijing, he just sneered: "Father really treats him as a dark star!"

Although he was mocking on the surface, his heart was very cold. He never thought that after all these things, the emperor would still think of borrowing Langhuan.They spent nearly ten years obliterating it, thinking that the Langhuan had already dissipated. However, even though the empress was ruined, the Twelve Orders of the Langhuan that she ruled over the past to support the emperor's career still remained in the emperor's heart. Really fade away.And Luo Yanhua, who was living behind closed doors, could actually summon and use the power of Langhuan.

When the imperial concubine of Japan and Korea heard about this incident, she uncharacteristically said nothing, which shows that the shock she received was not small.No matter in the palace, the government and the public, or the rivers and lakes, they have many eyeliners, but they didn't realize it beforehand.Emperor Tianyi never mentioned half a word to his concubines and princes, and the one who knew the most was King Ning who was in charge of Jing Yuwei for the first time.

Shocking news came one after another. If the good news from the food team only shocked him, then King Ning's intention to be sent to the Ministry of Household Affairs could be said to be closely related.He didn't expect that the emperor would be exposed through Qian Chongyi, and he directly sent Luo Pingyuan to join the household department, without showing any mercy to himself.He also lost his temper irritably to the always respectful Zhuang Shijing in the inner hall of the East Palace.

Zhuang Shijing was not moved by his gloomy expression, and still had a calm attitude, neither in a hurry nor in a hurry: "Your Highness is destined to suffer this setback, please stay safe and don't be impatient."

He twisted the three strands of beard, sighed on his clear face, saw Luo Wenxiao gradually turned back to normal, and then slowly said: "Your Highness, the most difficult seat in the world is under this person." Your Majesty is the crown prince of Yu Zhou. Now His Majesty is in the prime of life. Seeing that you are in the East Palace, you have to handle six affairs every day. If you do well, you will inevitably believe that nothing will happen. If you don't do well, it will be even more embarrassing. The rest of your highnesses, as long as they have a little thought, you are the one who has to deal with them, and they don't pay attention to the relationship between father and son. The embarrassment is really hard to describe. Now that His Highness has been canonized for five years, his wings have just grown, so I say that His Majesty's actions are the meaning of the title, but there is no need to mess up the position."

Luo Wenxiao's expression softened a lot as each sentence was said in his heart. He was indeed full of resentment towards Emperor Tianyi, but he couldn't express it. He couldn't help sighing: "Mr. It is wrong to do it, and it is even wrong not to do it. The ministers look forward to my leadership and ask for help from the door, do they ignore it? If it is said that officials are corrupt, it has existed since ancient times, and it is because of me? One day I didn’t rise up at the sound of chickens and work hard, but now I am not embarrassed or embarrassed, how should I deal with myself, sir, please teach me.”

In his words, he avoided the important and neglected the minor, and he did not mention his various actions. Zhuang Shijing could hear it naturally, and he didn't say anything. Go check it out, he is young and vigorous, and has never dealt with government affairs, let him act resolutely, and if there is a mess, His Majesty will have to rely on the Crown Prince to clean it up." He said slowly, "Eastern Palace is still governing as usual, every move is worse than one move." Jing, just deal with everything in a more thorough manner, and report more, and don’t leave anything to others. The most urgent thing now is to get rid of the suspicion of the Holy One. I once advised His Highness to hide your strength and bide your time, and now you still think so.”

The crown prince nodded first when he heard the words, then pondered again, he was deeply involved in the household department, some things were not even told by Zhuang Shijing, if Luo Pingyuan found out, it would be difficult to handle.He hesitated and said: "In recent years, I have been in charge of many affairs of the household department. If the fifth emperor's younger brother makes a big effort to investigate and find some mistakes, wouldn't the father be more responsible?"

"Matters are divided into priorities. If it is a small matter, let him go. If it is serious, His Highness can save it as much as possible. Otherwise, it is the best policy to avoid suspicion and clear the relationship." Zhuang Shijing said. You are talented, but you are too talented, even if you end up being ignorant and being deceived by the officials, it is better than letting His Majesty have a suspicion against you." He waved his hand and said, "I still have something to tell you. It is a good thing for His Highness to show mercy to his subjects, but all the officials praise His Highness for his benevolence and virtue, but where do they place His Majesty? Most of the reason Your Highness is worried about today is because of this, not all of it. The six bureaucrats are governing, so I dare to say that the crown prince may treat his ministers more tightly, and sometimes he has to let this good man be his majesty, it is the filial piety of a son."

This conversation took place a few days ago, but the prince still feels cold sweat seeping down his back when he thinks about it to this day. During the few years when he first came to power and tasted the taste of being a crown prince, he was indeed focused on showing his ability, making friends with his subordinates, and eager to get better results. A lot of support will make everyone forget Luo Shenhua's past brilliance. He is so busy day and night, all to cultivate his own wings. At this moment, he is enlightened and realizes that he has done too many things that touch the taboo of the emperor.While contemplating, the Yuche had passed through the Heavenly Street in Da Nei and arrived at the Yunxiu Palace on the west side of the harem.

Concubine Han still has exquisite makeup today, with a stacked snail bun, with nine phoenixes inlaid with the sun, swaying in a swaying posture, but there is a little blue under the eyes that cannot be covered by a good palace powder, obviously she has not slept well in recent days very stable.

Luo Wenxiao knew that Emperor Tianyi hadn't been to Yunxiu Palace for seven or eight days since July [-]th. Even though Concubine Han Guifei had accumulated power in the palace for many years, it didn't show much about this matter, but he had to think about it repeatedly. Concerned about the amount.He couldn't see clearly for a moment whether Emperor Tianyi's attack was intentional because of the turmoil in Lanting Palace, or it was a gesture made out of dissatisfaction with his mother and child.

"The prince has just seen His Majesty?" Han Guifei asked leisurely when she saw him coming.

"Not yet, I'm going to say hello, my father is summoning Xue Songnian and his courtiers to discuss matters, so I'm here to visit my mother and concubine first," the prince said.

Concubine Han's eyes shifted, and she said casually: "It's good to stop for a few days, Xue Songnian can't do anything, so you just take a rest."

The servants who served in the palace had been dismissed, Luo Wenxiao sat on the embroidered pier, his heart was full of various lawsuits, and his face was still calm: "The fifth emperor is in the household department, the fourth emperor is at the border, and Let's see what they can come up with." Then he said with a smile: "Five emperors have received the imperial edict, looking at it these few days, they seem to be very mature and prudent, and they want to fight steadily."

He thought that the fledgling Luo Pingyuan would act recklessly in order to cater to the holy will, but he didn't expect that King Ning was tepid and the household department was running as usual, so he felt uncomfortable.

Concubine Han Gui said lightly: "The days will be long, and since he is stable, you have to be more calm. You are the current crown prince, and King Yun is not in Luo City. As time goes on, even if he does not rely on you, for future plans, he will not rely on you." You have to leave a sympathy for retreating."

Luo Wenxiao also thought about this matter. His biggest bet is still on the situation in the northern border. As long as King Yun is defeated, it will be difficult for him to turn around. What kind of climate can become, then it will not be a concern.It's just that King Ning is still in control of the Jingyu Guard, and all the tricks he has done privately through the Kunlun Mansion are ulterior. Not only Zhuang Shijing doesn't know about it, but even Han Guifei only knows a little bit about it.

He said: "Zhuang Shijing advised me that I might as well look around in the future, and if I see a suitable Zhuangzi's house, I will build a few. If I don't have enough money, I can temporarily borrow some silver taels from the clan's relatives."

Concubine Han Gui frowned, and immediately understood.As the prince of Luo Wenxiao's East Palace, the whole world will be his in the future, so why should he borrow money to buy property right now? It seems that he has lost the bearing of a prince.However, this kind of action is very suitable for the present. When Emperor Tianyi heard about it, he felt that he had no ambitions and no threat. bone.

She nodded slowly: "This method is wonderful, and my concubine can feel relieved after hearing it, but it needs to be done slowly, if it is done too much all at once, it will be unsightly."

The brocade brought the strong tea, Luo Wenxiao lifted the lid of the cup and took a sip, then sighed: "There is no other way, Jun Ping has nothing else to do for him besides managing Huangzhuang Yutian, why not just Help me find the manor, so that he won't get angry when he thinks that the fifth emperor brother has gone to the household department, and the two of them will quarrel, and the previous efforts on the fifth emperor brother will be in vain. Concubine mother, I am most worried about Luo Yanhua, Seeing that he occasionally goes to court, doesn't say a word, hides in the mansion and pretends to be sick on weekdays, there may be endless tricks and it's hard to guard against."

"On the night of July [-]th, even if I didn't get it, I wouldn't miss it, but I was driven back by King Ning." Concubine Han's eyes flashed, and the expression on her face was still very lazy. How can your father not think about this matter, it will take a lot of effort to dispel his suspicion."

"Father even gave him the imperial chariot and horses, so it's hard to attack him now." Seeing that she was still silent, Luo Wenxiao felt a little anxious, "I've thought about it, I can't wait for Father to use Bihai Chengxin took Luo Yanhua's life, for so many years, he was almost able to get rid of him every time, and every time he failed, he always survived the critical moment, and if he let it go, it would end up ruining the big thing."

Concubine Han looked at her son's appearance. Whenever King Jing was mentioned, Luo Wenxiao, who was usually deep and deep, couldn't help but change his face. He probably didn't realize this.

"Luo Yanhua's weakness is not just Bi Haicheng's heart." She took a sip of tea and said solemnly, "As long as you attack him, you will be saved, and your flaws will reveal themselves. Based on what you know about him, is it really unexpected?"

Luo Wenxiao lowered his head in thought, and said hesitantly: "If we talk about Langhuan, they hid it secretly after they retreated to the south of the Yangtze River. Although Yumenguan's move has revealed clues, the power of the Kunlun Mansion has not expanded to the south of the Yangtze River. Even if Wei Yin envoys If you go there to host, you won’t see success overnight.”

"Langhuan's ability to make meritorious deeds shows that Luo Yanhua has endured for many years and painstakingly worked alone, so it can't be considered a weakness." Concubine Han chuckled, "You can't deal with him right in front of you. Thinking about things thousands of miles away is really blinding your eyes. You can't. It's your fault, the concubine only thought of it recently."

Luo Wenxiao's heart skipped a beat, and she waited intently for her to continue, only to hear Concubine Han slowly say: "Since the Fifth Prince returned to Beijing, you and I have underestimated his value, and only wanted to make him feel resentful and alienated from Prince Jing. For Luo Yanhua, apart from Lang Huan, who else is the person he cares about most in this world besides Luo Pingyuan? You see, King Ning is always indifferent to , apart from being patient, has he ever done anything bad to him? If something happens to this precious little brother who has been cared for since he was a child, do you think he will rush to save him regardless of himself? "

Luo Wenxiao suddenly put down the teacup in his hand, and sat up straight: "Mr. Concubine really awakened the dreamer with one word, and said that Mr. Zhuang is resourceful, and Mother Concubine's wisdom is the one that makes men feel ashamed!" Feeling it, but I didn't feel a little cold in my heart, "It's just that Yuan is currently favored in front of the father. If you want to touch him, a miss will cause him to fight against us. It will be self-defeating. You have to think of a perfect plan. good."

"I have my own division in my heart, and no one will be suspicious of you." Concubine Han's eyes shone with a faint light, "As the emperor said, this matter should not be rushed, you have to prepare for a while, and then do it when it is hot. I won't go into details today, you are the crown prince, and you will concentrate on handling state affairs, buying manors, coaxing your father and emperor, and when the time is right, mother and concubine will explain to you."

Luo Wenxiao was in awe of this mother and concubine, and she was more convinced than Zhuang Shijing. Seeing this demeanor, she knew that she was going to be serious.It seems that Emperor Tianyi's recent actions, especially the restart of Langhuan, have had a great impact on her.

He didn't ask any further questions at the moment, just nodded in agreement, and said: "Mother and concubine have to work hard all day long, and she must take care of her health. My son recently got some Qionghai bird's nests, which are all high-quality plucked from the cliffs. Send them to the palace."

"It's hard for you to think about it with your heart," Concubine Han stretched out her hand to caress his shoulder, and sighed, "I've been dreaming in the middle of the night for the past few days, and I feel panicked in my heart. Now I know what Jiang Biyao was like back then. It's not easy to think about her, fighting and fighting all day long, if it's all for oneself, it's fine, as long as there is a little bit of thinking about others, I'm afraid you will die, and in the end only your father will be the winner. So Wen Xiao, You have to understand how important your crown prince is, and only when you think that the world of Yuzhou will be yours in the future will the concubine mother feel that the hard work of this life is worthwhile."

"I'll save it for my son." Luo Wenxiao felt cold and sweaty, he had never heard Concubine Han Guifei speak so blatantly, and couldn't continue after answering four words.

"You don't have to." Concubine Han just smiled lightly, and helped him straighten his temples, "You don't need to understand, let alone you are still young, this woman's thoughts are not something a man can understand."

Speaking of this, she stopped talking, and her demeanor has returned to her usual dignified and composed manner: "It's time for lunch, after lunch, I will rest in the mother's palace for a while, and then go to say hello to your father."