After rebirth, the cold prince clings to me every day

Chapter 110 Impeachment

So on his way home from the Yamen that day, the Yushi of Chu happened to hear a few idle men talking:

"Hi! Do you know who I'm meeting today? It's Mr. Chu Huanchu, the top scholar from three years ago!"

"If you see it, you will see it! I heard that Mr. Chu has been diligent in his political performance during the three years he was sent to serve as a county magistrate. He has received excellent results in the official evaluation every year. Now that he returns to Beijing, I am afraid he will go directly to the Yushitai."

"That's not necessarily true. Let me tell you, today I saw Mr. Chu and a woman wearing a curtain hat entering the private room of Yipinju. Who do you think that woman is?"

"Okay, stop being so pretentious, let's go without talking about my brothers!"

"Hey, hey, I said..."

He pretended to lower his voice to ensure that Mr. Chu in the sedan could hear him.

"It's the Crown Princess. The two of them retreated and stayed in the box for half an hour before they came out. Then they got on the same carriage..."

The voices were getting farther and farther away, and Chang Sui glanced at his master's face. He chased after the source of the ultrasound, but saw no one.

Mr. Chu waved his hand and said in a deep voice: "Go and check where Ah Huan went today? Who did he meet?"

Chang Sui hesitated and said: "Sir, this was obviously deliberately designed for you to hear."

Mr. Chu waved his hand: "There is no smoke without fire. You should send someone to investigate first. The right and wrong will become clear by themselves."

The people who followed Chu Huan were all servants of the Chu family, and as the chief censor was the supervisor of all officials, it was very easy to investigate such a trivial matter.

Within two hours, the personal chief casually investigated everything, including the dispute between Su Qing and Shen Mingjiao at the entrance of the Beautiful Pavilion.

Seeing that his master's face was getting darker and darker after hearing this, Chang Sui said cautiously: "It seems that those people just now were most likely arranged by Prince Su's Mansion. Could it be to provoke you to deal with the East Palace?"

Mr. Chu knocked on the table solemnly, "These are not important. What is important is what Ah Huan thinks. When the young master comes back, let him come to the study to see me."

When it was almost dark, Chu Huan returned home. Hearing that his father was looking for him, he remembered what happened today and went to the study in a good mood.

Mr. Chu looked at the smile on his son's face, his eyes became deeper and deeper, and he asked casually with a smile: "It seems that he is in a good mood. Who did you meet today?"

Chu Huan's expression paused: "I met some of my former classmates."

Master Chu did not ask any more questions, but instead said: "I have already said hello to Mr. Wu, the Minister of Civil Affairs, and I plan to transfer you to Yushitai. What do you think?"

The father and son had already agreed on this matter before, and Chu Huan agreed at that time.

Chu Huan was silent for a long time, then raised his head: "Dad, I don't want to go to the Yushitai."

Mr. Chu raised his eyebrows and asked him with interest: "Oh, where do you want to go?"

Chu Huan couldn't help but glance at his father. If he said this in normal times, his father would definitely slap the table and get angry.

He felt a little uneasy, but still said:

"I want to go to Chongwen Hall to be a lecturer."

The East Palace also has small courts, such as Menxiafang, Shui Gengling, Pu Sanqing, left and right guards, prince and Taifu, etc.

The Chongwen Hall is the place where the prince studies. In addition, a group of distinguished disciples are also recruited to study with the prince. The gentleman who teaches them is the minister.

And these people were naturally classified into the East Palace faction. Mr. Chu laughed calmly:

"Good...very good...my son is really ambitious!"

Then he violently picked up the inkstone on the desk and smashed it into Chu Huan's face.

"You are so good. For the sake of a woman, you can even spend it freely with the Qiancheng family!"

Chu Huan subconsciously ducked aside. When he heard this, his mind turned and he reacted:

"Did Princess Su send someone to tell you something? Don't listen to her nonsense. She is just..."

Looking at his father's face, he finally did not dare to continue, and instead said: "The Crown Princess and I are innocent. I just admire her talent. Besides, she is such a noble and upright person..."

Mr. Chu interrupted him and sneered: "You are so noble and honest that you can lure you into joining the East Palace camp regardless of the differences between men and women."

Seeing that Chu Huan still wanted to defend himself, he waved his hand impatiently:

"Since you don't like Yushitai, then continue to work as a county magistrate! Come back when your brain is no longer confused."

After sending his son away, Mr. Chu was still holding his breath in his heart. He picked up the pen and started writing notes.

Ha! Originally, I thought you had just married into the East Palace, and the prince was the only prince today, so he would have turned a blind eye to some small actions in private.

But now that he has decided to target his son, I really think that he, the chief censor, is dead!

So at the court meeting on the second day, Chu Yushi made more than ten stories in succession to impeach Su Xiang for forming a party for personal gain, the Su family invaded the fields, the younger generation rode horses in the streets, doted on concubines and killed their wives...

That posture was like trying to dig up Prime Minister Su and even the entire Su family inside and out.

Not only the civil and military officials, but also Su Xiang himself was confused. He thought that during this period, he probably didn't offend the madman Censor.

Jing Hedi, who was sitting at the top, raised his eyebrows, but he did not express any opinion.

After the dynasty was dismissed, he immediately summoned his trusted secret guards to investigate the whole matter. After all, although Chu Yushi was famous for his uprightness, he would not arrest people for no reason and impeach them, and he seemed to want to expose the other party's background.

Posture.

If the emperor really wants to investigate something, there is almost nothing he can't investigate as long as he can follow it.

In less than half a day, a thick pile of information was placed on Jing Hedi's desk.

Jing Hedi flipped through a few pages curiously, and his usually gentle and smiling face gradually became condensed. When he finished reading it all, he couldn't hold it back and smashed a cup angrily.

As an emperor, it is usually inevitable for his sons to win over courtiers and form cliques for personal gain in order to fight for the throne.

But he has always been very proud of this, because he only has two sons, and the eldest son is so outstanding that he doesn't need to win over him at all, so the courtiers naturally come to him.

As for the younger son, Qi Yu has always had a gentle personality, and now that he is the only prince in the palace, there is no need to win over anyone who cannot win over him.

But he never expected that it was not his son who put him through all this, but his daughter-in-law who had just married within a month.

Take a look at what is written on it. No one paid attention. Most of the high-ranking officials in the court who were not close to the prince were attracted by her and visited her all over.

The methods are endless, ranging from the concubine's daughter-in-law to the next generation's pampered children.

The more Jing Hedi thought about it, the more angry he became, but Su Qing was his daughter-in-law, and as a father-in-law, he couldn't just call someone over and reprimand her!

Logically speaking, the Queen should do this, but considering the Queen's temperament, I might as well forget it.

Finally, he asked someone to call the prince over and threw the pile of papers into the prince's arms:

"You have a wonderful wife! Tell me, what does she want to do with her jumping up and down? Could it be that she wants to rebel and become the queen?"

The prince was also surprised when he saw the content on the paper. But after hearing what Jing Hedi said, he subconsciously wanted to defend Su Qing. He opened his mouth but couldn't find a reason to intercede.

When Jing Hedi saw him like this, he felt regret that he had never felt before. He thought that Su Qing just had too many thoughts, but now it seems that these thoughts are not only too many, but almost overwhelming.

"It's been almost a month since your wedding. After the prince's wedding, he should bring two good ladies into the East Palace. I think the youngest daughter of the Minister of Etiquette is good. She has a gentle and sensible personality."

What he said was true, but the situation between him and the queen was there, so he had no intention of inserting women into his son's room.

But now, if he doesn't care anymore, Qi Yu will be eaten up by Su Qing.

The prince quickly knelt down and shook his head in rejection:

"Father, A-Qing did something wrong and I will punish her, but I promised her not to marry another woman."

Seeing him kneeling straight, his eyes were gentle but firm.

When Jing Hedi saw this, he immediately thought of his eldest son who died young. It was the same way. Whenever he believed in something, he had to go all the way to the dark side.

He knew that there was no point in trying to persuade him any more, so he asked the prince to kneel for an hour in a deep voice, then flung his sleeves and left without looking back.

The prince lowered his eyes. He knew that what Su Qing did was wrong, but what could he do? He had promised Su Qing that no matter what she wanted to do in the future, he would support her.

…

It wasn't until it was almost dark that the prince returned to the East Palace with his numb legs.

At this time, the lights were on in the main room, and Su Qing was sitting at the table waiting for him to eat with a gentle smile. Seeing this scene, the prince swallowed back the words that came to his mouth.

Su Qing smiled and stepped forward to help him take off his robe. As usual, she asked him if everything was okay outside today. When the groundwork was almost done, she took the prince's hand and said with a smile:

"I heard that Chongwen Hall is looking for a lecturer. What do you think of Chu Huan, the son of Chu Yushi?"

The prince pointed his fingers, and then asked her with a smile: "Chu Huan is still too young. I'm afraid it's not suitable to be a minister! Why do you think of him?"

Su Qing didn't notice anything unusual about him, mainly because it happened so quickly and she stayed in the East Palace all day.

"What's inappropriate about this? He has won the first prize. And his father is Chu Yushi. In this way, Chu Yushi is labeled as our East Palace."

(End of chapter)