The princess is soft! The sick villain is crazy

Chapter 54 Commissioning

Author: Raising cats every year

Chapter 54 Commissioning

The Imperial City Division is the most secret army among the imperial guards. It is independent of the Second Division and the Third Division and directly obeys Emperor Yong.

They not only control the ban on entering and exiting the palace, but also walk through the streets and alleys, online public sentiments, and inspect officials.

Ten years ago, Chunjiang Huayue Tower settled in the capital and developed into the largest commercial building in the capital year by year. Such an obvious sign has become the focus of the Imperial City Department since its inception.

The owner behind the Flower Moon Tower in Chunjiang is the Cao Gang in Yangzhou.

Since the opening of the canal in the previous dynasty and connecting the north-south water system, Yangzhou has the exclusive advantage and gradually became the economic center of Jiangnan. What emerged was a group of commercial gangs that made a living by canal transportation, called the canal gang.

After the founding of the country, Taizu specially set up a governor of the grain transport in Jiangnan to control the grain transport in Jiangnan. Therefore, although Jiangnan is far away from the capital, every move is under the control of the emperor.

This year, the Mid-Autumn Festival Moon Festival in the Spring River Flower Moon Tower was naturally not hidden from Emperor Yong's eyes.

Li Mingji lifted up his robe and knelt straight in front of Emperor Yong:

"The owner of the Flower Moon Tower in Chunjiang is the adopted father of Bei Zhi. Eight years ago, the south was flooded. Bei Zhi went to Yangzhou to find relatives and was rescued by his adopted father. The adopted father praised me for being very talented and asked me to learn from him."

"Three years ago, my father was promoted and I went to Beijing with my father. After hearing this, my adoptive father ordered me to take care of the Chunjiang Huayue Tower. Since then, I have been in contact with the Chunjiang Huayue Tower."

As early as when Li Mingji was brought back to the palace by Shu Yao, the Imperial City Department had already found out that Li Mingji's identity and background were clearly found. The concubine's son, Li Jin, was raised in his hometown in Luzhou in his early years. He was taken back to the Li family at the age of twelve, and then followed Li Jin into the capital.

Eight years ago, Li Jin happened to work in Yangzhou and lived there for five years. If Li Mingji recognized his adoptive father during this period, someone carefully taught him and had such martial arts skills, everything would make sense.

Looking at the elegant and gentle young man in front of him, Emperor Yong narrowed his eyes slightly.

The merchants value profit but are not in love. The Cao Gang is always on the water and acts fiercely. No wonder Li Mingji has developed such a cruel and ruthless personality.

"I have something to hand over to you."

Li Mingji said: "Your Majesty, please speak."

"Last night, I ordered you to interrogate Zhang Sheng. I once gave you a token," Emperor Yong said in a deep voice, "With this token, you can mobilize the two armies of Tianwu and Longwei. I want you to take these two armies to Xie Mansion."

Li Mingji's eyes drooped, holding the token in his hand: "Follow the order."

If he approached the little princess as a commoner, it would make Emperor Yong suspicious. Therefore, he deliberately released the news and handed over his handle to Emperor Yong, and finally gained Emperor Yong's trust.

Emperor Yong was by no means a weak and incompetent emperor. On the contrary, he kept a low profile and adopted checks and balances against all forces in the court. Therefore, although there were many forces in the court for so many years, he never had the intention of rebellion.

Now that such a checks and balances have been broken, fresh blood must be injected into it to maintain this balance.

Just so happened that at this time, Li Mingji appeared.

...

From Mid-Autumn Festival to Double Ninth Festival, the fierce autumn rain quickly swept across the capital.

The afterglow of summer has completely dissipated, and even the wind is chilling.

Several major events have happened in Beijing recently.

First, Emperor Yong mobilized the Imperial City Office and led the Tianwu and Longwei armies to break into the famous Sui and Soul Cave of the capital, and pulled out the Taiyuan Prince who was drunk in the beautiful gentle place.

The Imperial City Company released a crime, exposing the crimes committed by the Prince of Taiyuan and several Xie family members in the capital in recent years, which actually involved several lives.

The Xie family has enjoyed several generations of glory and prosperity, and has always acted freely. After all, among the aristocratic families, who has not had many lives? They have always protected each other. Who knew that Emperor Yong would attack the Xie family at this time?

Emperor Yong was furious in the court and cut off the titles of the Prince of Taiyuan and several Xie family members, and ordered the Xie family to think about their mistakes behind closed doors and not go out during this period.

Secondly, Zhang Sheng, the commander of the former Palace Front Office, was once one of the most trusted confidants of Emperor Yong. He also received complaints from the Imperial City Department. In recent years, Zhang Sheng used his power to seek personal gain and was often used to facilitate the family, and was deprived of his post and imprisoned him. Emperor Yong also ordered that there would be no commander of the Palace Front Office, and only a few deputy commanders were set up, and the second department and three yamen were all determined by the superiors.

Two big trees of power were broken by lightning, and one of them was uprooted, and the capital was turned upside down overnight.

In Yanshou Palace, Shu Yao is with the Empress Dowager.

After applying a round of needles, the elder Shu Yi took off the handkerchief from the palace servants, wiped off the sweat stains on his forehead, and said respectfully: "Today's treatment will end here. I will take my leave first."

The Queen Mother opened her turbid eyes, half-closed her eyes, and looked at the person she had almost married.

He thought he was blaming her.

It was she who kept silent and ruined their wedding and forced him to become a monk on the verge of impulse.

After forty years of ups and downs, they all grew old, but the empress dowager had no son, and the elder Shuyi never married him forever.

"Hard."

The Queen Mother's voice was hoarse.

Elder Shu Yi did not look up, but arched his body and slowly left Yanshou Palace.

In my memory, the elder Shu Yi, who always smiles, is now silent like this, and Shu Yao is not used to it.

She couldn't say that she already knew the past between the Queen Mother and Elder Shu Yi, so she pulled the Queen Mother's sleeves and picked a relaxed topic: "Grandma, next month is my uncle's birthday. What do you think I'll give me?"

The Queen Mother smiled: "Your Majesty's child, when he was a child, he saw many favors. Instead of giving those gorgeous ones, Yaoyao would do something for him, and he would definitely be happy."

The little princess, who has never touched the spring water since she was young, fell into deep thought.

Last year she made pastries for her uncle. The appearance was really hard to describe, and it was hard to finish it with a smile. In order to avoid the recurrence of embarrassing experience, she would definitely not be able to deliver food this year.

After dinner with the empress dowager, Shu Yao walked out of Yanshou Palace and saw Li Mingji standing beside her sedan chair, raised her eyebrows in surprise: "Li Mingji!"

Recently, he had to help Emperor Yong and handle military affairs, so busy that he was too busy. Shu Yao had been with the Queen Mother in Yanshou Palace recently, so he simply asked him not to come to Huaxi Palace first, and then he would be a personal guard for her after handling the matters at hand.

My uncle is really right. Li Mingji is not a stubborn man, so how could he hand over so many things to him?

But Li Mingji, who was wearing black military uniform, had a completely different aura. He was handsome and unlucky, and his appearance was even more outstanding, especially his waist-wearing long sword riding on a horse, which made people unable to move his eyes away.

"The princess has been waiting for a long time," Li Mingji smiled gently, "the subordinates have already handled the important matters, so they returned to the princess to serve."

Shu Yao's eyes were almost stuck to his thin waist, but she was unforgivable. "Go back to this princess? I have already chosen the next personal guard. If you like to do things for your uncle, just go find him."

Li Mingji slowly drew his sword—

(End of this chapter)