Unparalleled Concubine

   Chapter 17 The Son of Heaven

   "Your Majesty, about that poem, the servant has already checked it out."

  In the Tianzi Nuan Pavilion in the imperial city, Dong Cheng, the **** of Tianmujian, knelt in front of Emperor Chengde on both knees, his head touched the ground, and his voice was respectful.

  Emperor Chengde, dressed in black fur, sat on the main seat, still processing the documents in his hand, without even raising his head: "Stand up and answer, and explain this matter in detail."

  Dong Cheng stood up respectfully, bowed his head and said, "Your Majesty, the servants have checked the matter before and after, and found that this matter not only involves Jingzhao Mansion, but also Pingnan Marquis Mansion."

   "Pingnan Houfu?"

  Emperor Chengde put down the document in his hand, looked up at Dong Cheng, and frowned: "This matter... How could it be involved in the Pingnan Houfu?"

   Dong Cheng bowed his head respectfully.

"Go back to Your Majesty, half a month ago, a young man came from Yongzhou City... He claimed to be the son of Marquis Pingnan who was living abroad, but Marquis Pingnan did not recognize him. The young man had nowhere to go, so he went to the one in Beishan. in the cabin."

Eunuch Dong said this, and before he went on, Emperor Chengde had already figured out the key, and the emperor said softly, "You mean that the government of Jingzhao Mansion sent someone to burn the wooden house. Because the Marquis of Pingnan wants to burn that young man to death?"

  Dong Cheng lowered his head and said: "Your Majesty, according to Numaid, the people of Pingnanhou Mansion have no intention of killing the young man, they just want to drive this young man out of the capital, otherwise they will not have to work in Jingzhao Mansion..."

Having said that, Dong Cheng did not continue to speak, but the meaning in his words was already obvious. The Pingnanhou Mansion is a real power general, and there are legitimate generals in the family. Many of those people are from the past. The ruthless men who followed the old Marquis Li Zhijie to the battlefield, they wanted to kill a young man.

Emperor Chengde closed his eyes and pondered the cause and effect in detail, then the emperor opened his eyes and smiled: "You're right, the people of Pingnan Houfu did not intend to kill this young man, it seems that this young man The person is indeed Li Shen's lost son, otherwise the Marquis of Pingnan would not be as abnormal as it is now."

   The Marquis of Pingnan, Li Shen, was the playmate of the Chengde Emperor from childhood to adulthood. Hearing Li Shen's lace news at this time, the emperor was obviously very happy. He squinted his eyes and continued to ask, "What's this boy's name?"

   "My name is Li Xin."

   Dong Cheng bent down and replied, "This Li Xin, after the house was burned, sneaked into the southern city of the capital. The poem that Tianmu Jian discovered a few days ago should have been written by this Li Xin."

Having said that, here comes the crux of this matter. The crux of this matter is Emperor Chengde's attitude towards Li Xin. If Emperor Chengde speaks out and Li Xin slanders the emperor, then Li Xin's prison disaster is nothing. He couldn't escape, but if Emperor Chengde felt that Li Xin was innocent, then Zongwei Mansion and Pingnan Marquis Mansion would have to suffer some losses.

   Emperor Chengde pondered for a moment, then frowned: "That's all?"

Eunuch Dong took out a document from Jingzhao Mansion from his sleeve, handed it over with both hands, and bowed: "Go back to your majesty, this is the document that Jingzhao Mansion ordered to burn down the wooden house in Beishan, and it is one of the evidences of this matter. The document does write about His Majesty's hunt for Beishan, so I can see from this document..."

   Dong Cheng paused and continued.

   "Jingzhao House is suspected of smearing His Majesty."

   The topic has reached this point, and it is considered to be the key point. Emperor Chengde asked the little **** around him to pass the document up, hold it in his hand and start to check it in detail.

  If Li Xin was present, he would have discovered that this document was the one he handed to the seventh son.

After reading this document, Emperor Chengde's expression was a little unsightly. If you look at this document, Li Xin's poem is indeed not wrong, and the people from Jingzhao Mansion did hit him. In the name of a charcoal seller, he set fire to the house of a charcoal seller.

  Emperor Chengde angrily threw the document aside, and said angrily, "Li Ye, who is a favor to Pingnan Hou's mansion, actually carries me as a banner, it's really outrageous!"

   "Send my will."

   Dong Cheng fell to his knees.

  The Chengde Emperor patted the table and said, "Jing Zhaoyin Li Ye, under the guise of holy will, bullied the people, deeply disgraceful to me, was cut down by two ranks, fined for one year, and still temporarily takes the post of Jingzhao Yin."

Jingzhao Yin Li Ye is now a third-rank rank, and a two-rank cut would directly become a regular fourth-rank. Climbing above the court, every rank is as difficult as ascending to the sky, and even cutting two ranks can be said to be extremely heavy. punished.

   But still let Li Ye take the position of Jingzhao Yin, which means that the emperor still values ​​him, and the reduction of his post is only temporary.

  Eunuch Dong respectfully responded, then lowered his head and said, "Your Majesty, do you want to arrest this Li Xin?"

The Emperor Chengde waved his hands in dismay: "No more arrests, everything they say is true, what are you arresting? Later, you will go to Pingnan Hou's mansion in person and tell the lady in Pingnan Hou's mansion that the capital is at the feet of the emperor. , it's not her place to be petty, if she acts like this again, I will take her official identity."

   Having said this, Emperor Chengde snorted angrily: "A lady of the Hou's Mansion has no tolerance for others, and she has no sense of proportion. She can also use the people of Jingzhao Mansion at will?"

In fact, having said this, it can be seen that the emperor of Chengde still has a preference for the Pingnan Marquis Mansion. If an ordinary official makes such a mistake, at least he will be punished and demoted, and may even cause misfortune because of it, but At the head of the Pingnanhou Mansion, Emperor Chengde just sent someone to reprimand him.

After Dong Cheng went down to do business, Emperor Chengde put the documents aside, picked up the big-character poster written by Li Xin next to him, and smiled at Chen Ju, the **** behind him: "Li Shen, this guy is so unexpected. There is also a son outside, and his son's literary talent is not bad, he is much stronger than his father."

Chen Ju bowed his body and said: "The Marquis of Pingnan is not in the capital, the lady Jade in the Marquis of Pingnan, after suffering this loss, most likely won't let Li Xin go, and still wants to attack this young man. of."

  Emperor Chengde squinted his eyes and said, "Dong Cheng went and scolded her a few words. She should be able to restrain herself somewhat, but she can't. Just ask the inner guard to send some people to protect him by his side."

  Emperor Chengde nodded and said indifferently: "Then let's do it like this. Before Li Shen returns, send someone from the inner guard to follow Li Xin. Don't let that jealous Mrs. Yu hurt him."

  Chen Ju nodded respectfully.

  Neiweijian is also one of the eight prisons. It holds the main military power in the palace. It is the right hand of the emperor of Chengde.

  Chen Mo nodded in response.

   Emperor Chengde smiled and said.

   "Li Shen went to the southern border alone to be unrestrained and happy, but now I want to wipe his ass."

   "Chen Mo."

  The **** Chen Ju put down the things in his hand and bowed: "The old slave is here."

   Emperor Chengde laughed.

   "Get the pen and ink, I want to write a letter to the general Li Shen who is on the front line."

   "By the way, tell him that he suddenly had a fifteen or sixteen-year-old son."

   (end of this chapter)