The Submissive Emperor - Chapter 16

Xiao Chengjun knew about Qinghe’s dyke. Before the wedding, he was busy supervising disaster relief. As for whether the Qinghe county magistrate was corrupt or not, it was supervised by the Ministry of Criminal Justice. He didn’t care. Why did this matter involve him after only a few days?

“Who presents the son today? What did the emperor say?” Xiao Chengjun put down the cup and his cup steadily, and signaled Lou Jing to let Yao Zhu go.

Yao Zhu didn’t have much contact with the prince before. This time he bit his head to see Xiao Chengjun because he happened to be involved. Now that he was surprised to hear about such a major event, he recovered from a moment of surprise and he was as calm as a mountain. Sheng admired, the prince of the dark road really hid it for so many years.

“Zhezi was handed by the minister of the criminal ministry, saying that the county magistrate of Qinghe had already confessed that the silver used to build the dam was used to repair the Qingliang Temple. It is necessary to check the account of the household department.” Yao Zhu glanced at the prince’s expression, “the minister is The officials of the Ministry of Rites don’t know much about these things, but the brothers are involved in them, so they can inquire about them.”

The smile on Lou Jing’s face had disappeared, and he glanced at each other with His Royal Highness, and they all understood the way.

It is said that the prince is related to this matter, it should not be mentioned today, there must be some news before, this Yao Zhu has been an official for so many years, and he is naturally sensitive to the government and is very concerned about this matter, so he smelled the conspiracy in it. . The county magistrate in Qinghe was greedy for ink, but it was actually easy to investigate. After so long, then someone must not care about it.

“His Royal Highness, there is no small matter in the court, you’d better make your plans early,” Yao Zhu hesitated for a moment, “The emperor today handed over the Qinghe case to Shen Lian for investigation.”

Lou Jing raised his eyebrows. He thought that Yao Zhu was here to surrender only after hearing what he said before, and it was because of his younger brother that he dared to go around for a long time. He said so much, nothing more than pulling the crown prince and him into the same camp, letting Xiao Chengjun put pressure on Shen Lian, and fooling the matter over, Yao Su’s official career would have a ray of life.

Xiao Chengjun pondered for a moment, and his expression was cold and solemn: “I’m afraid this matter is more than that. If you want to protect yourself, you can go to Zuo Xiang Zhao Duan and ask him to show you a clear path, and…”

When Yao Zhu heard this, he only felt that the hairs on his back were standing up, and the prince said that if he let him protect himself, it was this incident that would cause death.

“Let Yao Su leave the capital, as far as possible.” Xiao Chengjun raised his head and looked into the distance. Clouds drifted across the sky, blocking the sunlight and leaving a large shadow on the flat ground.

“Chen…understood,” Yao Zhu took a step back, knelt down again, and respectfully knocked Xiao Chengjun, “Chen Yao Zhu, Thank you, Your Majesty!” Your Highness Xie, thanks to the prince’s benevolence, thanks. It is the life-saving grace of the prince!

Yao Zhu left with a heavy heart, Lou Jing walked to the prince who was standing with his hands, “Yao Zhu has already driven away.”

Xiao Chengjun nodded, “We should also go back to the palace.”

“His Royal Highness, what’s your plan?” Lou Jing stretched out his hand to hold him. I’m afraid this matter is a bit troublesome. There was a whistle in the hall a few days ago, but they only knew it now, and they had missed the opportunity.

“We must first understand the ins and outs of this matter,” Xiao Chengjun looked at the hands between the two, “Don’t act rashly.”

“Let Yun Sixteen go to Qinghe to find out this matter.” After Lou Jing finished speaking, he called Yun Sixteen.

Youyun Sixteenth Cavaliers have their own strengths, but they are all in pairs. For example, to detect the news, Yunba and Yun Sixteen are good at this way, and the treatment of trauma is Yunqi and Yun15, in case one person is killed. People replace.

Xiao Chengjun looked at Yun Sixteen, who was kneeling on the ground, and nodded. If he sent someone from the East Palace to investigate, it would definitely arouse people’s suspicion. Let Yun Sixteen go, and it really saved a lot of trouble, so he explained some specific matters to be found out, and Yun Sixteen immediately took his orders.

Originally intending to let His Royal Highness taste the food in his farm, but now it was too late, Lou Jing asked him to pick two baskets of apples and autumn peaches and take them back to honor the empress.

The prince’s every move was being watched. Now that they arrived at the prince’s farm, they simply brought something back and people were not interested in exploring.

“Father and queen can’t be used to reward concubines, the two baskets are too much.” Xiao Chengjun looked at his princess, who was in danger, and felt very stable. If she was a woman, she would be scared and cry now, how can I remember? These.

“Father and queen can’t finish eating, we can eat by ourselves.” Lou Jing took the prince into the carriage, and they had to hurry back to the East Palace. The courtiers liked to wait and see and follow suit. .

The queen is a man. Except for routine rewards, she would never give her concubine anything for no reason.

Xiao Chengjun took a green and red apple in his hand, “If Concubine Shu is still there, I can give her some.”

Lou Jing was stunned, and stretched out his hand to hold the hand holding the apple. Concubine Shu is Xiao Chengjun’s biological mother. It is said that he passed away when he was just one year old. It’s nowhere to be seen, just add a sad person.”

“Zhuoyu…” Xiao Chengjun looked at him quietly, then looked at the apple they were holding together, and stopped talking.

Back to the East Palace, it was noon. Xiao Chengjun wanted to recruit the Donggong official to discuss, but Lou Jing dragged him to eat first.

The two of them ate at the Chongren Hall nearby, and the Donggong officials gathered in the study room of the Chongren Hall.

When Lou Jing saw this, he was about to retreat, but was stopped by Xiao Chengjun, “You stay too.”

Cai Yi and the others looked at each other, but they didn’t expect that the crown prince had just passed the door for four days, and the crown prince would have such trust.

The effect of Tianzhuang and his party today is undoubtedly obvious. When Xiao Chengjun let him stay, it is to let him contact the power of the prince. Lou Jing licked her lips and sat down directly beside His Royal Highness without giving in.

“The minister carefully checked the Qinghe Zhezi approved by His Highness,” Cai Yi took out the record book he had made when he assisted the prince to approve the memorial. money.”

Qingliang Temple is a monk’s temple in Qinghe County. Taizu was blessed by the abbot of Qingliang Temple when he fought the world, so he sealed the Huguo Temple, and every few years he would allocate a sum of silver to repair the temple.

Xiao Chengjun frowned, and the money for repairing Qingliang Temple and the money department for building the dam would be allocated on time and according to the amount. Could this kind of thing be confused?

“The lie is not round, so wait a few more days, naturally someone will help to make it round.” Lou Jing looked at the thick record book. It is impossible to make a mistake with this kind of practice, since he suspects Xiao Chengjun. , Why not take advantage of him when he is in the middle of the court to say it, but wait until he can’t go to the court to say it, the meaning is self-evident.

Everyone’s eyes widened, and an Eastern Palace official exclaimed, “So, someone deliberately framed your Highness at this time.”

Cai Yi turned around in place, “His Royal Highness can’t go to court now, even if he wants to argue, he can’t say anything.”

The sound of the wind…breaking the embankment…at this time…can’t go up…

Lou Jing felt that something flashed in his mind, from the hurried marriage decree on August 17 to the various events since the wedding. He suddenly turned his head to look at Xiao Chengjun next to him, and slowly said, “His Royal Highness, we Why is the marriage so hasty?”

Xiao Chengjun’s expression changed a lot when he heard the words, “You mean…”

During the wedding, the prince did not have to go to court, and when he arrived at Xiao Chengjun, he became unable to do politics. Not going to court, not approving memorials, only relying on a few Donggong officials below the third rank and not qualified to go to court, is to isolate the prince from the court in a disguised form. Qinghe broke the bank at the beginning of August. Why did the county magistrate’s corruption case stay in the middle of nowhere? It happened to be brought out when the prince was not in the middle of the court?

Xiao Chengjun gradually clenched the hands in his sleeves, the father’s behavior must have doubted him from the beginning.

Cai Yi broke out in a cold sweat, “The wedding was to trap the prince, so the emperor must be suspicious. Your Royal Highness must come up with a charter as soon as possible. You can’t let them pour dirty water into the East Palace!”

“The matter has not been ascertained, so don’t act rashly,” Xiao Chengjun said solemnly, “Cai Yi, is the charter that I asked you to prepare before?”

“His Royal Highness!” Cai Yi’s face instantly turned pale, and his voice became a little heavy. “You are ready, but Your Royal Highness…”

Xiao Chengjun raised his hand to stop him from continuing, “If it’s done, I won’t move. I will go and meet my father and queen, and you will come to listen to the order in the evening.”

“Yes!” Cai Yi bowed. The other Donggong officials didn’t seem to know what charter he had prepared, but they wouldn’t be so stupid to ask them now. Each bowed in salute and retired with Cai Yi.

“With clues, it’s easy to see tricks.” Lou Jing was actually relieved. Their marriage was too strange. Now that you see the cause, you don’t need to panic guessing.

“That’s it,” Xiao Chengjun saw him like this, and a little smile appeared in his eyes, “Let’s go to Fengyi Palace now.”

“You do have your heart.” The queen accepted the two baskets of fresh fruits brought back by Lou Jing, waved back the crowd, and took out a small box. “This is a big wedding gift sent by the Yuezhou governor to make people rush forward. Arrived.”

Xiao Chengjun took over the red lacquered box in the Queen’s hands, “Father, something went wrong in the court.”

“My palace knows,” Ji Zhuo’s eagle eyes showed a bit of coldness, “and plan for the worst.”

“Father and queen…” Xiao Chengjun frowned slowly looking at the queen’s cold face.

“Jingnan Marquis will return to Beijing next month,” Empress Ji sighed. “My palace told you before the wedding. You should check this matter as much as possible, but remember, even if everyone knows that you were wronged, Don’t let everyone scream for you, otherwise, no one can protect you.”

The moonlight in early autumn was always a bit cold. Xiao Chengjun stood in front of the window with his hands in his hands, let the moonlight leak into the empty hall, and dye his apricot clothes with a layer of silver frost.

Lou Jing walked into the empty Chongren Hall. There was no lamp in the hall. From a distance, he saw the pure and noble figure standing alone under the moon, as if he would blend into the lonely moonlight at any time. He couldn’t help speeding up his pace and reaching him. Behind him, afraid of disturbing his thoughts, he stood quietly with him.

“Why did you come here?” Xiao Chengjun looked back at him.

“Master Cai is gone, and your Highness should rest too,” Lou Jing said, with a slightly slanderous smile on his face, “His Royal Highness does not go to the Hall of Eight Phoenix, the minister will only be served in the Hall of Chongren.”