blue shirt oath

Chapter 356: Changing the Mausoleum
Ding Wei, who has always been cautious, said that now that he is so powerful, he couldn't help but feel a little lost. He even made a mistake in choosing the mausoleum for the late emperor.

It turned out that the construction of the Zhenzong Mountain Mausoleum was planned to be completed in July, and the construction period was tight. Many eunuchs were sent outside to supervise the repair of the mausoleum. Only Lei Yungong had no assignment, so Lei Yungong cried and asked the Queen Mother to repair the mausoleum.

The Queen Mother forbids it.

Lei Yungong wept and said: "I have received the grace of the late emperor in my life, and my work is not inferior to others, but now I can't serve the late emperor. Is there any crime for me?"

Empress Dowager Liu E said: "I am afraid that you will be tired if you act recklessly."

The general idea is, "It's not that you have committed any crimes, it's just that you have served the emperor since you were a child, and you have never held any position outside. Now that your official rank is already very high, small errands are not enough to arrange for you, but big projects are given to you. I'm worried that if you don't understand the laws and regulations of the country, if you make any rash moves, it will implicate you."

These words are not good enough to say that you are not capable enough.

Ordinary people listen to it and give up.

But Lei Yungong still prayed endlessly.

The queen mother had no choice but to arrange for him a "special order" to manage the site selection together with the officials who were in charge of the site selection.

One day in March, Lei Yungong came to inspect the construction site of the mountain mausoleum under construction. At this time, Xing Zhonghe, the judge of Tianjian, said to him: "Now this mausoleum, go up a hundred steps, according to the method of Fengshui yin house, there is Beneficial to future generations.”

After hearing this, Lei Yungong asked, "Why don't you use such good Feng Shui?"

Xing Zhonghe replied: "It's just because I'm worried that there are rocks and water below."

Lei Yungong said: "The first emperor has only one son today, and no other heirs. If it is true as you said, the mountain tomb above is beneficial to descendants, then it should be used."

Xing Zhonghe hesitated: "The mountain mausoleum is heavy, and it needs repeated inspection and exploration. It will take time. I am afraid of this delay. I am afraid that the original completion date of July will not be able to catch up."

Lei Yungong didn't know the importance, and immediately made a decision: "Just change the acupoints and the entrance of the Shinto. I will go to the Queen Mother immediately to explain this matter. There is no reason for the Queen Mother to refuse."

Since the death of the first emperor, Lei Yungong was the only ruler in the palace, and the court officials were the only rulers. The two worked hand in hand to control the government. Lei Yungong became more and more arrogant. No one dared to disobey his orders. Even Xing Zhonghe shouted Change point.

The mausoleum of the first emperor is in Gong County, which is nearly [-] miles away from Bianjing. When Lei Yungong came to meet the Queen Mother to explain the matter and informed that the mausoleum had been changed, Gong County had already started to change the mausoleum.

The queen mother asked angrily: "To change the mausoleum is a big matter, how dare you handle it so easily!"

Lei Yungong hurriedly said: "Why not let the descendants of the late emperor prosper?"

The matter has come to this point, it is useless for the mother to be angry again, so she asked Lei Yungong to ask Ding Wei: "You go to the Shanling envoy and listen to his opinion. If he thinks it can be changed, the Ai family will not pursue this matter."

Lei Yungong talked to Ding Wei about it.

Ding Wei originally thought that it could not be changed. After all, the original acupuncture point was the result of repeated investigations during the late Emperor's time. Now that he changed it rashly, it would be troublesome if something happened.

He looked at Lei Yungong who was waiting for his reply, and thought in his heart, after all, Lei Yungong is now the number one servant in front of the Empress Dowager, and there will be many places to "cooperate" with him in the future.

Then he stroked his beard, neither agreeing nor opposing, just perfunctory.

Lei Yungong did not get Ding Wei's accurate opinion, but when he returned to the palace, he lied to the Queen Mother and said: "The envoy of Shanling has no objection."

The queen mother agreed to change the acupoint.

However, the matter of changing the acupoint really happened!
After digging halfway, the servants found that the newly selected acupoints had stones and water, so they could not be used as mausoleums at all.

Seeing this situation, the commander-in-chief of the construction site immediately rushed to Bianjing to inform Ding Wei of the matter.

At this time, it was already May, and the construction period was less than two months away.

Ding Wei sheltered Lei Yungong and planned to accommodate this place, so he dared not tell the Queen Mother the actual situation.

However, there were many servants on the construction site who secretly reported the matter to the Queen Mother.

Knowing that the catastrophe was caused by Lei Yungong's private decision to change the plan, the queen mother immediately sent court officials such as King Zeng to investigate the situation, made a plan based on the actual situation on the construction site, and set up a task force to interrogate Lei Yungong.

Wang Zeng and others came back from the investigation and agreed that the original location should be used as the mausoleum.

The results of Lei Yungong's interrogation also came out. In addition to privately moving the tomb of the mountain mausoleum, he was also charged with various crimes such as stealing project funds and stealing funerary objects in the mountain mausoleum.

Lei Yungong died, and Ding Wei's life began to be difficult.

In the end, under the mediation of Wang Zeng and other officials, Empress Dowager Liu E dismissed Ding Wei as Prince Shaobao, and dozens of officials were deposed because of Ding Wei.

The vacant position will naturally be occupied by those who can.

Time flies, and suddenly another year.

Gu Yi is now the prefect of Kaifeng, Du Qingshan is just a prince without real power, Du Qi is about to participate in this spring, Uncle Wu is pestered by A Cui to teach him martial arts, Ziying and Gu Xing The brothers and sisters devoted themselves to the engraving workshop of Wanjuantang, while Song Guichen sneaked in to provide new books for Wanjuantang.

The name Xi Qingchen is becoming more and more famous, but still few people know who is Xi Qingchen.

Fan Lou is still as lively as ever, and the day of Lantern Festival is even more bustling. There is even a sign that today's food and drinks are all borne by the building.

Others only said that this is the Lantern Festival, Fan Lou's marketing method.

Interested people found out after inquiring that today is also the day when Zhu Lingyi, the daughter of Zhu Kejiu, the owner of Fanlou, got engaged to the eldest son of the Xu family in the north of the city.

Zhu Lingyi was dressed in a crimson-colored dress today, with gorgeous makeup. After drinking a few glasses of wine, her pretty face was a little blush. She lay in front of the window and looked at the sparkling water in the river. Thinking of what happened, her heart ached for no reason. After a while, she hurriedly frowned and covered her heart. Fortunately, it was only for a moment. She laughed at herself and continued to look out the window.

Seeing the lonely back of his fiancée at the door, Xu Zhili took the cloak from the maid and gently put it on Zhu Lingyi.

"Sister Lingyi, do you have something on your mind?"

he asked carefully.

Zhu Lingyi turned her head and smiled at him: "Why are you here? They didn't persuade you to drink?"

"Why didn't you persuade me? I was able to escape after paying respect to everyone."

Zhu Lingyi sneered: "Then why don't you look drunk at all?"

"Sister Lingyi forgot, I have a good drinker." Xu Zhili smiled, "Besides, today's wine specially chose Nurhong, which is mellow and gentle with little stamina. After going around like this, I still can't get drunk."

Zhu Lingyi blushed and pursed her lips.

Xu Zhili also quietly accompanied her, silently watching the bustling people downstairs.

The Xu family and the Zhu family are family friends, and he and Zhu Lingyi grew up. He knew that Zhu Lingyi had someone in his heart, but he didn't know who that person was.

However, Sister Lingyi finally agreed to be engaged to herself, and that was enough.

He will treat her well.

He believed that sister Lingyi would forget about that person.

(End of this chapter)