Mysterious Tang Dynasty

Chapter 42
There were thieves in the east courtyard, and Nanny Lu believed that it was Xiao Yang who was playing tricks. The purpose was to use the excuse of negligence of duty and ineffective control so that the heir king Li Dai could drive them, the loyal servants of the Chen family, out of the Sui palace. There is no way to prevent Xiao Yang from seizing the wealth of Chen's dowry.

At present, although Nanny Lu prevented the bribed maid in the East Court from taking away Chen's belongings and personal belongings, and sent them to Princess Dou for disposal by the latter, she still had a string in her mind. I was afraid that when this matter would reach Li Dai's ears, the latter would still find a reason to drive them away under Xiao Yang's slander.At that time, wouldn't the little lady Li Lijun be alone and helpless in the Sui Palace?
Out of such considerations, Nanny Lu was very unwilling to make this matter a big deal, and only hoped that Concubine Dou would quietly deal with those maids who had become thieves.Nanny Cui accepted the idea of ​​the old sister, and listened to Li Lijun's speculation that Xiao Yang stole Chen's personal belongings to slander her name, and she became more and more unwilling to let outsiders know the messy entanglement here.Even if Mrs. Chen is innocent, she can't bear the gossip of someone with a heart!

However, Li Lijun has a different view.

Since Xiao Yang was responsible for this matter, how could she keep the secret for them as Chen's nuns wished?Right now, something happened suddenly to Li Yanjun, she was too busy to deal with the aftermath and save her daughter, she didn't have time to fill in the hole she dug in the east yard earlier, when she was free someday, all she needed to do was gossip in front of Li Dai , the latter will immediately look at the two mothers Cui and Lu as bad luck.

Since this landmine is going to explode sooner or later, it is better for Li Lijun to detonate it himself, at least he can still control the initiative.

Li Lijun felt that this matter was not as serious as Cui Lu's two mothers thought.The thieves in the east courtyard were ultimately caused by Xiao Yang.They have no real evidence, so gossip.As long as those who really held power in the Sui Palace believed their gossip, what would Xiao Yang do?
Therefore, Li Lijun signaled Nanny Cui to order her own people, after being bribed by others outside the mourning hall today and "leaking" some internal information, next time someone comes to inquire, they can pretend to be unwilling to say more, Claiming that "the nuns have heard some rumors, and we are not allowed to tell outsiders what happened above."Of course, if the other party asks a few more questions, they will still "can't help being persuaded" or "carelessly can't control their mouths" and leak the news again.

What they said this time was that just after Li Lijun, the fourth wife, was injured, the two nuns were tied up by Xiao Yang's confidant wet nurse and several Chen family's husbands, and they were locked in the room and forced to hand over the Chen family. The property left behind was transferred to the name of Xiao Yang's younger brother Yang Shuo.Xiao Yang's confidant wet nurse claimed that if they did not obey, they would all be kicked out of Sui Palace.It was Concubine Dou who noticed something was wrong and sent someone to rescue them.Concubine Dou also sent the princes of the Chen family to officials, and imprisoned Xiao Yang's wet nurse, waiting to be dealt with.

Although the two nuns were saved, Mrs. Yang refused to give up, and ordered someone to bribe the maid in the east courtyard, and secretly stole the land deed, paperwork and other things from Mrs. Chen's dowry, but was smashed by Mrs. Lu again.Nanny Lu sent people to Concubine Dou to deal with them overnight, and she became more and more strict with her subordinates, so the subordinates did not dare to contact outsiders easily, so as not to be misunderstood by the superiors that they were traitors.

If anyone intends to verify these things, the two mothers Cui and Lu were trapped on the day Li Lijun was injured, and Princess Dou sent the Chen family to the official, and the grandma and grandson of Xiao Yang's nursing mother were detained by Princess Dou. Momo caught the thief all night, and then sent the thief to Princess Dou...these are all obvious facts, which just prove that the words of the servants are true.

It's just that there is a slight discrepancy in the timing.

Most people don't care too much about this discrepancy.But the words of the servants fell into the eyes of people who didn't know the inside story. Xiao Yang was an ambitious man who took advantage of Li Lijun's injury and weak state to try to seize the dowry of the late mistress.

Chen's dowry now belongs to Li Lijun.Li Lijun is still young, and it is far from the time to get married, so this wealth, whether it is in the hands of his biological father Li Dai or his grandfather Sui Wang, is the property of Sui Wangfu, and the rich water will not flow to outsiders.Unless Li Lijun died, the Chen family would have the possibility to take this property back.

If Xiao Yang seized the dowry on the premise that Li Lijun was dead, the Sui king and his heir Li Dai could take it as that she just wanted to preserve the wealth for her husband's family.

But Li Lijun did not die.

Then everything Xiao Yang did would turn into eating inside and outside, trying to take away the huge amount of wealth belonging to the Sui Palace, and fatten the pockets of her natal brother.And if Li Dai helped her, he would be so obsessed that he would tell his cheap brother-in-law to take advantage of his family for nothing!

How could the king of Sui endure such a thing? !

Although the Sui Prince's Mansion is expensive as a Prince's Mansion and has a large amount of property and property, the Sui Wang father and son have a lot of expenses - the former spends a lot of money every year to worship the Buddha, print Buddhist scriptures, fast monks and sculpt gold for Buddha statues and so on; while the latter is enjoying a luxurious life, he also has to give himself a position of real power and high-ranking official - if it is not supported by Chen's large dowry, how can the property of the Sui Palace be able to withstand the consumption of the father and son? ?Without the subsidy from Chen's dowry, they will definitely become "stretched".

Sui Wang always felt that his son's official position was a waste of time, so he probably didn't care about his son's lack of money.But if it's his turn to pay homage to the Buddha without financial support, that's another matter.He wants to do great merit for himself!I have accumulated decades of merit with great difficulty, but now that I am old, how can I give up halfway? !
At that time, there is no need for Li Lijun to do anything, Sui Wang will stand in front of her, punish Xiao Yang for her, and reprimand Li Dai.But when Sui Wang, the real head of the family, spoke, Li Dai couldn't bear Xiao Yang's family anymore, so he had no choice but to admit it.

Because his position as the heir to the king is as stable as Mount Tai in the eyes of outsiders, but in his own mind, it is in jeopardy.He always felt that his stepmother Princess Dou and third brother Li Lang must always want to take away his heir.He can't feel at ease even if his father is not dead!
Li Lijun carefully analyzed her thoughts to Mother Cui.Nanny Cui was finally persuaded by her: "Young lady is right... Such a statement of nine truths and one falsehood can indeed put the responsibility of the thief on Xiao Yang's head. If he is the heir, he still has to listen to Xiao Yang." The slander, driving us out of the palace, the prince will think that he is confused, and will keep us." Because they are guarding the property for the king of Sui!
Li Lijun's plan has another benefit.The bribed maids in the East Court come from different backgrounds, some are Hakka girls brought by the Chen family from their natal family, some are the daughters or relatives of the stewards in the Sui Palace, and some are the descendants of general servants in the Sui Palace.When the Chen family was alive, she was the successor concubine with wealth and power in her hands, and some people took the initiative to go to please her.These girls made a big mistake and were punished. If the crimes were not made public and their parents and relatives didn't know the truth, would they hold grudges against Cui and Lu?
At present, their situation in the Sui Palace is already difficult enough. If they have grudges against a large number of servants of the Palace, how will they live in this day?
Simply announce part of the truth and let the servants of the palace know who is really going to make trouble!My own daughter betrayed the master, so naturally she can't blame the master for punishing her.At that time, the one they will hold grudges on will be Xiao Yang, who caused trouble for no reason.

Didn't Xiao Yang rely on his late father's connections in the Sui Palace to do his best?I don't know which side will have the upper hand compared with the servants of the Yang family and the servants of the palace?
As long as someone makes trouble, Princess Dou, who presides over Zhongfu, wants to replace a few thorns in her eyes and arrange her own people, isn't it a piece of cake?

This is Li Lijun's reward for Princess Dou's kindness.

(End of this chapter)