White Moonlight of Powerful Officials at large

Chapter 102 The prince is too arrogant

In May, Pei You, Minister of the Ministry of Industry, went to Jiangnan as an imperial envoy, and personally supervised the construction of five government schools in Jiangning, which won the applause of the people.

Within a month or so, the other seven prefectures in the south of the Yangtze River followed suit and built more than 20 schools at one time.

But just a few days ago, during a heavy rain, two of the five schools supervised by Mr. Pei collapsed!
Fortunately, it was night, and only two stewards who stayed overnight to guard the school were injured.

But if this happened to the school supervised by the imperial envoy, it was undoubtedly a severe slap in the face of the imperial court.Minister of the Ministry of Industry got the news in advance yesterday, and he didn't care that Shilang Pei was on his wedding leave, so he hurriedly called him to the Ministry of Industry to discuss the whole night, to find out what the problem was.

When it was dawn, Pei Shilang, who had been quiet all night, put together the drawings and laughed lowly: "Where is the problem, it won't be here."

Standing up and bowing: "Master Lao Zhang, this matter is not aimed at the Ministry of Industry, the school built by the subordinate officials, and the subordinate officials will bear it all."

Zhang Guozhang has been immersed in the court for many years, of course he can see who is behind this.

The imperial court sends imperial envoys to the south of the Yangtze River every year, but they return empty-handed every year. Why?Could it be that they all raised a group of wine bags and rice bags, and those superficial efforts of the Eight Houses in the south of the Yangtze River fooled them?
it's not true.

The Governor of Liangjiang is above the Eight Mansions in the South of the Yangtze River, and the Governor of Liangjiang is above King Rui.

Emperor Jiahe is forty-eight this year, but he has not established the East Palace for a long time.

The eldest prince is weak, and the third prince died young. The only ones who can compete now are the second prince, King Rui, and the fourth prince, Chu Heng.

Although the fourth prince has outstanding abilities at a young age and has many supporters in the court, he is only 17 years old; King Rui is older and married the eldest daughter of the Xie family, so more courtiers are optimistic about King Rui.

Who is willing to offend a highly anticipated candidate for the crown prince?
That's Shizi Pei, who has an aloof temperament, and a newborn calf is not afraid of tigers, and he doesn't even give anyone a little bit of face.

Now the governor of Liangjiang has been convicted, but the officials of the Jiangnan lineage have not been replaced in the future, and even the Nanguo Zijian is a member of King Rui.

If it's just these two schools, it's fine, I'm afraid that King Rui's temper will be aroused, and one or two other schools will collapse during the day, smashing to death and hurting the scholars, then it's not good!

All day long, Zhang Guozhang was restless, waiting for the eldest princess to pass him over for questioning.

In his opinion, this matter is neither small nor big.

After all, Prince Pei and King Rui are cousins, and they have a blood relationship. The eldest princess also hugged King Rui back then and treated King Rui with care.As long as she makes peace, the two cousins ​​sit down to have tea and wine, and Prince Pei pays a gift to King Rui, the matter will be reduced to a minor one.

As for the collapsed school, it was the rainy season, so why couldn't it be found?

But until dusk fell, no one from the Duke's Mansion came over. Zhang Guozhang couldn't bear it, so he asked his servants to inquire.

At such a time, Prince Pei even went to Guining with his wife!
I didn't come back for a whole day!
On King Rui's side, he even got someone to write the paperwork, so he waited for the eldest son's three-day wedding leave to pass, and gave him a big gift tomorrow morning.

Zhang Guozhang sighed repeatedly, after all, he was young, too sharp, too sharp!

On that side, Wen Ning was still thinking about it in the carriage. In July of the 15th year of Jiahe, nothing major happened in the court.

At this time in her previous life, she was even still in the Shen family.

So she has no idea what Pei You is going to do tonight.

But she didn't think much about it, she didn't care what he was going to do, as long as the calculation didn't hit her head.

But she never thought that tonight's plan was really on her head.

Gu Fei came out of Shi's house, looked back at Doctor Shi who had quickly loaded his luggage into the carriage, and was about to drag his family away from Beijing, and scratched his head in confusion.

Today, Guining's group stopped at the foot of Wanggui Mountain, and only Tu Bai accompanied his son and wife up the mountain.

Before the prince left, he whispered in his ear, let him come back to Beijing first, and give Doctor Shi a thousand taels of silver, so he should know what to do.

Although he was a little puzzled, he didn't dare to delay at all, and came to Shi's house as soon as he entered the city.

Dr. Shi was out for a consultation, and he waited for more than an hour before returning.

But as soon as he saw him, Doctor Shi seemed to understand what he was doing.After taking his silver ticket, he non-stop called his family to move the packed luggage to the carriage.

Before leaving, Dr. Shi saluted him: "Please guard Gu to pass a message to the son, and give the madam the wrong pulse. This old man is not good at learning. With such a clumsy skill, I will never dare to delay the nobles in the capital again. Dare to set foot in the capital again."

In a word, Gu Fei was stunned on the spot.

Although he is dull, he can still understand human words...

But when did Doctor Shi take the pulse for his wife?He really took the wrong Mai Shizi, why should he give him silver taels?If it's just an ordinary wrong pulse, why did he have to leave the capital overnight like he was fleeing with his family?

And those luggage were clearly prepared early on, as if they planned to just wait for a word from here, and then slap their ass and leave.

Reminiscent of the hasty marriage of the son, and the eldest princess's red face as if a happy event is imminent every day, Gu Fei had a ridiculous guess in his heart...

Do not!
How could their son do such a ridiculous thing!

How dare their sons fool the eldest princess and His Majesty like this!
This is simply a joke of the world!

But if it is true, if he hastily asked him to send Doctor Shi away, could it be... is he planning to have a showdown with the eldest princess tonight?

Thinking of this, Gu Fei's heart trembled.

When he returned to the Duke's Mansion, at the gate of the Duke's Mansion, he saw Wen Ning bowing his knees and resigning, saying that he was not feeling well, so he went back to the Qinghui Hall to rest first, and became more certain of his guess.

The Eldest Princess has already set up a family banquet, and when the husband and wife come back to have dinner, if there are no other arrangements, why bother to send Madam away?

Gu Fei couldn't help but glanced at Tu Bai, wondering if Tu Bai knew about this.

However, Tu Bai only watched the crowd send Wen Ning away, and immediately went to Pei You's side and said in a low voice, "Master, the booklet will be submitted by Shen Gaolan, Minister of the Ministry of Rites, and reprimanded you for eager for quick success and insufficient supervision, which led to the accident and exaggerated the local people's grievances." , It seems that he wants to label the young master as dereliction of duty and dereliction of duty."

The night was dim, and Pei You's cold and white face was even colder under the moon that only showed half of his face.

He looked sideways slightly: "Shen Gaolan?"

"Yes."

Pei You snorted lightly, and moved forward with his hands behind his back.

Gu Fei hurriedly stepped forward to report: "My lord, the matter has been settled, and I have left the capital, and said that I will not set foot in the capital again."

Pei You kept his expression still, just let out a low "hmm" and went straight to the Fuqu Courtyard.

"My son..." Gu Fei followed behind, hesitating to speak.

With regard to the affairs of the Ministry of Industry, should we focus on public affairs first?Why do you have to anger the eldest princess and Your Majesty at this time...

Pei You turned to look over.

As soon as Gu Fei touched the blackness in his eyes, he swallowed the rest of his words in horror.

What their son wanted was never an admonisher, but someone who would do things for him in a down-to-earth manner.

He has always been clear about what he wants to do and how to do it, which cannot be influenced by others' words.

Maybe...he was thinking too much.

Isn't the prince also concerned about tomorrow's morning court?Letting Madam avoid it is to discuss the school with the eldest princess.

Gu Fei made up his mind, and stood side by side with Tu Bai at the entrance of the Fuqu Courtyard. He wanted to use Tu Bai's words to see if he knew how the prince planned to deal with the school. Before he had time to think about how to speak, he listened There was a "clang" in the Fuqu courtyard, and there was the sound of porcelain being smashed.

Immediately afterwards, Her Highness the Eldest Princess, who has always been calm and calm since she worshiped the Buddha, uttered a stern voice that almost tore her throat:

"You let go, let go—!"
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Rong Hua was preparing for today's dinner early in the morning.

When the bride came in, the family should have dinner together yesterday, but Pei You went to the Ministry of Works yesterday afternoon, and Qinghuitang said that Wen Ning had gone to bed early in the morning, so she didn't call anyone.

Wen Ning returned to Ning today, and logically the two of them should come back after lunch, so she told her servants to prepare dinner early.The two young men looked desolate and detached from the world. There were no maids or nanny in the yard, and some things had to be brought up by the mother herself.

But in the afternoon, there was another news that Pei You had brought someone to Wanggui Mountain.

It is really ignorant!

Calculated according to the time, Wen Ning's body will only be three months old, how can he go climbing?Sure enough, before he came in, the servants came to report that Madam was tired and went back to Qinghui Hall to rest, and only the eldest son came.

She must talk about her son who doesn't understand anything!

But without waiting for her to say it, what did that unscrupulous Qing Lingling say while sitting in front of a table full of food?
"Mother, my son asked Dr. Shi to ask Ah Ning for pulse this morning."

"Doctor Shi apologized, because the month was too young, he diagnosed the wrong pulse."

"Nianzai has worked for the Duke's Mansion for many years, and his son beat him thirty times, took his life, and ordered him to return home."

The whole process was silent, with light eyebrows and eyes, and he was drinking tea in a moderate manner, as if he was talking about a trivial matter that was not worth mentioning.

Rong Hua thought that Pei You's sentence "A Ning is pregnant" last time was the most challenging to her peace of mind gained from eating vegetarian food and praying to Buddha for many years.

After she was stunned, an uncontrollable anger rushed to her forehead, wrapped in the anger of being offended, and washed away the innocence she was so proud of.

"You wanton, wanton—!" She smashed the teacup regardless of her image, and angrily shouted.

Wouldn't she know if the Duke's Mansion had a doctor this morning, especially if his Qinghui Hall had a doctor?
What kind of craftsmanship is Dr. Shi? She has been in and out of the Duke's Mansion for more than ten years, wouldn't she know? !

What was said this morning that Dr. Shi took the pulse, and what Dr. Shi took the wrong pulse, it's all bullshit!

"Mother, don't worry." Pei You didn't seem to notice it, and gently put down the teacup, her tone was still calm, "Sooner or later, there will be."

hum-

Rong Hua felt that anger exploded in her head and traveled to her limbs, making her hands tremble!

Is that the same?

Can that be the same? !
Everyone is married, of course there will be sooner or later!Otherwise, what else would he want!

"Evil! Evil!" In just a few moments, Rong Hua had already figured everything out. What "A Ning is pregnant" was a big lie fabricated by Pei You, "You just rely on..."

Relying on her to spoil him!
Relying on Jiahe Emperor to favor him!
Relying on the fact that he has been homeless for many years, they are willing to punish him!
But last time, when the courtiers he had attended came to complain to her, what did he say when she had a heart-to-heart talk with him?

"But I am indeed the heir of the Duke's Mansion, am I not?"

Relying on the fact that he is the eldest son of the Duke's Mansion, he is not afraid of offending courtiers, and is not afraid of strong remonstrance.

Now he is also relying on their love for him and their guilt towards him, to perversely act against him, and such a big event as grandiosely adopting an heir is created out of nothing.

He's always been like that.

As long as the goal can be achieved, as long as it is beneficial to him, if he can rely on it, why not rely on it?

At that time, the courtiers came to complain:

"Arrogant, my son is too arrogant, Your Royal Highness! The old minister has been in the court for decades, and he has never suffered such heart-piercing anger!"

She also praised Pei You, "Isn't Jinling a thing in the pond".

I really don’t know the pain if I don’t poke my heart!

"Go to the ancestral hall for me! Go and kneel for me!" Rong Hua's graceful face was as white as a sheet of paper, pointing to the door with trembling hands, "Go and repent to the ancestors! It won't be until dawn You don't want to get up!"

Pei You lowered her brows and eyes slightly, put away the calm and breezy expression, and her expression was rare and soft: "Mother, don't get angry, this is because your son has gone too far. Ah Ning is completely ignorant of this matter, please don't let my mother Get angry with her."

"Nurse Cui." He called out of the hall, "serve mother to eat."

After all, turn around and go out.

When something happened, I still wanted to say a word to that Wen's daughter. I really don't know what kind of ecstasy soup I was poured into!

Rong Hua covered his heart, and clasped the Buddhist beads in his hand on the table with a snap: "Nurse, prepare the carriage and enter the palace!"
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"What did you say?" In the cool breeze of the lotus pavilion at night, King Rui put down his wine cup, and squinted at the person in front of him who reported, "He took his wife to visit the mountains? What did he say to his aunt after he returned? "

Fan Jiu looked around, waved his whisk, lowered his waist and leaned over to King Rui and whispered.

"It's absolutely true! News came from the eyeliner of the Duke's Mansion at the front, saying that the eldest princess was furious and punished Pei Shizi to kneel in the ancestral hall, and news came from Fan Si at the back, saying that the eldest princess went to the palace to ask His Majesty to accuse the son of all kinds. At the gate of the hall during tea time, I paid close attention to my ears, and heard the eldest princess angrily scolding, 'Royal blood is not a joke'."

Fan Jiu said firmly:
"Look at the entire country, which prince's grandson's grandson got married in such a hasty way, and finished the matter in a month? And that nephew of the Wen family who has no background and no ambition, the daughter of the Wen family How could it be possible to get into the eyes of the eldest princess? If it is said that Pei Shizi played tricks, or used tricks from his heirs, everything makes sense!"

King Rui has a piece of porcelain-white warm jade with him, and he always likes to play with it in his hand when he has nothing to do.

At this moment, he was playing with the warm white jade, raised his eyebrows and eyes slightly: "He is so arrogant? Although the heirs of this Duke's family are not of the blood of the Tian family, but my aunt is here, and she also has half of the royal blood. How dare he fool me like this?" Aunt, are you fooling your father?"

Fan Jiu couldn't stop the smile on his face: "I think it's... the journey was so smooth, and I was so spoiled..."

"How did your father react?"

"Your Majesty retreated to the left and right, leaving only Master alone. Fan Si doesn't know His Majesty's reaction, but if you think about it...wouldn't you be happy? This behavior of Prince Pei, if you say it seriously, is a crime of deceiving the emperor!"

King Rui rubbed the warm jade in his hand: "Why do you think he would tell the matter at this time?"

Fan Jiu's slender eyes narrowed: "Since it's created out of nothing, it won't last long if you want to hide it. At this stall, he knows that something will happen. If tomorrow is taken in front and the bully is behind, Long Yan will be furious. Even Mrs. Shizi will not forgive lightly? But if this matter comes first, His Majesty will be angry, and it will not be easy to turn over the old account tomorrow. In this way, Pei Shizi is eager to have a showdown today, because he is protecting Shizi lady?"

King Rui sat lazily on the wicker chair, closed his eyes when he heard this, and made some calculations.

"In the past few days, how does the relationship between my cheap cousin and his new wife look like?"

Fan Jiu just waited for him to ask, and immediately replied: "Go in and out together, very affectionate. On the morning of the second day of the wedding, the nanny wanted to go in to collect the yuan handkerchief, but the son drove them away, saying that they were disturbing the madam's rest."

King Rui pondered for a moment.

After a few breaths, he sat upright from the wicker chair, his peach blossom eyes opened with a sharp edge: "Fan Jiu, looking at Mr. Pei, he must be ambitious?"

"It must be, Your Highness! And the ambition is not small!"

Otherwise, how could he have been in office for a year, so eager for quick success and instant benefits, that he would have to pull down both Governors of Liangjiang regardless of offending King Rui?

King Rui looked at the already ruined lotus in the night: "Such an ambitious person doesn't marry the princess, but he doesn't find a noble daughter from a family who can help him. Wen's daughter... such a big incident in the Ministry of Industry did not prevent him from taking Wen's daughter to Ning to play, and he would not hesitate to anger my aunt and father at this time..."

He paused for a moment, and a smile appeared on the corner of his lips: "Fan Jiu, could it be that my cheap cousin is also an infatuated kind?"

Born in the emperor's family, he knows better than anyone else.

Sentient beings are not scary, but sentient beings have weaknesses.A heartless and ruthless lunatic is what makes people vigilant.

"Hurry up and order someone to investigate! Tonight, I will investigate Wen Tingchun's family thoroughly. Tomorrow morning, I must send two big gifts to that ignorant cousin!"

King Rui stood up contentedly, brushed off his robe, his face was full of certainty.

Pei You is not easy to deal with, how can it be difficult to defeat him with a Honglu temple minister?

On July 21, Pei Shizi, who had just finished his wedding leave, was read a book on the first day of the court, saying that the Jiangning Mansion School, which he personally supervised, was just a heavy rain, and two out of five buildings collapsed. The students and the common people were all out of anger, and kept writing letters, asking the court to give an explanation.

At the same time, Wen Tingchun, who had only been envied by others for three days, was also given a book.

It is said that he used his power for personal gain and enriched his own pockets at the dust-cleaning banquet for the Prince of Ryukyu in April this year. All the drinks at that banquet came from his private winery.

(End of this chapter)