White Moonlight of Powerful Officials at large

Chapter 107 XX Soup

Wen Tingchun, the Minister of Honghe Temple, was accused of opening a wine shop privately, and took the position of Minister of Honghe Temple, using his power to seek personal gain and fill his pockets.Although Emperor Jiahe didn't come to ask his heirs to be held accountable, he handed over the matter to the Procuratorate, who appointed the right censor of the Procuratorate to thoroughly investigate the matter.

The minister of Honglu Temple was suspended that day, and less than two days later, although it was found that the winery was not run by Wen Tingchun, but by Wen Lan, the eldest son of the family, the preliminary investigation of the account books in Honglu Temple showed that the batch of drinks at the dust-cleaning banquet were indeed not greasy. Small.

The Procuratorate has yet to find out, and the people first started to complain. Such an obvious matter has not been resolved. Could it be that now that the Wen family has an in-law in the Duke's mansion, they can corrupt the law and no one cares about it?
I don't know who took the lead in smashing Wen's Winery, and the two shops on Chang'an Street had to close down. Everyone was waiting for a "just" ruling from the court.

Seeing that he was about to be convicted, Wen Tingchun, who had been silent on the first day of the incident, suddenly called out for grievances, saying that Honglu Temple did not spend any money on the drinks at the dust-cleaning banquet, and someone must have tampered with the account book!
Wen Lan also claimed that she had nothing to do with the wine shop, and someone gave false testimony.

Pei Shilang even insinuated, saying that this matter was deliberately targeted at him.

Emperor Jiahe lost his temper in the morning, and handed over the matter to Zuo Yushi of the Procuratorate, and ordered him to investigate thoroughly within three days and give the people an explanation.

I don’t want to check this, but Honglu Temple actually has another set of account books. Regardless of the level of detail or the newness of the official seals on it, it can be seen that that set is true, and the previous ones, after careful inspection, there are many The loophole is actually a set of fake ledgers!

Even the official documents of the distillery have a second set, and the manager is not Wen Lan, but Wen Ning.

"My wife felt that His Majesty's benevolent government allowed her to start a business in Dayin as a woman, and then offered drinks at the dust-cleaning banquet. She didn't receive any money, didn't print a name card, didn't draw a name or make a profit, and did a good deed in obscurity. Is it a crime to post a lot of money instead?"

"At the dust-cleaning banquet, everyone talked about the wine, how to ask your tongue, ask your appetite, is it half a point worse than the usual tribute?"

"In the past, there was no shortage of wine shops outside the palace for banquets. There were two small cash registers, and there were two wine shops without cash registers. Why did it happen to my wife, regardless of gains or losses and fame and fortune? It's because she has a pawn. The father who is in charge of the government? In this way, all the sons of the gentry present, relying on their ancestors to protect their successors and attack the duke, are they all 'using power for personal gain'?"

Pei Shilang's words in the court hall made all the admonishing officials speechless.

"There is more!" Linglan has been depressed for these days, and finally heard some good news, and her small mouth never stopped in Wen Ning's ear. Let the madam do all the messing around outside, and the wife of the eldest son of the Duke's mansion actually runs a wine shop, which is detrimental to women's morality, the eldest princess, and the royal family's face, girl, guess what the elder son said?"

Wen Ning watched helplessly as Linglan cleared her throat, puffed her chest up and pretended to be Pei You, and said in a rough voice, "My wife, I am willing to be used to it, you have to take care of it, go home and take care of your wife!"

Wen Ning: "..."

"Girl, the prince's doting on his wife has spread all over the capital in the past few days. I'm afraid it will make many noble ladies envy them to death!"

Wen Ning squinted at Linglan: "Have you finally established a good relationship with the mother in the house?"

Linglan coughed softly: "That's not... the main reason is that they will dare to offend me when they see the girl is favored?"

Wen Ning is cooling off in the pavilion.

In the blink of an eye, it is almost mid-August, and the capital city is actually not too hot, except that it is still a little hot at noon.

She shook her round fan and thought about what happened recently, thinking it was like a play, and the person who wrote this play was naturally Pei You.

The account books of Honglu Temple and the official documents of the winery are actually extremely difficult to forge.Even if it is to be done, it cannot be done in two or three days.And Wen's family was accepted on the fourth day of her marriage to Pei You.

In other words...Pei You had been planning for a long time.

Perhaps at the moment when he decided to marry her into the Duke's mansion, he had thoroughly checked and considered the possible reasons for her being caught; Therefore, when no one else thought about it, he had already prepared a countermeasure.

Then Shengsheng turned her handle in the eyes of others into a sharp sword in his hand.

There is nothing left behind after planning thousands of miles.

This man... is still as terrifying as in his previous life.

"Girl, do you want to boil a cup of soup and send it to my uncle tonight as a token of my gratitude?" Linglan also gently waved her fan beside her.

After this incident, not only did the Wen family not lose anything, Wen Lan also got a blessing in disguise, Jingzhao Mansion was dismissed from his post, and after he became innocent, he was recommended by Zhao Zhai to be a temple administrator at Dali Temple, which was actually a promotion.

Those who caused trouble in the distillery that day were all arrested by the Jingzhao Mansion, and the government allocated a sum of money for the reconstruction of the distillery.

But... soup?

Wen Ning closed her eyes, pretending she didn't hear.

Since the last time the two had a quick glance in front of the mansion, they haven't seen each other these days.

He goes in and out from the study, she goes in and out from the main house, the well water doesn't interfere with the river water, it's very good.

"Girl, if it wasn't for my uncle's persuasion this time, the matter would not have been resolved so satisfactorily." Ling Lan acted as if Wen Ning was still angry, and persuaded her from the sidelines.

Wen Ning snorted softly, if he hadn't diverted the trouble to the east, others would have checked her innocent wine shop at most, and nothing serious would happen.Is there anything that needs to be resolved?
She still wants to thank him?
"I've made the soup, girl, send it?" Linglan still didn't give up.

Wen Ning turned over on the recliner: "I'm not going."

After the brewery incident broke out, the collapse of the Jiangnan School seemed to have never happened, and no one talked about it.

Although Wen Lan was promoted after this, the Wen family also dispersed public opinion for him, didn't they?
"Girl..." Linglan had no choice, "Then I'll send it over after I've prepared it, and say it's from you? Is it the same as the soup at Pei Guogong's side?"

Wen Ning covered her face with a round fan impatiently: "As you please."

Pei You might not dare to drink the soup she made!
On the other side, King Rui was furious at some of his confidants in Prince Rui's mansion.

"Idiot! I have never seen such an idiot! You can't even recognize a few fake ledgers and official documents! The King of Loss has supported you all the way to sit in the position of You Yushi, and will give you full authority over such important matters Deal with it, what did you, stupid thing, do to this king?"

Jiang Feng, the right censor of the Procuratorate, knelt on the ground and pleaded guilty: "Your Highness, calm down! I really didn't expect that they had planned a long time ago and prepared a whole set of fake account books...the account book is not there for a month or two, it is impossible to do it. Come out, there are official documents, which are clearly stamped with official seals, how could there be fakes..."

"So! How could there be a fake? Now the whole court thinks that the king made the fake in advance. Who would believe that he made the fake to deceive himself?"

"Your Highness, please calm down! This matter is a game that Pei Shizi set up for His Highness! It is impossible for Mr. Wen not to know that the set of accounts is fake. He didn't say a word when the incident happened, but waited until His Highness publicized the matter to the whole city. Zhishi stepped forward and said that Honglu Temple still has a set of ledgers..."

King Rui picked up the inkstone in his hand and smashed it on his head: "Do you still need to remind me of this matter?"

"And you!" King Rui angrily scolded the other person below him, Shen Gaolan, Minister of the Ministry of Rites, "You only know that you have known Wen Tingchun for more than ten years, and he will not do anything that uses power for personal gain, so why don't you know more? A leak? If you saw that it was a pit before the incident happened, why would you be in such a mess!"

Shen Gaolan frowned, but did not kneel down, and bowed to salute: "Your Highness, calm down."

He said again: "Your Highness, the matter has come to this point, it is useless to find out whose fault it is, you might as well discuss the matter of the school."

"About the school?" Rui Wang was still angry, and he sneered angrily, "What about the school? I asked this stupid thing to go to Jiangning to investigate in the name of the Inspectorate, and put all the shit in Pei. On your head, now that he has done such a stupid thing, if this king recommends him again, wouldn't that be telling his father plainly that this king has trouble with Pei You and wants to make trouble for him?!"

Even if he wanted to use the school's name to cause trouble, he had already missed the best time.

Before the two schools collapsed, Emperor Jiahe issued an imperial order to temporarily suspend the schools in various places and conduct strict investigations.Now that more than half a month has passed, if something happens again, it will not be Pei You's problem, it will be the problem of officials from all over the place!
"Your Highness, Prince Pei has gone to the Holy Land privately after his early court today. Please go to Jiangnan to find out the matter himself."

Only then did King Rui calm down: "Is there another matter?"

"Your Majesty has just come out of the palace. Your Majesty has already agreed to the son. After the Mid-Autumn Festival, the son will leave Beijing and go south."

King Rui gripped the string of beads in his hand tightly. The officials of the eight Jiangnan prefectures had been damaged a lot before, but most of them still belonged to him. No matter who the Governor of Liangjiang was, Jiangnan would always belong to him.

But if Pei You goes again, if he finds out something and changes the water again, it will be hard to say.

"Your Highness." Shen Gaolan remonstrated sincerely, "Pei Shizi, it's better to take it for your own use!"

King Rui's calm face was very ugly, he twitched the corners of his lips: "What Shen Shangshu means is that I want this king to lose face and try to curry favor with him?"

There was silence in the study for a while, and then there was a sound of jade cracking: "Dream!"
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"My lord, how long will it take to go to Jiangnan? Is the arrangement in the mansion still the same as last time?"

As soon as the matter of the Wen Mansion was settled, the servants in the mansion had a big change, those who should be sold were sold, and those who should be dismissed, so now when it comes to things, it doesn't have to be in Qinghui Hall.

On the way back to the courtyard, Gu Fei asked about the arrangements for this time. After all, there are only three days left in the Mid-Autumn Festival.

Pei You didn't stop walking, and didn't answer right away, after a short rest, he said: "You and Tu Bai will go with me, stay in the residence."

Gu Fei nodded, and asked again: "How about the arrangements for Madam?"

Pei You frowned slightly: "Madam naturally stays in the Duke's Mansion, how else can I arrange it?"

Gu Fei was choked up, and quickly shut up.

It's his turn to worry about the son's affairs? !
But listening to this tone, I feel a little displeased, is it because I quarreled with my wife last time, are you still angry?

Sure enough, when he arrived at Qinghui Hall, Pei You turned around and, as usual, bypassed the main house and went directly to the study.

Gu Fei scratched his head, this... things that should be dealt with have been dealt with, the Wen family is unscathed, and his wife's winery is also starting to rebuild. After this incident, the reputation outside has been established. When the business resumes, the business will not be sure. will be bad.

In a few days, the son will leave Beijing again, so why are the husband and wife still not reconciled?

Linglan and Gu Fei had the same idea, seeing the two masters got married for nearly a month, and after careful calculation, only the night of marriage was the same room!
It's so frightening!
But she can actually understand.

It's normal for her girl to be anxious and angry when something big happened in Wen's house.

It was the "turtle bastard" last time...it was too loud...

I'm afraid not only Qinghui Hall, but everyone outside Qinghui Hall heard it!

How can a noble man like Shizi who is used to being praised by others tolerate being insulted like this?It's normal to be angry.

It was the first time for the newlyweds to quarrel, and both of them were thin-skinned. Even though the matter had been resolved satisfactorily, they still couldn't let go of their faces and gave in. This is more normal!

At this time, their loyal servants who are dedicated to the Lord come in handy.

Linglan pondered for half an afternoon and came up with a wonderful idea.

Isn't it stew?She used to deal with the nuns outside, not just to gossip about what's new in the capital, but to pay attention to which young man with both talents and looks can match her girl, and how to get along with husband and wife, especially how to fight and how to make peace in the middle Dude, it is also very caring.

As soon as the lamps in the study were lit, she put the soup cup into a food box and walked over there.

What a disgrace, seeing this soup, the son of the world will definitely find the girl to reconcile tonight!
Pei You returned to the study, walked to the window as usual, and glanced at the yard outside.

I don't know when it started, the first thing he did when he entered the study was not to open the books on the table, but to open the window to see what new things had been added to the yard.

The capital is about to enter autumn, and there are more chrysanthemums in the yard, each of which is in bud.

Some of the newly added flower trees in summer have withered and were replaced with new varieties in time.

Under the locust tree in the yard, a new swing was hung.

It would be quite fun for myself.

Of course he wasn't angry with her, he just disliked Gu Fei's stupid question.

How can my wife arrange it, how else can I arrange it?

If you don't stay in the Duke's mansion, can you still take it to the south of the Yangtze River?
When I go out to work, I bring a female family member with me, which is in the way.

Pei You stared down, and was about to close the window when there was a knock on the door of the study.

Gu Fei said outside: "Your Majesty, Linglan has brought you soup by Madam's order."

When he said the word "soup", his voice trembled subconsciously.

Pei You glanced at the door, walked to the table and sat down, took a book and opened it: "Come in."

Linglan had prepared early, and when entering the room, she bowed appropriately, took out the soup from the food box without raising her head, put it on the table, and was about to leave after being blessed.

After thinking about it, she was still worried, and said softly, "My lord, the girl spent an afternoon stewing this by herself, and she put a lot of thought into it."

It means don't take it lightly.

Pei You's eyes fell on the book, and he said "um" very lightly.Linglan bowed her knees again and bowed before she backed off.

After leaving the study, she let out a big sigh of relief. Next, go back and wash the girl, and wait for my uncle to go!
As soon as Linglan left, Pei You squinted at the soup.

She spent another afternoon stewing it by herself?

This time it smelled normal.

He turned his eyes around the book twice, finally put the book down, brought the soup cup over, and slowly lifted the lid.

This time, the air in the study was dead silent for a moment.

What was riding in the soup cup was a portion——

Deer whip soup.

　Don't ask me why the title is XX, because I'm afraid of being harmed hahaha

　　
　
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