Daughter Shenghua

Chapter 29
It has been four or five days since Yunxi came back from Yuezhou. Thinking about it, the third prince should be back, and the capital should be bustling.

Sure enough, the third prince and his party returned to Beijing that day, and there was a sudden turmoil.

The next morning, the third prince handed in the memorial. The Yuezhou Dam was cut corners during construction. Those local officials knew that there was a problem with the dam, but they did nothing. Officials at all levels accepted kickbacks and suppressed the matter. It is a remote place where no one will pay attention to that place. Who would have thought that the sudden heavy rain, the dam collapsed, destroyed tens of thousands of acres of fertile land, and tens of thousands of people were displaced.

The emperor was furious when he heard about it, and ordered the third prince, Xiao Muling, to take charge of the case. The Ministry of Criminal Affairs will coordinate a thorough investigation. All officials involved in the case, regardless of their official positions, will be severely punished and will not be tolerated!

Seeing that the third prince and his party are finally proud, they have been overwhelmed by the second prince's people for a while, now that the third prince is back, there is finally someone in charge.

The third prince, Xiao Muling, cooperated with the Criminal Department to investigate all the way, and found that dozens of people were involved in this matter, and Cui Yuan, Shangshu of the Household Department, was also involved. One piece of barrel, he tried several times to push someone in but failed.

It was too late when the second prince got the news, Mr. Cui, Minister of the Household Department, had already been brought into the Ministry of Punishment.

In the Second Prince's Mansion, Xiao Mujin strode towards the backyard.

"Mr. Su, the current situation is very unfavorable to me, please teach me, Mr. Su!" The second prince Xiao Mujin was very respectful to the middle-aged man in the room.

"Second prince, you don't have to be polite. I'm the second prince's aide. Advising you is what an aide should do!"

Xiao Mujin said respectfully: "Please teach me, sir!"

"How far does the second prince hope this matter can be saved?"

"Naturally, I hope that Cui Shangshu can retire unscathed, the Ministry of Household Affairs is too important to me!" Xiao Mujin said with a frown.

Mr. Su gently put down the teacup in his hand, and said: "The second prince must be aware that this is impossible. This is an order issued by the emperor himself, and this matter is in charge of the third prince. Cui Shangshu It's already a dead game."

Xiao Mujin walked up and down unwillingly, without saying a word.

Looking at Xiao Mujin, Mr. Su went on to say: "Shouldn't His Highness be waiting in the palace at this time? As far as I know, His Majesty has not been feeling well these few days."

After hearing this, Xiao Mujin's eyes suddenly lit up. The royal father values ​​filial piety the most. The queen mother is very indifferent to the royal father, but the royal father treats the queen mother with the utmost care. If he can stay by his royal father's side at this moment, the royal father will definitely I will feel sorry for him a little bit.After thinking about this level, he hurriedly thanked him and went to the palace.

Mr. Su saw the back of Xiao Mujin walking away in a hurry, and a sarcastic smile flashed on the corner of his mouth.

When Xue Qing heard the news from Yuezhou that day, Xue Qing was too frightened to speak for a long time, and listened carefully for a long time, only to be relieved when he saw that what the third prince said was all about corruption.After all, hiding soldiers privately is a capital crime against the Nine Clans!
After a memorial, the third prince only mentioned one sentence: Tens of thousands of young and strong men in Yuezhou are missing.

It didn't attract too many people's attention, and they thought it was the disaster that caused the disappearance of people.Only Marquis Jingbian felt his eyebrows twitch when he heard that, a young and strong man?He is in charge of the army, so he is naturally more sensitive to these things. Now that the court is fighting fiercely, he doesn't want to have more gossip, so he doesn't talk much.

The Ministry of Criminal Justice reported the results of the thorough investigation of the Yuezhou case, and the emperor ordered the Ministry of Criminal Justice to arrest all persons involved in the case immediately.

The Ministry of Criminal Justice arrested dozens of people for several days, and people were panicked for a while. Everyone told the children at home not to go out at will, lest they cause trouble outside during this period. have been greatly affected.

None of this has affected Yunxi, and she grows flowers and reads books as usual every day, living a very comfortable life.Yun Xi has been waiting, wanting to see who can lose his temper in the end; and who wants to muddy the pool of water even more.

Half a month passed like this, and the Criminal Department finally quieted down.

At this time, a secret letter broke the peace again.

Dali Temple received a secret report about the Yuezhou case, which involved several princes. Dali Temple did not dare to handle it privately, so it could only report it to the emperor.

The emperor hurriedly called the second prince into the palace, and two hours later announced the third prince.After the two princes came out, they looked bad, and when they returned to the mansion, they closed their doors to thank the guests, and many rumors spread for a while.

Yunxi just smiled lightly after receiving the news. After all, they are father and son. Even if they participated in such a major corruption case, they just closed the door to reprimand them and think about their mistakes behind closed doors.It's a pity for those people below, for the sake of the prince's reputation, the emperor will not let those people go, I'm afraid there will be another bloodshed.

This time, both the second and third princes suffered serious setbacks, and it was difficult to turn over for a while. The prince should have benefited the most. Unfortunately, the prince's health is not good, and he fell ill again two days before he was happy.At this time, the young fourth prince appeared in the eyes of the world in due course.

Yun Xi knew that the main event was coming, she guessed right, it really was for the fourth prince, Xue Qing was really good at writing, the secret letter from Dali Temple was delivered too timely.

At this time, news also came from Xiao Muyun's side. All the people who delivered the fourth prince's birth had died, some died of illness, some drowned, and no one was left alive.

The more this happened, the more Yun Xi felt that what she thought was right, but she didn't know what role the Queen Mother played here.

Yun Xi looked at the book in her hand, her thoughts drifting away.

"Master, there's news over there." Hong Yi's voice startled Yun Xi, and she realized that she had been sitting there for a long time.

Looking at the letter in his hand, Yunxi sneered for a while, and it really had something to do with the Queen Mother.Then he threw the letter into the fire and watched the flames devour the letter little by little.

"Red clothes, prepare the car, let's go and see daddy!"

"Yes"

An hour later, Yun Xi's carriage stopped in front of the Hou Mansion.

Since Zhang Yuelan was sent to the family temple, the housekeeper has been taking care of the house.The butler watched Yun Xi grow up, and was very happy to see Yun Xi came back, so he hurried to report to Lord Hou.

Yun Xi looked at the housekeeper who ran away, shook her head with a smile, and walked towards the mansion.

Before he reached the study room, he saw Jing Bianhou bringing the housekeeper over.

As soon as he saw Yunxi, Jing Bianhou asked hurriedly: "Why did Xi'er come back suddenly? Did someone wrong you? Tell daddy, and daddy will send someone to deal with him right away."

Yun Xi didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and quickly grabbed Jing Bianhou and said, "Daddy, do you really want someone to bully your daughter? My daughter just misses you, so come back and have a look."

Jing Bianhou said with a smile: "The world is not peaceful now, and Daddy is also worried that you will be bullied by someone and refuses to tell Daddy."

Yun Xi smiled and said, "My daughter is the princess now, no one dares to bully me."

Only then did Jingbianhou laugh.The father and daughter walked towards the study while talking and laughing.

(End of this chapter)