The reborn prince can't be pushed down

Chapter 13

Just after the fifth watch drum was played, Jiang Nian got up. After cleansing his face, Jing Ming put on his official uniform.

Civil officials in Daxing wear red shirts, skirts and knee covers, white gauze singles inside, white socks and black shoes, leather belts and ribbons around their waists, and beam crowns on their heads.

Wearing the same clothes, Jiang Nian of Zhilan Yushu has a handsome and elegant style.

The supplementary pictures of egrets on the chest and back indicate his grade.

The Chiang Mansion is not far from the imperial palace, and the servants have already prepared the sedan chairs.

Jiang Nian and Jiang Qixi arrived at the gate at the same time. Jiang Qixi took a look at him and warned earnestly: "Today is the first day His Majesty allows you to go to court. I don't know how many people in the court are watching. You can handle it yourself." measure."

"Yes, my son would like to follow his father's teaching." Jiang Nian said respectfully.

The sedan chair was swaying and carried to the palace. At this time, it was not yet bright, and the avenue leading to the palace was already filled with cars, horses, official sedan chairs, and everyone lit up with lanterns, winding their way to the palace like a fire dragon.

When they arrived at Chongtian Temple, Ning Yuezhao hadn't arrived yet.

Everyone stepped into the hall one after another, found their seats and stood up.Jiang Qixi is the head of the civil servants, so he is naturally standing at the forefront, the king's next head.The seat of General Jianwei Xiao Jingtian, the chief military officer, is vacant again today. Ever since Princess Changning supervised the country, he said that his old illness had relapsed and he often did not attend court meetings.Even the queen has nothing to do with this young general who holds military power.

Jiang Nian was known for being self-aware, and stood low-key at the end of the line.After all, all those present are officials with rank five or above, and he is just a man of rank six. As long as he is not married for a day, he still has to abide by the etiquette.

"Jiang Zhuangyuan, good morning!"

"Jiang Zhuangyuan Fengshen is handsome, this official uniform looks particularly energetic on you!"

The officials standing around Jiang Nian greeted him one after another. After all, everyone knew that the imperial decree had been issued, and who would let go of such a great opportunity to curry favor.

For a while, Jiang Nian became the focus of everyone's attention. He asked all kinds of cold and warm questions, but he was not arrogant. Whoever came to say hello, he would respond politely, and his image immediately became taller.

Everyone praised in their hearts that the number one scholar Lang is a gentleman, gentle and refined.It's a pity that the empress took the lead, otherwise this young man would definitely be recruited to be his wife's son-in-law.

"The emperor is here, the princess is here!"

The sound of the eunuch's singing and reporting came, and the ministers hurriedly knelt down and performed the Jishou salute.

"Long live my emperor, long live, long live, princess, thousand years old!"

Perhaps in order to give face to her son-in-law-to-be, the queen came to court again today.

Ning Yuezhao stood on top of Dan Bi, looked at the officials kneeling on the ground, and recognized that person from the crowd at a glance.

No matter when, his spine is always straight, it seems that under the cynical appearance is a rock-solid heart.

"Everyone is in peace." The empress is in a good mood today, although she is still ill, she is in good spirits.Today she mainly came to support Jiang Nian, so most of the court performances and answers were done by Ning Yuezhao.

In the past few days, the accusations of the impeachment of Lu Jiansheng, the minister of the Ministry of War, have poured in like snowflakes, and the narrations are so vivid that those who don't know it think that these ministers have gone to eavesdrop under other people's beds.

According to the rules, if an official is impeached and has a problem with his conduct, he should temporarily stay behind closed doors.

The cause of the incident was a pleading paper delivered to Shuntian Mansion, a woman claimed to be the concubine of the Minister of War, surnamed Song, and wanted to sue his wife Liu for killing her child.

Lu Jiansheng's regular wife, Liu Shi, had nothing to do in the first three years, and Song Shi gave birth to the eldest son.Afterwards, the Liu family gave birth to another son.

The eldest son, who was only four years old, got lost on the Shangyuan Festival 20 years ago and has not been found so far.The Song family had been depressed for a long time after losing her son, but she soon realized that she couldn't stay depressed forever, and resorted to means to regain Lu Jiansheng's favor, and gave birth to a son again two years later, this bastard son was Lu Ji.

Ordinarily, wives and concubines fighting each other is nothing at all, but Song recently discovered that her first son was abducted and sold by Liu's instigation.How could the Song family, who had been honored and favored for more than ten years, swallow this breath? She was no longer the concubine who cowered in front of the mistress.In order to compensate her for losing her son, Lu Jiansheng gave her half of the housekeeper rights in the mansion, so that she was able to fight against the Liu family for many years.

Now that Lu Ji has achieved fame, compared to Liu's illegitimate son, Song's popularity in the mansion has completely overshadowed Liu's.

A few days ago, a man in his 20s approached Mrs. Song and said that he was the bastard who was lost at the beginning.Under Song's investigation, an old servant jumped out and said that Liu had bribed the traffickers and abducted the child.

In a fit of anger, the Song family made trouble in Shuntian Mansion.

Fighting between wives and concubines has existed since ancient times, but it was the first time for a concubine's room to sue the royal family. Shuntian Fu Yin was not sure whether to accept this case.

Then this Mrs. Song was crying at the gate of Shuntian Mansion, and said that her son was a scholar of the Jinke Hanlin Academy. If Shuntian Mansion did not arrest Mrs. Liu for trial, he would sue him before the emperor.

This matter was written by a caring person, and he took the opportunity to participate in Lu Jiansheng's book.

"The wife is the master, and the concubine is the slave. If a slave accuses the master, it means betraying the master and being unfaithful. He should be punished and exiled!"

"No, as far as I know, the petitioner is the bitter master and the eldest son of Lu Jiansheng, not the Song family. The Song family is just crying in the Yamen of Shuntian Mansion. I think that Shuntian Mansion should take over this case."

"Even if the eldest son of the concubine is the one who suffers, there is absolutely no reason for the concubine to sue his aunt. This is contrary to human relations and outrageous!"

"The laws of Daxing did not stipulate that a slave should not sue the master. The prince broke the law and committed the same crime as the people. The law of the previous dynasty stipulated that "the slave who sues the master is righteous." Being a slave also violates our dynasty’s principle of governing the world with benevolence and righteousness.”

"If a slave sues the master, and the precedent of the concubine suing the aunt is set, will the Shuntian Mansion be free in the future? Any dispute between wives and concubines will go to the government office, so where will the real wronged people go to complain?"

The courtiers were arguing with each other, and the empress had already shown a look of impatience.

"Your Majesty, Wei Chen has something to say!"

Amidst the blushing arguing, a clear male voice stood out.

The one who spoke was Jiang Nian, and the empress saw him from a distance, and the depression in her heart suddenly dissipated.

Ning Yuezhao was also very curious about what Jiang Nianhui would say. It stands to reason that if he spoke, there should be a solution. Otherwise, he would be a sixth-rank editor, and everyone in the room would have a higher official position than him. How would he convince the public.

"What's Jiang Qing's opinion, but it's okay to say." The queen has great confidence in Jiang Nian.

All the ministers fell silent at once, but seeing Jiang Nian stepping forward, he said in a clear voice, "I think Shuntian Mansion will be generous enough to accept the case."

As soon as he said this, the courtiers who held objections were unhappy, and they all accused him of disrupting the family law of their ancestors.

Jiang Nian took his time and said, "Whether the Minister of the Ministry of War dotes on his concubine and destroys his wife, whether the concubine murdered the concubine, whether the concubine's room offended the concubine, to sort out these series of questions, we must start with whether Mrs. Lu ordered people to kidnap and sell the concubine. Speaking of which, it is still unknown whether this person who suddenly appeared after 20 years is the eldest son of Lu Shilang, Shuntian Mansion just took over the honor of an ordinary person, why not?"

All the ministers were dumbfounded when they heard the words.That's right, why didn't they take this into consideration? Whether the person who appeared suddenly was the eldest son of Lu Jiansheng remains to be ascertained, so they preconceived the identity of the eldest son of that man, which is really absurd and also!
The empress nodded approvingly, "What Jiang Qing said makes sense."

Jiang Nian continued: "After the truth is found out, if it is true that a concubine kills a wife, a concubine murders a concubine, a concubine violates a wife, and a concubine collides with a concubine, then according to the crime, whoever should be punished will be punished. If someone False accusation, then it will be dealt with as the crime of false accusation."

A problem that the officials had been arguing for a long time without any result was resolved by Jiang Qingnian in an understatement.The empress is still somewhat proud, which shows her vision for choosing a son-in-law.

Ning Yuezhao was in a bit of a complicated mood at the moment. She originally wanted to say this when the ministers were arguing about it, but Jiang Nian took the lead.

The empress said in a cheerful mood: "Then, according to what Jiang Qing said, let the Shuntian Mansion find out the truth first, and then investigate and deal with those who want to do things according to the law."

"My emperor is wise!"

After retiring from the court, Jiang Nian was surrounded by many officials, almost all of whom came to flatter him.

"Jiang Zhuangyuan's insight really makes us feel ashamed."

"It's true that since ancient times, heroes have come out of youth, and the waves of the Yangtze River have pushed the waves ahead. It is my great fortune to have such talents as Jiang Zhuangyuan!"

"In the future, I will wait and ask Jiang Zhuangyuan for advice!"

Jiang Nian said modestly: "Where is it, the lower officials are less talented, but it's just a mistake. Everyone's experience is higher than that of the lower officials. It should be the lower officials who ask you for advice."

"Haha, Jiang Zhuangyuan is too modest."

"Ahem." Jiang Qixi suddenly appeared behind the crowd and coughed heavily.

When the officials saw his serious expression, as if he was about to teach someone a lesson, they immediately fell silent.

Seeing this, Xu Zhi stepped forward with a smile and said, "Mr. Jiang Ge, why is he so serious? Your son is so outstanding, he should be praised."

Jiang Qixi glanced at Xu Zhi, his face still tense, "Don't you all have to deal with official duties? What are you all doing here?"

Hearing that Shoufu was so unsympathetic, everyone couldn't say anything more, and scattered like birds and beasts.

Jiang Nian stood on the spot with his hands down, and said calmly: "Father, don't be angry, children have their own measure."

"Hmph!" Jiang Qixi gave him a sideways glance, "Do you think I'm mad at you for being too showy? You're wrong, you are the consort chosen by His Majesty, and you will be the husband of the Queen who will stand shoulder to shoulder with the Queen in the future. It's normal. I just remind you not to be carried away by some people's flattering words."

Flowers blooming, fire cooking oil, looking beautiful, it is not difficult to be prosperous for a while, but how to make this bright light last forever.

Jiang Nian pursed his lips, his eyes looked like distant mountains and emptiness, "Yes, my child will follow my father's teachings."

(End of this chapter)