For Xue Chuer, Huo Xiaoyu, Du Qiuniang, and Yan Lingbin, whether it is Zong Chuke, Cui Zhiwen, or Di Renjie of Dali Temple, these people are all important figures that they admire extremely. In their perception, these people are like It's like a god floating in the clouds.
But these are just the past. Now, when they look at the four officials on the stage who are all third-grade or above, they suddenly feel so real and real, even if they are looking at these people, even if their lives will have nothing to do with them in the future. The intersection, but it makes them feel from the bottom of their hearts that such reality and inner peace are much more realistic than being in a flower shop and not seeing tomorrow.
Di Renjie and Cui Zhiwen were asking about Lu Zhi's case, while Zong Chuke was wiping sweat from his forehead. He knew the prince's temper better than anyone else, and he was still the prince's man. The prince could safely hand over Jingzhao Mansion. He was put in charge of it, yet he acted like the imperial court had recommended such a money-grubbing and desperate man, who even wanted to swallow the prince's money.
When Jinghui, the Minister of Household Affairs, arrived, he thought Li Hong was short of money again, so he rushed over with a stack of one hundred thousand taels of silver notes in his arms. When he caught Li Hong's eyes, , I found that there seemed to be something strange, and it was not as simple as I thought.
After standing for a while, he heard Di Renjie and Cui Zhiwen, two senior and third-rank officials, interrogating a small Chang'an County Magistrate. It's irrelevant. Why did the prince call him here
Li Hong examined the four deeds of prostitution on the table, and asked Yan Lingbin and others to take a look at them. After confirming that they were correct, he waved for Jinghui to come forward.
"Jinghui has seen..."
"Okay, there's no need for so many etiquettes. This is to take seventeen banknotes. Take your ten back. The other seven are pure and have nothing to do with you. I'm not here to pay you back. Li Yifu and I don’t understand how your household registration system is jointly implemented. I asked you to come here just to show you how to change the identities of the four of them to that of normal people." Li Hong said lightly.
He didn't want to go directly to Fang Zheng or the like. He had made a lot of fools of himself over the household registration of his hard-working concubine, so he might as well call the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue over and let him handle it properly.
Xue Chuer, Du Qiuniang, Yan Lingbin and Huo Xiaoyu's beautiful eyes turned, and crystal tears began to roll in their eyes. They were about to step forward and kneel down to thank Li Hong for his kindness, but they were quietly stopped by Pei Wanying next to them, and whispered to them: " Hush... now is not the time, wait until he has finished handling the matters at hand, and then thank you."
The four girls glanced at the gentle and graceful Pei Wanying in unison. They were stunned for a moment, then nodded, followed Pei Wanying's suggestion, and stood there with excitement in their hearts and stopped talking.
They thought about becoming a free agent, they even thought about everything, but they never thought that one day they could become a real ordinary person!
Li Hongnai is the immediate superior of Cui Zhiwen, the Minister of Punishment. After the two interrogated Lu Zhi, they lowered their heads and talked for a few words. Cui Zhiwen naturally did not feel comfortable asking his immediate superior about some doubts about the case in person.
However, as the minister of Dali Temple, Di Renjie was not under the jurisdiction of the six ministers, so the two decided that it was up to Di Renjie to ask the minister about their doubts.
"Sir, the interrogation of the lower official and Master Cui has been completed, but there are still a few doubtful points in this case that require your explanation." Di Renjie looked at Li Hong with a strange expression and said.
"Just ask, but what are the expressions of you and Cui Zhiwen? What's wrong with me?" Li Hong asked, not knowing what was going on, looking at the strange expressions of the two of them.
Cui Zhiwen and Di Renjie were embarrassed to laugh in front of everyone, so they had to suppress their dark faces like eggplants. They suppressed their laughter and Di Renjie asked: "Sir, Lu Zhi said those bank notes of yours are forgeries. Therefore, I would like to borrow your sir's silver notes to see if they are genuine. Furthermore, please tell me in detail why you brought 1.8 million taels of silver notes and one hundred gold leaves to attend the poetry meeting today. , I would like to know what is the purpose of bringing such a huge amount of money?"
As Di Renjie spoke eloquently, the face of upstart Li Hong became darker and darker, even comparable to Di Renjie and Cui Zhiwen.
Pei Wanying heard clearly from the side. Not to mention Di Renjie, even she was very curious, what was this person doing with so many banknotes when he went out? Do you want to buy his Qujiang Pool
"How do I know why I brought so many silver notes and gold leaves? You should ask them, not me!" Li Hong said angrily.
"Sir... this... this is the banknote you brought with you after all..." Di Renjie did not expect Li Hong to answer like this, and was at a loss as to how to continue asking.
"Give him, give him, let him check the authenticity. Don't you still want to ask why you brought so many banknotes? Why do you ask me? I just said that I went out today to have more money. How did I know that these idiots brought so many banknotes? How much? If you want to ask, just ask Yang Wu, yes, and he, Jinghui, is also the mastermind." Li Hong stood up from his chair, saw the ray of sunlight turning westward through the gap in the curtain, and said to himself, "I'm afraid there's someone in the palace. Father Long, Mother Long, and Sister Long are thinking about why they haven't gone back yet. Do they think they have done something bad again? "
Pei Wanying laughed as she listened. Now she finally understood why His Highness the Crown Prince brought so much money with him when he went out. Because his old servant... His personal eunuch said that he was afraid that something like the scene in Taiyi City would happen, and he would be beaten. He was rewarded with ingots of silver, but he himself was collecting the silver below the stage.
"Why do you keep hiding your identity?" Pei Wanying followed Li Hong out, and there were five people behind them. Naturally, Yang Wu and the four of them knew.
"You didn't ask at the beginning, right?" Li Hong glanced at Pei Wanying, and the two walked to the carriage. Li Hong asked curiously: "I'm very confused, why did you buy four of them? What do you want to use it for? There are so many people around you. Maid? I'll give you a few, they will definitely know how to serve people better than them."
Pei Wanying looked confused and murmured: "I didn't say I wanted to buy them?"
"You didn't say?"
"Didn't say."
"... What should we do now? How will the four of them be accommodated?" Li Hong glanced at Yang Wu, who hurriedly stepped forward and repeated the conversation he had just had with Pei Wanying in the hall.
However, Xue Chu'er and the other four were frightened when they heard this... Did they ransom us out of nowhere? It's not that Mr. Fu Yin wanted to buy it, but it was bought for Miss Pei. But Miss Pei was thinking about Mr. Fu Yin and felt that Mr. Fu Yin needed it
So now that neither of them has any intention of redeeming themselves, but now they have redeemed the bodies of four of them, what should they and others do now? Considering the majesty that Lord Fu Yin showed in front of those high officials just now, and the fearful and timid expressions of Lu Zhi, Lu Ao, and Zheng Xingtai, what if Lord Fu Yin returns them again
Li Hong and Pei Wanying looked at each other with their eyes facing each other. No one expected that in the end, they tried their best to redeem their lives, but it was not their intention, but Yang Wu made a mistake in the middle.
"In that case, will you take it back to the palace?" Pei Wanying tilted her head, thought for a moment, and said with a blink.
"No, if what happened today is known to my father and mother, I don't know how they will deal with me." Li Hong immediately refused, joking, taking him back to the palace, are you looking for death
Listening to Pei Wanying's words, the four daughters of Xue Chu'er, why did they talk about Lord Fu Yin and also mentioned the palace? What does it mean
"Then what should I do? I'm sorry, I didn't know your identity at first, so I just talked about it in the audience... I thought you would like it..."
"Well, I'll give it to you. I originally planned to buy it for you, so you can take it away and use it as a maid. It just so happens that your father won't come back for a while. Your family is just you and your mother, so it seems too deserted. Well, with the addition of them, the family seems a little angry." Li Hong thought for a while, and it seemed that this was more appropriate.
"How can this be allowed? It's too expensive, and a common girl can't afford it..." Pei Wanying waved her hands hurriedly. She didn't have that much arrogance, so she asked His Highness the Crown Prince to give her a maid.
"Then consider it as a gift from me. It's settled. Just in time, let this carriage take you home." Li Hong said without allowing Pei Wanying to refuse any more.
"That... that... thank you, daughter of the people..."
"Wanying, it's bad. Something happened. The minister is not at home. He said he went out in a hurry before I came." Pei Si's plump chest heaved up and down and he ran over panting.
"What do you mean?" Li Hong frowned, glanced at Pei Wanying, who suddenly blushed, and then looked at Pei Si and asked.
"Eh? Didn't they make things difficult for you? It's okay, okay, otherwise, if I hadn't invited Mr. Cui, I would have ruined Wanying's big deal."
"Master Cui? Master Cui, can you tell me in more detail?" Li Hong looked at Pei Wanying, who was nervous, and then looked at Pei Si, feeling that there seemed to be something he didn't know.
"Ah? You don't know yet... Wanying asked me..."
"Sister, stop talking. It's okay now..."
"You continue and don't pay attention to her." Li Hong suddenly pulled Pei Wanying to his side, took Pei Wanying's little hand and covered Pei Wanying's seductive red lips.
"That's it. Wanying felt that Mr. Lu wanted to covet your money, so he framed your banknotes as counterfeit, so she asked me to take this piece of jade pendant to Mr. Cui, the Minister of the Ministry of Justice, hoping that he could help come forward for help. Young Master, you resolved the crisis. But after I went there, the concierge said that Mr. Cui had just left in a hurry. I couldn't wait left or right, and I was worried about this, so I rushed over first. Fortunately, you are okay. It seems that Wanying is too sensitive, Master Lu obviously did not want to conspire with Lu Ao and Zheng Xingtai to covet Mr. Li's money." Pei Si patted her tall chest and said with lingering fear and relief.
(End of chapter)