Naturally, Liu Zhengli would not let Li Hong go easily. Several days have passed since this incident, and His Majesty has not asked a single question until now.
But the more this happened, the more unsure he felt. Who knows if His Majesty was holding a lot of fire in his heart because of this matter, just waiting for him to hit it.
"Your Highness, please don't embarrass me. You have always been favored by His Majesty. If you report this matter, maybe His Majesty's anger can be reduced..."
"Don't come here, I'm warning you, don't try to trick me, my butt just stopped hurting, do you want to trick me to death?"
"Then you can't just sit back and watch me being punished by Your Majesty, Your Highness." Liu Zhengli requested pitifully.
"No, this is your duty as a minister, okay? If all the officials in our Tang Dynasty are like you and are afraid of being scolded by His Majesty, then can we still have officials in the Tang Dynasty who are not afraid of taking responsibility? You are so polite, you are like this The idea is not advisable. If everyone is like you, won't it mess up the rule of the court? Can my Li family still be stable? Grandpa Huang was known for his wisdom and martial arts, and he also had a domineering and strong personality, but you see Look at Wei Zheng, you have to go to court with your head tied to your waistband every day, you can’t have this consciousness! Think about it carefully, I have something else to do, so I’ll leave first.”
"..." Liu Zhengli was so ashamed after being told a long story. Looking at the little figure walking faster and faster, and about to run, he realized that he had been fooled. What was going on? There is no need to move the late emperor out if you want to shirk responsibility, right
"Your Highness, please wait a moment, I have something else to report."
"Drive away, don't follow me, Liu Zhengli, I'm warning you, I'll bite you if you get angry." He was caught by Liu Zhengli after running a few steps, and Li Hong turned around and threatened.
Li Zhi lay on the railing and looked at the two men blaming each other for their virtues. He sneered and went back with Yangwu and the crossbow.
Along the way, I was thinking, maybe because of the Ci'en Temple incident, I could lower the price of the crossbow sold to me by the little bastard.
When he thought of this, Li Zhi suddenly stood still, considered it for a moment and said to Yang Wu: "I will inform Liu Zhengli later that the prince needs to report to me about Ci'en Temple. If he dares to report to me privately, he will go to Dali himself." Temple report. Don’t let Li Hong know that this is my order, understand?”
"Yes, Your Majesty. I understand."
At the entrance of the door below the Tai Chi Hall, Li Hong and Liu Zhengli were sitting on the steps. One looked impatient, the other looked sad. The two of them were silent as if they were in a bullfight, neither of them willing to give in.
"Tell me the truth. Did you learn this trick from that old guy Dai Zhide? Or did he teach you?" Li Hong asked seriously, and at the same time he looked at the door of the ceremony room guiltily. Don't be fooled by Dai Zhide. Zhide heard it.
"No, absolutely not. I really don't dare to face His Majesty's dragon power. Otherwise, I wouldn't ask to see you, Your Highness."
"I'm really confused. Are you just asking for a meeting? This is obviously a dog-skin plaster that won't go away." Li Hong snorted impatiently.
"Anyway, it's up to you. If you don't agree with me, I will follow you wherever you go. If there is no one at home, it doesn't matter if you go to the East Palace."
"Liu Zhengli...you...you, is my father that terrible?" Li Hong asked frustrated.
"Your Majesty is not scary, His Royal Highness, but this matter is tricky. This Ci'en Temple is a crime of deceiving the emperor. Everyone in Chang'an City knows that Your Majesty and the Queen went to Ci'en Temple a few days ago, and then Ci'en Temple was punished. This … If word gets out, it will damage His Majesty’s reputation, won’t it?” Liu Zhengli half-squatted, half-sitting on the steps, twisting his body and saying with a frown.
"That's right. Ci'en Temple deceived the emperor, and the emperor was angry. Should Ci'en Temple be punished? The emperor would still be angry! The good relationship between the emperor and Buddha has been turned into a criminal matter. If the court and the people of the world know about it, Even if my father beats my butt to pieces, it’s just a light touch.” Li Hong was helpless and scratched his head, but he didn’t have a good idea for a while.
But when he saw officials from the Ministry of Personnel saluting him and Liu Zhengli sitting on the steps, he suddenly had an idea.
"Didn't I have an uncle at Zongzheng Temple? Didn't Wu Yuanqing serve as Shaoqing Zongzheng? Let him go, yes, let him report to my father, so that neither of us have to be afraid." Li Hongzhen admired himself for this move to shift trouble. Jiangdong's plan was so smart that he could come up with it on his own.
"Your Highness, you may be disappointed. Wu Yuanqing was assigned to be the governor of Lingnan a few days ago. No, he already left the day before yesterday."
"No... when did the efficiency of this official department become so high?" Li Hong was stunned. This must be too fast.
Little did he know that this matter was prompted by his mother behind his back. Naturally, the efficiency of the official department was to get twice the result with half the effort, and the matter was properly resolved in less than two days.
"Have you brought the file?" Li Hong accepted his fate. It seems that he can't get rid of this dog-skin plaster. This guy is relying on himself to not let go.
"Here you go, here it is, you can take a look." Liu Zhengli's eyes lit up and he immediately smiled. Li Hong wanted to kick him.
Li Hong took the file helplessly, flipped it through in his hand, and said: "Okay, don't worry about this, leave it to me. I will report it to my father after the court tomorrow. You go back." Bar."
"Really? Thank you, Your Highness, the Crown Prince."
"Are you satisfied? Get out of here now. Seeing you smiling so treacherously now makes me want to change my mind."
"Yes, yes, I'll take my leave then. I'll take care of you, Your Highness."
Looking at Liu Zhengli's relaxed and joyful back, which seemed to have a rhythm in his steps, Li Hong looked at it and couldn't help but hum: "Go and have fun with me alone. Find a companion when you are lonely. Go and have fun with me alone and refuse your supervision." ”
On the second day, Li Hong naturally waited for a long time after all the officials entered the Tai Chi Hall, and then he jumped into the Tai Chi Hall on his skateboard as if his butt was on fire.
Li Zhi didn't even raise his eyelids, still listening to the ministers' performance, and showed no sign of his arrival.
Li Hong, who sat down next to Dai Zhide, wiped the sweat from his forehead and was about to listen attentively when Yang Wu's sharp voice sounded, retreating...
In the imperial study room of the Liangyi Palace, Li Zhi held a stack of files in his hand and was flipping through them. Someone was standing under him, looking like he was standing on two feet, as if he was always ready to rush out from here.
Li Zhi glanced at the file and glared at him, then he reluctantly smiled at Li Zhi. So repeated, once, twice, three times... As Li Zhi stopped looking at the file, and as Li Zhi's hand holding the file became more and more shaking, someone thought to himself: How long will it take if I don't run away now
"Little bastard, is this the case you found out?" Li Zhi was furious. He waved his hand and threw a thick stack of files towards where Li Hong was standing, who was about to run out.
Suddenly, it was like snow falling in the study room of Liangyi Palace, and the scattered files slowly fell in the room. The files seemed to be alive, covering the entire study room.
The person involved had already ran out at this moment. Li Zhi ignored Yang Wu's stunned look and chased him out immediately.
"You little bastard, stop here, do you want to piss me off to death?"
"Father, this was actually investigated by my son, and there is absolutely no mistake. Why do you have to be so angry?"
"Fuck you! Explain to me...stop the prince."
As soon as Li Hong jumped off the steps of Liangyi Palace on his skateboard, he was held in someone's arms and did not fall to the ground.
"Put me down quickly, my father is going to beat me up."
But no matter how Li Hong resisted, it was all to no avail. Qian Niuwei had always only obeyed the orders of the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty.
Yang Wu hurried over, still holding the files in his hand, and came behind Li Zhi, who was bending over and breathing heavily, and whispered: "Your Majesty, these files..."
"Give it to me. Take the little bastard and follow me to the Queen's Palace." Li Zhi angrily took the compiled files from Yang Wu's hand and said.
"Yang Wu, you want to die, don't you? How dare you try to pick me up... You fucking picked up my collar again... Ahem..."
Not far from the entrance of Wu Mei Palace, Li Zhi hurried forward with his hands behind his back and a dark face, as if someone owed him money and refused to pay it back. When the palace maids and eunuchs saw him along the way, they all saluted cautiously, and no one dared to speak loudly.
Yang Wu followed behind him: "What is Yang Wu carrying...? What did Li Hong do again?"
Wu Mei stood at the door to greet Li Zhi. When she saw Yang Wu carrying Li Hong like a chicken, and he was still yelling and swearing, she was stunned. What happened to this little brat?
Li Zhi waved to Wu Mei who saluted him at the door. As for the palace maids and eunuchs, he had no intention of paying attention to them now. He walked in and sat down directly, humming to calm down his mood.
He casually threw the file in his hand into Wu Mei's arms: "See for yourself, this little bastard is looking for death. If I don't treat him well today, I am not worthy of being the emperor of the Tang Dynasty."
"What's wrong? Are you fighting with Dai Zhide in the court? It's not like the two of them have been together for two days..." Wu Mei threw Li Zhi on her tower in confusion, took down a few files, and consoled her.
"If it's because of this, I won't be angry. It's not the first day they started fighting in the court. Just take a look first, little bastard, just wait for me. Yangwu puts him down. "Li Zhi glanced at Chicken Little angrily and said.
With a face full of doubts, Wu Mei slowly sat down next to Li Zhi, took the tea handed to her by the palace maid, and placed it in Li Zhi's hand herself.
At this time, Li Zhi, I am afraid that no one except Wu Mei can control him. If the palace maid had put the tea cup aside, Li Zhi would have caught her and thrown her out.
Therefore, every time Li Zhi was so angry, it was Wu Mei who kept tea for him.
(End of chapter)