Wang Xiaojie pondered for a long time, and then said: "I have heard a little bit about it, but the laws of the Tang Dynasty do not have many regulations on this, not to mention that this kind of thing has become a habit. I once warned Cui Xin, but he didn't What we did did not violate the laws of the Tang Dynasty, and most of the slaves who were converted from official to private were from monasteries, and they had many transactions with aristocratic families, colleagues in the court, and relatives of the royal family, so we left it alone. "
"Pei Qing's case, who accompanied the queen and Li Ye to handle the case yesterday? But your servant Cui Xin?" Li Hong sighed deeply. He had long expected the matter of the official to private transfer, but the reason why he had been There was no legislation because he originally wanted to wait until the official-to-private matter became more serious, or if there was a conflict between them, he would come out and resolve it completely.
But what he didn't expect was that whether it was an official transfer to a private slave, or a private slave sale, etc., there seemed to be a set of rules that he didn't know about. Often in that circle, they would act in accordance with the agreed upon rules. Son, there haven't been any influential events in the past few years.
In addition, in the past two years, his focus has been on the complete collapse of the Five Surnames and Qi Wang, so he does not have much energy to pay attention to this matter. Now that the Five Surnames and Qi Wang have been completely collapsed, plus the Pei Qing incident, it must be There is already enough reason for him to touch the affairs of this slave class.
Moreover, he believed that Cui Xin, the minister of justice, and Pei Qing, the governor of Suizhou, definitely had more than one transaction involving a girl in the building. There must be other things between them, but he could not dig it out for a while.
Thinking of this, Li Hong suddenly felt that it was a bit too hasty to let Dashi and Prince Dajin come to Chang'an.
But then I thought about it, and realized that this matter couldn't be delayed any longer. If I didn't intervene in the Dashi matter, I was afraid that the four families would put aside their disputes, and probably unite as a group to deal with the outside world because of their war weariness.
After shaking his head helplessly, Li Hong threw another memorial to Wang Xiaojie, and then said: "The provincial supervision is under supervision, but the head of the Criminal Department, and the Dali Temple has no responsibility for this matter, and the Yushitai has no right to deal with it. , find out, so I have to work hard for you during this period. The queen can deal with Pei Qing, but you must dig out the secrets behind Pei Qing. Of course, in the process, Sui Qing. Regarding matters related to the state officialdom, the Yushitai and the Ministry of Civil Affairs will cooperate with you, and your Ministry of Punishment will take the lead to get to the bottom of this matter. Furthermore, whether it is an official slave or a private slave, especially an official slave, in the temple. Lord, give me an exact and detailed memorial.”
"Then... Cui Xin's place, do you want me to take over temporarily?"
"No need for now? You can take charge of this matter yourself. I think there must be something to dig deeper between Cui Xin and Pei Qing. Hmm... let me think about it... Forget it, that's all for now. Don't alarm Cui Xin for now. When you are free in the next two days, please accompany me to the place where private slaves are traded to see how they operate." After finishing speaking, Li Hong waved his hand and signaled Wang Xiaojie to leave.
As Wang Xiaojie left, Prince Dajin, led by the eunuch, walked toward the banquet hall. As for Queen Pei Wanying, she is now in the royal study, sitting there with Bai Chun, waiting for His Majesty the Emperor to have a meal.
Last night, Bai Chun went to Prince Pu's Mansion, and Princess Dalai came here because she saw Prince Ojin coming back and passed by Prince Pu's Mansion and saw the carriage at the door.
Pei Wanying's purpose for finding Bai Chun is actually very simple, that is, Li Hong handed over Pei Qing's case to her and his son Li Ye. Although it was said that the Ministry of Punishment was assisting her, she had never dealt with similar matters before, so she was somewhat uneasy and confused. , and more importantly, Pei Qing was a relative of her family, which suddenly made her have two heads. She didn't know how to deal with it.
When she called Bai Chun, she naturally hoped to hear Bai Chun's idea, not because Bai Chun knew Li Hong better than she did. In comparison, their understanding of Li Hong was about the same.
The reason for this is entirely because Bai Chun is used to being independent, not to mention that he has been holding Jingwei in his hands for these years. It should be better to deal with this kind of thing than to be blinded by his own eyes.
More importantly, Pei Wanying was not interested in court affairs, and the fact that she was forced to compete with Yang Sijian's daughter for the crown princess had already left her with lingering fears, so she had to ask Bai Chun for help.
In the Shengyun Building, Pei Wanying and Li Ye, mother and son, stared at Pei Qing and others in the room. When they didn't know what to do, Cui Xin, the Minister of Justice, who came quickly, suggested that they should first Take Pei Qing and others into custody.
As for imprisonment, it was obvious that court officials like Pei Qing could not be sent to the prison of the Ministry of Punishment before they were convicted, so it was proposed that Pei Qing and others be secretly detained in Prince Pu's Mansion.
Pei Wanying and Li Ye's first reaction was to object. The status of Prince Pu's Palace in the Tang Dynasty was no worse than that of the Imperial Palace. It was even more important than other palaces in the Imperial Palace.
Li Ye looked at his mother's conflicted look and was extremely dissatisfied with the proposal of Cui Xin, the Minister of Punishment. However, since his father asked the Minister of Punishment to assist him, this must be what his father meant
So the two of them were escorted by the Ministry of Punishment. After arriving at the gate of Prince Pu's Mansion, they did not enter immediately. Instead, they waited for Bai Chun's arrival.
"Thankfully you came in time yesterday, otherwise Li Ye and I might have fallen into Cui Xin's trap. Once we entered Prince Pu's Mansion, it would appear to outsiders that I, the queen, wanted to protect Pei Qing for personal gain." Pei Wanying sighed and said.
The tea tray between the two women is obviously more exquisite, and when the two are drinking tea, it also seems to have a little more life and artistic conception. After all, the two beautiful women are sitting in front of the sunny window, slender and delicate. His fingers flew on the tea tray, and then he watched the heat rise and dissipate like green smoke. As the aroma of tea slowly spread, he felt a sense of leisurely elegance and tranquility.
"It's commendable. At least Ye'er is quite responsible. When he arrived at the gate of Prince Pu's Mansion, he had the courage to refuse to detain someone in Prince Pu's Mansion. As you know, Prince Pu's Mansion is unusual. If Pei Qing is allowed to enter, Even if His Majesty has no intention of covering up, it is inevitable that the ministers in the court will guess that His Majesty's intention is to minimize the serious matter because His Majesty left the case to you and Ye'er and entered Prince Pu's Mansion. Bai Chun smiled, picked up the exquisite porcelain that was as white as jade and as thin as cicada wings, poured Pei Wanying a cup of tea and said.
"Yes, this Cui Xin seems to have a lot of thoughts. I will tell His Majesty the truth soon." Pei Wanying rarely expressed resentment towards life.
She almost fell for Cui Xin. Although she had no intention of excusing Pei Qing, Cui Xin still wanted to make trouble secretly even though she knew she wanted to be impartial and impartial in dealing with Pei Qing's case. It was so annoying. .
"So, sometimes you, as a queen, have to be tougher. The sisters in the harem are sensible, but these ministers are all smart, and none of them have their own little thoughts. Your Majesty is in court. Above the court, what is more important is balance and control. Pei Qing has no hope of promotion, so he reaches out to Ye'er. As a royal relative, this is his only way out, but what Bai Chun is worried about is..." Bai Chun shook the tea cup in her hand and looked at Pei Wanying quietly with her beautiful eyes.
"What are you worried about?" Pei Wanying put down her cup and asked, looking at Bai Chun's face.
"What will happen to Mr. Pei? If Mr. Pei begs for mercy, even His Majesty will be lenient. So now that Pei Qing and others are imprisoned in the Ministry of Punishment, Mr. Pei cannot possibly not know. What you have to do now is not to investigate immediately. Understand the ins and outs of the matter. It is very complicated among the court officials. It is difficult to find out within a period of time. But if you really want to solve this matter with Ye'er, the first thing you need to do is to clear up all kinds of things. Only then can we focus on investigating the ins and outs of this case." Bai Chun blinked his beautiful eyes, and the meaning was self-evident.
Pei Wanying has a gentle temperament and does not argue with others, but that does not mean that she is not smart. On the contrary, among the women, Pei Wanying was able to become the queen. Although it was the result of her "free love" and mutual agreement with Li Hong, her ability to control the harem so harmoniously over the years also illustrates Pei Wanying's ice-snow intelligence and tolerance. Generous.
"To be honest, sometimes I really don't want Li Ye to be established as the crown prince." Pei Wanying lowered her voice and leaned her upper body slightly towards Bai Chun.
"This is not nonsense. Ye'er is the eldest son of the emperor, and he is also an extremely smart and perceptive child. And now it can be seen that he is very steady in doing things and has his own opinions. At least yesterday, he was not bullied by Cui Xin's tricks. To be honest, if I hadn't witnessed it with my own eyes yesterday, I wouldn't have believed that it was him who actively refused Pei Qing to be imprisoned in Prince Pu's Mansion, and it's more likely that you refused to be imprisoned. Enter Prince Pu's Mansion." Bai Chunye approached Pei Wanying opposite and said with a relieved smile.
"So this morning, after meeting me in the palace, he left the palace after discussing with me. The stakes were what he stated to me." Pei Wanying looked at the hairpin on Bai Chun's head, but what did she think? Why does it look familiar: "Hey, isn't this my hairpin?"
"What, you still want to go back? Then pay me back the gambling money you owe me first." Bai Chun smiled playfully, and leaned back quickly before Pei Wanying reached out.
"I can pay you back my gambling money, but you have to promise me something." Pei Wanying stretched out her hand in vain and looked at Bai Chun and said.
"What's going on, the Empress of the Tang Dynasty can actually open her mouth? The servants are so frightened and silent..." Bai Chun said at the end, and then he learned the tune compiled by Yan Lingbin.
"Ye'er may have to leave the palace these days, so can I ask you, my aunt, to lend him a few people?" Pei Wanying couldn't help Bai Chun's teasing, and said with a trace of blush on her snow-white cheeks.
"Don't worry about this. The two eunuchs in front of him were trained by Hua Meng himself. In a few days, when Hongxiu and Tianxiang are almost ready, they will be sent to Ye'er, but... "
"Just what?" Pei Wanying's heart that had just been relieved was raised by Bai Chun'e.
Bai Chun looked a little serious, and after thinking for a moment, he said: "I have sent Hongxiu and Tianxiang to Taiyi City today, and Xiaoxue and the others will train them. The most important thing is... once they come back from Taiyi City, I'm afraid it's time for Ye'er to leave Chang'an, so don't be reluctant to leave him then. "
(End of chapter)