Upon hearing this, everyone looked over.
As a prince, Li Chuan has always acted cautiously. Over the years, Li Ming has thought of abolishing the prince countless times, but he has not found the actual mistake. Cui Yulang, a small official in the Ministry of Rites, has just joined the prince
Hearing this, Li Ming was quite interested, and immediately said: "I remember, Master Cui was originally an official of the Ministry of Rites, right? Why did you also do something about the Censor's Office?"
"Although Wei Chen is a member of the Ministry of Rites, he is humble and light-hearted, but when it comes to social affairs, Wei Chen dare not say anything."
Cui Yulang said with a straight face, and Li Rong couldn't help but turn around, wondering if Cui Yulang really caught Li Chuan's evidence.
She was a little panicked. She asked Cui Yulang to play Li Chuan, not to let him mess around.
Li Chuan raised his eyebrows from the heights. He knew what he had done, but he really couldn't think of any serious incidents that he had committed, so he was also curious and said directly: "Master Cui said it so seriously, then Might as well say it.”
"Your Majesty," Cui Yulang said bluntly when he heard Li Chuan's playful words, "In recent years, natural disasters and man-made disasters have made people's lives difficult, not to mention last year, but this year's ice disaster, the people's grievances, such a vision, because of the Crown Prince Immoral…”
"What nonsense are you talking about!" Before Cui Yulang could finish speaking, Li Ming became angry.
This kind of natural disaster with no substantive direction, first of all, the immoral person is usually not the prince, but the king. How could Li Ming let him go on, he grabbed the handbook and smashed it on Cui Yulang, and said angrily: "Drag this bastard to me. Go down and fight! Are you allowed to say these strange words in the hall?"
"Your Majesty," Cui Yulang hurriedly knelt down and said urgently, "Last year, when the Ministry of Rites was preparing for the autumn sacrifice, His Royal Highness sneezed during the sacrifice. I am afraid that this may have offended the heavens and committed great disrespect!"
Hearing that Li Chuan was wrong, Li Ming's expression softened a little, Gu Zidao, Minister of Rites, gave a cold look at Cui Yulang who was kneeling on the ground, and stepped out: "Your Majesty, last year, His Royal Highness, the Crown Prince, contracted the wind and cold, and was still sick. After completing the sacrifice, the sincerity of his heart can be seen by God. God has the virtue of good life, and the prince is wise. He will never be dissatisfied with a sneeze. Although there have been some disasters in some areas in recent years, it is nothing special. Daxia has a vast area. It is normal for some disasters to occur every year, but it is too reluctant to forcibly involve the punishment of heaven.”
Gu Zidao turned his head, looked at Cui Yulang, and said softly, "A thief who confuses the public with such slanderous words should be punished!"
Gu Zidao opened his mouth, and the ministers agreed. Li Chuan's expression remained unmoved, and he didn't bother to pay attention to a clown like Cui Yulang. Li Rong didn't bother to look anymore, she just wanted to beat this idiot to death in the courtroom.
What's wrong? You deserve to be punished for being so rude.
When Cui Yulang saw Li Rong's eyes and turned his head away, he didn't want to look anymore. He was aggrieved and embarrassed. It was the first time working with Li Rong to do things like this, and he also felt a little embarrassed. But how can this be done
He really couldn't find anything to participate in.
After shouting at him for a while in the courtroom, Li Ming finally opened his mouth and said: "Although what Mr. Cui said is a bit absurd, it is not without reason. Well, Mr. Cui will fine him two months' salary. , Prince... The Prince will go to the ancestral temple today and kneel for another night, so that he has an explanation for last year's autumn festival."
After Li Ming said this, Li Chuan's expression did not change, but his eyes were a bit cold.
All the ministers present frowned, but did not say much.
After all, going to the ancestral temple to kneel for one night to show sincerity and filial piety, no matter how you can't find anything wrong, it is indeed not a big deal. It's just that Cui Yulang was originally looking for trouble, but in the end he punished two people. From this point of view, it was unfair anyway.
Li Rong could see clearly, Li Ming's meaning was very clear, just to trouble Li Chuan, nothing would happen.
What he hoped was that the people below would find more trouble for Li Chuan.
Li Rong couldn't help but smile, but she felt a little cold in her heart. She is still like this, let alone Li Chuan
Li Chuan was still young after all. Although he tried his best to endure it, he could see a bit of anger on his face. When he went to court, Li Chuan walked out of the hall with his own people. When he passed Cui Yulang, he couldn't help but stop. I stepped down and called out, "Master Cui."
Hearing this, Cui Yulang felt a little chill in his heart, but he couldn't back down at the moment, he was still waiting for the person behind him, so he responded with momentum: "His Royal Highness."
"The affairs of the court in the future need to be carefully weighed. Mr. Cui has not been an official soon, and he has something to do in the officialdom. You might as well ask your seniors for more advice."
"Thank you, Prince for your pointers."
Cui Yulang was sweating coldly on his back, but Li Chuan didn't return to him, he led the man down the steps and walked out.
Li Rong then stepped out of the hall, and when passing by Cui Yulang, she whispered, "It's okay."
When Li Chuan was angry, he wouldn't do anything to Cui Yulang.
If it was Li Chuan in the latter part of the last life, he would really be able to do something, but seventeen-year-old Li Chuan, she couldn't understand it any better.
He couldn't do anything to Cui Yulang for his own personal affairs.
But her mother heard about it, but she might not know it. She had to go to the palace to talk to her mother about it.
Moreover, since she and Pei Wenxuan reconciled, she has not entered the palace, and her mother must be thinking about it.
Thinking about it, Li Rong asked someone to go to the palace to notify Shangguan Yue, and then went directly to the harem.
When Li Rong went to the harem, Cui Yulang had just arrived at the gate of the palace when he heard a palace maid call him, "Master Cui."
Cui Yulang paused, and the palace maid stepped forward and whispered: "Today, His Royal Highness Su Wang's painting teacher cannot come due to illness, and the concubine Rou asked the servants to ask, can Master Cui still be convenient today?"
When Cui Yulang heard this, he laughed and said respectfully, "It is a blessing for Wei Chen to serve His Highness."
When Li Rong arrived at Weiyang Palace, there was another noise inside.
This is also a common occurrence. Every time something happened in the previous dynasty, Shangguan Yue would always scold Li Chuan.
"You are soft-hearted, and you can't handle such a little thing. How can you make me and your sister rely on you in the future? Then Cui Yulang started this, what will you do in the future? Watching those ministers gain power and trouble you?"
Li Rong listened to Shangguanyue's roar, and turned to look at the nanny who led her in. This nanny was Shangguanyue's dowry, and she could be regarded as Shangguanyue's confidant. Seeing Li Rong looking over, the mammy said in a low voice, "Everyone has been cleaned up, rest assured, Your Highness, the old slave will only send His Highness here."
Li Rong nodded, knowing that her mother had stayed in the palace for so many years after all, and it was impossible for her to travel on a business trip like this.
She stepped in and said with a smile, "Where is this singing? Why did I come back and see my mother scolding my brother."
"How dare you say that?!"
As soon as Li Rong made a sound, Shangguan Yue immediately turned around and scolded, "It's not like I discuss such a big matter with Li Rong in advance, and don't come to the palace to discuss it with me if something goes wrong, how long has it been? Now, do you still have a mother like me in your heart?!"
"Empress mother, sister is also sad." Li Chuan said quickly, "Don't scold her..."
"Shut up!" Shangguan Yue scolded her daughter and her son, then turned to stare at Li Chuan, "You should reflect on yourself."
Li Rong was accustomed to Shangguan Yue's temperament. She was okay with her, and she rarely beat and scolded her since she was a child, but she was extremely harsh to Li Chuan. Now that she is married, she is involved in the future of Li Chuan's crown prince, and Shangguanyue gradually treats her equally and wants to take care of everything.
Li Rong smiled and helped Shangguan Yue sit down and said gently, "Don't be too angry, Empress Mother, it's easy to get burned and hurt your liver, just say everything well."
Having said that, Li Rong brought tea to Shangguanyue and sat beside Shangguanyue: "Why are there so many quarrels today?"
"I heard that Cui Yulang participated in him." Shangguan Yue knocked the teacup on the table, raised his finger to Li Chuan, and said angrily, "I asked him to teach this ignorant child a lesson, but he refused. Your father What does the emperor mean, don't you understand? I opened Cui Yulang's head today, if Chuan'er doesn't shock them, I don't know how much trouble I will have to find Chuan'er in the future!"
Li Chuan pursed his lips. Shangguanyue felt angry when he saw his appearance, and turned to look at his daughter. Seeing Li Rong's smiling face, he somehow felt a little bit of fear, thinking of last year. Li Rong's method, she felt that it was not easy to say too hard, so she softened her voice, as if she was a little wronged: "Although you and I are both high-ranking, but after all, we are women, honor and disgrace are tied to Chuan'er, if he There is a mistake, what should we do? I plan for him, but he doesn't listen. How can he look like a prince with his temperament? If I have another son... "
"Empress mother," Li Rong interrupted Shangguan Yue and said calmly, "Let's have a cup of tea first."
Shangguanyue also knew that she had lost her tongue, so she fell silent, Li Rong got up and helped Li Chuan to sit up, Li Chuan lowered his head and didn't speak, but when Li Rong wanted him to sit beside Shangguanyue, he sat there Next to Li Rong.
Li Rong was sandwiched between mother and son, feeling a little embarrassed. She took a sip of tea, eased her emotions, and coughed softly: "I'm here today to talk about Cui Yulang."
"Sister," Li Chuan lowered his eyes and whispered, "Although Cui Yulang joined me, he didn't make any mistakes, there's no need to..."
"Cui Yulang is mine."
Li Rong spoke boldly to Li Chuan, Li Chuan raised his head suddenly, Shangguan Yue also looked over in shock, Li Rong took a sip of tea and said slowly, "I asked him to do it, you don't touch him."
She said "you", but Li Rong mainly looked at Shangguan Yue.
Shangguan Yue stared blankly at Li Rong, puzzled, "Rong'er, you are..."
"Queen Mother," Li Rong laughed, she looked at Shangguan Yue, and said gently, "Chuan'er is not too young, we can't wait for Concubine Rou to sit up, can we?"
"You want to move Concubine Rou?" Shangguan Yue frowned, "But what does Cui Yulang have to do with this? And your father has been protecting her, you want to move her..."
"Don't worry, Empress," Li Rong reassured her, "I have my own measure."
Shangguan Yue hesitated for a moment, and finally nodded. After the business was over, the atmosphere became awkward for a while. Shangguan Yue took a sip of tea and hesitated for a moment before asking about Li Rong and Pei Wenxuan: "I also know about you and Pei Wenxuan's divorce."
She said slowly, "There's no way to get anything done. If you still like him, you can stay together when the time is right in the future."
It's just that, a man who will choose and leave for the sake of power, her daughter, may not be able to choose.
What kind of temperament Li Rong is, she, as a mother, knows nothing better.
The only thing she knew was the nineteen-year-old Li Rong.
Li Rong smiled and didn't say much more, just chatted casually with Shangguanyue for a while, Shangguanyue persuaded her a few words, the mother and son ate lunch, Shangguanyue felt tired, she went to take a nap first, then Leave Li Rong and Li Chuan to sit.
Li Chuan kept silent, and Li Rong glanced at him: "Why, even I ignored the quarrel with my mother?"
"how come?"
Li Chuan smiled bitterly: "I just feel a little tired and want to rest."
Li Rong knew that he was lying, no matter who it was, she was treated like this by her father in the morning, and then her mother said that it would be nice to have another son, and she felt very uncomfortable. Li Rong paused for a while, then said slowly, "Don't take your mother's words to heart. She is also in a hurry."
Li Chuan listened and whispered, "It's okay."
He raised his hand and poured tea for Li Rong: "What the mother said is also true."
The sound of tea trickling into the cup, Li Chuan seemed to be really tired, even though he was still a teenager, he showed a bit of world-weary exhaustion.
"If the queen mother had one more son, maybe everyone would have a much better life. I don't have to be the prince, and the queen mother doesn't have to count on me."
Li Rong looked up at him, and Li Chuan put down the teapot and leaned back on the chair: "If my sister is a prince, I don't need to be burdened."
"Chuan'er..."
"I'll just talk about it," Li Chuan laughed, "I know that my sister won't blame me, so I'll just talk about it. I know," Li Chuan didn't know whether to tell Li Rong or listen to himself, "Sister and My mother has paid a lot for me, and since I have enjoyed this honor, there is no reason to back down. Sister, don't worry, I will take it slow."
Li Rong was speechless, the siblings sat for a while, Li Chuan lay on the chair, he closed his eyes and rested for a while, Li Rong stood by his side, the siblings sat in the courtyard, Li Rong looked at the courtyard The spring flowers in full bloom, guarding Li Chuan beside her, suddenly felt an unspeakable sadness welling up.
In her life, with Pei Wenxuan, when Li Chuan becomes the emperor, and when the family disputes are resolved, she will have all that power, love, and freedom.
But Li Chuan's life has no end. He had to be trapped in the palace all his life, for the sake of his mother, for her, for the Shangguan family, for the common people, for Daxia, and not for himself.
"How is Qin Lin in the northwest?"
Li Chuan seemed to have slowed down. He opened his mouth and asked about the business. Li Rong turned around and nodded: "It's okay. He and his uncle are alone in the frontline city. There is a war on the frontline. Xiao Su doesn't want to send his own people, so Put them on the front line, Qin Lin wants soldiers, he will send the people he can't control, and these people will become Qin Lin's people when they reach the front line."
Li Rong said slowly, "Except for the lack of money, everything else is fine."
Li Chuan nodded, he thought for a while and said, "This is the money, I will send it privately..."
"I'll find a way," Li Rong interrupted him. "If you go to your side, if you find out, you won't be able to tell."
Li Chuan hesitated for a moment, then responded.
After the two discussed the details for a while, the time was about the same, and Li Chuan was about to leave. Before he left, he suddenly remembered: "Speaking of which," he hesitated for a moment, and finally asked, "How is Xun Chuan?"
Li Rong didn't expect Li Chuan to ask about Xun Chuan, she raised her head and couldn't help laughing: "Why do you think of asking her?"
"She was forced to leave because of me," Li Chuan said with a wry smile. "I was forced to leave because of me," Li Chuan said. In avoiding her own guilt, she is doing well, and I feel less guilty."
"Is there nothing else?"
Li Rong asked with a smile, Li Chuan thought for a while, then turned to look at the spring flowers that were blooming in the courtyard, and smiled: "Occasionally I have a dream, the first time I saw it. I don't know why, other than that. Besides, after all, I don’t know each other well, so what else can I do?”
Li Rong listened and believed it. After all, in this lifetime, the two of them haven't spoken a few times.
"She is doing very well." Li Rong said slowly, "I wrote a few days ago that Qin Lin took her to fight a few times and gave her some people. She was originally asked to listen to the news in the northwest and find Xiao Su. Trouble, but she went to the battlefield a few times, and she liked it, and even asked me if I could. Where can I stop her?" Li Rong took a sip of tea and said with a smile, "The letters she wrote to me recently are indistinguishable from words. Much lighter."
"That's fine."
Hearing this, Li Chuan thought about it and laughed.
"Have a good time, be fine."
With that said, Li Chuan saluted Li Rong and separated from Li Rong.
Li Rong stayed alone in the palace for a while before standing up and leaving the palace alone.
After sitting in the carriage for a while, she felt a little noisy. She couldn't help but lift the curtain of the carriage, and saw a lot of people on the street, it seemed that someone was making porridge.
Li Rong stopped the carriage and looked in that direction for a while, asking people to find out what was going on.
The guard rushed over, and while Li Rong was waiting, she saw a young man in white gesticulating in the crowd, flickering and disappearing as the figure swayed.
Li Rong recognized the man and could guess what was going on here. In the year of the famine, the Su family would spend three days every month in the streets to relieve disasters.
Li Rong lost interest when she found out about the situation. She was about to put down the curtain of the car and leave when she saw a young man in plain clothes walking in front of Su Rongqing. He handed him a piece of paper. Then someone led the young man away.
Seeing such a scene, Li Rong couldn't help frowning.
She stared at Su Rongqing and didn't let go. The other party seemed to sense Li Rong's gaze. He raised his head and looked across the crowd.
The eyes of the two met for a moment, and Su Rongqing nodded, then turned around and went to work on her own.
The guard also turned back and said in a low voice, "His Royal Highness, today is Su's cloth porridge."
Li Rong nodded and then said, "I just saw someone take a piece of paper and ask Su Gongzi, and then he was led away. What are you doing?"
"I just asked," the guard replied, "The Su family has taken special care of the candidates this year. As long as they are scholars and take their own poems, they can directly find anyone in the Su family, and they can be placed until the imperial examinations are released. "
Li Rong frowned.
Su Rongqing's move is more appealing than being a chief examiner of the imperial examination.
Li Rong was silent for a moment, then whispered: "Go to Lord Pei, just say tonight..."
Li Rong hesitated for a moment, thought about the most suitable place, and finally said: "In front of Yuelao Temple, I will bring a mask with peach blossoms and wait for him on the street."