The two arrived at the palace gate together, and as soon as they entered the palace, everyone looked at them.
Everyone knows that Pei Wenxuan made a fuss yesterday, and since Li Rong came out of Beiyan Tower today, the Qin family's affairs will be brought to an end.
It's just that they don't know how this young princess who has just entered the court will end this matter.
Everyone had different thoughts and waited in the court all morning, but throughout the morning, neither Li Rong nor Pei Wenxuan mentioned this matter.
After the court, Li Rong and Pei Wen said goodbye, and then listened to Li Ming's summons and followed Li Ming to the imperial study.
After arriving at the imperial study, Li Ming didn't make any detours, and said directly: "Now that Pei Wenxuan is back, the case in your hand is almost finished, right?"
"Yes."
Li Rong respectfully said, "It's almost clear."
"Tell me." Li Ming took the pen and ink and began to review the papers. Li Rong stood beside Li Ming and quickly repeated the cause and effect: "The people of the aristocratic family want to compete with Master Xiao for the military merit in the northwest, Master Xiao will not I was very active, so I planned to start with the people next to me, knocking the mountain and shaking the tiger, to deter Mr. Xiao. So I went to the Qin family, and they sent a message to the bottom that they were looking for trouble with the Qin family. In order to complete the task, people tore up the explanation behind the marching log, and then sent it to the Ministry of Punishment and the Censor's Office. Wen Ping of the Censor's Office saw the marching log, so he guessed the cause and effect, falsified evidence to intimidate the witnesses, and finally brought the Qin family down. It's an iron case."
Listening to Li Rong's words, Li Ming frowned, rather annoyed: "They are so bold!"
"Later, after Erchen intervened, in order to obstruct Erchen's investigation, they kept killing all the witnesses."
"Then what happened in Huangping County?" Li Ming was a little impatient. "Three thousand soldiers fighting three thousand soldiers, or defending the city. If it is like that, the Ministry of War will not pursue it?"
There were many large and small battles on the battlefield at the beginning, and a small-scale battle in Huangping County was only a sentence in Li Ming's excerpts. Now that he has figured out what happened, he couldn't help saying: "Qin Feng too Incompetent."
"It's not like that," Li Rong walked to Li Ming's side, raised her hand to grab the ink stick, and grinded it for Li Ming, "The Huangping County incident involved military salaries."
Li Rong said, and told the whole story of Huangping County aside, Li Ming heard this and shouted angrily: "They are impatient! What is the military salary, they dare to move?!"
"Father is right," Li Rong said, comfortingly, "We really can't indulge in such a big case."
After Li Rong said this, Li Ming was a little hesitant. He was silent for a while, and after thinking about Li Rong's intentions, he said, "Since you know so clearly, why didn't you speak to the court earlier?"
"Father, my son knows it's the same thing, but in the end, we still have to listen to the father's arrangement. I just went up early, and my son dare not speak at will."
Li Rong said it respectfully, showing his obedience to Li Ming all the time, Li Ming was comforted a lot when he heard that Li Rong put his thoughts first in everything, and wrote the book: "Then what do you think? arrange?"
"My sons and ministers obey their father."
"Tell me," Li Ming lowered his head and said, "I forgive you and not guilty."
"Father," Li Rong didn't answer Li Ming directly, but reminded, "This time, Erchen wants to be punished severely, and all the people on the list of Erchen will be punished together, and they will reach the shocking family. The purpose of this. But in this way, will the family be forced to jump over the wall?"
Li Rong said, and lowered her eyes: "For the family, the most important card is nothing more than their respective government troops. With their current strength, if they are in a hurry, they can go to the harem to petition together, and the grandmother of the empress dowager will serve them. An imperial decree, the position of the father and emperor, I am afraid that it is still difficult to preserve."
As Li Rong said it, she secretly looked at Li Ming's expression, and seeing that Li Ming listened to her words and frowned, Li Rong continued to analyze with confidence: "As for the noble family, asking the queen mother to abolish the emperor, they want another To establish a new emperor, to provide money and food to provide people, maybe it will be calculated later, each family has its own calculation, so the family is not forced to one share, and they are not willing to change the emperor rashly. Now we need to Grasp this degree well, how to prevent the family from being provoked to a dead end, and not to feel that the inspector is meaningless, this is the most important thing for the father to consider."
Li Ming listened to Li Rong's words, and she analyzed it well.
He and the aristocratic family were in a delicate balance. The aristocratic family did not want to change the emperor, nor did they want to be involved in the troubled times, so even if they had a heavy army in their hands, they had to take Li Ming into consideration.
And the noble family has troops in their hands, but more often they have to look at the face of the court. Unless it is a last resort, no one wants to be a chaotic thief.
After thinking for a while, Li Ming finally said: "You decide. The military salary case must be severely punished, and Qin's case..."
Li Ming hesitated for a while, but before he could speak, he listened to Li Rong: "Resolve it in private."
"They killed the witnesses. This matter is too much. If you don't deal with it, you will lose your dignity. But if it is dealt with seriously, there are too many officials involved in Qin's case. Solving it directly in private will not only deter other officials, but also be regarded as a gesture of goodwill, so it will not be investigated."
"Just do as you say."
Li Ming responded and discussed the details with Li Rong before finally letting Li Rong go back.
When Li Rong went out, Pei Wenxuan had already reported a pile of papers and sat in the carriage, quietly watching the papers. Li Rong got into the carriage, looked him up and down, and asked with some doubts, "Why are you doing things here?"
"The old censors are all staring at me," Pei Wenxuan flipped through a document with one hand, and refused to drink the tea cup with the other, casually said, "I see people panic, I'd better go back to the house to hide, and wait for everyone to point the finger. All pointing at His Highness, I will go back."
"Yo, go back to the mansion during office hours. The more you study now, the more capable you are?" Li Rong said with a smile, "Why did you come back?"
"Simple," Pei Wenxuan looked up at Li Rong with a half-smile, "I just said that the princess misses me, and no one dares to stop me."
Hearing this, Li Rong almost spit out a sip of tea.
In the last life, when Pei Wenxuan was at the Censor's Desk, in order to have a good relationship with other officials and perform his duties faithfully, he stayed in the official office longer than anyone else every day, just to make his boss happy.
The appearance of this old fritters now makes Li Rong a little sigh: "You were not like this before."
"You're young and ignorant," Pei Wenxuan looked back at the document and sneered, "Anyway, they're all a bunch of ghosts that are going to die, so what's the use of dealing with them now? Doctor Censor is the third master of the Shangguan family, as long as you and The Shangguan family is reconciled, and you can say something nice to me then," Pei Wenxuan threw a wink, "It's up to you for my promotion."
"I hear what you mean," Li Rong brought the teacup from the side and said with a smile, "Are you planning to eat soft rice?"
"Sacrificing so much, I don't even have a soft meal," Pei Wenxuan sighed, "His Royal Highness is too stingy."
Li Rong was teased by Pei Wenxuan and covered half of her face with a fan. She couldn't stop at all. She only said, "Okay, this soft meal will be rewarded to you. You work hard and do well," Li Rong raised her hand. Gently poked Pei Wenxuan on the shoulder with a small fan: "Bengong will give you a promotion."
Pei Wenxuan pursed his lips and smiled, his eyes fell from Li Rong's hand holding the fan, half a smile, and only said, "It's not impossible if you don't get promoted."
Li Rong raised her eyebrows, and Pei Wenxuan paused, as if feeling bad, he coughed lightly, turned his head and said, "Your Majesty agrees with your idea?"
"He thought so too."
Li Rong was attracted by Pei Wenxuan's question, and said indifferently: "He doesn't have the ability, he really drove the family to death."
Pei Wenxuan nodded and said, "If we want to rectify the family, we still have to wait for this year's imperial examinations to start again and bring in some people."
Hearing this, Li Rong shook the fan for a while, but Pei Wenxuan saw that she didn't respond, looked over, Li Rong met his questioning gaze, smiled flatly, and said, "They are all people, a poor family, not much different. go."
Li Rong's words had already been said euphemistically, but Pei Wenxuan knew in his heart that Li Rong didn't point directly at him and scolded him "with enough food and clothing to know honor and shame".
In Li Rong's heart, the aristocratic family just made a mistake, and the poor family was just a tool used to correct the family's mistakes. In her bones, she didn't really have the heart to support the poor family.
When he realized this, Pei Wenxuan felt unhappy for a moment, but he didn't want to argue with Li Rong on this matter, so he crossed over the issue and just smiled: "Has Your Highness wiped the balm? Can you help me?"
"Take a good look at your papers." Li Rong raised her chin, then turned her head and muttered "Old-colored embryo" in a low voice.
Pei Wenxuan didn't hear Li Rong's words clearly, but his instinct was not good. He raised his head and frowned, "What did you say?"
"Huh?" Li Rong smiled, "Did I say anything?"
Pei Wenxuan was at a loss for words. After he was silent for a while, he decided not to care about Li Rong, so he lowered his head and looked at the book again.
The two returned to the princess' mansion. Li Rong had just lifted the curtain of the car when she saw Xun Chuan waiting at the door. Li Rong got off the carriage, and Xun Chuan greeted her.
"Your Highness."
Li Rong knew what she was going to ask, so she only said, "Go in and talk."
Xun Chuan responded and followed Li Rong into the room. After entering the room, Pei Wenxuan avoided suspicion and went back to the study. Li Rong sat at the table with Xun Chuan, and Xun Chuan knelt in front of Li Rong with his eyes lowered.
Li Rong said slowly, "Just ask what you want."
"I heard today that Your Highness did not mention anything related to Qin's case in the early court."
Xun Chuan's voice was a little hoarse, and he seemed to ask very difficultly: "Your Highness... Are you not going to investigate?"