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Speaking of this, Dong Cheng's voice became low: "You guys are undoubtedly joining forces to ruin His Majesty's reputation. His Majesty was furious because of this, and even canceled the hunting in Beishan. Because of this, Jing Zhaoyin and Li Ye were demoted by His Majesty. It’s an errand for the Jingzhao Mansion.”

Eunuch Dong glanced at Madam Yu quietly, and said softly: "In the final analysis of this matter, the Pingnanhou's Mansion is the mastermind, and the Jingzhao Mansion is just an accomplice. At this time, it should be Pingnanhou's Mansion, not Jingzhao Mansion, who should take over this matter."

"The pros and cons, Mrs. Li is a smart person, so she should be able to figure it out."

Madam Yu's face became paler and her whole body trembled slightly. She looked up at Dong Cheng and said in a trembling voice, "Dong Gonggong, please tell Your Majesty that I, Pingnan Hou Mansion, have absolutely no intention of discrediting Your Majesty. something..."

"Okay, Mrs. Li doesn't need to say any more."

Dong Cheng waved his hand and said in a deep voice: "This matter has come to an end for the time being. Your Majesty understands very well that Lord Hou is not in the capital. Madam should be gentler when something happens to you. You'd better think about it. Consequences, don't wait until Lord Hou returns to Beijing to find out that the Pingnan Hou Mansion has done many things wrong."

Speaking of this, the eunuch of the Tianmu Supervisor got up to leave, Madam Yu naturally got up to see him off, and when he was delivered to the gate of Pingnanhou's Mansion, Dong Cheng turned his head and bowed to Madam Yu, then bowed his head and said: "Ma'am, don't you talk too much, Madam?" In a word, after this incident, the relationship between His Majesty and Lord Hou was used up by the wife. In the future, when the wife does things, she should think about the consequences. The Lord Hou is fighting for the country in the southern border, and the lady should not let him have any worries. It is."

Madam Yu's complexion became more and more unsightly, she nodded reluctantly, greeted Dong Cheng with a blessing, and said softly: "Thank you, Mr. Dong, for reminding me, I will thank guests behind closed doors. The mansion will not open the mansion again..."

Dong Cheng smiled, turned around and walked into his own sedan chair. Several eunuchs lifted the sedan chair and walked towards the imperial city.

After watching Dong Chengyuan go, Madam Yu's expression became extremely ugly. She took a few deep breaths and spoke to the maid behind her.

"Go, invite the eldest son back."

Chapter 19 The Future and the Present

Above the court, you don’t need to understand anything else, except one thing you must understand, and that is to know how to advance and retreat. When you should advance, you should do your part, and when you should not enter, you must retreat without hesitation. Go up a few steps.

For example, in the current Pingnanhou Mansion, the big-character poster incident in the capital, no matter what, the Pingnanhou Mansion would be implicated in some way, and the minimum fine salary is also required. Although the Pingnanhou Mansion doesn't care about the little money, as long as Once the official punishment came down, the face of the Pingnan Hou Mansion would also be gone.

However, the emperor had an old relationship with the Li family, and he didn't want to embarrass the Pingnanhou's mansion, so he only let Dong Cheng secretly go to the Pingnanhou's mansion to scold Mrs. Yu. There was no official punishment at all, but Jing Zhao Yin Liye fell into bad luck, falling from the position of the third rank to the fourth rank for no reason.

This is the difference between closeness and distance in the imperial era. Sometimes it doesn't matter what you do, what matters is your identity.

After Dong Cheng left the Pingnanhou Mansion, the gates of the Pingnanhou Mansion were closed, announcing that they would close their doors to thank guests from today onwards, and that unlucky Jing Zhaoyin was not only demoted, but also continued to suffer. Working in Jingzhao Mansion is a tragedy in the world.

Just when Dong Cheng returned to the palace to return to his command, the seventh son, who was dressed in ordinary cotton clothes, personally carried a leg of lamb and knocked on the gate of the small courtyard where Li Xin was.

Li Xin opened the courtyard door, and cupped his hands at the mysterious seventh son: "I have seen the seventh son."

The seventh son showed Li Xin the leg of lamb in his hand, and then said with a smile: "The barbecue I ate at your place last time was very refreshing. I specially asked someone to get a sheep on the grassland. Just now Kill it, and you will bake a few skewers for me later."

Li Xin was a little speechless and looked at this seventh son who might be the royal family.

These guys, are they full and have nothing to do, so they made a special trip to find themselves for a few skewers of mutton.

But now, he has no way to reject the seventh son, after all, their "family of three" is still dependent on the seventh son, and they have to bow their heads under the eaves.

After a while, another pile of charcoal fire was lit, and several skewers of mutton were put on the fire rack and grilled back and forth. Asked: "The Seventh Young Master came to look for me... for this reason?"

The Seventh Young Master took a bite of the mutton skewers, and said while chewing: "The main reason is for this, and the other is to tell you that your matter is settled, probably tomorrow Jingzhao Mansion will revoke your wanted arrest, the people from the Tianmu Prison I won’t catch you again, you don’t have to hide in the yard every day.”

Li Xin stood up, bowed to the Seventh Young Master, and said, "Your Majesty, thank you Seventh Young Master."

In the past few days, Li Xin thought about this matter carefully, and finally realized that he was indeed too impulsive. Among other things, his big-character poster suspected of "smearing the emperor" was enough to be criticized. He had been beheaded more than ten times. If it wasn't for this seventh son, even if the emperor didn't bother him, the people in Jingzhao Mansion would probably not let him go.

Fortunately, this time, the Seventh Young Master, who didn't know where he came from, helped Li Xin out of the siege.

The Seventh Young Master said with a smile: "You don't have to be so polite, this matter is mainly because you can do it yourself, and after getting that poem out, I can take advantage of the situation, otherwise I will not be able to confront the Jingzhao Mansion head-on. "

Li Xin sat next to the charcoal fire again, and continued to grill the mutton skewers. After a long time, he raised his head and asked: "The seventh son did this... After all, there is no purpose, can I ask the seventh son's purpose?" ?”

The seventh son threw the bamboo stick in his hand aside, and said lightly: "It's useless to tell you these things now, you just need to remember that you owe me a big favor, if I need your help in the future place, if you can help, don’t deny it.”

Li Xin fell silent.

He somewhat guessed the purpose of the Seventh Young Master. The Seventh Young Master's surname is Ji, so there is a high probability that he is one of the current princes. If he wants to ascend the throne smoothly, he must obtain the support of as many ministers as possible, and Ping Nan The Hou Mansion is a good target to win over.

Because Pingnanhou's mansion is not only high and powerful, but Pingnanhou also has...military power!

Thinking of this, Li Xin suddenly opened his mouth and asked nonchalantly, "Seventh Young Master...is the relationship with Li Chun not good?"

Li Chun is the son of the Pingnanhou Mansion, Li Xin's cheap elder brother.

Seventh Young Master was stunned, looked at Li Xin with some surprise, then smiled in relief, and said softly: "I can't say it's bad, I can only say that I'm not familiar with it."

Seventh Young Master hesitated for a while, then spoke.

"Li Chun is very close to one of my elder brothers."

Having said that, the seventh son has almost admitted his identity as the prince, Li Xin handed over a bunch of grilled meat skewers, and then said: "Seventh son, I have something to explain to you. That is to say, I will never have any connection with the Pingnanhou Mansion in my next life, if the Seventh Young Master wants to use it to influence or control the Pingnan Hou Mansion, then the Seventh Young Master...doesn't need to waste his efforts."

Seventh Young Master threw an empty bamboo stick aside, wiped his mouth with a silk handkerchief, then clapped his hands and smiled: "What a clever Li Erlang, he can guess so many things with just a few words."

"Don't worry, my son's kindness has never been compulsory. No one can tell what the future will be. In the future, if you can help me, you can help me. If you can't help, then you can't help me. I won't blame you for anything." .”

Speaking of this, the Seventh Young Master laughed and said: "But you are so smart, even if you don't enter Pingnanhou's Mansion, you may be able to have your own career in the future."

Li Xin stuffed a bunch of grilled meat skewers into his mouth, and then said softly: "Don't worry, Seventh Young Master, I have a very good memory. I will remember the kindness of Seventh Young Master today, and when I have a chance, I will I will definitely repay the Seventh Young Master."

The seventh son squinted his eyes and said: "Let's not talk about the future, I have a matter that you can do right now, and I need your help."

"Seventh Young Master, please tell me."

Seventh Young Master pointed to the fire in front of him, squinted his eyes and said: "You have to write down the method of kebabs and give it to me. I won't be able to see you for a while. I will bring the method with you." Go home and let the servants at home follow suit."

Hearing this, Li Xin paused, and then said, "Seventh Young Master...why can't I see you?"

"Oh, I forgot to tell you."

Seventh Young Master smiled and said: "Starting tomorrow, the internal guards in the palace will send people to protect you. With them around, it is not convenient for me to show up, lest His Majesty know that I am pushing you in the middle of this matter, but it is not good. It's over, so I won't come to see you again for the time to come."

Li Xin nodded, went back to the room and wrote down the specific process and ingredients of the mutton skewers on a piece of paper, and handed it to Master Qi.

The Seventh Young Master took the piece of paper, put it carefully into his sleeve, and then smiled softly at Li Xin: "Then I will go back now, if you are in a hurry to find my Young Master, you can go to the Deyi Building to find Jiu Niang." , she has a way to contact me."

Li Xin arched his hands at him.

"Thank you, Seventh Young Master."

Chapter 20 Elders

The turmoil in the capital was limited to a small area, so that except for the Emperor Chengde and a few parties involved, most people in the capital did not know what happened, but as long as someone who is interested can see The big-character poster written by Li Xin was related to the cancellation of hunting and the demotion of the governor of Jingzhao Mansion to two ranks. You can more or less guess some outlines.

However, this matter involved the emperor, and Li Xin's big-character poster was even more suspected of slandering the emperor, so no one in the capital dared to speak out about this matter, so the turmoil was covered up to the greatest extent. Even if they knew it, they pretended not to know, and everyone just pretended that nothing happened.

On the second day, the officers and soldiers of the Jingzhao Mansion disappeared from the street, and the documents for arresting Li Xin also disappeared. It was not until this time that Li Xin's uneasy mind finally settled down, because at this time, he did not know what to do. I completely believed what the Seventh Young Master said.

No matter what, he has no friendship with the seventh son after all, the two of them have only known each other for two or three days, and it is normal for Li Xin to have some precautions.

Fortunately, none of the things that the Seventh Young Master said to Li Xin was wrong.