Traveling through books to ancient times, I provoke the love of villains and powerful ministers

That day, Qi Qingxi and her two children were enjoying the spring scenery at Gu Yuan's house.

Sequoia hurriedly walked up to her and took a few breaths before reluctantly speaking: "Madam, the Crown Princess..."

Qi Qingxi glanced at the wet nurses and maids beside the two children, put her finger to her mouth, and asked Sequoia to follow her to the pavilion a little further away to talk.

"What happened to the princess?"

Sequoia took a deep breath: "The Crown Princess sent someone to deliver a letter, saying that Concubine Qi asked the Crown Prince to arrange for her third brother to work in the Metropolitan Procuratorate. The first thing Concubine Qi's third brother did when he took office was to impeach. The Crown Princess’s father, and the Crown Prince pretended to be a helper but not a relative, and actually directly dismissed the Crown Princess’ father from his official position and asked him to return to his hometown for retirement.”

Qi Qingxi thought for a moment and asked, "What did the Crown Princess's father do?"

Although she and the Crown Princess were currently in an alliance, if the Crown Princess's father really did something involving murder and smuggling, she would definitely not take sides.

Sequoia looked like she didn't know where to start. Qi Qingxi frowned and asked, "It can't be that the Crown Princess and her father killed someone, right?"

"No." Sequoia hesitated, "The Crown Princess's father...he...he accepted bribes and took 50 taels of silver from others, and was seen by many people..."

"How much?" Qi Qingxi thought he heard wrongly, "50 taels?"

"Exactly. It is said that the Crown Princess's father did a favor to that person a few days ago, and it seemed that he wrote a marriage document." Sequoia thought for a while, "Yes, it was a marriage document. The man invited the Crown Princess' father to drink. To express my gratitude, I also stuffed a 50-tael banknote on the spot."

Qi Qingxi was speechless for a while when he heard this.

Although strictly speaking, the 50 taels of silver from the Crown Princess's father was indeed illegal.

However, it is a well-known fact that the salaries of officials in the Chongqing Dynasty were not enough to support their families. As long as officials did not seriously violate laws and disciplines, they would do side jobs and earn some gray income, but the court would turn a blind eye.

To be honest, most of the officials in the court would have to be dismissed.

And these 50 taels of silver may be a lot for ordinary people, but for the Prince of the East Palace, it is not enough for a steward in the palace to pay for a meal in a restaurant.

Bribing the prince's father-in-law with 50 taels of silver was really hard for Qi Qingqing to find such a big deal.

The key is that Li Qiming is actually so willing to follow Qi Qingqing's wishes.

Qi Qingxi sneered, and then asked: "What does the Crown Princess want us to do?"

Sequoia: "Someone passed on the Crown Princess's true words. The Crown Princess said that her father had been taken advantage of and she recognized it. Her father stayed away from officialdom and returned to his hometown to recuperate, which made her feel more at ease. It's just that the Crown Princess was afraid that her father would be attacked on his way back to his hometown. If something unexpected happens, she wants to ask you to use that dagger and find someone to escort her father back to his hometown."

Qi Qingxi thought that the Crown Princess wanted them to find a way to help her father get away with the crime, but it turned out that she wanted to find someone to escort her father back to his hometown.

Qi Qingxi glanced at the two children who were having fun, then went back to the room to get the dagger and asked Sequoia to give it to the Crown Princess.

After the Crown Princess got the dagger, she quickly arranged the manpower and finally sent her father back to his hometown safely.

Qi Qingxi learned from the man who came to return the dagger that he actually encountered several waves of assassinations along the way. Fortunately, he had arranged for escorts from martial arts masters in advance and was able to escape the disaster.

The Crown Princess matter was finally resolved perfectly, but it also reminded Qi Qingxi of another matter.

As expected, Qi Jingxian unconditionally supported Qi Qingqing in everything as in the book. Otherwise, given his character, how could he have done such a blatant frame-up?

As one of the few people in Zhifu Qi's family who was sincerely good to her and really helped her, Qi Qingxi didn't want Qi Jingxian to die tragically like in the book.

She told Gu Yu about this, hoping that Gu Yu could help her come up with ideas.

"This is not easy." Gu Yu said with a smile, "If this third brother Qi were elsewhere, I might have to work hard, but now he is working in the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and he is only a supervisory censor. Xi'er knows What are the duties of the supervisory censor?"

Gu Yu asked this question, and Qi Qingxi thought carefully for a while before replying: "I don't know the specifics. I only know that you seem to have to go out for business a lot. When you were in the Metropolitan Procuratorate, you often didn't see anyone for several months. .”

Although Qi Qingxi's tone when he said this was extremely normal, Gu Yu suddenly felt a sense of guilt in his heart.

He stepped forward and held Qi Qingxi in his arms: "If I ever go on a long journey from now on, I will definitely take you and the children with me."

"I'm going to ask you about Brother Qi San again. Who told you this?" Qi Qingxi gently pushed Gu Yu, "As if I was taking the opportunity to complain."

Gu Yu chuckled lightly and did not intend to continue this topic. There are some things that are useless to talk about and must be done.

"I have heard my colleagues in the Metropolitan Procuratorate mention this about Qi Jingxian. To put it mildly, I can praise him for his selflessness."

Qi Qingxi immediately asked: "What about the bad words?"

Gu Yu hugged Qi Qingxi's waist tightly and smiled disdainfully: "It's not nice to say it. Only our Crown Prince is willing to let such a boring fight in the back house get to the point where everyone knows about it. Look now. Everyone in the hospital is very disdainful of you, Third Brother Qi."

Qi Qingxi curled his lips: "The third brother is actually not this kind of person, but he is stuck with a sister like Qi Qingqing. He has always taken the blame for Qi Qingqing's loss on himself, so he almost responds to Qi Qingqing's requests. I'm afraid Qi Qingqing is now He would seriously consider dying."

Qi Qingxi suddenly realized what Gu Yu meant: "So what you're saying is, don't you just need to keep him out of Qi Qingqing's reach?"

"Exactly." Gu Yu said, "It is common for the Metropolitan Procuratorate to go out on business. Since your third brother Qi is willing to enter the Metropolitan Procuratorate, you should naturally follow the rules of the Metropolitan Procuratorate. If others can go out on errands, he can naturally do the same. "

"But..." Qi Qingxi suddenly became worried, "But you are not in the Metropolitan Procuratorate now, and you have been promoted to the Ministry of Household Affairs. Now that you are interfering in the affairs of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, if Li Qiming and the others find the reason to impeach you... Although I want to help the third brother of the Qi family , but if it will implicate you, it is better not to do this."

Gu Yu chuckled softly: "Madam, you are worrying too much. Nowadays, there are many people in the Metropolitan Procuratorate who hope that this royal relative can leave as soon as possible, but because of the power of the prince, they either dare not touch him, or are unable to touch him. Others I don’t dare, but there is one person who doesn’t have these worries.”

When Gu Yu mentioned this, Qi Qingxi immediately guessed who this person was: "You mean Master Pei Ming? But wasn't he arranged by Li Qiming to go out for inspection?"

"Master Pei also needs manpower when he goes out for inspections. He sends a few people from the Metropolitan Procuratorate there at will. Even the prince has nothing to say, right?"

Qi Qingxi's eyes lit up and he gave Gu Yu a thumbs up.

"By the way." She suddenly remembered another thing, "It will be my uncle's fiftieth birthday in a few days. Although we can't make a big deal now, my aunt means that the relatives at home will celebrate in private. Do you remember that day? Arrange your errands and come back early.”

"Yes, ma'am."