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Chi Ying had just heard Pingyang Hou speak, and his face was as black as the bottom of a pot with anger, and he was standing in the dark with chills all over his body.

What happened to Marquis Pingyang? He didn't say a few good words about his lord along the way.

At this moment, he suddenly heard the princess refuting him. Chi Ying paused and retreated into the darkness.

"Brother is talking about the way of powerful ministers, and King Wei's decision-making has always been the style of a monarch." She breathed tremblingly, thinking about her words, "What the king considers is how to consolidate the country forever, and he wants to attract the world's talents to his command."

Yu Xiuyun did not waver, "There are countless talents around King Wei."

"But none of the talented people from a humble background are meaningful." Yu Tingwan's voice was a little anxious. "Promoting such a person means that as long as the poor people in the world support the King of Wei, they can be the leader of Guizhou yesterday and be in the Mingtang today."

"Brother, you and I are too close to him." She changed the topic, "Chang'an and the imperial court are a beautiful hell. Naturally, we can only see the attitude of King Wei towards the ministers. If you let the people of Youzhou judge, they will definitely I don’t think King Wei would let the people be oppressed by the wealthy gentry.”

The former governor of Youzhou united with the nobles of Youzhou. During the time of locust plague and drought, they encircled the land to hide the population, plundered the people's wealth but refused to pay taxes to the court. Pei Zhi led the army to put down the rebellion, but when faced with the land starving to death, he killed too many people. The nobles were impeached several times because their methods were too cruel and violated the custom of not punishing officials.

However, after he returned to Beijing, the first thing he did was to write to the late king, requesting that Youzhou be exempted from taxes for three years.

Yu Xiuyun naturally knew about this, he chuckled slightly, "Wanwan, do you think he is kind to the people?"

Yu Tingwan pursed her lips and said: "The king's kindness is just a means. The king uses both kindness and power, showing kindness to the people to win their hearts and minds, and adding power to the courtiers to win over the people."

"Brother, he has always been good at this. If not for this, how could Yuan Qi, Chen Xi, Chen Du, Li Wei... these people be willing to be loyal to him? No minister would say loyalty to his colleagues. They are loyal to the future king. "

"Whether it is weighing the pros and cons, or for the sake of the emperor's way he has always practiced, he will not let what happened today."

After she finished speaking, she felt her lips were dry. Before she took a sip of tea, she heard her brother's cold voice.

"But, back then, he allowed His Majesty to summon you to the palace in order to gain His Majesty's reputation and exploit Yuan Ziyu's weaknesses." Yu Xiuyun's eyes were dark, "How do you make me believe that he will not indulge the evil person again just to kill two birds with one stone?"

Yu Tingwan was stunned and raised her eyes to look into those eyes, "Because I am different from Young Master Jiang. I was worthless to him at that time, and it would not matter if I exchanged it for something else. However, Young Master Jiang could use it as a signal to the King of Wei to seek talents." The sign of the heart.”

She looked calm, as if she was stating something ordinary.

Chi Ying's face fell apart, from nodding to widening his eyes to despair. He wanted to refute the princess's last words in his heart, but he didn't know what to say.

He didn't even know how to report this conversation to King Wei.

"Chi Ying." Yu Tingwan called out, "Can you step aside for a moment? I have something to say to my brother."

After Chi Ying went out, his face was full of pain. The princess didn't avoid him even after saying what she just said. What exactly was she going to say now.

Should he listen or not? If he did, he would have to report back. Otherwise, he would forget it. He would silently wait outside the door and pretend that he was deaf.

Yu Xiuyun looked at his sister and was stunned when he saw her suddenly holding his hand.

"My brother actually has quite the same political views as King Wei. If it weren't for me, I probably wouldn't have made such a judgment today." She unconsciously exerted force on her hands, "Because he treated me like that, my brother forgot how to figure out the behavior of the king."

"The king has many faces, so he can only be seen from a distance. Even the wise king's face is distorted when viewed up close, causing the viewer to misjudge. Brother, if I died before entering the palace, and you and King Wei didn't have these personal grudges, you would still be here today. Do you think so?"

Yu Xiuyun's expression suddenly changed, and he raised his voice and said, "What nonsense are you talking about? Don't mention life and death frequently."

Yu Tingwan's eyes turned red, "Do you know how angry the Lu family will be if you indulge them?"

"No matter how much you talked to him before, it was just as the princess's brother, but today's matter is related to official business. You are a courtier and the examiner. He first felt that you were neglecting your duties, and secondly, he felt that as a courtier, you were disrespectful to the King of Wei. .”

"The second one is the fatal mistake. He hates the ministers secretly speculating on his feelings. What's more, you guessed wrong. Not only that, but you also made him guess like this... stupid and petty."

Yu Xiuyun was silent. He was indeed very prejudiced against King Wei. He always thought of his shady methods in matters between men and women. It was because he was confused and could not distinguish between public and private affairs.

Seeing that he didn't speak, Yu Tingwan's voice tightened: "Brother, make a decision earlier. All you say today is don't kill anyone."

In the ears of the magistrate of Yuan County, it means that you can do something, but don't be too ruthless.

"Don't worry, I have already sent people from the Hou Mansion to the Jiang family. They will be fine tonight." Yu Xiuyun looked at his sister.

He took out the token from the Pingyang Marquis Mansion, looked at it for a moment, called the people from the Marquis Mansion to come in, and said softly: "Take it and hurry up to the Pingyuan County Sheriff and the Qingzhou Governor's Mansion to tell them that someone in Yuan County is disobeying the imperial decree. The king of Wei and this prince are dissatisfied."

"Leave a few people from the Hou family at Jiang's house. We will leave at dawn." Yu Tingwan breathed a sigh of relief.

As soon as Marquis Pingyang's order was issued, it took only two days for the local officials in Qingzhou to know that Yu Xiuyun had arrived, and there would be a lot of trouble by then.

As for Mr. Jiang, there is no need to worry. In order to get rid of the responsibility for the incompetence of his subordinates, Pingyuan County Sheriff will only do more cruel things to the Lu family than Yu Xiuyun.

There was a faint white color on the horizon. Yu Tingwan sat in the carriage and said to Chi Ying: "Take the shortest way back to Chang'an. It should be faster. You don't need to rest too much on the way."

"Princess, my lord has said that you are weak and the carriage does not need to go too fast." Chen Xing couldn't help but said: "Besides, the nearest road is not an official road and is a bit bumpy."

"Don't worry about these things." Yu Tingwan's voice was a little tired. She didn't have a good rest last night. "If you take the official road and stop here from time to time to take care of me, just wait for the officials along the way to hold drinks and banquets to invite you. They won't pay for it." My own pocket will be wasted on people and money."

She leaned against the wall of the carriage, eyes half-closed, "The world has been settled for the first time, and the imperial court has ordered that extravagance be prohibited. How can I take the lead in making an exception?"

Chi Ying's expression was a little complicated. He wanted to say that King Wei's prohibition on extravagance meant that the nobles should not order hundreds of dishes for an ordinary meal. As the Marquis of Pingyang, it was nothing to treat officials along the way to a meal.

But the princess looked determined and obviously would not change her mind.

On the road, everyone looked normal, except Yu Tingwan, who looked pale in the car.

It was already the fifth day of the return journey. Yu Xiuyun was worried about her and planned to ride with her. Seeing that she had just woken up and her face looked much better, he said slowly: "Wanwan knows King Wei very well."

She didn't refute, lowered her eyelashes and said, "I was beside him when he was reviewing the papers."

Pei Zhi usually showed no emotion or anger in front of his subjects, but when he saw the memorials in the study room, he would show his emotions. She could naturally understand his thoughts on government affairs.