The painting style of the princess in the Red Chamber is wrong

Shui Jue was also shocked when he heard the news.However, although Prince Zhongyong was impulsive, he was not without brains.Once the fire was burned, there was indeed no evidence of any crime. If I hadn't been paying attention to the Li family's news and got the news of the Li family's movements, I wouldn't have believed that this was ordered by Prince Zhongyong.

Who would have thought that Deng Mengming just tactfully refused the marriage, and Prince Zhongyong would have thought of killing Deng Mengmingyue's family?Prince Zhongyong is not crazy.

In fact, when Deng Mengming got the news, he really thought it was a fire, and he didn't connect this matter with Prince Zhongyong.If it wasn't for the news later, although Deng Mengming still wouldn't be used by Prince Zhongyong, he wouldn't regard Prince Zhongyong as an enemy either.

So in fact, Prince Zhongyong, who was too aggrieved recently and found something to vent his anger, went dark when he heard that Deng Mengming's Yue family had arrived in the capital, and almost passed out.

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"Brother's great kindness and virtue, I will never forget it as a brother." Deng Mengming shed a man's tears rarely, and bowed deeply to Liu Ziyi.

"This is the kindness of the princess, and it has nothing to do with Ziyi. When there is a chance, Brother Meng Ming will go and thank the princess in person." Liu Ziyi's face was mixed with pride and joy, and Deng Mengming, who was full of grief and anger, couldn't help but feel angry. Extinct some.

"I said Ziyi, how did you fall in love with the princess at first sight? This kind of love is deeply rooted." After learning that Deng Mengming's Yue's family was fine, Ding Pengyun was much more relaxed and knew how to tease Liu Ziyi.

Liu Ziyi coughed dryly: "What nonsense, don't disturb the princess' reputation with gossip."

"Tsk tsk, don't say it if you don't say it." Ding Pengyun was just joking, and he also knew that Princess Chang Rui's gossip is not something that can be said casually. One would go crazy, so he sent people to protect brother Meng Ming's family early?"

"Not really." Liu Ziyi poured a cup of tea for Deng Mengming, and then said, "You all know that Prince Zhongshun protected the princess and went to Jiangnan. The emperor was rectifying and collecting news about Jiangnan at that time. The local bully kings in Jinling and Jiangnan, especially the Li family of salt merchants, committed a lot of blood for business, but due to some past events, coupled with the interaction between officials and businessmen, no definite evidence could be found, and Prince Zhongshun could not deal with it directly. Li family."

"I've heard about the Li family's affairs for a long time." Deng Mengming, whose ancestral home is in the south of the Yangtze River, naturally knows the reputation of those salt merchants, and the Li family has been arrogant for a long time.In the past, he only hated the Li family as a conscientious scholar, but now he has a deep hatred for the Li family.

Ding Pengyun nodded. Even though he is in Luzhou, there are salt merchants in Luzhou near the sea, and he has heard about the Li family for a long time: "It seems that although Prince Zhongshun hasn't done anything to the Li family for the time being, he has always been a faction in private. people watching."

Liu Ziyi nodded: "And...the Li family has always had a close relationship with that one."

So the emperor has been paying attention to the contact between Prince Zhongyong and the Li family?Ding Pengyun and Deng Mengming were thoughtful.Does this mean that the emperor has actually grasped the evidence and content of the contact between Prince Zhongyong and the Li family, and he is just playing a long-term game to catch big fish?So does this mean that the emperor has been accumulating evidence, waiting to deal with Prince Zhongyong?

A disrespectful thought flashed in their minds, maybe when a certain person died, it would be the time for the emperor to make a move, right?

"But it's because of Ziyi that the princess was able to act and deliver the news, right?" Ding Pengyun rolled his eyes, "But it's because the emperor values ​​us Deng Bang, otherwise he wouldn't have done something to reveal his arrangement."

Deng Mengming nodded excitedly, full of gratitude to the current Holy Majesty.Yes, in fact, since the Holy Majesty has already grasped the evidence, there is no need to send someone to remind him. After the Li family really killed his Yue family and caused heinous crimes, he will quietly send someone to deliberately leak some evidence to himself. At that time, it will not only embarrass the Li family and Prince Zhongyong, but also will not reveal that the Holy Majesty already knows the connection between Prince Zhongyong and the Li family.

And no one would think that the current Holy Majesty played any role in it.

Now that my Yue's family is safe and sound, and being sent to Beijing by the Lin family who is very close to Princess Chang Ruichang, Prince Zhongyong will definitely be suspicious.Maybe it will be more difficult in the future.

People at this time never thought that it was wrong for the emperor not to do anything for them, and when the emperor did something that was reasonable and compassionate, those people were very grateful and could not wait to be utterly devastated.

Deng Mengming thought so too.It is normal for the emperor not to save his Yue family. Now that he is saved, it is a great kindness. He has already made a plan to find trouble with Prince Zhongyong. up.

What is the merit of saving the driver?There were so many people who rescued him at that time, it was just that the ancestors of the Li family died due to bad luck.Besides, the merit of saving him was also for the Supreme Emperor, not the current Emperor.

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In fact, just as these three people thought, Prince Zhongyong had already doubted whether Shui Jing had mastered the communication channel between him and the Li family.Although it is said that Deng Mengming's Yue family got out of trouble because Deng Mengming visited Lin Ruhai when he was still a juren, and asked Lin Ruhai for his advice on learning. After Jiang Nan got the second place, he was still a junior with whom he had a good relationship, and he took care of Deng Changming's Yue family. It happened that the family went to visit Lin Ruhai that day, so they escaped. doomed.

But how could there be such a coincidence?Although the Li family in the south of the Yangtze River can't be regarded as covering the sky with one hand now, they can be regarded as having good ears and eyesight. If that family really had contact with Lin Ruhai, how could the Li family be arrogant and directly set fire to it?At any rate, I will inquire about it, as long as I find out about the relationship between that family and the No. [-] in the court, although the Li family is not afraid of the No. [-], they will also use a more inconspicuous way to "ventilate" for Prince Zhongyong.

And to fake an accidental fire, the Li family would definitely inquire in advance about the time when everyone in that family was there. As long as someone stays, it is very likely that something is wrong.No matter how arrogant the Li family was, they would not want to leave behind an enemy with a bloody feud against them.

And even if the Li family was blind and deaf, they really didn't find out that the family had any contact with the Lin family—after all, there were too many people visiting the Lin family, and the Li family couldn't reach the Lin family's house, so they wouldn't know which one It's flattery, which one really has friendship with Lin Ruhai.But the behavior of that family is also very strange.It stands to reason that when he learned that his house was completely burned, his first reaction must be an accident or a thief, and then he hurried back to report to the government.That family allowed the government to report the death of their whole family without saying a word, and didn't even contact Deng Mengming's servant who had come to meet them in Jiangnan District. I don't care.

This is obviously a gesture of avoiding vendetta. They know that someone wants to kill them, and the enemy is still very powerful, otherwise they will not be afraid of this after one failed murder.

Prince Zhongyong hated and feared at the same time. What disturbed him the most was that this incident was not pursued and it just passed by.Even Deng Mengming was still respectful when facing him, and he declared that everything was an accident, and the Yue family was about to go to Beijing with the whole family, but was shocked, so he begged the Lin family to send them to Beijing , and happened to miss Deng Mengming to meet people.

The big fire in the south of the Yangtze River was still an accidental case, and it didn't cause any ripples in the capital.Only the person involved felt uneasy, and the arrogance was extinguished a lot.And they had to be lucky at this time, maybe it was really an accident?Maybe you really won't pursue it?

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"Alas..." The Supreme Emperor sighed, "If Li Lang knew about it, I wonder if he would be in tears."

"Master Li is a man of duty. He knows that saving him is what a courtier should do. He is only one of the people who has done his job in saving him. That's why he doesn't ask Father to let his descendants be high-ranking officials." Shui Jue persuaded, "I heard that Master Li's son is also very capable. He is already a human being. If he hadn't passed away unexpectedly, he might have served his father in the court long ago. It's a pity that the Li family mistakenly regarded the contribution of saving him as The grace of saving the family, with a gesture of repaying the favor, completely forgot the duty of the courtier. It is also the kindness of the father, seeing that they are just collecting some money and not doing anything excessive, so he just turned a blind eye Just let them be rich."

"Who knows, they will have to make an inch of it." The Supreme Emperor was still a little uncomfortable in his heart.A person who dies in front of himself for himself still touches the Supreme Emperor a lot.In fact, there are quite a few people who have contributed to the rescue and died. The Supreme Emperor once went to the front line with the army. Is it possible that there are soldiers who died protecting him?It's just that he didn't die in front of him, he couldn't see it, and he wouldn't have any feelings.It's just that no matter how deep the feeling is, it will fade with time, and Shui Jue's words also touched his heart.

To put it bluntly, it's just the merit of saving him, it's a credit, and it's also the duty of a courtier.I should be rewarded, but since then I have been self-righteous, thinking how much kindness I have to the Tian family, acting like the boss and my second child, and pretending to be the emperor's benefactor, the Supreme Emperor must feel uncomfortable.

Besides, the Li family and Zhongyong were too arrogant.Deng Bangyan didn't recruit him or provoke him, but because he was grateful for the kindness of the Yue family, lived up to his fiancée, and didn't even reject Prince Zhongyong directly. .

The Taishanghuang never thought of letting Zhongyong ascend the throne because he was too proud and brave.Later, the rejection of him was due to a series of despicable acts he did to his brothers and sisters.From the looks of it now, he was indeed a cruel, wolf-hearted man.

The Supreme Emperor thought of the prince who committed suicide, his most beloved son, his fingernails dug deep into the palm of his hand.