Come on, Your Highness

On the second day in the court hall, the memorial jointly signed by the Imperial Academy and the petition signed by thousands of scholars were read out in the court hall.

It can be said that there was an uproar.

Although the Dali Temple's review of the Yanguan has not yet come to a result, but in this way, the possibility of getting rid of the crime is even more slim.

No matter how unwilling Xiao Ming was, he could only let it go.

I only heard the emperor on Majesty Dan say: "I am very pleased."

Emperor Tiangan held the thick memorial in his hand, and said calmly: "I knew the truth about the expulsion of He's family early on, but the crusade against He Xichao in the courtroom, no matter whether it is selfish or just for it. I am still disappointed by justice. But until today, I found out that there are still so many scholars who are waiting to become officials. There are people, the court has a strong follow-up, and I am very pleased."

The courtiers below listened quietly, some were ashamed, some were expressionless, some bowed their heads in hiding, all kinds of thoughts and considerations, but everyone knew that because of He Xichao's expulsion this time, not only did his reputation not drop In the slightest, it even soared into the sky.

Emperor Tiangan continued: "This dynasty governs the world with filial piety, but this filial piety is not foolish filial piety, unfaithful filial piety, this is filial piety that harms others and oneself. If relatives have done wrong, admonish them to make them worse, and they are not obedient. He Xichao's actions are right and wrong. Discernment, perseverance. But whether there is filial piety, I think, there is. The He family is unrighteous first, but so far I have never heard this son say a word of resentment. Only by seeking the truth can we not find it."

That's right, so far, apart from Xiao Hong reading "The Great Killing" for his family's companion, He Xichao has been recuperating from his illness and has never shown up, nor has he expressed any dissatisfaction with the He family.

This kind of character is admired by others, and it is only then that so many students speak up for him to rectify his name, and it is only then that he can impress so many scholars from all over the Hanlin Academy to jointly play for him, so that the crown prince will defend him in every possible way.

"The ministers are ashamed." All the ministers bowed and shouted.

"Your Majesty, I think that those who do evil should be punished, but those who are loyal should also be commended." Xie Ge said.

Emperor Tiangan nodded: "That's the case, He Xichao has both talents and virtues, and he is an example for the world. He should be supplemented by the East Palace and be the prince's guest."

The prince's guest was from the rank of the third rank, and He Xichao was originally only from the rank of the accompanying bachelor of the fifth rank, but he jumped two ranks all of a sudden, which really exploded in the court.

The old man Wang Ge objected: "Your Majesty, He Xichao was originally compiled by the sixth-rank Imperial Academy. Jiangdong has been promoted to a bachelor from the fifth-rank attendant when he came back, and now he is a guest from the third-rank prince. In just half a year, he has been promoted to the third-rank and sixth-rank. , is this too fast?"

Talented people are of course promoted faster than mediocre ones!Hearing this, Xiao Hong really wanted to say this sentence, not to mention the prince's guests, even the prince's Shaofu, he felt it should be taken for granted.

It's just that it's hard for him to speak at this time, so he can only keep silent.

However, Xie Ge said with a smile: "Although it is from the third rank, it is just a vain job. It is okay if you don't go to the court or stand on duty. You have to ask the prince about this. I don't know if it is appropriate?"

Xiao Hong still didn't learn the essence of humility in the end, even if he wanted to, he had to refuse first: "It's suitable, no matter how suitable it is."

All the ministers: "..."

Talking to His Royal Highness, I guess you have to change the way and be more straightforward.

Emperor Tiangan laughed when he heard the words: "Xie Qing is very true. With He Xichao's current reputation, he deserves this honor. I just want to let the world know that Daqi needs such a person with both ability and political integrity. I am very happy." , and is willing to promote vigorously, so this matter is settled."

Xiao Hong's eyes lit up, and without waiting for the courtiers to react, he shouted loudly first: "Father is wise! On behalf of He Xichao, I thank you for your kindness! Long live the emperor!"

The matter of the expulsion of He's family has now been settled. No one would have thought that a mere family matter would turn into this with the help of various forces.

In the end, He Xichao was fulfilled.

As soon as Xiao Hong came to court, he hurried to find his family to cherish the court, and ordered someone to hang up the imperial plaque.

The vigorous and powerful characters, with the imperial seal, show the current emperor's love and trust for this young courtier.

Xiaodunzi also asked people to buy firecrackers and red silk, and there was a crackling sound, and He's house fell down.

In order to be different from Wei Guogong's mansion in Lion Lane, this place is collectively called East Street He's Mansion.

Wei Guogong's Mansion

The eldest lady held the tea, and said softly, "Sisters and sisters, it's not that my sister-in-law doesn't know how to flatter you, but since the Duke didn't say to take back the right card, then I can only continue to be the master of the family."

A stern light flashed in the eyes of the second lady, and she narrowed her eyes immediately: "Sister-in-law is not willing to give face to younger siblings?"

The eldest lady smiled and shook her head: "If you are interested, you might as well go and talk to the Duke. If he lets you share the burden, I will be happy as a sister-in-law and will never get entangled."

The second lady bit her lip immediately.

Because of the Eldest Princess pleading, the Emperor Wei Guogong allowed her to go back to the mansion, but he didn't say anything after that, obviously he was guarding against her.

"It's bitterly cold in the family temple, you just came back, you should rest more, to nourish your spirit, don't worry so much." The eldest lady said empathetically.

The second lady held her breath in her heart, and finally couldn't help pulling her face down and said: "Sister-in-law, it's not that the younger siblings speak badly, but now there is only Mingrui, a decent young master in this mansion, and he married a princess again. It belongs to him. It doesn't matter if you don't hand it in today, sooner or later the right to head the house will return to me, and at that time... my siblings won't be so polite."

The lady listened, her smiling face gradually sank.

The second lady got up, raised her neck, and said arrogantly: "Although Lingshan is married, she is the aunt of the He family after all, and she needs a brother to help her in order to gain a foothold in her husband's family. Can you still count on a substitute who has been removed from her name?" Is Lingshan coming out? Now that Zhan Shaoqi has a son and a daughter, they are all concubines. As an aunt, I am worried about her. If there is no brother to help, it will be hard to say whether she will have a place in the princess mansion in the future. "

Seeing that the eldest lady lost her smile completely, with a hint of anger, she laughed briskly: "People say that those who know current affairs are outstanding, and my sister-in-law should do a lot for Lingshan... ah——"

Before the second lady finished speaking, it turned into screaming in an instant.

Seeing that the eldest lady finally couldn't help it, a cup of hot tea in her hand was thrown towards the second lady's face!

"Li Yuxi, you are such a bitch!"

She got up angrily, looked at the second lady and scolded: "I won't tell, do you really think I forgot how my Shan'er was forced into a sedan chair, married to that kind of tyrannical scum, and ruined the rest of her life? No, I will not die! You, and that lowly servant girl from Xueyun Pavilion, are the chief culprits, and you deserve to go to the [-]th floor of hell!"

"What does your grievances with Sanfang have to do with my poor Lingshan? You want to treat her like this! I am patient and careful in everything, what do I get in return? It's your bullying you who are getting bigger and bigger! The words are true. It's nice to hear, and stand up for Lingshan, I'll be thankful that He Mingrui didn't squeeze his sister's last drop of blood!"

The tea leaves slipped from the second lady's face, the hot tea turned cold, and dripped onto the skirt of her clothes, looking extremely embarrassed.

The maid next to her screamed, and quickly took out the handkerchief to wipe it for her.

Fortunately, the tea was not boiling hot, otherwise it would be disfigured, but even so, the second lady's face was still flushed, and she couldn't open her eyes for a while.

The eldest lady looked at the second lady who was nervous and flustered and shouted for help, and suddenly felt relieved: "It is best to tear your face, today you can listen to me, let alone whether He Mingrui can inherit the Duke's mansion, just The Duke of the Kingdom accepts his fate, let this grandson who has no responsibility and can only do evil things secretly take over the He family, I will also find a way to stir up trouble! My family Lingshan is already in hell, living a life that is worse than death, I don’t mind Let my enemy also accompany her to taste it!"

The lady became more and more reckless, her face was full of sarcasm: "Look, the result of all your efforts to get rid of the name is He Xichao's third-rank prince guest, the reputation praised by literati, and the emperor's royal pen. The door plaque, and the He family's stigma of being reviled in the dust! It can be seen that the wicked have evil rewards, and the heavens have eyes, so what am I afraid of? It's ridiculous that you dare to threaten me?"

The second lady was startled and terrified, she lost all confidence in coming here at first, but she was unwilling to be suppressed by this: "Princess..."

"You can only count on the princess! But now, He Mingrui's marriage is entrusted to me by the Duke. If you want to see your son get married smoothly, and there is no quarrel between them, just let me do it honestly." Stay in Hengwuyuan, don't be distracted! Otherwise, the Duke's mansion has already lost face once, and he doesn't mind losing face again during the big wedding! You have done such rebellious things, and they are not all good, presumably the Duke of Guo Master wouldn't embarrass a daughter-in-law who made a mistake due to fatigue, would he?" The eldest lady directly turned against the guest and threatened.

The second madam could no longer speak, only hearing the eldest madam's order to "see off the guests", Nanny Lin smiled but forcefully sent them out of the yard.

Sometimes people who show generosity will not be appreciated, but will make people gain an inch; but once they tear their face and fight it out, the ghosts and monsters will be honest.

The eldest madam's anger this time, her hysterical appearance, indeed suppressed Erfang's thoughts, and she dared not do anything wrong.

The autumn harvest is over, and all kinds of farms, forests, shops and other industries under the name of the King of England have begun to report their success.

Although He Xichao didn't need to personally ask these questions, according to previous years, he would check them out.

So after completely settling down, He Xichao started not to stay at home, and lived in the Prince's Mansion every day.

The same twelve scholars were also ordered around by him.

But this year is different from previous years. Because of the promotion of his status, Xiao Hong's property has doubled again, and the mansion that already occupies a street has to be expanded.

Looking at the blueprint given by the Ministry of Internal Affairs, it is quite a large area, after all, it will house [-] government soldiers.

And the original things have to be sorted out, and the streamlined manpower has to be expanded.

The two most important chief and deputy military commanders are trustworthy people. Needless to say, Lu Feng, Huang Qi has no influence in Beijing, so he can only rely on Xiao Hong, so he is naturally half of his own.

And although the servants in the mansion are arranged by the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Eunuch Chang and Nanny Shen have already selected people. They are all innocent and have simple relationships. They have greeted the Ministry of Internal Affairs and are just waiting to send them over. That is.

Of course, the Prince's Mansion is huge and there are too many people, so it is inevitable that someone will take the opportunity to come in with eyeliner.

This is helpless, after all, some of them are sent to other mansions just like this.

Fortunately, there is only Xiao Hong as the master in the mansion, who often lives in the front yard, and the servants around him are those who have followed him since he was a child, so those eyeliners have no chance to enter him.

As for the crown prince's team, although a small imperial court can be formed, there are various positions, but after all, during the Taiping period, Emperor Tiangan was in his prime, and these positions were mostly empty and had no real power.

But after all, the contacts belonged to the prince, and his brand was stamped on him. Emperor Tiangan also carefully selected for Xiao Hong, and after the great success, he would be the person that the prince could directly use.

The rest of the low-level officials were decided by Xiao Hong himself.

These 12 people already have a seat, but they are not officials after all, and they can't hold high-level positions. Some of He Xichao's vacancies have been filled for them.

The Palace of the Prince of England does not need high fame, but the Prince's Palace is different. No matter what, Luo Li has to have someone in his body.

He was under unusually high pressure, and the little flesh he had managed to raise after studying hard recently faded away.

Among the 12 people, except You Ziqing and Shao Yuan, who have already passed the provincial examination, the rest are still waiting for next year's scientific examination.So in addition to working hard, they could only watch with envy that these two were placed by He Xichao in the prince's mansion, although they were of a lower rank, the seventh rank was very important.

However, most of the positions are still vacant. Everyone knows that following the prince has a bright future. Naturally, even if these official positions are vain, people flock to them.

Every day, the butler would receive several famous invitations and literati's poems and theories, hoping that Xiao Hong would take a look at them.

Xiao Hong held the name cards collected by the butler in his hand, and there were a lot of words that gave him a headache just looking at them, and he couldn't help asking: "There are still many vacancies, Xi Chao, what should I do with these people? Let the emperor arrange it?"

He Xichao raised his eyebrows and said: "Of course not, that would make you look too incompetent."

Xiao Hong then handed the stack of things he didn't like to look at to He Xichao and said, "I think there are some good ones in here, but it's easy to doze off and make your eyes blur. Xi Chao, why don't you take a look?"

"I don't have that much time to read them one by one. I'm already too busy with the affairs of your house."

"What should I do?"

"It's simple!" He Xichao took the post and fanned it like a playing card, covering the lower half of his face, revealing only a pair of sly eyes and blinking at Xiao Hong, "It's been three years since the last recruitment. , the mansion is growing, I think it's time for a fair and just exam."

Hey.