After crossing, I became the most powerful cub in the palace

Cheng Youzhi, who was waiting outside the hall, got the emperor's order and immediately took people to Chengqian Hall.

But Wei Changgong who was standing in the hall couldn't help looking at Xiao Yuanjing, and couldn't help worrying about him.

Xiao Yuanjing's hands hidden in his sleeves were secretly clenched into fists, as if trying to hold back something, but at this moment the emperor put aside all the evidence in his hands, and raised his eyes to stare at Qing who was kneeling in the palace. The Duke and his son immediately asked them to stand up.

The emperor glanced at Xiao Yuanjing, and then turned his attention to Duke Qing: "Xun Aiqing, is this Prince Pei really frivolous and has bullied Qian'er?"

Duke Qing saluted and said: "Yes, I was foolish at the time and planned to marry Qian'er to Li Yushi's young master. It was the words of the Fourth Highness who woke me up. As a father, how can you not care for your children? To seek justice, that's why I went to seek an explanation from Duke Pei Guo, and even though we broke up unhappy in the end, I have no regrets."

The emperor's eyes were deep, and he said immediately: "Pei Guogong has no way to teach his son, and he has been fined for one year. As for this statement, Youyu, the status of the son of the hereditary title will be removed, and it will be recorded in the Ministry of Officials. It is said that Youyu will not be an official."

Hearing the emperor's order, even Xiao Yuanjing was very surprised.

For Yan Youyu, what he is most proud of is his honorable status as the son of Duke Pei. In the future, it will be very convenient to inherit the title and enter an official career.

Although the emperor only fined Duke Pei for one year's salary, he removed Yan Youyu's proud status and even forbade him to become an official. In this way, Yan Youyu was no different from an ordinary nobleman .

This method of slapping the face of an adult must be due to the emperor's decree, otherwise it would be really difficult to handle.

But after thinking about it later, he was right, the emperor was Xun Ruoqian's uncle, and this niece had been wronged, as an uncle, he just didn't know it, so there was no reason not to be angry after knowing it.

Now that the decree of punishing Yan Youyu was over, Duke Qing and Xun Ruobai kowtowed to the ground again, and they also brought Lidong to Wende Palace after they became friends outside. Some scared.

Especially with so many people in the hall, Lidong was so frightened that he immediately knelt down on the ground, shouting long live.

Seeing Lidong appear in Wende Palace, Li Changbai was like a tiger with wings, and he was very proud: "Lidong, you are a slave of Chengqian Palace, have you been serving His Highness the Fourth Highness?"

Lidong raised his head to look at Xiao Yuanjing, then raised his head to look at the emperor, and then said respectfully: "Yes, this servant has been serving His Highness Fourth Highness in Chengqian Hall since he entered the palace at the age of eight."

The emperor looked at Lidong who was shaking like a sieve in the palace, and his expression became a little more dignified: "Lidong, let me ask you, can His Highness Fourth have correspondence with Duke Qing?"

Lidong pondered for a moment: "Yes, every time the servant sent them out of the palace, but it was not with Duke Qing, but with the prince, but it was not a letter, most of it was an oral letter. What the servant remembered was that Shizi Xun found the rare treasure during the birthday banquet. Yibao wanted His Highness to present His Majesty, but His Highness refused, and then it was for the hot pot restaurant in the city. When His Highness was in Chengqian Hall, he often made hot pot. Even the servants were lucky enough to taste it, so His Highness thought so The delicacy cannot be enjoyed exclusively, so I plan to open a hot pot restaurant to promote the delicacy of hot pot, and the messages with Shi Zi are basically about how to decorate the hot pot restaurant. The palace told Shizi that he would pay Shizi the money for the decoration of the hot pot restaurant after the hot pot restaurant opens its business in the future, but the servant was sick in the past two days, so it was delayed."

Li Dong chattered a lot, didn't say a word Li Changbai wanted to hear, but instead clarified the relationship between Xiao Yuanjing and those letters from the side.

Li Changbai was in a hurry: "Don't gossip about him, tell Your Majesty if the Fourth Highness is colluding with Duke Qing to plot against His Majesty!"

Li Dong was frightened, looked at Li Changbai, then looked at the emperor and quickly kowtowed: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty has learned from you, Your Highness has never colluded with others. Your Highness has been wronged, and this slave has been wronged."

Li Changbai's face turned pale, and he hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, Lidong is lying! It is clear that he took the initiative to inform Kang Ping..."

Li Changbai's voice stopped abruptly, but Xiao Yuanjing saw Li Changbai's dusty complexion clearly with sideways eyes:

"Kang Ping what?"

The emperor was not deaf, so he naturally heard Li Changbai's leaked word Kang Ping, and knew that he was talking about Kang Ping Wang Xiao Yuanheng.

Li Changbai's face was pale, and cold sweat hit his forehead one after another, causing him to fall to the ground.

The emperor said: "Lidong, present the things that His Royal Highness asked you to give."

After receiving the order, Lidong quickly took out the contract Xiao Yuanjing had given him from his bosom, as well as the IOU to Xun Ruobai, handed it to the eunuch in front of him, and finally presented it to the emperor.

The emperor took the IOUs and made a careful comparison. Because of the different pens written by Xiao Yuanjing, the fonts were smaller than those in the letters in the evidence. You don't use a brush to write, so if the emperor hadn't been holding two letterheads for comparison at this moment, he would have been really cheated.

It seems that imitating Xiao Yuanjing's handwriting is to create the vicious intentions of the person he colluded with Duke Qing to plot against the emperor.

When the emperor thought about it, the dissatisfaction in his heart became more and more heavy. It was just a ministerial decree, so someone deliberately wanted to destroy Xiao Yuanjing. The result of the seizure of the heirloom that was told to him back then, the cloud could not help but shroud his head again.

Xiao Yuanjing hurriedly said: "Father, this person who uses letters to frame his sons and ministers has vicious thoughts, but how did this letter get to the Duke of Qing's mansion, please don't let it go, after a thorough investigation, this can enter the Duke of Qing's mansion House, change a problematic account to frame Qing Guogong, this person has the same vicious intentions, I also ask the father to investigate clearly, and return the innocence of my son and uncle."

The emperor's eyes fell on Li Changbai: "Li Changbai, what do you think?"

Li Changbai's eyes turned red, and he quickly knelt down on the ground, begging for mercy: "I beg Your Majesty to be merciful, I beg Your Majesty to be merciful, I was deceived by others for a while, and that's why I begged Your Majesty to spare me, it's...it's the Duke of Pei! The Duke of the State told his ministers that someone from Qing Guogong’s mansion would act as an internal response, so that the ministers only need to impeach Qing Guogong truthfully. As long as Qing Guogong falls, Shizi Xun will not be able to survive. My son took revenge and made a big mistake in a moment of confusion, please forgive me, Your Majesty..."

Li Changbai's head banged on the ground, but the emperor still had a cold expression on his face.

And Duke Qing also immediately understood who the internal response in the mansion was, but he still refused to believe it, and hurriedly bowed to the emperor and said, "Your Majesty, since there is an internal response in the minister's mansion, you might as well let the minister go back to the mansion and send the internal response to him." Get it out."

The emperor naturally understood what Qing Guogong meant, but when he thought of that person tampering with the fake account books, not only trying to frame his courtiers, but also trying to get rid of the prince, the emperor felt unhappy.

Originally, he thought that Duke Pei was just teaching his son poorly, but he didn't expect to be so confused. He wanted to design others because he was unable to teach his son himself, which is really abominable:

"Although it is a family matter, it is also a state matter. The person who came to draw up the decree, Pei Guogong took private revenge and framed the courtiers and princes. The crime is unforgivable. From now on, the hereditary title of Pei Guogong will be removed, and he will be dismissed from his post and exiled to the frontier fortress. , I don’t want to see her again. As for Li Changbai, he will be dismissed and investigated, and dealt with according to the law.”

Duke Qing's expression flickered, but in the end he still prostrated himself on the ground, thanking Emperor Long for his kindness.

In this way, the case of Duke Qing was settled, and even the previous matter of Duke Qing's mansion was brought to the light and dealt with seriously.

The wife of Duke Qing, Yan Shi, colluded with Duke Pei to replace the account books of Duke Qing's mansion and confronted Duke Qing, and finally revealed his purpose. He wanted to bring down Duke Qing, and then secretly got rid of Xun Ruobai. With the support of Pei Guogong, Xun Jiangxue was allowed to sit on the throne.

Although the Yan family had love for Duke Qing, it had already disappeared after so many years of wind and rain, and the current Yan family only used him.

Such a cruel truth was uncovered by Duke Qing himself, and he vomited blood and fainted in anger. Yan Shi was also taken away by the officials. As for her two children, they naturally severed ties with her and stayed in the mansion to think about their mistakes.

As for Duke Pei's mansion, although Duke Pei admitted that he had colluded with the Yan family and wanted to take revenge on Duke Qing and support his nephew to take the throne, he still refused to admit the letter in the account book that framed Xiao Yuanjing, and wanted to ask to meet the emperor several times. .

However, when the emperor thought of him framing the prince and his courtiers, he became furious and didn't intend to see him. So far, Duke Pei has been out of Beijing, although he cried out for injustice, but no one would listen to him.

Li Changbai was just a pawn. After he was dismissed and investigated, his house would inevitably be ransacked. In the end, he had to leave the capital with his family.

On the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, the case about Duke Qing was finally investigated, and the innocence of Duke Qing and Xiao Yuanjing was cleared. This day also happened to be the day when Li Changbai left Beijing with his family.

On the gate tower, Xiao Yuanjing stood side by side with Wei Changgong in white, facing the receding carriage, Xiao Yuanjing's expression was as relaxed and sunny as ever.

Wei Changgong looked sideways at Xiao Yuanjing: "No wonder you asked me to pay special attention to Yan's account books."

Xiao Yuanjing smiled slyly, like a cunning fox: "Shh, you can't say it, you can't say it."

Wei Changgong nodded, and stopped looking at Xiao Yuanjing: "What about Duke Qing's mansion? What's the current situation?"

Xiao Yuanjing stood with his hands behind his back and leaned closer to Wei Changgong: "Duke Qing became weaker and weaker as soon as he became ill. The two sons and daughters of the Yan family have no obstacles at all in the mansion. The size of the mansion of the Duke of Qing The affairs should be in the hands of cousin Ruobai."

Wei Changgong nodded: "That's good, and it's not in vain. But I heard that His Majesty prefers Xun Shizi to take over the post of supervisory censor."

Xiao Yuanjing thought for a while: "That's fine too, Brother Wei, I don't know how to thank you for this."

Wei Changgong nodded and smiled slightly: "It's okay, treat me to a hot pot meal."

Xiao Yuanjing looked at Wei Changgong beside him with some surprise, and then pushed his shoulder against his shoulder: "I thought Brother Wei would say that I should promise him with my body."

Wei Changgong choked up, not knowing how to answer, but his cheeks were slightly red, and he coughed lightly.

Xiao Yuanjing smiled facelessly, because he was half a head shorter than Wei Changgong, so he easily bent down and leaned on Wei Changgong's shoulder, deliberately squeezed his throat and said: "Little prince, there is no hot pot right now, how about May I treat you to eight-treasure porridge?"

Wei Changgong listened to his voice pinching his voice, and didn't know whether to hit him or anger him, although he enjoyed the feeling of Xiao Yuanjing leaning on his shoulder.

"Ah."

Hearing Wei Changgong's awkward reply, Xiao Yuanjing immediately got up and jumped away, twisted his waist for joy, and ran towards the steps of the tower:

"Let's go, let's go to eat eight-treasure porridge. I've been standing for a long time and I'm so cold. Let's go, let's go."