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Xing Kangping died in prison for no reason while he was waiting to be executed. He was involved in the court officials of the Ministry of Justice and could not be treated carelessly. So Emperor Chunyou ordered Dali Temple to assist the Ministry of Criminal Investigation to investigate the case. It is necessary to clarify the truth and tell the world. Those who incite public opinion are not good for the court.After Wu conducted an autopsy, he determined that Xing Kangping died of poison, and it was a chronic poison/drug, so he locked the suspect in the jailer who was in charge of providing food for the death row prisoners on weekdays.After some interrogation, the jailer repeatedly begged for mercy, saying that Wang Honghou, the deputy lieutenant of the infantry, threatened him to poison Xing Kangping!

After further investigation, it turned out that several of Wang Honghou's cronies who were working in the Ministry of Criminal Affairs had been walking around with this jailer in private recently.It stands to reason that Wang Honghou was a member of the East Palace, and it was unnatural for him to poison and murder Xing Kangping. Wang Honghou's motivation for this move.The facts of the case have not yet been settled, but Wang Honghou has the temper of a loyal warrior. He knows that he has been tricked, and he does not want to become a tool for the two parties to fight against the King of Lu to criticize the East Palace. Taking advantage of the time when the guards on patrol were distracted and sleepy, he punctured his own throat with a chopstick.

On the other side of the prince, because of the loss of two loyal ministers and beloved generals, he turned grief and anger into motivation, and urged the censor to impeach Hu Laiyan, Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishment, since he took office.King Lu's lineage is not easy to deal with, but at this moment they are standing still. Hu Laiyan even made a public statement in the early court, saying that Xing Kangping died tragically in the prison of the Ministry of Criminal Justice while he was in custody and waiting to be executed. Sin, it is a face-saving project of knowing that you have made a mistake and repenting.

Emperor Chunyou couldn't bear it, but the officials and censors mercilessly traced the tyranny of Qin down to Yang Sui, quoted scriptures and scriptures, and immediately reprimanded Hu Laiyan severely, fined Sanyue's salary and settled the matter.As for the East Palace, he did not praise or criticize on the surface, but in private, he calculated that he would select a group of staff carefully and exchange them with the few people who are not interested in business.As for Xing Kangping's death, because of Wang Honghou's suicide, it became an unresolved case that could no longer be investigated, so it was abandoned.

It's night, and it's time to hold the lights.

Since the Jin Dynasty rose to overthrow the former tyrannical/government Tai/Zu Emperor who was born as a commoner tenant set an example of diligence and thrift. As the puppet emperor, Xuanzong was diligent and hardworking in political affairs, and he followed advice like a stream.

The palace servants who entered the palace to cut the lanterns went back and forth two or three times, while Emperor Chunyou still held the candle and pen to review the memorial.

Li Shunde, the head of the imperial court, was crouching his neck and looking at the emperor's expression carefully, thinking about choosing a suitable time to persuade the emperor to rest for a while and enter the midnight snack.Coincidentally, a notification came from the front hall, saying that it was Princess Yiyang asking to see her.The emperor heard that the frown that had been tightly furrowed finally eased away, and Li Shunde could not wait to clap his hands and applaud. This young ancestor of His Royal Highness really understands people's thoughts and solved the urgent need.

"Your Majesty, this servant is going to ask the person in the dining room to pass some food over, so that you can chat with Her Highness the Princess so that you can have some time to fill your stomach."

With acquiescence, Li Shunde withdrew obediently, leaving Yiyang and the emperor to discuss matters in the hall.

If you eat at night, you may accumulate food the next day, but it's just a mouthful, and the same is true for the royal family.

Li Shunde continued to explain, not long after, the eunuch on duty in the dining room graciously brought two plates of exquisite pastries and a cup of ginseng tea, and walked to the front of the hall with small steps, and lit a candle with bright candles. Looking around, isn't that eunuch the same as Li Anshi who rolled from Duzhi prison to Shangshan prison after returning from the suburbs of Beijing a few days ago?

Li Shunde got angry when he saw this useless thing. He originally wanted to take this opportunity to treat Li Anshi coldly for a while, and he didn't talk to the head of the Shangshan Supervisor, so that Li Anshi could taste the taste of a lowly slave again and walk on thin ice. Practice your mind and eliminate greed in interpersonal communication.I never thought that I was lucky enough to let Li Anshi get lucky once. Li Shunde guessed that the court affairs are complicated these days, and he worked hard day and night serving the emperor, so he would hardly have time and chance, so he caught Li Anshi who was out of the palace after serving the meal, and went into the guard room , counting down slowly.

Before Li Anshi entered the palace, he was born as a poor peasant. Later, when the new emperor came to the throne and the old and new palace personnel were replaced, the imperial court sent people to various prefectures and counties to recruit men who voluntarily purged themselves and entered the palace, and they were exempted from tax and labor.Li Anshi's father and mother had five or six children, and they had a heavy burden. After hearing the news, they immediately sent their second and third sons to the county government.

As a result, after cleansing, he stayed in Jamsil for less than three days, and the second son died of high fever due to sores suppurating.The third son was a lucky man, he came out after a hundred days, he was still alive and kicking like a normal person.The third son, who was able to pick and choose, and could speak a few clever words to please people, entered the palace as a matter of course, and by chance, he met Li Shunde, the former head of the imperial family from his hometown.Li Shunde had been an eunuch for most of his life, and served two emperors successively. Whoever wanted to get promoted and made a fortune had to flatter and flatter him in order to pass a few words to the emperor's ears.

The third son is also unwilling to be a dog for the rest of his life, so he flatters Li Shunde and flatters him, and does everything he can.Li Shunde saw that he was still a clever person, and his style of acting was quite similar to his own, so he took him as an apprentice, named him Li Anshi, and promoted him.

"I've told you I don't know how many times, you have to pay attention to priorities. It's a good thing for you to make progress, but as the saying goes, the rafters are the first to rot. You have lost your wife and lost your army this time. I don’t know how many people in the palace are just waiting for you to fall and see the joke, even with my old face, I’m so ashamed!” Li Shunde patted his cheek, making Li Anshi, who was pinching his shoulders and kicking his legs, hurry up and shy With a smiling face, she took out a silk handkerchief to wipe his face.

"But master, don't you always say that you need to judge the situation and choose what is best for you? Since the master likes the one in Biyun Temple so much, why didn't what I said that day, my apprentice, not please you?"

Li Shunde gave him a sidelong glance, slapped his paw away, and said, "You know the identity of the one in Biyun Temple. Although she has gone to the temple to live in seclusion, her title is still there. If it is based on her seniority, the master is still the same." I have to call her sister-in-law. Over the years, the position in the middle palace has been vacant. The Metropolitan Procuratorate and the Ministry of Rites have sent so many memorials to ask the master to accept the concubine. Most of the reasons are to stop the master from violating the principles of ethics. Seriously ill, the master went to see him in private because of affection and the duty of a younger brother to his sister-in-law, but you dared to openly encourage him to visit? Leaving this aside, what kind of person is our master? Only in Yici The queen stumbled. The man always pays attention to face and dignity. Back then, he forcibly went to the temple to meet him, which made the man who severed his finger swear never to step out of Biyun Temple. , why should that one come out of the mountain temple and bow his head in front of the master?"

After being lectured for a long time, Li Anshi finally came to his senses. While facing his behavior of making fun of the market indiscriminately, he was regretful, and at the same time, he was wandering in his mind how to save and make up for it.How could Li Shunde fail to see what was going on in his heart, considering that he was not a dull and stupid person, and it was time to stop warning words here, so he stood up from the chair, smoothed the folds of his robe, and said with a light smile: " However, you don’t need to be unfounded. His Majesty sent you to the Shangshan prison. You just thought that it was just a place for making dishes and soup, and you, a big Buddha, could not be accommodated. If you are lucky enough to receive grace once, it will be a luck that is beyond the envy of all people."

Li An was half a step behind Li Shunde, with his head bowed and hands tied, looking very educated.

"Let's not talk about the distance, I'll show you a close example." Li Shunde looked at the closed door, and the window paper reflected the shadows of the guards and maidservants. He lowered his throat and approached Li Anshi In my ear, "I think back then, the master was still a prince in Qizhou. Because of Empress Yici's refusal to marry a wife and concubine, Emperor Dezong's most distressed son was the master and the first emperor, caught in a dilemma. Later, the palace There was a new batch of maidservants inside, and that woman was also destined to be supported by nobles, and she looked somewhat similar to Empress Yici. When she was sweeping in the yard, she was caught by the master who walked by the corridor and said something. After saying this, I wrote a note to the staff and submitted it to Beijing. At that time, Emperor Dezong was still alive, and even though the new emperor was established, he still had to pass over his old man's ears about big and small matters. At that time, the old master couldn't care less about the woman's family background. Seeing that the master's elm head had figured it out, he got down from the sick bed happily, and wrote the edict for the marriage in person tremblingly, and actually made the girl a princess! Isn't this just right before your eyes? Is it a typical example?"

Li Shunde's eyebrows were filled with joy, and Li Anshi listened with great interest, but suddenly thought of something, scratching his ears and scratching his cheeks, he couldn't help but blurted out: "Master, but our master is not a good man of Emperor Yingzong..." He was violently raped by Li Shunde He glanced at him, shrunk his head, and lowered his knees, "Even if he's a good man, I can't serve you as an apprentice, can I?"

Li Shunde snorted through his nose, pinched his ears and walked around, and scolded: "I said, you are a big and stupid dog, you have been with me for so many years, and you haven't learned how to make inferences?"

There was a voice from outside the house announcing the missing time, Li Shunde estimated the time, a little surprised that this time Princess Yiyang chatting and laughing with His Majesty has not stopped until now?

Seeing Li Anshi bending over, rubbing his ears and baring his teeth, he was angry and funny at the same time, he waved his sleeves and said, "That's all, my master is no longer as angry as in the past when he summoned several ministers to discuss matters, and I am also in the same mood." Alright, let me tell you another example, which is the story of Shang Shan Supervisor."

"The first emperor and Empress Yici had a crown prince and two princesses. The eldest princess Yongjia was the most favored. The first year when her deciduous teeth erupted, she was prone to illness when the seasons changed drastically. She even vomited when she took medicine. The Palace Hospital and the Tai Hospital were in a hurry, but there was nothing they could do. As a result, an imperial chef from the Shangshan Superintendent thoughtfully combined the prescription with the meal and made a steamed cake. His Highness ate the steamed cake with a smile. Gao, after a few days, the illness will be cured. His Majesty the late Emperor was so happy that he made an exception and rewarded the cook with a bullfighting suit, which is very enviable."

As expected, Li Anshi got excited when he heard it, and thought that he had been walking around the Shangshan prison these few days, and he didn't know which imperial cook the master was talking about, so he just went to flatter him: "What is the name of that lord, is he still here today? "

There was a moment of silence in the room, Li Shunde sighed, and there was some pity in his cloudy eyes: "Dead, 12 years ago when I learned that His Majesty the late emperor had passed away, I hanged myself from a tree." He walked forward , with a smile on his lips, but his complexion was gloomy, "It's still the clothes and the burial that I gave him, your master."

A pair of callused hands closed the door and opened it gently. With a "squeak", a refreshing and cool pleasure rushed over.

"Hey, it's raining." Li Shunde looked up at the rain curtain in the sky, the sound of the rain hitting the brick steps was close to his ears, he closed his eyes with his hands behind his back, the back that used to be used by several princes and princesses to ride was gone. Not as straight and strong as before.