Self-help guide for non-professional young masters

In the middle of the night, there was a thin figure kneeling outside King Jin's mansion. His white clothes seemed to be blown by the wind, but he was shivering and couldn't help but sneezed loudly.

The news spread through the closed gate, Shen Ci couldn't bear it, went to the study and knocked on the door, and went to Xiao Beicheng's side in the name of delivering supper, trying to distract a little attention from the prince who was concentrating on military art.

"My lord..."

"It's late at night, go to sleep, you don't have to wait for me."

"Young Master is here."

"He? It's not enough to make a mess in the palace, but you want to come and harm Prince Jin's mansion? Tell him to go back to Dali Temple, the king doesn't want to see him."

Xiao Beicheng raised his eyebrows, and looked at Shen Ci with a little more blame in his eyes, he was scolding him for not knowing the severity, knowing that he was angry, but still using that person to annoy him.

But Shen Ci has always understood him. First, he put on a smile and pretended to know his mistake. He pushed the bowl of supper forward and watched Xiao Beicheng take a spoonful of wonton soup into his mouth. Cautiously asked: "My lord, is it delicious?"

The other party was a little dissatisfied when he asked, because he thought he talked too much tonight, "When I was hungry, I went to ask Steward Liu for a bowl, and I was thinking about what I had in my king's mouth."

"No... my lord, I just want to say, it's very cloudy tonight, maybe there will be a heavy rain tomorrow, and the wind outside is quite cold..."

"Incoherent, what on earth are you trying to say?"

"Ahem! My lord, let me just say it straight. Jun Shaoqing has been kneeling outside for nearly two hours. The cool wind made him cough a few times. He is weak and may be sick tomorrow. Don't you Invite him in to warm himself up?"

Xiao Beicheng thought to himself that it is the beginning of summer, even if the night is not so hot, it will not cause people to freeze sick, what kind of nonsense is this?

But thinking about Junziyou's situation, he felt that his words were not unreasonable. The relapse of asthma has nothing to do with the weather. If some evil wind blows that person down, he will be the one who suffers with fear.

"Forget it, let him come in, just send him to Nongyu Xiaozhu, and let Jiang Linyuan come to see me after he falls asleep."

Shen Ci hurried away, and after a while, he brought Jiang Linyuan back.

When the two entered the door, Xiao Beicheng was writing a handwritten letter, glanced at Jiang Linyuan, rolled the letter paper into the letter box, whistled to the window to call for his pet Xuehun, stroked its plump wings, and tied the letter in the letter box. After it landed on its legs, it raised its hand and sent the white falcon into the clouds.

"Jiang Linyuan, are you convicted?"

"The next official is guilty, please punish the prince."

"Oh? You know the crime, so tell me where the crime is."

"Yu Gong, the lower official failed to persuade Lord Shaoqing to stop in time, which caused the situation in the palace to get out of hand. It is the second crime to let him catch the cold at night."

After hearing this, Xiao Beicheng lost his temper.

"You are clever. You are so smooth. How could you make him do such a stupid thing? Why didn't you persuade him to change his mind when he was thinking wildly?"

Jiang Linyuan raised his head and smiled meaningfully, "My lord, if there is anyone in the capital who knows Mr. Shaoqing best, it is your lord. You know his temperament best, and you can't even persuade him to do what he wants to do." Let alone an outsider, a lower official?"

His words made Xiao Beicheng's heart burst with joy, he leaned back on the chair, raised his legs, crossed his fingers in front of him, and looked at this young man who surprised him a little.

"Your thoughts are not shallow..."

"Your Majesty's praise."

Too lazy to be polite with him, Xiao Beicheng hooked his fingers at him, as smart as Jiang Linyuan, naturally understood what he meant, stepped forward and handed a sachet into his hand.

"My lord Shaoqing entrusted me to hand it over to the prince. It is regarded as an apology. My lord has another sentence to hand over from the official. He said that it is an old smoker like the prince, so he must be able to detect what it is."

Xiao Beicheng was not too polite, opened the sachet, took the thin blade that was used to cut paper just now and cut open the cloth bag inside, poured out some black fine powder from it, looked at the shape carefully under the candlelight, and twisted it on After trying the feel of the fingertips, and sniffing it lightly before sniffing, brows furrowed.

"poppy?"

"My lord is indeed well-informed."

"What happened in the palace tonight?"

"My lord, don't worry, wait for the next official to explain in detail."

Jiang Linyuan recounted in detail the farce that happened after Xiao Beicheng left. The Taoist gentleman used Concubine Ning as a hook and fungus as bait to catch Qiumei and Yigui, a big fish.

But he knew that the clues in his hands were far from enough to testify against the criminal. Anyway, the situation was already chaotic enough, so he simply intervened to neutralize the mud, and let a group of women bite each other. The old and new grudges were counted together, and the anger in his heart was vented enough also good.

This kind of behavior naturally made Ye Lanchen furious, but as a foreign minister, he was not qualified to dictate to the harem, so he could only smash his teeth and swallow it when he got angry.

In the chaos, Jun Ziyou released Xiao Hei who had been trained a long time ago, and got the sachet from a concubine, and found that the powder in it was different, so he secretly hid it and handed it to King Jin.

"So tonight, what is the result he gave?"

"Concubine Ning gave Concubine Li a way to enduring her favor, that is, to recruit beauties to present to the emperor, and at the same time serve as their backer and persuade them to use them for herself. For this reason, Concubine Li often ordered Yingchun to go out of the palace in secret, Personally look for candidates. This matter was learned by Yigui, who quietly sent someone to win over the oiran Qihuang, and reached a consensus with her."

"and then?"

"Qihuang, who was pregnant, no longer obeyed Concubine Li, so she broke up with Weiyang Palace, and planned to rely on the holy favor and nobleman Yi's pillow to serve in the palace. Unfortunately, nobleman Yi used her to suppress Concubine Li from the very beginning. Naturally, it was impossible for her to enter the palace with the dragon heir in her womb, so she instigated the maid beside her to kill her, and then tampered with Concubine Li's diet, and forced her to go to the palace with her guilt towards Qihuang. A dead end. Letting her disappear is the best, no matter how bad it is, the emperor must think that she killed Qihuang with one hand, and have a rift with her."

"Where is Concubine Yu? Being charged with an unwarranted crime but not defending herself is not the nature of a harem."

"In the situation that day, the emperor was furious, and there were people around to fan the flames. It was useless to say more. She is a mother who is more expensive than a child, and the emperor would not punish her severely even for the sake of the second prince. At most It’s just a matter of suffering for a few days. Besides, Mrs. Shaoqing has a good reputation, and Concubine Yu believes in your ability. To solve this case, your excellency sold Mrs. Concubine Yu a favor. face."

"That's it?"

Xiao Beicheng couldn't help questioning, he didn't mention the contents of the sachet or its owner at all?

Seeing his thoughts, Jiang Linyuan took a few steps forward, pretending to be mysterious and whispering in his ear, "My lord, it doesn't matter at all who the sachet once belonged to. This is the way out that Master Shaoqing left for you. A way...that will allow you to retreat."

It is not surprising that this matter came from the hands of Junziyou.

Xiao Beicheng held the sachet in his palm, waved his hand in disgust to signal Jiang Linyuan to go back, and said, "Continue, how did the emperor deal with it after learning about it?"

"The emperor was furious. He accused Concubine Yan of being incompetent in managing the harem, and ordered her to stop and think about her mistakes. Concubine Li was ill for half a year, and she had learned a lesson. It's not good for this to ruin the friendship with Yueshi. The emperor just Order Jingshifang to withdraw her green head card, and to rest in peace of mind. Concubine Ning has been demoted to noble, and will be sent to Jingling tomorrow, where she will be guarded by the Empress Dowager for three years."

"According to the emperor's temperament, the punishment is already severe enough. The emperor attaches great importance to love. After all, he is a concubine who has served him. He can't bear heavy punishments. Even a nobleman with a vicious mind can't kill him."

"It's true that Yigui was demoted to a commoner and sent to the cold palace. The court lady Qiumei who was in collusion with her was killed with a stick. Doctor Li was consigned to slavery and was not allowed to stand up. As for the court lady Jianqiu who is the judge of Weiyang Palace..."

"She is a member of the Yue family. It is true that she did such a treacherous thing, but the emperor will not personally punish her for this. Either she will be handed over to Concubine Li, or she will be sent back to the Yue family. .”

After finishing speaking for a long time, Jiang Linyuan didn't answer.

Feeling puzzled in his heart, Xiao Beicheng raised his eyes, only to see that Jiang Linyuan had already retreated to the side, the door of the study was pushed open at some point, and Jun Ziyou, who was undressed and barefoot, was standing at the door with long hair loose and a dignified expression.

"This is the most puzzling point in the case to me."

Jiang Linyuan exited the door with a wink. The reason why he didn't care too much was because he knew that in front of Xiao Beicheng, he would not be pleased with his courteousness. Anyway, when he saw the rug on the soft couch, even if he was not much, there would be someone. Concern keeps Junziyou from catching cold.

Sure enough, after he went out, Xiao Beicheng grabbed the blanket, wrapped Junziyou tightly, then pushed him down on the soft couch, and asked him to tuck his feet under the quilt.

"It's mid-summer already, do you still need me to light a charcoal brazier for you in the house?"

"Look, my lord, you still care about me. Since you're worried, why bother to let me kneel outside for so long? I'm not feeling well, so are you, right?"

"You take yourself seriously."

Xiao Beicheng lit a charcoal fire, put the small purple sand stove on the fire to brew tea, and later realized that it was late at night, and then refreshed him, I am afraid that Junziyou would not be able to sleep this night, and simply dilute the good rain Qianlongjing only left him a tea stalk, mixed it with a cup full of warm water, and sent it to Junziyou.

"My lord, why are you so picky..."

"Stop talking nonsense, let's hear what you find."

Jun Ziyou drank tea, babbled and babbled, and said with a sad face: "My lord, do you think that Mr. Yi's involvement in the Huakui case is really that simple?"

"Things in the palace are inherently complicated, and it's useless to think about them. If it's just for this, you might as well go to bed earlier."

"No, I'm referring to the part of Luo Yutang's collusion with the Southwest Commercial Bank in the Oiran case. If the two cases were not just a coincidence, would it mean...the Southwest Commercial Bank, and even the influence of the Marquis of Ding'an, have infiltrated into Miyagi?" In the middle, someone is brewing a bigger conspiracy?"

Xiao Beicheng didn't take it seriously, "Party struggles have always been like this, if you think too simple, this king will feel uneasy instead."

"But my lord, when I was interrogating the court lady Jian Qiu, I found a suspicious and strange person."

"Who?"

"The flower picker, the gentleman with a thousand faces."