Little Dandy, He's a Little Good

After Rong Zhuo and Jiang Jiyan left the imperial study, the emperor's face turned cold.

Laifu hung his head on the side and did not dare to say anything, knowing that the emperor was really angry.

Although this matter has not been verified yet, it is of great importance. No matter how courageous the Rong family is, the father and son would not dare to fool the emperor with this kind of matter, right?

Garrisoning private soldiers, and tens of thousands of private soldiers, this matter has touched the emperor's bottom line.

"Call Xue Cheng." The emperor said.

When Laifu heard the words, he hurriedly called for someone.

This city of Xue is the commander of the imperial army, one of the most trusted confidantes of the emperor.

After all, the imperial army is responsible for the safety of the palace, and the emperor's wealth and life are in the hands of the opponent.

After a while, Xue Cheng came.

This person looks about 35 or [-] years old, looks calm and capable, and is very reliable.

"Your Majesty." Xue Cheng saluted the emperor after entering.

"Have you read the dossier of the Yuzhou disaster relief money and food corruption case?" the emperor asked him.

"Go back to Your Majesty, I have seen it."

"Is there anything you want to say?" asked the emperor.

Xue Cheng was startled, with a dazed expression, as if he didn't understand the emperor's intention.

"The results of the imperial envoys sent to Yuzhou earlier were not clear. Later, someone submitted more evidence before sending these in." The emperor handed him the file, "There seems to be no problem on the surface. , but don't you find it strange?"

Xue Cheng glanced at the name on the file, "Your Majesty suspects that the person who submitted the evidence was ordered by someone?"

"It doesn't matter. Someone is willing to help the imperial envoys do what they can't do well. I'm happy to see it succeed." The emperor raised his eyebrows and said, "I find it strange that why these few people risked their lives to use the disaster relief money?" money and food?"

"People die for money and birds die for food," Xue Cheng said.

"There is a prerequisite for someone to die for money, that is, he is very short of money, or he wants the money to be of great use." The emperor looked at Xue Cheng, "I don't think these people look like people who are short of money."

"Does Your Majesty want the minister to investigate them again?" Xue Cheng asked.

"Everyone has been dealt with, there is nothing to investigate." The emperor sneered, with a bit of disappointment in his eyes, but this disappointment was not for Xue Cheng, but for the person in his mind.

After what happened in Yuzhou, the emperor became aware of the problem.

But he didn't delve into it, because he felt that the result of this matter was an extremely severe warning to the person behind it.

No one is perfect, and he still knows more or less what his own son is like, so he will choose to turn a blind eye to many things.As long as the other party knows how to restrain himself and repent, he is not stingy to give him a few more chances, as long as he doesn't touch his bottom line.

But the matter of stationing troops privately is obviously crossing the line.

Not only were there troops stationed, but tens of thousands of people were stationed, the emperor felt chills down his spine just thinking about it.

"It's really promising to use the money and food from the disaster relief to support private soldiers." The emperor said and picked up another file, "I asked people to find the file of the case of reselling tribute, you can see it too." look."

When Xue Cheng heard the word "private soldiers", he knew that something big had happened this time.

He didn't dare to neglect at all, and hurriedly took the file and read it carefully.

"The case of reselling tribute involved people from the Ministry of Rites and the Department of Internal Affairs. The case in Yuzhou was even more complicated. I sent people from the Ministry of Officials and the Ministry of Household Affairs to investigate. A long list of people..." The emperor said with a wry smile: "In the six yamen, no one knows who is the master now."

Xue Cheng heard the words and said, "Does Your Majesty want to investigate thoroughly?"

"It's not embarrassing enough. Let people say that my good son is so short of money that he sold it as a tribute. It's not enough. We have to start with the disaster relief money and food." The emperor said: "Do you want to lose the face of the royal family?"

Hearing what he said, Xue Cheng asked cautiously: "Your Majesty already knows who is in charge?"

"With such a big handwriting, there are really few people who can have such courage." The emperor raised his hand and rubbed the center of his brows, looking very tired.

The emperor said to Xue Cheng: "Find a safe person to go to Yuzhou to see if this private barracks is real or not. Remember to let people go and return quickly, don't startle the snake."

Although he had already guessed in his heart that it was almost inseparable, but he would not be reconciled if he didn't find someone to confirm it.

After Xue Cheng took his order, he withdrew.

Laifu took the tea from the servant and brought it to the emperor.

"Your Majesty, don't be too sad, otherwise it will be bad if you hurt your body." Lai Fu comforted.

"Whoever has such a son, can't help but hurt God?" The emperor looked at Laifu with a dejected expression, "Do you think I have indulged them too much?"

"Your Majesty is strategizing, no matter whether you are conniving or harsh, you have your own plans. This old slave dare not talk too much." Lai Fu said.

The emperor took a sip of the tea, "Let's have dinner in the Queen's Palace tonight."

Lai Fu was taken aback, slightly surprised.

It had been half a month since Yu Jingdu was seriously ill that day, the emperor punished the empress to restrain her feet, and this was the first time the emperor mentioned the empress.

But just mentioning the other party at this juncture always makes people feel that it is not a good thing.

That night, the emperor took Laifu to the central palace.

The empress has suffered incomparably in the past half month, and she was wronged and pleasantly surprised when she saw the emperor.

But she has always known how to measure her emotions in front of the emperor. She is both wronged and lovable, but not too hypocritical to be annoying.

Sure enough, the emperor became much milder after being coaxed by her.

"In the past half a month, you have been wronged." The emperor said.

"The concubine is not wronged. This matter is due to the concubine's lack of strict control. The concubine should be punished." The queen said: "These days, the concubine is copying scriptures and praying for the king of banquets every day. The Banquet King is safe and sound."

An almost invisible coldness flashed in the emperor's eyes when he heard this, but he quickly covered it up.

Yu Jingdu had just woken up not long ago, and the queen was still restrained to know the news, which was too much attention.

"The third child is not in good health, I cherish him, and I got angry with you that day." The emperor said.

"Your Majesty loves his son dearly, don't your concubines know?" The empress said with her eyes flushed, her appearance was very cute.

The emperor took her by the hand, and his tone softened a lot, "You have always been soft-tempered, the crown prince and the sixth child have followed you."

He seemed to mention the sixth prince unintentionally, which made the queen's eyes turn red, "Qing'er is young and stubborn, and he is a concubine who cannot teach well."

The Qing'er she was talking about was the sixth prince Yu Jingqing, who was punished by the emperor to farm in the suburbs of Beijing a long time ago, and he has not returned yet.

"I also miss him a little bit," said the emperor.

"Your Majesty, it's freezing cold today, and Zhuangzi in the outskirts of Beijing is no better than the palace, can you let Qing'er come back for a few days?" The queen asked cautiously.

She knew it was inappropriate to make such a request at this juncture, but she still couldn't help it.

Her youngest son has never been subjected to such training since he was a child, and now that the other party is not around, she cannot feel at ease every day.

"Hey." The emperor sighed, "Alright, I should learn the lesson this time."

When the queen heard him let go, she burst into tears of joy and couldn't stop thanking the emperor.

Laifu on the side saw everything in his eyes, and for a moment didn't know whether he was more moved or sympathetic.

Yu Jingdu's body recovered faster than expected.

Physician Wu originally said that it would take him two or three days to get up, but on the second day, Yu Jingdu was able to walk on the ground.

It's just that he had been in a coma for too long before, and now he has no strength in his body, so he needs someone to support him when he walks.

"Your Highness, it's time for you to rest for a while." Li Feng helped him to the stone bench in the courtyard and sat down, "Physician Wu has already said, don't act too hastily, take your time. Your old illnesses are completely gone now." Now, take good care of your body in the future, don't you worry about not being able to fully recover?"

Yu Jingdu took out a handkerchief from his arms to wipe off his sweat, but he held it in his hand for a while and put it back after looking at it.

Seeing this, Li Feng knew that he was not willing to use Rong Zhuo's handkerchief, so he hurriedly asked someone to fetch a clean handkerchief for him.

"Early this morning, His Highness the Sixth Highness was taken into the palace." Li Feng said.

"As expected." Yu Jingdu said: "Jiang Jiyan brought Rong Zhuo to report this matter, so he shouldn't suspect this king. Apart from this king, there is no one in the court who has such great ambitions." Not many people."

"Your Highness, what do you mean, His Majesty already knew that the crown prince did it?" Li Feng asked.

"Basically." Yu Jingdu said: "Bringing people back at this juncture is to stabilize the prince."

Li Feng said: "Your Majesty thought that His Majesty had some trust in the Prince, but I never thought it would be so easy to doubt him."

"You don't know him. He has been like this for so many years. He does things according to his own pleasure. Today he can lift you up on a whim, and tomorrow he can trample you into the mud." Yu Jingdu said: "His Whether it is a heart of compassion or a heart of loving children, neither can be taken as true."

It’s okay to use it occasionally, but if you rely on it, you’re destined to be disappointed.

Yu Jingdu has always been clear in his heart that no matter how kind the emperor is to him, such kindness has its limits.

As long as the crown prince doesn't make any serious mistakes, he will always be a legitimate crown prince.

No matter how much the emperor liked Yu Jingdu, it was impossible for him to take away the crown prince's position from the crown prince for no reason.

Yu Jingdu could see through this level, but the prince didn't think so.

The emperor's unpredictable temperament gave the prince a great sense of insecurity.

He didn't have the confidence to be favored by the emperor all the time, so he always wanted to leave an extra way for himself.

After all, in the eyes of the crown prince, Yu Jingdu was much better than himself, so he always felt that his position as the crown prince was not secure.

Because of his cleverness, he repeatedly killed Jing Du, and today he even created such a taboo thing as a private barracks.

"Many acts of unrighteousness will lead to suicide. He loves to seek death so much, but he has saved us a lot of trouble." Yu Jingdu said.

"Your Highness, would you like to go inside and rest for a while?" Li Feng asked.

Yu Jingdu waved his hand, got up and continued to walk around the yard supporting his arm, "You need to find two more reliable people to watch over Rong Zhuo's side. If the news gets out, I'm afraid he will be in danger."

"Don't worry, Your Highness, Jiang Shaoqing has made arrangements." Li Feng said.

"Jiang Jiyan's people..." Yu Jingdu thought for a while, "It's better to choose two hidden guards, otherwise I won't worry about it."

Hearing this, Li Feng hurriedly nodded in response.

"If Your Highness wants to see him, this subordinate can discuss with Jiang Shaoqing whether he can arrange for Young Master Rong to enter the palace again." Li Feng said.

He didn't have any other intentions in this proposal, he just thought that seeing Young Master Rong, their Highness might recover faster.

"Arrangement?" Yu Jingdu said, "He came to see me earlier because he thought I was going to die. Now that you arrange for him to come in, will he let you arrange it? Or do you want to tie someone up to see me?"

"This subordinate made a slip of the tongue." Li Feng said hastily.

Yu Jingdu sighed and said, "Remember, he is different from you, he is not my king's subordinate, and this king will not give orders to him."

After all, he has always owed Rong Zhuo money.

In the afternoon of that day, Jiang Jiyan came to Fu'an Palace.

According to common sense, Yu Jingdu woke up yesterday, so it should have reached his ears today.

The emperor had informed him of his personal relationship with Yu Jingdu, so if he deliberately didn't come to see Yu Jingdu, he would appear guilty instead.

"How is he?" Yu Jingdu asked Rong Zhuo the first thing he said when he met Jiang Jiyan.

Jiang Jiyan was not surprised, and replied: "Young Master Rong is safe now."

"Very safe?" Yu Jingdu examined him for a while, "Why use this word?"

Jiang Jiyan didn't expect the other party to be so sensitive, and he understood the key point in one sentence.

He was still a little hesitant at first, thinking whether he should be concerned about the other party's body, and temporarily conceal the fact that Young Master Rong lived in the prison, lest His Highness get angry again.It's a pity that in front of Jingdu, his knowledge is still too shallow.

"After meeting with His Majesty yesterday, His Majesty ordered... Let Young Master Rong stay in Dali Temple temporarily." Jiang Jiyan said.

"You put him in the prison?" Yu Jingdu's expression changed immediately.

"I dare not comment on what His Majesty ordered." Jiang Jiyan said: "And if I show my feet at this juncture, wouldn't Young Master Rong's painstaking efforts be in vain? He also said it himself, so he won't let me tell His Highness."

"Then you let him stay in the prison?" Yu Jingdu questioned.

Jiang Jiyan was furious at the question, and looked at Li Feng with a bitter face, which meant asking him to smooth things over.

Li Feng raised his eyebrows, and said: "Young Master Rong has a delicate body, so it's really not suitable to live in that kind of place."

Jiang Jiyan almost lost his temper when he heard the words, but Li Feng said again: "He didn't let Jiang Shaoqing tell His Highness, probably because he was afraid that His Highness would worry."

Li Feng's words can be said to be quick and ruthless, directly piercing into the softest part of Yu Jingdu's heart.

When Yu Jingdu thought that Rong Zhuo spent the night in the prison, his heart ached. The little dude was so timid that he didn't dare to sleep alone in Jiangfu.I don't know how many death row inmates have lived in the prison, and there are not a few people who have died. How can the other party bear it in such a place?

Seeing that his complexion had deteriorated a little, the two of them didn't dare to speak easily again.

"Your Highness..." After a while, Li Feng tentatively opened his mouth.

"You take care of his family members outside the palace." Yu Jingdu said to Jiang Jiyan, "Let shopkeeper Duan move around more and take care of Mrs. Rong."

"Yes." Jiang Jiyan said hurriedly.

"Don't worry about anything else, let's go." Yu Jingdu said.

Jiang Jiyan thought he was going to get angry, but he didn't expect him to expose the matter so easily.

After Jiang Jiyan left, Yu Jingdu sat in the yard for a long time without moving.

Li Feng could see that he was in a bad mood, so he just stood aside obediently and didn't dare to speak easily.

"It's no wonder that he didn't choose me. He would rather follow shopkeeper Duan to go all over the world than stay by my side." Yu Jingdu said with a wry smile, "Since I met him, I really haven't given him anything. He has been wronged all the time. He even complained to the king that day, thinking that the king never gave him anything."

"Young Master Rong doesn't know that you don't give him a token because you want to protect him." Li Feng said, "And His Highness protected his family, Young Master Rong owes you that."

"So what, didn't it put him in prison?" Yu Jingdu smiled wryly.

"Then His Highness intends to... let the young master leave the capital?" Li Feng asked him.

"This king said that if the matter fails, give him a retreat." Yu Jingdu said: "Since there is no defeat, it means that God is also helping this king. Naturally, this retreat does not count."

"But in the current situation, if His Majesty knows that you are friendly with him, you will definitely be suspicious." Li Feng said, "At that time, not only the prince, but even Young Master Rong will be implicated."

Yu Jingdu smiled suddenly, "That depends on whether this king has this ability, and whether it is worth his entrustment."

"What does the lord want to do?" Li Feng asked.

"If you want to prove that this king has nothing to do with him before, you shouldn't use the method of avoiding suspicion." Yu Jingdu said.

"The subordinates don't quite understand."

"You will understand." After Yu Jingdu said that, he took a deep breath, "I was sweating all over, so I asked someone to prepare hot water. This king needs to take a bath and change clothes."

Although Li Feng didn't know what he was going to do, he still followed his advice.

In the imperial study room in the afternoon.

The sixth prince, who had just been taken into the palace, was doing his best to "show" his growth to the emperor.

He has always been ignorant, these days in the suburbs of Beijing, he not only has to do farm work, but also writes a lot of articles in his spare time. Today, he specially brought a stack of papers to let the emperor check his homework.

The emperor glanced at the stack of papers, his gaze was very complicated.

"You've improved a lot these days," said the emperor.

"My son is introspecting himself every day these days." The sixth prince said: "When I first arrived in Zhuangzi, my son was still a little restless, but later on, my son knew the painstaking efforts of my father."

"Oh?" the emperor asked, "What is my painstaking effort?"

"Father wants my son to calm down and stop being irritable." The sixth prince said.

In the past, it was absolutely impossible for the Sixth Prince to restrain himself.

He wasn't very smart in the first place, and coupled with his arrogance since childhood, even the crown prince couldn't restrain him.

But these days he was forced to do a lot of farm work, and he finally felt the pain of being punished.

In the face of pain, it is always easy to compromise, and even learn to please and cater to.

"Father, I have thought about it." The sixth prince said: "You have punished my son well this time. This winter, you feel sorry for my son and let me come back to spend the winter. After the spring, I want to continue to go to Zhuangzi again. Practice and experience, only hope that you can grow faster."

Of course, he definitely didn't think so in his heart.

The reason why he said this was because the queen had instructed him to say something nice to make the emperor happy.

Sure enough, as soon as he said this, the emperor laughed.

It's just that this smile is not a gratifying smile, but a smile made by his son who is so stupid.

"Your Majesty, His Royal Highness is coming down." Lai Fu said.

"The third child?" The emperor got up from the desk and said, "Hurry up and let someone come in."

The sixth prince's smile froze on his face, he watched helplessly as his good father threw his stack of painstaking works on the table, got up and greeted him personally.

"Why did you get up?" the emperor asked worriedly, "Didn't the imperial doctor tell you to go to the ground in three to five days?"

"My son can't sit still, the emperor knows about it." Yu Jingdu said.

The emperor gave him a seat, and he himself sat next to him.

The sixth prince resisted the urge to roll his eyes, and stepped forward to salute Yu Jingdu.

"Your sixth brother just told me that we will continue to farm in Zhuangzi when spring begins." The emperor smiled and said, "Jingdu, what do you think?"

Yu Jingdu took a look at the sixth prince and said, "I think that everyone has their own strengths and weaknesses. It is a good thing to learn from each other's strengths and make up for their weaknesses, but we can't be blind. As for farming, even if the sixth brother has studied for a year or so, can it be Can it compare to an ordinary long-term worker?"

"How do you know I can't?" The sixth prince refused to accept.

"So what if it's better?" Yu Jingdu said: "We have been taught by the best masters in this dynasty since we were young, and everything we eat and wear is the best. The emperor spent so much time teaching us, Is it just for us to farm the land?"

The sixth prince was anxious when he heard that, "What's wrong with farming? You look down on farmers? We eat and drink are grown by others."

Yu Jingdu smiled faintly, "I'm not talking about which is good and which is bad, but that each of them performs their duties. A farmer doesn't need to think about how to govern the country in peace, but you and I, as the sons of the emperor, think about how to replace the father. The emperor's worries are not how to farm the land."

The sixth prince blushed immediately when he heard the words, and now he had nothing to refute.

The emperor was too lazy to talk nonsense with him, so he dismissed him after a few perfunctory words.

"How could I give birth to such a son?" the emperor said helplessly.

"Longsheng's nine sons are all different, so you don't have to worry about it." Yu Jingdu said: "The sixth brother is still young, if he teaches well, he may become a master in the future."

The emperor smiled wryly, and looked at Yu Jingdu, "You can't walk well now, and you still have to come to the Imperial Study from such a long distance, is there something wrong?"

"Father, Jiang Shaoqing came to see my son today." Yu Jingdu said straight to the point.

The emperor was not surprised at all, he didn't ask Jiang Jiyan to keep a secret in front of Jingdu, which meant that it was not too much to say that it reached Yu Jingdu's ears.

"Know about the private barracks?" the emperor asked.

"Yes." Yu Jingdu said.

"You came here in such a hurry, lest I suspect you?" the emperor asked again.

"Does my father not know what my son is thinking?" Yu Jingdu said: "Besides, I don't bother to do such stupid things. There are some things that my father gives to my son, and my son will continue. If my father doesn't give it to me, my son The minister will not rob."

"If you can get it, why don't you go for it?" asked the emperor.

"What can I do if I snatch something that doesn't belong to me?" Yu Jingdu said, "Will my children and grandchildren follow suit in the future?"

The emperor seemed very satisfied with his answer, and he said after a while, "It's a pity, there are always people who are restless."

"Father, there is one thing that I don't understand." Yu Jingdu said: "No matter who the person behind it is, why did he find Rong Qinghuai?"

He pretended not to know about it, but the emperor knew about it.

The list of students that the crown prince wanted to recruit back then was not limited to Jingdu, the emperor also had one.

So he naturally assumed that the reason why the prince came to Rong Qinghuai was Rong Zhuo.

"I wouldn't care about other things, but since the confessions of the Rong family father and son mentioned my son, then I can't just sit idly by." Yu Jingdu said.

"Don't worry, I believe in you from the beginning to the end." The emperor said.

"My son knows." Yu Jingdu looked at the emperor and said, "But I don't want to stay out of this matter, otherwise I will have trouble sleeping and eating."

The emperor understood his temperament, so he was not surprised to hear that.

"What are you going to do?" asked the emperor.

"I want to meet the two father and son of the Rong family." Yu Jingdu said.

"What did you see them do?" the emperor laughed.

"I can't believe what others are interrogating, so I want to ask them personally." Yu Jingdu said: "This is because someone wanted to frame my minister. If it weren't for their father and son not wanting to do things that hurt the sky and reason, this private soldier would be charged with the crime. It fell on the head of the son. So the first is to ask the truth, and the second is to thank the Rong family father and son."

Li Feng at the side suddenly realized when he heard the words.

The way His Highness said that there is no need to avoid suspicion is to get to know each other again?

As long as they met today, it would be logical for them to meet again in the future.

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