Chapter 184 Dismissed from office (second update)
After the morning court, the emperor returned to the imperial study room, and before he could sit still, he received a note from Princess Qingping's mansion.
The emperor opened it and looked at it, and laughed angrily, "This Qingping, she immediately put up a paper to protect people. It's the first time I've seen her so eager to protect people other than the son-in-law and Duanhua. This Su Rong doesn't look simple."
The emperor is most aware of the temper of her younger sister Qingping. She doesn't give a single look to those who make her look down on them. They will even make people go away, they will definitely not let people enter the princess mansion, and they will not let them go after staying for so long.
Li Quan asked tentatively: "Is Your Majesty going to call someone into the palace?"
The emperor shook his head, "It's just a little concubine."
Li Quan hurriedly said: "That's right, it's not worth His Majesty's special opinion on her."
The emperor suppressed Princess Qingping's paper, planning to throw Qingping's paper to him and let him read it himself if someone retrials the impeachment of Su Xu today.
In the eyes of the emperor, such a small matter can neither hurt the nerves nor shake the bones. It is really unnecessary. Just like what Qing Ping said to his personal nurse, the emperor also felt that Yan Li was not very generous, and it was difficult to be successful. If he were Yan Li, he would wait for the opportunity, and would not use the method of impeaching the Goddess to make up for the face he lost yesterday.
If you talk about his best and most successful son, he must be the prince. But it's just too clichéd, which makes him feel uneasy. But now, it was just right for the court to be stable and balanced, and he didn't need Yan Li to be too powerful or outstanding, as long as he could check and balance the prince. Otherwise, after thousands of years, future generations will comment on history. Wouldn't all his political achievements during his reign be due to his having a good son? Where to put him?
The second concubine Zhang Wan naturally would not post to Su Rong to invite people over the mansion. Just when Su Rong thought that no one would dare to invite her again, many posts went to the princess mansion. Unlike the first princess who only posted one post to Duanhua, but asked Duanhua to bring Su Rong with her. Duanhua decided to add a Fengling to the reply. Now there are three posts, one for Duanhua, one for Su Rong, and one for Fengling.
There are dozens of posts, some invited to drink tea, some invited to have a banquet, and some invited to go out for an autumn outing. In short, there are all kinds of invitation reasons.
Duanhua took the posts and looked at them one by one, "Well, the post from Prince Rui'an's residence, the post from Minister of the Ministry of Officials Shen's residence, the post from Uncle Weiyuan's residence... Eh? There is even a post from Duke Cheng's residence. This post says that the granddaughter Ye Qiuying's birthday will be celebrated in three days, and Duke Cheng's residence is going to hold a big event and invite us to a banquet at the residence."
After she finished speaking, she asked Su Rong, "Is this Ye Qiuying the little niece Ye Guixue sent to the capital?"
"It seems to be." Su Rong nodded.
"Ah, then this post must be accepted." Duanhua said: "My mother should also have an invitation post from his family. It seems that the Duke Cheng's government attaches great importance to this granddaughter from the Ye family in the Southern Chu state."
Su Rongxiao, "Naturally, we should pay attention to it. After all, Mr. Ye Er is still living in Cheng Guogong's mansion."
Duanhua blinked, "So we can see Young Master Ye Er?"
"Maybe."
Duanhua turned his head to look at the post again, "You know Xie Lin, the post from Rui'an Palace is tomorrow, and the person who posted the post is Princess Rui'an, it says that your eldest brother was invited, in order to thank Lin for taking care of him when he was in Jiangning County. Are you going to the banquet tomorrow?"
"go."
Duanhua nodded, put the post aside, and frowned, "Mrs. Shen said that she would send someone to pick you up and Feng Ling to live in Shen's residence in the future. The post said that if I don't want you, I can follow you to live in Shen's residence. This..."
She hesitated, "Isn't that good?"
Su Rongdao: "Aunt Shen probably said that because she was afraid that you would not let me go. If you stay here and stay, a few more days, and a few more days, you won't be able to pick me up."
Duanhua blushed, "What's wrong with you living in the Princess Mansion?"
Su Rong said: "It's good, but I can't just leave my elder brother alone in the Shen Mansion. How about this, the post said to pick me up the next day, so I went back. You don't have to stay with me in the Shen Mansion as a guest. Anyway, I will stay in the Shen Mansion for a few days, so I plan to move my elder brother to the Xie Mansion in Dongsi Hutong. However, as long as you are in the capital, you can come and go every day, so you can easily find me."
Duanhua was not happy, and didn't want Su Rong to leave, "Can't you stay a few more days?"
Duanhua stretched out his hand to pinch her, and the two of them immediately laughed and quarreled.
Feng Ling was nibbling melon seeds at the side, looked at the picture book, and gave a reason, "Princess, I don't think you should stay. I'm getting tired of you, the cook of the princess mansion."
Without waiting for Duanhua to explode, he said: "What's more, we can't stay in the princess mansion forever. You have to think about the princess and the son-in-law. Our sisters are just troublesome now."
Duanhua snorted softly, "My parents are not afraid of trouble."
"No matter how much you are His Majesty's niece, you are not as good as his own son. The princess is His Majesty's own sister, but she doesn't have a son." Feng Ling said: "The eldest prince has his eyes on the Su family, but the Su family either wants to clean up or take advantage of it. We will continue to live in the Princess Mansion. If we don't make it right, it will implicate the Princess Mansion."
Duanhua frowned, "That's not enough, the Princess Mansion is not just paper, so I'm afraid you will be involved?"
"You are wrong." Feng Ling said: "I mean, we are no longer living in the princess mansion, so the princess mansion can get out of it, and if we are in trouble, we can also ask you for help. The princess has signed up for my sister today, and has already protected us. We learned that we have repaid us, so we have to leave quickly."
Duanhua got angry, "Okay, okay, go, go, go."
It's not that she doesn't understand, but she is obsessed with people playing with her in the princess mansion. Since she was a child, besides her parents, she was surrounded by a bunch of slaves. After finally coming to Su Rong and her sister, she knew that she would not be bored in the mansion. But what Su Rong and Feng Ling said is also right, as long as they stay in the capital, she can go to them no matter where they are.
In the early morning of the second day, it was indeed the official who brought up the old story again, and there was no way to impeach Su Xu's goddaughter. The emperor snorted, as if he had expected that this person would be relentless, and simply threw Princess Qingping's booklet on the minister's head, "Look for yourself!"
The minister was hit on the head by the booklet, but he didn't dare to complain. He opened Princess Qingping's booklet, and after reading it, his face changed, and cold sweat broke out.
"It's good to say that family management is not strict, and there is no way to teach daughters. Liu Aiqing, what about you? It is written in Qingping's book, but it is true? Are you strict in family management?" The emperor asked aloud.
This person was speechless. He thought that what happened to her daughter happened two months ago, and it had already passed away. Who knows, Princess Qingping found out. Who would have thought that the one he impeached was Su Xu, but Princess Qingping stood up and protected her tightly. He was speechless for a while, and fell to his knees, "Chen, Chen..."
"If you can't refute a word, you can take off the black hat yourself as Qingping said, go back and think about it, and come to be an official again!" The emperor waved his hand.
People who came in from outside quickly took off the official's court uniform and took it out. It was useless for the official surnamed Liu to cry and beg for mercy.
The faction of the first prince was shocked, and the faction of the second prince was also shocked.
Before anyone begged for mercy, the emperor gave the eldest prince a cold look, and ordered, "Retire."
The courtiers were silent, and then fell to their knees, shouting long live.
The eldest prince Yan Li's heart trembled at the emperor's look, and he suddenly understood that his father thought that in order to save face, he secretly encouraged people to make a big deal out of a molehill.
His face turned pale. Although the father was dismissed as Lord Liu's official, it was a warning to him.
The second prince Yan Lin also understood, and thought that the father would not punish Su Xu, the governor of Jiangzhou, because of a poor goddaughter, but because of Princess Qingping's son, Mr. Liu, a fourth-rank official, is it because the father favors Princess Qingping so much? On the surface it is, but in fact it is beating Yan Li and giving him a blow in the head.
Yan Lin looked at Yan Echo, who was calm and composed at all times. He didn’t let the Eastern Palace faction move yesterday, so he was very satisfied with his father. If he moved yesterday, his father would probably warn Su Xu. If he didn’t move, did he guess that Princess Qingping would be the winner? When it comes to guessing the emperor's thoughts, Yan Huisheng's guess is the most accurate.
Yan Lin's eyes were heavy, and without saying a word, he followed the courtiers out of the Golden Luan Hall.
Words of the morning court soon spread throughout the government. Duan Hua was delighted to hear that, and said to Su Rong: "Isn't my mother so powerful? She doesn't get the job easily. In the past, if anyone offended her, she would go to the palace to find the emperor's uncle and cry.
Su Rong didn't expect this result, and nodded quickly, feeling, "Well, the princess is really amazing."
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(end of this chapter)