Chapter 597 The Benefits of Being Handsome
Yushi was full of confidence before he came today, and he even went to Yang Deli to provoke him. Of course, in order not to startle the snake, he didn't say what he was about to enter the palace today.
He thought about Jia Pingan's coping methods, and thought of many ways.
Kate’s mother never expected it to be…
—Your Majesty, the minister is so handsome, Wang Yuerong was fascinated when he saw the minister, and immediately informed the minister.
He wanted to question.
Look at Jia Ping'an's face.
Handsome makes him feel ashamed.
Li Zhi's eyelids were twitching.
Never before has a courtier boasted so much, saying that he was so handsome that the female steward of his opponent fell in love with him, and then became his internal support.
"Wang Yuerong's move is kind to the minister. If the minister sits and treats her as a slave, the minister..."
Jia Ping'an was sad, "So I went to get her on the day the house was raided, and placed her in a villa outside the city. Your Majesty, if I want to do something shameful, it's better to keep her mouth shut!"
Yu Shi was anxious, "Your Majesty, Chai ordered Wu to rebel, and Jia Pingan's move implied deep meaning. I think it should be strictly investigated!"
Jia Pingan was angry, "She is on Zhuangzi. From entering Zhuangzi to now, she has never stepped out of Zhuangzi. What is the deep meaning of this? What talent does she have, and it is worthwhile for me to leave her outside the city?"
Yu Shi sneered.
Jia Ping'an wanted to give the middle finger, but there are too many people here.
Li Zhi said lightly: "Jia Pingan stepped back."
"Your Majesty!"
I am so wronged!
But he was also to blame for this matter. He thought everything would be fine if he left Wang Yuerong on the Zhuangzi outside the city, but someone found out.
Who is playing tricks on me?
Jia Pingan glanced at Changsun Wuji.
Changsun Wuji remained calm.
Where is Li Yifu?
Spring breeze smiled.
Unrecognizable.
Jia Ping'an resigned.
But the good news is that the emperor has not been convicted, otherwise he should be kept at home waiting to be dealt with.
Jia Pingan hurried back to Baiqi and called Bao Donglai, "Go to my house and have someone go to the Zhuangzi outside the city to check if anyone has been there recently."
This matter is absolutely because someone gave him a knife in the back.
Who is suspect?
He thought about it carefully.
Datang's Zhuangzi is similar to Fangshi, and strangers will be watched when they come and go. If those people wanted to find out about Wang Yuerong, they would definitely leave traces.
"Bao Dong!"
Jia Pingan stopped Bao Dong, "There is no need to go."
Send someone at this moment, no matter what they say, it will be regarded as a confession.
He thought carefully.
This is not right!
Jia Ping'an narrowed his eyes, "Who can find out? You can know her details out of thin air. Do you still have a spy plane?"
He suddenly laughed, like a spring breeze.
…
Li Zhi went down to the court and ordered: "Let Shen Qiu come."
He went straight to Wu Mei's place, and Shen Qiu rushed over on the way.
"Go to Zhuangzi in Jia's house outside the city, and take that Wang Yuerong for questioning."
When he arrived at the Zhuangzi of Jia's family outside the city, Wang Yuerong said with a relieved face: "Since I came out of Chai's house, I have been waiting for this moment."
She was immediately brought into the palace.
Wang Yuerong did not expect that it was the emperor himself who asked the question.
"What did Chai Lingwu leave behind?"
Wang Yuerong smiled wryly, "Your Majesty, I have long been put aside by Chai Lingwu."
"Why?" Li Zhi looked at her with a cold expression.
Wang Yurong hesitated to speak, "One time... when I was in Zhongnan Mountain, I was so hot that I talked nonsense and said...", her face turned red, "I said I like Marquis Wuyang."
Li Zhi frowned, and glanced at Shen Qiu.
Shen Qiu said: "Your Majesty, the Marquis of Wuyang did not send anyone outside the city earlier."
This is a smart man!
"What were you doing at Chai Lingwu's place?"
The emperor is still afraid of Chai Lingwu and others even today... Wang Yuerong said: "I used to work in the mansion, but I was sent to Princess Gaoyang... Persuading and bewitching the princess is dissatisfied with His Majesty."
Li Zhi's eyes were cold.
"Take it out."
Li Zhi stood up, "Go to Gaoyang's mansion."
The emperor hadn't left the palace for a long time, and Baiqi and Qianniuwei were in a panic.
Jia Pingan led the team to wait outside the palace.
Li Zhi came out surrounded by Qianniu Guards, and took a look at Jia Pingan.
…
"Princess!"
"What is it?"
Gao Yang was painting with ink when the maid came in, "Your Majesty is coming."
"What is he doing here?"
Gao Yang dropped his pen and went out to meet him.
"Why is the emperor here?"
Li Zhi smiled and said: "There are few things today, I want to go out for a while."
The two went in, and Li Zhi asked, "Do you still remember Chai Lingwu and Baling back then?"
"Remember."
How could Gao Yang not remember.
If it wasn't for Xiao Jia, she wouldn't be able to get through that time.
Li Zhi smiled, "At that time, I remembered that Chai Lingwu was bewitching you..."
He glanced at Gao Yang.
"Baling did it." Mentioning this, Gao Yang became furious, "He often tells me... why the title is not here, the emperor is unfair and so on."
Li Zhi's eyes moved slightly, "Chai Lingwu has bewitched you?"
"He hasn't talked to me a few times." Gao Yang felt that the emperor was stupid, "so he made Wang Yuerong, and came to persuade and bewitch him from time to time..."
Li Zhi's eyes were deep.
Gao Yang suddenly laughed, "That Wang Yuerong said so dryly, I'm not interested in listening."
The deepness in the emperor's eyes gradually dissipated.
"How about that Wang Yuerong?"
This sister has always been a no-brainer, at least when it comes to him.
"That's stupid!" Gao Yang laughed, with a look of disdain, "How dare you covet Xiao Jia, and don't even look at your own face!"
Later the emperor went out.
"Let Jia Pingan come."
Jia Ping'an was called to the emperor's side.
"Why did you protect Gao Yang back then?"
Well!
Has it been too long?
Jia Pingan thought for a while, "At that time, the minister went to the princess to investigate the matter, and the princess got angry and whipped the minister..."
"Shouldn't you be annoyed?" Li Zhi asked calmly.
"At that time, I was very annoyed." At that time, Jia Ping'an felt that Gao Yang deserved to be unlucky, "But in retrospect, the princess rewarded me with gold. Only then did I know that the princess is a...straightforward, straightforward woman."
"Later, the princess also helped the minister. The minister is all kinds of bad people, but there is one thing, others have helped the minister, so you should remember it."
Li Zhi didn't speak any more.
Back to the imperial city, Du He came to see him.
"Lang Jun, Wang Yuerong was taken away."
Du He looked worried.
"There is no need to worry." Jia Pingan said: "This matter should be fine."
It has been a long time since the matter of Chai Lingwu, and today it was found out, and Li Zhi's reaction echoed the identity of an emperor.
Li Zhi first ordered him to defend himself, and then ordered Wang Yuerong to be taken for questioning.
If something went wrong with the question, or suspicion broke out, then Jia Ping'an is probably already in prison by now.
Then the emperor came to Gao Yang's house, and left after sitting for less than ten minutes.
This is for a question!
what?
Of course it was what Gao Yang knew about Chai Lingwu back then.
Lamb's answer must have satisfied Li Zhi, so there was a final question.
But he still needs to do something.
The news of impeachment has come out.
"You actually accepted that woman?"
Ming Jing couldn't believe it.
"man…"
Ah!
Jia Pingan frowned, "Have you got money again?"
"Poor." Ming Jing said melancholy: "Recently, I've become very poor."
"I'll give you an idea." Jia Pingan said solemnly: "Since the things you bought before are no longer needed, then sell them at a discount. Wouldn't it be possible to have money to buy things again?"
yes!
Ming Jing couldn't help but be moved.
"So you buy today and sell tomorrow..."
is a mallet!
Jia Ping'an thought of Xianyu in later generations.
Jia Ping'an went to find Lao Xu.
"Mr. Xu, where did Chai Lingwu's family go?"
Xu Jingzong was very busy, and while reading the documents, he said: "Men are exiled, and women are slaves."
"Is there a record of the whereabouts of those servants?" Jia Pingan leaned over and took a look. It was a clerk from the Imperial College, saying that the days are sad recently, and please increase the allocation.
"You go to Liao Quan to ask, and he said that the old man asked you to go."
"Yes!" Lao Xu put down the paperwork, "It's only the beginning of the year! However, His Majesty has been a little indifferent to the Imperial Academy for the past few years. Is Xiao Bo trying to get His Majesty's attention by asking for money?"
The treacherous ministers who have been in the political arena for many years are really not given for nothing.
But Jia Pingan found some problems with this matter.
"Mr. Xu, look at him...renovating the school building..." Jia Ping'an felt amused, "As far as I know, the school building of the Imperial College is not bad, this name... Maybe it will be a disguised form to send money to those teaching assistants."
"Um?"
Xu Jingzong raised his head, "Can't you?"
You overestimate the integrity of those people!
"Mr. Xu, if you don't believe me, just ask."
Jia Pingan was going to look for Liao Quan, when he suddenly thought of something, "Grand Xu, if I guessed it right, can I allocate some money for mathematics?"
Xu Jingzong said casually: "This matter is easy to talk about."
It's done!
Jia Pingan went to Yongzhou Prefecture to find Lao Xu's loyal fan Liao Quan, and found out the whereabouts of Chai Lingwu and the female stewards around Baling.
"Bao Dong!"
When Jia Pingan returned to Baiqi, he summoned his staff with great fanfare.
"Go check these people and ask questions." Jia Pingan said: "Just ask Wang Yuerong's situation back then, and ask clearly."
Ming Jing gave him a wink, but Master Jia turned a blind eye.
Bitch!
Ming Jing said in a low voice: "You're making such a big show... It's a public weapon for private use. Be careful of being impeached."
"It's all about fanfare!"
Later, the news reached Wang Qi.
"He actually sent someone to investigate this matter?"
Zhou Xing said happily: "This is a public weapon for private use. The king is in charge. This is an opportunity. Impeach him!"
Chen Erniang glanced at him, and Zhou Xing was irritated by the look of 'your IQ moved me', "What do you mean?"
Wang Qi sighed: "Jia Ping'an is not stupid, most of the time he did this on purpose."
This idiot dares to covet my old lady!
Chen Erniang really wanted to slap Zhou Xing so badly that she couldn't take care of herself.
"But he can't get rid of this matter." Wang Qi said lightly: "The servant who hides the rebel secretly, no matter whether he is tempted or what, Jia Ping'an can't escape the suspicion."
Chen Erniang sighed secretly.
…
"Master."
The little official entered the duty room, and after saluting, he said: "Master, Jia Ping'an sent someone to investigate those who were in charge of Chai Lingwu's mansion back then."
Li Yifu smiled and said: "He is rushing to the doctor in a hurry, but he doesn't know His Majesty's taboo on such things."
The little official said suspiciously: "But Jia Ping'an is still in Baiqi."
"That's because His Majesty needs to persuade the Queen." Li Yifu said indifferently: "After all, they are siblings. Your Majesty has to give the Queen a step. Then he will naturally take action."
He suddenly remembered something, and smiled very happily, "Li Ji and I don't have much to deal with, go and tell him the news. The British government has a good relationship with the Jia family, and Li Jingye called Jia Ping'an his elder brother. Be anxious."
The little official went out, and a sneer came from behind him, "It is not a gentleman to not take revenge..."
Before Li Ji responded, Xincheng sent someone to question him.
The person who came was Xincheng's confidant female official Huang Shu.
Huang Shu is in her twenties and looks very sinister.
"Princess said why Marquis Wuyang is so reckless, acting impulsively, and if things are not done well..." Huang Shu suddenly changed her words, "I'd better say what the princess said."
Why, I can’t understand the hatred when I say this?
Huang Shu said with a cold face, "Xiao Jia has always acted in a safe manner. Is he drifting away? Or is he frightened? If he is frightened, let him feel at ease. At most, he can go back to the Western Regions for a while. Go back and drink, test his capacity for alcohol."
Sure enough, it is the tone of a good brother.
The key is that Xincheng sent an important message through Huang Shu: Don't worry about this matter, the follow-up brother will be a lobbyist for you in the palace.
Brothers!
Huang Shu returned to the Princess Mansion for work.
Xincheng frowned slightly, "What does Xiao Jia say?"
"Marquis Wuyang said it's okay, this matter was done on purpose for others to see."
Xincheng murmured.
"Did that Wang Yuerong have some problems in the Chai family back then? Xiao Jia went to investigate with such fanfare... But it still couldn't dispel the emperor's suspicion."
Huang Shu nodded, "The princess is right, the Marquis of Wuyang is very sure, no, he is too confident."
"Men are like this." Xincheng covered his mouth and yawned, "The emperor will punish him severely if this matter is not handled well. Get ready, I will enter the palace."
Huang Shu persuaded: "Why should the princess lose face for him?"
"Xiao Jia also helped me." Xincheng stood up and thumped his waist, "The reason why those people approached me was to get closer to the emperor, and they wanted me to speak well of them in the emperor's place. There are also people who covet my beauty..."
Huang Shu thought for a while, "The Marquis of Wuyang has never paid attention to the princess's appearance."
"Gao Yang is also a beauty." Xincheng said with a smile: "Xiao Jia and I are like good friends, I can talk to him about those things, but he sometimes complains to me and speaks out."
She entered the palace all the way.
Arrived outside the hall, Xincheng said, "Go and report."
Wang Zhongliang smiled and said: "The princess is here, if you want to report anything, just go in."
Xincheng nodded.
"...The Marquis of Wuyang sent people to investigate those Chai family stewards, and all of them can testify that Wang Yuerong was alienated at the beginning."
Shen Qiu's efficiency is good.
Li Zhi nodded when he saw his younger sister, and asked, "What's the reason?"
Shen Qiu pressed down his long hair at the temples, feeling a little melancholy, "Back then in Zhongnanshan, Wang Yuerong was sick and talking nonsense... said he liked Marquis Wuyang."
Li Zhi's eyes were filled with relief, and he said, "So... fine Jia Ping'an ten thousand dollars, and Wang Yuerong will let him go back."
It was solved like this?
Xincheng was taken aback.
Xiao Jia deliberately made a big fanfare to ask people to investigate this matter. This is a gesture, showing that he has no intentions.
But the emperor paid attention to Wang Yuerong's words.
She actually likes Xiao Jia?
"What's the matter with the new city?"
Li Zhi asked with a smile.
"I heard that the prince is having fun recently, let me take a look."
"The prince is fun?" Li Zhi couldn't help laughing, "Hahahaha!"
Wang Zhongliang flattered: "Your Majesty doesn't know, His Highness the Crown Prince is very disciplined in his work, and he said yesterday that he came to greet His Majesty. It was dark, and the attendant said he would come back after dawn, but His Highness refused, saying that a good man must keep his word..."
"Ha ha ha ha!"
Li Zhi smiled happily, "Go, go, the prince is with the queen now, I will come over later, and have dinner together."
…
"Master, someone in the palace has gone to Baiqi."
Li Yifu raised his head, "This is His Majesty's action, go and watch."
The news came quickly.
"Master, Your Majesty said that the Marquis of Wuyang has committed disorderly conduct, and he will be fined 10,000 yuan."
"Ten thousand dollars!"
Li Yifu frowned, "Is there no other punishment?"
The little official shook his head, "This is it."
Li Yifu looked at the document in his hand, smiled and said: "I know."
Waiting for the little official to go out, Li Yifu used both hands to tear the document in half with a snort.
There was more hatred in his eyes, "Bitch, when we were together with Xu Jingzong, I was quite dissatisfied with the old man, and even said bad things about the old man to the queen. If the old man doesn't kill you, I will not be satisfied in the end!"
Li Yifu was out of breath, "Xu Jingzong didn't deserve credit for abolishing the Empress, but the Empress praised her a lot. It must be you, a bitch, who planned for him..."
He and Xu Jingzong are rivals, Xu Jingzong is known as a treacherous minister Xu, and he is known as a hidden sword in a smile, and he can be said to be bright for a while. But Xu Jingzong has been thriving in recent years.
There was a rivalry between the two, and Li Yifu gave up all his face and was willing to be the dog of the emperor and queen. He thought he had suppressed Xu Jingzong this time.
But the attitude of the emperor and empress towards Xu Jingzong remained the same. The empress rewarded Xu Jingzong last time, saying that he acted safely.
What is safe?
That stupid Xu Jingzong, if it wasn't for Jia Ping'an's help, he wouldn't be able to get through last time.
The emperor has many confidants, if you go up, others will naturally be excluded.
Xu Jingzong is currently his biggest opponent.
"Master."
The little official came in, "My lord, my family is asking to see you."
A servant came in, and after the little official left, he said in a low voice: "Ah Lang, how much should the person who recognizes Wang Yuerong be paid?"
Li Yifu said lightly: "Halve."
"Mister." The little official went and returned, "That Wang Yuerong has been released."
Li Yifu said coldly: "That man...give him a meal of wine and food, and let him go!"
The servant went out, Li Yifu asked, "Do you know why you were released?"
The little official smiled wryly, "There was a rumor from Yongzhou that Wang Yuerong liked Jia Ping'an back then, so he was alienated by Chai Lingwu."
Boom!
Li Yifu slapped the case table, feeling extremely absurd, "How could this be so?"
The official nodded, "Jia Ping'an is very handsome."
…
Punishment Department, Zhou Xing said eagerly: "Master Wang, we have made great achievements this time, right? Mr. Xianggong may give us a promotion?"
After entering the Ministry of Punishments, Zhou Xing realized that being an official has so many benefits, and he wished he could become a minister of the Ministry of Punishments overnight.
He was fidgeting, Wang Qi frowned when he saw it, "Happiness and anger are not visible, this is the way to be an official. Even if you let you take my position, you are still crowned as a monkey."
Zhou Xing was unconvinced, and was about to refute, but saw the needlework of the case several times, and couldn't help shivering.
"Master Wang."
Chen Erniang came in.
"Jia Ping'an was fined 10,000 yuan."
Boom!
Zhou Xing took the case and said, "Ten thousand dollars, how could Jia Pingan be short of the ten thousand dollars? Your Majesty's treatment of him clearly means that he is innocent. Why is that so?"
Wang Qi took a deep breath, held the needle in his right hand, and said slowly, "Go and ask."
"I have already asked about this matter."
Chen Erniang hesitated to speak.
"Then why didn't you say it?" Wang Qi's eyes were bloodshot.
There was more pity in Chen Erniang's eyes, "Wang Yuerong secretly admired Jia Ping'an back then, and was overheard talking nonsense, so he was alienated by Chai Lingwu."
Zhou Xing was angry, "Then why does Wang Yuerong love him?"
Chen Erniang said flatly: "Because Jia Ping'an is handsome...so talented."
The needle in Wang Qi's hand was poked down, causing a sharp pain in his thigh.
…
Good night!
(end of this chapter)