Chapter 401: Discussing the Emperor
The first wave of angels he sent to Pingzhou quickly sent back a report.
Shi Tao disliked Lu Desheng, and seeing this rare opportunity to play a prank on Lu Desheng, he naturally interfered and did his best to discredit him.
But for Song Mo, Lv Desheng's protection of the Qin family was expected. He was also unsure of how to treat the Qin family. The Qin family was a loyal and brave family with many talented generals. If he used them, he would be worried. If he didn't use them, it would be a pity.
Song Mo's contradictions are actually a conflict between personal selfishness and national justice. To put it bluntly, he is good at planning but not good at making decisions.
After Zhang Xian returned to Chang'an, he resumed his previous treatment of accompanying the emperor.
He endured this memorial that slandered Lord Lu again and again, but finally gritted his teeth and said, "Just wait, Shi Tao, you will not have a good ending."
Song Mo was very satisfied with Zhang Xian's understanding.
Song Mo's mood improved. After dinner, the eunuch Liang An, seeing that the weather was still good, suggested going to the Imperial Garden for a walk to digest the food.
Song Mo agreed, and before they knew it, they had arrived near Jianzhang Palace.
Li Jieying saw it from a distance, made a subtle gesture to someone, and then slowly retreated.
Jianzhang Palace was the palace where beautiful ladies were housed.
Recently, the atmosphere in the former dynasty was tense because of the earthquake in Nanyang, and there were also many disputes in the palace because of the selection of concubines.
This time, the harem was newly opened. In addition to the empress, there were also vacancies for the third wife and nine concubines. In other words, they would not only select the empress, but also a group of concubines to expand the harem.
Both the ministers of the previous dynasty and the harem such as the Empress Dowager attached great importance to this matter.
Because Song Mo is only fifteen, if nothing unexpected happens, he will stay on the throne for many years.
Many of the selected ladies this year were not ordinary people. The most prestigious of them all was Peng Lihua, the youngest daughter of the Peng family, formerly Duke Cheng'en's mansion.
The Peng family was determined to win the position of empress, and Peng Lihua, with the support of the Grand Empress Dowager, was also very powerful in the Jianzhang Palace.
Some time ago, with Li Jieying's clever arrangement, Shi Rou accidentally offended Peng Lihua, a beautiful girl sent by the Empress Dowager's family.
So, that day, Peng Lihua found an excuse to teach Shi Rou a lesson.
Shi Rou suffered a great injustice, and the emperor happened to be in the harem at that time. Her good sisters stood up for her and took her to find the emperor to seek justice, and she agreed reluctantly.
Although she had only met the emperor twice, Shi Rou noticed that the emperor looked at her differently, with a more pleasant expression. However, he was impatient and disliked Peng Lihua.
To her surprise, the result of their seeking justice from the emperor was not satisfactory.
Shi Rou was in a bad mood for several days, and her maid suggested that she go to Taiye Lake to relax.
Before Shi Rou came out, she drank a bowl of sweet wine and eggs.
There was something wrong with that bowl of sweet wine and eggs. At this moment, she felt a little dizzy.
The maid Hongxiu helped her sit down in the pavilion nearby.
"Miss, please don't be too sad. I feel sorry for you."
"Hongxiu, stop talking."
"Miss, Hongxiu is worried about you. The emperor is clearly biased towards Peng Xiunv! The truth of the matter is not difficult to find out, and the twists and turns in it will be clear once you investigate, but the emperor——"
"The Emperor is not that kind of person."
"I heard that when the late emperor was still alive, he didn't handle harem disputes this way."
"The late emperor is the late emperor, and the present emperor is the present emperor. How can they be compared?" Shi Rou's last sentence was almost like a delirium.
Shi Tao was appointed as the governor of Pingzhou by the late emperor. The entire Shi family is very grateful to the late emperor.
"Yes, the late emperor was such a good man, it's a pity that he passed away so suddenly."
"The late emperor was indeed good..."
Shi Rou couldn't hold her liquor well. When she was drunk, her self-control would weaken. In addition, she felt really aggrieved, so she was deliberately misled and fooled.
The implication of her words was that the emperor was blind, not as wise as the late emperor, and not as good at judging people as the late emperor...
Song Mo, who was not far away, had a gloomy face, and the palace servants accompanying him didn't dare to breathe.
Liang An immediately flicked his whisk and shouted, "How dare you, you lowly servant, speak ill of the Emperor?! I will punish you for your disrespect!"
Shi Rou and her servant were startled. Looking back, they saw Shi Rou sober up and kneeling on the ground in fear, "Your Majesty, please spare my life." Her shoulders trembled involuntarily, and tears fell like beads from a broken string.
Song Mo was unmoved. Shi Rou was beautiful, and Song Mo was very satisfied with her and was willing to take her into the palace.
But now? His eyes narrowed slightly.
Who gave Shi Rou the confidence to say such outrageous words?
And who in the Shi family would dare to say such a thing? It would have to be Shi Tao! Perhaps he even said something more extreme than this.
As a woman, she must have heard such words a lot at home, which is why she couldn't help but express her dissatisfaction with him as the emperor after being wronged.
I have to say, Song Mo is a conspiracy theory.
In the end, Song Mo did not punish Shi Rou immediately for the sake of his own reputation, but the maidservant beside her was not so lucky. Liang An had her taken to the Ministry of Punishment.
Li Jieying quietly went to the Ministry of Punishment and found the manager in charge of executing the palace maids. "After all, Hongxiu is from our place. Please give us a favor and spare her life." As he spoke, Li Jieying handed over a purse.
The clerk of the Ministry of Punishment pinched his thin purse and smiled so hard that his teeth were visible. "Don't worry, Eunuch Li. This servant's crime is not serious. We will just give her a light punishment and a heavy warning."
Before leaving, Li Jieying and Hongxiu exchanged a knowing look.
Shi Rou can't drink much, and Hong Xiu is a ventriloquist. In the part where she guides Shi Rou to tell the truth after drinking, if Shi Rou doesn't cooperate, she will make Shi Rou confused and unconscious and then go in directly.
When the emperor's men make trouble, she can push Shi Rou into the water and the plan will be successful.
I didn't expect Shi Rou to be so outspoken after drinking some wine.
Meanwhile, Song Mo returned to the imperial study with a lot of anger and ordered Lin Ran to send someone to Pingzhou to investigate Shi Tao.
As a result, the first group of people Song Mo sent to Pingzhou to ask Shi Tao about the Qin family had not returned yet, so he sent a second group.
Pingzhou, Liaoxi County, Governor's Office
Jiang Changyun sighed deeply. What he was going to do next was too difficult.
He hoped that the governor would understand him, just like he did to Xia Zhudou in the past.
There's nothing I can do. The other party gave too much.
He is just an ordinary person and can't resist it.
Sighing, he took the two bottles of wine to the kitchen.
He knew these two bottles of wine. They were clear and fragrant, and were rare fine wines. The governor would definitely like them.
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