Chapter 319: My Own Arrangements
The Imperial Palace of Zhao.
As soon as the morning court session ended, the ministers walked out of the Golden Palace one after another.
In the past few days, the Ministry of Justice and the Dali Temple have solved many long-standing cases.
Before adjourning the court, His Majesty specially commended the officials of the Ministry of Justice and the Dali Temple.
At the same time, the fourth prince was also rewarded.
Because these cases were solved by the Fourth Prince's subordinates.
First, he wiped out the largest bandit organization in one fell swoop, and then he solved a large number of old cases. The Fourth Prince has made outstanding achievements in this regard, and Your Majesty has specially ordered him to temporarily take over the power of Zhao's criminal law.
This means that the Fourth Prince can make the Ministry of Justice and the Dali Temple temporarily obey him.
Although this does not mean that he can completely control the Ministry of Justice and the Dali Temple, it at least shows that His Majesty recognizes his political achievements.
The other three princes did not receive such treatment.
Although they also provided porridge to disaster victims, appeared in person every month to provide relief to the orphans and widows, and distributed food to the poor, they did not have many tangible political achievements like this.
Moreover, what they were doing was also done by the Fourth Prince.
Originally, the Fourth Prince did not have much presence in the court.
But in this short period of half a month, he showed up in front of the ministers and His Majesty many times.
This is not a good thing for the other princes.
After the court session, the three princes all looked unhappy.
They naturally knew what happened in the Ministry of Justice.
But they could only watch.
With so many eyes watching, they couldn't stop others from doing things for the court and the people.
Until now, they still couldn't understand why that person chose King Sheng.
Judging from his current situation, King Sheng gave him nothing, but he was willing to serve King Sheng.
And they didn't know how many times they sent people to recruit him, but he refused to accept the money, the house, and the woman. They gave him all kinds of antiques and treasures, but he didn't even look at them... What must he want, right?
Through their investigation, they found that he had no other hobbies but beautiful women.
The three most famous beauties in Daxia were all his wives.
Speaking of beauties...
The most outstanding beauty in the capital is the sixth sister.
Could it be that he is after the sixth sister?
No wonder Sixth Sister is with him every day, it turns out that she was sending herself away.
They really had no choice. The only princess in the royal family who was of marriageable age and unmarried was the sixth sister, and they couldn't conjure up a young and beautiful sister.
They could only comfort themselves that although King Sheng had recruited a capable person, he could not change the overall situation.
Even if he has made some achievements, it doesn't matter. There are not many officials in the court who support him, and he can't sit in that position...
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The embassy courtyard.
It was a rare day of free time. When Li Nuo and Yi Ren were cooking, the Sixth Princess brought good news.
The Fourth Prince has successfully taken charge of Zhao's criminal law. It will be more convenient for Li Nuo to investigate cases in the Ministry of Justice in the future.
However, before the Fourth Prince ascended the throne, he could not take action against the guilty officials and dignitaries of Zhao State through the Ministry of Justice and the Dali Temple.
That would involve too many people and make the Fourth Prince a target of public criticism.
His father had already told him this truth.
He will have to endure for a while longer.
After dinner, the Sixth Princess suggested taking Li Nuo and Yi Ren out for a walk.
These days, Li Nuo has been busy investigating cases and teaching, and Yiren has not slackened in her practice, so it would be nice for her to go out and relax for a while.
Walking on the street with two beauties on my left and right, I attracted a lot of attention.
Fortunately, Li Nuo has long been accustomed to this.
The two of them walked into a jewelry store. The Sixth Princess wanted to give Yiren some jewelry. While they were choosing the jewelry, Li Nuo walked outside the store and waited.
In the shop, everyone from the shopkeeper to the customers were women, and he was the only man. He always felt it was a bit strange.
At a certain moment, a noisy sound suddenly came from the street ahead.
Li Nuo looked over and found an old woman fainted on the street.
Passersby around were watching from a distance.
Li Nuo walked over quickly and took her pulse first, finding that her pulse was very weak. He then helped the old woman up, let her sit on the steps on the street, and pressed several acupoints on her palm.
After a moment, the old woman slowly opened her eyes. She obviously knew what had happened. She smiled at Li Nuo and said, "Thank you, young man."
The old man was extremely weak and shouldn't be outside alone. Li Nuo asked, "Old man, where are your family members?"
The old woman said, "I came out alone."
Li Nuo said: "Where is your home? I will take you back."
The old man shook his head and said, "No, I'll take a rest for a while and I can go back by myself."
Li Nuo said: "You are very weak, it's best not to move. Anyway, I have nothing to do, you walk back alone, in case something happens again..."
Upon hearing this, the old woman did not refuse. Instead, she pointed in a direction and said, "Thank you very much. My home is in that direction..."
Li Nuo carried her on his back and walked to the door of the jewelry store, just as the Sixth Princess and Yiren came out.
The Sixth Princess looked at Li Nuo and asked in surprise: "This is..."
Li Nuo explained what had happened and went with them to send the old woman back.
He carried her on his back for half a block and soon arrived at the old woman's house.
Li Nuo looked at the tall vermilion gate in front of him and felt a little surprised.
I didn't expect that this old man was dressed so simply and actually came from a wealthy family.
He carried the old woman on his back and walked into the house. He saw a lot of people standing in the yard, all of them looking anxious and panicked.
One of the middle-aged men was full of anger and said in a deep voice: "How did you do things? You don't even know that the old lady is missing!"
At this time, someone finally discovered Li Nuo and the other two and exclaimed.
"It's the old lady!"
"The old lady is back!"
The middle-aged man heard this and turned around suddenly. When he saw the old woman on Li Nuo's back, he breathed a sigh of relief and ran over quickly, asking with concern, "Mom, where have you been..."
The old woman said, "It was so stuffy at home, so I sneaked out for a walk to get some fresh air. Don't blame them."
The middle-aged man was angry and helpless. He said, "You know your health. The imperial physician told you to rest well and not run around, but you didn't listen. Your father just passed away. If anything happens to you..."
Li Nuo put the old woman down and said to the middle-aged man, "The old lady just fainted on the street. She is very weak. If she wants to go out for some fresh air, it would be best if someone could help her."
Two maids took the old woman from Li Nuo's hands.
The middle-aged man looked at him and said gratefully, "Thank you, little brother, for sending my mother back..., housekeeper, go to the accounting office and withdraw 100 taels for this little brother."
Li Nuo waved his hand and said, "No need for the silver. The old man has already delivered it and it's time for us to leave."
The middle-aged man shook his hand and said, "No, no, no, please give me a chance to thank you, I will definitely accept this money..."
Li Nuo said: "Really not necessary..."
Seeing that the kind-hearted young man was unwilling to accept it, the middle-aged man looked at the two women behind him.
However, when he saw the face of one of the women clearly, his expression suddenly froze, and he asked in surprise: "Sixth Princess, why are you here?"
Zhao Zhiyi smiled slightly and said, "Minister Zhang, what a coincidence..."
She also didn't expect that the old woman Li Nuo accidentally rescued on the street was actually the mother of the Minister of Revenue.
The Minister of Revenue was famous for his filial piety.
Is this what Master Gongsun said, that as long as we invite him here, everything will be arranged?
(End of this chapter)
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