Gu Yanwei usually liked people who followed rules, and he only made exceptions when it came to Shen Qingqiu. Now, seeing that barbarian woman had no rules in her mouth and raised her hand in an extremely rude manner, he just glanced at her and didn't answer her questions at all.
The woman must have been spoiled at home. Seeing the handsome boy she liked ignore her, she was very unhappy. "Why didn't you pay attention to me when I was talking to you?"
Gu Yanwei didn't want to pay attention to her, but who knew that this woman was simply crazy. Seeing that he hadn't spoken yet, she raised the whip and a gust of wind came out. If Shen Qingqiu hadn't caught the whip beside him, I'm afraid it would have left a deep blood mark on his face.
"You are such a vicious woman. You hit others when they ignore you?" Jin Cai and Chen's mother should come and see this woman to see if they will continue to say such domineering words in the future.
The woman raised her chin, "Who are you?" She just couldn't stand this woman, with big eyes and skin that was whiter than hers. Thinking of this, Yelu Qing looked at the fat official beside her, "Master Zhao, didn't you say you would take them to the Dali Temple to be questioned?"
The official surnamed Zhao was just saying it casually. The Dali Temple would never care about such a trivial matter as a street fight. He immediately smiled at Yelu Qingyi and looked at the two people in front of him, "You are blind. This is the princess from Xixia. Considering that you didn't know about it before, you should apologize to the princess quickly. Maybe the princess will spare your lives when she is in a better mood."
Yelu Qing looked at Shen Qingqiu and Gu Yanwei, "Leave the man to me, and dig out the eyes of the woman."
Mr. Zhao: ...
He knew that the people of Western Xia had always been tough, but this Western Xia princess always made him feel that she was even tougher.
"What a big tone!" Gu Yanwei was really angry, "Cough..." Hearing him coughing, Shen Qingqiu hurriedly supported him.
Lord Zhao said, "You, a woman, destroyed the eyes of the princess' servant. You should pay compensation. Otherwise, I will send you to the Dali Temple and chop off your head tomorrow!" He looked at the young man next to him. He was very handsome. Lord Zhao felt that he looked familiar, but he didn't think much about it. He leaned over and whispered in the young man's ear, "This is the Princess of Xixia. You must have a good reputation in your ancestors' graves to win the princess' favor. If you don't clean yourself up and stay in the princess's mansion, why are you here? Don't force me to send you to the Dali Temple."
Lord Zhao threatened, "Once you go there, you won't be able to get out again."
Gu Yanwei laughed in anger, "Dali Temple, OK, I will go to Dali Temple with you."
He wanted to see how Lord Zhao sent himself to the Dali Temple.
Lord Zhao became angry when he saw that the two men did not move at all. He waved his hand and said, "Take them away--"
"No need, I'll go by myself." Gu Yanwei pushed the man away.
Lord Zhao didn't want to go to the Dali Temple, but as an official, he couldn't just rob people in the street. Besides, the two people were well dressed and didn't look like ordinary people, so he could only follow them to the Dali Temple. He thought that the people in the Dali Temple would give face to the Princess of Xixia. Lord Zhao thought so, but he never expected that the person on duty at the Dali Temple today was the iron-faced and impartial Lin Xuanfeng.
He was already a little flustered when he heard his subordinates report this, especially when the boy and girl came in.
Lin Xuanfeng actually came down from the hall in person, and then bowed, "Greetings to the Ninth Prince, Your Highness, may you live a thousand years."
Mr. Zhao: ...
Lin Xuanfeng said: "Your Highness and Lord Shen should arrive at noon, Grandfather has been waiting for you for a long time."
Shen Qingqiu said: "We should have arrived earlier, but someone on the road took a fancy to His Highness the Ninth Prince and wanted to take him directly to the mansion to be the chief eunuch..."
"Qiu'er..." Gu Yanwei couldn't help but blush. He didn't know why, but when he talked to that woman and she mentioned this matter, he felt disgusted, but when it came from Shen Qingqiu's mouth, it sounded completely different.
Lin Xuanfeng was surprised: "What?"
Shen Qingqiu then repeated what had just happened. When Lin Xuanfeng called Gu Yanwei the Ninth Prince, Lord Zhao had already knelt on the ground with weak legs. Now he wiped his sweat tremblingly, "Your subordinate, your subordinate did not know that it was the Ninth Prince and Shen Xiangjun..."
Shen Qingqiu sneered, "If it wasn't me and His Highness the Ninth Prince, would anyone else just gouge out his eyes and rob him today?"
Lord Zhao was speechless and stood there.
"Enough, I don't care whether you are a lady or a prince, she dug out my servant's eyes, and I want her to compensate me!" Yelu Qing has been treated with courtesy all the way since she arrived in the Central Plains. When Lord Zhao asked her to go to the Dali Temple, she knew that was the court of the Central Plains people, and thought it was just a formality. She didn't expect that the person she offended this time was actually of some importance.
"Compensate for your eyes?" Shen Qingqiu looked at her with a smile, "If you have the ability, come and dig it out yourself."
Yelu Qing wanted to attack immediately, but before she could move, Shen Qingqiu kicked her to the ground. She had never been so embarrassed since she came to the Central Plains, and she immediately yelled for someone to arrest her. She first yelled at Lord Zhao, who didn't dare to move at this moment, and then yelled at the servants around him.
But the servants were more sensible than the willful princess. One of them was the Ninth Prince of Central Plains, and the other was the Lord of the Country of Central Plains. How could they be treated like ordinary people?
Lin Xuanfeng was also annoyed when he heard the Xixia princess screaming. "According to the laws of our dynasty, those who cause trouble will be confined for three days. Arrest her."
The servants around Yelu Qing immediately came to protect him. Shen Qingqiu clenched his fists and then looked at the guard beside Yelu Qing who was blinded by her. Several people hesitated.
"We have always had this rule in the Central Plains. If the emperor breaks the law, he will be punished just like the common people. If the Xixia princess does not agree with our rules, then please leave." Lin Xuanfeng had that unsympathetic attitude. "I will summon the Dali Temple to escort the princess out of the city. I will also ask the emperor to issue an edict, never allowing the princess to enter the city again."
Yelu Qing was stunned. They didn't allow her to enter the city. She was the princess of Xixia! Shen Qingqiu said, "Don't you understand? The emperor is guilty of the same crime as the common people. This is the rule of the Central Plains. Of course, if you don't obey the rules of the Central Plains and want to dig out my eyes, you can do it yourself--" Shen Qingqiu looked at her with a smile. The two had competed before, and Yelu Qing naturally knew that she was no match for the man in front of her.
"Who do you think you are? Why should this princess be imprisoned? This princess wants to see the emperor!"
Lin Xuanfeng ignored her and directly summoned the Dali Temple jailer, "Bring the man in."
"Let me go!" Yelu Qing struggled hard, but the jailer of the Dali Temple didn't care about the princess of Xixia. You, a princess from a strange family, won't be able to get revenge in the Dali Temple in the future.
Yelu Qing's servants naturally did not dare to confront the jailer, otherwise they really would not want to live in peace in the Central Plains.
"Lord Lin! We will go back and tell His Highness Toler what happened today!"
Yelu Tuole is the future crown prince of Xixia. It happened to be the emperor's 50th birthday, so he was ordered to come to congratulate him. However, he came late with a large number of gifts, and Yelu Qing was casual by nature and liked to have fun, so he left early.
The servant's words were already a threat. After all, the two countries have diplomatic relations. What's the point of you locking up our princess? But if Lin Xuanfeng could make sense, he wouldn't be called the iron-faced Lin Xuanfeng. "No matter what the princess or your highness is dissatisfied with, even if they complain to the emperor, what can they do? Everything I do is in accordance with the court's laws and regulations, and I dare not slack off in the slightest."
Seeing that nothing he could say would make sense, the servant had no choice but to leave.
Lin Xuanfeng sighed, then asked Gu Yanwei and Shen Qingqiu to go in.
"You've kept me waiting!" It turned out to be Master Lin who was waiting for the two of them inside the house.
Gu Yanwei was originally a prince, and had studied under Master Lin. Shen Qingqiu had recently become familiar with the Ninth Princess and had also touched his nose. Master Lin drank a sip of tea and asked, "What's going on?"
Without waiting for the two to speak, Lin Xuanfeng told them about his encounter with the Princess of Western Xia just now.
After hearing this, Master Lin did not say anything bad about the two. After a long while, he just shook his head and said, "The Xixia people are so rampant. This is probably because our dynasty values culture over military power."
"The Grand Tutor is a scholar, yet he also thinks that valuing civil officials over military officials is not a good idea?" Shen Qingqiu was surprised. In her inherent impression, shouldn't civil officials and military officials be the type to fight over the slightest disagreement?
When Master Lin heard her say this, he just glared at her. "How can we keep the country safe without a large army? A good government requires a safe country. The court is now facing internal and external troubles, and the writers can't go to the battlefield to kill the enemy." Master Lin sighed when he thought of this. "The army doesn't have enough food and grass, and the court has raised a group of rats like this."
"So the emperor asked the tutor to find a way to make up for the deficits of the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Revenue." Gu Yanwei said.
Master Lin looked at the young man in front of him and smiled slightly, "Your Highness has been hiding your incompetence before."
Although Gu Yanwei did not tell anyone about his plan during the day, the account books had already been sent to the Dali Temple. Each of the six ministries was implicated and had its own informants. The people in the Ministry of Revenue knew that the Ministry of Rites had already sent the real account books, so they would not just sit there and wait. They also had something in their hands that could clear themselves of all charges.
Next, those who were investigating the case didn't have to do anything but watch the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Revenue argue with each other.
It is not difficult to know what Gu Yanwei said. This is also what Master Lin is curious about. This young man was able to break up the two parties who were so cooperative with each other with just two or three sentences, which shows his intelligence and means. However, he never stood out in any exam, no matter big or small, so he could only hide his incompetence.
Gu Yanwei just smiled and said nothing.
Master Lin did not force him, but just asked, "Then what do you think should be done next?"
Gu Yanwei said: "The water is already muddy, there is no need to ask him to clean it up immediately."
Master Lin frowned, knowing what he meant. The Lin family had always been upright and honest, so they were naturally dissatisfied when they heard such ambiguous words.
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