Chapter 029 Chapter 29
Chapter 29
Time goes back to yesterday.
"Several people came to you today to get information."
Emperor Yuanxing was sitting in the imperial study with a huge imperial desk in front of him. He was holding a memorial in his hand with his eyes still on it when these words suddenly popped up in his mind.
"Eight masters came to ask me for information, and several of them gave me money..."
The chief eunuch immediately understood what news Emperor Yuanxing was talking about and quickly replied.
"Keep this money for yourself. You did a good job, Zhang Dehai."
Emperor Yuanxing said this without even raising his eyelids. Zhang Dehai immediately kowtowed to express his gratitude, and then called back the palace maids and eunuchs who had left earlier.
It’s better that as few people know about the fact that His Majesty attacked a 10-year-old princess as possible.
Zhang Dehai was a eunuch who had been accompanying Emperor Yuanxing since he was still in the palace. He witnessed with his own eyes how the brilliant prince died in the scheme of the late emperor, and what role his own emperor played in it.
Therefore, Emperor Yuanxing used Zhang Dehai very smoothly and was willing to put his trust in Zhang Dehai. After all, there would be no one else who would accept Zhang Dehai except him.
This is also why Emperor Yuanxing asked Zhang Dehai to spread the news.
However, in the eyes of those ministers, Zhang Dehai was cunning and had been able to get along well with the prince since a long time ago. It was a pity that their emperor did not even see through Zhang Dehai's cunning, and let these ministers get the news in vain.
The ministers wiped their tears with handkerchiefs, and the corners of their mouths were almost stretched to their ears.
But who would have thought that Zhang Dehai did this at the instruction of Emperor Yuanxing.
It was not the first time that ministers had tried to test Zhang Dehai by revealing some of his family's scandals, but Emperor Yuanxing continued to use this minister as if he knew nothing about it.
A few years later, this minister made a mistake himself and was demoted to a coastal county by Emperor Yuanxing.
However, those ministers were not stupid. It was impossible for them to ask Zhang Dehai about everything, and Zhang Dehai would not reveal everything. The two sides maintained a tacit relationship of only exchanging information on the surface.
But this was enough for Emperor Yuanxing. At least after knowing these superficial relationships, the people under Emperor Yuanxing at least had a direction for investigation.
——And like today, when he teaches Princess Funing a lesson, at least he won’t get his hands dirty.
Emperor Yuanxing recalled yesterday when Princess Funing looked at him with a pair of big eyes that were very similar to those of the deposed crown prince, and a surge of anger rose up in his heart.
"…Uncle Emperor, my mother came to my dream yesterday and said that the ancestral hall was deserted. Fu Ning wanted to build a temple outside the city and take in some orphans so that my mother would have more people around her."
After saying this, Fu Ning knelt down and kowtowed, and Pei Muchu, who was confused beside him, also knelt down and saluted.
What else could Emperor Yuanxing say?
Could he stop a daughter from specifically requesting the construction of a temple in order to pray for her mother?
If it came to civilians or even ministers, he would have the guts to kick them out.
but……
Seeing Pei Muchu starting to roll up his sleeves and looking down at the ground with his cat eyes, Emperor Yuan Xing twitched his mouth and immediately realized that if he didn't agree to this, he would have to wait for the devil's sound to pierce his ears today.
He naturally sighed and comforted Funing, telling her not to have any psychological burden. Just build the temple, but the matter must not be spread to anyone else.
This moved Fu Ning so much that he knelt down and kowtowed a few more times, and then he took Pei Muchu happily to the Empress Dowager's palace.
Before leaving, Pei Muchu said with full sweetness: "Yuanbao likes the Emperor's uncle the most!"
Emperor Yuanxing was left sitting in the imperial study, shivering with disgust. After making sure that everyone had left, he frowned and smashed a teacup.
Thinking about this today, Emperor Yuanxing is still very angry.
The chess piece he had trained didn't obey and ran away. He couldn't just catch him back, but had to let him go happily?
How could he not feel aggrieved?
If he hadn't just spread Funing's affairs, letting Funing experience what it felt like to be away from the center of power, he would have been even more aggrieved.
However, this is not what makes Emperor Yuanxing most angry. The chess pieces are everywhere, but Fu Ning is the most suitable one and the one who can best hit the secret thoughts in his heart.
What made him most angry was what Fu Ning said.
"...Ayue."
Emperor Yuanxing said in a low voice.
Why didn't the woman he loved at first sight accept his feelings and even gave her the position of queen? She just died like that.
She still doesn't want to see him in her dreams. Does she hate him so much?
Emperor Yuanxing thought about it and asked Zhang Dehai to visit some new concubines tonight.
After saying that, he frowned and looked at the memorial. This was a message from the Grand Marshal far away at the border asking for money and food.
Originally, he should have kept the memorial to himself and distributed food to him later. After all, the situation at the border had been good recently.
but……
He just attacked someone's granddaughter, and now he's suppressing this memorial...
Emperor Yuanxing felt guilty for the first time in his life and originally wanted to suppress the memorial, but he finally gave up the idea.
As for the memorial from Military Supervisor Zhang...
Emperor Yuanxing pretended not to see it. He thought that his previous attempt had probably reached the Grand Marshal, so it was normal for him to want to make some moves.
The main thing now is to make that evil creature useless. It only takes a word from him to settle dozens of people in the capital.
So he wrote the word "approved" on the memorial with his imperial pen.
Throwing this memorial aside, Emperor Yuanxing picked up the next one, which happened to be the one impeaching Censor Li.
Emperor Yuanxing was surprised. He knew that Li Sifang had been biting people everywhere like a mad dog during this period. After all, he ate slop and fell into the toilet. The whole capital knew about this embarrassing thing. It would be strange if Li Sifang didn't go crazy.
but……
This bastard has been too clever recently, using these insignificant reputations to avoid his schemes, and in the past few days he has gained a reputation as a filial son.
Thinking of this, Emperor Yuan Xing frowned.
Although he expected that the bastard would make a fuss when he saw Fu Ning's feet, the fact that the bastard handled these problems so cleverly, did it mean that the bastard had been pretending before?
Emperor Yuanxing frowned and thought, that bastard was only six years old, it shouldn't be that bad, but after all, he was the child of his younger brother, the crown prince...
"It's normal for a six-year-old child to become stupid after falling into the water and getting a fever..."
Emperor Yuanxing murmured, his sinister eyes falling on the beams of the house.
"Let's wait and see the ministers' reactions tomorrow."
Emperor Yuanxing thought.
However, the next day, what Emperor Yuanxing waited for was not the ministers' unanimous praise for Pei Muchu.
——Instead, he complained angrily.
"Your Majesty! King Chungnyeong has acted recklessly and I beg Your Majesty to punish him!"
Prime Minister Liu, who was as thick as dough, spoke in a scathing tone which was rare for him.
Other ministers on the side, even including ministers from the Zhang Party who were opposed to the Liu Party, echoed Prime Minister Liu's words.
This shocked Emperor Yuanxing.
What on earth did that bastard do?
A few days ago, he was still building up a reputation as a filial son, so why is someone coming to complain about him today?
"Yesterday I thought that the evil creature had behaved himself recently, but when I think about it carefully, it seems that there are more people complaining than before..."
Emperor Yuanxing looked at the ministers who came to him to complain with a strange sense of security.
"Yuanbao is only six years old. What can he do? Please be tolerant, ministers."
As he spoke, he raised his teacup and looked quite calm.
Prime Minister Liu and the other ministers looked at each other. It seemed that they knew that His Majesty would think so.
So Prime Minister Liu stepped forward and spoke in a trembling voice.
"Your Majesty, King Chungnyeong blocked the entrance to Dagon Temple yesterday and forcibly seized the women of more than a dozen ministers!"
Emperor Yuanxing's hands trembled, but he had experienced this before. He was about to pretend nothing had happened and drink the tea, but Prime Minister Liu gave him a strong prescription.
"The princes and princesses were also left behind by King Chungnyeong—!"
“Puff—cough cough cough cough!”
*
Let’s go back to today.
"…Prince Chungnyeong blocked the entrance to Dagon Temple yesterday and invited all the ladies there to the garden? He was still in the name of Princess Funyeong?"
Pei Muli sat in the carriage with a confused look on his face, listening to Yu An telling him the news he had heard.
He felt as if he was still in a dream, otherwise how could he dream of such an outrageous thing?
——Pei Muchu, that tall man, actually dared to block the door of Daguo Temple and "invite" those ladies to the garden in the name of Princess Funing.
And they trapped them for a whole night!
He, who had spent the night in the garden, actually knew nothing! Even the third brother hadn't heard the news. He was frightened by the guards who broke in this morning and is still lying in the carriage.
"…Your Highness, there is more to it than that."
Yu An was even more shocked, and he said with empty eyes.
"Do you still remember the Crown Prince and his men who set out before you?"
Pei Muli immediately realized that he had forgotten something last night, and his eyes gradually became filled with surprise as he looked at Yu An.
"——Could it be possible that the prince and his men were in the garden yesterday?!"
Pei Muli was so shocked that he lost his composure and shouted.
Yu An nodded slowly, leaned close to Pei Muli's ear, and whispered, "When the Royal Guards found His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and his men, they were locked up in the woodshed, tied up together, with handkerchiefs stuffed in their mouths. Their clothes were all dusty, and they were almost stepped on by the Royal Guards as if they were stones."
The more Pei Muli listened to Yu An's description, the more familiar it sounded.
Stones, tied together, handkerchiefs gagged and unable to make a sound...
“Is it possible that…”
Pei Muli instantly thought of the stones he saw with his peripheral vision at the foot of the wall yesterday afternoon. At that time, he felt strange that the stones seemed to be moving. Now that he thought about it...
Those stones are the crown prince and other princes!
Pei Muli collapsed in the chair. He had not looked so weak since he started working in the Ministry of Revenue.
Even though he was frustrated by Lin Cao'er's incident, he was still able to quickly react to his good father's attitude towards King Zhongning from this incident and gain benefits from it.
but……
He had never encountered such a scene before.
Yesterday he thought that giving Pei Muchu a little gift would make him open up to him, but now he thinks it's impossible for him to fool others.
This evil star can just block the door of Daguozi and take away the women one by one if he has a disagreement!
What normal prince, after having a conflict with his ministers, would not curse at the ministers in the court or have a Mortal Kombat with them in private, but would directly snatch away the women of the ministers' families!
Oh, King Chungnyeong was only 6 years old after all, and he couldn’t even go to the court and curse at the ministers.
But wouldn't you usually complain to your father in this situation? Why would you want to snatch someone else's female relatives?
And he was even bold enough to kidnap the prince and princess!
"...I ask the ladies of your families to accompany the princess. The princess has been in a bad mood recently because of Jin Zhong's message. I have no choice but to find the women of your families. While accompanying the princess, it is a good opportunity for the women of your families to get close to the princess and see if the princess is as unsightly as you say."
Pei Muchu, who was asked to get off the carriage by the imperial guards at the gate of the imperial city, spoke fiercely to the ministers who were standing at the palace gate and seeking justice.
But the ministers were not to be trifled with. They immediately criticized King Chungnyeong for his reckless behavior, even calling him a rat without skin. However...
"Wow! Imperial uncle! Imperial uncle! I want the Imperial uncle. There are so many of them. I'm so scared! They want to beat me! Wow!"
When King Chungnyeong saw that the excited ministers were about to poke his face with their fingers, he immediately took three steps back and began to cry loudly.
While crying, she was pulling at the clothes of the guard beside her, looking like someone who had been bullied.
Although we know that King Chungnyeong is a very evil little devil, we have to admit that he still has a good-looking appearance. He looks like the little golden boy sitting under Guanyin, as if they were carved from the same mold.
Even though they knew that he was the one who did everything today, the guards subconsciously stepped forward when they saw that the little kid was only as tall as his waist.
Then the ministers saw King Chungnyeong, who was just thundering but not raining, sticking out his tongue at them.
I am just a kid, how can I go to an adult to complain? Who would really confront you head on?
The ministers were frightened by the crying King Chungnyeong: "..."
Pei Muli who was standing aside: ...It's amazing. Liu Mian Mian was so angry that his hands were shaking.
*
"Wow! My uncle and the others bullied me! They bullied my sister! Now they are actually... actually confusing right and wrong, wow!"
Emperor Yuanxing maintained his dignity as an emperor while pulling at his belt inconspicuously.
Prince Chungnyeong seemed unaware that his dearest uncle was trying to save his pants, and he continued to pull at his clothes and sway from side to side while crying.
If Emperor Yuanxing had not known what had happened, he would have been fooled by Prince Chungnyeong. Was he inviting them back to be his guests? He was blocking the entrance to the Daguo Temple, and when he saw a female family, he pretended to be an innocent child and asked which lady they were.
——Anyone who says something bad about his sister will be taken away immediately.
Mrs. Li and Miss Li were taken away the same way they were taken away in the first place.
And this time he had a higher level. It was not maids and old women who surrounded him, but strong women from the countryside. Even the guards were omitted.
"Wow--!"
Emperor Yuanxing was almost driven crazy by the evil voice of this evil creature. However, when he looked up and saw that his princes, except the fourth one, all looked gloomy, he wanted to go crazy even more.
For the first time, the suspicious Emperor Yuanxing did not suspect that his princes had any ulterior motives.
Even the fourth brother, who seemed the most suspicious, now had a dazed look on his face, looking at his brothers beside him with an expression of disbelief that was almost overflowing from his face.
Not to mention the third brother, who went to express gratitude on behalf of his uncle, but was frightened by the imperial guards early in the morning and fell ill. When he came back, three imperial doctors were surrounding him but he didn't wake up.
'Even if the fourth brother wanted to please that bastard yesterday, he probably gave up the idea today. This bastard is simply too uncontrollable.'
Emperor Yuanxing thought about it, and then tried hard to save his pants.
"I understand, Yuanbao, you should let the emperor uncle go first, otherwise it will be difficult for the emperor uncle to handle this matter, right?"
Emperor Yuanxing's voice was as gentle as ever. Even the ministers who knew the truth felt something was wrong, not to mention those ministers who did not know the truth.
They looked at Emperor Yuanxing as if they were a tyrant.
"Woo-hiccup, okay, Yuanbao will be very good."
Prince Chungnyeong, with his big red eyes from crying, seemed to let go of his hand obediently, and was invited by the eunuch to sit on a chair nearby. Hot tea and snacks were already placed on the coffee table nearby.
He didn't hesitate and immediately drank a cup of hot tea.
——The ministers who were still kneeling on the ground were so angry.
"Your Majesty! King Chungnyeong must be severely punished for this matter, otherwise it will not be enough to appease the public anger, Your Majesty!"
A minister was the first to speak, and Pei Muli recognized him as the Minister of Rites.
Other ministers also spoke up one after another, howling more miserably than each other, with tears falling as they spoke.
The types are also rich and colorful.
These ministers’ acting skills are also amazing.
"Your Majesty, Prince Chungnyeong is disrespectful to you, and is a lowly person in the court!"
"Prince Chungnyeong regards laws as nothing and acts without restraint! If this continues, laws will be meaningless and the country will perish, Your Majesty!"
"I beg your Majesty to punish King Chungnyeong!"
Pei Muli looked at the ministers, whose words were more sincere and severe than each other, until in the end they even mentioned the impending demise of the country. Although there was no expression on his face, he was feeling in his heart that none of these old foxes were easy to mess with.
Pei Muchu's big body really hit a wall this time.
Thinking of this, Pei Muli's gaze shifted towards Pei Muchu, and then he suddenly opened his eyes wide.
Pei Muchu was leisurely putting away the teacups and snacks, and asked for a handkerchief to wipe his hands.
——Then he lay down on the ground without hesitation.
"Wow--!"
The child's shrill screams reached the sky, and the ministers who had been making a fuss just now were frightened into silence.
Emperor Yuanxing, who had just been planning to deal with this evil creature half-heartedly and maintain his reputation at the same time, was frightened half to death by this voice.
After realizing what was happening, Emperor Yuanxing immediately became furious. Isn't this bastard afraid that I will accuse him of misbehaving in front of the Emperor?
But after seeing the amulet on Pei Muchu...
Very good, this evil creature is really not afraid.
Fortunately, Pei Muchu just screamed to ask everyone else to shut up, and then stopped shouting. Instead, he rolled on the ground frantically, crying as he rolled.
"Wow! You old men are such bad guys! I repay evil with kindness by inviting their ladies to get along with my sister. My sister is the princess you personally conferred upon her. Is it unfair for the women in their family to get along with my sister?"
"You old men gossip and slander my sister behind her back, but I didn't go to beat them up. I'm very well-mannered. I just wanted the women in their families to see what kind of person my sister is. You actually scolded me, and—!"
At this point, Prince Chungnyeong seemed to be unable to hold back his tears. He pointed at the ministers while crying, "Wow! My uncle wants me dead! Wow! They want me dead! They want to harm me!"
King Chungnyeong really started to cry loudly this time, with tears falling down his face. Compared to the fake crying just now, this time his crying was much more miserable.
Now even Prime Minister Liu was embarrassed.
They did not get along well with King Chungnyeong, but they were all over fifty years old, and King Chungnyeong was younger than the youngest grandson of some of them. A group of grown men bullied a child and made him cry. Even if they were right, it would be shameful if this were made public.
and……
The ministers looked at Emperor Yuanxing, who had remained as still as a mountain but had his eyes fixed on King Chungnyeong. Those who knew the truth understood that Emperor Yuanxing was trying to gauge the reaction of the Grand Marshal after he found out about this.
Those who did not know the truth also believed that Emperor Wonheung was struggling over whether or not to punish King Chungnyeong.
Prime Minister Liu was the one who knew the truth. He understood that with the current power of the Grand Marshal and the intensity of the border war, it would be difficult for His Majesty to touch the troublemaker King Zhongning. But if he didn't touch King Zhongning...
But what about the guards sent by the Grand Marshal himself to King Chungnyeong?
Thinking of this, Prime Minister Liu winked at the Minister of Rites beside him, indicating him to look towards the prince.
Looking at the dusty Crown Prince and other princes, the Minister of Rites immediately understood what Prime Minister Liu meant. He immediately took a few steps on his knees, knelt down towards Emperor Yuanxing, and shouted.
"Your Majesty! Prince Chungnyeong had good intentions, but unfortunately the guards around him harbored evil intentions! These guards actually dared to violate their superiors and beat up the prince. This is a serious crime!"
The Minister of Rites' head hit his hand hard, and out of the corner of his eye he saw Prince Chungnyeong immediately get up behind him. He immediately realized that he had really found Prince Chungnyeong's weak spot.
Everyone in the capital city knew that the guards around Prince Chungnyeong were all personal soldiers given to him by the Grand Marshal from the border, and those guards were also the people Prince Chungnyeong relied on the most besides His Majesty and Princess Funing.
It is no exaggeration to say that they are King Chungnyeong's uncles. If all the guards around King Chungnyeong are dealt with, King Chungnyeong will not want to live, but he will be listless for a while.
The Minister of Rites thought about it and felt that this reason was foolproof.
Prime Minister Liu, who was standing by, saw Emperor Yuanxing's eyes light up and immediately realized that this wave was stable.
Now even Pei Muli sighed, feeling sorry for those guards.
However, Prime Minister Liu, the Minister of Rites, and even Emperor Yuanxing.
No one noticed that the prince and others showed embarrassed expressions on their faces when they heard these words.
"Yuanbao, do you have anything else to say?"
Emperor Yuanxing had already made up his mind, and just as a formality, he asked about the evil creature.
However, the evil creature actually looked at Emperor Yuanxing without crying or making a fuss, which immediately gave Emperor Yuanxing a bad feeling.
"have!"
The 6-year-old King Chungnyeong excitedly raised his arms and pointed at the Crown Prince and other princes behind him and said.
"Uncle Emperor, my cousins were not beaten by the guards!"
The four-headed King Chungnyeong raised his chin proudly, pointed at the crown prince and other princes and gave a thumbs-up, then pointed at himself.
"They were beaten by Yuanbao!"
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
