"Your Majesty, the slave has already found out about that poem."

In the Warm Pavilion of the Son of Heaven in the Imperial City, Dong Cheng, the eunuch of Tianmu Prison, knelt on his knees in front of Emperor Chengde, his head touched the ground, and his voice was respectful.

Emperor Chengde, dressed in a black robe, sat on the main seat, still processing the paperwork in his hand, and did not even raise his head: "Stand up and talk back, and tell me about this matter in detail." ”

Dong Cheng stood up respectfully, bowed his head and said, "Your Majesty, the slaves and maids have investigated this matter before and after, and found that this matter not only involves Jingzhao Mansion, but also involves Pingnan Hou Mansion. ”

"Pingnan Hou Mansion?"

Emperor Chengde put down the paperwork in his hand, looked up at Dong Cheng, and frowned: "This matter ...... How could it be involved in the head of the Pingnan Hou Mansion? ”

Dong Cheng bowed respectfully.

"Back to Your Majesty, half a month ago, a young man came from Yongzhou City...... claimed to be the exiled son of Pingnanhou, but Pingnanhou didn't recognize him, and the young man had nowhere to go, so he wandered to the small cabin in Beishan. ”

Eunuch Dong said this, and before he could continue to speak, Emperor Chengde had already figured out the key, and the Son of Heaven said softly: "You mean to say that Jingzhao Mansion sent someone to burn that wooden house because the Pingnan Hou Mansion wanted to burn that young man?" ”

Dong Cheng lowered his head and said: "Your Majesty, according to the slave maid, the people of the Pingnan Hou Mansion have no murderous intentions towards that young man, they just want to drive this young man out of the capital, otherwise they don't have to work in the Jingzhao Mansion......"

Speaking of this, Dong Cheng didn't continue, but the meaning of his words was already obvious, the Pingnan Hou Mansion was a real power general, and there were legal generals in the family, many of those people were ruthless people who followed the old marquis Li Zhijie on the battlefield back then, and they wanted to kill a young man, it couldn't be easier, there was no need to make more moves to let the people of Jingzhao Mansion come forward.

Emperor Chengde closed his eyes and pondered the cause and effect in detail, and then the emperor opened his eyes and smiled: "You are right, the people of the Pingnan Hou Mansion really did not want to kill this young man, it seems that this young man is indeed Li Shen's lost son, otherwise the Pingnan Hou Mansion would not be as abnormal as it is now." ”

Li Shen, Marquis of Pingnan, was Emperor Chengde's playmate from childhood to adulthood, and when he heard Li Shen's lace news, this son of heaven was obviously very happy, he squinted his eyes and continued to ask: "What is the name of this young man?" ”

"It's called Li Xin."

Dong Cheng bent down and replied: "This Li Xin, after the house was burned, sneaked into the southern city of the capital, and the poem found by Tianmu Prison a few days ago should be from this Li Xin's handwriting." ”

Having said this, it comes to the crux of this matter, the key to this matter is Emperor Chengde's attitude towards Li Xin, if Emperor Chengde speaks, Li Xin slanders the king, then Li Xin will not be able to escape from this prison disaster, but if Emperor Chengde feels that Li Xin is not guilty, then Zongwei Mansion and Pingnan Hou Mansion will suffer some losses.

Emperor Chengde pondered for a moment, frowned, and said, "That's all? ”

Eunuch Dong took out a document from Jingzhao Mansion from his sleeve, handed it over with both hands, bowed down and said: "Back to Your Majesty, this is a document of Jingzhao Mansion ordering the burning of the wooden house in Beishan, which is one of the evidences of this matter, and this document does write about His Majesty's hunting in Beishan, judging from this document, it is ......"

Dong Cheng paused and continued.

"Jingzhao Mansion is suspected of discrediting His Majesty."

The topic has reached this point, and it can be regarded as a critical place, and Emperor Chengde asked the little eunuch around him to pass this document up, take it in his hand and start to examine it in detail.

If Li Xin was present, he would have found that this document was the one he handed to the Seventh Prince.

After reading this document, Emperor Chengde's face was a little not good-looking, if you look at this document, then Li Xin's poem is indeed not wrong, and the people of Jingzhao Mansion did burn a house that sold charcoal in his name.

Emperor Chengde threw this document aside with some annoyance, and said angrily: "Li Ye, who is a favor to the Pingnan Marquis Mansion, actually carried me as a banner, it is really unusual!" ”

"Tell me the will."

Dong Cheng knelt on his knees.

Emperor Chengde patted the table and said: "Jing Zhao Yin Li Ye, under the pretense of holy will, bullied the people, deeply disappointed in my hopes, and was cut by two levels and fined for one year, but still temporarily replaced Jing Zhaoyin. ”

Jing Zhao Yin Li Ye, now it is the third grade, and the cutting of two levels is directly the fourth grade, climbing above the court, each grade is as difficult as climbing to the sky, and cutting two levels in a row can be said to be an extremely heavy punishment.

However, still letting Li Ye do this position of Jing Zhaoyin shows that the Son of Heaven still values him, and the reduction is only temporary, and after a period of time, he will find a head official to reinstate him.

Eunuch Dong respectfully responded, then bowed his head and said, "Your Majesty, this Li Xin, do you want to arrest him?" ”

Emperor Chengde waved his hand: "Don't catch it, what people say is true, what to catch?" Later, you will go to the Pingnan Hou Mansion in person, and tell the lady of the Pingnan Hou Mansion that the capital is at the foot of the Son of Heaven, not a place for her to play petty, and if she does this nonsense again, I will accept her fateful identity. ”

Speaking of this, Emperor Chengde snorted angrily: "A lady of the Hou Mansion has no tolerance for people, and there is no sense of proportion, and the people of Jingzhao Mansion are also what she can use casually?" ”

In fact, having said this, it can be seen that this Emperor Chengde still has a preference for the Pingnan Hou Mansion, if an ordinary official makes this kind of mistake, at least he will be punished and demoted, and even cause trouble, but at the head of the Pingnan Hou Mansion, the Chengde Emperor just sent someone to reprimand a few words.

After Dong Cheng went down to do something, Emperor Chengde put aside the paperwork at hand, picked up the big-character poster written by Li Xin next to him, and smiled at the big eunuch Chen Ju behind him: "Li Shen, this guy, actually has a son outside, and his son's literary talent is not bad, compared to his father, he is much stronger." ”

Chen Ju bowed his head and said: "The Marquis of Pingnan is not in the capital, the Jade Lady in the Marquis of Pingnan's Mansion, after suffering this loss, most of them will not let go of Li Xin, and they still want to attack this young man." ”

Emperor Chengde squinted his eyes and said: "Dong Cheng went to scold her a few words, she should be able to restrain a little, but it really can't be done, just let the internal guard send someone to protect him by his side." ”

Emperor Chengde nodded and said indifferently: "Then let's do it, before Li Shen comes back, send someone from the inner guard to follow Li Xin, don't let that jealous Jade lady hurt him." ”

Chen Ju nodded respectfully.

The internal guard supervisor is also one of the eight eunuchs, who holds the main military power in the palace, and is one bright and one dark with the Tianmu supervisor, which can be regarded as the right and left hand of the Son of Heaven in Chengde.

Chen Ju nodded in response.

Emperor Chengde smiled and spoke.

"Li Shen went to southern Xinjiang alone to be chic and happy, and now I want me to wipe his buttocks."

"Chen Ju."

The great eunuch Chen Ju put down the things in his hand, bowed down and said, "The old slave is here." ”

Emperor Chengde smiled.

"Take pen and ink, I want to write a letter to the general Li Shen who is on the front line."

"By the way, he suddenly has a son of fifteen or sixteen."