Originally, although Li Xin was the son of Li Shen, the Marquis of Pingnan, he did not have much importance in the eyes of the Son of Heaven, that is to say, whether this person was dead or alive, Emperor Chengde did not care about it, and the reason why he applied for the Pingnan Marquis Mansion was because the Pingnan Marquis Mansion and the Jingzhao Mansion did evil in the name of the Son of Heaven, and sent someone to protect Li Xin, but he just did it casually, simply because he didn't want the son of his old friend Li Shen to die in the capital inexplicably.

However, since Emperor Chengde intervened in this matter, he represented the will of the Son of Heaven, even if he only symbolically sent two people to protect Li Xin, as long as the people were sent out, the people in the capital could not help but give face to the Son of Heaven.

Now, the little marquis of the Pingnan Marquis Mansion seriously injured Li Xin in front of the internal guards, and this behavior is no different from slapping the emperor in the face.

You must know that just two days ago, Emperor Chengde personally sent Dong Cheng, the eunuch of Tianmu Prison, to apply for Pingnanhou Mansion, and just two days later, Pingnanhou Mansion did this kind of thing!

This is clearly against the Son of Heaven!

Emperor Chengde put down the ancient book in his hand, glanced at the internal guard kneeling at the bottom of the steps, and said indifferently: "Are you sure it's the hand of Li Chun from the Pingnan Hou Mansion?" ”

Emperor Chengde and Li Shen, Marquis of Pingnan, are good friends, what is the name of the prince of Pingnan Marquis's Mansion, he is naturally clear, and even when Li Chun was born, Emperor Chengde, who was still the prince at the time, personally held this child.

This tall internal guard bowed his head respectfully: "Back to Your Majesty, it is the hand of the little marquis of the Pingnan Hou Mansion, and he saw it with his own eyes with Zhou Cheng." ”

The two internal guards are responsible for protecting Li Xin's internal guards, the one who sent Li Xinhu to find the doctor is called Zhou Cheng, and the one who comes back to report the news is called Sun Jing.

Naturally, the two of them didn't see Li Chun hurt Li Xin with their own eyes, but in order to shirk the responsibility, both of them could only bite to death, this matter was done by the little marquis, otherwise His Majesty and the father-in-law of the internal guard prison would be held accountable, and they would not be able to explain.

Emperor Chengde's face became not very good-looking.

He snorted and said, "Li Shen is not in the capital, and his family members are becoming more and more disagreeable. ”

The last time the Pingnan Marquis Mansion attacked Li Xin, Emperor Chengde didn't think that the Pingnan Marquis Mansion had done anything out of the ordinary, it was nothing more than that he shouldn't be hunting in the North Mountain, but this time, what the Pingnan Marquis Mansion did really made this son of heaven a little annoyed.

He is the Son of Heaven, and a word, or even a look, can influence the movements in the capital, but now, he personally sent someone to warn the Pingnan Hou Mansion, but the people of the Pingnan Hou Mansion took his words as a deaf ear!

Emperor Chengde slowly closed his eyes and said, "That Li Xin, is he seriously injured?" ”

Sun Jing knelt on the ground and didn't dare to raise his head.

"Back to Your Majesty, Li Xingongzi was smashed on the head by the little marquis with a chair, and he didn't wake up on the spot, and the lowly rank only saw him lying in a pool of blood, as for what it looks like now, the lowly position is not very clear."

Emperor Chengde was expressionless, and waved his hand: "You go down, take a imperial doctor from the palace, take a look at Li Xin's injuries, and try to save his life." ”

Anyway, Li Xin is also Li Shen's son, and Emperor Chengde takes a fancy to Li Shen, an old friend of the hidden palace, so he doesn't want Li Xin to die like this.

Sun Jing kowtowed respectfully.

"Let's go."

After Sun Jing bent over and withdrew from the warm pavilion, Emperor Chengde's face was still not very good-looking, he picked up the ancient books on the table and continued to flip through them.

"Chen Ju, did you say that this Li Chun of the Pingnan Hou Mansion made a mistake on impulse, or did he deliberately rebel against me?"

Chen Ju, the chief eunuch of the inner chamberlain, had been standing behind Emperor Chengde, listening to the whole thing in his ears, and the big eunuch with pale hair bent down and said: "Back to the master, this little marquis of the Pingnan Marquis Mansion has a good reputation in the capital, and I haven't heard of what kind of people it is." ”

Emperor Chengde said displeasedly: "You mean, he deliberately rebelled against me? ”

Chen Ju shook his head and said: "This little marquis is not a stupid person, naturally he does not dare to disobey His Majesty, this time I should not know that His Majesty sent internal guards to protect Li Xin, and secondly, it is impulsive, Pingnan Marquis Mansion has been very understanding of the rules all these years, Li Chun will not, and he does not dare to disobey His Majesty." ”

Emperor Chengde sneered: "I only handed over an edict to the Pingnan Marquis Mansion two days ago, let them settle down, this little thing will come out to make trouble today, I don't know that there is internal security protection, can I hurt people, if it wasn't for the internal guards to follow this time, this Li Xin would not have been beaten to death by him?" These two mothers and sons are clearly pampered and arrogant, and they don't look at me as the son of heaven! ”

Having said this, even Chen Ju, the great eunuch, didn't dare to speak for the Pingnan Hou Mansion, he lowered his head and said: "What the master said is that the Pingnan Hou Mansion is really out of line, and the master means ......"

Emperor Chengde snorted.

"I'm here, waiting for that little thing from the Li family to ask me for guilt, if he doesn't give me a decent explanation, I'll have to ask for an explanation for that Li Xin and the Pingnan Hou Mansion!"

Chen Ju nodded and said respectfully, "Your Majesty said yes." ”

In the high-level circles of power, there is often a set of unwritten rules, although these rules are not on the table, but everyone knows them.

After Li Chun returned to the Pingnan Hou Mansion, he explained the situation to his mother, Mrs. Yu, who slapped Li Chun twice, and directly asked Li Chun to be tied up with hemp rope, and then the lady of the Pingnan Hou Mansion turned out her life clothes and personally led her son to the gate of the imperial city to ask for guilt.

The little marquis of Pingnan Houfu, who is suave on weekdays, was tied by his mother with hemp rope, and then held this little marquis by his hand, this scene was seen by the dignitaries and nobles in Yongle Fang, Li Chun's face turned red, but he didn't dare to refute, he could only lower his head, and was honestly led by Mrs. Yu, after more than half an hour, the mother and son knelt at the gate of the imperial city, kowtowing and asking for guilt.

No matter what the result of the follow-up treatment of this matter is, after this incident, Li Chun can be regarded as losing face in the capital.

The princes and nobles in Yongle Fang saw this scene, and they were all talking about it in private, not knowing what trouble this prince of the Pingnan Marquis Mansion had caused.

The mother and son knelt from the afternoon to the evening, until the sky was completely dark, the Son of Heaven still did not summon him, and Mrs. Yu was expressionless, still kneeling respectfully at the gate of the palace.

It wasn't until around the time of the unitary that an old eunuch with a slow pace slowly walked in front of the mother and son, and the old eunuch stopped and said to Mrs. Yu: "Mrs. Li, Your Majesty said that it is cold at night and it is easy to freeze, you can go back." ”

Madame Yu glanced up at the old eunuch, still kneeling on the ground, her cold teeth chattering.

"Father-in-law Chen, this time the dog was framed by the villain, please report it on behalf of the concubine, the concubine and the dog will meet Your Majesty and explain this matter clearly!"

The person who came was the chief eunuch in the palace, Chen Ju, the old eunuch bent over and said slowly: "Your Majesty is very angry about this matter......

Madam Yu wept and said, "Grandpa Chen, the concubine can be explained clearly to Your Majesty!" ”

A faint smile appeared on Chen Ju's face.

"Mrs. Li, it's Layuetian, you kneel here at night, if someone dies, our family can't afford to bear it."

Madame Yu looked up at Chen Ju.

The big eunuch in this palace said indifferently: "Mrs. Li, this matter has little to do with you, you can go back first, as for Ling Gongzi, kneel here and kneel here, Your Majesty is angry, and will naturally meet him." ”

Li Chun on the side was also cold and his face turned blue, he lowered his head, gritted his teeth and said, "Mother, go back quickly, my son is kneeling here alone......"