Li Xuan was sitting behind the seat, holding a bronze wine bottle in her hand. Her eyes were fixed on the wine bottle, but her ears were perked up, listening to Pei Yan's explanation.
He believed that at this moment, the emperor on the high platform was also waiting for Pei Yan's explanation.
Today, the emperor deliberately sat Pei Yan and Li Jingye together so that they could explain the matter clearly in person.
After all, one is the central official, the Minister of Punishment, and the other is the governor of Meizhou, the grandson of the God of War Li Ji.
If there was anyone here who had different intentions and connected with the King of East China Sea, the emperor would immediately be in extreme danger.
Especially Li Jingye, although he only suffered an unreasonable disaster, he and Xue Zhang were classmates. Out of their friendship, he temporarily let him live in another courtyard of his house. Who would have thought that Xue Zhang could be easily taken advantage of by the King of East China Sea? Li Jingye Only then was the corner of his clothes hooked.
Pei Yan, on the other hand, was deeply involved in this case. Xue Zhongzhang was his nephew, and it was he who arranged for Xue Zhongzhang to follow Li Xuan to Yangzhou as a secretary. It was he who personally established the relationship with Xue Zhongzhang and transferred him to the Hangzhou Law Cao to join the army.
It was him again who asked him to secretly give a secret order to the doctor of the Ministry of Punishment to investigate the collusion between the major families in Hangzhou and the officials and the King of East China Sea.
Unfortunately, Xue Zhongzhang was stupid enough to directly expose this secret order.
After that, it caused a series of disturbances.
If Li Xuan hadn't finally found out that someone in Hangzhou's official circles was indeed a member of the King of the East China Sea, I'm afraid this matter would not have been suppressed so easily.
But it happened that it was Wei Wenxu of Xiaoshan County who was found to be a subordinate of the King of Donghai. He was very close to Xue Zhang in Hangzhou and even gave him a valuable manor.
Xue Zhang's stupidity not only made Pei Yan wear a hat of unknown people, but also exposed all his previous operations.
In early September, Pei Yan had already begun arranging for Xue Zhang to be transferred to Hangzhou. Why?
At that time, it had just been revealed that King Donghai was a descendant of Prince Yin Jiancheng. What did Pei Yan know?
What on earth does he want to do?
A series of questions flashed through Li Xuan's heart. He believed that the emperor also had a series of questions to ask in his heart, even more than what Li Xuan thought.
In particular, the emperor did not hide this matter. Instead, he asked Prince Li Xian to directly confront the two people in front of countless ministers. From this, the emperor's dissatisfaction was clearly revealed.
Pei Yan did not dare to raise his head to look at the emperor and Empress Wu, or even the prince. He just glanced at Li Xuan, who was sitting there, pretending to be drunk, and stared at Li Xuan on the wine bottle.
Then, Pei Yan spoke: "Your Highness, the matter of Erlang was indeed handled properly by me. Originally, the King of Nanchang put down the uprising of the Tianyin Sect in Muzhou. I should have gone to the King of Nanchang to ask him about the matter involving the King of Yue in person, but later he appeared again. Liu Guangye’s incident was therefore sent to Erlang to investigate, but I never thought that Erlang had been in the capital for many years. He did not realize that the place was dangerous, mistakenly believed in evil people, and then dealt with it properly. In the end, he died in the Weihe River..."
When Pei Yan finished speaking, his expression of sadness was clearly visible.
Li Xuan was already sitting there with a dull expression.
It was as if he was not the person who was connected by Pei Yan's words with the King of Yue, the son of the county lord Wenxi, and the King of Donghai just now.
"King of Nanchang." Li Xian came back sideways, and Li Xuan suddenly came to his senses, and then quickly stood up: "I am here!"
Li Xian suddenly laughed, waved his hand, turned to look at Pei Yan, and said: "In the Tianyin Sect case, the matter involving the King of Yue has been reported to the King of Nanchang and dealt with in the palace, but Pei Qing didn't know That's all, if Pei Qing needs it, the palace can give Pei Qing the official files to review."
"I don't dare." Pei Yan immediately raised his hands in fear.
"I don't dare, so I just thought about it." Li Xian shook his head in amusement and said sideways: "Erlang, I will leave this matter to you."
When everyone looked up, they discovered that standing next to Li Xian was Xue Yao, the son of Xue Yuanchao, the doctor who was admonishing him.
Although they are both Xue Erlang, the difference between Prince She and Secretary Lang is not that big.
The expressions of Pei Yan and Li Jingye suddenly became serious.
You know, what the two of them said just now almost put the blame on Xue Zhongzhang.
After all, Xue Zhongzhang is dead, and the dead have no right to speak.
It is perfectly normal to be framed and slandered.
But it happened that the person who was being slandered was not only Pei Yan's nephew, he was also a descendant of the Xue family in Hedong.
Xue Yao seemed not to have heard the slander Pei Yan and Li Jingye had slandered against Xue Zhongzhang. He just said sincerely to Li Xian, "Wei Chen accepts the order!"
After Li Xian finished speaking, he looked at Pei Yan and Li Jingye with satisfaction, smiled, and said: "Now that the matter has been made clear, I will have a drink with my two beloved princes, King Nanchang."
Li Xuan immediately picked up the wine bottle. Li Xian had already drank all the wine in the bottle, smiled, and then walked towards Dou Xuande.
Li Xuan put down the wine bottle and let the maid pour him wine. He bowed slightly to Pei Yan and Li Jingye before sitting down.
Pei Yan and Li Jingye sat down at the same time, and the expressions on their faces were not much relieved, because it was not Li Xian who made the decision on this matter, but the emperor Li Zhi who was sitting above.
The connection with the King of East China Sea directly aroused Li Zhi's most sensitive nerve. Empress Wu did not dare to talk to Li Zhi about this matter, and would even try her best to help him investigate the truth of the matter. .
There was no sound from above, and neither the Emperor nor Empress Wu said anything more.
But everyone knows that this is not over yet.
For a moment, I don’t know how many eyes lingered on Li Xuan, Pei Yan and Li Jingye.
…
Prince Li Xian finished toasting among the ministers, and his steps were a little dazed, but he still insisted on toasting to many foreign ministers, and finally returned to the kings.
Sure enough, the kings are their own people.
King Li Yuanjia of Han directly forced someone to pour a cup of hot tea for the prince and asked him to slow down the drinking. Then he turned to look at the kings and shouted in a deep voice: "Drink less."
"Here!" Regarding this head of the clan, all the kings present were silent.
Li Xian looked on with a smile. He did not act drunkenly like others, but stood with a calm smile.
After seeing this, the officials inside and outside couldn't help but admire in their hearts.
Wine reflects character.
Why is the prince Li Xian so mellow and his character is not inferior to the filial emperor Li Hong?
While he was talking, Li Xian had already arrived in front of Li Xuan. He deliberately asked people to fill up the wine and toasted to Li Xuan: "Uncle Wang, Xian, here is a toast to Uncle Wang!"
"Thank you, Your Highness." Li Xuan did not hesitate, immediately picked up the wine glass, and drank it down with Li Xian.
Li Xian said a little naively: "If Uncle Wang has nothing to do on weekdays, you might as well take Aunt Wang to the East Palace for a walk. Xian and the Crown Princess will definitely greet each other."
Li Xuan raised her eyebrows and subconsciously leaned closer and said, "What, the Queen is urging me again?"
"Yeah!" Li Xian had a wry smile on his face.
Li Xuan's face suddenly became solemn, there was nothing trivial about the royal family.
A big reason why Li Xian was later deposed was because he had been married for several years without a son.
The eldest grandson of Emperor Gaozong and Empress Wu turned out to be Li Xian's son. There are too many things that can be said and things that cannot be said about this.
Li Xuan thought for a while and then said: "I heard that the hot springs in Huaqing Pool are quite warm. If Your Highness is free, you might as well stay in Huaqing Pool with the Crown Princess for a while, preferably more than one month. It is the annual vacation now, so Your Highness might as well go and relax. But it’s best to do it at the end of September or early October every year, when it’s harvested in autumn and stored in winter, and blooms in spring and summer.”
Li Xian suddenly raised his eyebrows, took half a step back, cupped his hands and said: "Uncle Wang is indeed a sincere gentleman, Xian is extremely grateful... If officials in both the government and the public could be like Uncle Wang, loyal to the king's affairs and honest in reporting, then my father would be the same." No need to be so tired."
Li Xuan was stunned for a moment, then looked at Xue Yao to the side. Xue Yao nodded slightly. Li Xuan's mouth twitched, but she still held her hands solemnly and said: "Your Highness is overly complimentary. Everything is the duty of an minister."
"It's a good duty, but there are still countless people who can't do it." Li Xian sighed, then approached Li Xuan and whispered: "As for San Lang, please ask Uncle Wang to take care of him."
After saying that, without waiting for Li Xuan's reply, Li Xian turned around and walked towards Prince Han.
Li Xuan couldn't help but be stunned. What did Li Xian's last sentence mean? Li Xian asked him to take care of it.
Immediately, Li Xuan slightly cupped his hands and sat down again.
What happened today was really unexpected.
The matter of Pei Yan and Li Jingye seemed to give them a chance to explain, and the emperor didn't say much, but this was all based on the condition that nothing happened in the future.
From now on, if even a little bit of the East China Sea King's involvement falls on them, both of them will be in bad luck. This matter will definitely not be easy to get over.
Especially the incident with the Leng family years ago, as well as Xue Zhongzhang's murder and Wen Xu's escape.
Not to mention, so far, the Criminal Department has not found any trace of the King of East China Sea.
Now, the matter of concealing the crown princess is about to start again.
Li Xuan lowered his head slightly. These were matters between Pei Yan and Li Jingye. Although Li Xuan was involved in some of them, it didn't matter much.
The problem lies in what Li Xian said, "A sincere gentleman, loyal to the king's affairs, and honest in reporting." The key lies in the last sentence.
Honest report.
Since the death of Emperor Li Hong last year, Li Xuan left Luoyang and sent a memorial to the East Palace basically every three days.
Later, after Li Xuan's wedding, this time was changed to once every seven days. Although the time was extended, the performance still continued.
The contents are all what Li Xuan saw and heard on a daily basis, and how he handled the situation. Even the battle at Meiling Pass and Muzhou was done without any delay. He tried to restore the truth to Li Xian as much as possible.
Because the memorial might fall into the hands of Empress Wu and the emperor, Li Xuan was very cautious in the memorial, distinguishing the priorities and the severity. Some sensitive matters were basically reported truthfully.
Of course, Li Xuan was not that honest, but even Yu Ze didn't know many of the things he did in private, and it was even less possible for him to report them to the East Palace.
However, Li Xuan really did not expect that the emperor would send someone to review the contents of his memorial.
Yes, that's what Li Xian said just now.
The emperor's heart is too deep.
Fortunately, Li Xuan knew that the memorial would definitely fall into the hands of the emperor and Empress Wu, so whenever anyone could find out, he would report it as truthfully as possible to prevent anyone from getting the slightest clue.
Now that the results of the emperor's review have come out, the label of "a sincere gentleman, loyal to the king, and honest in reporting" has been pinned on his head. On the contrary, Li Xian's words also have connotations for others.
For example, Pei Yan and Li Jingye stood opposite Li Xuan.
(End of chapter)
