As expected, this man could not make mistakes. Obviously, the sentimental impression Wang Chun gave him had an effect. In the past, Emperor Wen would not have asked himself this question.
Li Hao could only reply helplessly: "Your Majesty, I am really not that kind of person. How about your Majesty arrange for someone else to go? The third prince is still single. Let him accompany Ling Zicheng. Maybe two people will go there." We can all solve it together." After hearing this, Emperor Wen didn't doubt that Li Hao was philandering, but he had a new question: "You were one of the people who witnessed the incident of Yan returning to the pagoda. Don't worry, let Zicheng I have frequent contact with the third prince." Li Hao replied: "Of course I can rest assured. Who is Ling Zicheng? He has always had a firm mind. If he doesn't want to be associated with the third prince, how can he be convinced after meeting him a few times? Vice versa. Moreover, Ling Zicheng has always been personally trained by His Majesty, and I think I know his character and ability even more, so I trust Your Majesty." Regarding Li Hao's judgment, Emperor Wen also agreed, but because of the poor information, Emperor Wen I wonder if Li Hao is giving Ling Buyi eye drops.
Although the effect may not be very useful, after all, Emperor Wen's preference for Ling Buyi is indeed too strong, but if Ling Buyi finally decides to support the third prince, today's words about character will be able to leave some impression in Emperor Wen's heart. Grievance.
In the end, Emperor Wen may have felt that the third prince was more reliable than Li Hao when it came to treating little girls, so he planned to leave the matter to the third prince, and later asked Li Hao to resign.
After successfully dumping the blame, Li Hao was still very happy. After all, even though what Li Hao just said was so good, the probability is something that cannot be controlled after all. Who knows whether Ling Buyi will meet the one he likes in the end, so he should leave it to others. Get rid of the headache.
Ling Buyi didn't know at this time how much trouble Li Hao's words would cause him. Now he was still focused on checking the evidence submitted by Li Hao, and by the way, he also wanted to add some content he wanted to it.
Because at this time, he had already found Han Wu, the herald of the Huo family army, and learned from him that there might be something wrong with the miasma outside the isolated city.
After all, it stands to reason that miasma has the same effect on ordinary animals as it does on humans, and there is no issue of different treatment.
But in the isolated city, all the scouts who entered the miasma to investigate were poisoned to death, but the horses they rode were all safe. This was inconsistent with reality, and those scouts were all sent by Xiao Yuehou, so Ling had to let Ling There is no doubt that Xiao Yuehou had some shady thoughts back then.
It happened that when Ling Buyi was investigating this time, he found that behind the counterfeit coins, there was Xiao Yuehou's handiwork, so he thought of taking this opportunity to attack Xiao Yuehou and drag him into the quagmire.
Only in this way will Ling Buyi have the opportunity to verify the truth from Xiao Yuehou. But before that, Ling Buyi has one more thing to do, and that is to talk to Li Hao.
Because Ling Buyi didn't believe that Li Hao couldn't find out what he could find out now. He had already checked out Lord Wen Xiu and King Xiao Qian'an, but there was nothing about Xiao Yuehou.
In Yuan Mansion, after listening to Ling Buyi's questioning, Li Hao said unhurriedly: "I do know about Xiao Yuehou. It's just that we have to do things step by step. I can't hit Mian Tai all at once." Guang, your Majesty will not agree." After saying that, he ordered his servants to bring up the things that had been prepared in advance. Li Hao had already guessed that Ling Buyi was coming for this, so he had prepared them in advance.
After Ling Buyi took it, he checked them one by one, and finally confirmed that these were the beginning and end of Xiao Yuehou's counterfeit coins, which were much more perfect than what he had found.
And just when Ling Buyu was looking at these things, Li Hao said: "You can take these things away later, but I still want to advise you. Involving Xiao Yuehou in this matter also means that The Yue clan has been dragged into the quagmire, and coupled with the Xuan clan, which is already related to King Qian'an, you can't let His Majesty deal with both relatives at once. This is unrealistic and will only make His Majesty himself in the end. The plan that should be struck is finally lifted up high and put down gently." Regarding Li Hao's persuasion, Ling Buyi didn't understand the reason, but in order to find out the truth about Gucheng as soon as possible, he could only give it a try first. .
And even if he fails, he must at least let Emperor Wen know about Xiao Yuehou's mistake, because Ling Buyi understands the weight of Yue Concubine in Emperor Wen's heart. Unless Xiao Yuehou commits a serious crime of treason, there is a possibility of capturing Xiao Yuehou at once. It’s already slim.
It would be better to slowly accumulate Xiao Yuehou's crimes with Emperor Wen. After accumulating and destroying his bones, Emperor Wen will always be disgusted with him, and the Yue Concubine will no longer be able to protect him. That will be Ling Buyi's opportunity. .
So after getting these evidences, Ling Buyi got up and left, but before leaving, he asked one last question: "You didn't hand this evidence directly to His Majesty. Is the purpose really that simple? As far as I know, The business relationship between the Yuan family and Xiao Yuehou is very close." After hearing this, Li Hao only replied: "Who doesn't want to do profitable business? The Yuan family's business never lacks partners." Ling Buyi nodded and then He left directly. During this trip, he not only got the evidence he wanted, but also learned about the Yuan family's attitude from Li Hao.
After returning, Ling Buyi reorganized and perfected the evidence and took it to report to Emperor Wen.
What happened next was just as Li Hao said. After understanding all the events, Emperor Wen did not delve into the matter.
They only confiscated the copper mines in Shouchun and imprisoned Lord Wenxiu. As for Wang Chun, he was also punished with a fine and a reduction in his salary for negligence.
Then he allowed King Xiao Qian'an to defend himself, which was equivalent to giving King Xiao Qian'an an opportunity to shirk responsibility.
In fact, King Xiao Qian'an did this, but this evasion method seemed a little inferior, and he directly put all the problems on Wen Xiujun.
Sure enough, this is a guy who really doesn't take his sister seriously, and he doesn't have a bright mind. Even if Emperor Wen has already relented, why don't you just throw in a few unimportant outsiders and get this matter over with? Come on.
Why did he have to throw Mr. Wen Xiu out just for the so-called infallibility? He also lost people's hearts for nothing.
Of course, this does not include Wen Xiujun himself, because she was still trying to make up for Xiao Qianan Wang in the end, saying that he was doing it to take care of the overall situation and intended to follow up.
So in the end, Emperor Wen increased the punishment on Wen Xiujun, deprived her of her title, and completely placed her in a village outside the city, and she was not allowed to leave from then on.
As for Xiao Yuehou, although Emperor Wen did not point out that he was related to the counterfeit currency, he still found an excuse and took back part of his food as a warning.
To say that these are still routine and within the acceptable range, Wang Chun subsequently negotiated with Peng Kun to cancel the engagement in the name of a guilty person.
And Peng Kun didn't insist on this. After all, Emperor Wen didn't want to be involved in this matter, and he didn't want to cause trouble at this time. Moreover, he had never met Wang Yao in the first place, and he had no obsession.
Originally, this matter was considered normal until now, but when Emperor Wen decreed a marriage between Li Hao and Wang Yao and allowed Li Hao to marry Wang Yao as an equal wife, it caused a shock in the court.
After all, there were many concubines these days, but Emperor Wen was the only one who had two wives. Originally, this kind of violation of etiquette would make many ministers dissatisfied with it.
Only as time passed and Emperor Wen deliberately kept things secret, did the matter slowly disappear among the officials.
As a result, another person suddenly appeared, and those officials who opposed this matter immediately remembered what happened at the beginning.
I thought that last time it was because the target was Emperor Wen, so their performance was a little abnormal. This time, there are still people who want to destroy etiquette, so they must be severely criticized. Among them, Zuo Yushi jumped the most, and Emperor Wen must be punished. He withdrew his orders and severely punished Li Hao.
When Emperor Wen faced the officials' impeachment of Li Hao, he said nothing. He neither helped Li Hao stand up for him nor rebuked Li Hao according to the wishes of those people. He was just sitting back and watching the show.
There was no other way, so Li Hao had no choice but to go into battle shirtless. Anyway, there were every official in the capital, and they looked glamorous on the surface, but none of them had any trouble secretly.
Emperor Wen was unwilling to use these things to make a fuss because he wanted to maintain his identity. After all, the monarch and his ministers were different. If he used this method, he would undoubtedly lower his status, and then he would fall into an unrestricted relationship with his ministers. In the fight, he lost his transcendent status.
But Li Hao has no such worries. After all, everyone has the same status. Li Hao can do better what others can do.
In addition, apart from the group of opponents, Li Hao did not have no one to help him in the court. Not to mention the many generals Li Hao met through several battles, just the connections of the three families of Yuan, Qu and Liang in the court were enough.
Yes, this time the three families have unified their opinions and will support Li Hao on this matter. Not to mention the Yuan and Liang families, as two families related to Li Hao's blood, they are not firm on this matter.
The Qu family really has to thank Qu Lengjun for his help. She took the initiative to write a letter to express her attitude, and later worked hard to get her father and brother to agree.
Of course, although the Qu family agreed in the end, they also put forward a condition, which was Li Hao's promise that his eldest son must be the son of Lord Qu Leng, and he swore this promise in the ancestral hall.
For this reason, Li Hao's brother-in-law, who had difficulty moving, also set out from Hedong and rushed to the capital. After confirming that Qu Lengjun was not threatened, he began to personally urge Li Hao to take the oath.
