Zhenguan Han-in-law

Chapter 572 Crisis
Chapter 568

Li Chengqian asked Su Mei to go to the palace with him, mainly to talk about the management of internal funds. Empress Changsun didn't have that much experience to manage so many properties of the royal family. After all, she needed to show her face.
As a queen, it must be inappropriate. It stands to reason that it is also handed over to Su Mei for management. It was handed over to her before, but many things happened, so it was taken back.
Now Li Chengqian is also thinking about other ideas. He hopes that after Su Mei manages the royal family's internal funds, he can get money from those workshops by cooperating with the shares they received. As long as Wei Hao is not in Chang'an, what will he do? , and not that scared, after all, not everyone knows about those workshops.

Soon, Su Mei and Li Chengqian arrived at the Lizheng Hall.And the queen has just finished dealing with some things in the workshop.

"But something?" Empress Changsun sat there, looked at Su Mei and asked.

"It's like this. I heard that there are a lot of things going on in the workshop, so I want to come over and help out. I don't know what I can do!" Su Mei sat there, looking at the eldest grandson queen and said up.

"Well, not now, many workshops have stopped working, if Lizhi is here, she can help, but now, she has gone to Luoyang, you are not familiar with those workshops, um, let the city now Let Yang take care of it!" Empress Changsun said as she picked up a teacup and drank tea.
Princess Chengyang is Li Lizhi's younger sister, named Li Lixian. Although she is not big now, she is still very slim, and she can also help Empress Changsun manage those workshops.

"It's not good for the mother to let the younger sister take care of it. At that time, the younger sister will also need to marry. After getting married, she will have to change. It's better to let Su Mei take care of it. This will also stabilize the workshop, right?" Li Chengqian Immediately speaking, Empress Changsun heard it and looked at Li Chengqian.

Li Chengqian didn't know what the queen mother meant by staring at him like this?I was a little nervous, so I asked, "Queen Mother, is there anything I need to tell my son!"

After hearing this, Empress Changsun pondered for a moment, and then said, "You and the queen mother are honest, did you participate in the acquisition of those workshops?"

"Ah, queen mother, no, I really don't have any son!" Li Chengqian immediately denied it when he heard it.

"Empress Changsun is still staring at Li Chengqian, and she also hopes that he will admit it, so that she can still hold on to hope!

"Queen, what did you hear?" Su Mei hurriedly asked the eldest grandson empress.

"I've heard a little bit about it. The warrior Xun has bought a lot. I heard that he is your guest now?" Empress Changsun still stared at Li Chengqian and asked.

"Mother, really not, he came to see his daughter Wu Mei!" Li Chengqian denied again.

"That would be the best. Do you know that Qing Que came back from Luoyang? Did you start work on several workshops?" Empress Changsun stared at Li Chengqian and asked.

"I know, Qingque still has some ability!" Li Chengqian nodded.

"Next, he is going to deal with those who bought the workshops and shut down those workshops. He is the one who will be damaged. He is the prefect of Jingzhao. If the people have nothing to do, Qingque will not agree, you better not, otherwise, Qingque will definitely keep an eye on you!" Empress Changsun stared at Li Chengqian and said,
Li Chengqian's heart skipped a beat when he heard it. He knew that Li Tai would definitely stare at him, but he also bought it. How did he persuade those workshop owners to come back to produce? Could it be that Wei Hao helped him? If so, Then why don't I also go to Luoyang to let Wei Hao persuade those people to come back and manage the workshop?
"Okay, I can handle the matter of internal money now. In addition, Xian'er let Li Zhi take care of her for a while before, and there are some people left to assist Xian'er. It is estimated that there is no problem. You just take care of it." Well, just take care of your own affairs, and you don’t have to worry about money matters!" Empress Changsun sat there, waved at them and said, Su Mei looked at Li Chengqian after hearing this.

"Empress Mother, I don't understand, why don't you let Su Mei manage it? Su Mei made a mistake before, but now she has changed. As a princess, why can't she manage the internal money?" Li Chengqian sat there , asked a little unconvinced.

"Are you questioning this palace?" Empress Changsun glared at Li Chengqian at this moment, so frightened Li Chengqian stood up quickly, cupped his hands and said: "My mother misunderstood, my son dare not, I just hope that Su Mei can share the mother's complicated affairs !"

"There's nothing complicated now. It's just that those workshops are closed now, and they will resume work eventually. The queen mother is also trying to figure out a way! It's okay, you can go back if you have nothing to do!" Empress Changsun said a little annoyed at the moment,

For Li Chengqian, she was also a little disappointed. She already had definite evidence from her side, proving that Li Chengqian was also involved in the acquisition of shares, but Li Chengqian just refused to admit it, which made her a little confused about what to do with Li Chengqian?You can't force him to admit it, can you?It can't be said that if he doesn't admit it now, he still has to tell him what to do?If Li Chengqian admits it, at most he will be scolded, and Empress Changsun will continue to wipe his ass, but now, Li Chengqian doesn't even give him this chance!

"Yes, Queen Mother, my son and minister will leave!" Li Chengqian said helplessly to Empress Changsun, Empress Changsun nodded and said nothing else, then Su Mei followed Li Chengqian out of the Lizheng Hall,

Along the way, Su Mei didn't say a word, just looked at Li Chengqian who was walking in front, and when she got out of the palace and reached the boundary of the East Palace, Su Mei said from behind: "Your Highness, you are the crown prince!"

When Li Chengqian heard this sentence, he thought he heard it wrong, so he turned to look at Su Mei and scolded, "What are you talking about?"

"I'm not talking nonsense. Today, the empress mother looked at you with disappointment. In addition, the emperor was disappointed with you before, and Shen Yong was disappointed with you. The three most important people are all disappointed with you. Your Highness, what do you think? , How long can you sit in this position?" Su Mei stood there, looking at Li Chengqian and asked.

"Impossible, no one knows about this! Why is the queen mother disappointed in Gu?" Li Chengqian still said in disbelief.

"Who else doesn't know about this matter? Is there any absolute secret among the court officials? There is a warrior Xun to help you handle it. Now you dote on the daughter of the warrior Xun, and everyone knows it. Do you need to say anything else?

Even if it has nothing to do with you this time, people outside will think that the samurai 彟 was bought for you, even if you jump into the Yellow River, you won't be able to wash it away. Your Highness, please respect yourself, reflect on yourself, and come back from your mistakes instead of continuing to go your own way , Regardless of the consequences, how many of the officials in the Eastern Palace have told you the truth now? Besides, you haven’t noticed that there are fewer and fewer memorials coming to the Eastern Palace now? "Su Mei stared at Li Chengqian and asked,
Li Chengqian's heart skipped a beat, as if it was true, these past few days, there were very few memorials, and among the six volumes, it seemed that no important memorials had been sent.

"Maybe there is nothing important, why do you think about it?" Li Chengqian still said stubbornly.

"I hope, Chenqie and you are married, and Chenqie doesn't want you to get into trouble, but that Wu Mei is a big trouble. Of course, if you think I'm afraid of her, I'm jealous of her, then If I didn't say it, anyway, since Wu Mei came to the East Palace, the East Palace has started to go downhill!" Su Mei sighed,
Then I didn't care about Li Chengqian, and went directly to the harem of the East Palace, not caring about Li Chengqian's affairs, I said everything that should be said, whether I listen to it or not is Li Chengqian's own business, at worst, I am an ordinary princess, and I have nothing to do I'm sorry about the matter of the royal family. I think His Majesty will be able to spare her life by then. She has given up hope for Li Chengqian.
Especially today, the empress mother looked at Li Chengqian with disappointment in her eyes. Su Mei knew that the general situation was over, Li Chengqian's position was in jeopardy, and the position of prince could change at any time, but Li Chengqian didn't know all this.

In the evening, Li Chengqian was also sitting in the study, thinking about Su Mei's affairs, because tonight, whether there were many memorials coming, and the memorials sent were all small things, things that could be approved or not. There is no memorial to the workshop,

He has heard that many ministers have now issued impeachment memorials, asking His Majesty to investigate what happened in the workshop and why the work was suspended on a large scale. To solve this matter, but none of these memorials came to the East Palace. I am afraid that they were sent to Chengtian Palace by the Ministry of Zhongshu, but not to the East Palace!
"Your Highness, what's bothering you?" Wu Mei came over at this moment, looked at Li Chengqian and asked.

"Oh, it's okay, it's mainly because I'm okay, so I'm sitting here in a daze!" Li Chengqian said with a forced smile when he saw Wu Mei coming.

"But you don't have to worry about the workshop. Your Highness doesn't need to worry about it. If the workshop owners don't come back, and even say to open a workshop in Luoyang, His Majesty will definitely have opinions on Xia Guogong." Wu Mei said, looking at Li Chengqian with a smile.

"It's impossible to have opinions on Wei Hao. You don't know. Shenyong went to Luoyang, and there are more important things to do. Go there to develop the workshop there. That's second. The most important thing is to solve the food crisis. Now the population of my Tang Dynasty is increasing too fast, and within a few years, the farmers in the Tang Dynasty will not be able to produce enough food, and then there will be trouble!" Li Chengqian waved his hand and said in disbelief,
I knew very well in my heart that my father trusted Wei Hao very much, and it was impossible to punish Wei Hao for such a thing. Besides, those workshops in Chang'an City were originally established by Wei Hao, and now they have stopped working. If you want to go to Luoyang for construction, you can't blame the father. For the father, the tax has not been reduced. Why should you blame Wei Hao?
"This?" Wu Mei was also taken aback when she heard the news.

"Remember, Father trusts Shen Yong the most, even far more than Gu. Father will be wary of Gu, but he will never be wary of Shen Yong, because Shen Yong doesn't want to be an official at all. Also, you Don't say that Shen Yong is wrong in front of Gu, Shen Yong is too important to my Tang Dynasty, Gu will use Shen Yong again in the future, he is a great talent!" Li Chengqian reminded Wu Mei.

"Yes, Your Highness, the servant girl didn't speak ill of Duke Xia, but said that now that those workshops are closed, the servant girl is also worried for His Highness, right?" Wu Mei immediately argued, and Li Chengqian nodded. He didn't say anything else, but continued Thinking about something, Wu Mei saw him like this, and didn't speak any more, but stood quietly by the side, making tea for Li Chengqian,

In the middle of the night, Li Chengqian returned to the harem, thought for a while, and went to Su Mei's bedroom. Su Mei was taken aback when she saw him coming. Li Chengqian hadn't been to her bedroom for a while.

"Your Highness, why did you come to this concubine tonight?" Su Mei said with a smile.

"I'm upset, come to sit here!" Li Chengqian said and sat down, Su Mei immediately retreated the servants, and ran a cup of tea for Li Chengqian.

"Tell me, if Gu wants to go to Luoyang, but if Gu wants to go to Luoyang, he needs to tell his father! What's the reason? Help Gu think about it!" Li Chengqian looked up at Su Mei and asked.

"Your Highness, what's the use of going to Luoyang? Do you think that Shen Yong will help you at this time? Don't forget that those workshops are Shen Yong's painstaking efforts. Now you have abolished his hard work. You let him help you." You, those other workshop owners had an agreement with Wei Hao at the beginning, the royal family protected them, they handed over [-]% of the shares and kept [-]% of the shares,

It is only a little over a year now, and those shares are gone. Shen Yong owes those workshop owners a debt. At this time, you asked Shen Yong to persuade them to come back. Do you think Shen Yong will go back? "Su Mei sat down, looked at Li Chengqian and said.

"But why did Qingque let those workshops resume work?" Li Chengqian immediately asked.

"You have asked clearly. Do you know what price Qingque paid? Those workshop owners can't come back without benefit!" Su Mei asked Li Chengqian back, Li Chengqian was stunned for a moment, then sat there and sighed.

"At the beginning, Shen Yong seemed to have reminded you, but you didn't go. In addition, Shen Yong went to Luoyang, and you also went to Lizheng Hall to chat with father and mother. They didn't want those princes to participate. Now that you're involved, are you scared?

The concubine doesn't know whose slander you have listened to, you don't look at other people, you just look at Li Jing's mansion, you only look at Cheng Yaojin's mansion, do you think they participated?They are the ones who know Wei Hao's thoughts best, and if they didn't get involved, it means that it's not okay to do so. Those who gave you this suggestion, damn it, and they are also pushing you to a dead end! "Su Mei stared at Li Chengqian and said fiercely, feeling extremely disappointed in her heart.
Those ministers' opinions, Shenyong's opinions, mother's empress and father's emperor's warnings were not heeded, and they actually listened to a servant girl, isn't this courting death?

"Hey, then tell me, what should Gu do now?" Li Chengqian sighed again, looked at Su Mei and asked.

"I don't know, the concubine doesn't know, the concubine is just a woman hiding in the deep palace, how can she know the news outside? How can I help you analyze it, anyway, the concubine knows, if you can't gain Shen Yong's trust, then, your highness The position of crown prince will change sooner or later. You warned your concubines to trust Wei Hao before, but instead, it came to your side. You don’t trust Shen Yong, or in other words, you listened to a servant girl’s words, and gradually fell in love with Shen Yong. Far away!" Su Mei also sighed,

Then the two sat in the living room without talking, very depressed,

But in Yuewang Mansion, Li Tai is very happy at this moment. He is writing hard now, writing impeachment memorials, impeaching Li Chengqian, impeaching Li Ke, impeaching other princes, and impeaching those businessmen and aristocratic families, except of course Wei Family,

Anyway, the impeachment memorials are one after another, and Li Tai is getting more and more excited as he writes, thinking that tomorrow, he will hand over the impeachment memorials to his father, and then ask his father to explain to himself that such a big incident happened under his rule. The Ministry of Civil Affairs and the Ministry of Punishment need to give themselves an explanation, otherwise, they would quit and write until late at night.

In the early morning of the next day, Li Tai arrived at the Lizheng Hall early. At the Lizheng Hall, Dai Zhou, Minister of Civil Affairs, Li Daozong, Minister of Punishment, and Li Xiaogong, Minister of Military Affairs, were there. , They also have important things to meet with Saint Li Shimin.

"Everyone, is there something important?" At this time, Wang De came down from upstairs and asked the ministers below.

"Yes, Eunuch Wang, I have something important to tell my father, so please inform me!" Li Tai said immediately when he saw that Wang De had come down.

"His Royal Highness the King of Yue will go first. His Highness the King of Yue still has to manage the affairs of the Jingzhao Mansion, and now the Jingzhao Mansion is in a mess!" Fang Xuanling said at this time.

"Thank you for the shot!" Li Tai immediately handed over to Fang Xuanling, and Fang Xuanling smiled back.

"Okay, wait a moment, everyone!" Wang De said and went upstairs.

After a while, a little eunuch came down and greeted Li Tai to go up to the fifth floor. At this moment, Li Shimin was still reviewing the memorial.

"I have seen my father!" Li Tai said, cupping his hands.

"Well, is there something important? The Jingzhao Mansion's affairs have been resolved, and the common people's problems have been resolved?" Li Shimin looked up at Li Tai and asked.

"I want to impeach His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, the King of Shu, the Cui family, and Duke Ying." Li Tai took out all the impeachment memorials on him as he spoke, and Li Shimin was stunned to see what this kid wrote. How many impeachment memorials have been published.

"Father, these people are all involved in the acquisition of the workshop. If it weren't for them, the workshops in Jingzhao Mansion would not have stopped working, and now our people will not be idle. Please also ask Father Deal with it, and give an explanation to the people of Jingzhao Mansion!" After putting down the memorial, Li Tai cupped his hands at Li Shimin and said.

"You, do you have evidence?" Li Shimin looked at Li Tai and asked.

"Yes, there is evidence. Father will find out as soon as he investigates. Their messing around like this is equivalent to destroying the good situation of our Jingzhao Mansion in an instant, and causing heavy losses to the court. Father needs to be severely punished!" Li Tai handed over again Said seriously.

(End of this chapter)