Lonely non-good minister

King Zhongshan drank tea, and Concubine Li was stunned: Is this enough to persuade you?
Xiao Shen continued: "Yesterday, my concubine received a letter from A Yuan's family, and asked the prince how he was. She said that the people in Zhaodi treated her as a fool. She suspected that Donggong was doing something bad on purpose, but she was afraid of crossing the line. Going to investigate and let others have a handle, so I entrusted the Tingwei Mansion to intervene, could it be that the Tingwei Mansion found out the matter of selling an official that the prince said?"

"East Palace tricks?" King Zhongshan's thoughts focused on this sentence. After thinking about it carefully, he became somewhat clear: "Song Shi and him acted separately. If he suffered a disadvantage in Zhao, then Song Shi But it will be beneficial."

Xiao Shen looked at him quietly, she had already led the direction, as for what to think, to what extent, it all depended on King Zhongshan himself.

After he murmured the result, Xiao Shen said: "I heard that the crown prince was banned from the East Palace. He is the crown prince of a country. Such a heavy punishment is not a good thing. The emperor ordered the prince to leave the capital. There must be other reasons." Intend."

The back house is not allowed to discuss politics, and Xiao Shen's words were almost finished with a red line, but King Zhongshan didn't care about these small details.

After he pondered for a long time, he almost figured it out in his heart, and knew that he had wronged Song Yuan, and his expression softened towards Xiao Shen: "This king almost wronged his son because of outsiders."

"With such a serious treatment, it's no wonder the prince thinks too much, and it's also A Yuan's fault. How could he not discuss with the prince in silence? The prince is busy, so he can't let the prince guess everything. I must tell her well. .” Xiao Shen patted his back for him.

King Zhongshan did not refuse this step, and stepped down: "Pack up your things, the account of the East Palace will be settled for a long time, and it is really inconvenient for us to be here."

Xiao Shen looked at Concubine Li, and Concubine Li who was stunned hurriedly responded.

After coming out of Mingtang, Concubine Li breathed a sigh of relief: "No wonder you have been favored for more than ten years, and your reaction is too fast. If you were to question me like this, I would only panic and beg for mercy. How can you say so?" Makes sense."

"Sister, look, my palms are also full of sweat." Xiao Shen held the handkerchief: "Over the past year, the prince has become a little more dissatisfied with A Yuan, and I live in trepidation. The children are outside. It’s hard work, can’t we just say a few good words for them?”

Concubine Li nodded slightly: "Since we have to leave, shouldn't the confinement of Summer Palace be lifted?"

"That's natural. Since we are returning to Zhongshan, there is no reason for the princess to keep her foot. I see that the prince is still angry. If my sister asks now, I'm afraid she will be reprimanded. Why don't you just go to the Summer Palace and tell the whole story, and ask the princess to preside over it?" .”

Concubine Li was a little worried: "What if the prince gets angry?"

"The prince was so angry that he grounded the princess. How long has it been since I saw you? Does my sister think that the prince will put down his body to talk to the princess? Naturally, he wants the princess to visit the prince. My sister will take it as a repayment for the kindness of the eldest son to help the third master." , so you don’t feel indebted to him.”

Concubine Li looked at her and said with a smile: "If you don't tell me, I'll forget it. I should repay the eldest son. After all, she pleaded for the third child. Then I will go to Summer Palace first."

After she finished speaking, she went to the Summer Palace, while Xiao Shen went back to the house first and told her subordinates to pack up the things, and then asked Chunyang to arrange two capable maids to clean up in Song Yuan's courtyard.

With the urging of the imperial decree, the king of Zhongshan took the people of the palace to leave the next day, and the aftermath of the palace was left to the resident steward to take care of it. The official see-off was also rejected by the king of Zhongshan. He didn't want to annoy Emperor Taikang again at this time.

Such a big change happened in Jingzhao, and the news quickly spread all over the place. Song Yuan, who was busy coordinating with the dignitaries in Changshan, also heard about it. Along with the news, there was also a letter from Sikong.

Looking at the signature on the envelope, Song Yuan was puzzled for a while, she didn't know Sikong at all, how could she write to her, so he opened it suspiciously and looked at it, the whole page was full of reminders.

After being moved, Song Yuan immediately realized that the changes in the court might implicate herself, and she couldn't figure out why it was related to herself.

Just as he was fascinated by the letter, Wei Yan went in from the outside. It was raining heavily outside, and he was completely soaked. Standing at the door, twisting the water, he leaned into the room and looked: "Master, Mr. Zhu has a letter."

Song Yuan hurriedly put away Sikong's letter, and Zhu Ci's letter was very concise, just one sentence: The East Palace sells officials, and the Wangfu can take advantage of the victory to pursue.

"Sell an official?" Song Yuan was startled by these two words, it was the first time she had heard of such a thing.

Wei Yan poured himself a cup of hot water and came over when he heard Song Yuan's voice: "Young Master, why are you so surprised?"

"Selling officials, have you heard of it?" Song Yuan couldn't figure it out: "Aren't officials recommended by powerful people? How come there are still people selling officials?"

Wei Yan went to wipe the water with a handkerchief again: "My subordinates heard from the second master that although some people come from a good background, they really have no skills and want to gain a good reputation, so they will spend money to buy a idle job, but they are not called buying officials. It’s called donating officials, which means donating money to the court, and the court rewards them with a title, and there are seven or eight candidates for some idle positions, and they line up year after year to take up the post.”

"Is it so blatant?" Song Yuan's mind flashed the law of Wei: "This is expressly prohibited."

Wei Yan looked at her: "There are too many things that are expressly prohibited. As long as you don't delay the matter, no one will actually investigate it. It is estimated that the two idiot bags in Zhao Di are donated officials, so there is such a big mess."

Song Yuan looked at the letter and thought deeply. Zhu Ci said that the East Palace sells officials. Then the two straw bags in Zhaodi are probably recommended by the East Palace.

Song Yuan wasn't very sure, so he ran into a difficult moment: "I kindly reminded them to follow the rules and write a memorandum, and there would be such a big incident. If they accidentally demolished their desk."

She felt that King Zhongshan could skin her alive.

"Young master, don't worry, the matter in Changshan is almost over. The prince and the others will arrive in Zhongshan in a few days. We will also go to Zhongshan. The prince will definitely have a good chat with you."

Talking about these four words makes Song Yuan break out in a cold sweat. She doesn't want to hear unrealistic words from King Zhongshan at all.

"Ah-choo!" Wei Yan caught cold, he immediately backed away a few steps away from Song Yuan: "Subordinate go to change clothes first, Ah-choo~"

Seeing him leave quickly, Song Yuan took out Sikong's letter and looked at it again. The more he thought about it, the more angry he became. Couldn't someone explain this to her clearly?
After complaining a few words, Song Yuan hurriedly put away the letter, presumably at this time King Zhongshan and others were already on the way, so she had to deal with Changshan's affairs quickly and go to Zhongshan to wait.