Donggong Zhangjiao

Chapter 178

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After hearing the report from the dark guard, a sneer appeared on Pei Yao's lips.

After a while, Hong Zheng was called in, and he heard his faint orders.

"Go to Yicui Pavilion to spread the word, Gu will go to Feng's for dinner today."

"Yes."

Hong Zheng responded and retreated silently.

Feng Shi was very happy to hear the news, and immediately made careful preparations, but when Pei Yao came, she was keenly aware that Pei Yao's complexion was not very good.

So while welcoming people into the room, he asked softly.

"Why is your highness looking in a bad mood today? Is it because you are too busy with official duties and tired?"

"Left is just some troubles in the court." Pei Yao frowned, and took a sip of tea, "Li Mu, an old man, is against Gu again, and the court servants also want to be left and right. Could it be that the court's surname is Li Bucheng? !"

Hearing these words, Feng's drooping eyes suddenly flickered. She thought she was covering it up very well, but Pei Yao saw it clearly.

But Feng Shi still pretended to be caring and comforted him.

"Your Highness, don't be angry. Mr. Li is a subject, His Highness is a half-lord, and the king is the leader of his subjects. Naturally, he can't oppose His Highness, but I don't know who His Highness wants to use, which has attracted such opposition from Prime Minister Li?"

Hearing Feng's deliberate inquiring, Pei Yao sneered in his heart, but his face was still disturbed, and he said in a deep voice.

"Chen Sui, Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, submitted a report at the end of last year, claiming that he was sick and wanted to resign and return to his hometown to recover from his illness. Now the position of Minister of the Household Department is vacant, and the only one was recommended by Li Xiang, but Li Xiang opposed it, but the only one was not really interested. That's it, now I want to see what they want to do."

"The maid and concubine don't understand the affairs of the court, but the person His Highness prefers must be very good, presumably this lord must have made some achievements in the court of Kyoto.

Pei Yao waved his hand, "He's an official in another place now, and he hasn't been recalled yet, but Gu also sent someone to contact him secretly, and he already has a countermeasure, that's all, you don't need to worry about this matter anymore, let's have dinner."

Although Feng still wanted to get some more information, Pei Yao refused to say more, and she couldn't ask any more questions, so it seemed deliberate, didn't she.

But for Feng Shi, today is considered useful news.

Therefore, after lunch, she sent Pei Yao away, and she immediately sent someone to contact Empress Li in the palace secretly.

After getting this clue from Feng, Empress Li immediately ordered Li Xiang to check the authenticity.

Soon, Prime Minister Li found out that the foreign officials that Pei Yao had contacted recently were the third uncle, Lu Feng, the Crown Princess's direct relative.

Moreover, Lu Feng has already set off recently, preparing to return to Beijing to visit relatives.

He said that he couldn't return to Beijing during the New Year's Eve, but now he has time to go home and have a look.

Right now is the time to compete for the position of Minister of the Household Department. He wants to leave his position at this time and come back to the capital. Why should he break into Emperor Chengjing's sight?
Although Emperor Chengjing was naturally partial to the First Prince, and would be more inclined to use someone recommended by Prime Minister Li, but there was no absolute.

If Pei Yao managed well, even Emperor Cheng Jing would not be able to disobey the opinions of the majority of ministers.

Although the person Pei Yao recommended had some ability and qualifications, but he came from a poor family and his foundation was not deep, so he was nothing to be afraid of, but Lu Feng was different.

The Lu family is a serious century-old family. With the addition of Lu Chuan, there are already three princes and tutors. Lu Feng himself is also extremely talented. He has been an official in other places for many years and has excellent political achievements.

Such people come out to compete, naturally have a very advantage, it can be said that they can crush other people.

It is not a loss to lose the right to rule a local state and county in exchange for the right to rule the treasury.

It was precisely because of this investigation that Empress Li and the others were convinced that the news from the Feng family was true. For them, since they could not grab the position of Minister of the Household Department as soon as possible, they could only prevent Lu Feng from returning. Jing showed his face.

Otherwise, once Lu Feng returned to Beijing, it would be even more unfavorable to them.

At this time, although the eldest prince was also worried about the position of Minister of the Household Department, he was more concerned about another matter.

There are still seven days left before his king ceremony.

The Ministry of Rites chose Ming and Dun as the titles for the First Prince and the Second Prince respectively. Now the First Prince should be called Yi Ming King, and the Second Prince should be called Dun King.

It is said that the word was chosen by the Ministry of Rites, but some people with information know that it was chosen by Emperor Chengjing, which also shows that he treats his two sons differently.

Ming contains the sun and the moon, and it is even brighter. Dun just means kindness and sincerity.

In fact, the First Prince did decide on a great plan to kill Lu Feng for his bright future.

As long as Lu Feng is killed, not only can he prevent him from returning to Beijing to compete for the position of Minister of the Household Department, but he can also cut off one of Pei Yao's support, which will accomplish multiple things in one fell swoop.

After thinking about it for a while, Prime Minister Li also felt that this method was feasible, so he did it.

But when he went like this, he fell into a big somersault.

When all the members of the Lu family who were officials in the capital submitted their papers and accused Prime Minister Li of murdering the imperial court official, Lu Feng, accompanied by his elder brother Lu Chuan, angrily reprimanded Prime Minister Li for his daring act.

All day long, the falcon was pecked out by the eagle.

After years of ups and downs in the officialdom, Li Mu never thought that he would fall into such a trap.

There were all the witnesses and material evidence, and Pei Yao's line of support strongly supported the Lu family's pressure to force Emperor Chengjing to deal with Li Mu.

For a while, Emperor Chengjing had no choice but to temporarily ban Li Mu from his post.

For this matter, Empress Li anxiously knelt outside Emperor Chengjing's bedroom, took off her hairpin and waited for the crime. The eldest prince He Shi tried his best to use his contacts to intercede for Li Mu.

But at this time, the royal study room was piled up like snowflakes in the imperial court's participation in Li Mu's other crimes.

At this moment, Empress Li and the others realized that perhaps Pei Yao's biggest goal this time was not to earn the position of Minister of the Household Department, but to bring Li Mu down!
Li Mu might still have a chance to turn things around if he moved others, but the Lu family was different, it was a century-old family of officials with deeper roots than the Li family.

If Emperor Chengjing hadn't picked up the throne and the Li family had a queen, how could it be the Li family's turn to be so beautiful.

Even if Emperor Chengjing wanted to keep Li Mu, it was impossible.

After all, Lu Feng 'fleeed' all the way back to the capital from other places, and the fact that Li Mu sent people to assassinate him has long been known to the world.

The prince broke the law with the same crime as the common people, let alone Li Mu is just a courtier?
In the end, after a stalemate for more than a month, Emperor Chengjing still saved Li Mu's life, but sentenced Li Mu to exile in Lingnan.

Originally, apart from Li Mu, the other Li family members were not powerful, so if they were to drop down like this, they would directly withdraw from the center of power.

There is also Li Mu himself, who is already quite old. If he goes into exile like this, he will probably die on the way.

Such a result was undoubtedly unacceptable to Queen Li, and she fell ill immediately afterwards.

After the matter came to an end, when Pei Yao came to Biluozhai again, his face was bright.

"This concubine didn't know His Highness had made such a big mess, I was really taken aback!"

Fang Yun smiled and pulled his hand into the room, still in shock.

This is not pretending. Fang Yun didn't know so much when he was cooperating in the game. Now that I think about it, it was Pei Yao who kept some things from her.

Pei Yao squeezed her hand, the corners of his lips slightly raised.

"I don't know if it can be done. Naturally, it's better to be more cautious. You have made meritorious service this time. Tell me, what do you want?"

When he asked such a question, Fang Yun's beautiful eyes were a little ashamed.

He waved his hand, screened off the servants in the room, and approached in a low voice.

"Concubine, I want a child of my own."

When these words came out, Pei Yao blushed suddenly, raised his hand and coughed lightly.

"Let's discuss this matter tonight."

"Why at night, isn't it more convenient to invite the imperial physician to take care of my body during the day?"

Fang Yun blinked his eyes, looking innocent and confused.

Realizing that the little woman did it on purpose, Pei Yao didn't hold back immediately, and raised his hand to pat Fang Yun's buttocks.

Feigning anger, "How dare you tease Gu!"

(End of this chapter)