Joy of Life: The melon-eating prince sees through Fan Xian's fake death

Chapter 23 No matter how funny it is, I won't laugh
Poetry is so magical. In just sixteen words, Censor Lai still felt that it had expressed the feelings that had been accumulated in his heart for decades:
You eat and earn a salary, which is the fat and blood of the people.

This is telling those officials who are just sitting in their positions doing nothing that your salaries come from the people. These are the people's hard-earned money!

If it weren't for the people working hard in the fields under the scorching sun, sweating profusely, and paying taxes, would you all be so radiant with joy?

It is easy to abuse the common people, but it is hard to deceive God!
Although the people are easy to bully, you cannot deceive God with your actions. This is a warning to all officials to keep His Majesty in mind and act with conscience.

Anyone who has any intention of oppressing the people and cruelly abusing the mob must think about the consequences of deceiving the emperor and forgetting his conscience!

Censor Lai felt happy, as if someone was venting his dissatisfaction with the corrupt officials on his behalf.

Such shocking words from the Qing Kingdom will surely wake up all the ministers and make them feel ashamed!

"Shocking words?"

"let me see?"

"I want to see it too, I want to see it too!"

Seeing how shocked Censor Lai was, the other Censors could not hold back their curiosity and surrounded him one after another to see what the word meant.

The few imperial censors who were vying for the first position saw the sixteen-character poem on the red axis first. They all stood there in a trance, muttering to themselves as they savored the meaning of the poem.

The imperial censors behind him became even more excited when they saw this, and they were trying their best to see it.

One of the imperial censors was so excited that he shouted out these words:

"You earn your salary from the people. It is easy to abuse the people, but it is hard to deceive God!"

boom!
Like a lightning strike!

Many of the censors in the Censorate were scholars, so how could they not appreciate the greatness of this poem?
"It's easy to bully the common people, but hard to bully God. That's exactly what I want to say!"

"Brother Guo, you are flattering yourself. You can't say such things."

"Such a good word will surely become famous all over the world and go down in history!"

"But who sent this, and who wrote it?"

"Could it be that Fan Xian wrote such a talented poem?"

When the censors were confused.

Only then did Censor Lai calm down.

Thinking about what Fan Xian did, it was too strange.

If he wanted to embezzle, why would he accept a bribe in public, and it was only three thousand taels of silver?

If he wanted to provoke the Censorate and call us dogs, why did he send us such inspiring and shocking words?
Censor Lai seemed to have guessed Fan Xian's intention. It turned out that he wanted to use me to recite shocking words, get involved in the game himself, and punish the corrupt officials in the court!
"Tomorrow at the court meeting, I will read this poem in front of all the ministers and officials, and make them feel ashamed!"

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The Second Prince's Mansion.

Li Chengze ate grapes while listening to Xie Bian's report on the follow-up of Fan Xian's bribery.

First, the officials of the Censorate submitted an impeachment memorial.

Fan Xian didn't take it seriously and defended himself as innocent, and even gave him a barking name.

Li Chengze laughed so hard that he spat out the grape seeds:

"Fan Xian is so bold that he is pointing his finger at the censor and scolding him, calling him a dog. I don't know what he is up to. Isn't he worried that these desperate guys will throw dirty water on him and make his death a record in history books?"

Xie Bian also laughed, and couldn't help but encourage the Second Prince to add insult to injury:
"Why don't we seize this opportunity and get Fan Xian out of office?"

Li Chengze shook his head:
"I can't see clearly, I don't understand. I always feel like there's something I haven't seen. Fan Xian accepted bribes in front of me and angered the Censorate. It seems like he has a bigger plan."

Xie Bian was very disgusted with Fan Xian:

"He can only write poetry, can he make you unable to see clearly?"

Li Chengze smiled:
"I can't see clearly, this is the interesting part."

The voice just fell.

The servant presented the note.

It means that this is news that has just been sent back from the Censorate.

An unnamed scroll was delivered to the Censorate. Upon seeing it, Censor Lai sighed three times in succession, saying "Shocking words".

"Oh?" Li Chengze was quite curious: "Bi'an, read it to me."

"You earn your salary from the people, and it is easy to abuse the people, but it is hard to deceive God."

Xie Bian didn't understand poetry. As he opened the scroll and read it, he suddenly got goose bumps.

This is the charm of poetry. Even people who don’t understand it can feel the artistic conception expressed between the lines.

Li Chengze's expression suddenly changed. He jumped off his seat barefoot, knocked over the jade bowl filled with grapes, and snatched the scroll from Xie Bian's hand:
"Fan Xian created such a shocking poem, but gave it to the censor of the Metropolitan Censorate?"

Li Chengze narrowed his eyes, his face gloomy:

“This is directed at me.”

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Hall of Supreme Harmony.

Emperor Qing is going to hold a court meeting.

It was obvious that the intention was to make Fan Xian confront the Censorate face to face.

As the crown prince, Li Chengqian naturally had to attend the court. He set out early and waited for Fan Xian on the way to court.

The words secretly sent to the Censorate yesterday should have calmed Censor Lai down and made him think about Fan Xian's intentions.

Only in this way can this stubborn old man avoid being used as a gun by Fan Xian.

Only in this way can such a loyal minister escape by chance in the struggle of the "prince"
Also.

Li Chengqian also has selfish motives.

He wanted to use the censor's mouth to say what he wanted to say to the civil and military officials and the people of the world. Of course, this was also what Emperor Qing wanted to hear. No emperor liked corrupt officials. They all withheld part of the distribution power to seek personal gain. This was like dancing in a minefield and they could die at any time.

The so-called employing corrupt officials is nothing more than choosing the lesser of two evils.

Even if Emperor Qing found out that the original author of this poem was the prince, he would not be angry.

Li Chengqian had already made all the necessary preparations for when his identity was exposed and was just waiting for the court to open.

"His Royal Highness."

Fan Xian has been avoided by officials all along. He has become the target of criticism by the "mad dogs" in the Censorate. He might be pulled down at any time for being a corrupt official. If you get too close to him, you will inevitably be affected.
But Li Chengqian didn't care and walked side by side with him: "Are you ready for what to do?"

Fan Xian nodded: "Yes."

"Just wait and watch the show."

Li Chengqian had a smile on his face as he looked at Xin Qiwu who was trying to slip away. After being discovered, the latter came over with a playful smile to apologize:

"Your Highness, I was in such a hurry just now that I didn't see you and forgot to say hello."

Li Chengqian pointed at Fan Xian:
"Fan Xian is attending court for the first time. If there is anything he doesn't understand about etiquette, you can teach him."

Fan Xian clasped his fists:

"Thank you for your hard work, Master Xin."

After His Royal Highness the Crown Prince went to the front of the court, Xin Qiwu finally breathed a sigh of relief. He looked at the hot potato Fan Xian beside him and felt a headache again:

"Master Xiao Fan, you have become the enemy of the Censorate. You must be careful in your actions and words."

Fan Xian casually said "I know" and found that Censor Lai had arrived early. The old man was standing in the front of the court, holding a red scroll, looking quite confident.
"Censor Lai, what treasure are you holding? You're holding it so tightly, can you let me see it?"

Censor Lai snorted, and proudly held Chi Axis to the side, not letting him touch him:

"Don't play dumb with me. Isn't this something you gave me? Don't think I can't see that this is all your work!"

Fan Xian was confused.

What kind of handwriting?
He said this red axis?

When did I give it to him?

The paper I used to write "Barking" was not made of this material?
WTF? ? ?

Fan Xian looked around blankly and saw the prince standing far away, trying not to smile.

Li Chengqian: I have received professional training, and no matter how funny something is, I will not laugh.

I really couldn't bear it anymore.
　Sorry for the late update. I have been thinking about how to reasonably let Censor Lai live. I like this kind of upright and loyal minister very much. You can say he is stupid, that he is seeking fame, but I just admire such people, as well as Wei Zheng, Yu Qian, and Xu Qian'an who made the emperor issue a self-criticism edict.
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