Daqing: Reborn Prince, intercepting Si Lili at the beginning

"That's the crux of the matter!" Li Chengze pondered, "You understand this principle, so it's impossible that the Third Brother doesn't understand it.

Even if he didn't understand, with so many staff and officials in his house, it would be impossible for them not to remind him!

But the third brother chose the simplest and most brutal method.

That means the Third Brother must have some ulterior motive for doing this!

What we need to figure out is what his purpose is..."

After Li Chengze's analysis, he suddenly looked up and asked, "Bi'an, is there no progress at Prince Li's Mansion?"

Xie Bian hurriedly said, "We already have one, Your Highness. We are currently contacting the maids and servants in his house. They are already interested, and I believe we will have results soon!"

"Hmm! Faster! I have a feeling the Third Brother's purpose this time is not simple!"

.......

“It’s not simple!”

At the Crown Prince's residence, the Crown Prince smiled faintly at the palace maid and said, "The Third Brother is the future of Qing Kingdom's literary fortune. If he is a fool, then there will be no smart people in this world."

"Then does Your Highness know the Third Prince's intentions?"

"I don't know! If I knew, I would have told you a long time ago!"

"Your Highness, if you don't know what the eldest princess means, then the eldest princess wants to invite the third prince to dinner!"

"Aunt is going to personally entertain the Third Prince?" The Crown Prince frowned and shook his head, saying, "Wait a little longer! Go back and tell Aunt that the Third Prince's attitude is still unclear, so it's better for Aunt not to show up for the time being!"

Then you can also reassure your aunt that the third brother has no conflict of interest with us now.

Even if he has plans, they are not targeting us.

Let's just watch the show with peace of mind.

If you interfere recklessly, it will only cause more trouble!"

"My slave understands!"

......

In the blink of an eye, it was evening.

Li Chengyuan's visit ended successfully today.

He has visited all the ministers and vice ministers of the six ministries.

.....

The imperial palace, the bedroom.

Emperor Qing and Chen Pingping are having their daily duet.

"Your Majesty, this is probably the situation!

Among the six court officials, only Minister of Rites Guo Youzhi and Vice Minister of Revenue Fan Jian were the most enthusiastic towards him.

In addition, there are Han Qing, the assistant minister of the Ministry of Justice, and Zhou Shuhan, the assistant minister of the Ministry of Works, who have rather ambiguous attitudes towards him.

The rest of the people were perfunctory or avoided meeting me!"

After hearing this, Emperor Qing said with an unhappy face, "My son came to visit us personally, why are they being perfunctory and avoiding me?"

"......." Chen Pingping was speechless, but he said with a smile: "Your Majesty, the court officials are also avoiding suspicion!"

"Hehe, avoid suspicion? Do I need them to avoid suspicion? Am I that narrow-minded?"

Chen Pingping hurriedly said, "No! Your Majesty is very broad-minded, and it's just the court officials who are making wild guesses!"

Emperor Qing glanced at Chen Pingping and shook his head without comment.

After a moment's silence, he continued, "Chen Pingping, then tell me, who among these people is Li Chengyuan trying to win over?"

"This...I can't say for sure!"

"Is it hard to say or you dare not say it?"

"I really can't say for sure!" Chen Pingping said seriously, "Your Majesty, these court officials are all shrewd people. Even if they are interested, they will never express their opinions easily.

If you must name someone who is interested in the Third Prince, the first one would definitely be Fan Jian, the Minister of Revenue..."

"He doesn't count!"

Chen Pingping was interrupted by Emperor Qing before he could finish his words.

"Don't even mention Fan Jian. Don't you know what he's thinking?"

Chen Pingping gave an awkward smile and continued, "Apart from Minister Fan, the only other person left is Minister of Rites Guo Youzhi!"

"Guo Youzhi..." Emperor Qing muttered, and suddenly asked, "I heard that Guo Youzhi and the Crown Prince are very close?"

"Your Majesty, I, this old minister, cannot say much!"

Emperor Qing rolled his eyes at Chen Pingping, then asked, "Then I ask you, do you think the Third Prince and the Crown Prince have formed an alliance?"

Chen Pingping smiled awkwardly again.

"Your Majesty, I...don't understand!"

"You don't understand? I think you are pretending to be confused." Emperor Qing rolled his eyes at Chen Pingping again.

Chen Pingping smiled awkwardly again.

"Forget it, I won't embarrass you!" Emperor Qing shook his head, then suddenly seemed to remember something and asked, "By the way, Chen Pingping, it seems like you haven't been back to visit your relatives in a long time, right?"

Chen Pingping was stunned for a moment, then hurriedly said, "Your Majesty, it has indeed been a long time!"

Emperor Qing nodded and said, "Do you want to go back and take a look?"

Chen Pingping was stunned again, then quickly agreed, "I do miss home a little!"

“Well, you’ve been in the Inspection Institute for so many years and have worked hard and made great contributions. It’s not easy. You really should go back and take a look.

How about this, you go back and prepare, arrange things for the Inspection Office, and then come back after the New Year to take a look."

Upon hearing this, Chen Pingping immediately expressed his gratitude, saying, "Your Majesty, you are so considerate of me. I am truly moved to tears. Thank you for your kindness!"

"Okay, there's no need to say any more. Go down!"

"The minister will take his leave!"

Chen Pingping bowed, and Eunuch Hou immediately stepped forward and pushed Chen Pingping away.

After a while, Eunuch Hou returned and heard Emperor Qing suddenly say, "Summon Li Chengyuan to the audience!"

Chapter 43: Spring Night Tower at Prince Li’s Mansion! Double Agent!

Prince Li’s Mansion, backyard!

The courtyard in the capital of Qing Kingdom was not a quadrangle like the one in Li Chengyuan's previous life, but a super large courtyard.

Each courtyard has more than twenty rooms, including front hall, wing rooms, back hall, kitchen, warehouse, rice warehouse and stable, etc.

In addition, there are gardens, gardens, and the Chief Secretary's Office and Guard Office in the side courtyards.

It can be said that the entire palace is self-contained and fully functional, and you can do whatever you want in the palace.

So logically speaking, every royal palace should have at least a hundred servants, maids, etc.

There are only more than 80 people in Prince Li’s Mansion now, which is still a little too few.

However, Li Chengyuan has not yet married, and has neither a wife nor children.

So having more than eighty people serving him was more than enough!

There are three large courtyards in Prince Li’s Mansion, and the front courtyard is for the servants to live in.

At the same time, if you are entertaining ordinary guests or holding a banquet, it is all in the front yard.

The central courtyard is where important guests are received. It also houses the ancestral hall and ancestral temple, as well as storehouses, kitchens, side rooms, etc.

The backyard is where Li Chengyuan lives. Not only Li Chengyuan, but also women like Hongshu, Qingniao, Sang Wen and others live in the backyard.

Li Chengyuan lived in the bedroom in the center of the backyard, which was also the location of Li Chengyuan's study and practice room.

The women lived in the side courtyard to the right of Li Chengyuan, which had more than a dozen rooms.

The side courtyard on the left is now empty; it is where the princess lives.

Since Hongshu's arrival, the entire palace has been managed by him in an orderly manner.

Hongshu also set rules for the servants in the palace.

For example, how much is the monthly allowance, what are personal responsibilities, what precautions should be taken in daily life, what things should never be done, how to punish if mistakes are made, etc., are all written into the housekeeping manual by Hongshu.

Hongshu specifically requested that everyone in the palace, except Li Chengyuan, must memorize the manual without missing a single word.

The same goes for Qingniao, Sangwen and other girls.

Li Chengyuan strongly supports this.

Li Chengyuan knew very well that although he doted on several women, there would be no order without rules.

Since he let Hongshu be the housekeeper, he must give Hongshu the greatest support!

What made Li Chengyuan happy was that although the girls complained, none of them complained, and none of them were just fooling around. They all cooperated with Hongshu seriously and recited diligently.

Li Chengyuan saw this and couldn't help but sigh in his heart, fortunately he was a prince and didn't need to memorize things, he usually hated memorizing things the most!

...

While Chen Pingping was making a concert with Emperor Qing in the palace, Li Chengyuan was not idle at home either.

Backyard, Spring Night Tower!

This is a three-story building in the backyard near the back garden.

Originally this was a viewing spot, and then this morning, Hongshu had it transformed into a place for entertainment and leisure, and named it Chunxiao Tower.

The source is Li Chengyuan’s poem: A moment of spring night is worth a thousand gold!

Because this line of poetry has just appeared, its meaning has not been misinterpreted yet.

Now what this poem means is that spring nights are extremely short but very precious!

It is also described as enjoying life in the moment.

At this moment, on the third floor of Chunxiao Tower, Li Chengyuan was playing mahjong with Sang Wen, Huanggua and Lu Yi.