Chapter 258: Touched

"I don't hear about it." Chun Jia frowned slightly when he heard the impeachment, and flatly rejected it, "I'm afraid Ai Qing made a mistake."

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty has always been generous. He treats the prince regent's sons like brothers and sisters. This is the blessing of the clan, but not the blessing of the community!" The family rules, the important place of the palace is not where the son of the regent can stay. Although the order of the empress dowager makes an exception, the son of the regent is ungrateful and instead messes up the palace. It is really unfaithful, filial and unrighteous! How can you be partial because of selfishness, making it seem like you violated the laws and regulations of the country?!"

Chunjia shook her head and said: "I know all about Aiqing's loyalty, but I have never heard of it. Presumably someone spread rumors and Aiqing misunderstood."

The censor also shook his head: "If I have no evidence, how dare I question the majestic Prince Regent's son in public? If Your Majesty really doesn't know about this, there must be someone in the palace deliberately deceiving the king!"

As he said that, he took out the certificate from his sleeve, and Yan Yin presented it to Chunjia in front of the throne, and saw that it listed the origin of Gong Xiangxiao's new concubine in great detail, clearly pointing out that the young woman in a private house was originally The family members of the maid who entered the palace in a certain year and a certain month have already recognized each other, so there is absolutely no room for doubt.

The palace has never released anyone in the past two years, and even if they were released, the maid's age and conditions were not suitable.

Calculating the time, this lady-in-waiting should be working in the palace now, but in the end she is used as a concubine in a private house outside the palace. What is going on, you can find out after analyzing it with the Prince Regent's son who raised her.

"...There is such a thing!" After Chunjia looked at it, his expression became ugly. He looked around and asked the regent, "What do you think, Uncle Wang?"

The regent said with no expression on his face: "The state-owned state-law family has family rules, please Your Majesty deal with it impartially."

Chunjia couldn't bear it, and said that although Gong Xiangxiao's move was inappropriate, he is my first cousin after all. Everyone knows that the two generations of my Gongxiang family are withered. I grew up in front of Emperor Xiaozong, so I can't do anything hard.

All in all, the emperor felt that it would be fine to reprimand Gong Xiangxiao.

As for why he "didn't know" about it all the time, and why the maid who was supposed to be in the palace appeared outside the palace as an outer room, the courtiers tacitly didn't pursue it, anyway, the palace would definitely throw them away afterwards, which is unlucky The steward came out to top the tank.

"Your Majesty, it's not right." But after Chunjia said this, the regent looked indifferent and did not express anything, but several courtiers stood up to oppose his lenient punishment. In my eyes, if this understatement is over, wouldn't the clan and nobles pay less attention to the royal majesty whenever they go in and out of the palace in the future?

Among these people, the royalists accounted for the majority. While talking, they looked towards the Prince Regent, obviously thinking that the Prince Regent would do such a thing. Only then did he dare to get involved with the maid when he was staying in the palace.

There are also some people, like Concubine De, who even suspected the Empress Dowager, thinking that the Empress Dowager probably used this method to deliberately lose Chunjia's face.

So it's no wonder Chunjia refused to admit it at first.

After all, this kind of thing can be said to be big or small, anyway, it is hard to embarrass the empress dowager, why bother to make a big mess and lose face?

The problem is that everyone thinks that the most important thing about this matter is not that the court lady was involved, the key point is that this kind of action is undoubtedly a blow to Chunjia's prestige!

The son of the regent prince can occupy the maid in the palace today, will he be able to do even more outrageous things tomorrow?

Especially the few old ministers headed by Duke Yi, they were all aware of the influence of the Prince Regent and his son in the palace earlier. At that time, if they said something ugly, let alone the maids, it was possible to have an affair with the concubine.

Therefore, in their view, this matter must not be dealt with lightly.

Not only can it not be punished lightly, but it must be investigated and dealt with severely!

Otherwise, it would not be a good thing for Chunjia's prestige if he could not deter the former court and the harem.

"But I have few siblings, how can I blame a court lady?" Chunjia hesitated, but in the end she was still reluctant.

But at this time Ouyang Yanran stood up and spoke. He didn't mention how to dispose of Gong Xiangxiao, but pointed at the regent... What he meant was that the son of the regent got involved with the court lady on Xiao Daiyu, and the emperor The reason why the Empress Dowager left him to rest in Xiaodaiyu was simply because when the regent was young, Xiaozong often stayed in Xiaodaiyu.

Ouyang Yanran said that there is nothing wrong with the son living in the place where his father lived, but the problem is that the regent did not do what the prince did when he was in the palace!

Therefore, from now on, the Prince Regent's son should be restricted from staying in the palace!

This was agreed by everyone, not even the regent.

But Ouyang Yanran didn't finish talking, he followed the conversation and mentioned the Imperial City Division.

It is said that the preferential treatment given to the Prince Regent and his son is also not suitable for the Imperial City Secretary!

Because no matter whether it is the power to stay in the palace or the imperial city secretary, it is not what the vassal king should have, even the vassal king of the regent king.

Especially now that something like this kind of lax parenting happened, it would be too much for the regent to become a vassal without asking himself. If he still holds on to the Imperial City Secretary, what kind of intentions is this?

Someone from the Prince Regent stood up to help defend, saying that the Imperial City Division was handed over to the Prince Regent by Emperor Xiaozong himself, and it was not only a matter of power, but also a thought.

"When the late emperor was here, he gave the regent a lot of gifts. If you think about it, how many things do you have? If it doesn't work, you can also ask your majesty to open a private treasury, and ask the regent to pick up a few things left by the late emperor." Ouyang Yanran sneered , said disdainfully, "Your Majesty will not refuse because of his great love for the regent father and son. Why do you have to think about it? According to this, the regent would also like to sit in the seat that the late emperor sat in before his death." ?"

The regent's face was livid!

His desire to seize the throne is well known to everyone, but the question is, can this kind of thing be said in public?

In particular, Chunjia's reputation has spread far and wide, and he is recognized as orthodox. Even if he is an uncle, if he expresses his covetousness for the throne, his reputation will be ruined.

Although reputation doesn't necessarily matter to people like them, isn't that something that hasn't been accomplished yet?

What good is it to be regarded as a rebel by the government and the public at this moment?

The regent raised his head to look at Chunjia, he hoped that Chunjia would save face and make things right, but Chunjia was not stupid, if he didn't pursue Gong Xiangxiao, one would not take it seriously, and the other would be of no benefit.

But now Ouyang Yanran mentioned the Imperial City Division...

In fact, Chunjia had mentioned this matter to the Prince Regent long after the concubine Xian was poisoned, but the Prince Regent kept evading it, even if he verbally agreed, he actually refused. All in all, Chunjia hasn't got the complete Imperial City Division until now.

Otherwise, the previous matter of Liuhong would not interrupt the clues.

Now that he finally has the chance to mention it again, it's no wonder he would let it go!

Not only did Chunjia not help the regent out of the siege, but she also told the regent with kindness and generosity that Uncle Wang could take as much as he wanted from the private treasury... This was tantamount to urging the regent to return it to the Imperial City Secretary!

"...Isn't it a matter of talking about dogs today? But it's off topic. If you don't know, you think it's for Gu!" Choose to give up the car to protect the handsome, and push Gong Xiangxiao out to top the tank.

Naturally, Ouyang Yanran would not be distracted so easily, and insisted on asking him to clarify the fate of the Imperial City Secretary.

Seeing this, Ouyang Yanran simply said loudly: "It is well known that the regent was greatly favored by the late emperor Xiaozong, and your majesty is the heir of Xiaozong. The regent will definitely support your majesty! And with the character of the regent , how could it be possible to cling to the Imperial City Secretary who should not be under the command of the vassal king? Now that he has not said a word, it can be seen that his majesty has tacitly allowed His Majesty to take back the Imperial City Secretary! It is just because the former Emperor personally handed over the Imperial City Secretary, This is very sad!"

As he spoke, he bowed his hands to Dan Chi and said congratulations to Chunjia.

After such a move, although the regent's face is as heavy as water, he is not good at objecting in public... The only reason he can object is that it is a thought given to him by Xiaozong himself.

But this reason is not very obvious.

You don't even look at what the first emperor gave you. The imperial city department is the emperor's personal army in all generations, and no one other than the emperor has ever been in charge.

It was already an exception for the Regent to be in power before, and now the reigning heir is Xiaozong's heir, with Chunjia's status, the Regent dared to openly disadvantage him, which would definitely arouse the anger of the people all over the world.

After all, although Xiaozong never met Chunjia when he was alive, since he belonged to father and son by name, Chunjia should inherit Xiaozong's favor.

For example, if Xiaozong treated the regent well, the regent could not treat Chunjia badly.

At least not on the surface, absolutely not, otherwise he will be considered the heir of his harsh brother, and he will repay kindness with revenge.

Therefore, Chun Jia politely thanked the regent for this matter, saying that a few years ago: "I was still young at that time, and I entrusted all the affairs of the court to the uncle Wang and important ministers, and the Imperial City Secretary is the same. Now I have grown up." It's done, Uncle Wang must be very pleased."

In one sentence, it is said that the years when the regent owned the imperial city department was because the emperor helped manage it when he was young.

In other words, Gongxiang Ruoji had never owned the Imperial City Division.

Therefore, rumors about the half-step emperor's younger brother can only be rumors.

... The atmosphere after the end of the court was not very good, mainly because the officials headed by the regent were all in mourning.

Chunjia, on the other hand, was not in a bad mood, and even went to Huanhua Temple to tease the couple for a while.

In his heart, he still didn't have the kind of deep friendship with his own flesh and blood, but because the two children grew up well and were raised well, especially Princess Zhaoqing, who really came out of the painting, their mother and concubine Yun Fenghuang was very fond of him, so Chunjia would go to Xuanqing Palace now with the idea of ​​looking after her children.

"Congratulations, Your Majesty, congratulations, Your Majesty." Yun Fenghuang accompanied him to see the child, and when he sat down outside, he congratulated him with a smile.

"Imperial City Secretary is originally owned by the Son of Heaven. I am ashamed to take it back after many years since I ascended the throne. How can there be any joy?" Chunjia shook his head, but said, "It's just that what happened to the Son of Heaven will happen unexpectedly." It was uncovered, and I don’t know who did it?”

Yun Fenghuang said calmly: "Maybe it was done by the Lu family's father and daughter? After all, His Majesty helped the prince to cover it up, who is so obsessed with wanting to expose the shame of His Majesty and the royal family?" These two are the most suspicious. They probably want to destroy the old and make the young look good."

Chunjia smiled slightly when she heard the words, glanced at her, and said, "Didn't you reject what Concubine De told you before?"

"Concubine De told you?" Yun Fenghuang covered his mouth with a smile and said, "How else can you say that His Majesty is Your Majesty? I thought Concubine De was close enough to me, but in the end I still kissed His Majesty!"

That idiot, don't say what should be said, talk nonsense what shouldn't be said, wait for two days to see Ben Gong to give her a good look!

Chun Jia said: "During the chat, she told me that you are smart and quick-witted. I tricked you out of it. Don't blame her."

How is this possible? Even if you don't blame it at first, it's impossible not to blame you for speaking to you.

Yun Fenghuang said: "Your Majesty treats me like a younger sister."

Anyway, I don't have a biological sister, so I can treat her however I like.

"What did you say at the time?" Chunjia didn't know if he didn't see Yun Fenghuang's anger or if he saw it but didn't care. In short, he smiled and changed the topic back, saying, "Why?" Are you talking about Concubine De's remarks now?"

"After thinking about it for a while, I think that Concubine De's speculation is more reasonable, but she rejected it before, for fear of losing face?" Yun Fenghuang snorted, "So I broke up a few words temporarily... Your Majesty is not allowed to say it to you. Concubine De, listen!"

Chunjia didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and said: "Can I still dismantle your platform? It's just that you are too cunning, Concubine De admires you so much, she just said that she is ignorant, and she can't figure out things after a little detour. It would be impossible without you to guide her in the maze!"

"Isn't that for your Majesty's sake?" Yun Fenghuang said confidently, "Who knows that His Majesty favors me in front of the court? Is it just that? So for my own sake, no one is a sage without fault. If I am wrong, I am wrong. But for Your Majesty, if I am wrong, I must be right... If it is not for Your Majesty, Your Majesty will take it as my pleasure What about cheating?"

She said it as if she was making unreasonable and nonsense all because of Chunjia.

Chunjia pinched Concubine Xian's cheek, and sighed with a smile: "Yes, yes, everything you do is for me...I am so touched!"