252, Perverted Factory Manager 3

"Why does Qi'er hate Governor Xiao so much?"

In the harem of the former dynasty, those who flattered Xiao Chu called him "Nine Thousand Years Old", and those who hated him called him "Xiao Eunuch Dog". Concubines like Wanqi Lan, who were proud of their status, would not do too much on the surface even if they wanted to flatter him or hated him from the bottom of their hearts. Therefore, they called him "Factory Master" and "Governor".

"Because he is not a good person."

Zong Zhengqingqi said without thinking. As a citizen of the Shang Dynasty, he did not persuade his father when he was obsessed with alchemy, but took the opportunity to build up his own power, exclude dissidents, and disrupt the government. Such a traitor should be punished by everyone.

Looking at her son's childish face, Wanqi Lan felt sad. Yes, once upon a time, the boy who stood on the wall of Dingfeng Pass, pointed to the vast grassland in the northwest, and told her confidently that when he grew up, he would replace his father and defend the vast land for the people of Dashang, had already transformed into someone she didn't recognize.

He became cold-blooded, cruel, and callous. Everyone in and outside the palace knew his vicious reputation. Even the threat of stopping children from crying at night in ordinary families became that if they didn't obey, the governor Xiao of the East Factory would send the Jinyiwei to drag them all to the torture department.

Zong Zheng Qingqi was a little confused. Was there anything wrong with what he said? In the palace school, other nephews and some companions said so, and even the Taifu had implicitly expressed his dissatisfaction.

Therefore, when he saw the melancholy in his mother's eyes at this time, Zong Zheng Qingqi was a little puzzled.

"You said that Governor Xiao is not a good person, then has he ever done anything to rebel and plot treason, or to anger the heaven and the people?" Wanqi Lan knew that she had lost her composure. She retracted her originally melancholy gaze, turned her gaze to her childish son, and took his hand to sit on a round stool beside him.

"During the period when his father was obsessed with alchemy, the eunuchs interfered in politics, which was not in line with the ancestral system." Zong Zheng Qingqi thought for a while and said loudly.

"That was your father's order."

Wanqi Lan answered softly.

"But... but..." Zong Zheng Qingqi did not expect his mother to give him such a reply. It seemed to make sense, but the reality was completely different.

No matter how smart he was, he was only a little prince of ten years old. He mostly studied the Four Books and Five Classics. The Taifu did not dare to teach him more about the affairs of the court, so he could only rely on himself to explore.

But even so, Zong Zheng Qingqi knew that Xiao Chu was wrong. As an eunuch, even if his father was stupid and handed the affairs of the court to him, he should refuse to do so.

"He arrested Li Yushi, Lord Li. Li Yushi is loyal to Da Shang and my father. Xiao Chu shouldn't have falsely accused him and put him in jail just because of his personal grudge."

Zong Zheng Qingqi thought, even if it was his father's order to let Xiao Chu, the eunuch, interfere in government affairs, it was not his father's order to frame a loyal and good person, right?

How could such an unfaithful and unjust person deserve his father's trust and respect.

Of course, although Zong Zheng Qingqi didn't say it, he was also resentful of his father in his heart. If he hadn't been old and confused, unable to distinguish right from wrong, and favored a treacherous person like Xiao Chu, there wouldn't be so much grief and chaos in the court now.

"It was your father who ordered Li Yushi to be imprisoned."

Wanqi Lan's tone was still lukewarm. Even though Zong Zheng Qingqi was angry, he couldn't get angry at such a mother.

"But that's because of Xiao Chu's slander." Zong Zheng Qingqi felt that he was about to be led astray by his mother, but the little prince who knew his position still held the bottom line and was determined not to be led astray by his mother.

Otherwise, according to his mother, Xiao Chu was not wrong, and it was all his father's fault.

"Even if Xiao Chu slandered Li Yushi, it would only be useful if your father heard it."

Wanqi Lan pinched her son's hand, thinking that her son had been studying hard these days, and his thin fingers were not as fleshy as before. This time, her son had to bring a few more confidants back to the front hall.

But thinking about this matter in her heart, she didn't stop talking.

"Besides, you said that Xiao Dudu slandered Li Yushi, how do you know that what he said was slander?"

The mother's question made Zong Zheng Qingqi stunned: "Isn't Li Yushi a loyal minister?"

Since Li Yushi is a loyal minister, then Xiao Chu, who arrested him and put him in prison, is naturally a villain.

"How do you know that Li Yushi is a loyal minister?" Wanqi Lan continued to ask.

"Everyone says that?" Zong Zheng Qingqi thought without thinking.

The tutor said that, the companion said that, and the other party was able to die to advise the emperor when his father was obsessed with alchemy, hoping that his father would stay away from villains, be close to wise ministers, and focus on government affairs. Isn't this what a loyal minister does?

"Just follow the crowd, is this what the tutor in the palace school taught you?"

Wanqi Lan sighed and shook his head slowly. Looking at his mother who looked disappointed, Zong Zheng Qingqi was a little flustered. He pulled his mother's sleeve, not knowing where he said or did wrong.

"In the 18th year of Chengqing, the second son of Li Yushi seized good land, resulting in four deaths and nine injuries among the villagers of Taohua Village..." Wanqi Lan whispered the charges against Li Yushi's family. If Xiao Chu was present, he would be surprised. The crimes mentioned by the other party were almost the same as what he threatened Li Jinzhong in the prison cell at that time.

"Li Jinzhong, the official who worshiped the censor, not only failed to set an example for the people to make decisions for the people, but instead allowed his descendants to harm his neighbors. He even used the convenience of his position to erase the evidence of his descendants who violated the law. Such Li censor, Is he really the loyal minister that everyone praises?"

Listening to the words of his mother and concubine, Zongzheng Qingqi was stunned. He was immediately immersed in the shock that Mr. Li, whom the Taifu and his companions praised, was actually such a person. Instead, he did not notice that Wan Qilan, as a person in deep Why do women in the palace know so many things outside the palace?

What's more, if Li Jinzhong wants to be a loyal minister and wants his legend to be recorded in the history books, he will definitely hide the unscrupulous deeds of the Li family. With ordinary methods, he will never be able to find out the deep secrets hidden by the other party. .

Wan Qilan, a woman who used to be quiet in the palace and seemed to rely on the power of the Wanqi clan to protect her own safety in the struggle between Jiang Guifei and De Fei, is it really just as simple as she appears?

"Li Jinzhong was afraid of offending your father, so he only dared to point the finger at Governor Xiao. Wasn't he betting that he would die as a remonstrance? As long as your father didn't want to be a foolish king in the history books, he would never take his life. It seems that He is loyal but actually a hypocrite. Is such a person worthy of you, the emperor, to defend him? "

Wan Qilan let out a long sigh and said earnestly to his son: "If today he dares to point his nose at your father and accuse him of being stupid, then I will respect him. But he does not dare to accuse the culprit, but he blames Xiao who can't help himself. The governor scolded him for no reason. It can only be said that he deserves the fate he has today. "

"But...but Xiao Chu...Xiao Chu did, as Li Yushi said...interfering in the government affairs as a eunuch? This is contrary to etiquette and law."

Zongzheng Qingqi's mind was confused, and he always felt as if he had been taken into the ditch by his mother and concubine.

"Didn't my mother and concubine say before that Governor Xiao was involved in politics? That was what your father asked for." Wan Qilan touched her son's head, with some worry in her eyes, as if she was worried that her son's head was not in good condition. It seems to be achieved.

"cocoa......"

Zongzheng Qingqi stammered and was speechless.

Xiao Chu's involvement in politics was requested by his father. He framed Zhongliang, but Zhongliang was not loyal at all and was bad. Moreover, his mother and concubine were right. Xiao Chujin slandered him, but someone had to listen to his slander. In the end, The most problematic thing is that his father is not successful?

So what role does Xiao Chu play in it? His father was the one who forced him into politics, and he was slandering because his father liked to hear it. Could it be that he is still an innocent water lotus?

Zongzheng Qingqi felt that there was something wrong in some link, but he couldn't get around the maze that his mother and concubine had woven for him.

He still thinks that Xiao Chu is not a good person, but his position at this moment is at least not as firm as when he first returned to Yanyunxuan.

In order to prevent the prince from getting too close to his mother's family, every prince who is over six years old only spends a short time alone with his biological mother a few times a month. Zongzheng Qingqi stayed at Yanyunxuan for lunch, and then the mother and son Both of them tacitly avoided topics related to government affairs, and at the end of the day, Wan Qilan had to send the emperor away.

It's just that this time when Zongzheng Qingqi left, there were two more servants around him. One of them was the maid serving beside Wan Qilan, and the other was the maid in her small kitchen in Yanyunxuan. Auntie making snacks.

As the concubine's master, Wan Qilan wanted to arrange a few servants for her son, but this small request was acceptable.

Watching her son's retreating figure, Wan Qilan concealed the faint sadness in her heart. Now that her son hates Xiao Chu so much, her original plan may become more and more difficult to implement.

Well, we can only take one step at a time and hope that the people she arranges around her son can play their role.

"Mother, there's a letter from over there."

The old lady beside Wan Qilan came over holding a slender hairpin. Wan Qilan casually folded the hairpin, and it turned out that the gold hairpin was hollow. As she moved, the paper rolled inside was revealed.

"Haizi handover, see you at Bibo Pavilion."

The late emperor's concubine once lived in Bibo Pavilion. However, the concubine later angered the late emperor for unknown reasons. From then on, Bibo Pavilion was sealed. However, the concubine could not bear the blow of losing favor and hanged herself in Bibo Pavilion. The women in the palace thought Bibo Pavilion was unlucky and would rather live in a palace with other concubines than move to Bibo Pavilion. Over time, it became like a cold palace.

And because there were rumors in the palace that the deceased concubine was still alive, people could often be heard crying in Bibo Pavilion in the middle of the night. Gradually, everyone began to avoid Bibo Pavilion. The maids and eunuchs were not willing to go there to clean for fear of being killed first. The ghost of the imperial concubine haunts her.

Wan Qilan burned the note into black ashes, but she didn't expect that person to contact her. It seemed that she had already figured out what she asked him to investigate before.

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