The Concubine in the Palace_The Feast of Masks【Complete】(161)

Yao Niang looked at the two cute little faces so closely that she became more and more sleepy and soon fell asleep.

The King of Jin sat on the other side of the big kang, reading the documents brought back from the Ministry of Works. When he looked up, he saw that the mother and her two children had fallen asleep, so he couldn't help but turn the pages of the book a little more gently.

The afterglow of the setting sun shone through the lattice window, illuminating the quiet and peaceful room.

Yao Niang couldn't help but tell the story of the rich man Mao to the King of Jin.

For fear that he would think too much, she made a lot of preparations in advance and told the matter as gossip in the tone of gossip. As for whether the King of Jin could understand it, it was not something that Yao Niang could do, but she hoped that he could understand it.

Because of what happened the day before, the King of Jin had registered with his brothers recently.

In their eyes, the fifth brother was just pretending to be pretentious and trying to attract attention.

Some of them wondered why they hadn't thought of this method at the beginning, some were dismissive, and some were just looking for a joke, wanting to see how long the King of Jin could hold out.

It's not that no one wants to follow suit, but these princes all value their face more than anything else. If they really follow the King of Jin, they will be laughed at in front of the whole court for imitating others.

They can't afford to lose face.

Therefore, Prince An and others still take sedan chairs to work every day, while the King of Jin still walks on foot. But the King of Lu no longer rides in a car, he rides a horse instead.

Recently, the King of Jin has become famous on Qipan Street. Among the Beijing officials, as long as they see a tall and thin man wearing a green official robe, with a egret patch in front of him and a bag in his hand, it must be His Royal Highness the King of Jin.

If you accidentally run into His Royal Highness the King of Jin, you don't have to wait for him to pass by before you go. Just go your own way in peace. The King of Jin will not blame you.

As for how this conclusion that he would not blame others was reached, no one knew. Anyway, even if those blind people blocked the way of the King of Jin, he did not show any reaction. He just quietly waited for the people in front to leave before he went on his own.

People are always good at describing everything that they are unfamiliar with. Just like the King of Jin, he always showed a cold face to others, and few people could see him smile. Such a person, such an identity, did not get angry at all because of the offense of the people below, and people could not help but start to think of everything about him in a good way.

Thinking back carefully, the King of Jin seemed to have no bad reputation except that his face was a little cold.

Even if there were rumors for a while that he was not close to women, suspected of being a homosexual, and violent and murderous, it seemed to be just rumors. The King of Jin had a favorite concubine and two sons, which was enough to repel the rumors of homosexuality. As for being violent and murderous, were you sure that it was not about the King of Lu?

Especially as the King of Jin appeared in front of everyone in this posture every day, wearing an ordinary blue official robe, strolling leisurely in the garden. In particular, the bag that the King of Jin always carried in his hand caused countless people to speculate.

For this reason, some people privately discussed what was in the bag that made the King of Jin carry it every day. Some said it was filled with the four treasures of the study, but it didn't look like it from the appearance. Some people also speculated whether it was sundries such as official robes. Anyway, there were all kinds of guesses.

Until one morning, someone saw the King of Jin taking out a bun from the bag while walking.

Everyone knew that the bag was filled with food.

However, no matter what the outside world speculated, after the King of Jin read the documents for more than ten days in the Ministry of Works, he was assigned his first task - supervising the repair of the Prince of Hui's Mansion.

Chapter 128

Speaking of the Prince of Hui's Mansion, we have to talk about it.

In those days, Emperor Hongjing awarded a mansion to each prince, and the prince was no exception. However, the prince's mansion was not called a mansion, but a separate courtyard, for entertainment and leisure.

It was usually vacant, and the prince would not come once a year. Later, as Zhao Zuo grew older, he used this place to do some things that were not suitable for public conduct.

This time, the prince was deposed and naturally had to move out of the palace, and this place became the Prince Hui's Mansion. But the problem was that this mansion was built according to the prince's regulations. The prince's regulations were the same as those of the emperor, only one level lower in the details. Now that the prince has become the Prince Hui, he is no longer the crown prince, so he has to be half a level lower according to the regulations.

In other words, the Ministry of Works needs to demolish the house in the Prince Hui's Mansion according to the regulations and demolish everything in the Prince Hui's Mansion that is not suitable for regulations.

If these things are not in compliance with the regulations, there will be a lot of them, from the gatehouse in front of the door to a tile on the roof. For example, the Prince's Mansion can only use green and gray glazed tiles, not the yellow glazed tiles that can be seen everywhere in the palace. As for the roof, the Prince's Mansion can only use the hard roof, and must not use the hip roof style of the palace. Even the ridge on the roof, the height of the floor tiles, and even a door nail on the door have many requirements.

These are not difficult, and they are easy tasks for the Ministry of Works. But the problem is that King Hui's identity is too sensitive. He was originally the crown prince, but now he has become a prince. Being deposed as the crown prince means that he has no chance of becoming a king. He was just deposed as the crown prince not long ago, and demolishing his house is obviously to cause trouble for him.

If King Hui loses power, it will be fine. The key is that he still has a favored son, a mother who is the queen, and a father who is the emperor. Even if he is not the crown prince now, it is easy to kill one or two small officials, so the Ministry of Works has been dragging its feet on this matter.

But this kind of thing obviously cannot be delayed for a long time, and it must be done sooner or later. If it is delayed for a long time, it may give others a handle, and then the Ministry of Works will be in trouble.

No, seeing King Jin coming to the Ministry of Works, the Ministry of Works couldn't help but turn on King Jin. They were both kings and brothers, so they wouldn't fall out.

When Chen Yuanwailang assigned the errands that day, he was mentally prepared, thinking that His Highness King Jin would be furious, but he didn't say anything.

For this reason, as the person in charge of the camp and repair department, Chen Yuanwailang felt like he was surviving a disaster.

King Jin took his people to Prince Hui's Mansion on the second day.

Prince Hui's Mansion probably didn't know that the visitor was Prince Jin. As soon as they heard that someone from the Ministry of Industry was coming, they closed the door tightly. It's not that the other party is rude, but that he is annoyed because this is the fourth time someone from the Ministry of Industry has come.

Zhou Wu smiled bitterly at King Jin and whispered: "We sent people here a few times before. The first time we were invited in for a cup of tea, but the second time we were kicked out, saying that His Highness King Hui was not interested. Please wait until you come for the last time, and you won’t be allowed in.”

The Ministry of Industry is certainly not stupid. Since Prince Hui's Mansion has exceeded the limit, they have already sent someone to say hello. As for Prince Hui's Mansion, I don't know if Prince Hui is really in a bad mood or if he is pretending to be in a bad mood. In short, he avoids people from the Ministry of Industry.

The servants of Prince Hui's Mansion adhered to the custom of "a good master always has a few bad slaves" and were quite unfaithful towards the people in the Ministry of Works.

In fact, this is an old routine. In some cases, the head of the family does not want to show off for the sake of dignity, so he uses a slave to speak for himself. It is obvious that Prince Hui's Mansion did not listen to what the Ministry of Works said.

Of course, the Ministry of Industry can ask for an edict, but the problem is that once the matter is brought to light, it will offend King Hui. As an official in Beijing, who wants to offend others when he has nothing to do, and he offends such a man.

The reason behind this is that the King of Jin is naturally of good background, and he also knows that the Ministry of Works is using him as a scapegoat. But when he is in his position and is pursuing his career, as long as he is still running the Qing officials department, this kind of nonsense will inevitably happen.

Because when the King of Jin was looking through the records of the Yingqing and Qing Dynasty officials in the past few days, he had already seen a lot of things like this, which had not been done for a long time. The King of Jin knew why he was put in the Department of Camp Repair and Cleaning Officials. I am afraid it was the old fox Hong Qi's idea.

With this in mind, King Jin motioned to the people from the Ministry of Industry to call the door again, and this time his name was reported.

Without any surprise, King Jin and the people from the Ministry of Industry were invited in. Qin Shun, the eunuch in charge of Prince Hui's Mansion, came out to entertain them with a smile on his face.

"I didn't expect His Highness the King of Jin to be here, but I couldn't wait to see him. Please ask His Highness the King of Jin to atone for his sins." The old eunuch's face turned into a smile, and he pretended to slap himself in the face while talking. I'm afraid no one else would be able to agree with him. He cares.

Even if you know that this person did this intentionally, it is not a loss of status for a master to argue with a slave, but it also seems unseemly. So the King of Jin didn't say much to him, and signaled the people from the Ministry of Works to hand him the documents that were not in compliance with Prince Hui's Mansion and the Ministry of Works had to dismantle them according to the rules.

Deshun took the piece of paper and sighed repeatedly: "Look, this slave can't read either..."

Prince Jin's face was always cold, "Retell it to him."

A man came out from behind the King of Jin and recited the contents of the paper to Deshun. Anyone in charge of the Qing Dynasty could memorize the contents without looking at them.

After hearing this, Deshun looked frightened and said, "This, this slave can't be the master. Your Highness, King Jin, do you think it's possible? Your Highness, King Hui, is not here today either. He has gone to the Duke of Wei's mansion. I will wait until the master comes back." The slave told him that this matter must be arranged by the master. "

This is obviously an act of helplessness!

Everyone else in the Ministry of Industry was angry, but they didn't dare to show it in words. They really didn't expect that the dignified former prince, now King Hui, would do such a thing. If it exceeds the limit, it will be removed. It is reasonable and reasonable. It is really disgusting to make such a pushy and obstructive attitude.

King Jin, on the other hand, was thinking about something more. He knew that his good brother was deliberately stumbling upon him. If he leaves Prince Hui's Mansion today and is still laughed at by others, and if something like this happens again in the future and everyone comes out like this, he will not want his face.

The King of Jin has always had a character that if you gain one foot from me, I will give you back ten feet.

As the saying goes, a dog that doesn't bark bites, and that's probably what happened to him. He doesn't bite easily, but if he bites, it will be venomous and cruel, and he will never let go until a few pieces of flesh are torn off.

He looked calm and waved his hand: "It doesn't matter, you can talk to him about this slowly."

Deshun felt happy and relieved at the same time, thinking that he would finally be able to deal with His Highness later. But before his joy could reach his brows, he was shocked by what King Jin did next.