Chapter 146: Case closed

Li Rong asked Pei Wenxuan to stay in the princess mansion, and the two waited for the people in the palace to ask Li Rong about taking Pei Wenxuan from the house without authorization. They never thought that the person who asked the crime did not come the next day, so Concubine Rou detained Wang Houwen forcibly. The news came.
Li Rong was stunned when she heard the news in the house. She couldn't help but look at Pei Wenxuan, and said in a bit of surprise: "She actually dared to arrest the official Shangshu directly. I was considered stolen and captured Xie Lanqing. Concubine Rou's brain is broken, right?"
"She dared to detain, naturally there is evidence." Pei Wenxuan smiled, took the tea with a good hand, and explained, "Wang Houwen gave her money before, and she planned to let Wang Houwen go, but When I make a noise now, everyone knows that Wang Houwen is suspicious. She wants to let it go and she must also take care of face."
"But she... doesn't have the guts, right?"
Li Rong frowned: "Wang Houwen gave her money. She doesn't help, so she wants to catch him?"
Hearing this, Pei Wenxuan smiled and drank a sip of tea, Li Rong immediately reacted: "What did you do badly?"
"Last night I arranged for someone to pretend to be a member of the palace, handed a message to the palace, and wrote a poem satirizing Concubine Rou, which satirized her origin."
When Li Rong heard this, she understood. Although Rou Fei had her own wrist, there was one thing that she and Hua Le were too concerned about their origin.
If it was in the past, it would be fine. Now that Concubine Roux has taken over the supervisory department, everyone has to give up three points. When the limelight is in full swing, Wang Houwen dare to write letters and mock her because of his family background. She is naturally not stable. Stay in your mind.
After all, she is holding the Superintendent, and she is also a noble concubine. She is of high rank and it is easy to arrest people. Pei Wenxuan can still be criticized for not having enough grades, but as long as Concubine Rou has enough soldiers, there is no one she can't catch.
But catching people is easy, but it is difficult to keep them. Li Rong thought for a while, and couldn't help but said: "Then Concubine Rou and Wang Houwen met, what should I do if I get the poem right?"
"What about coming out?" Pei Wenxuan smiled, "Wang Houwen was arrested by her after all, and the family next to him looked at her and only felt that she was too arrogant, and Wang Houwen would not swallow this breath. His Royal Highness now hasten to fan the flames. , Let the people of Yushitai stare at Concubine Rou's handling of Wang Houwen's case, so that she would think that this letter was written by His Royal Highness, and if His Highness wants to fight for power, she will naturally be confused. Then Wang Houwen will be this. If she doesn't handle the case, your Majesty lets her establish prestige in the cold clan, but she won't be able to stand it up. If she handles it, the way to secretly form an alliance with Su Rongqing and other Jiangnan families will be broken."
Pei Wenxuan said, put down the tea bowl, and said slowly: "I want to see what she plans to do."
When the two were talking, an announcement came from outside, saying that it was someone from the palace. Li Rong asked Pei Wenxuan to take care of him, so he stood up and went to the hall.
As soon as he arrived in the hall, Li Rong saw Fulai leading the soldiers. Standing in the lobby, Li Rong stepped forward to salute and called out in a low voice, "Father Fulai."
"Your Highness."
Fulai smiled and responded: "It's been a long time since I saw you."
"How can father-in-law be free today, come to me as a guest?"
Li Rong greeted this Fulai to sit down. Fulai shook his head, but did not sit down. He only said: "The old slave came by his majesty's order and asked him. Yesterday, his Royal Highness forcibly went out of the mansion and took Shi Lang back to the mansion. what's going on."
Upon hearing this, Li Rong's face instantly became cold: "Father-in-law, is this the one who came to Xingshi to inquire?"
"Don't dare." Fulai hurriedly bowed and said anxiously, "His Royal Highness, the old slave is only acting on orders, and I hope your Highness will not be embarrassed."
When Li Rong heard this, she closed her face and turned her head and said, "Go back and make it clear with your father. The Wen family came to me yesterday and told me that Xiao Wei sent a greeting message to Pei Wen. How long is the relationship between Pei Wenxuan and Pei Wenxuan? Did Rou Fei bully me like this? No matter how Pei Wenxuan was my former husband, she let..."
"His Royal Highness," Fulai said in a hurry while listening to this, "Why don't you go to the palace and say these words with the old slave..." Fulai showed a rare expression, "Old slave is not easy to convey."
"I'm not embarrassing you," Li Rong stood up and said straight, "I'll go to the palace and make it clear with my father."
Li Rong seemed very angry, and led the people to the palace. When they arrived at the Imperial Study Room, Li Mingzheng and Su Minzhi were watching a picture of birds and birds. Li Rong rushed in aggressively and said loudly, "Father , You have to be the master for me, father!"
Li Ming couldn't help being a little dazed when he heard Li Rong break in directly. Su Minzhi smiled and respectfully said: "Your Majesty, the old minister has retired first."
Li Rong entered the room and saw Su Minzhi. She was also stunned, and then hurriedly saluted, seemingly aggrieved: "I have seen Mr. Su."
Su Minzhi smiled back and then walked out.
When Su Min left, Li Ming suddenly lowered his face: "Look at your rude appearance, what is it like!"
Li Rong's eyes blushed as soon as she heard it: "Yes, my daughter is shameless. What is her daughter being bullied like? You don't care, and you say I am shameful!"
Li Ming took a quick look at Fulai, who followed in, and Fulai explained: "His Royal Highness is here to explain the incident of leaving the house without permission yesterday."
When Li Ming heard this, he nodded, sat down, and said calmly: "Let's talk, well, why did you leave the house? I heard that Pei Wenxuan was taken back to the house?"
Li Rong invited Xiao Wei to see Pei Wenxuan. Wen quickly told her about the matter, and then angrily said: "I went to Pei Wenxuan and asked him for an explanation. Who thought I hadn't troubled him yet? , I saw someone assassinating him in the street. Su Rongqing was responsible for escorting him to the Ministry of Criminal Affairs, but in the end, he was seriously injured in the street, so I took the man back to the mansion for recuperation."
Li Ming listened quietly, fiddled with the tea in the tea bowl with the tea lid, and said slowly: "Then you have done a good thing. How is Pei Wenxuan now?"
"Fortunately," Li Rong's eyes were red when he heard this, "I'm still alive, I just have to raise it."
Li Ming frowned and thought for a while: "Then you send people back to Pei Mansion."
"I won't send it."
Li Rong resolutely refused: "Send it back, who knows when Xiao Wei will come back?"
"You and him are separated!" Li Ming said with dissatisfaction, "What did you do for keeping people so strong in the house?"
Li Rong turned her head away, with an angry expression on her face: "Then father must separate me from him for what?"
"People don't like you," Li Ming was annoyed. "You are a princess, what do you look like chasing a man like this."
"You are the emperor," Li Rong turned his head, seemingly puzzled, "I am a princess, Pei Wenxuan is something, can you order him to leave me? Obviously you want to separate us!"
"You talk nonsense!" Li Ming slapped the table, but he was also a little guilty.
Seeing him yelling at her, Li Rong immediately cried out: "You take the Supervisor Division and give it to Concubine Rou. You can force me to leave, let Huale go to my house and beat me, and I want to let Rou The concubine sits firmly and inspects the secretary's foot. What is wrong with your daughter? I listened to you one by one, but you still want Concubine Rou to insult me ​​like this? I have never liked anyone in my life, Pei Wenxuan was your choice. Finally, I like it. You agree with him and Li, and now you want Xiao Wei to see him in front of me..."
Li Rong scolded one by one, Li Ming felt guilty for a while, Li Rong raised her hand and wiped her tears: "You are forcing me."
"Your Majesty, don't be sad," Fulai saw Li Ming embarrassed, and went forward to pull Li Rong, "You are your majesty's most beloved daughter, and your majesty is also concerned about your reputation."
"Fu is talking about it," Li Ming coughed slightly, seeing Fulai handing him a step, "I am also concerned about your reputation. If you don't like Xiao Wei, then don't let Xiao Wei see him."
"I can't believe in other people," Li Rong said decisively, wiping tears. "He is injured now. You let him be elsewhere, I don't worry."
Li Ming paused, and Li Rong was indeed thinking about it. If Li Rong hadn't appeared in this assassination, Pei Wenxuan might have died.
Pei Wenxuan is now one of the most direct executors of all his wills. If he died like this, other people would not dare to make the first move, and secondly, he would have lost a person to do things.
The entire court, I am afraid that no one would consider Pei Wenxuan more than Li Rong.
After all, other people have more interests with Pei Wenxuan, and Li Rong...she has Pei Wenxuan in her heart.
When Li Ming thought of this, he was a little fortunate for a while, but also a little unpleasant.
Fortunately, he can use the feelings between Pei Wenxuan and Li Rong to create more gaps between Li Rong and Li Chuan. And there is always an inexplicable feeling... the jade cabbage in my own home is being arched by a pig.
Li Ming hesitated for a while, and finally settled down: "Okay, then let him raise it there. If he is healed, he will return immediately."
"but……"
"What else is it?" Li Ming raised his eyes to look at her, annoying, "Would you like to get married again?"
When Li Rong heard this, she seemed to be embarrassed: "Anyway, I live in my house...you have to worry about your daughter's reputation, or..."
"Are you talking about reputation with me at this time?" Li Ming sneered, too lazy to care about her, just said, "Go on."
"Father, and, where's Su Rongqing?" Li Rong stared at Li Ming, "He arrested Pei Wenxuan and went to the Criminal Department, only to make Pei Wenxuan have a chance to be assassinated. He suffered such severe injuries, so forget it?"
Li Ming thought for a while, and finally said: "I will punish him, but after all, he is just protecting him, not a murderer. You don't need to care too much."
"That will have to be punished," Li Rong said immediately, "you must give them some color to see, otherwise they will all stare at Pei Wenxuan, who will dare to help you in the future?"
This was on Li Ming's heart. Li Ming waved his hand and said, "Go back and embroider more flowers and practice calligraphy. Don't think about it."
Li Rong curled his lips, knelt down and kowtowed. When he was about to leave, Li Rong suddenly remembered: "Father, then my ban on foot..."
"Retreat."
It was originally intended to be shown to others and to give the Rou Fei a prestige. Now Concubine Rou has arrested Wang Houwen, and there is no need to ban Li Rong to support her.
Concubine Rou's face is too big now.
Li Rong smiled and saluted, leaving happily, and returned to the room. Pei Wenxuan saw Li Rong's face with joy and knew that everything was going well. He raised his finger to two letters on the table and smiled: "Zhezi write to me Okay, please send it to Yushitai to let people stare at Wang Houwen's case."
"I've hurt my shoulders, can I still write zhezi?" Li Rong smiled and sat next to Pei Wenxuan. Pei Wenxuan looked up at her and chuckled. "Not only can I write zhezi," Pei Wenxuan said. He stood up and approached Li Rong, "I can do a lot of things, Your Highness, do you want to try?"
"Pei Wenxuan," Li Rong pushed his head with a fan, "You're really an old man."
"Dying under the peony flower, and being a ghost." Pei Wenxuan leaned over to kiss Li Rong. Seeing him coming, Li Rong got a little itchy when he saw him. He giggled and stood up. I need to be busy."
With that said, Li Rong went to the table and fetched Pei Wenxuan's folds. Pei Wenxuan sighed and slumped back on the bed: "After using the Weichen, I see that the Weichen is useless, so your Royal Highness ignores me."
"Yes, I didn't use dog stuff," Li Rong passed him, knocked him on the stomach with a fan, and when she walked to the door, she thought for a while, then turned her head and gave him a meaningful look, "It's the only way to heal your injuries. ."
At that glance she looked very slowly, as if it contained countless romantic meanings, with a fascinating hook.
Pei Wenxuan took a breath, watching the woman open the door and walk out.
Li Rong delivered the zhezi to the people of Yushitai. The next day, when Li Rong and Pei Wenxuan were eating oranges in the house, they heard the news. Yushitai played Wang Houwen and said they would assist Roufei in investigating the case. , Was rejected by Rou Fei.
Su Rongqing was fined in March for protecting Pei Wenxuan, and at the same time he referred to Pei Liming, the secretary of the criminal department, as the new secretary of the criminal department.
The position of the Shangshu of the Criminal Ministry has been pending between Su Rongqing and Pei Liming. Now Su Rongqing injured Pei Wenxuan, obviously it is a fine, but everyone knows that for Su Rongqing’s background, the salary is not an important matter. Therefore, the real punishment for Su Rongqing was actually to let Pei Liming become the minister of criminal justice.
These two news made the two people eat two more bowls of rice, and Li Rong privately asked people to keep inquiring about Wang Houwen and Roufei.
After Wang Houwen was detained by Concubine Rou, it was said that he abused Concubine Rou in prison, and Concubine Rou was directly subjected to "secret torture." The so-called "secret torture" were punishments that tortured people, but no injuries were visible.
Where did Wang Houwen experience such insidious methods, and it didn't take long for him to recruit.
When Wang Houwen was beaten and recruited, Concubine Rou finally went to see someone. Wang Houwen was dying of torment by her and said with a smile, "Master Wang, how do you feel?"
Wang Houwen was tortured for a few days and did not dare to say more, but let him bow his head to Concubine Rou, his heart was also unacceptable, so he remained silent, Concubine Rou flicked her fingernails, and slowly said: "Wu Que in Zhushi Alley Busy, once on the branches screaming phoenix. Wearing yellow tops and green mouth beads, it is difficult to hide the turbid night fragrance. Lord Wang," Rou Fei turned her head to look at him and chuckled, "Do you still think this is good poem?"
Hearing this, Wang Houwen couldn't help laughing: "Good poem!"
He said loudly: "It's no more suitable for a mother!"
"That's just right," Concubine Rou said softly, "When Master Wang gets on the guillotine and asks for the beheading after Autumn, I came to see, Master Wang still thinks if it is a good poem."
With that, Concubine Rou stood up and walked out. When she walked out the door, she squinted her eyes and turned to ask the guard next to her: "In the case of Chen Houzhao, hasn't the evidence of Pingle's action been found yet?"
"Not yet." The guard whispered, "His Royal Highness Pingle has done too cleanly."
Concubine Rou squinted her eyes: "This Nizi is much smarter than her mother."
"But Niang," the guard was a little worried, "the old lady sent someone to say that Chen Houzhao's case was done by your uncle Yuanfang Tang. Please take care of it."
Roufei paused for a while, and then asked urgently, "Who knows about this?"
"You don't have to worry about the empress, it's all your own." The guard quickly calmed down, "The old lady said, as long as Chen Hou's photos are gone, the rest is up to the empress."
After listening to these words, Concubine Roussed for a moment, and whispered: "I will combine this case with other cases, so that my mother... don't worry. But in the future, this kind of thing must be told to me." Concubine Rou's eyes sharpened, "Not as an example."
"Don't worry, the old lady has already said that the family has already fined her. The master of the article is also worried that the lady is in short supply in the palace, so he sent two silver tickets in." Roufei watched the guard reveal the two silver tickets secretly, she He glanced at the number above, his face was a little slow, and he only said: "After all, they are all a family. If there are difficulties, I still need to help."
As Concubine Rou said, she walked out with the guards.
Concubine Rou had offended Wang Houwen, and naturally did not dare to offend other families, so she began to make friends with families and give money away.
However, she was fierce, and the fact that Wang Houwen was tortured to extract a confession was still circulated among the family. The family was cautious and afraid of her, so her attitude towards her became better. Concubine Rou only regards this as the easing of the relationship between the aristocratic family and her, without any scruples about the aristocratic family, and without the supervision of Yushitai, Concubine Rou acts more unscrupulously.
However, within half a month, she officially declared that the case was closed.
She arrested nearly 30 people, of whom nearly eight were asked to be killed. Except for Wang Houwen, almost all of them were officials involved in the Shangguan clan.
People with discerning eyes can see the meaning of Roufei at a glance, so some small families competed with the original imperial family and became the "Su King Party" in the dynasty.
As Concubine Rou concluded the case, Concubine Rou gave a list of students who participated in the imperial examination. On the day when Concubine Rou gave the list of more than one hundred complaints confirmed to be replaced, a group of officials from the princess mansion came to the gate.
When Pei Wenxuan and Li Rong were sitting and playing chess, they heard that a group of officials from outside the mansion wanted to see Pei Wenxuan.
Pei Wenxuan and Li Rong looked at each other, and Li Rong couldn't help but laughed: "I don't know if Master Pei's illness is cured. Is it better?"
"I'm okay, don't Your Highness still know?"
Pei Wenxuan smiled and put down the chess pieces, and said gently: "Bring people to the front hall, I'll be there later."
The people who came were all small officials who were responsible for the specific management of the imperial examination. Seeing Pei Wenxuan came over, a group of people immediately became happy.
"Master Pei," those people bowed their hands to Pei Wenxuan, "you are always good."
"My colleagues bother."
Although Pei Wenxuan is resting these days, he still secretly communicates with these people in letters to deal with matters. Although he hasn't seen him for half a month, he is not unfamiliar. On the contrary, he has more personal friendships and is more familiar with him.
The group chatted a few words at random, and some of them said to Pei Wenxuan: "This time, we have got the news. Empress Roufei asked one of us privately to see if anyone can serve as the chief examiner. I'm waiting for a guess. I'm afraid that Concubine Roux is about to change her adult, so she came here specially to inform her of the matter."
Pei Wenxuan heard this and swept a few people. These people are all children from a family. Although they are not first-class nobles, in Huajing, first-class nobles such as the Su clan and Shangguan clan are after all. A small number of people do things underneath, and more are little nobles rooted in Huajing.
When they came to tell him this clearly, it was no different from explaining their position. Pei Wenxuan smiled softly and said gently: "Don't worry, I will go back tomorrow."
"The imperial examination matters, you are still paying attention."