Volume 3] Chapter 113: Not only is it a fault, but it is also a meritorious achievement——

Chapter 113: Not only did it pass, but it actually made merit

"I... How dare I provoke him? I can't even hide for a day. Who knew he would come to the door today..."

Seeing the princess asking questions, Liu Youfu cried with aggrieved face.

"What did you say? You said it was Yue Su who came to beat you on his own initiative?" When Princess Ningde said this, her face was full of horror, and then she said: "I heard that Yue Su always acts in accordance with the law. What did you do?

?Let him find it on your door?"

Seeing that his wife was thinking wrongly, Liu Youfu quickly explained: "Where are you thinking? How can I have the courage to do those illegal and taboo things?"

"Then why did he come to beat you when you didn't do anything?" the princess asked eagerly.

"It's not that Yue Su came in person, it was his men who led people to smash up my rice shop. When I got the news, I didn't know it was Yue Su's people. When I heard that someone dared to go to my rice shop and act wild, I

I got angry at that time, so I took people to retrieve the situation. Unexpectedly, the leading man was very powerful. He caught me from the horse and gave me a good beating..." Liu Youfu gave a rough summary of what happened.

For a while, he was still talking and crying.

"According to what you said, it was Yue Su's people who took the initiative and smashed our rice shop?" Princess Ningde said.

"That's not it. Princess, you must make the decision for me. I know that Yue Su is in power and has three copper guillotines given by the late emperor. Even the brother of the Queen Mother dares to hit him. No one in Beijing can afford to offend him.

.But...but you are a princess after all, and this country belongs to your family. How can you allow him to act recklessly? He...he didn't come forward in this matter, and you can't do anything to him, but I can't get this beating in vain.

"We can't touch him, Yue Su, but the one who beat me can't let go easily. If you beat me, you're not just beating Princess Chitose, but you're also beating the royal family's face. Princess, you must not tolerate it." Liu

Youfu also knows that it is impossible to touch Yue Su, but his beating cannot be in vain. If he cannot deal with Yue Su, then Yue Su's men will never be spared.

Princess Ningde nodded and said: "My husband is right, what is the difference between them hitting you and hitting me on the face, and what is the difference between hitting me on the face of the royal family? This matter must not be let go.

Even if I can't touch him, Yue Su, I can't make it easier for the person who beat you. I will go to see the Queen Mother now and ask the Queen Mother to order that guy to be cut into pieces with a thousand swords."

"Thank you princess, thank you princess..." Liu Youfu said quickly.

"Don't be stunned here, hurry up and prepare a sedan for me."

cabinet.

Yue Suzheng took his fellow cabinet ministers to draw up a memorandum of merit. After the draft was completed, he sent it to the Supervisor of Ceremonies. At this time, a young eunuch came to report that someone from Master Yue's residence had something important to see.

Lord Yue.

The cabinet is in the Forbidden City. This is not a place where anyone can come in. Even Yue Su cannot call people in and can only go out to talk.

He didn't know what happened, but he expected that it must be serious, otherwise his family would not come here to find him. So Yue Su stood up, told the ministers to do whatever they should do, left the cabinet, and walked outside the Forbidden City.

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After leaving the Forbidden City, they saw Jin Chan and Tong Zhou waiting outside. Yue Su called Tong Zhou aside to talk.

"Tong Zhou, what happened? Are you in such a hurry that you come here to find me?"

"Sir, something big happened. Today Haoquan took people out to buy rice, and ended up fighting with the prince-in-law." Tong Zhou replied carefully.

"Oh?" Yue Su was startled and asked: "How could something like this happen? Do you understand? Please tell me the cause and effect quickly."

"Yes, sir." Tong Zhou nodded and replied: "My subordinate only heard what Haoquan said when he returned home. Today he went to a store called Liuji Rice Shop to buy rice. When he first arrived, the clerk at the rice store said yes.

It was ten taels of silver per stone. Although Haoquan thought it was expensive, he did not show his official status. He also heard that the price of food in the city was like this now, so he bought it. Unexpectedly, before he finished loading the rice, he bought it.

The clerk at the rice shop informed Haoquan that the price of food has increased, and now it costs fifteen taels of silver per stone..."

When Li Haoquan told Tong Zhou at that time, he was very detailed and did not miss anything. Now that Tong Zhou relayed what happened to Yue Su, he naturally did not dare to forget even a single sentence. He told it exactly as it was.

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After hearing this, Yue Su nodded and said: "In this case, you go to Shuntian Mansion now to see how Haoran's situation is? Also, there is no need to say anything more to Qian Jingsong. Just tell him that the case will be handled normally.

That’s it.”

"Yes, sir." Tongzhou bowed and replied.

"I'm free to take care of this matter. You can go to Shuntian Mansion now."

Yue Su sent the boy away, and then asked Jin Chan to stay and guard outside the Forbidden City as before. He entered the Forbidden City and returned to the cabinet. As soon as he entered the cabinet, he saw a young eunuch coming to greet him, "Master Yue, the emperor has

I would like to ask you to meet me in the imperial study."

"Okay, please lead the way, father-in-law." Yue Su said with a smile.

"Sir, you are very polite. Please follow me." The young eunuch quickly bowed and saluted, and then led the way, leading Yue Su to the imperial study.

Soon they arrived at the Imperial Study Room. The young eunuch went in and made an announcement, followed by the words "The Emperor has a decree. Please give an audience to Taibao Yue."

Yue Su walked into the imperial study room and saw Emperor Zhu Ciyan sitting high behind the desk. Next to him was the Queen Mother Zhang Yan. Further down, there was a young woman dressed in luxurious clothes. Looking at the clothes, Yue Su could also recognize that they were those of a princess.

Yue Su lifted up his clothes and made a gesture to kneel down. At the same time, he said: "Your Majesty Yue Su, I wish you long live the emperor, and the Queen Mother is a thousand years old..."

"Please excuse yourself from the Yue Qing family..." Zhu Ciyan said quickly before Yue Su could kneel down.

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

"Come here, show Yue Taibao your seat." Zhu Ciyan said again.

The little eunuch hurriedly moved a chair, which was opposite Princess Ningde. Yue Su thanked En and sat down, then he raised his hands and said, "I wonder what your Majesty has to say after summoning the minister."

Zhu Cizhen didn't know what to say and quickly looked at his mother. Zhang Yan smiled slightly and introduced Yue Su: "Yue Qing's family, this is Princess Ningde, the sister of the late emperor."

"Your Majesty, Yue Su, meets the princess." Yue Su stood up and bowed to Princess Ningde.

"Master Yue, no need." Princess Ningde said calmly.

"Thank you princess." Yue Su stood up straight.

"Qing family, please sit down quickly." Zhang Yan followed.

"Thank you, Queen Mother." Yue Su sat on the chair. Following him, Zhang Yan said again: "The Yue Qing family has invited you here today because I want to ask you something."

"I wonder what it is?" Yue Su said.

"It's like this. Princess Ningde's husband's family is the Liu family of Guang Enbo, and the prince consort is Liu Youfu, the eldest son of Guang Enbo. The Liu family has a rice shop in the capital. I heard from the princess that the people in Yue Qing's family today are

When he went to the rice shop, he didn't know why, so he smashed the rice shop. The prince-in-law Liu Youfu went to check, but he was beaten by the people in the house. Now he is injured and bedridden, and he needs to be punished. This matter,

I don’t know if Yue Qing knows, but Aiqing has always enforced the law. If this happens, I will definitely deal with it in accordance with the laws of the court." Zhang Yan said calmly. Yue Su's identity must be here, no matter what.

Zhang Yan could not say clearly whether the matter was instigated by Yue Su or not. She found a way out for Yue Su in advance and said that Yue Su did not know about the matter. Then she expressed her attitude, hoping that Yue Su would hand over the person who wanted to beat the consort and clarify the truth.

punishment.

Yue Su, who had been in the officialdom for so many years, certainly knew what the Queen Mother meant. He smiled slightly, cupped his hands and said, "Returning to the Queen Mother, this matter has just been reported to me by my family. When the family told the story, they also mentioned beating the Prince Consort.

The name of the person who beat the consort is Li Haoran. He is now an official and pays homage to the general, and he will listen to his advice in the minister's house. The Queen Mother said that he should be punished according to the law, and I will naturally not be reluctant. However, I thought that if the family of the minister's house

The report turned out to be true, Li Haoran beat the consort, not only did he make a mistake, but he also made meritorious deeds."

"Ah..." Upon hearing Yue Su's last words, Princess Ningde almost lost her temper. You Yue Su dare to admit that it was one of your men who beat the consort, but why did you still get credit for beating the consort?

Aren't you obviously bullying people?

Not to mention that the princess was angry, Zhang Yan was not only angry, but she suppressed the anger in her heart and said in a gentle tone: "Yue Qing, you beat the consort. No matter what the reason is, it is a crime that deserves to be punished. How can you pay for it?"

Is it successful? Where did the Qing family start talking about it?"

"Queen Mother, of course we have to start from the beginning. Today Li Haoran's younger brother Li Haoquan took people to buy rice, and the rice shop they went to happened to be the Prince Consort's Liu Ji Rice Shop..." Yue Su immediately told Tong Zhou what happened.

, and relayed it to the Queen Mother.

After hearing this, the Queen Mother said: "Yue Qing, although it is said that Liu Ji Mipu's clerk provoked this matter first, Li Haoran beat the consort after all. Who should be responsible for this case and what punishment should be borne? The sentence was just and impartial."

That is, if Li Haoran beats the concubine, he should be killed according to the law, so where does he get any credit?"

"Since the Queen Mother said who should be responsible for this case, she should bear whatever punishment, that's fine..." Yue Su said this, stood up, knelt down in the center of the study, and said solemnly: "Your Majesty, please issue an edict,

Kill Guang Enbo and the entire Liu family!"

"What..." Upon hearing what Yue Su said, the emperor was confused for the first time and looked at Zhang Yan at a loss.

"Yue Su! What do you mean?" Princess Ningde jumped up, stood up, pointed at Yue Su and said loudly: "Yue Su, you are a minister after all, even though you were appointed by my imperial brother during his lifetime.

Minister Tuogu, but you don’t have the right to act recklessly?”

Zhang Yan was also angry, but she suppressed it and said calmly: "Yue Qing, get up first, if you have anything to say."

"Thank you, Queen Mother." Yue Su did not want to appear too strong and stood up as instructed.

Then I heard Zhang Yan say: "The Qing family asked for an order to kill Guang Enbo. I wonder which law the Liu family violated?"

"Yes!" Princess Ningde stamped her foot, then pointed at Yue Su and said loudly: "Yue Su, please explain the matter clearly to me. Which royal law did my husband's family break? You dare to ask for an order to kill him.

If you can't tell me why today, I won't be done with you even though you are the Minister of Tuogu!"
Chapter completed!