Chapter 16 Peony being exploited

When Mingyun returned to the royal capital, he was given two imperial pearls.

This matter spread in the royal capital, and everyone was talking about it. At the court, many officials also had their own thoughts, and felt that the ownership of the throne was becoming more and more confusing.

Ming Yun, who became the Qizhu Prince, did not immediately compete with the Crown Prince and Ming Long. Instead, he lowered his profile and made friends with various officials in the court.

His sincere and elegant image has won the favor of a large number of people.

A few days later, a big event happened in the royal capital.

The Minister of the Ministry of Finance was imprisoned because of his bad moral conduct, embezzling money from the treasury, and enriching his own pockets, and was scheduled to be executed later in the year.

This incident shocked both the government and the public, and the people were in an uproar.

Inside Qunfang Pavilion.

Ming Wuyan also knew about the dismissal of the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, "Tsk, the Ministry of Revenue is in charge of the country's land and finance. Over the years, this Minister may have embezzled a lot of people's wealth and wealth. But I heard that this time the house was raided, but only

Less than 300,000 taels of silver were copied. This minister usually spends money lavishly."

Yueji rubbed his shoulders for him, looked around, and whispered after seeing no one there: "I heard that the Minister of Household Affairs is the prince's money bag. I'm afraid most of the money he collects will fall into the hands of the prince."

Already."

"So, my eldest brother is going to have a headache."

"Not only that, I also heard that the newly appointed Minister of Household Affairs, Your Majesty did not adopt the advice of the Crown Prince and the Second Prince. Instead, he listened to the Fourth Prince and promoted a new person. It is possible that His Majesty saw the two princes fighting.

It’s been too long, I’m a little tired of it, and I don’t want their people to take over.”

Qunfang Pavilion is one of the largest gold sales caves in the royal capital, and the people who come and go are either rich or noble, so naturally Yueji and the others can hear more news than ordinary people.

Some of them are not even clear.

After all, he, the prince, is no different from a decoration in the court.

"It seems that the fourth prince can no longer hold himself back and has begun to participate in party struggles."

Ming Buyan murmured.

"Your Highness, what did you say?" Yue Ji couldn't hear clearly.

"Oh, it's nothing. I came to Qunfang Pavilion to enjoy it, not to talk about any national affairs." Ming Buyan laughed.

"There is something that may interest Your Highness."

"Oh, what's the matter?"

"It's about Peony. I heard that a few days ago, Prince Wang, the son of the Minister of Civil Affairs, fell in love with Peony and wanted to redeem her. However, she did not explicitly refuse this time, and I don't know if she plans to leave Qunfang Pavilion."

Ming Buyan was startled for a moment, "Sister Mudan is leaving?"

"I don't know, I just didn't refuse, but I didn't agree either."

Showing your thoughts without saying anything.

In the past, many people, including princes and nobles, wanted to redeem themselves for Peony, but they were all rejected by Peony. Why is this time an exception?

Could it be that the son of the Minister of Civil Affairs is very charming?

"What do you want to do."

At this time, there was a loud noise outside the Accord.

Ming Buyan went out with Yue Ji to take a look.

I saw Zhang Yun, the son of the Minister of Punishment, fighting with a young man. Mudan stood beside him, somewhat at a loss, surrounded by crowds of onlookers.

"It's Mr. Zhang and... Mr. Wang."

There is something unexpected about the rose.

"Young Master Wang? He is the son of the Minister of Civil Affairs?"

"yes."

Ming Wuyan glanced at the other person twice.

He looks good, but not as handsome as him.

"Son of a bitch, I'll kill you!"

Zhang Yun shouted loudly, raised a vase and threw it at Mr. Wang.

Prince Wang wanted to dodge.

But suddenly, he was startled, as if he was affected by something, and he was unable to dodge, and let the vase hit his head directly.

With a bang, the vase broke. Prince Wang's eyes turned white and he fell to the ground with blood on his head. Everyone screamed in surprise and quickly backed away.

When Zhang Yun saw this, he also woke up from his anger, was a little dumbfounded, looked around, and then ran out of Qunfang Pavilion in a panic.

"Now things are going big."

"The son of the Minister of Punishment killed the son of the Minister of Libu. Tsk tsk. This is probably the first time this has happened in the hundred years since the founding of the Liang Dynasty."

Everyone was talking about it, but no one dared to go up to see if the prince was really dead, for fear of accidentally getting into trouble.

Among the crowd, there was one person who caught Ming Wuyan's attention.

It was a young man in his early thirties wearing a long purple coat. The man took one look at the prince's body and smiled on his face.

The other party is Wen Changfeng.

"Interesting, after dealing with the Ministry of Finance, are you now dealing with the Ministry of Punishment and the Ministry of Personnel?" Ming Buyan said with a smile.

He could see that the prince could have escaped just now, but Wen Changfeng had manipulated it and hit the opponent's acupuncture points with his true energy through the air, making the opponent unable to evade and was killed by the vase.

"Peony, what's going on?"

Yueji ran to the somewhat panicked Peony and asked.

"I, I don't know. I just finished dancing and was about to go up to accompany His Highness. Young Master Zhang suddenly rushed out. He looked like he was a little drunk. He held my hand and kept asking me why I didn't agree to follow you.

He left, and then Young Master Wang rushed out to stop him. I don’t know why, but Young Master Zhang got angry and started fighting with him when he saw him..."

Peony explained the matter eloquently.

Ming Ming, who came up, asked silently: "Sister Mudan, I heard that the prince wanted to redeem your life, you didn't refuse, right?"

"Sister Fang asked me to do this. She said that Mr. Wang is the son of the Minister of Civil Affairs and a frequent visitor to Qunfang Pavilion. If he refused directly, he would be embarrassed, so she asked me to wait a few days before refusing." Mudan said.

I understand without saying anything.

Peony is being used.

Being used by Sister Fang, no, to be precise, by Fourth Prince Mingyun.

The other party asked Mudan not to reject the prince first, creating the illusion that Mudan might leave with the prince, and then used Zhang Yun's admiration for Mudan to make the other party crazy with jealousy and do irrational things in public.

Then let Wen Changfeng interfere and let Zhang Yun kill Prince Wang.

There was a trace of thought in Yue Ji's eyes.

Apparently I've figured something out.

Soon after, someone from the Yamen came to the scene and confirmed that Mr. Wang was dead.

The fact that the son of the Minister of Punishment killed the son of the Minister of Libu quickly spread in the royal capital, causing an uproar in the government and the public as well as among the people.

And that night.

There was also a conflict in Qunfang Pavilion.

It’s Rose, and Sister Fang.

"Sister Fang, you have participated in the party struggle, right?"

Yue Ji asked bluntly.

After staying in Qunfang Pavilion for these years, Yue Ji had already noticed that Sister Fang might be assisting a certain prince, but she didn't break it.

But what happened today forced her to come out and confront him.

Sister Fang was silent and did not answer.

A look of anger appeared on Yueji's face, "You are taking advantage of Mudan. What if something happens to Mudan? She is a weak woman, caught between the official department and the criminal department. If she is not careful, she will be doomed. Can you really bear it?"

"Peony will be fine, I promise."

"How do you guarantee it? Or does the prince behind you say that he can guarantee it? Sister Fang, do you really think that those high-ranking people will care about the lives of us people in the world?"

That night, she had a quarrel with Sister Fang and had a cold war for two days.

The atmosphere in the entire Qunfang Pavilion was slightly wrong.

Ming Wuyan noticed something and felt quite helpless, "Involving a group of weak women in the party struggle, Sister Fang, Sister Fang, what are you going to do next?"

Qunfang Pavilion is his source of happiness.

He didn't want to see Qunfang Pavilion destroyed by party strife.
Chapter completed!