"What's your name? From the look of you, it seems that you are going to the emperor's temporary palace to complain? What are your grievances? Can you tell me?"
During the inquiry, Emperor Deqing's attitude was gentle and his expression was friendly, which was very different from his usual majestic appearance.@
On the other hand, although the filial woman did not know that the person in front of her was the emperor, she also understood that the identity of Emperor Deqing must be extraordinary. Just being a follower could make local officials like Zhang Jizhi, the prefect of Linqing, respectful and frightened.
However, after hearing Emperor Deqing's inquiry, although the Xiaofu woman bowed and bowed in a respectful manner, she did not answer the question, but her expression became more miserable and she said: "The old father of the civilian girl has been framed and suffered a huge loss.
The people who framed my father are all powerful people, and the leader among them is of high status, and no one dares to defy him. Although the daughter of the people is willing to complain about her grievances, she does not dare to put herself at risk for the sake of you, sir.
I inform you of your grievance, and I only hope that you can help the daughter of the people to meet His Majesty the Emperor. This is already a great kindness. The daughter of the people will definitely devote her whole life to repaying you. From now on, she will work hard and work hard without any complaints!"
Hearing the words of the filial woman, Zhao Junchen, who was originally standing behind Emperor Deqing with his hands down, couldn't help but have a flash of light in his eyes, and thought to himself: "Although this girl looks like she has been wronged, her intentions are...
It should not be underestimated. It is obvious that His Majesty's status is noble, and such a noble person must have arrogance in his heart, but he still uses words to provoke him, showing a look of distrust, under such provocation.
If you agree to something in the heat of the moment, I'm afraid she will lead you away."
While thinking to himself, Zhao Junchen raised his eyes and carefully looked at the filial woman in front of him. He saw that although this woman was wearing filial piety and looked a little embarrassed because of the dispute with the government officials not long ago, she had a little makeup on her face.
She has obviously dressed up carefully!
This discovery made Zhao Junchen even more thoughtful.
On the other side, Emperor Deqing was not angry because of the filial woman's distrust. Instead, his attitude became more gentle and he said with a smile: "No matter what, you must tell me your identity. Otherwise, how can I tell you your origin is unknown?"
Let you go to see the emperor? What's more, I think I still have some influence in the temple. Even if the person who caused your father to be wronged is a court elder, I am not afraid to redress your grievances, so you don't have to worry about anything, just do it.
Tell me your grievances and I will naturally make the decision for you."
Zhao Junchen was now determined to find out the truth about the woman in front of him, and he also took the opportunity to boost Emperor Deqing's momentum. He interjected: "Yes, my master's status is extremely noble. Although there are countless high-ranking officials in the court, in the eyes of my master, they are all
It’s just ordinary. Besides, my husband has always been upright and selfless, and he can’t stand injustice in the world, so girl, just tell my husband your grievances. As long as you really have grievances, my husband will definitely help you.”
After hesitating for a moment, the filial woman finally replied: "Li Jiamin, a civilian girl, my father is Li Xin, the former magistrate of Huaiyin. However, my father was framed a few days ago and is now trapped in prison. He has suffered humiliation and torture. Seeing that his body has become weak.
Unable to stand it any longer, the daughter of the common people wanted to fulfill her filial duty and could not bear the suffering of her father in prison, so she planned to rush to the capital to file a complaint and redress her father's grievances! Unexpectedly, when passing by Linqing, she learned that His Majesty the Emperor was on a tour to the south and was now in Linqing.
After a short break, I wanted to go to the palace gate and kneel down to redress my grievances. I never thought that after the local officials got the news, they would forcefully stop me. If I hadn't been lucky enough to meet you, my lord, I'm afraid the civilian girls would have been driven away by them."
As he spoke, Li Jiamin's expression became increasingly miserable.
Then, Li Jiamin suddenly raised her head, looked directly into Emperor Deqing's eyes, and asked: "My lord, you just said that even if the person who falsely accused my father was an elder of the court, you are not afraid to redress the grievances of the people's daughters, but the people
I dare to ask again, if that person’s background is more noble than that of the current court elder, would you still dare to plead the grievances of a common girl?”
It is still a method of motivating generals.
However, Emperor Deqing was not a reckless and impulsive person after all. After hearing Li Jiamin's rhetorical question, he was slightly stunned, but instead of being provoked by Li Jiamin, he remained silent.
Although Emperor Deqing is the emperor, and no one in the world is more noble than him, it does not mean that Emperor Deqing can act arbitrarily, otherwise it will cause turmoil in the government and the public, and all officials will backlash! At this time, I heard Li Jiamin's description
, the person who caused her father to suffer injustice turned out to be more noble than the elder in the court, and Emperor Deqing couldn't help but feel a little more cautious.
Nowadays, although Emperor Deqing has a good impression of Li Jiamin and has some thoughts in his heart, he will never go to war for her and cause shock in the temple.
At the same time, hearing the name of Li Xin, the prefect of Huaiyin, made Emperor Deqing feel vaguely familiar, but he couldn't remember it. After all, there were too many prefects in the world, and they changed frequently, so Emperor Deqing was very worried.
It’s hard to remember them all.
Then, Emperor Deqing turned his head and glanced at Zhao Junchen, with a look of inquiry.
On the other side, after hearing Li Jiamin's self-introduction, Zhao Junchen's eyes couldn't help but flicker, but he finally guessed what the grievances in Li Jiamin's mouth were. A trace of meaning flashed in his eyes, and then he took a step forward and came to Deqing
Beside the emperor, he said softly: "Your Majesty, I am not familiar with Li Xin at all, but it is a coincidence that when we were listening to a book in the teahouse not long ago, the storyteller mentioned his name. Do you still remember?
?”
Hearing Zhao Junchen's reminder, Emperor Deqing was stunned again. Then he thought about it carefully, and finally remembered what the storyteller in the teahouse said not long ago, which was about "The prince's discerning eyes are like a torch, and he can see through the disguise of the corrupt official Li Xin."
At the same time, Emperor Deqing finally understood that the culprit Li Jiamin said framed her father was actually his own son, Prince Zhu Heyu!
Although Zhao Junchen had successfully aroused Emperor Deqing's fear and jealousy of Prince Zhu Heyu through the arrangements in the teahouse, Emperor Deqing still had reason to know that no matter what the truth was at this time, if he was really
Helping Li Xin overturn the case will damage the reputation of Crown Prince Zhu Heyu, and for the crown prince, reputation is often the most important.
For a moment, Emperor Deqing felt that he had already said enough and that he should not even care about Li Jiamin's affairs. He could just let the local officials drive her away.
On the other side, Li Jiamin saw Emperor Deqing's hesitant expression. He understood that after revealing his identity, Emperor Deqing had guessed something, so a trace of determination flashed across his expression, and he finally stopped hiding it and did not wait for Emperor Deqing to speak.
He explained in detail: "My lord, you must have guessed that the father of the girl was arrested and imprisoned on charges of corruption during the trial of the 'Southern Inspection Preparation Fraud Case'. The reason is actually
The origin of the large sum of money in the family of a common girl is unknown, but we can learn from the world. Most of the ancestors of the common girl's family were engaged in business. It was only in my father's generation that he began to engage in official career. After generations of accumulation, the family is naturally rich, but this money belongs to the ancestors.
We earned it innocently, so what's the crime?
However, when His Royal Highness the Crown Prince arrived in Huaiyin, people in the Huaiyin official circles were panicked. The factory guards under the prince knew that the daughter's family was wealthy, so they took the opportunity to blackmail my father. However, my father was an upright man and naturally refused to give in. In the end, the factory guards fabricated evidence.
, took the opportunity to frame him! As for the corrupt officials in Huaiyin officialdom, because my father helped His Royal Highness expose their crimes, they were never willing to join in with them, but they also joined forces with the factory guards and made perjury to frame my father!
Originally, my father thought that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was wise and mighty and would never believe the words of a villain. He never thought that His Highness the Crown Prince just read the perjury of those corrupt officials and learned that the wealthy family of a commoner girl easily concluded that my father's family was rich.
As a result, my father was arrested and imprisoned without even a chance to defend himself, and was eventually beaten to death!
My lord, my father is really unjust! The daughter of the people also knows that His Highness the Crown Prince is the future emperor and has a very high reputation. The women of the people do not dare to sue His Highness the Crown Prince, nor do they dare to let you offend the Crown Prince because of this matter. I only hope that Your Majesty will
Can you bring the people's daughter to see the emperor, let the people's daughter complain to the emperor about her father's grievances, and restore my father's innocence! The people's daughter kowtows to the emperor!"
As she spoke, Li Jiamin had tears in her eyes and kowtowed to Emperor Deqing repeatedly. She even made a "bang bang" sound when she hit the ground with her forehead, which was obviously a lot of force.
However, when he kowtowed, although his forehead was red and his face was stained with dust, the image of a strong weak woman, paired with a plain dress, became even more charming, so much so that even though Emperor Deqing wanted to push it away
, but I can’t bear it.
After hesitating for a moment, Emperor Deqing finally couldn't bear it, so he took another step forward, supported Li Jiamin, sighed, and said: "Well, I will explain your matter to the emperor, but what will happen to the emperor?"
The decision is still uncertain. Presumably after arriving in Huaiyin, the emperor will send someone to visit your father's situation, and they will make a conclusion by then. But before that, you can go south with the emperor for the time being."
While speaking, without waiting for Li Jiamin to make another request, Emperor Deqing turned to Zhao Junchen and said: "Junchen, I will leave it to you to arrange this girl for the time being. She is redressing her father's grievances. She is really pitiful and also really respectable. What you said
Take good care of her and don't let her suffer any further."
However, Emperor Deqing was too thoughtful now and did not consider the details clearly. Due to a moment of negligence, he actually said Zhao Junchen's name in front of Li Jiamin.
At such a young age, he can scare the prefect of Linqing, also known as "Junchen"...
But this "junior minister" regarded himself as a servant in front of the old man in front of him. After seeing him, the Linqing prefect subconsciously knelt down and kowtowed. In addition, this old man could also intervene in the personnel arrangement of the southern tour at will...
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Li Jiamin is a smart person, but with the help of Emperor Deqing's slip of the tongue, he vaguely guessed something. His body shook slightly, and a trace of suspicion and shock flashed in his eyes.
However, firstly, it was not confirmed, and secondly, Li Jiamin had other thoughts. After hesitating for a moment, he did not express his guess. He just lowered his head and hid the fluctuation in his eyes, as if he was letting Emperor Deqing make the decision.
appearance.
However, Zhao Junchen had been carefully observing Li Jiamin's reaction, and naturally discovered something unusual about Li Jiamin. On the contrary, Emperor Deqing did not notice Li Jiamin's condition because he turned around and ordered Zhao Junchen.
So, after hearing Emperor Deqing's instructions, Zhao Junchen's eyes became more meaningful, but he just lowered his head and agreed: "Don't worry, sir, I will naturally arrange this girl properly."
Emperor Deqing nodded, looked at Li Jiamin carefully, and said: "In that case, let's arrange it this way. Miss Li, you don't have to worry. I will definitely report your matter to the emperor, and I believe the emperor will also seriously consider it."
of."
After saying that, Emperor Deqing turned around and left, walking toward the temporary palace with a thoughtful expression.
Zhao Junchen took a step forward, came to Li Jiamin, and said with a smile: "Miss Li, come with me."
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After making arrangements for Li Jiamin, Zhao Junchen returned to his room when he saw that Emperor Deqing had no other arrangements.
During the process of settling Li Jiamin, Zhao Junchen originally thought that Li Jiamin would take the opportunity to test a few words with him to confirm the identity of Emperor Deqing and himself. However, Li Jiamin behaved extremely well and obeyed Zhao Junchen's arrangement without any questions.
This made Zhao Junchen take a high look at her and felt that this woman's scheming should not be underestimated.
Sitting behind the desk, Zhao Junchen was not in the mood to deal with the household affairs for a while. He just thought to himself: "This Li Jiamin is probably not that simple. Her behavior today is either deliberate or under the guidance of an expert behind her back."
...But that's right, His Majesty's southern tour is at a time when the situation is changing, and I am definitely not the only one who wants to take advantage of the opportunity to do something... But, if there is really an expert behind this Li Jiamin, this will
Who could be the master? Huang Yourong and Shen Changmao? They should not have this means; Zhou Shangjing? It is unlikely. Li Jiamin's actions are obviously aimed at the prince. Zhou Shangjing is not so leisurely now... So,
Seventh Prince Zhu Hejian?..."
While thinking secretly, Zhao Junchen frowned slightly, vaguely feeling that there might be the shadow of the Seventh Prince Zhu Hejian behind Li Jiamin, but he was not too sure, after all, it was all just conjecture.
"In any case, the appearance of Li Jiamin will do more good than harm to me after all, so no matter whether there is someone behind her or who the instigator is, I can add fuel to the flames, act according to the opportunity, and incorporate this situation into my
In the plan, achieve better results..."
Originally, when he used the "Southern Tour Preparation Fraud Case" to plot against Prince Zhu Heyu, Zhao Junchen had already expected that during the trial and handling of the "Southern Tour Preparation Fraud Case", Prince Zhu Heyu would be under pressure due to time constraints.
The factory guards were bent on seeking credit, which would inevitably lead to a large number of unjust, false and wrongful convictions. During Emperor Deqing's southern tour, he would inevitably encounter many wronged family members of the prisoners who would redress their grievances and file imperial complaints against Emperor Deqing!
However, in Zhao Junchen's original expectation, although many people would file complaints during the southern tour, Emperor Deqing would never reverse the case for them for the sake of the reputation of Crown Prince Zhu Heyu, and Zhao Junchen's
This plan was just to slowly wear away Emperor Deqing's patience and confidence in Prince Zhu Heyu - today's arrangement in the teahouse was the first step in Zhao Junchen's plan.
However, Li Jiamin's performance and Emperor Deqing's appreciation of Li Jiamin made it possible for Li Xin to overturn the verdict!
This possibility is not high, but it will happen after all!
Once Li Xin is overturned, the reputation of Crown Prince Zhu Heyu will inevitably take a hit, and then the families of other prisoners involved in the "Southern Tour Preparation Fraud Case" will see hope and follow suit one after another, working with Li Jiamin. They also complained to Emperor Deqing and expressed their grievances!
In this way, Zhao Junchen's plan will achieve greater success and achieve additional effects.
Thinking of this, Zhao Junchen murmured: "Although as long as Emperor Deqing's sanity remains, the possibility of overturning the verdict is very small, but this possibility will eventually arise. In this case, then I will secretly help Li Jiamin, I just hope that Li Jiamin can seize the opportunity..."
While Zhao Junchen was thinking secretly, Xu Qingyan pushed in the door and reported to Zhao Junchen: "Young Master, Zhang Jizhi, the prefect of Linqing, wants to see you."
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