diskusbooks Chapter 231: Greed is enough and the snake swallows the elephant
Chapter 231: Greed is enough and the snake swallows the elephant
Hui Chengyuan waved his hand and asked Lingkong to take out the results of the investigation of the Xin family. "I asked Lingkong to check this. Take a look."
Yuan Man took the memorial and walked up to the queen and read it with her.
Hui Chengyuan's hand, which was originally holding Yuan Man's, was just suspended in mid-air.
"If you like reading these, I'll have someone collect the secrets of each family in Kyoto for you to see."
When he mentioned this, Yuan Man's eyes lit up, "No need, just let Qinglong show it to me, he has a lot of information."
Qinglong is collecting information, and there must be a lot of gossip to read. Why not ask him to give me a copy of the information he has collected?
Convenient and does not waste manpower.
After reading the memorial, the Queen shook her head and said, "She is really greedy. She actually used the dowry of the first wife to help her parents' family. She is really shameless."
Yuan Man nodded after reading it, "How shameless! He used someone else's things and treated their daughter badly. He even sold their daughter. He is not a human being."
"However, if she wants to pay back the dowry, she will have to go back to her parents' home to make trouble, and then things will get lively again."
The queen nodded.
Hui Chengyuan stayed with them for a while and then went to take care of his own affairs.
When he is not in Kyoto, he does not have to deal with some things. When he comes back, he naturally has to share some of the responsibilities for his father who is alone in the empty room.
Not long after Hui Chengyuan left, Yuan Yi came and said, "Master, we found out that the Minister of Justice is behind the human trafficking gang."
"But he is just a supervisor, and there are others behind him."
Yuan Man looked at him, "Where did you see that?"
Yuan Yida said: "I went to Liu Zhengyang's study and found his correspondence, but the other party only used code names."
"Liu Zhengyang will hand over 10,000 taels of silver to the other party every month and report the situation of the den."
Yuan Man asked, "What's the code name?" The Minister of a country is actually just a small errand boy. What a huge organization this must be.
This is no longer a simple human trafficking gang, and I am afraid that many officials are involved.
"owl."
The queen looked over and frowned.
Yuan Man thought for a moment and said, "Tell the prince about this. You will cooperate with him in investigating this matter. I'm afraid it won't be a simple matter."
"Then ask Qinglong to see if he has the clues you need."
"Yes." Yuan Yi bowed and left.
The queen looked at Yuan Man and finally understood why she could discover secrets hidden in the dark.
Her initial purpose was just to save people, and then she would unravel the problem.
"Greetings to Her Majesty the Queen, Your Highness, the third Miss Sun of the Xin family is here to visit." The butler walked in and said.
Yuan Man sat up and said, "Bring it here."
She was too lazy to get up and go to the living room.
The queen thought about it for a moment and realized that he came to express his gratitude.
The housekeeper came in with Xin Rong, bowed and left.
"I, Xin Rong, pay my respects to Her Royal Highness the Crown Princess and thank Her Royal Highness for saving my life."
Yuan Man was really surprised when he saw her. When they were beggars, Jinnan and the others were like her. They were obviously eight or nine years old, but they looked like children of six or seven years old.
"Get up and come sit down."
Xin Rong stood up, looked at her, and then sat down on the wooden stool next to her.
Hongxiu brought the tea over and placed it in front of her.
Seeing her reserved, Yuan Man smiled and asked, "Has your mother woken up? What are your plans for the future?"
Xin Rong didn't know why, but she felt very nervous. She was clearly not nervous when facing the Emperor today.
"Please let your Highness take care of me. My mother has woken up. I will go to Jingcheng with my grandfather when he comes."
"So, your mother decided to divorce?" Yuan Man was actually curious about Rong.
How did she manage to live her life like this? Even if she had been a little more independent, her daughter would not have ended up like this, and she herself would not have been bedridden for so long.
After being weak for so long, how come you suddenly become tough again and want to divorce?
Xin Rong shook her head, "She didn't want to, but I convinced her."
"Then she said she would make the final decision after her grandfather came."
Yuanman nodded and said something else to her.
Seeing that it was getting late, Xin Rong stood up and said goodbye, "Your Highness, this is a thank you gift I prepared for you. Thank you for saving me. If it weren't for you, I would have died long ago."
Yuan Man nodded, "I'll accept the things, but remember, nothing is more important than life."
"Yes, I'll remember it." Xin Rong bowed and walked out.
The queen, who had been silent the whole time, sighed, "The secret affairs of the harem have harmed countless people. If the mother doesn't stand up, the children will always suffer."
Yuan Man curled his lips and nodded, "So, I don't like the backyards of these mansions of princes and nobles."
The queen looked at her with a smile, "Which woman would like this? However, this is just the way the world is."
"That's right." Yuan Man naturally knew it, but it just depended on whether he had the ability to fight against the world.
"So, Xiao'er has promised you to be alone for the rest of your life, and your mother is very supportive." The queen smiled and patted her hands.
"Although the Queen Mother also likes to be surrounded by children and grandchildren, she also knows that peace in the harem is more sustainable. After all, many noble families were destroyed by the fighting between their children and grandchildren."
Yuanman looked at her with a smile.
After lunch, the queen returned to the palace with the things Yuanman had prepared for her.
When the emperor learned that the queen had returned to the palace, he immediately rushed to Changle Palace with eager eyes.
The queen glanced at him and ate the snacks that Yuanman prepared for her. It was really delicious.
"Queen, what are you eating?" The emperor came over.
The queen glanced at him and said, "Aman prepared snacks for me. She said she brought them back from outside. They were kept iced. It was not easy."
"Why don't I have it?" The emperor immediately became unhappy.
The queen rolled her eyes at him and said, "You've already eaten it, haven't you?"
"Besides, you didn't do anything, why should I give it to you?"
The emperor was not happy, "I am her father, shouldn't she present good things to me as a gift?"
The queen picked up a piece of crispy meat and stuffed it into his mouth, "Eat yours."
"How do you want to celebrate your birthday this year?"
The emperor thought for a moment and said, "Three years have passed, and this year Anguo is recovering. I want to do something big."
The Queen nodded, "Okay, tomorrow I will summon the people from the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Revenue to discuss this."
The emperor shook his head and said, "This grand celebration of the Emperor's birthday is too tiring. Just hand it over to the Ministry of Rites. You can just take a good rest."
"Your health is not as good as it used to be. If you can let others do this kind of hard work, let them do it."
The queen looked at him and nodded with a smile, "Then I really don't care."
"Never mind. If the Ministry of Rites can't do it well, I will punish them." The emperor said with a wave of his hand.
The queen really didn't care about it. She either applied cucumbers on her face or ate snacks every day, and she even gained weight.
When the emperor saw her so leisurely, he suddenly felt unbalanced, so he handed over most of the government affairs to the prince, and went to Changle Palace whenever he had free time, doing whatever the queen did.