Volume Two, Chapter 68, Living in Lies
Lu Ling'er entered the palace again, but she was very strange this time. She didn't jump around as fast as usual, but instead became extremely calm as if she had grown up.
This time, she didn't even go to Lu Bing's duty room, but walked into the imperial study where Jiajing was expressionless.
The Jinyiwei and the eunuch along the way were really shocked when they saw her like this. What's wrong with this little aunt? She looks very unhappy! : :
Lu Ling'er was indeed very unhappy. Someone actually falsely accused Yang Cong of his bad intentions. It would be strange if she was happy.
Last night, Yang Cong sneaked to her boudoir and said a lot to her, but it was not love words, but about Chen Da impeaching him and making ill-intentioned plans.
This was the first time she saw Yang Cong feel so depressed, and it was the first time she knew the cruelty of the court struggle.
These people are so unreasonable that they have killed people for their own selfish interests.
Is this kind of crime arbitrary? Can this kind of crime be taken to people at will? That will kill the nine clans!
So, she decided to help Yang Cong deceive the emperor!
She felt that Yang Cong was right. The emperor was originally living in lies. The court officials would deceive the emperor in order to fight for power, and the harem would deceive the emperor in order to fight for favor. No one would foolishly tell the truth in front of the emperor.
For example, this time, in order to compete for the position of Minister of the Ministry of Revenue in Nanjing and to compete for the interests of Yanyan, those court officials repeatedly impeached Yang Cong, saying that Yang Cong was favoritism and abused the law and used his power for personal gain and was lawless. If the emperor did not believe it, they slandered Yang Cong for his ill-conspiracy!
Is Yang Cong such a person?
Of course not.
These people are too much.
Since they can deceive the emperor, why can't they deceive the emperor?
Yang Cong also explained this to her.
Sometimes, lies are not meant to harm others. There are many types of lies. Some lies are good-intentioned, while others are malicious.
Like Chen Da's lies, this guy wanted to mess with Yang Cong, and his family was destroyed.
The lie she was going to tell was kind-hearted. She just wanted the emperor to see the "truth" clearly and not bewitched by villains and kill good people in vain.
Chen Da is a bad person, and Yang Cong is a good person. There is no doubt about this. At least she thinks so. Since Chen Da wants to deceive the emperor to deal with Yang Cong, why can't she tell a little lie so that the emperor can see Chen Da's true face! Mobile::
She mustered up the courage and walked into the imperial study room. Regardless of what Jiajing was doing, she walked up and kept Jiajing's arm and said angrily: "Brother Hui, I heard that someone impeached Yang Cong for his ill-conspiracy. These people are too much, right?"
Jiajing was reviewing the memorial, but she was hugged by her mistake and didn't draw the memorial.
He put down his pen helplessly, shook his head and smiled bitterly, "Why do you tell me about this kind of thing?"
Lu Ling'er refused to give in and said, "Why can't I say anything? I followed Qingfeng to Shanxi. He was planning to be ill, wouldn't I also plan to be ill!"
What are you saying!
Jiajing patted her little hand and comforted her: "How could I suspect that you were planning to be ill."
Lu Ling'er pouted and said nonsense: "Then you just suspect that Qingfeng's plan is inappropriate."
I'm so dizzy, my aunt, why are you involved in this kind of thing?
Jiajing rarely looked straight and said seriously: "Ling'er, this matter is not as simple as you imagined. It is a major matter related to the country and the country. You can't take it lightly. Have you ever gone to talk to Yang Cong about this?"
His expression was probably scared to death by the ministers, but Lu Ling'er was not afraid at all. She curled her lips and said angrily: "No, what's the use of telling him about this? He didn't do anything, you have to believe it."
Seeing her angry little look, Jiajing not only did not get angry, but instead asked with a smile: "Oh, how did you know he did nothing?"
Lu Ling'er explained according to Yang Cong's explanation: "I'm very clear about this. At that time, His Highness King Jin invited him not Yang Cong, but Cui Hao and I. Yang Cong just followed us to the King Jin Mansion for a meal, and then returned to Dingxiang after dinner. What a bad intention? We just talked about family matters when we were having a meal."
Hey!
Is this really the case?
Jiajing's heart moved, and then asked indifferently: "Oh, has Cui Hao gone too? Why did he go to Shanxi?"
Lu Ling'er said without hesitation: "Didn't he help Cheng Guogong take charge of the Houjun Governor's Office? He hasn't been to the Duke of the Houjun Governor's Office yet, so this time he heard that we were going to Shanxi, so he followed us."
Upon hearing this, Jiajing couldn't help but wonder: "Is he going to the Dusiwei Station below to see?"
Lu Ling'er nodded without hesitation and said, "Yes, he went to Zhenwuwei, Yanmen Pass and Ningwuguan Town Shuocheng. Yang Cong and I followed him. He didn't do anything, he just looked around, and then asked the supply of food, grass and supplies to the commander of Zhenwuwei Zhu Bingzhong and Shanxi General Zhang Da's army."
This immediately aroused Jiajing's interest. He couldn't help but ask: "Oh, how is the supply of grain and supplies in Zhenwuwei and Zhenshuocheng?"
When Lu Ling'er heard this, she pretended to hesitate for a moment, and then said: "It's okay for Zhenwuwei. They already have military farms and produce them well. There is basically no need to worry about food and clothing. Zhenshuocheng is different. Brother Hui, you don't know. The elite troops in the border army there are so miserable. The grain can only be sent by the salt merchants, and there is nothing else. Their clothes are all patches, and there are so many weapons made of wood. They are really pitiful!"
ah!
When Jiajing heard this, his face suddenly became extremely ugly.
The elite frontiers are pitiful?
That was the elite of the border army of the Ming Dynasty, pitiful!
He suppressed his anger and asked in a muffled voice: "What is Governor Chen Da doing? Didn't he arrange weapons, equipment and supplies for the elite border troops?"
Lu Ling'er said inexplicably: "How do I know what Chen Da is doing? I have never met Chen Da. The Shanxi General Zhang Da said that after Chen Da took office, he had not provided any weapons, equipment and supplies to the border army in Taiyuan Town. He didn't know how many times he had asked for it, and he couldn't even get a military uniform."
It's outrageous!
Jiajing suppressed his anger and asked, "Really, Chen Da really did nothing?"
Lu Ling'er glanced at him secretly, then said carefully: "Then Chen Da did nothing. When Qingfeng and I passed by, I heard Qingfeng's parents say that Chen Da ordered that otherwise the gentry and the people of Xinzhou would sell them grain, which would make them unable to even get the five thousand stones of military rations in Datong Town. In the end, Qingfeng would ask for talents everywhere."
There is something like this!
Jiajing gritted his teeth and said, "Has Chen Da really given such an order?"
Lu Ling'er nodded repeatedly and said, "Yes, then Chen Da is extremely hateful. Qingfeng said that Chen Da was idle because his parents did not go to Taiyuan Prefecture to honor silver, so he wanted to force his parents away to change to someone who could respect silver."
Ahhhh, you Chen Da!
Chapter completed!