Chapter 3 Zhongshan Wolf
Yin Ashu had a pointed face and a mustache. He looked thin and small, and in the loose green official uniform he looked like a giant turtle.
Li Yuanji really wanted to know how such a person could give birth to a daughter who was so beautiful, charming and smart.
Is it
Just when Li Yuanji was daydreaming, Yin Ashu had already walked to the door of the main hall. He did not treat himself as an outsider and righteously ordered the doormaids and servants to prepare wine and meat for him.
Li Yuanji saw that he was ordering people in the mansion as if he was ordering his own family members, and he felt disgusted, but he did not drive him away.
Li Yuanji wanted to know what he meant by venting his anger.
It must be a big deal for a father who is a royal concubine and a grandfather who is a prince to ask him for a reward so confidently.
Li Yuanji put his hands behind his back and returned to the long table in the main hall and sat down.
Yin Ashu followed in, shouting.
After sitting down, Li Yuanji didn't rush to ask questions, and Yin Ashu didn't rush to speak either.
After the wine and meat were served, Yin Ashu ate the wine and meat while saying with great satisfaction, "Your Highness, I have avenged you and the Crown Prince today."
"oh?"
Li Yuanji pretended to be surprised and said, "I would like to hear more details."
Yin Ashu took a big gulp of wine and said with a wink, "Your Highness and the Crown Prince are at odds with the King of Qin, aren't they? Today, Du Ruhui, an official of the King of Qin's palace, rode past my house on horseback, and I found an excuse to beat him up so badly that he broke two of his fingers.
Your Highness, tell me, did I help you and the Crown Prince vent your anger?"
Li Yuanji was stunned and asked in astonishment: "Who?"
Yin Ashu asked in confusion: "Du Ruhui, Your Highness, don't you know Du Ruhui?"
Without waiting for Li Yuanji to answer, Yin Ashu answered his own question, and laughed with a firm tone: "Du Ruhui is a great strategist in the Qin Palace. Your Highness cannot be unaware of this."
Li Yuanji remained expressionless, but muttered to himself.
Of course I know Du Ruhui, and the name of Fangmou Duduan is well-known.
It's just that it's hard to believe that such a person was beaten by a thug and even had his fingers broken.
Li Yuanji remained silent, and Yin Ashu hurriedly asked, "Your Highness, do you think I should be rewarded?"
reward?
I'll give you a big head ghost.
You are offending Li Shimin to death.
Li Shimin has probably already started determining the size of the grass on your grave.
If we say three feet long, then the kind that is three feet and one inch long is absolutely not allowed.
"I remember that Du Ruhui is the confidant of the King of Qin. If you beat Du Ruhui, aren't you afraid that the King of Qin will come to you to question you?"
Li Yuanji wondered.
"hey-hey ……"
Yin Ashu smiled obscenely, raised his eyebrows, and said proudly: "After I beat Du Ruhui, I sent someone to pass the message to the palace. If the King of Qin wants to cause trouble for me, he has to get through the Saint."
The saint that Yin Ashu mentioned is Li Yuan.
Officials would only call Li Yuan "Your Majesty" in formal occasions; they would call him all sorts of things in private.
Some are called Saints, some are called Everyone, and some are called Lord.
It depends on the relationship and location.
Officials generally called Li Yuan a saint.
People in the palace generally called Li Yuan "Da Jia".
The former servants of the Duke of Tang's mansion and the subordinates who followed Li Yuan to start the uprising in Taiyuan could call Li Yuan their lord.
Li Yuanji felt emotional, it was really the villain who complained first...so shameless and smart.
Yin Ashu was the first to report the matter to Li Yuan, and with the help of his daughter's whispering, his beating of Du Ruhui was in vain.
Not only was Li Shimin unable to help Du Ruhui get back his face, he might even be scolded by Li Yuan.
Du Ruhui is a famous person in history, but now he is just an official in the Qin Palace.
Even though Li Shimin created eighteen scholars in the Xiuwenguan and raised Du Ruhui's status, it was still not good enough in front of Li Yuan.
A conflict broke out between a father-in-law of the emperor and an official of a prince's mansion, and it was obvious who the emperor was on the side of.
With Li Yuan's status, it was impossible for him to go to Du Ruhui to question him, so he would definitely summon Li Shimin and ask him for the crime of not disciplining his children strictly.
Li Yuanji sighed, "You are such a talent..."
Although Yin Ashu's move could not cause any serious harm to Li Shimin, it would definitely make Li Shimin sick to death.
If Li Yuanji intended to go against Li Shimin, Yin Ashu's action was indeed helping him vent his anger.
But Li Yuanji had no intention of fighting for the throne, so Yin Ashu's move was meaningless and might even make him an enemy.
Yin Ashu didn't know what Li Yuanji was thinking. When he heard Li Yuanji praising him for his talent, he said happily, "Then Your Highness, why don't you reward me?"
Li Yuanji glanced at Yin Ashu and said incoherently: "If you want to ask for a reward, you should go to the East Palace..."
He didn't want to get involved in the feud between Yin Ashu and Li Shimin.
Yin Ashu immediately said, "I have already been to the Eastern Palace, and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince rewarded me with a hundred gold cakes."
After saying that, he winked at Li Yuanji, as if telling Li Yuanji that even if your reward cannot be equal to that of the crown prince, it cannot be much less than that of the crown prince, right?
Li Yuanji instantly lost interest in continuing to talk to this money-obsessed guy.
This guy loves money without shame or life.
If one person eats from two families, that requires a certain degree of wisdom. Without wisdom, he is seeking death.
Now the Prince Qi’s Mansion and the Eastern Palace are in a cooperative relationship, what about in the future?
He has decided to withdraw from the struggle for imperial power and is destined to part ways with the Eastern Palace in the future.
Yin Ashu is jumping back and forth between the Eastern Palace and Prince Qi's Mansion. Isn't this courting death ?
"Since my elder brother has already rewarded you, I will not reward you again. It is getting late, so you should return home quickly."
Li Yuanji ordered calmly.
Yin Ah Shu was anxious, "How can that be possible?! I helped His Highness vent his anger, but His Highness didn't reward me. Who will be willing to help His Highness in the future?"
Li Yuanji glanced at Yin Ashu and said in a slightly cold tone: "So I must reward you?"
Yin Ashu could tell that Li Yuanji's tone was not good. He wanted to argue with him based on his status, but thinking of the bad reputation of the King of Qi, he could only swallow his anger and mutter, "Even if I don't want to reward you with money, I can give you a maid..."
As he spoke, he looked at the maid guarding the door.
The maidservant was of good looks and young, a beauty in her element.
Yin Ashu had been eyeing it for a long time, but he just hadn't found a suitable opportunity to ask for it.
"Send Yin Jianmen out of the house!"
Li Yuanji was too lazy to talk nonsense with Yin Ashu. He had nothing to say to a fool who was destined to die.
The guards at the door heard Li Yuanji's order and immediately walked into the hall.
Yin Ashu's eyes widened in disbelief and he shouted, "Your Highness?! How could you do this to me?!"
"Fork it out!"
Li Yuanji shouted coldly.
The guard trembled all over, quickly stepped forward, picked up Yin Ashu and ran out of the hall.
Yin Ashu was held by the guards, still shouting and screaming.
Li Yuanji turned a deaf ear.
As for whether Yin Ashu would run to Li Yuan to complain like he did to Li Shimin, Li Yuanji didn't care at all.
Yin Ashu's daughter was a royal concubine and his grandson was a prince, but he was merely a powerless royal concubine with no relatives to rely on, and a prince of the illegitimate class whose fiefdom contained only a hundred households.
Li Yuanji's adopted mother was the queen, and her in-laws had considerable power, with a fiefdom worth tens of thousands of households.
There is a world of difference between the two sides.
Moreover, Li Yuanji is a legitimate prince.
In the Tang Dynasty, the gap between legitimate and illegitimate children was like a natural chasm.
Children of the legitimate family have the right to inherit and have a say in the family business from the moment they are born.
The children of concubines live for the legitimate children from the moment they are born.
They have to do whatever their direct descendants need them to do. Only when they are no longer needed can they live for themselves.
Li Yuan himself was a beneficiary of the system of separation of legitimate and illegitimate children, so he would definitely support it.
Moreover, Li Yuan's legitimate children far surpassed those of his illegitimate children in terms of wisdom, ability, and talent.
Li Yuan's affection and love for his legitimate children were much deeper than those for his concubines.
Unless Li Yuan was crazy, it was impossible for him to make things difficult for his own legitimate children for the sake of a concubine and a concubine's prince.
If Yin Ashu really went to complain, Li Yuan would at most just scold him.
…
Li Yuanji expected Yin Ashu to file a complaint, but he did not expect Yin Ashu to file the complaint so quickly.
After Li Yuanji sent Yin Ashu away and gave up his plan to go out for a walk, and was about to rest in the main hall of Wude Hall, Liu Jun, the eunuch and junior supervisor of the inner chamberlain, who was close to Li Yuan, hurried to Wude Hall.
Liu Jun was a middle-aged man with a pale face and no beard, and he was plump and white. He was wearing the official uniform of the Junior Supervisor of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
When he saw Li Yuanji, he bowed, stood up, and said loudly: "Everyone has ordered His Highness to come to Liangyi Hall to see the emperor."
Li Yuanji had just taken off his coat, but when he heard Liu Jun's words, he started putting it on again.
"Did Yin Ashu go to Liangyi Palace to sue me?"
Li Yuanji asked while putting on his clothes.
Liu Jun did not reply, but just stood there bowing.
The predecessor not only had a bad relationship with the people in the mansion, but also had a bad relationship with other people in the palace.
So when Li Yuanji tried to get some information from Liu Jun, Liu Jun ignored him.
As far as Li Yuanji knew, Liu Jun would usually leak some information when he went to the Eastern Palace or the Prince of Qin's Palace.
Li Yuanji didn't care. He put on his clothes and asked, "I'm under house arrest, right? Can I go out?"
Liu Jun bent down and said casually: "If you summon me, I can go out naturally."
Li Yuanji nodded, said nothing more, and followed Liu Jun out of the main hall of Wude Hall.
The maid at the main hall door hurriedly put a thick cloak on Li Yuanji.
Li Yuanji put on a cloak, got on the sedan chair, and staggered towards the Liangyi Palace.
Riding in a sedan chair within the palace was a privilege given by Li Yuan to his three legitimate sons. None of his legitimate daughters enjoyed it. Some important ministers could only enjoy the privilege of riding in a sedan chair or on horseback.
Going west from Wude Hall, passing through Daji Gate, Lizheng Gate, and Xianchun Gate, you will reach Liangyi Hall.
The area of Liangyi Hall is four times that of Wude Hall. Except for the huge Liangyi Palace in the center, the surrounding area is open space.
It was late at night, and the lights inside and outside the Liangyi Palace were brightly lit, but it was still impossible to illuminate all areas of the Palace.
Li Yuanji could only appreciate the tall, steady and heavy outline of the Liangyi Hall by candlelight and moonlight, but he could not appreciate the entire picture of the Liangyi Hall.
Liangyi Hall was where Li Yuan slept, handled government affairs and entertained important officials.
There were thousands of guards guarding the surroundings, and seven or eight hundred palace servants waiting at the entrance of the palace.
The palace servants standing guard at the palace gate, holding lanterns and standing bent, formed a long queue and were very eye-catching.
Li Yuanji's sedan chair stopped at the steps in front of the palace entrance. Li Yuanji got off the sedan chair, straightened his clothes, and felt a little nervous and excited.
Although Li Yuanji had seen Li Yuan's back the first moment he traveled through time, and had seen Li Yuan countless times from his previous life's memories after traveling through time, it was still the first time he faced Li Yuan in person, and he couldn't help feeling a little excited.
Others only see Li Yuan in history, but he can see him alive and moving. How can he not be excited?
As for the uneasiness, it was because of Li Yuan's identity.
Although Li Yuan was not highly regarded in history, he was, after all, a founding father of a country. His wisdom, strategy, courage, talent and many other aspects were definitely far beyond ordinary people.
If he said the wrong thing when facing Li Yuan, or revealed some flaws and was targeted by Li Yuan, there was no guarantee that Li Yuan would discover his secret.
