The Eldest Daughter Is Beautiful and Saucy
Chapter 367: Sympathy
Chapter 367 Sympathy
This is why the Princess Zhenguo broke the legs of the Left Prime Minister’s son and threw him in front of the Left Prime Minister’s carriage.
As the common people praised the fighting, they could not help but recall that Princess Zhenguo had beaten with a stick the illegitimate son of the Bai family who had bullied the common people on the long street. She also punished the fourth daughter of the Bai family, Bai Jinzhi, for whipping the cunning guys who went to the Bai residence to cause trouble.
They all sighed at the Bai family in the capital city’s deep love for the people. They truly treated the people as their own flesh and blood, and it was not just talk.
The Left Prime Minister allowed his descendants to bully the people, and the government did not dare to intervene, but the Princess Zhenguo did.
Li Mao, the left prime minister, wept bitterly in front of the emperor, saying that after covering up his son’s crime, he was condemned by his conscience every day and felt deeply ashamed of the emperor’s trust. Now that the Princess Zhenguo has found out about this, he is relieved but also feels ashamed, so he came to ask the emperor to punish him.
The emperor had always trusted Li Mao. Although he was angry, he didn’t know why… he actually felt a sense of sympathy with Li Mao.
The son of Left Prime Minister Li Mao was targeted by Bai Qingyan and had his legs broken by him.
The emperor’s son was also targeted by Bai Qingyan, and then Bai Qingyan forced the emperor to demote his legitimate son, Prince Xin, to a commoner and exiled him to Yongzhou.
However, even in this world, even if an ordinary family has many children… there will be one or two unfilial descendants. What father would not clean up the mess made by his own son?
Does everyone have to be like the Bai family of the Zhenguo Mansion, who would kill their own children for the sake of justice when their children make a mistake?
In this great capital, aren’t there many noble officials who clean up the mess for their children? Isn’t Lu Xiang busy cleaning up the mess for his grandson who messes with cats and dogs?
It can only be said that Li Mao was unlucky to be targeted by Bai Qingyan. It was also Li Mao’s fault that he couldn’t even clean up his own son’s mess, so he deserved to be caught by Bai Qingyan.
But as an emperor, he couldn’t say this to Li Mao.
“Forget it…” The emperor looked at Li Mao, who was kneeling on the ground crying and saying that he was unworthy of the emperor’s grace, and said, “You love your son so much, so let him recover first. Forcing him to death is not killing someone personally, but forcibly defiling another person’s wife, according to the law, he should be exiled to the frontier for 20 years of hard labor or have his legs broken! Since the Princess Zhenguo has done it for you… let’s deal with it like this! Since you didn’t teach your son well, I will fine you half a year’s salary. After I go back, I will send someone to the victim’s house to compensate him with silver, and the matter will be settled like this.”
The emperor thought of the troublesome Bai Qingyan again, closed his eyes and said, “As for the Princess Zhenguo, you don’t have to worry! Go…”
“Thank you, Your Majesty!” Li Mao looked up at the emperor with tears in his eyes, and kowtowed heavily. “I cannot share your Majesty’s worries, and I have to make your Majesty worry about me. I really deserve death! Your Majesty loves me so much that I can’t repay your Majesty even if I die. I will repay your Majesty with my life.”
“Okay! Stop talking nonsense and go!” The emperor leaned on the golden dragon pillow and waved to Li Mao.
Li Mao stood up respectfully, bowed his body and walked out of the hall. He did not stand up until he stood outside the hall and saw the bluestone floor under his feet was covered with sunlight.
He let out a long sigh. Even though he was fined half a year’s salary, it was fine as long as the emperor still trusted him.
Li Mao clenched his fists and walked out of the palace. To him, nothing was important. What was important was the trust of the emperor and the future emperor.
The biggest difference between him and Bai Weiting is that Bai Weiting has a noble character and is highly respected among the people. He seeks to live up to the expectations of heaven and earth.
And he…didn’t care what the people thought of him, nor did he care about having a clear conscience; he only cared what the emperor thought of him.
As long as those letters no longer existed or were never seen by the emperor, he would be afraid of nothing.
After Li Mao left, the emperor summoned the crown prince and asked him to tell Bai Qingyan that the emperor already knew about the matter of Li Mao’s son. Since Bai Qingyan had broken Li Mingtang’s legs, he also fined Li Mao half a year’s salary, and the matter was settled.
The emperor also asked the prince to personally deliver rewards to the Princess Zhenguo’s mansion. No matter how he kept it a secret from Bai Qing in private, he had to let the people see it openly… This was the emperor’s admiration for the Princess Zhenguo’s heart to protect the people.
When the prince received the news, he was shocked. He did not expect Bai Qingyan to be so ruthless that he broke the legs of the left prime minister’s son directly without leaving any room for him.
Qin Shangzhi was unable to figure out Bai Qingyan’s intention for a moment, and even broke into a cold sweat for Bai Qingyan. After all, the Left Prime Minister Li Mao was not a broad-minded person who was easy to mess with.
Who would have thought that in the end it would be Li Mao who went to the palace to plead guilty and admit his mistakes, and the people praised the Bai family for their love for the people.
It’s such a mess that even Qin Shangzhi’s mind is a mess?
Is the Left Prime Minister really so vulnerable that he was frightened by the Princess Zhenguo?
Qin Shangzhi narrowed his eyes. Could it be that the Left Prime Minister had some leverage in the hands of the Princess Zhenguo, and was forced by the Princess Zhenguo to do this?
However, Qin Shangzhi did not tell the prince about this suspicion. As it concerned his benefactor Bai Qingyan, he could not speak to the prince casually.
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The sky was getting dark. On the long street lined with shops, the lights in the wine shops and tea houses had been turned on, but the lanterns swaying in the wind under the green tile eaves were not yet lit.
The afterglow of the setting sun was dazzling and bright, illuminating half of the capital city in gold.
The prince personally went to the gate of the Princess Zhenguo’s Mansion with the emperor’s praise and reward.
Even the emperor praised the Princess Zhenguo. Who in the capital city dared to say that the Princess Zhenguo was crazy?
In just a cup of tea’s time, only a trace of dim glow remained in the western sky, and the prince also stepped out of the gate of the Princess Zhenguo’s Mansion.
Dong and her whole family escorted the prince to the door and bowed to say goodbye to him.
The prince smiled and said, “Princess, can you please spare me a moment to talk?”
Now that the prince has treated Bai Qingyan as his own, it is inevitable that he will give Bai Qingyan some instructions.
Bai Qingyan said that he was sending the prince to the carriage, and then he heard the prince say: “My princess, you should be more cautious in the future. You can’t always hurt people like you do on the battlefield. You can tell me about this matter and I will handle it. Why offend the left prime minister? The left prime minister is not a broad-minded person!”
Bai Qingyan hurriedly bowed to the Crown Prince: “Thank you for your reminder, Your Majesty. Your Majesty is ill, and the Crown Prince is now handling state affairs for Your Majesty, and he is very hard-working. How can I cause trouble for the Crown Prince with such a small matter?”
“Although the Left Prime Minister is not broad-minded, Li Mingtang was wrong first. I am afraid that if this matter is settled privately, with the Left Prime Minister’s precedent, all officials in the capital will follow suit. Once such a trend spreads throughout the court, when the Crown Prince inherits the throne in the future, won’t it bring disaster to His Highness?”
Hearing these words, the prince felt relieved. It turned out that Bai Qingyan acted so cruelly towards the Left Prime Minister just for him.
The prince nodded, his voice becoming gentler: “Although this is the case, but…”
This is the third update. Let me ask again… Are there any other little ancestors willing to vote for the monthly ticket? If not… then the bald author will have to ask again tomorrow.