"On purpose?" Empress Zhangsun frowned and thought about what had happened not long ago.
When Kong Yan held her shoulders, he used a lot of strength, almost forcing her.
Now that he thought about it, this was not normal.
"If he did it on purpose, why did he do it? Wasn't he afraid that His Majesty would really kill him?”Empress Zhangsun was puzzled and at the same time, she was very dissatisfied with Kong Sheng.
"He wants to drive a wedge between us." Li Shi Min sneered and said sarcastically," He's underestimating our relationship.”
"Drive a wedge between us?" Empress Zhangsun frowned. The more she listened, the more confused she became.
"I heard that Wang Wan and Duan Tan Niang came to find you?”Li Shi Min reminded.
Empress Zhangsun nodded. She looked up at Li Shimin and asked,""Is the matter about Uncle Shun De…true or false?”
Li Shi Min's expression froze and he nodded.
Empress Zhangsun fell silent, her expression complicated.
Zhangsun Shunde was an elder she respected very much. If possible, she did not want anything to happen to him.
But this was already the second time!
A few hours ago, Wang Wan and Duan Tan Niang came together to ask for an audience. It was indeed for Zhangsun Shunde's matter.
"Last time, His Majesty gave him dozens of bolts of silk in front of all the ministers? Did he not understand what he meant? Why did you do such a thing again?" Empress Zhangsun sighed softly, her face filled with sadness.
"Zhen will do my best to protect his life." Li Shi Min said in a deep voice.
"Save your life? What do you mean?" Empress Zhangsun was stunned and quickly asked," Didn't you just take some silver? What else happened?"
"What did they tell you?" Li Shimin asked hesitantly.”
"He said that a junior of the Zhangsun Clan sent him silver," Empress Zhangsun said with a frown.”
"Tell me everything they told you.”Li Shi Min said solemnly.
Empress Zhangsun thought for a moment and said,"Wan 'er first asked me if I knew something had happened to Uncle Shunde.
ChenQie was puzzled and asked what had happened.
At that time, Tan Niang wanted to say something, but she was stopped by Wan 'er.
ChenQie was a little worried at that time, so she asked.
Wan 'er said that Uncle Shunde was greedy for silver again and was taken away by the Supreme Court. I hope that ChenQie can plead for mercy in front of His Majesty…"
Overall, Wang Wan's statement was correct.
This time, in the case of corruption of the disaster relief funds, Zhangsun Shunde, who was behind the scenes, had indeed only embezzled some silver. The rest was done by his subordinates.
Li Shi Min's eyes turned cold as he snorted,"She's right, Shunde was indeed just greedy for some silver.”
"Then why did Your Majesty say that just now?”Empress Zhangsun looked at Li Shimin and frowned." Your Majesty, please tell me the truth."”
"Sit down first." Li Shimin helped Empress Zhangsun to sit on the sofa while he sat on the stool opposite the sofa. He looked at Empress Zhangsun and said in a deep voice,""The money that Shunde embezzled this time was donated by Kong Yan to the disaster victims in Guanzhong.”
"Disaster relief funds?" Empress Zhangsun covered her mouth in shock and said in a trembling voice," Doesn't he know that it's money to save the lives of the disaster victims?”
"If it's just embezzling the disaster relief funds, it's not too serious.”Li Shiming shook his head, his face a little gloomy." According to Kong Yan, some local officials in Guanzhong used chaff and grass for livestock to feed the disaster relief.
What's more, they even added sand and soil!”
"Heh…I only heard this morning that many of the people who suffered from the disaster did not starve to death, but died from eating this kind of disaster relief grain that carried sand!”
"If the situation is true, I must give the people of Guanzhong an explanation!”
Li Shi Min's face turned ashen.
Empress Zhangsun was shocked speechless.
After a long time, Empress Zhangsun asked,""Does Uncle Shunde know about this?”
Li Shiming shook his head and said,"We will only know when the Supreme Court hears the results tomorrow."”
Empress Zhangsun was silent. She sighed." Your Majesty just said that Kong Yan wanted to drive a wedge between us. Is it because he's worried that I'm going in your direction?"”
"Hmph, his thoughts are complicated!”Li Shiming sneered," You didn't drive a wedge between us just for Shunde.”
"What else could it be?" Empress Zhangsun looked sad, and her voice was much softer than before.
"I haven't thought of it yet, but that kid definitely doesn't have good intentions.”Li Shi Min frowned.
"This…could it be that Your Majesty is overthinking things? ChenQie saw that he was generous, polite, and smiling. He was even generous to the disaster victims and directly donated five million taels of silver. Such a person might have some ulterior motives, but he should not have any evil intentions!”
After knowing what her uncle Shunde had done, Empress Zhangsun didn't have much resistance to Kong Yan's attempt to drive a wedge between her and Li Shimin. Instead, she felt that Kong Yan hated evil and had a better impression of him.
Hearing Empress Zhangsun's words, Li Shimin's eyelids twitched.
Generous?
That kid just touched you without any manners!
Elegant and polite?
That kid saw that I didn't kneel, so what courtesy did he have?
Smiling?
I wish I could slap all his teeth away!
Generous?
If you're really generous, why should I worry about the military pay for the Turkic war?
No ill intentions?
If you really don't have any evil thoughts, can you hang up my civil and military officials and princes overnight and beat them up?!
Li Shiming mocked coldly in his heart. He really didn't expect his Guanyin maid to see Kong Yan as such a positive person!
He didn't know what to say!
…………
Kong Yan narcissistically thought that Empress Zhangsun might have a good impression of him, but he would never have thought that it would be so good.
After leaving the Qing Ning Palace, Princess Chang Le deliberately walked in front of him.
"Tomorrow, will you still come to mother's place?”Princess Chang Le blinked her eyes and stared at Kong Yan. Her voice was filled with anxiety and anticipation.
"Naturally." Kong Yan chuckled and said," Have you forgotten that I still have to collaborate with the Empress to publish a book?"”
"Then…see you tomorrow!" Princess Chang Le raised her eyebrows, and her smile seemed to be able to infect Kong Yan.
Kong Yan looked at Princess Chang Le's back and said softly,""See you tomorrow."
Wang De watched from the side and shook his head secretly.
He knew that the two of them were destined to never be together.
"Let's go, Eunuch Wang. I'm curious what kind of residence you've prepared for me.”Kong Yan retracted his gaze and smiled.
"Please follow this old servant."
Wang De led the way first. Behind him, there were four eunuchs surrounding Kong Yan.
Kong Yan tucked his hands into his sleeves and strode forward, recalling the scene in the Tranquil Palace.
"The relationship between Li Shi Min and the Zhangsun family is really good.”
Thinking of Empress Zhangsun's nervous appearance at that time, Kong Yan couldn't help but sigh. When you marry a wife, you should marry Zhangsun Wugou.
Naturally, he thought of Princess Chang Le.
In comparison, Princess Chang Le seemed more youthful and lively.
After letting his imagination run wild for a while, Kong Yan followed Wang De to a small palace on the east side of Taiji Palace.
"This is Young Master's residence in Taiji Palace. It has been tidied up. Young Master, please see if you are lacking anything.”
Wang De led Kong Yan into the palace and said with a smile.
Kong Yan looked around and sighed. He asked,""Can I walk around the palace tonight?”
Wang De's eyelids twitched, and his face stiffened."Young Master, you'd better stay in your room at night. Otherwise, it wouldn't be good if the patrolling Imperial Guards saw you.”
"What about dinner?"
"There's someone here to send it off."
" I have maids waiting on me outside. I wonder..." Kong Yan looked expectant.
Wang De's pale and beardless face immediately fell. He said helplessly,"Why must Young Master make things difficult for this old servant?"
"How boring." Kong Yan snorted.
"If Young Master has nothing else to say, I'll take my leave first," Wang De said with a wry smile.”
"There's one last question." Kong Yan raised his eyebrows.”
"Please speak, Young Master." Wang De sighed helplessly.
The four eunuchs behind him all did the same.
They all knew the identity of the youth before them.
"When you cut, did you cut the rod…or the egg?”Kong Yan stared at the bottom three sides of these five people with a face full of curiosity.
Wang De's face froze and then turned green.
The four eunuchs behind him had the same expression.
" I'm just curious," Kong Yan laughed dryly." Please don't take offense."”
"This old servant will leave first." Wang De had a look of despair on his face, and his back was very desolate.
"Wait a minute, there's another problem.”Kong Yan called him from behind.
Wang De's expression changed. The four eunuchs in front of him also had a drastic change in expression, and they quickened their pace.
Wang De also wanted to leave. He really didn't want to hear Kong Yan's question.
However, he was a step too late and Kong Yan grabbed his sleeve.
"Ahem, I just wanted to ask you if you had sex before you entered the palace.”Kong Yan coughed and asked with a dry smile.
"Young Master Kong, did this old servant offend you?”Wang De was furious.
This was too much of a bully!
Asking a eunuch about this kind of thing, wasn't this bullying?
"Don't mind me. I'm just concerned about you.”Kong Yan put on a caring expression and said seriously," It's not embarrassing if you haven't done it. You don't know that there are still many men in the Tang Empire who have nothing but a place to show off.
There were also some people who didn't cut off their bodies, but it was no different from cutting them off.
Of course, there are many things that we can't do about the matters between men and women. Let me tell you about it in detail…"
Wang De's face was filled with grief and indignation, and his eyes were about to spew fire.
"Let me tell you…"
“……”
"After the woman has a child, the man will have ten months of rest…"
"If the house is too small and the family of three can only live in one room, the couple might not want the child at night…"
“……”
Kong Yan pulled Wang De along and started talking nonsense. It was all about the things between men and women that had deeply stimulated Wang De.
In the end, Wang De's expression was almost numb.
As for the four eunuchs who had left the palace early, they all looked sympathetic.
"Eunuch Wang is too pitiful!"
This was the common thought of the four eunuchs.
After that, Wang De walked on the road in a daze.
"Eunuch, are you alright?" A young eunuch asked with concern.
"You say this old servant didn't offend him, so why did he humiliate this old servant like this?" Wang De sighed.”
"This…"
The four eunuchs could not say anything.
"Let's go."
Wang De sighed again, his back bleak.
"My brother has an heir! My Wang family has an heir!"
In his heart, he was already so excited that he was in turmoil.
……
It had to be said that Kong Yan had put in a lot of effort in order to catch Wang De.
Now, Wang De would soon become the person most unlikely to help him in the eyes of some people.
After all, in many people's eyes, eunuchs had twisted minds.
Mentioning their sad stories in front of them would usually make them bear a grudge for a lifetime.
Kong Yan had succeeded.
This made him very satisfied with his eloquence and deep understanding of the matters between men and women.
That night, he had a good sleep.
That night, something big happened in Chang 'an:
State Duke Xue's grandson, Shunde, was assassinated in the Supreme Court prison!
The thief had fled to the vicinity of Wild Goose Falling Pavilion and disappeared without a trace!
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