Beloved at the Door

Chapter 4

Shangguan Yan knew well that the reason Shangguan’s family was able to hold the position of imperial merchants was not only because of its good reputation and good signboard, but also because of its sleek work. He never sinned against any faction in the dynasty or had close friendship with any faction. At the same time, his father also warned. The two brothers and her must not get too close to any party.

It’s only her own business that she and the Nine Princes are on her own. What’s more, the Nine Princes will occasionally smash the tables and chairs in her shop and spread them to the outside. People who don’t know the truth will only treat her as unlucky and won’t treat her with the Nine Princes. Get together.

Forget it, maybe Empress An is just curious to see her for a while, and when we meet, she will behave carefully and deal with it carefully.

The sedan chair entered the side door of the palace and replaced it with another soft sedan. This soft sedan was not covered by a curtain, so the palace ladies and eunuchs along the road could see the people in the sedan.

When Qiu Dan passed by, he saw a sedan chair coming, and wanted to avoid it, but found that the person in the sedan chair was a bit familiar, so he took another look and was startled.

Isn’t that Shangguan arresting quickly? Why did she come into the palace?

Qiu Dan thought of Master Di in his family and the emperor’s instructions, so he went to an **** and asked, “Where is the sedan chair going?”

Seeing that Qiu Da was catching his head, the **** responded humbly. “If you return to the autumn to catch your head, the leader is Father Jin, and the sedan chair should go to the Lotus Palace.”

Lotus Palace? Concubine An?

“Understood, Father Xie informed.” Qiu Dan clasped his fists.

“The slave dare not.”

Then Qiu Dan immediately turned around and left, reporting the matter to Di Jing, who had just come down.

Di Jing heard that Shangguan Yan was called into the palace by Concubine An. He was about to go down to leave the palace. He immediately ordered the sedan chair to lift the sedan chair to the direction of the imperial study. .

At this time, the emperor had just sat down to read the memorial, so he heard the **** report to Lord Di to see him.

The emperor smiled at the corner of his mouth and looked back at Qiu Dan on the side.

“You said that Di Aiqing will not go back to the mansion to rest, and come to my imperial study room again. Is it for discussing political affairs with me or for her?”

It turned out that after telling Di Jing about Shangguan Yan, Qiu Dan performed light work and went to the Imperial Study Room to report the matter to the emperor.

In fact, he has been ordered by the emperor to arrest the emperor and bestow gold medals from the emperor. Over the years, he has been secretly investigating clues to tax corruption for the emperor, collecting physical and personal evidence, and they are one of the few people who know the emperor’s plan to fight corruption.

Master Di was ordered by the emperor to go deep into the people and shoulder heavy responsibilities, while his Qiu Dan was responsible for secretly protecting Master Di and letting him send him. In addition, he was also the eyes of the emperor, and he was responsible for all the things Master Di did in the public. Reported to the emperor, so the emperor knew everything that happened between Shangguan Yan and Lord Di, including the fact that An Fei called her into the palace because the Ninth Prince saw Shangguan Yan.

“Report to the emperor, Master Di should come to discuss politics with the emperor.” Qiu Dan responded solemnly.

The emperor smiled. “Look, you’re also a rigorous person on weekdays, so you can actually make fun of it? As soon as he heard that Shangguan Yan was summoned by An Fei, he immediately came to me. If it wasn’t for that girl, could it be that he came to me to kowtow?”

Qiu Dan respectfully said: “Master Di is an important minister in the court, and the minister respects Master Di and dare not make fun of him.”

The emperor smiled and shook his head. Instead of arguing with him, he said to the little eunuch: “Please come in, Lord Di.”

The little **** hurriedly went to invite people, while the big **** Lu Gonggong ordered the people to have tea.

Di Jing walked into the imperial study room and went to see him. The emperor asked him to leave Liping behind and asked, “Di Aiqing has something important to tell?”

Di Jing bowed his head to return. “Back to the emperor, the minister has an important secret reminder.”

As soon as Di Jing spoke, he directly stated his intentions, his expression was serious and cautious, and the emperor was also startled. Is it true that he was wrong? Is Di Jing really coming here to discuss politics, not for the five girls of Shangguan family?

The emperor Qiu Dan glanced at him, and Qiu Dan was still like a wooden statue, standing there upright, without any surprise on his face, as if it were normal in the first place.

The emperor raised his eyebrows, and then winked at Minister Lu again.

As a secret matter, Grand Eunuch Lu Gonggong does not need the emperor to speak, as long as the emperor’s eye can know what he means, he immediately led all the eunuchs and court ladies to exit the door, closed the door, and let all the servants withdraw ten steps. Stand at the door, guard the surroundings, and wait for the emperor’s instructions at any time.

The idlers and others left, leaving only the emperor, Di Jing, and Qiu Dan in the house. Qiu Dan was also the emperor’s confidant, so there was no need to retreat.

“Come on Aiqing, what important event?” the emperor said.

Di Jing straightened up and said in a deep voice, “It’s a tomb robbery. There are clues to Master Tian.”

The emperor’s eyes lit up, and he stood up in front of the imperial case. “really?”

“Yes.”

“Good, good, great!” The emperor said three times in a row. The news made him happy, showing how much he valued this case.

In fact, the tomb robbery is not important at all. What the emperor really wants to investigate is the case of water conservancy, and Tian Chongyang is the key piece of that case.

The Beijing-Hangzhou Canal was an important channel for the imperial court’s north-south water transport. This line was used for the transportation of goods. Every year, funds were allocated to repair dikes, strengthen protection projects, dredge the river, and avoid flooding the farmland when the rainy season comes.

Tian Chongyang was the one who purchased the materials for river control. The emperor suspected that the household account was different and ordered someone to secretly investigate the project funds, but Tian Chongyang suddenly died at this time.

At that time, Wu Zuo went to check and said that he died of a heart disease. Once Tian Chongyang was gone, the clue was cut off in the case, but the emperor knew that someone must have falsely reported the materials, so he was greedy for a lot of money.

These people were so courageous, that Tian Chongyang must have been secretly killed, but when Di Jing found out that Tian Chongyang’s body was missing, the emperor ignited hope again. After a secret discussion with Di Jing, he decided to go daily. North Korea pretended to be okay and let no one know that they were investigating secretly.

The emperor has always endured, he is not afraid of the other party being greedy, he is afraid that the other party is not greedy, and the bigger the greedy, the better, it is best to be greedy, so greedy that he can find evidence and catch it all.

Now Di Jing said that with Tian Chongyang’s clues, can the emperor be unhappy?

“Di Aiqing, tell me this matter quickly.”

“Yes, the emperor, after the Weichen originally planned to retreat from the emperor, he brought the witness of this case, Shangguan Yan, and gave the emperor the details. Unexpectedly, this person was called into the Lotus Palace and asked the emperor to send someone to recall it. .”

The emperor was stunned and looked straight at Di Jing, but when Di Jing was stared at by the emperor, he did not evade, his eyes were straight and there was no guilty conscience, as if what he was talking about could not be more upright and bright.

The emperor stared at him for a long time, and when he saw him being so serious, he didn’t seem to be joking, so he thought he was thinking too much.

“Grandpa Lu.”

When Grandpa Lu heard the emperor’s call, he pushed in immediately. “The minion is here.”

“You immediately send someone to the Lotus Palace and bring me the woman named Shangguan Yan.”

“The slave follows the order.”

At the moment, Shangguan Yan, who was in the Lotus Palace, was kneeling on the ground to meet Concubine An.

“Raise your head.” Although the voices of the people in the seat are sweet and tactful, they carry the prestige that has been on the top for a long time.

Shangguan Yan slowly raised his face, his eyes still bowed respectfully, feeling that he was looking at him with a pair of eyes.

“She looks pretty, no wonder Yin’er likes it.” Shangguan Yan’s heart was shocked by the woman’s cold words. Although I knew that Concubine An had suddenly summoned her to be 80% related to the Ninth Prince, it seemed to be true. Not good!

“How old are you?” There was another question from above.

“Given the mother, the girl is twenty this year.”

“Twenty? So old?”

Yes, I’m old, it’s not suitable for you, don’t make my mind.

Shangguan Yan thought this in his heart. From the time she entered to the present, An Fei asked her to kneel to see her, but she did not exempt her from the ceremony, which shows that there are some prejudices against her.

“Mother Ran, you said that our daughters in the prince’s mansion are not lack of beautiful young girls! Why does Yin’er have a crush on her?”

“Ms. Niang, His Royal Highness is also eager to be fresh for a while. Although the ladies are good, they have strict discipline and are always more gentle and courteous. They are a little restrained. Your Royal Highness will inevitably find it boring.”

“Isn’t it good to be gentle? It’s harder to be elegant than some small-minded people.”

“Of course the girls from Xiaomen Xiaohu are not as good as those princesses, but your Royal Highness sees too many noble girls, and she always gets sick. It’s not hard to understand that you like this Xiaojiabiyu.

“Hey, Yin’er is really true. Even if you want to pick, pick a younger one, but find someone three years older than him. It won’t make people laugh at it?” Yin’er is only seventeen years old, and the princess hasn’t even married yet. , Just clamoring to accept this twenty-year-old business girl as a concubine, it was irritating.

“What the empress said is, but being older is also good, having a calm temper, maybe it can help the Nine His Royal Highness to set a certain impulsive temper.”

This Concubine An and Grandma Ran sang together, scolding her for her low status, wanting to climb high branches, and thinking that she is old, not as good as those princesses. Shangguan Yan always kept his eyes silent, but sneered in his heart, letting him go. They continued to sing.

But even though this sounds demeaning her, it seems to have other intentions? Although the Shangguan family is an emperor merchant, its status is not low, but it is also because the emperor is very mercantile, but for these royal families, it is valuable to marry aristocratic daughters. First, they gain power, and secondly they gain power. Although their Shangguan family is rich, they have nothing. Powerless, what is this An Fei thinking?