Man Tang Hong Chapter 0472 Concubine Yin De’s Little Secret
Li Yuanji felt like scolding his mother.
Ling Jing also wanted to scold her.
After the monarch and his ministers looked at each other, they were speechless for a while.
Li Yuanji waited until the tea cup in his hand began to get cold, then took a sip of tea and joked with a stern face: "Dou Gui is so generous that even Zanhuang Mountain dares to let him out."
Zanhuang Mountain belongs to Zanhuang County and is a famous mountain in Hebei Province. It has beautiful scenery and rich iron reserves.
Zanhuang County, where Zanhuang Mountain is located, used to be called Fangfang County instead of Zanhuang County. In the 16th year of Emperor Kaihuang's reign in the Sui Dynasty, it was divided and named Zanhuang County.
Before Li Tang founded the country, Dou Gui was granted the title of Duke Zanhuang due to his meritorious service, and his fiefdom was in Zanhuang County.
And because there is only one high lord in Zanhuang County, Dou Gui, Dou Gui almost has the final say in Zanhuang County.
It is precisely because of this that Dou Gui once made Zanhuang County his own private territory, moved many people who lived in one room there, and built their own family property on it.
Later, although Dou Gui was renamed a Duke and the fiefdom was re-divided, Zanhuang County was still secretly controlled by Dou Gui.
It can be said that Zanhuang County is the private territory Dou Gui created for himself in the Tang Dynasty.
A lot of Dou Gui's hard work was put into it. Dou Gui ceded Zanhuang Mountain in Zanhuang County to Xiao Yu, which was equivalent to ceding all the family property in Zanhuang County to Xiao Yu.
Not to mention the income that the iron ore in Zanhuang Mountain can bring to Xiao Yu every year, just the piece of family property that Dou Gui left to Xiao Yu is enough to take Xiao Yu's family property to a higher level.
Therefore, it is reasonable that Xiao Yu would spare no effort to help Li Jiancheng.
But that's not the crux of the matter.
The key to the problem is that Li Yuanji is now targeting the Li family in Zhaozhou, and is also indirectly taking care of the Dou family. All the family properties of the Li family in Zhaozhou and the Dou family in Zhaozhou are logically speaking, Li Yuanji's meal.
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Dou Gui promised everything in Zanhuang County to Xiao Yu. It seemed that he was disposing of his family business, but in fact he was doing it for Li Yuanji. How could Li Yuanji be happy?
Ling Jing is also a part of this. Once the Li family in Zhaozhou falls and everything in Zhaozhou is harvested, Ling Jing can also get a lot of benefits. Now that part of this benefit has been given away by Dou Gui, how can Ling Jing
Will you be happy?
Ling Jing smiled bitterly and said, "Who says it's not the case?"
Li Yuanji glanced at Ling Jing and said: "We don't want to offend Xiao Yu now, otherwise it will be easy to attract some people's attention to us, which will be very detrimental to our subsequent plans, so we can only pretend not to know about it.
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However, Xiao Yu's two iron mountains are not so easy to get.
Sooner or later I will make him spit it out with interest."
If Li Yuanji remembers it correctly, in history, a large area of Zhaozhou was later granted to Changsun Wuji by Li Shimin, and there were several iron mines on it.
With these iron ores, the Changsun family became the largest iron material and ironware seller in the Tang Dynasty.
If Changsun Wuji hadn't been greedy and wanted to guide his nephew in doing things after he came to power, the Changsun family might have been able to be rich and prosperous for several generations.
Therefore, it does not matter who is holding the iron mountains in Zhaozhou now. What is important is whose hands they will be in the future.
The person carrying the cauldron of the Xiao family now is Xiao Yu. Among the next generation, Xiao Yue is somewhat capable, but he has not yet matured.
So after Xiao Yu died and Xiao Yue had not yet grown up, that was when the Xiao family was at its weakest.
When the time comes, the Xiao family will be out of business, and they can do whatever they want to the Xiao family.
If you want to get back two iron mountains, it's easy.
Xiao Rui, the prince-in-law who doesn't dare to stand out, can't hold up Xiao's position alone.
Speaking of which, the Xiao family was still a royal family when Xiao Yu was of his generation.
Belongs to the royal family of the Liang Kingdom.
It's a pity that the general trend of the world will inevitably break up if it stays together for a long time, and it will unite if it stays divided for a long time. People who used to be members of the royal family have now become other people's ministers.
Thousands of years later, the only person in the Xiao family who will be well-known to people is probably Empress Xiao, who is now in the Turks and is nicknamed the 'Liuwei Dihuang Wan'.
Yes, the famous Queen Xiao is Xiao Yu's sister.
In history, after the Turks were destroyed and they were welcomed back to the Central Plains, the main reason why they were treated politely was because Xiao Yu's legacy protected them.
As for the unofficial history saying that Li Shimin treated her with courtesy because he coveted her beauty, that's nonsense.
When she was welcomed back to the Central Plains, she was already over sixty years old. Why did Li Shimin covet her beauty?
Do you covet the chicken skin and age spots on her face?!
Li Yuanji was unwilling to say anything more on this issue. Time has already proven that everything belongs to future generations.
No matter how well the predecessors did, no matter how much they got, they are still making wedding clothes for future generations.
To him, Xiao Yu is a predecessor, so everything about Xiao Yu will become his 'wedding dress' if he is willing.
So there is no need to rush and argue with Xiao Yu now.
Besides, it was Dou Gui that he was jealous of, and if he wanted to argue, it was with Dou Gui. There was no need to go to trouble Xiao Yu, and Xiao Yu clearly did not offend him.
He just secretly pretended to be ignorant and accepted the food he had already put on the plate.
"You really can't find any clues about what's going on in the palace?"
Li Yuanji stared at Ling Jing and asked.
How Li Jiancheng persuaded Xiao Yu, and how he got Xiao Yu to support him, has basically been clarified now, so there is no need to keep an eye on it, and there is no need to pursue it anymore.
So the only things that need to be focused on now are the matters in the palace.
When Ling Jing heard this, he nodded, then shook his head and said: "It is true that there is no news at all. Although we have found some rumors, none of them are reliable."
Li Yuanji pondered and said: "We have found out what rumors are out there. Let's read them carefully together. Maybe there is the truth we want hidden in it, but we don't know it."
Ling Jing hesitated and said: "Some people say that before Concubine Yin De entered the palace, she had a man she liked. However, her father disliked poverty and loved wealth, so he was not willing to marry her to the man he liked.
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After the saint ascended the throne, she naturally became a concubine in the saint's harem."
Li Yuanji automatically ignored what Ling Jing said, stared at Ling Jing and said, "Tell me more about the person whom Concubine Yin De is happy with. Where is he now and what is his identity?"
Ling Jing smiled bitterly and said, "Your Highness may not believe it, but the person that Concubine Yin De loves is now in the palace."
Li Yuanji raised his eyebrows and asked: "What is your identity?"
Ling Jing said: "The one who comes to visit me in Luomei Courtyard!"
Li Yuanji was stunned, narrowed his eyes slightly and said, "Luomei Courtyard used to be Concubine Yin De's dormitory. Is it empty now?"
Ling Jing nodded slowly and said: "As far as I know, after Concubine Yin De entered the palace, the person she liked asked someone to help him use castration, and then entered the palace as a eunuch.
Before meeting Concubine Yin Defi, she had been bullied everywhere. After meeting Concubine Yin De, she was arranged to hide in Luomeiyuan."
Li Yuanji said thoughtfully: "So, Concubine Yin De is having an affair with this beloved person? In order to protect her beloved, she had to be coerced by the Ministry of Internal Affairs?"
Just as Ling Jing was about to shake his head, Li Yuanji shook his head first and said: "No, no, if Concubine Yin De really had an affair with this person, it would be impossible for him to live in a small place like Luomeiyuan.
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Based on my father's favor towards Concubine Yin, Concubine Yin only needs to say a few nice words for him, and he can become a visitor in the palace or an official in the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
But now he is just a visitor in the small courtyard, which means that her status in Concubine Yin De's heart is not that important, and Concubine Yin De cannot have an affair with her."
Ling Jing nodded and said, "I think so too. Besides, as a eunuch, he can't do much even if he has an affair with Concubine Yin De."
To be precise, if you can't create a child, you can't give Li Yuan a hat.
Even if there was really an improper relationship and it was exposed, Concubine Yin would have ten thousand reasons to excuse herself.
Therefore, even if this person has an affair with Concubine Yin De, he is not enough to be a bargaining chip for the Ministry of Internal Affairs to blackmail Concubine Yin De.
Li Yuanji said: "That's true..."
Ling Jing followed up and said: "I was afraid that there were some hidden clues in this, so I sent people to investigate. The final result was a big disappointment to me.
When this eunuch first met Concubine Yin De, he did have a close relationship with Concubine Yin De. Concubine Yin De had a low status at the time, but she still tried her best to find an official position for him. Therefore, he became a visitor of Luomeiyuan.
But since then, the relationship between him and Concubine Yin has gradually become alienated.
From then on, Concubine Yin De was promoted step by step, but he always stayed where he was.
Concubine Yin De did not treat him well after leaving Luomeiyuan.
Apart from providing him with food, drink and keeping him alive, he almost didn't care about his life or death.
Therefore, I concluded that he and Concubine Yin had no relationship except for a marriage that ended before it even started.
In order to protect him, Concubine Yin De will not risk her own life, the life of the county prince, and the lives of everyone in the Yin family to bite the prince."
Li Yuanji nodded thoughtfully.
This makes sense.
After all, when Concubine Yin De fell in love for the first time, people were still running around in the market, and the only people she could see were ordinary people in the market.
After entering the palace, the people he dated were all ladies of the world, and most of the real men he saw wherever he looked were also outstanding figures in the world.
Under the long-term influence of these people, looking at the lover in girlhood, it is just like that.
Perhaps when they first met, she had the feeling of "meeting an old friend in a foreign land", or maybe she was moved by her lover's spirit of entering the palace to accompany her even though she was pregnant, so she took more care of him.
But when they really got along, they saw all the inferior sides of their lover, so they were disappointed and abandoned him.
Anyway, it is completely reasonable for Concubine Yin De to abandon her first love. She would be a ghost if she did not abandon her.
"Since he has nothing to do with Concubine Yin De, why do you mention him?"
Li Yuanji looked at Ling Jing in confusion and asked.
Isn't it a waste of time to mention an unimportant person?
Ling Jing said slowly: "The reason why I mentioned him is because I found out that he once helped Concubine Yin De pass letters to others. I didn't find out who it was specifically.
But I have a hunch that the recipient of the letter must have a special relationship with Concubine Yin De, and they may have conspired together."
"And this conspiracy is very likely to be Concubine Yin De's handle?"