"Folk girl Li Yonglin has met Her Highness the Princess. Her Highness is a thousand years old!" In Rouyi Hall, as soon as Li Yonglin walked in and saw Yun Zhi, she immediately knelt down and said.
"No need to pay tribute."
"Thank you, Your Highness." Li Yonglin bowed again, stood up and stood in front of Yunzhi, bowing her head slightly.
Yunzhi looked at her carefully. She had not seen Li Yonglin for several years. Although she still remembered the time when they were together, the person in front of her was already somewhat unfamiliar. She only saw Li Yonglin wearing a light yellow silk jacket.
, wearing a blue forged skirt on the lower body, and aqua green bijia on the outer cover. Although it does not look very elegant, it makes people look comfortable.
Looking at her appearance, Yun Zhi vaguely remembered that she was quite beautiful when she saw her more than six years ago. At that time, she was a few years older, her face had grown longer, and her eyebrows had broadened, making her even more beautiful.
But after noticing that her brows had opened, Yun Zhi was suddenly startled. Just as she was about to speak, she saw the palace maids standing on the left and right and ordered: "You all stand down!"
"Yes, Your Highness." Several palace maids agreed, bowed their heads and retreated. However, they did not close the door when they left the room, but kept it ajar.
Yunzhi didn't notice this detail. She asked immediately after the maids left: "Didn't you say you weren't married yet? Why..."
Li Yonglin didn't expect that the first thing she asked would be this. She was startled, but then she replied: "Your Highness, the daughter of the common people did get married two years ago, but this time something happened to my Li family, the daughter of the common people's husband's family will
The daughter of the common people abandoned her husband and returned to her parents' home. The daughter of the common people has severed all ties with her ex-husband, so she claims to be unmarried."
Being divorced at this time is a big deal. Some women commit suicide because of being divorced. Even if they don't commit suicide, they will never feel better. What's more, she was divorced not long ago, so she probably feels even worse. But just now she said
When he said these words, his tone did not fluctuate at all, and the expression on his face did not change at all, as if he was talking about unrelated people.
"That family is really a bastard!" Yunzhi immediately said: "Seeing my in-laws defeated, not only did I not help, but I added insult to injury. It's really shameless!"
As she spoke, she stood up from her chair, walked to Li Yonglin, took her hand and said, "Don't worry, after this matter is over, if that family is not dealt with, I will stand up for you and punish them severely.
Their family is awesome!"
Yunzhi's words were not because of her friendship with Li Yonglin. She had not seen Li Yonglin for six years. At that time, she had only met a few times and played together a few times. She did not have a deep relationship with her. Although it was because Li Yonglin was her
One of the only people she could call a friend kept remembering her, but it was not enough for her to decide to use her privileges to suppress a family in violation of national laws; she mainly did it because she was also a woman and would harm others.
"Thank you, Your Highness!" Li Yonglin thought that Yun Zhi was out of indignation at her situation. Her nose was sore and her eyes were red, and she reluctantly said. Since she was divorced and returned home, although everyone knew that the problem was not with her, but
The situation at home was not good, and everyone was in a bad mood. Seeing her reminded her of her treacherous husband's family, and they sneered at her ex-husband's family, regardless of the fact that she was also a victim.
Of course her father was concerned about her, but the situation at home was so bad that he was not in the mood to comfort her, and the same was true for her eldest brother. Only her mother could comfort her, so when she heard Yunzhi say this, she couldn't help but get excited.'
Your Highness is really a very emotional person. This time I will put my final weight on her, yes.' Li Yonglin thought.
"Why are you crying?"
"During the past few days, the daughter of the common people has been worried about her family and has been unable to eat or sleep. She is not in good spirits and her eyes are bloodshot. It's not because she cried." Li Yonglin said immediately.
Yunzhi didn't say anything more about this, but just said: "You can rest assured. Sister Li, you are such a good person, how can you not have a good husband? When this matter is over, I will do it for you, hey, I am a little girl,
Why am I telling you this? As long as you understand what I mean." Halfway through her words, Yun Zhi felt that it was not appropriate for her to say this, so she stopped talking.
"Thank you, Your Highness." Li Yonglin said again.
"Hey, why did you call me Your Highness? Forgot what I told you before we separated? Just call each other sister with me. But you can't call me Sister Zhang, just call me Sister Zhu."
Yunzhi said. When they first met, Yunzhi casually named Zhang, but now that she knows her identity, it would be bad to call her sister Zhang.
"How dare a civilian girl?" Li Yonglin said immediately.
"What's the point? Emperor brother, when he interacts with people among the people, he has always been called Young Master."
"Your Majesty interacts with the common people, and the common people don't know His Majesty's identity, so it's barely okay; since the common people already know His Highness's identity, how can they do this!"
"Hey, you," Yunzhi said two words, rolled her eyes and said, "Li Yonglin listen to my order: I order you to call me sister of the Zhu family!"
"This," before Li Yonglin finished speaking, she was interrupted by Yunzhi: "This is an order. If you don't listen, you will have committed a crime!"
"Daughter of the people, I obey." Li Yonglin could only agree, and then she boldly said, "Zhu, sister Zhu."
"That's right." Yunzhi smiled and said in her heart: 'Brother Huang's approach really works.'
After that, Yun Zhi sat her down and chatted a few words, recalling the time when they drank tea, chatted and selected jewelry together in Suzhou. Yun Zhi laughed from time to time and was very happy. The maid standing outside heard the laughter.
They looked at each other in confusion: 'Why is Your Highness so happy to see this woman?'
They talked for a while, recounting all the things that happened between the two of them when they were together. Yun Zhi stopped laughing, picked up the tea cup and took a sip of tea, and then got down to business. "Sister Li, let me tell you straight, why did you
Are you asking to see me? Are you asking me to uphold justice for your family? Don’t worry, the emperor will definitely not favor the ministers. He cherishes you who are doing big business, and he won’t want your family’s property to be divided up by officials.
Are you asking me to take revenge on your ex-husband's family? Don't worry, sister, since I just said it, I won't forget it, and I will definitely not make it easy for your ex-husband's family."
"Dear Sister Zhu Mingjian, these are indeed one of the reasons why I asked to see Sister Zhu, but they are not all. Sister has other things to tell Sister Zhu."
"What's the matter?"
"We, the Li family, are willing to invest all our property in the name of His Highness, and we ask His Highness to grant it." She felt that the first word 'Your Highness' in this sentence could not be replaced by the words 'Sister Zhu', so she said this.
While saying this, she stood up from the chair and stood in front of Yunzhi again.
"What are you doing? Get up quickly." Yunzhi helped Li Yonglin up first, and then said: "Sister Li, you are still worried that the emperor is biased towards officials, and that the emperor will not punish the officials involved seriously, and they will take revenge on the Li family in the future.
.Put your heart back in your stomach, the emperor will definitely not spare the officials involved lightly, at least he will remove them from office. There is no need for you to invest all your family's property in my name."
"Your Highness, that's not the case." Li Yonglin said: "Everyone knows His Majesty's reputation for justice. How could I think so? It's just that, even among the people, one family helps another family to tide over the difficulties, and the one who is being helped will
I still need to repay you, not to mention Your Majesty. Your Highness has shown such great kindness to my family, how can my family not express it?"
"Secondly, it is also a little thought of my family. If these properties belong to His Highness, how can others dare to plot against them? Although my family can only take care of it for His Highness and earn little money, I can rest assured that I don't have to be as worried as this time. I can live my life well.
I'm afraid it will be happier. Therefore, my Li family is willing to invest all the property in His Highness's name."
"Her Royal Highness Princess Zhongshan has also been very kind to my family, and my family will repay it and will not forget it."
"This," Yun Zhi listened to her words, thought seriously for a while, and finally said, "I don't even dare to accept the property from my sister's family. I will wait until my sister asks the emperor about it."
"In that case, I will wait for my sister's words. However," Li Yonglin took out a necklace from her body and said to Yunzhi: "This pearl necklace is given to my sister. It is just a necklace and it is not worth anything. My sister should be able to accept it.
Bar."
"Isn't this worth anything?" Yunzhi looked at the necklace. There were a total of eighteen pearls strung together. They were crystal clear and of average size. They were definitely priceless things. Even in the palace, there were few that could compare with this.
Jewelry that is comparable to a necklace. However, no matter how valuable it is, it is just a necklace. Of course, Yun Zhi will not dare to accept it. She immediately reached out to take it and said with a smile: "My sister wants my sister's necklace."
"That's great." Li Yonglin said with a smile: "My sister is already beautiful, and with this necklace, she is even more beautiful."
But although she smiled, she felt a little anxious in her heart. She thought that she would definitely accept if she donated her family's property to Yunzhi, but unexpectedly she refused, which made her not only surprised, but also a little anxious. 'Fortunately, I
Today's trump card is not just this one.' She finally thought.
"I heard that Your Majesty has already sent someone to investigate this matter in my family. It's really a sin. Just these few days of Chinese New Year, Your Majesty is troubled by my family's affairs. My sister and her family feel guilty as well as Your Majesty's kindness."
"It's nothing," Yunzhi said with a smile: "There is nothing to do during the New Year. The emperor just asked a few yamen to investigate first, and it didn't take much effort."
"These officials sent by His Majesty are still busy during the Chinese New Year. My family is really ashamed. When the matter in my family is over, I will definitely thank these officials."
"It's just that the Jin Yiwei and the eunuchs in the palace did something, it's nothing. And you don't know which officials are busy with my sister's family during the New Year, so you can't thank me. This is also a good thing, my sister's family
As a businessman, it is not good to give gifts to officials."
"Sister, I know. Sister," Li Yonglin said after considering, "Although I know that my sister's family is innocent and she has been wronged, I also know that in order to ensure justice, the government always assumes that both parties are guilty when investigating cases, and then finds evidence.
Only then did I no longer believe that one party was guilty. My sister took the liberty to ask, but have you found evidence that your sister’s family is innocent?"
"Why are you so presumptuous when you care about your own family's affairs?" Yunzhi said first, and then said: "It has been found out. My sister's family did have tax evasion, but it has been punished long ago. Recently, the Suzhou government has been looking for trouble, which has affected my sister's family.
business; Jin Yiwei also found out that those murder cases were framed by the local government in collusion with the bullies, and it was not the fault of my sister's family."
Speaking of this, Yun Zhi said bitterly: "Zhao Yan, the prefect of Suzhou, and Ming Liang, the imperial censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, these two people serve the imperial court but do such a thing that is in vain for your kindness. The emperor will definitely not forgive him lightly."
them."
Hearing her mention the officials' names, Li Yonglin felt happy and said, "Sister, are these two officials the only ones involved in this matter?"
"For the time being, only these two have been found. Although other officials in Suzhou Prefecture and Fuguo County are aware of the matter and did not report it to the court, which is very derelict in their duties, they did not participate. But you can rest assured that the emperor will definitely punish them."
"But," Li Yonglin stopped talking.
"What's wrong? Sister Li, what do you want to say?"
"Sister, my sister's family heard that Su Songdao's affair with Li Qian seems to have involved my family's affairs."
"Li Qianshi? Who is it?" Yunzhi didn't know who this person was.
"It was Zhejiang's inspectors who promoted Su Songdao and Li Shilu." Li Yonglin said. Suzhou and Songjiang belong to Zhili, and there is no chief envoy. The inspector's department all directs yamen like the envoys, so the officials who promote a certain department are all promoted.
The imperial censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, or the official title of the Procuratorate in neighboring Zhejiang.
"Li Shilu? I really want to hear about this official. He seems to be a very famous Confucian official who would do such a thing?" Yunzhi said with some surprise.
"My sister's family just heard about it, there is no evidence." Li Yonglin said in a panic: "If Li Qianshi was not involved in this matter, then my family made a false accusation."
"You don't have to worry about this," Yunzhi said unfazed by her panic: "You just told your sister in private, and your sister would only tell your brother in private. It doesn't count as a testimony in court, and your brother won't do it because of it.
You can convict Li Qianshi with just one sentence without any evidence, so you don’t have to worry."
"That's good. Thank you sister." Li Yonglin took a few deep breaths as if she felt relieved after hearing her words, and her chest rose and fell a few times before she recovered.
"Hey, Sister Li, even if you think this is a false accusation, will my sister accuse my sister? In public, say that this is what my sister told my sister?" Yunzhi laughed again.
"Sister is wrong." Li Yonglin said immediately.
"If you care too, it will lead to chaos." Yunzhi said.
They talked for a few more words, and Li Yonglin suddenly changed her expression, and said to Yunzhi very solemnly: "Your Highness, the matter about Li Qian just now was only heard by my family accidentally, and there is no evidence; but what the daughter of the people wants to say next,
It was indeed witnessed by a common woman with her own eyes, and it is definitely not a false accusation."
"What's the matter?" Seeing that she suddenly became serious, Yun Zhi subconsciously felt that it must be a very important matter, and asked solemnly.
"This matter has nothing to do with my family's affairs, but it is very important. The daughter of the people dare not hide it." Li Yonglin immediately said: "The family of the daughter of the people's ex-husband..." (To be continued)