Traveling through Du He, Li Chengqian's rebellion begins

"Why don't you three stay on duty in your respective departments?"

Du He asked doubtfully.

According to the time, it is not time to get off duty yet.

Cui Shenji pouted and said, "Brother Du, have you forgotten? I am the Censor-in-Chief!"

"How can a censor stay in the Censorate every day to drink tea..."

Uh~

I forgot about this.

Cui Shenji passed the assessment of the Ministry of Personnel and became a Censor-in-Chief.

Of course, he didn't get in based on his ability assessment.

Cui Xu, the Vice Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, was from the Wushui branch of the Qinghe Cui clan, and was from the same Qinghe Cui clan as Cui Shenji.

With Cui Xu, the adjutant of the Ministry of Personnel, giving the assessment a break, the assessment was just a formality.

But it is indeed somewhat unreasonable to let Cui Shenji be the Censor.

He just likes to bully men and women. Do you want him to investigate himself?

It's ridiculous.

Du He shook his head, then turned and looked at Wang Jingzhi and Xiao Kai.

Wang Jingzhi crossed his arms and said proudly, "Apart from the title of the Prince Consort, I only have the title of a Nancheng County Baron. I don't need to be on duty at all."

He doesn't even have a proper official position, but he is still proud.

I really can't figure out what's going on in his mind.

Xiao Kai spread his hands and said, "As we enter the midsummer, wildfires are frequent. As a Yubu official, shouldn't I go out more often to spread knowledge about wildfire prevention?"

The Ministry of Works has four departments under it, namely the Ministry of Works, the Ministry of Military Farms, the Ministry of Resources and the Ministry of Water Resources.

The chief officer of each department was Langzhong, a fifth-rank official, while the deputy officer was Yuanwailang, a sixth-rank official.

Xiao Kai, the Yuwailang of the Ministry of Justice, was mainly in charge of the policies concerning mountains, forests, and swamps.

He is the only one among the Three Musketeers who holds real power.

Cui Shenji winked at Du He and said, "Brother Du, you are the secretary supervisor, how come you sneaked back early?"

"Choi Sun Ki, please stop talking nonsense. I'm suing you for spreading rumors... I'm suing you for defamation!"

"Brother Du, come on, just steal the chicken. We are all brothers here, why bother pretending?"

Cui Shenji gave Du He a look that said, "I've seen through you."

He is the Censor-in-Chief, and his eyes are very sharp.

If he didn't have this ability to see through everything, could he have been the Censor-in-Chief and supervised all the officials?

The three of them played around for a while, then Du He gestured for them to sit down and personally made tea for them.

Du He poured each of their cups a cup of hot tea and asked with a smile.

"You three guys usually come to visit me for no reason. You can't just come here to give me supplements today, right?"

"Brother Du is still smart."

Cui Shenji grinned and clapped his hands in praise.

Then he pointed at Wang Jingzhi and gloated, "Brother Du, you don't know that Brother Wang was warned by Princess Nanping last night, and his monthly salary was also stopped."

"Could it be that Brother Wang also has a mistress hidden in his golden house?"

"No, he doesn't have the guts."

"That's strange. Why did Princess Nanping stop paying my brother's monthly salary?"

Du He looked at Wang Jingzhi and the mysterious Cui Shenji with confusion.

Wang Jingzhi married Li Shimin's third daughter, Princess Nanping. The couple lived in harmony and had no major conflicts.

Why would they deal with Wang Jingzhi for no reason?

Wang Jingzhi complained with a bitter face, "It's all because of that bastard Fang Yiai's nonsense. Princess Nanping gave me a warning when she returned because he wanted to take a woman from the Western Regions as a concubine."

"I clearly didn't do anything wrong, but not only was I accused, but my monthly salary was also suspended."

"That's not a big deal. Princess Nanping even told my eldest brother that the family is not allowed to give me money!"

"Who the hell did I offend?"

Suffering such humiliation, Wang Jingzhi did not dare to resist Princess Nanping.

He could only confide in front of a few good brothers.

Wang Jingzhi's father, Wang Gui, died of illness in the 13th year of Zhenguan, so the head of the family now is Wang Jingzhi's elder brother Wang Chongji.

Cui Shenji added, "Princess Nanping also said that she would punish anyone who invited my brother to go out and have fun."

"Hehe, anyway, I won't dare to take my brother out to have fun in the future."

When Wang Jingzhi heard this, his eyes turned red.

孽 孽!

Without money, how can he go out and have fun?

When he thought about not being able to see the four great courtesans of music, chess, calligraphy and painting for a while, he felt sad.

What hope is there in days like this?

It doesn't matter if this prince consort is not qualified!

When Wang Jingzhi was feeling depressed, Cui Shenji told him another piece of gossip.

"Hehe, Brother Du, you may not know that not only was the prince punished, but many of the princes-in-law were also scolded by their own princesses-in-law!"

"As far as I know, only Chang Sun Chong is fine at the moment."

As Cui Shenji spoke, a smile appeared at the corner of his mouth and he said with a grin.

"The worst was that birdman Cheng Huailiang, who was beaten severely by Princess Qinghe with a stick."

"It's a pity that I can't be there to watch this wonderful scene. It's really a great regret in life!"

After hearing what Cui Shenji and Wang Jingzhi said, Du He was at a loss whether to laugh or cry.

I didn't expect that Fang Yiai's incident would have such a great impact, hurting a group of innocent princes-in-law.

However, flies don't bite seamless eggs. Except for one or two honest men, all the others are rogues.

He appears to be respectful to the princess, but secretly he plays more extravagantly than anyone else.

He deserves to be punished.

Wang Jingzhi said curiously, "Brother Du, the Lord of Chengyang should have scolded you too, right?"

"No."

"What?"

Wang Jingzhi was dumbfounded.

Isn't this wrong?

Both of them are Princess Shang's consort, so why are you, Brother Du, fine?

Is it because you are more handsome than others?

Wang Jingzhi looked at Du He with a sour expression, and her eyes made her look like a resentful woman in the deep palace.

Speaking of which, Wang Jingzhi and Du He are somewhat related.

Wang Jingzhi's biological mother was named Du Rouzheng. She was from the Jingzhao Du family and was from the same lineage as Du He and others.

So Du He and Wang Jingzhi are cousins.

Du He said proudly, "My Princess Chengyang is well-educated, gentle and elegant. She knows right from wrong very well, so she will not lose her temper with me."

"Chi~"

Cui Shenji, Wang Jingzhi and Xiao Kai all gave Du He the middle finger.

At the corner outside the door.

Linglong was lying on the wall stealthily, eavesdropping with her ears perked up.

After she finished listening to the conversation between Du He and the other three, she hopped like a rabbit and ran to the pavilion in the garden.

Linglong reported Du He's words praising Li Yi in a detailed and concise manner after being embellished by "Yi" Diudiu.

After listening to Linglong's exaggerated retelling, Li Yi asked with some doubt.

"Does my husband really praise me like that?"

"Your Highness, how dare I lie to you?"

Li Yi stared at Linglong's evasive eyes and raised her voice slightly: "Then I will verify with my husband tonight. If I find out that you lied to me, I will punish you and not let you go out for a month!"

"what!"

The delicate little face suddenly changed color.

Not letting her out would be more painful than killing her.

"Your Highness, I think I remembered it wrong."

There was no other way, Linglong could only repeat Du He's original words verbatim.

Li Yi glanced at her and said, "From now on, you must tell the prince consort everything he said exactly as it happened, without exaggerating."

"I know~"

Linglong stuck out her tongue.