Time Travel to 1859: The Iron-Blooded Soldier King

Yihuan took action and slapped the nobles hard, and they all became obedient. It was not a bad idea to fight with Liu Ye for Hebica, but it was not worth it to offend Prince Chun just to vent his anger for Hebica, who was already dead, and deal with Liu Ye. Only a fool would go back to do such a losing business!

What's more, it is now obvious that the Prince Regent is biased towards Liu Ye. If he offends Prince Chun and leaves a bad impression on the Prince Regent, that would be even more counterproductive. It seems that now the Prince Regent does not have to put in much effort to deal with a powerful official!

All the nobles hung their heads, listened to Yihuan's scolding submissively, and became obedient.

Yihuan's prestige among the Manchus was still very high. With his appearance, most of the nobles stopped making trouble, and the rest had lost their fighting spirit, so the two Empress Dowagers and Yixin could easily suppress them.

The problem lay precisely with the "clean stream"—the so-called "clean stream"—a group of scoundrels in the Hanlin Academy and the Censorate. These people were disgusted with all political affairs and attacked everyone they met. And now, Liu Ye was besieging the Eight Banners garrison. The censors were energized, submitting memorial after memorial to Yi Xin and the two palaces. Even though Grand Secretary Weiren tried his best to calm the situation, the "clean stream"—led by Li Hongzao, the Crown Prince's Tutor and Left Censor-in-Chief—rejected the call. They were determined to punish Liu Ye, a scourge to the nation and its people, and a disregard for discipline.

Therefore, although the Manchu nobles retreated, the impeachment firepower of the Censorate did not diminish at all, but became even more fierce. There was a strange phenomenon in the court where the perpetrators were left alone while others took up arms to fight for justice.

However, there were no nobles causing trouble, only a group of censors and imperial officials criticizing Liu Ye. It would be extremely difficult to get the two palaces and the Prince Regent to issue an order to severely punish Shandong Governor Liu Ye. Yi Xin was afraid that the nobles would cause trouble, but not that a group of censors would find fault. It would be abnormal if these people did not cause trouble. They just wanted to show that they were not eating free meals from the court. Let them make trouble, and it would eventually come to nothing.

Just when the court was in chaos, Lord Liu Ye, the governor of Shandong, left Jinan with a guard and rushed to the capital.

From the time the two palaces issued an edict summoning Liu Ye to the time Liu Ye arrived in the capital, it took Liu Ye more than half a month. He didn't take this matter seriously. Investigate me? I'm not afraid. Isn't it just killing a Hebitcha? That kid deserves to die. Let alone a general, even if a prince did such a thing, I would still kill him!

If you can do it on the first day, I can do it on the fifteenth. After all, I have thousands of brothers under my command. If I can't win, I'll just raise the flag and rebel. You can control the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom and the Nian Army. If you have the ability, why don't you try to suppress me? I will beat the shit out of them!

Liu Ye had already made up his mind to fight with this group of nobles, but on his way to Beijing, he kept receiving intelligence from the court. The nobles in Beijing had only been making trouble for a day or two, and then gradually calmed down and disappeared. Now it was those idle censors who were making trouble.

Liu Ye's heart gradually calmed down. It seemed that the two sides and Prince Gong worked together to suppress this matter. Otherwise, the nobles would never be so quiet. Those stupid viscounts of the Eight Banners were more trouble-making than each other. How could they miss such a big show?

If only these clear streams were left, things would be much easier.

After receiving the news, Liu Ye quickened his pace to go to Beijing and went all the way to Prince Gong's Mansion.

When Ejier, the chief steward of the palace, saw Liu Ye, he shook his head and smiled bitterly, "My Lord Futai, you are finally back in the capital. Do you know that our prince has been driven crazy because of you these days? If you don't show up, he will probably lead the palace guards to hunt you down..."

Liu Ye glared at Ejier and scolded him with a smile: "Stop talking nonsense, kid. Where is the prince? Take me to see him quickly."

Ejil hurriedly took Liu Ye into the palace and went straight to Yi Xin's study.

"You son of a bitch, stand up straight! I don't want you to salute me! Traditional virtues, you struck with a knife, it felt good, but do you know how I've survived the past half month? Damn, I haven't had a single good night's sleep! You bastard! Idiot! A fool!"

When Yi Xin saw Liu Ye, before Liu Ye could even offer his greetings, he launched into a barrage of rants, his spit spraying all over Liu Ye's face. He still felt unsatisfied. For the past two weeks, Yi Xin had been incredibly unlucky. He'd been meeting with the bigwigs in the court, the Manchu nobles, one after another, holding secret talks and earnestly trying to suppress the court's discontent. His mouth had become swollen with sores! It was such a torment!

Now the first time he saw Liu Ye, he wanted to pin him to the ground and whip him hard!

Liu Ye chuckled and said, "Alright, Your Highness, you know my temper. I'm a stubborn person. Anyone who provokes me will be in trouble. That damn Hebitha! My wife was shot and seriously injured by his son, and he chased her for more than ten miles. He also took my second wife directly to the Eight Banners Garrison Camp. I was a step late, so I can only wait to collect her body. Tell me, as a man, can you bear this? Even the Lord can't stand it! I can't even kill them both with a knife. If I hadn't suppressed them, I'm afraid that the two thousand men under my command would have directly flattened the Eight Banners Garrison Camp..."

"What? You're so fucking right after killing someone? After all, he didn't kill your two wives, did he? Even if there's an investigation, it should be done by the imperial court. When will it be your turn to take direct action? Who do you think you are?"

Yi Xin became more and more angry as she spoke. She stood up and the tip of her nose touched the tip of Liu Ye's nose. If things continued like this, they would start fighting!

Liu Ye said quickly, "Okay, okay! Your Highness, it's my fault, isn't that enough? How do you want to vent your anger? Beat me up? I can certainly take a beating, but I'm afraid the two Empress Dowagers are already anxiously waiting to see me. If you disfigure me, I won't be able to face anyone..."

Upon hearing this, Yi Xin's anger immediately subsided. However, just letting him go like this? That was too frustrating!

"Pooh!"

Yi Xin still didn't give up, and spat at Liu Ye in anger, then sat back in his seat and said, "Alright, kid, just be prepared. This matter is too big, and I'm afraid I won't be able to do it without teaching you a lesson. As for how it ends, we'll have to wait and see!"