readytorunbook Chapter 409 Trading
Chapter 409 Trading
After drinking a bowl of calming soup, Luo Xiaoran slept for a day and a night.
When she opened her eyes, Luo Xiaoran felt the long-lost relaxation.
Like a taut string, it somehow lost its strength.
But soon, a hint of surprise flashed through her mind.
I actually drank that bowl of calming soup and then fell into a deep sleep?
Unconsciously, has my trust in Chen Ji reached this level?
Just as Luo Xiaoran was thinking about something, Wei An came over and, following Chen Ji's instructions, handed her the note with Wei Lin's message.
"Princess, this is the information that Wei Lin found out. The prince wants you to take a look at it."
Luo Xiaoran took the note, glanced at it, and asked, "Your Highness, have you read it?"
"Yes."
"Then burn the note and get me something to eat."
"Yes!"
After Wei An left, Luo Xiaoran got out of bed barefoot, stretched her limbs, and then washed up.
After washing up, Wei An brought in food.
The tempting aroma kept entering Luo Xiaoran's nose. She couldn't help but sit down and enjoy the meal.
For Luo Xiaoran, the feeling of being full is a feeling of happiness.
Luo Xiaoran, who had just finished her meal, was naturally in a good mood. However, after recalling the contents of the note, she couldn't help but become subtle.
What Chen Ji left for Luo Xiaoran was news about Cheng Yiwen.
The reason why Cheng Yiwen transformed from a scholar-official to a censor of the Inspectorate in just one year was because he became a disciple of the Minister of Personnel Tang Ting and was highly valued by Tang Ting.
Tang Ting used his power to make Cheng Yiwen an exceptional official. Luo Xiaoran felt deeply ironic but not surprised. It was just a small act of "willfulness" of power.
What surprised her was that she had only briefly mentioned it to Chen Ji, and when she woke up, the matter had been investigated thoroughly!
This efficiency is quite high!
"Just ask someone to come in and clean up the dishes. You're still injured!" Luo Xiaoran raised her eyes to look at Wei An, then asked, "Where did your highness go?"
Wei An felt warm at heart when he heard this, so he stopped what he was doing and replied:
"Your Highness has requested permission from the Emperor to supervise the Tang family case. Now all the members of the Tang family have been imprisoned in the Ministry of Justice. Your Highness should be interrogating them there!"
Luo Xiaoran was stunned. I said you are efficient, but you are so efficient!
Previously, Emperor Tianqi ordered the three courts to hold a joint trial, but the result was just to let the imperial guards seal off the Tang family.
I heard that the entire family of the leading captain of the Imperial Guard died inexplicably later. Even a three-year-old child wouldn’t believe it if it wasn’t done by the Tang family!
Now that Chen Ji took over the case, he was able to grasp it directly and arrested the Tang family in minutes. It was really... too awesome!
"Giving all the evidence we found to His Highness will save him some effort."
After Wei An agreed, he thought of Chen Ji's question and opened and closed his mouth three times. Finally, he made up his mind and muttered with his eyes closed:
"If there were secret guards outside when the prison caught fire, it wouldn't be so dangerous."
Luo Xiaoran hadn't yet understood the deep meaning of Wei An's words. She nodded repeatedly and reflected:
"I was indeed negligent in this matter. I should have left at least one secret guard by my side to provide support. This way, the two of us wouldn't be in such a passive situation."
Wei An saw that Luo Xiaoran did not understand her "subtle" expression. After struggling for a moment, he said again:
"Your Highness, you don't know that the princess has already sent out all the secret guards. You should think that the princess has secret guards protecting her, but you still broke into the palace to rescue her. You really care about the princess's safety."
The breeze blew into the bedroom through the bamboo curtains, ruffling the hair that fell by Luo Xiaoran's ears, and also ruffling her heart which had been as calm as a rock.
Luo Xiaoran had thought of this, but she subconsciously hid this knowledge in her subconscious mind and was unwilling to think about it.
She glanced at Wei An helplessly, without saying anything, and sent her downstairs to rest.
……
Although Lin Yuanxuan was excluded from the investigation, trial, and sentencing of the Tang family case, as the Left Vice Minister of the Ministry of Justice, it was not difficult for him to enter the Ministry of Justice's prison.
In the cell, Tang Ting, who was held in solitary confinement, was covered with scars and it was obvious that he had been punished.
He was born into a wealthy family and was destined to have an easy life since birth. He never thought that one day he would be thrown into prison and severely punished!
When Tang Ting saw Lin Yuanxuan show up, the first thing he thought of was that his threat had worked!
A smile of surviving a disaster appeared on his face, but he immediately tried his best to suppress the ecstasy in his heart and asked in a low voice:
"Did the Duke of Fuguo agree?"
Lin Yuanxuan looked coldly at Tang Ting, the smiling tiger, and admired the embarrassment of the smiling tiger after he became a drowned dog. He did not stop until Tang Ting was made to feel hairy all over.
"Father is willing to make a deal with you, but not the one you proposed!"
Tang Ting's raised mouth corners froze, and an ominous premonition rose in his heart for no reason. He stepped forward and grabbed the wooden fence, and said excitedly:
"What do you mean?"
A strange feeling of pleasure arose in Lin Yuanxuan's heart. It was the pleasure of witnessing a high and mighty official about to fall into the quagmire and be shattered to pieces.
So, he couldn't help but sarcastically said:
“Everyone in the world believed that Minister Tang of the Ministry of Personnel doted on his second wife and granted her every request.
Even when the second wife treated the original wife and the children born to concubines badly, he turned a blind eye and never stopped it.
Little did they know that Shangshu Tang had kept a concubine and a child with her without telling his beautiful second wife.
As soon as these words were spoken, Tang Ting's face suddenly turned gloomy, and two cold rays shot out from his swollen purple eyes.
“As the head of the aristocratic family, if the Lin family doesn’t want to save our Tang family, there is no need for them to make up this kind of story to refuse!
The Lin family doesn't want the account books and letters of the salt tax, but there are many people who want them!
The worst that can happen is that both of us will die together!"
A cornered dog will eventually jump over the wall!
Lin Yuanxuan curled the corners of his lips, pretending to be a gentle and elegant scholar, but the words he uttered were extremely vicious:
"Minister Tang seems to have forgotten where this place is. He even forgot what position my nephew holds!
In the Ministry of Justice prison, prisoners die every day for various reasons. The Tang family has become prisoners who are prone to death when they come here!"
The threat, the naked threat, was laid out so clearly on the table.
"Aren't you afraid that my people will leak out the account books and letters of the salt tax from that year?" Tang Ting counterattacked.
Lin Yuanxuan, however, acted as if he was deaf to the question. He was calm as if he was not here to negotiate but to have fun.
“Hand over the account books and letters, and you can still have a trace of your bloodline and survive in the world.
Otherwise, your Tang family will be wiped out, but my Lin family is well-established and has its own way to get out of trouble!"
There was a flash of disbelief in Tang Ting's eyes. In the eyes of the Lin family, the trump card in his hand was so vulnerable?
Or is the Lin family just bluffing?