hsntnovel Chapter 2240: Childish Tricks
Chapter 2240: Childish Tricks
"Retreat from the court~~~~~"
Following Wang Zhong's long groan, all the civil and military officials in the court withdrew according to their ranks.
The court had been quiet for several months, and today something finally happened that made everyone talk about it.
Only some officials from aristocratic families looked unhappy.
"Wei Yushi, you are impeaching Prince Ji today, why didn't you tell the Yushitai in advance?"
After Cui Renzhi walked out of the Taiji Hall, he questioned Wei Siqian.
"Imperial Censor Cui, why do I have to report to you when I impeach someone?" Wei Siyan turned his head and looked at Cui Renzhi with disdain.
"Even if you don't report it to Cui, you should report it to the Imperial Censor, right? You are going beyond the rules."
Cui Renzhi said coldly without any fear.
"Humph! Prince Ji has violated the law. As the Censor-in-Chief, I have the right to impeach him. I don't need to report to anyone.
Censor Cui, don't forget, we are censors and are not suitable for the officialdom.
If the censor is still hesitant, then what use is there for us?"
Wei Siqian snorted coldly, and without waiting for Cui Renzhi to refute, he turned and left, leaving Cui Renzhi gritting his teeth.
"Duke Zhao, please stay."
Cui Renzhi suddenly saw Changsun Wuji and Gao Jifu, and immediately took a few quick steps forward.
"What's the matter, Censor Cui?" Changsun Wuji stopped and asked.
"Duke Zhao, what does Wei Siqian mean? Shouldn't he be considered Prince Ji's man?
Why are we still impeaching Prince Ji in the court today? Even though we have tried to absolve Prince Ji of his guilt, he still won't let us go.
Instead, he seems to have a grudge against King Ji." Cui Renzhi bowed and asked humbly.
Changsun Wuji stroked his beard and smiled slightly:
"Haha, why? Just to disgust us. Censor Cui, don't take it to heart. It's just a child's trick."
Zhang Sun Wuji finally understood that this was just a pile of shit thrown out by a shit-stirring stick, deliberately to disgust them.
In his opinion, only a child would do such a thing; no adult would do such a thing.
"Playing around? Duke Zhao means that Prince Ji ordered Wei Siqian to do all this today?
But what’s the point of doing this?”
Cui Renzhi was even more confused. Isn't this just because he has nothing better to do?
When others didn't impeach him, he found someone to impeach himself and asked his enemies to plead for him.
"What's the meaning? Maybe it's the nature of a teenager? A child's bad taste.
Don’t you think that if Prince Ji knew what happened in the court today, he would laugh out loud? "
Changsun Wuji looked at Cui Renzhi with a smile, and Cui Renzhi fantasized about it and thought that this was really possible.
It is not the first time that Prince Ji has made fun of them.
"Thank you, Duke Zhao, for clearing up my doubts." Cui Renzhi bowed.
Changsun Wuji nodded and left with Gao Jifu.
"Assistant, isn't this Prince Ji too ridiculous? He doesn't take the noble families seriously at all. He plays with them for fun. Isn't he afraid of revenge?"
On the way back to the classroom, Gao Ji Fu couldn't help but say.
"Revenge? Even if nothing happened today, do you think the noble family doesn't want to take revenge on Prince Ji?
They were already at loggerheads with each other, and today's incident was no big deal.
Besides, do you really think that Prince Ji is just playing around today?"
Changsun Wuji said with a smile.
"Is there any other purpose?" Gao Ji Fu asked curiously after hearing this.
Changsun Wuji nodded:
“Of course, our little prince is not simple, he just wants to make this matter clear to avoid being criticized by the noble families in the future.
If no one impeached him today, this matter would have passed quietly.
After a period of time, the aristocratic families can bring up this matter again, and Prince Ji will be in a passive position then.
But if we make it clear today, even if the noble families plead for him, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince will not agree to overturn the verdict in the future.
After all, they agreed today.”
"So that's how it is." Gao Ji Fu suddenly realized.
"I really didn't expect that Prince Ji is so scheming at such a young age. I'm afraid most of the court don't know what Prince Ji is up to."
Gao Ji Fu couldn't help but feel deeply moved.
"Haha, he is your Majesty's son after all. There are no simple people among the royal family members." Changsun Wuji smiled lightly, and no one knew what he was thinking.
Gao Ji Fu remained silent after hearing this. It was true that none of the royal children were simple.
"Don't worry, it's just a loss of some money, it's no big deal." Changsun Wuji smiled and comforted Gao Ji Fu.
"It's not just a little money. My Gao family has two officials this time. Not only tens of thousands of stolen money, but also more than 80,000 strings of cash were given out.
If it wasn't for the purpose of keeping his official position in Xizhou, he wouldn't have taken out that money.
These two bastards together are not worth 80,000 strings of cash." Gao Jifu was a little angry when he said this. They had spent a huge sum of money for these two people.
Although the Gao family is considered a wealthy family, it cannot be compared with those aristocratic families. Eighty thousand strings of cash is not easy for them.
“It’s just some money, and it’s good enough to be able to keep the two official positions in Xizhou.
You also know that Xizhou Prefecture is located in a strategic location and there are many merchants passing through.
Having officials there is very helpful to our business. This time, there is also an official from my eldest grandson's family among them, and he took out a full 50,000 strings of cash.
This time, the little prince made a lot of money."
Changsun Wuji spoke as he walked, with a hint of amusement in his tone.
Even he, the Zuo Pushe, admired Li Shen very much this time. The plan was so perfect that even their enemies took the initiative to protect him.
Moreover, they made a lot of money this time and they even took the initiative to give money to others.
One can imagine how frustrated the people from aristocratic families are.
When he thought of this, Changsun Wuji found it interesting. He wanted to see what this little prince could do in Xizhou.
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"Si Qian, why are you so reckless today? Prince Ji has been very kind to you, how can you be ungrateful?"
In Wei Siyan's mansion in Chang'an City, Wei Renji paced back and forth.
The Wei family had already known about Wei Siqian’s performance in the court just now, and after the court session, several people gathered at Wei Siyan’s house.
Wei Renji even questioned Wei Siqian.
Not long ago, the Wei family had offended the Ji Wang Mansion, and all of their exclusive sales rights were revoked by the Ji Wang Mansion. A large number of merchants poured into all the monopoly areas to compete with them.
This dealt a severe blow to the Wei family. Fortunately, Prince Ji's Mansion did not kill them all. The merchants allowed in only accounted for 30% of their share.
Otherwise, even if they put in half of the share, the Wei family would have no chance of growing stronger.
Today, Wei Siqian publicly impeached Prince Ji again. Isn't this a clear sign that he wants to break with Prince Ji?
Will the Wei family survive? They don't want the Wei family to gradually decline like other aristocratic families.
"Yes, uncle, if you do this, you will offend His Royal Highness Prince Ji. We should stand with His Royal Highness Prince Ji."
(I watched a Hong Kong drama and overslept. Now I don’t like watching short dramas anymore. I feel like I have no brains after watching too many.)