After Li Xiang left, Xiao Xiazi sat on the seat next to him. Even if Li Xiang was not there, it was still Li Xiang's seat. If he dared to sit on it, he would be accused of insubordination.
"Zhang Wenshu...Lü Taihe...Wu Maner..."
Xiao Xiazi read out more than a dozen names in a row. Every time he read out a name, these people would kneel down with a thud. Although they didn't understand what was going on, they knew from the sound that it was not a good thing.
"I won't tell you what you did. Anyway, what you did was inappropriate. Starting today, all of you will be transferred from the inner courtyard to the outer courtyard. This is also a chance for you. There are countless people watching you in the dark. No one should come to me to refute me. If you refute, you will all be kicked out. Be more careful when you work next time."
Hearing that they were only being sent from the inner courtyard to the outer courtyard, these people couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. If they were directly driven out of the East Palace, they might have to do the hardest work on the farm. Here they had good food and drink every day, the work was not very tiring, and the salary was several times that of others. They couldn't stand the dirty and tiring work outside.
However, the next few names were not so lucky. After their names were read out, they were directly sent to the Ministry of Punishment. These people also did some unsafe things, but what those people did just now were some work mistakes, and what you people did was some psychological deviations. Whether someone has bewitched you or not, then the people from the Ministry of Punishment will have to conduct a thorough investigation.
Everyone knows what the Ministry of Punishment in the imperial palace does. It is to interrogate the palace maids and eunuchs. Basically, no one who enters there comes out unscathed. As long as you have something on your mind, the old servants there can make you speak. They spend their whole lives thinking about nothing else but how to make you hurt.
"You all understand how important this pregnancy is. The entire family is registered here. Don't do anything foolish. However, I must remind you of one thing. If anyone approaches you and asks you to do something illegal, you can report it to me. As long as the facts are verified, I can't promise you wealth and glory in your next life, but you should have enough food and drink. Currently, no one in the court is more powerful than our Crown Prince. If you help outsiders harm our Crown Prince's offspring, no matter where you flee, your entire family will die."
Xiao Xiazi said confidently that this was also to psychologically attack these people, so that they would abandon those fantasies that they shouldn't have. Don't think that you can get away with doing bad things. Who in the world can outsmart our Highness now?
Under such intense psychological blow, many people could not hide what they knew. After the meeting, several of these people ran to Xiao Xiazi one after another and confessed everything they had to confess.
Xiao Xiazi also immediately took people to capture the person, but he was still a step too slow. The eunuchs and servants who were responsible for the contact committed suicide by taking poison.
However, there were clues to this. Li Shimin was not surprised when he heard the news. The birth of every child in the palace cost at least twenty lives. Take Li Xiang's first child as an example, fifty lives were not too many.
"Check it out for me. Get to the bottom of it."
This is what Li Shimin said at the time. Although many people died in this matter, there were always people willing to take advantage of this loophole, and they also had all kinds of tricks. So whenever Li Shimin heard about such things, he was the most heartbroken. After all, once a mistake was made, the ones who would suffer the loss would be his descendants.
Li Xiang also felt a sense of powerlessness about what happened in the palace. Someone in the harem was plotting against him, and someone in the court was plotting against him. Although Li Xiang's strength was already extremely powerful, in the process of becoming stronger, he also delayed the future of many people, so it was normal for these people to plot against him.
But the defenses around Li Xiang were usually too strict. Even if those people used all their strength, they could not do anything to Li Xiang in the end except losing many soldiers and generals. Now that Cheng Luan was pregnant, Li Xiang showed great importance to her, so these people surrounded him one by one like cats smelling blood.
"I can't control the people outside, nor do I have the ability to bring them all to justice. After all, there are too many people outside. But we must unite our thoughts internally. You are all people I love deeply. I brought you here because I also considered your good character. So I absolutely do not want any infighting among you. If I find any clues, I will immediately remove you from the East Palace."
Facing his three nominal wives, Li Xiang spoke very harshly. There were some words that others could not say, but Li Xiang could say them. This was also the first time that Li Xiang spoke harshly to his women.
"I understand, your servants."
It was the first time that the three of them saw Li Xiang's expression like this. Li Xiang would not emphasize too much on this issue. After he finished speaking, he immediately asked the three of them to sit down together and have dinner together as a family.
Li Xiang also knew that in such a large family, it would be very difficult to expect harmony between wives and concubines, even more difficult than the Eastern Expedition to Fusang...
But there are some things that you just don't do just because you know they are difficult. This is not Li Xiang's character. Take the current situation as an example. Li Xiang's warning must have been effective. If it didn't even have this effect, then there would be no need for Li Xiang to waste time talking here.
Try your best to keep the family harmonious. This is not just because of the child in front of you. This will become a routine in the future. This will save Li Xiang a lot of energy and allow him to think carefully about how to expand the territory and how to build a great empire for his descendants. Isn't this a good thing?
Fortunately, these three women are relatively kind, especially Cheng Ying. Although she did not get pregnant with the first child, her sister's child is also her nephew, so Cheng Ying has to be involved in all of Cheng Luan's meals. As for Yongning, as long as she stays out of her yard, she can stay safe.
