Chapter 664: Lord of Sanssouci County
Back at Luoying Garden, the three of them had dinner quietly, and Zhou Changying returned to the dormitory to receive treatment from Wang Qi. Pen, Fun, Pavilion www.biquge.info Ning Wuwu and Lin Wan also said goodbye and returned to their residence.
There are so many things that have happened today, and Ning Wuwu needs time to digest. After returning to their courtyard, Ning Wuwu said goodbye to Lin Wan and went back to the room.
Lin Wan didn't say much, and went back to the room to take a shower and sleep. I went to bed early, hypnotized myself, and fell into a deep sleep.
In the next few days, I became very calm, got up early every day to practice, went to Luoyingyuan for breakfast, went to Wuyi Peak to practice calligraphy, and then went to the Water Pavilion to paint in the afternoon.
Every day after Zhou Tianzheng went down to the court, he would come to the eldest princess's mansion to report to Zhou Changying what progress had been made in the case of the Ning family's rehabilitation, and what had happened in the court that day.
Zhou Changying likes this nephew more and more, but Ning Wuwu has never let go, and Zhou Changying is helpless about it.
Since the emperor ordered the retrial of the Ning family's involvement in the rebellion, Zhao Zhengxiang turned over the case file of that year, carefully checked, and finally found that Liu Qingyuan had convicted Ning Yunwen of the crime only on the confession of a housekeeper surnamed Liu of the Ning family, but the housekeeper surnamed Liu was pardoned in the end and finally escaped with his life.
Zhao Zhengxiang immediately sent someone to track down the whereabouts of the housekeeper surnamed Liu, but the result was that the housekeeper surnamed Liu died suddenly more than ten years ago, and his family members were also killed in a fire not long after.
Although it was obvious that someone had done it, and Zhao Zhengxiang could also guess that Liu Qingyuan did it. However, there is no evidence that this matter is related to Liu Qingyuan.
Later, the official of the Criminal Department found the old neighbor of the housekeeper surnamed Liu and inquired, and learned that when the housekeeper surnamed Liu returned to his hometown, he brought back a lot of silver taels and squandered it. Moreover, after a drunken time, he also confided the truth to his fellow drinking friends. He said he had been threatened and framed by his master's family. Although he got money, he was depressed, so he had to borrow wine to drown his sorrows.
As for who was threatened, he did not say. However, it is impossible for him to know anything, how could Liu Qingyuan show his fox tail and be grabbed by someone?
So, three days later, Zhao Zhengxiang took the old case file early in the morning and went to the court with the neighbors and drinking friends of the housekeeper surnamed Liu. In front of the emperor and the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty, the causes and consequences of the case were clearly explained. As for the fact that someone secretly framed the Ning family, due to the long history of the matter, no clues have been found for the time being, so it can only be put on hold for the time being.
The reason why Zhou Changan easily made the holy decree back then was entirely because Ning Yunwen admitted his crime in public. However, this point was made clear by Zhou Changying yesterday, and Ning Yunwen made this decision because he wanted to protect his younger brother and sister-in-law.
At this point, the matter of the Ning family colluding with King Wu to rebel has finally come to an end. Not only is there no evidence or witnesses to show that Ning Yunwen was related to King Wu's rebellion. Moreover, Zhao Zhengxiang also found out the records of the Ning family's raid of the house, indicating that there was no evidence related to King Wu's rebellion in the Ning family, which just proved the innocence of the Ning family.
So, Zhou Changan declared the Ning family innocent on the spot, and not only ordered Liu Qingyuan to be responsible for returning all the property of the Ning family, but also personally sealed Ning Wuwu as the county lord of Wuwu.
In addition, the Ministry of Engineering was ordered to renovate the old house of the Ning family, and ordered the father-in-law of Qi to be responsible for helping Ning Wuwu re-select a hundred family members and domestic servants, reward 10,000 taels of gold, a number of silk and satin, and help her rebuild the Ning Mansion from all over the country.
As for who reported to King Wu in the first place, and why Ning Yunwen admitted that he had reported to King Wu in order to protect his younger brother and sister-in-law, and other doubts, the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty were tacitly silent and unanimous, and no one mentioned it in the court.
After the next dynasty, Gonggong Qi went to the eldest princess's mansion with the holy decree to announce the decree to Ning Wuwu. Ning Wuwu not only knelt down to receive the order to thank him, but also entered the palace the next day to face the saint and thank the emperor in person.
After Lin Wan's persuasion in the past few days, Ning Wuwu was no longer so reluctant to enter the palace to face the saint. Moreover, Zhou Changying also promised to accompany her into the palace tomorrow to give her courage and support her.
Early the next morning, Zhou Changying and Ning Wuwu wore formal palace clothes and left the eldest princess's mansion in a carriage. But Lin Wan slept until he woke up naturally, ate in his room at noon, gave himself a half-day vacation, and did not go to Wuyi Peak to practice calligraphy.
After lunch, Lin Wan was sitting in the courtyard drinking tea, but suddenly got a report from the guards, saying that General Lin had come to visit the county lord of Wanxin.
Lin Wan couldn't help but laugh dumbly, Lin Ruichen endured it for many days, and finally came to see Zhou Changying when she was not in the mansion. It's just that this "she" will definitely not be Lin Wan.
The guards of the eldest princess's mansion bowed down and waited outside the door, and Lin Wan ordered with joy on his face: "Brother Lao, please come here." ”
The guards immediately received the order and walked away quickly. After a while, Lin Ruichen, who was dressed in a green robe and had an outstanding demeanor, walked in.
When Lin Wan saw Lin Ruichen coming, he hurriedly greeted him, sent away the guards and palace maids, and sat opposite Lin Ruichen under the jujube tree in the courtyard.
Bing'er served two bowls of hot tea, and the brother and sister began a conversation between them.
Lin Wanwan smiled and asked mischievously, "Is my brother here to see Sister Wuwu? Why did you come to watch Sister Wuwu enter the palace to thank you?"
Lin Ruichen picked up the tea bowl, blew the petals floating on the water, took a sip lightly, put down the tea bowl, hooked his lips slightly, and slowly said: "So, I really came to see my sister and you, and I have no other intentions." ”
Lin Wan frowned slightly, and said suspiciously: "Is it? really come to see me?" After thinking about it, he asked again, "Did something happen?"
Lin Ruichen shook his head with a smile, and said helplessly: "It's okay." Brother, I'm on vacation today, so I'm coming to see my sister, is there anything wrong?"
As if he finally believed it, Lin Wan nodded happily and said, "Yes, it couldn't be more right." My brother came to see me, and I was too late to be happy!"
Lin Ruichen smiled without saying a word, picked up the tea bowl and took a sip, looked at the surrounding environment, nodded, and said with a smile: "It's really good here, my sister doesn't want to go back to live here, right?"
Lin Wan looked at Lin Ruichen with a smile, knowing that he must have come here for a purpose, but he was unwilling to say it directly. However, Lin Wan was not in a hurry, so he accompanied him around in a circle. Perhaps, he just wanted to chat with himself for a few words, so as to wait for Ning Wuwu to come back from the palace.
Lin Ruichen's eyes dodged, his eyes drooped slightly, but he suddenly changed his words, and asked seemingly casually: "I heard that the third prince will come to the eldest princess's mansion in the next few days." The eldest princess's mansion is full of pleasant scenery, and the scenery here is also very unique, but I wonder if His Royal Highness the Third Prince has ever been here?"