Chapter 240: Heart Knot
As soon as Qin Zhonghai got home, the Yao family grabbed him into the room, drove all the girls out of the house, and then told him the vague words that Qin Hanzhen said earlier, and then asked, "Do you understand what this means? Is it the three girls talking nonsense, or is it really something?"
Qin Zhonghai's expression also became serious: "Did the third girl say that?, she learned the news from our Brother Jian?"
At first, it was just that Brother Jian inadvertently mentioned it to her, and asked her to tell Zhao Mo to be more careful, and didn't say much else. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info" Yao has already asked his son Qin Jian, and he is very sure about it, "I have also asked people to inquire about the gossip outside, and I only know that the second son of the Liao Wangfu may not be good, but I haven't heard that there is anything in the Shu Wangfu." Even if there is really something about his family, why is his family about to be unlucky?"
Qin Zhonghai hesitated for a moment before he said: "In the early days of this year, there was a royal historian who participated in a copy of the King of Liao, saying that he indulged in evil for his son, knowing that his son was illicit with foreign countries and greedy for military funds, but he concealed it and did not report it, and also covered up the crime for his son, and ordered others to take the blame for his son. In the compromise, it was clearly stated that it was Zhao Li, the second son of the King of Liao, who participated in the compromise, but there was no conclusive evidence, and it could only be said that it was a rumor. Zhao Shuo pleaded guilty to the emperor for his brother in court. The emperor sent a message to the Liao Dynasty. As soon as the king of Liao came up, before he saluted the emperor, he first grabbed his eldest son Zhao Shuo and scolded him. At that time, Zhao Shuo said that there were still others who knew about this, and the King of Liao let go of him, and knelt down to the emperor with his head down, only saying that the people around Zhao Li were not treacherous, and deliberately coaxed Zhao Li, wanting to act in his name. Zhao Li was young and ignorant, and after the Liao King and his wife found out, they stopped their son and punished the ill-intentioned villain, but they didn't expect this matter to come to the capital. The king of Liao pleaded with the emperor, and the emperor only ordered him to take his son back to the palace to reflect, but the case had to be investigated before it could be dealt with. ”
Qin Zhonghai paused for a moment before continuing to Yao: "Although the words that Zhao Shuo said to the King of Liao were small, Wang Shangshu stood on the side and heard them clearly. He mentioned this matter to me afterwards, and his tone seemed to be quite meaningful, as if he had guessed who the 'others' in Zhao Shuo's words were. ”
"Is it really the Shu Palace?!" Yao took a deep breath, feeling that her heartbeat was a little fast, she needed to be calm in order to smooth things out, "In this way, in fact, the King of Shu wanted to clear the way for his youngest son, so he took the second son of the Liao Wangfu to take the opportunity to attack Zhao Shuo? But how useful can this kind of thing be? Who doesn't know that Zhao Shuo and his two younger brothers are at odds with each other, saying that they are brothers, but in fact they are no different from enemies." Except for Zhao Li, Zhao Shuo is afraid that he will only feel happy, and he will not be satisfied at all. He didn't make a fuss about this, the Liao King and his wife couldn't blame him, and he was happy to watch the show. Even if someone says that Zhao Shuo is Zhao Li's elder brother, and Zhao Shuo will be implicated if Zhao Li commits a crime, it doesn't depend on the emperor's meaning? If the emperor really values Zhao Shuo, how could he abandon Zhao Shuo because of Zhao Li?"
Qin Zhonghai said: "I'm afraid this matter is not that simple. Zhao Shuo was mostly aware of Zhao Li's affairs, and with the relationship between the two brothers, they actually helped to hide it, don't you think it's strange? As soon as the King of Liao went to the palace, he first got angry at Zhao Shuo, clearly thinking that he had confessed Zhao Li, but when Zhao Shuo said a word, he immediately stopped. I guess the father and son know very well in their hearts that there must be someone else playing tricks here. Wang Shangshu is also an insider. Now it seems that this side of the people must be the Shu Wangfu. Since the king of Liao guessed that it was him, he was not in a hurry to complain to the emperor, but first thought about defending his son, and he must have a plan in his heart. If he and Zhao Shuo bite the King of Shu back, the King of Shu may not be able to fall on him. ”
He looked at his wife: "Didn't the third girl say it, did she tell you about this after listening to the words of the third uncle and Zhao Mo?" Zhao Mo is Zhao Shuo's son, and he only lived in Zhao Shuo's house for more than ten days before, and he lived in the Liao Wangfu for a while before, maybe he really knows something." The King of Liao may have something we don't know to rely on, don't look at his embarrassment right now, maybe one day, he will turn over!"
Yao touched his chest: "My heart is beating hard. In the past, I always heard the elders say that when the prince seized the throne 30 years ago, it was so tragic that all fathers, sons, brothers, relatives and friends could not take care of them, and everyone was simply red-eyed! If the emperor had not been confined in the East Palace and separated from the other princes, he might have lost his life a long time ago. I still think in my heart, it's just a battle in the open and in the dark, how powerful can it be? Just listen to a story. Now that I have seen the tricks of this Shu Palace, I am really scared into a cold sweat. Liaodong and Shu are so far apart, if Zhao Li's crime is really the ghost of the King of Shu, how did he know about those things? Thinking about his methods, I am terrified. If we offend him, I don't know how he will fix us. ”
Qin Zhonghai smiled: "What are you afraid of? Our family still has the support of the emperor and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, and the King of Shu will only be friendly with our family, and will never rectify us." Just look at their family coming to visit our house every day. The holy will is not clear, and our family doesn't have to express any attitude, just listen to the emperor. As long as we don't stand in line without authorization, no matter who becomes the prince in the future, we will always respect our family. After that, it depends on whether Jian'er and her brothers can make a difference. If not, no matter how prominent the ancestors are, they can't support this family. ”
Yao's brows furrowed slightly: "Then what should we do now?" The third girl reminded us that the Shu Wangfu is likely to be unlucky, let's hurry up and split the family, lest the second room see that the Shu Wangfu is not good, and Xiao no longer wants to marry Sister Yi'er, so we won't mention the matter of dividing the family." Although the three rooms have been agreed to be divided, it will be troublesome if the second room is really dragged and refused. ”
Qin Zhonghai said: "Don't be afraid of 10,000, just in case." Sooner or later, the family will be separated, so why drag it out? It's not that I said, my mother and my third uncle have decided to split up for a long time. I only heard you say that you want to take stock all day, when will you go to take the account? Our long room called the second room has been dragged down for 30 years, and now it is hard to get rid of them, why don't you hurry up and clean things up, lest you have a long night and a lot of dreams, and what kind of drag is it?!"
Yao Shi glanced at him with disgust: "Do you think I'm willing? I'm not doing this for what my wife told me!"
Xu instructed his daughter-in-law to take inventory, firstly, because she wanted to do a little bit of trickery on the accounts, not to give too many benefits, so that the second room took advantage, and secondly, it was also for her decades of hard work.
The old marquis's stepwife, Ye Shi, that is, Qin Bai's biological mother, was also the daughter of the official eunuch family when she married into the Qin family in the past, and the marriage was quite rich. After she married into the Qin family, because of her meritorious contribution to raising Queen Qin, she gave birth to a son, and the old marquis respected her a lot. He saw that his eldest son Qin Song did not respect his stepmother Ye very much, but Ye tolerated it everywhere, and he felt ashamed, and he also gave his wife a lot of private rooms. These properties and possessions should all be left to Qin Bai, the only son of the Ye family. But when Queen Qin got married, the Ye family took out some of it to give her a dowry. The old marquis was even more pleased, so he gave the Ye family another private house.
In this way, the Ye family's private room has accumulated a very staggering amount.
The Qin family was raided, and these private houses of the Ye family naturally could not be saved. She almost returned to her hometown with her daughter, and then lived in poverty in the old house, barely making ends meet. After the Qin family was rehabilitated, the new emperor was in charge, but all the Qin family's property that could be found was returned one by one. But at that time, the old marquis and Mrs. Ye died one after another, Queen Qin was newly in the harem and was busy, Qin Song and Qin Bai were far away in the northwest, and the only one who really took over these things was the Xue family, who returned to the capital first.
When he knew that the two sons of the Qin family had not died, and his posthumous son could not inherit the title of the Qin family, the Xue family began to think about giving the second room more benefits, lest Qin Song turn his face after returning to Beijing, and the second room would not be able to get any benefits. The property and property of the Qin family are all recorded in detail in the accounts, and there are old stewards in the family, and the Xue family is afraid of alarming the queen Qin in the palace, so they dare not move lightly. The same is true for Qin Song and the old lady of the Huang family, the biological mother of Empress Qin. The Xue family's last sight was Mrs. Ye's private room, thinking that her things were scattered a lot, as long as she did a good job in the accounts, she would be greedy for a part, and not many people would find out. So she had the courage to take away some of the fine land, jewelry, and antiques from Mrs. Ye's marriage.
Qin Song returned to the capital, had a quarrel with the Xue family, and then married the Xu family and entered the door, and completely took over the Qin family's business. He has never taken his stepmother seriously, and even if he can see that there is a problem with the accounts, he is too lazy to pay attention to it. At that time, he was full of wariness of his younger brother Qin Bai returning to Beijing, and he had to fight for power and profit in the court, and seek an official for himself in front of the queen's sister, where could he be idle to take care of his stepmother's dowry? This matter has dragged on for decades.
Yao said to Qin Zhonghai: "Although Madame is not easy to speak, I have always paid attention to the whereabouts of the old lady's private rooms. Some things were sold by the Tuoxue family in the second room and exchanged for silver. Some of the properties fell into the name of the Xue family. These are not easy to chase back. But the lady later found out that the emperor gave it to the third uncle that he had given these things to sell. Maybe the emperor also helped get the old lady's private property back. But there are still many in the name of the second room, which is not easy to move. ”
Qin Zhonghai frowned and asked, "Mother wants you to chase these things back and return them to the third uncle when the family is separated?"
Yao sighed: "Don't you know the temper of the second room? If you ask them to spit out the meat they have eaten in their mouths, they will refuse." After so many years, where can I make it clear? Back then, the second wife even took the deed, and she didn't leave any evidence at all. Madame still asked about these things from some old family members left by the old lady, and those who could be redeemed were redeemed, but the whereabouts of those who were unknown were not one or two. Madame wants me to take the opportunity of taking the opportunity to make some of the objects and properties that fell into the hands of the second room clear, record them in the account, and take the opportunity to divide the family to the third uncle's name again, even if our long house suffers some losses. Madame has been in the knot for many years, and finally there is no need to worry about it now, if you don't do it at this time, I don't know when it will be able to untie the knot. ”
Qin Zhonghai understood, and he couldn't help but sigh.