Chapter 160 Knocking
"Okay, you've been on the road for so long, don't go back, just go to the blue yarn cabinet to rest. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info wait for you to wake up, and then continue to tell your grandmother about the interesting things. Old Madam Fang stroked the top of Fang Ning's hair and said lovingly.
"Yes, grandmother, grandfather, granddaughter retired. Fang Ning saluted the two with a smile and walked out happily.
When Fang Ning turned around the verandah, the atmosphere in the room was a little depressing. Old Madam Fang slowly tasted the tea with a calm face, and the loving smile on Old Madam Fang's face was also retracted. Looking at Old Lady Fang worriedly, Old Lady Fang had already cultivated the ability to be pampered and not surprised, and to be happy and angry, but like now, his face was gloomy and his eyes were melancholy, which could only show that this time the matter was more tricky. Thinking of this, her heart "chuckled", could it be that something happened in Beijing?
Old Lady Fang put down the teacup, wiped her hands with a handkerchief, then threw the handkerchief back to the tray, frowned and said in a deep voice: "Tell me, what have you seen?"
"Yes. Mother Du bowed, and her voice respectfully recounted what she had seen and heard along the way, "・・・・・・ Jade Mansion is no different from ordinary mansions from the appearance. The village was very large, well kept, lush, and showed no signs of decay. The jade girl was radiant and looked even better than when she was in Xuzhou. Mother Jane next to her is a grandmother who came out of the palace, she ・・・・・・"
"Do you know that she used to be the messenger of that palace?" Old Lady Fang looked at him and asked in a deep voice. There is a nervousness in that seemingly casual tone.
The slave had talked to her. She used to be a grandmother in the imperial study. Mother Du couldn't figure out Old Lady Fang's thoughts, so she just tried her best to make her tone sound calm and natural, without any personal emotions.
"Imperial Study?" Old Madam Fang's voice couldn't help but raise, and Old Madam Fang was also nervously looking, "She is the grandmother in the imperial study?" At the same time, he went through all the people in the imperial study in his mind. As the emperor's mentor, he is naturally qualified to enter and leave the imperial study, and he is naturally very familiar with the people who listen to errands in the imperial study. If it was a grandmother・・・・・ suddenly a figure appeared in front of him, and then shook his head and denied it. It can't be, it can't be Mama Jane.
But Du's mother's words were like a basin of cold water, pouring him from head to toe, and also extinguishing his last trace of fantasy, "It's Mama Zhen, and now everyone calls her Mama Zhen." Fang Yishan only felt a thrill in his body, as if those questions that had been difficult for a long time were suddenly clear, and he seemed to be even more confused. He lowered his eyes and unconsciously turned the wrench on his thumb.
Old Madam Fang's heart couldn't help but sink, this time the matter was really related to the capital, and even involved that person. She looked at Mama Du, who was standing respectfully below, and tried her best to curl the corners of her mouth, trying to make her voice sound the same as usual, and asked with a smile, "What else is interesting?"
Mother Du has stayed in the Fang family for many years and knows how to survive, she picked up the key points and said: "At the reception banquet, maybe it was because she drank wine and was in a hurry, so the girl asked Miss Yu if she blamed the Fang family for not protecting her?"
"What did she say?" asked Old Madam Fang nervously. Old lady Fang's hand that turned the wrench was also stunned, listening to Mother Du's next words.
Du's mother didn't buy it, and directly told Lan Xin what she said about breaking the cocoon into a butterfly.
After Du's mother went out, the house was quieter. After a while, Old Madam Fang couldn't help but ask, "Master, but what happened in the capital?"
"Alas!" Old Lady Fang took a long breath, raised her cloudy eyes, looked out the window, and said melancholy, "When I was first especialised, the emperor kept him many times. Later, when he saw that I had made up my mind, he agreed, and invited me to the imperial study for tea. At that time, there was only Mama Zhen who was waiting by her side. I remember the emperor saying at the time, 'I heard that Xuzhou has beautiful scenery and is suitable for living. It's a pity that I can only stay in the palace, so why don't you go and live there, and enjoy the local scenery for me. If you meet the younger generations of the deceased, please also ask my husband to take care of me for one or two. ’”
"Are you saying that you chose to retire and settle in Xuzhou, is it the emperor's intention?" asked Old Madam Fang in surprise.
"Yes!" Old Lady Fang nodded, took a sip of the tea on the table, the tea was already cold, Old Lady Fang's brows furrowed, and she still swallowed the bitterness in her mouth, "I didn't think deeply about the emperor's words at the beginning, but the emperor still longed for the days when he traveled." Naturally, I didn't understand the deep meaning of the emperor's last sentence. ”
"Does the master mean that the emperor asked you to come to Xuzhou for Lan Xin?" asked Old Madam Fang suspiciously.
"Now it seems, yes. Old Lady Fang nodded wistfully, "It's a pity, it's too late to understand now." ”
"What do you mean by this, sir? The more I say it, the more confused I become. Old Madam Fang asked with a frown.
"Just now in the study, I received a letter from Jingzhong, which was sent by Fang An personally. "What Old Lady Fang heard was not answered. Old Madam Fang was shocked, she couldn't help but shiver, and asked in a trembling voice, "But something happened to Mingyuan?" Fang An is a loyal servant cultivated by Old Madam Fang, this person is brave and strategic, and he is a rare talent. Now, Old Lady Fang left him by his son Fang Mingyuan's side to assist his son in taking care of the affairs of the capital. And now that he has personally gone out of Beijing to deliver the letter, it is obvious that this letter is of great importance.
"The boss of the Rong family was reported for taking care of the outer room, and Yu Shitai stabbed him in front of the emperor. The emperor was furious, and immediately ordered the Criminal Department to preside over the trial, and Dali Temple assisted to investigate the case and go straight to heaven. After the case came to light, the emperor dismissed the eldest of the Rong family, and the second was demoted to a minor official. Sun Langzhong, the official of the ministry, was once involved with the boss of the Rong family, and was demoted to a clerk, and there was no future for him. And Mingyuan was punished for dereliction of duty and failure to investigate, and he was punished for thinking about it behind closed doors. ”
"How can this implicate Mingyuan for no reason?" Old Madam Fang frowned, her face sank like water, and she was very dissatisfied with the emperor's implication for no reason. At the same time, I was worried about my son.
"It's not gratuitous. Old Lady Fang stroked his beard and analyzed in a deep voice, "Mingyuan is the left servant of the ministry, Sun Langzhong and Rong Zhixiang are just under his jurisdiction, they have an accident, he is naturally responsible." It's just that this matter can be big or small, now that Mingyuan has been punished, I thought I was implicated at first, but now, the emperor sent Mama Zhen to Jiangzhou and arranged for that girl's side. This matter is not as simple as implicating, it is the emperor who put the Fang family and the Rong family together and beat them. If one is not handled well, Mingyuan's career will come to an end, and there will never be a chance for promotion. ”