Chapter 221: The Result of the Birthday Banquet
After all, Huan Yehe is a person who cares about the overall situation, although the meeting with Sheng Sleeping Crane on this day can be described as an unhappy parting, but in the afternoon of the next day, he still specially sent someone to deliver the news to Sheng Sleeping Crane, and told the result of the matter of Zheng Guogong's Mansion:
…… Yesterday afternoon, Empress Dowager Meng was shocked to hear the bad news of Zheng Guogong's mansion, and she was very angry, so she issued an edict on the spot, ordering a thorough investigation of the ins and outs of the violent death of Zheng Guogong's favorite concubine Jiaoyu and her beloved daughter Meng Lijiang!
Then, as Sheng Sleeping Crane said, after the Queen Mother's decree went down, countless people in the harem of the former dynasty were busy, and finally under the tireless hard work of these people, the "real murderer" was identified and taken down yesterday evening, and it was Jiaoyu's henchman and mother-in-law's family!
This result surprised many people who didn't know it, because this family is Jiaoyu's right-hand man, and Jiaoyu has been able to suppress Mrs. Xiang for many years, and they can be said to have contributed a lot.
It is said that this kind of coquettish talk is a henchman who is both prosperous and lossy, and it is impossible and reasonable to do something against the master. However, during the interrogation, the conclusive evidence provided by people from all walks of life proved that this family took advantage of the opportunity to serve Jiaoyu, filled their private pockets, and often instigated the relationship between Jiaoyu and Mrs. Xiang of the main room, and the news of the discord between the wives and concubines of the Zhengguo Mansion was known to Chang'an.
In this way, the fifteenth young lady Meng Lijiang accidentally discovered their true colors, and in a fit of rage, she decided to expose them in front of Jiaoyu, but because she was young and inconsiderate, she was noticed by them, and she jumped over the wall in a hurry and killed the master first.
even delusionally framed Mrs. Xiang afterwards!
After having the real murderer, the next thing is logical, Empress Dowager Meng specially summoned Zheng Guogong to Xinshou Palace, and reprimanded him fiercely: "The reason why the mourning family said Ruyi to you earlier is that she likes her temperament. Why have you become more and more centrifugal as a husband and wife in the past two years, and you have repeatedly said that she is targeting Jiaoyu? The co-authors are all Jiaoyu and cannot understand people, so that the slaves around you are left and right! Look at your foolish energy! You have wronged a dignified wife for the sake of a cheap slave family! You are simply old and confused!!
Ruyi is the name of Mrs. Xiang.
"Niangniang, the minister is guilty!" Zheng Guogong didn't care what he thought in his heart, he still knelt down honestly in front of the Queen Mother and admitted his mistake, and promised that he would apologize to his wife after he went back, release his previous suspicions, and not call the conspiracy of "real murderer" to continue to succeed.
With such a thumping performance, Empress Dowager Meng softened her face and changed her tone of sympathy: "It is also human nature that you worry about state affairs all day long and have no time to take care of the back house! The reason why this kind of thing happened is actually because Ruyi's temperament is too soft and she does not have the momentum that the Duchess of the Kingdom should have. This mourning family will talk about her in the future...... However, in the final analysis, she is your wife, she didn't take care of the back house, and in the end, you didn't mention enough to her!"
After a little mover, he said, "It's not clear what the Mourning family is dealing with, but no matter what they do, the Mourning family will specifically punish you for three months, can you accept it?"
Zheng Guogong knelt down to thank him, and said that the Queen Mother was merciful.
And then it was over......
Of course, King Gaomi was unwilling, but this time the Queen Mother and the Meng family were resolute, and they unified their confessions in just one day after the incident, and King Gaomi specially entered the palace to meet the Queen Mother, and when it was mentioned that there were still many doubts about this matter, the Queen Mother had something to say: "This matter in the backyard of the Zheng Guogong Mansion, although the Mourning family usually summons Mrs. Zheng Guo and the nieces and nieces and nieces of the Mourning family to meet each other in the palace, it is not very clear. Even if you and the Meng family are political enemies, but the government belongs to the government, and the inner house belongs to the inner house, you are also a prince, and you should always have a clear distinction between public and private, right? Cheng Tian cares so much about the backyard of the Zheng Guo Mansion, and it is spread out, the ladies of the Zheng Guo Mansion are still not good people?!"
"You are also a person who has a princess and a daughter who has not been out of the cabinet in the back house, if Zheng Guogong sends someone to spy on you every day to inquire about the things in your inner house...... What would you like to do?!The principle of not doing to others what you would not do to you, are you such a big person still have to mourn your family to remind you that you can't do it?!"
Originally, although Empress Dowager Meng's words made it clear that she would not allow King Gaomi to continue to entangle, but in normal times, King Gaomi would never be so easy to deal with.
However, not long ago, the henchmen sent by the county lord of Qingfang to Nanfeng County happened to find out, and sent someone to gallop back to Chang'an in the starry night, and after telling the county lord of Qingfang, the county lord deliberately revealed it to King Gaomi alone after discussing with Aunt Zhao.
And King Gaomi knew that the three girls who came to Chang'an with Sheng Sleeping Crane, Sheng Weiqiao, Sheng Weiwei and Gongsun Yingjiang had all attended the birthday banquet of the Zhengguo Mansion, and they also left ahead of schedule with the four county lords of Jingshu, so it was not a special coincidence that these four girls had encountered something unexpected at the banquet, and even what had anything to do with Jiaoyu and Meng Lijiang's death.
This will worry that if I continue to force it, will it indirectly bring trouble to these four girls?
Of course, he didn't care about the life or death of these four girls, what he was afraid of was that if Sheng Sleeping Crane was really his bloodline, then the county lord Jingshu who had been summoned by the princess would also be okay, but the three girls of the Sheng family would not be offended.
Under such considerations, King Gaomi did not chase after him, but in order not to make Empress Dowager Meng suspicious, he still grinded Empress Dowager Meng and agreed to some conditions in exchange for other aspects before retiring.
He stopped, and the turmoil in Zheng Guogong's Mansion ended like this.
Although Huan Yehe said that Empress Dowager Meng and Meng Biyun were not ungrateful people, but Meng Biyun was not lightly slapped on the face at the beginning, and in order to cover up this scar, she jumped from the rockery several times, although she did not hurt her muscles and bones, but it took some time to recover as usual.
In the next few days, Meng Biyun's first priority must be to recuperate from her injuries in order to keep her position, and then she will have enough ability to reward Sheng Weiqiao and the others.
The second is that the affairs of Zheng Guogong's Mansion have just subsided, in order to avoid others from thinking of it and giving rise to rumors, even if Empress Dowager Meng is willing to help Meng Biyun pay in advance, this reward will have to be pressed in a short period of time.
Therefore, although the harem of the former dynasty was surging for the death of Aunt Jiaoyu and Meng Lijiang, the mansion was still quiet.
Sheng Sleeping Crane deliberately informed Sheng Weiqiao of this result, so that she could recuperate with peace of mind.
Xu is Sheng Weiqiao had a fever this time, and it was because he was frightened and stimulated, and he was somewhat worried about what would be affected after saving Meng Biyun, so after confirming that he and the Sheng family would not have any troubles because of this incident, and would even get a rich reward, he ate an extra bowl of porridge that night and looked energetic.
Rao is like this, after all, she is just a pampered girl, and her recovery ability cannot be compared to that of Sheng Sleeping Crane.
By daylight on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, she was still a little embarrassed.
In this case, Sheng Sleeping Crane naturally did not plan to let her participate in the lantern festival at night, but persuaded her to rest early.
However, Sheng Weiqiao considered that he had promised Sheng Weiwei before, so although he had not yet recovered, since he had regained the strength to walk, he insisted on going.
Sheng Sleeping Crane retreated and said, "Either I let Ying Jiang take the eighth sister for a spin, how about you and I stay in the house?" Anyway, you don't want to go out to see the lights, but to accompany the eighth sister." ”
"Although Ying Jiang knows some martial arts, she is only a sixteen-year-old girl. But Sheng Weiqiao refused, frowned and said, "She is still very beautiful, she took the eighth sister out of the house, without the company of a man like you, don't talk about looking at the lights at that time, in case you provoke a group of prodigal prodigals, it will not even be too late to catch up with people!
Sheng Sleeping Crane had no choice but to say, "Then you stay with Ying Jiang, and I'll take the eighth sister out?"
"Then you must take her out for a walk and come back, so how can you have fun?" Sheng Weiqiao said unhappily, "Let me tell you, when I was in Nanfeng County in the past, my parents and elders never allowed us girls to go out at night to enjoy the lanterns because they were afraid that there would be too many people and go wrong." If you miss it, after we go back in a few days, I'm afraid there will be no such opportunity. ”
"Especially the eighth sister has always loved to play, since she came to Chang'an, she has been detained in the room, and she has never taken her out to play seriously!"
"At this time, we are in a hurry for the annual Lantern Festival, if we can't meet her wish, our brothers and sisters won't be able to do it, right?"
Sheng Sleeping Crane couldn't convince her, so he could only go to Sheng Weiwei, wanting this little cousin to take the initiative not to look at the light, so as not to drag Sheng Weiqiao out of the house with her sick body.
Who knew that Sheng Weiwei had promised to be good, but the little girl didn't know if she didn't trust Sheng Sleeping Crane, or was she really so naïve and ignorant, when she came to Sheng Weiqiao, she opened her mouth and said: "Third sister, the eldest brother said that you are not fully ill this time, and you must not go out?"
Next, without asking, Sheng Weiqiao glanced at Sheng Sleeping Crane who was holding his forehead with his hand, took Sheng Weiwei into his arms, and sneered: "You listen to your eldest brother's nonsense?!Your third sister, I have already been fine, didn't you see that I was calling someone to open the suitcase, and wanted to choose a dress to go out at night? This is simply your eldest brother, who is unwilling to go out with us, let alone help us pay the bills, deliberately finds an excuse not to go to the lantern festival and does not let us go!"
"Okay, so that's the case!!" Sheng Weiyu suddenly jumped three feet high, "Big brother, you liar!! but fortunately, the third sister is smart and has seen through your trick!"
Sheng Sleeping Crane couldn't help but silently recited, "The obedient girl is looking at Lao Tzu, Lao Tzu wants to maintain a good image in the mind of the obedient girl, and must not reveal any murderous expression", before resisting the urge to slap Sheng Weiwei to death with a palm, smiled bitterly, and resigned to his fate: "In this case, then let's simply set off early and go to the restaurant on Tianjie to occupy a good position, lest after dark, people all over the city will go out to see the lights and can't squeeze in?"
…… You bear child!
I just promised to be good in your room, and when I saw the obedient girl, I sold Lao Tzu!
Still want to take a good look at the lights?
When you get to the place, Lao Tzu will find someone to give you some drugs in your food, so that you will be drowsy at a glance at the excitement, and it will be natural to go home!
Look at how you will repent tomorrow!!