14. Self-inflicted
At the end of the day, Qingchuan and Qingshan took advantage of the moonlight to return to the Pingnan Palace, trembling to the guard, bowing their heads, holding their breath, and replying 1510.
It wasn't until the two of them stood stiff with their hands and feet stiff and their backs were cold that they heard Wei Ji reprimand coldly: "Go down!" ”
Qingchuan chuckled in his heart, sinking and sinking, but he didn't dare to say a word, he glanced at Qingshan, and the two of them didn't dare to come out with their bodies bowed, and quickly retreated.
Straight out of the gate of the hospital, Qingshan stroked his chest and breathed a sigh of relief, glanced in the direction of the study in a daze, and dragged Qingchuan in an unsteady voice and asked, "Is Ye really angry?" ”
"What do you say?" Qingchuan stared at Qingshan with hatred, and it took a long time to squeeze out a sentence from between his teeth, pull back his arm, and be silent for a moment, and couldn't help but sigh for a long time.
I don't know how long my mind has been moving, but the girl doesn't know at all...... When I went back to Kaiyuan Temple, I obviously met him head-on, but I didn't even have a smiling face, so I stood in front of people with a strained face. If it were someone else, I was afraid that I would have been scared to death! Even if that person is bold, people will not be happy to be stared at so gloomily!
Hey, Fifth Master Luo even has a son, but he doesn't even have a person to discuss with him! In the past few years, the prince and princess have to recite it several times every year, urging the princess openly and secretly......
The more Qingchuan thought about it, the more he thought about it, the more sad he became, and he sighed one after another against the courtyard door.
In the study, Wei Jian stood behind the desk, his eyes swept over the secret letter that Ning Yi had just sent in, paused, his gaze went down, and fell on a very delicate purse in the dark compartment of the desk, and a trace of waves passed over the bottom of his eyes very quickly, but he returned to silence in the blink of an eye.
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The next morning, before dawn, there were several circles of people inside and outside the alley behind Dicui Building, all excited and curious to crowd in, vying to see the biggest joke in the capital! The first person to see clearly easily squeezed out of the crowd, shook his head and gossiped excitedly, gesturing to the unknown crowd outside: "Ouch, it's disgusting...... That Zhou Zhijian, the uncle of the Hou Mansion of Chongning, was actually ridden naked...... Ahem, or in the firewood room, how anxious is this? What a ......."
The people who watched the excitement instantly realized it, their eyes widened, their faces were full of disbelief, and then they couldn't help but gossip and pulled the few people who were squeezed out first to mutter.
The side of Dicui Building was lively for a while, and the people who entered the alley were all embarrassed and disdainful, and anyone could tell several stories, all with noses and eyes, and various versions of this joke quickly swept the entire capital.
At the same time, the news that Yan Que and several colleagues of Yushitai jointly wrote a letter to impeach Zhou Guangye, the Marquis of Chongning, for his lack of godchildren and loss of virtue, also spread from the court to the mansions of major officials in the capital, and quietly spread all over the place.
In less than half a day's effort, Jingzhao Yin Cuike took on several more cases, all of which were sued against Zhou Zhijian of the Chongning Marquis Mansion, for different reasons, but to sum it up, it is just bullying the good people, not paying debts, robbing the people's daughters, etc., all of which are conclusive evidence, and there are a lot of human and material evidence. When the people in the capital heard the news, they all rushed to Jingzhao Yin's Mansion to see the excitement, and countless pairs of eyes stared at it, and others couldn't hide it even if they wanted to.
Cui Ke couldn't, so he had to let someone take the paper, press the case file, and go around the palace in a hurry, thinking about it, in the end, he changed into civilian clothes, asked people to prepare a sedan chair, went out from the back door, and went all the way to the courtyard of the four princes. When he entered the other courtyard, he happened to collide with Zhou Guangye, the Marquis of Chongning, who came out in a hurry.
"Master Hou!" Cui Ke hurriedly took a step back, bowed his hand, and glanced at the person behind Chongning Hou, and hurriedly bowed his body and bowed respectfully, "I've seen the fourth master." ”
The fourth prince raised his hand towards Cui Ke with a gloomy face, frowned and glanced at Zhou Guangye, who was standing aside, and said coldly: "You don't need to say more, the affairs of Jingzhao Mansion are already known, press it first, and talk about it in a few days." ”
Cui Ke hurriedly agreed obediently, and glanced at Zhou Guangye, who was wiping his forehead and breathing a sigh of relief, and took a step back quietly.
"Thank you, Fourth Master!" Zhou Guangye trembled and bowed to the four princes, shivered unconsciously in the cold eyes of the four princes, wiped the cold sweat on his face, and said goodbye.
When Zhou Guangye returned to the Chongning Hou Mansion, it was already noon, and Mrs. Wen was busy suppressing her distress and anger, and greeted her gently, untying Zhou Guangye's cloak while letting the girl serve tea and dinner.
Zhou Guangye brushed Mrs. Wen away impatiently with a cold face, and reprimanded in a calm voice: "What did I tell you?" Let you take care of Zhijian! Look at what is going on now? Where do you want to put this face? ”
Mrs. Wen listened to Zhou Guangye's rebuke in a daze, was stunned for a moment, her eyes turned red, she opened her mouth to stop talking, and cried low while covering her face with a handkerchief, while softly and weakly pulling Zhou Guangye's sleeve, half aggrieved and half self-reproaching, she begged: "It's that the concubine is not good, the concubine has no talent and no virtue, and she doesn't take care of Zhijian, it's all the concubine's!" Don't be angry, don't be angry. It's also strange that Zhijian is not good for this, he went out in a good manner, but he didn't pay attention to the villain, and fell into the trap of others. Master, it's not good to be a concubine...... Zhijian was carried back early this morning, and he couldn't even speak clearly, and kept crying out in pain...... The concubine also felt distressed when she looked at it......"
Zhou Guangye was half angry and cried by Mrs. Wen's aggrieved crying, and he felt sorry for his son in the end, so he frowned and sighed for a long time, and raised his hand to interrupt Mrs. Wen's words: "Don't cry either!" I don't know who else is behind this matter, and I blame me for not letting people follow Zhijian, and letting people take advantage of the loophole - you pack up and let people send Zhijian out of Beijing quickly! ”
Mrs. Wen's crying stopped suddenly, she looked at Zhou Guangye blankly, and asked in a trembling voice, "Do you want to send Zhijian away?" ”
"The fourth master just spoke today, how can I do if I don't send it?" Zhou Guangye ripped off his cloak irritably, looked at Mrs. Wen and explained helplessly, "It's good to let Zhijian go out to avoid the limelight." After two years, the people in the capital forgot about it, and they just took him back. ”
"How's that going to work? Zhijian is eighteen years old, and in two years......" Mrs. Wen was so anxious that she grabbed Zhou Guangye's arm and begged with a panicked face, "Zhijian has been with his concubine since he was a child, how can he endure the suffering outside?" Master Hou, that's your bitter meat, how can you give up ......"
"That's it!" Zhou Guangye snapped Mrs. Wen's words, his face was obviously a little more impatient, he shook off Mrs. Wen's hand, and reprimanded undoubtedly, "This matter is decided!" In two days, I will send Zhijian back to the ancestral house in the north! ”
Mrs. Wen was stunned and watched Zhou Guangye throw away his sleeves irritably, stunned for a moment, only to feel that it was cold from head to foot, and the strength of his body was exhausted, and he couldn't even cry, that was her lifeline, how could he send Zhijian away ruthlessly......
Mama Lu outside the door looked at Zhou Guangye in a panic and went to the direction of the east courtyard with a black face, her heart suddenly sank, and she hurriedly lifted the curtain and entered the house, looking at Mrs. Wen's blue and white face, and solemnly persuaded: "Madame, you can't panic, the uncle has to rely on Madame!" The old slave looked, Master Hou was going to the main courtyard at this time. If Madame doesn't hurry up and think of a way, I'm afraid that Uncle will really be sent away! ”
Mrs. Wen's face was pale, the anger in her chest could no longer be suppressed, and she slapped it into Mama Lu's face, and where her sleeves passed, the teacups, plates and saucers on the desk instantly jingled and shattered. "Shut up! Do I still use you to teach? After a pause, Mrs. Wen was furious, her eyes fell on the empty courtyard, kicked the chair, and asked sharply, "What about Fu'an?" ”
Mama Lu covered her face and looked at the angry Mrs. Wen blankly, and the resentment that had surged into her chest was forced back, and she only hung her head and let Mrs. Wen angrily kick the tables and chairs all over the room. The girls in the courtyard froze in fright, you look at me, I look at you, and then looked at Mama Lu, who was slapped by Mrs. Wen with a big red mark, and no one dared to squeak for a while.
Mrs. Wen let out a breath, Tie Qing's face eased, barely suppressed the irritability in her heart, lit the green calyx of the big girl, and reprimanded gloomily: "Are you deaf? ”
The green calyx took two steps forward numbly, exhaled, looked at the red marks on Mama Lu's face, and replied in a snort: "Back to Mrs. Hui, that Fu'an...... It seems to have run away......"
"Ran away?" Mrs. Wen's voice suddenly sharpened, staring at the girl who was holding her breath in the courtyard for a while, endured and endured, and then barely suppressed the anger in her chest, raised her hand to let the green calyx retreat, was silent for a moment, looked at Mama Lu who was standing silently by the door, her face finally eased a little, and she frowned and snorted coldly, "You're right!" This must have been the slut in the East Courtyard! She couldn't give birth to a son herself, so she wanted to come and beat my son's idea! Hum! I'm never going to let her do it! ”
Mama Lu hesitated and glanced at Mrs. Wen, thought about it, and had to swallow the grievances full of grievances first, and nodded in agreement: "Madam is very worried!" The old slave just heard from the people in the outer courtyard that there are many untouchables in Jingzhao Mansion who are beating drums to sue our uncle, and those people don't tell us sooner or later, but they come out to make trouble at this time, and it is clear that someone wants to force Hou Ye to send his uncle away...... Madame, what should I do about this? ”
"Master Hou was moved, and he couldn't persuade him...... That slut in the East Courtyard! Sooner or later, I'll have to get it back! What if she forced my son away? She has to be able to give birth to a son by herself! Mrs. Wen snorted with a cold face, her eyes were soaked in a trace of cruelty, and she raised her hand to signal Mama Lu, "Let people go to Lu's house and call Wen's family over!" ”
Mama Lu nodded hurriedly in response, turned around and went outside to call a mother-in-law to pass the word to the Lu Mansion