Chapter Ninety-Five: Zhou Zifeng's shrewdness
Mei Suxi's funeral was only brief, after all, Fang Jianzhang was still 'seriously injured' lying on the bed at this moment. Although it is winter, the corpse can't just be placed at home, and Mei Suxi died so suddenly, if it is known that she was poisoned by Zhou Zifeng, this matter will be a big problem.
Zhou Zifeng is not a member of the Fang family, but after all, he lives in the General's Mansion, if something really happens, those Imperial Historians who don't like Fang Jianzhang on weekdays may not know how to arrange some messy charges to deduct from the General's Mansion.
Zhou Zifeng is also a little capable, and he doesn't know what to say when he goes to the Prime Minister's Mansion, so he asked the Prime Minister's Mansion to admit this matter like this, and there are no more extraneous branches.
At this time, Zhou Zifeng's use in the general's mansion was according to Fang Haozhi's standards, and Fang Xiaoyu quickly fulfilled his promise, not only bought him a few maids and mothers-in-law to send over, but also gave him a lot of pocket money, so that Zhou Zifeng really found the pleasure of the eldest young master of the Fang family for a while.
Fang Xiaoyu and Fang Haozhi are not Mei Suxi's biological after all, not to mention that Mei Suxi may not be able to hide the little that Mei Suxi has done to the two of them over the years, so even if Fang Xiaoyu and Fang Haozhi don't keep their filial piety, no one can say anything, as long as they pay attention to the plain clothes on weekdays, it can be regarded as full of heart.
Xu is the general's mansion has a lot of affairs, and the emperor also sent someone to give a lot of gold and silver treasures, accompanied by several good years of old ginseng and some cherished medicinal materials, and the holy decree of the reward is also greatly appreciated for Fang Jianzhang's 'meritorious rescue', and even in order to see the truth, the emperor also personally came to the general's mansion to visit, in order to show the harmony between the monarch and the ministers.
Through the matter of 'saving the driver', Fang Xiaoyu also received a favor. The emperor directly rewarded Fang Xiaoyu with a token, but he didn't give her a specific gift, but Fang Xiaoyu was very satisfied with this reward.
The token is only the size of the palm, pure white jade carved without a trace of impurities, and a lotus flower on the brand is lifelike.
Su Wanfu personally came to announce the reward, and specially instructed Fang Xiaoyu on the use of this brand. You can freely enter and exit the palace with this token, and you can avoid kneeling when you see the king, and you only need to salute. And although there has never been a specific title and official position, but in fact, it is the same product, which is higher than her father's grade.
From this, Fang Xiaoyu can see how far the emperor believes in Buddhism. It's just that she invited the Xuyun monk to act in a play with her, plus some small means from the side, which actually made her almost supreme.
Although she has no official position, she can't get involved in those things in the court, but as long as she has this brand on her body, even if she is the prime minister, she can wait for it, the emperor has given her a great honor, at least among the women in the back house, she can be said to be above ten thousand people.
But in the same way, Fang Xiaoyu also understood from this move, the emperor wanted to use her, and it was likely that he would use her in the open.
However, Fang Xiaoyu is not worried about anything, she is just a god, she does not get involved in any family and country affairs, at most she comes to predict something, folds her hands and says 'Buddha said', she has nothing to make up some nonsense to fool the emperor or courtiers, and it is not a matter of disaster to the country and the people, she has no psychological pressure. If something really dangerous is involved, it's a big deal for her to say, 'The secret of heaven must not be revealed', can they still bite her?
Fang Xiaoyu accepted the brand with peace of mind, thanked the emperor, and officially took the first step in the matter of the god stick.
Xu is seeing that the emperor has a lot of favor to the General's Mansion, not only rewarded General Fang, but even her daughter was rewarded, and the people who came to visit Fang Jianzhang in recent days have simply broken through the threshold, and even brought countless gifts.
Fang Xiaoyu made people reply one by one, so that people would not chew their tongues, and deliberately let a few adults who could speak in the court enter the house to visit Fang Jianzhang, because of the disguise technique, no one saw through it.
Everyone had seen the real person in person, and they would not suspect that Fang Jianzhang had sneaked out of the capital.
After arranging a qiē, Fang Xiaoyu completely refused to visit anyone on the grounds that the general's injuries had been repeated, and for a while, the movement of the general's mansion became the focus of attention of the people in the capital, and Mei Suxi's death seemed to be deliberately ignored.
Nearly two months after Mei Suxi's death, Fang Xiaoyu was haunted by a bunch of messy things, and she looked a lot haggard. The reason why she doesn't like to fight with the women in the back house is that she feels that these bad things are tiring to death, and they are more tiring than running around the capital for twenty laps.
originally thought that Mei Suxi's death would always send someone to scold them even if the Prime Minister's Mansion had a plan to calm the people, Fang Xiaoyu even prepared to scold them without returning the scold, in short, he had to stabilize Mei Cangyun first. If it weren't for Zhou Zifeng's usefulness to her and causing her such a big trouble, she would have kicked this little bastard to death!
In fact, the Prime Minister's Mansion did send someone, but it was Mei Chunshui who came.
Mei Suxi's plan to kill Fang Xiaoyu was betrayed by Mei Chunshui, and at this time, Mei Chunshui, who was already tied to a rope with Fang Xiaoyu, was the one who wanted Mei Suxi to die the most.
scolding and scolding into the general's mansion, looking for a, which is also in line with Mei Chunshui's image in the outside world. What's more, she came to the General's Mansion to make trouble, and a bunch of people outside watched it, and those who knew it thought that this would be another farce, so they waited for the fight to be beautiful and lively.
When Mei Chunshui entered the door, he was very angry, and when he saw Fang Xiaoyu, he even pulled his collar on, and pulled all the way into Yanranju, until there was no sound outside, Mei Chunshui suddenly changed his face, how could he still be spicy.
"What's the matter, it's for the people of your Prime Minister's Mansion to teach me a lesson? I thought you should have come a long time ago, but who knew that you would be able to hold your breath, but it was actually two months of delay. Fang Xiaoyu was confused in her heart, with Cheng and Mei Suxi's love, even if she couldn't pay attention to this matter openly, she should have sent someone to probe the truth or check the truth of the facts, and she had handled everything properly. Who would have thought that for two months, it would be as if nothing had happened, but it made people feel dazed.
"Do you think so? My grandfather, I didn't love her, but she had to marry a businessman back then, which made the old man angry, almost got sick, and made the entire Prime Minister's Mansion a laughing stock in Dacheng. But it's true that the old man likes her, it's very different from me, an abandoned son who deliberately keeps playing, although it is a broken father-daughter relationship, but you really don't pay attention to the things she has been in your general's mansion all these years? Mei Chunshui's tone was full of ridicule, mocking Mei Cangyun for setting up the archway in front of **, and mocking her own pathetic pitiful.
Before Fang Xiaoyu could say anything, she continued: "Because of General Fang's meritorious rescue of the driver, the emperor is so kind to the general that he actually visited the general's mansion in person, what an honor is this?" Even if his grandfather had the heart to come to ask, at this time, he decided not to go against the emperor openly, so he delayed it again and again. But he really had a heart for this matter, and a few days ago he secretly summoned Zhou Zifeng to the Prime Minister's Mansion and asked a lot behind closed doors. Zhou Zifeng was not stupid, and he was not shrewd in his answer, so this matter could be regarded as an end for the time being, otherwise her death would almost ruin the harmony between the two families. ”
"Where is there any peace? It's just cooperating with people who think they are smart to continue the play. Can you know what did the prime minister ask Zhou Zifeng? And how did he answer? To be able to settle this matter, he is afraid that he has also put a lot of thought into it. Fang Xiaoyu sneered.
Mei Chunshui thought about it, frowned habitually, and said, "The question is nothing more than how she died." That week, Zifeng secretly told his grandfather, saying that she committed suicide, because her persecution of you and your brother was known by the general, although it was difficult to deal with her kindness, but he also completely snubbed her, and if he didn't set foot in her door, he didn't even bother to say a few words. also said that she was depressed every day, often borrowed wine to drown her sorrows, and was mostly gloomy on weekdays, and she didn't listen to persuasion. ”
Will anyone believe this? To say how affectionate Mei Suxi is to my father, it is a big joke. With such coaxing words, I am afraid that I will not be able to deceive the old fox of the prime minister. Fang Xiaoyu deliberately paid attention to Mei Chunshui's expression when he said the words 'old fox'.
frowned, then smiled bitterly, and then instantly condensed.
In just three words, Mei Chunshui's expression changes are rich.
Fang Xiao remained silent. This is a normal table xiàn. If Mei Chunshui didn't react at all, she would have to guard against this person.
"Who's to say it isn't? But he is smart and smart, he doesn't say that Mei Suxi is all for General Fang, but that this qiē is all for his son. Because she wanted to help him get the surname 'Fang', so that he became the rightful young master of the Fang family, they have been able to do their best to calculate over the years, and now they are about to succeed, but because you suddenly opened your mind and fell short, how could she be willing? And what they did was already known to the general, and the general would definitely no longer respect her, if it went on like this, he Zhou Zifeng would completely lose hope if he wanted to become a member of the Fang family. Therefore, for the sake of his son, Mei Suxi poisoned her pastry, just to blame you and ask the Prime Minister's Mansion to seek justice for her and make a bad deal with you. General Fang is loyal and righteous, and he often keeps the matter of repaying his kindness in his heart, and under the dilemma of kindness and family affection, he may let Zhou Zifeng succeed the Fang family again. Mei Chunshui admired Zhou Zifeng's ability to make up nonsense. Although she didn't know what was going on, she didn't believe that Mei Suxi's death had nothing to do with Fang Xiaoyu's death. Mei Suxi just found someone to kill her, and Mei Suxi disappeared in a few days. How could someone like Mei Suxi be willing to commit suicide?
"She said that Mei Su regretted committing suicide and blamed me?" Fang Xiaoyu was stunned, she didn't expect Zhou Zifeng to say this. On the surface, it seemed that she was pushed out, but that's it, but it was the first to clear her name. It seems that Zhou Zifeng is really obsessed with being able to enter the Fang family.
Also, what is it for him to poison his biological mother with his own hands and make a few words of perjury to take her out? After all, whether he can become a member of the Fang family or not, the power of life and death is in her hands.
"The prime minister doesn't doubt it at all? If this is the case, wouldn't he, a son, be able to watch his biological mother die for him? Fang Xiaoyu knew that Zhou Zifeng must have said something else, otherwise how could he fool Mei Cangyun's old fox.
He said that he had no idea about the matter, and that when he went to visit Mei Suxi that day, Mei Suxi had already taken the poison, but the poison was slower and had not yet occurred, so he did not notice it. It was also Mei Suxi who said these to him before he died, it was a trick to put you on the cusp, but he thought about it, and knew that General Fang had always been loyal to his grandfather in order to repay his kindness, so he didn't dare to be arbitrary, for fear of ruining his grandfather's good deeds, so there was a rift between his grandfather and the general, and that was a sin, so he wanted to discuss with his grandfather first, and only dare to lay out his grandfather's consent. Mei Chunshui pinched a piece of crystal cake and ate it, and the sweetness was gratifying.
"So the prime minister suppressed this matter in order not to get into trouble with my father?" Fang Xiaoyu already fully understood Zhou Zifeng's plans.
Zhou Zifeng knew very well that once Mei Su died, he himself was a commotion. If someone scrutinizes him, it will inevitably find him on the head.
On that day, he carried the pastries to the Shochiku-in Temple, and many people saw it. At that time, Mei Suxi was still alive and well, but he disappeared not long after he went, and he died of poisoning, compared to Fang Xiaoyu, he was undoubtedly the most suspicious. And this suspicion really came to his head, this crime of killing his mother should be cut with a thousand cuts, how can he be willing to die for fame and fortune?
It's not okay to push a qiē to Fang Xiaoyu, not to mention that she still needs Fang Xiaoyu to help her become the young master of the Fang family, even if she doesn't have this one, it is also full of loopholes.
Rather than this, it is better to define this incident as Mei Su's suicide. Choosing to die in order to plan for his son highlights the greatness of a mother, which will also make his son invisibly a little more guilty, and it is easy to attract pity.
And Mei Cangyun originally didn't like Zhou Zifeng, because when he saw Zhou Zifeng, he would think that the cabbage he had raised for many years was arched by a pig, or by a low-status businessman. The most important thing is that this good cabbage was eaten and wiped clean and discarded directly, and the pig was replaced with another cabbage and continued to arch.
Zhou Zifeng was very clear about Mei Cangyun's attitude towards him. So he chose another method to let Mei Cangyun know that although you don't treat me as a relative, I treat you as a relative. Even if he is in the General's Mansion, he still remembers the interests of the Prime Minister's Mansion in his heart. Even if his mother died to help him, as long as he pushed a qiē to Fang Xiaoyu according to his mother's design, he would definitely make his enemy hurt and become a spurned being, after all, Mei Suxi still has the name of a general's wife here, and it is said that she Fang Xiaoyu still has to call Mei Suxi a mother.
However, for fear of damaging the interests of the Prime Minister's Mansion and for fear of ruining the Prime Minister's affairs, he did not act impulsively, but first reported a qiē to the Prime Minister, and followed the Prime Minister's instructions before acting, which showed that he was sincerely thinking about the Prime Minister's Mansion, and invisibly made Mei Cangyun's good impression of him go up.
And most importantly, his murder suspicion was completely erased. As long as he sheds a few tears and says a few words of self-reproach, the world will only sympathize with him, but will not blame him.
And if he does this in the future, if she knows about it, it will make her have the illusion that he helped her and she owes him a favor.
Fang Xiaoyu smiled. This Zhou Zifeng is not as stupid as he imagined. He was unusually shrewd, at least in his favor. (To be continued.) )