Chapter Eighty-Three: Grounding
After Fang Yage returned to the princess's mansion, he did not receive Fang Zhengyun's reprimand, in Fang Zhengyun's heart, his wife should be responsible for raising his daughter. Therefore, after a long talk with Jin Rou, the two jointly decided to ground Fang Yage.
Fang Yage then lived a day of eating, sleeping, and eating in his yard every day, Ai Ye also blamed himself for a while, but Fang Yage didn't mind. Father and mother also did this because they loved her, and if they really wanted to punish her, they should punish her to go to the ancestral hall.
Fang Yage was right, Fang Zhengyun's feelings for Fang Yage were very complicated, when he knew that his daughter was alone and went to the Longtan Tiger's Den, Fang Zhengyun's first feeling was worry, worried that something would happen to his daughter. As for fame or anything, I didn't think about it at all, but I was a little angry, how could this girl be so bold.
But after the incident, Fang Zhengyun calmed down and reflected, he didn't know that his daughter-in-law's maid was missing, and his daughter would rather go alone to save people, but she didn't think to ask him for help first, is it because she doesn't believe in herself? !
The guilt in Fang Zhengyun's heart became deeper and deeper, he did favor his concubine, could it be that his concubine refused to get close to him because of this? Fang Zhengyun thought of these unspeakable heaviness in his heart, how could he still think of punishing Fang Yage, so the order to be grounded was actually given by Jin Rou.
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After lunch, Fang Yage was idle, so she asked Bai Zhi to take the high-quality rice paper and prepare to paint an ink painting of the rain hitting the plantains, but she didn't want the maid to lift the curtain, and her mother Jin Rou walked in.
"Mother, why are you here on this hot day?"
Seeing this, Fang Yage hurriedly put down his paintbrush and cleaned his hands in the basin next to him. wiped it with a cotton sweat towel before coming to Jin Rou's side, and took the initiative to climb on her mother's arm with both hands.
"I'll see what you're doing!" Turned around and came to the back of the table. In front of me is a picture scroll that has not yet been painted.
"I didn't do anything, I just had nothing to do after eating. So practice pen and ink. β
Since Jin Rou grounded Fang Yage, she hadn't seen her daughter for several days, and she just wanted her daughter to reflect on her behavior. But I didn't expect that this little conscienceless person actually ate and slept well, and had the leisure to paint here, Jin Rou felt angry and funny.
"You're laid-back, this is what it looks like to be grounded." Jin Rou smiled and poked her daughter's forehead, her tone was reproachful, but her eyes were full of love, Jin Rou at this moment was no longer as angry as before.
Fang Yage felt a pain in his heart when he saw this. She knew her mother was worried about her. On the one hand, her mother didn't want to detain her and let her go out to have a good time, on the other hand, she was worried about her safety, this time she was really reckless, and her mother must have been angry so she ordered to ban her feet. Thinking of his mother's worried and scared mood when he heard the news, Fang Yage lowered his head in shame.
"Mother, I won't be in the future, I will never put myself in danger again, please rest assured."
Fang Yage said as he gently shook Jin Rou's arm. She really made a silent promise in her heart to try not to put herself in danger in the future. With the hard-won happy life, she will cherish her life even more.
"If you know, I can worry less about you."
Jin Rou looked at her daughter who buried her face in her chest. Listening to her promise, a heart that has not been up and down in the past few days has finally fallen to the ground.
"The grounding is also to restrict your temperament, and you are not allowed to go anywhere for this month. Good in the yard. It is good for needlework, writing, and drawing. Save yourself from running outside every day, and running wild one day. β
After speaking, I won't mention this stubble anymore. Fang Yage knew that her mother was really frightened this time, so she didn't say much, just follow her mother's wishes, anyway, a month is not a long time, and she just rests for a while.
The poor Qingfeng Dao people were forgotten in the Spring Breeze Pavilion like this, and when Fang Yage sent someone to pick him up and Hua Niang a month later, the condition of the Qingfeng Dao people could only be described in four words, which was miserable.
Everyone only knew that after that, Qingfeng Dao people were no longer willing to set foot in the Spring Breeze Pavilion, but outsiders didn't know what was going on......
In the evening, Shisu came back from outside, and he didn't change his clothes, so he came to the inner room, and after a day's news, Zisu had a bunch of things to tell SΓΉ Fang Yage.
Bai Zhi in the room saw this situation and turned around and poured a teacup of water for Shisu, and then quietly left, and gently closed the door of the inner room. He sat at the door of the hall with an embroidery shed, doing needlework and guarding the door, for fear that someone would break in and disturb the two inside.
Bai Zhi knew that there were many things that the county lord did not tell her, but this was not to say that the county lord did not trust her or preferred Shiso, but there were some things that she was not suitable to do. For example, this time to save Ai Ye, with her skills, it will most likely become a burden, and to inquire about the news or something, it is more appropriate for Zisu to go.
Bai Zhi is not jealous, whether she is a shisu or a shisu, they are all serving the county lord, shisu is excellent, and Bai Zhi is also happy. just sighed secretly, she didn't want to have as good skills as Shisu, but if her martial arts were better, at least she wouldn't be able to lag behind. Thinking that Bai Zhi bit off the thread, he decided to get up early tomorrow morning, as the old saying goes, diligence can make up for it.
Shisu drank a large glass of water with a bang, and suddenly felt that his spirit was back, and he pulled the little pestle next to him and sat down, with an excited face.
When Fang Yage saw it, he said, "Seeing you smiling so happily, what kind of good news?" β
"The county lord is right, it's lively outside today, teahouses, restaurants, streets and alleys, all talking about the king kidnapping a girl to make an evil medicine."
"Oh, how do you say that?!" Fang Yage was very interested in what the people outside were saying.
"County Lord, you don't know, these five city soldiers and horses can't arrest people, but spreading gossip is a first-class power."
It turned out that Fang Zhengyun was in a hurry to save his daughter that day, and it was impossible to wait until Zisu returned to the capital to call the people of the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses. Therefore, when Han Feng of the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Division arrived with the elite soldiers and strong generals, Fang Zhengyun's subordinates even cleaned up the battlefield, and the people of the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Division felt that their faces were gloomy, so they sold their lives to say bad things about Cui Qiguang outside, expressing the boredom in their hearts.
"Oh, what the hell is a powerful method?" Fang Yage was also very curious.
"The people of the Five Cities Terracotta Division do not say that this red pill is a life-sustaining elixir, but that it is a powerful aphrodisiac......" Zi Su glanced at Fang Yage when he said this, the ill-intentioned in it was self-evident, and Fang Yage's eyes widened, how could this matter be so evil?
They said that the king of England had spent too much money because he had too many wives and concubines in the house, and now that he was old and frail, he thought of such a crooked way and wanted to revive his majesty. What the Five Cities Terracotta Division said is reasonable, what nourishes yin and replenishes yang, and how to collect the girl's sunflower water...... It's as if they've seen it with their own eyes. I guess this old thief's face has completely fallen to the ground. β
Fang Yage listened to it but smiled silently, this can be regarded as a crooked hit. However, Fang Yage believes that this matter has not yet reached the last step, because the prince's cousin has not yet taken action.
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Sure enough, the day after the incident, there was an uproar in the Manchu Dynasty, Cui Qiguang said that he was sick and did not go to the court, but the emperor's punishment came down like thunder. The three divisions of the Criminal Department, Dali Temple, and the Inspectorate will be tried.
The wrath of the Son of Heaven, millions of corpses and thousands of miles of blood, the three divisions did not dare to be too foolish. What's more, Dali Temple is the power of the prince, and the criminal department has been under the control of Yuwang Jingtai, and this time the matter involves the Ye family, and the inspectorate is used to meeting with the mud, so there is no suspense, and this investigation is progressing rapidly.
In the end, Cui Qiguang introduced his cousins in the clan as substitutes for the dead ghosts, pointing out that this person was absurd and unreasonable, and he did such a thing behind his back, and the person also pleaded guilty to the law.
But the eyes of the common people are bright, and they feel that this matter must be inseparable from the King of England, and the family who lost the girl is even more unified, and the spearhead is directed at Cui Qiguang.
If the matter is investigated deeply, even if Cui Qiguang can't be convicted, he will probably have to get into trouble. But at this time, the emperor issued a holy decree and announced to the world that Cui Qiguang was not strict in governing his family, connived at the evil of his clansmen, fined him for one year, and thought about it behind closed doors at home for half a year. The other courtyards outside the city were confiscated and incorporated into the imperial court.
Everyone in the world thinks that such a punishment is too light, but Fang Yage sighed secretly, in the end, the crime of this matter is just kidnapping a girl, and once Cui Qiguang's identity is confirmed, how should he be punished? Is it really that he is really put in prison? It's a pity that my uncle doesn't have this power yet.
So it is better to take this opportunity to push Cui Qiguang away from the court, and Cui Qiguang has to compromise and accept this punishment in order to protect his reputation, which is the balance of the power struggle. (To be continued......)