At this moment, Yingsleeve's momentum was terrifying, Lu Ruilan couldn't help but take a few steps back, her heart was beating wildly, she couldn't even be Yingsleeve's words, just talking.

Will she really do it?

Lu Ruilan gritted her teeth, turned around and left proudly, without even saying a word of farewell.

Leaving the Xie family's mansion, Lu Ruilan got into her own car, thinking of the cow woman who had been sent to the Criminal Department, her eyes flashed, and she instructed the coachman who was driving the car: "Go to the Prime Minister's Pavilion and find the fifth master." ”

In an alley not far in front of the Imperial Palace of the Prime Minister's Pavilion of the Eastern Yuan Kingdom, there were no sergeant guards, which was very different from the strict defense of the Xie family's mansion.

Lu Ruilan was originally from the capital and was born in a five-phase family.

Most of the people on the Prime Minister's Pavilion knew her, and when they saw her coming, they didn't ask much, and pointed her to Xie Xiangge's Xie Dongli.

"Fifth brother." As soon as Lu Ruilan entered Xie Xiangge, she said to Xie Donglian: "Sister-in-law came today to ask the fifth brother for something, I hope you don't look at the face of the monk and look at the face of the Buddha, and release my poor old slave." She is obscure, and she said something to the five brothers and sisters today that shouldn't be said, and I will clean her up when I go back, and I will give the five brothers and sisters an explanation. But the five siblings indiscriminately sent people to the criminal department to punish her for the crime of disrespect. Poor my old slave is already almost sixty people, where can he withstand the kind of formation in the lobby of the criminal department? Lu Ruilan cried as she spoke.

Xie Dongli was discussing with his colleagues today about taking over military power, and he was still immersed in the charter he had drafted.

As soon as Lu Ruilan came in, she begged and cried in front of Xie Donglian's colleagues and subordinates, as if she had been bullied and ruthless.

In addition, she kept saying that it was "five brothers and sisters". Everyone here knows that Lu Ruilan's marriage to Liu Dongyi used to be surnamed Xie. is Xie Donglian's eldest brother, Xie Dongli used to be the fifth, Lu Ruilan's sister-in-law called him the fifth brother, and the fifth brother and sister must be Yingsleeve.

I don't have to say it, this is because my younger siblings don't respect my sister-in-law, or I still have the grace to raise my husband. is like a mother's sister-in-law.

There were already people in the room who showed disdain, and said without raising their heads: "Vice Minister Xie, the eldest husband is a man of life." When self-cultivation and Qi rule the country and level the world, this order cannot be messed up. Xie Deputy is not connected to the family, how to talk about governing the country and leveling the world? ”

Lu Ruilan's cry paused, and then became louder again.

Xie Dongli pursed his lips. I originally wanted to ask Lu Ruilan what was the matter. But looking at Lu Ruilan's appearance, it was obvious that he didn't want to talk about things well, and he just wanted to buckle his hat, so he was a little more unhappy, so he ignored her, and turned his head to look at the colleague who said that he "can't govern the country and level the world if he doesn't have a family", which is the deputy minister Cao who came up from the position of the Wang family.

Vice Prime Minister Cao was born in a poor family and has always boasted of his talent. It's just that his family background is not obvious, so Xie Dongli won the title of the first talented son of the Eastern Yuan Kingdom.

In recent years, some people have consciously or unconsciously connived. This Vice Minister Cao began to fight against Xie Dongli.

Of course, it is not openly against him, but whenever Xie Dongli proposes something, Vice Minister Cao will argue with him.

Although he has never won an argument, he has the reputation of daring to compete with Vice Xie.

Among the officials from the humble family of the Eastern Yuan Dynasty, Vice Prime Minister Cao has faintly become a leader.

Prime Minister Shen Dacheng has already planned to pay tribute, as soon as he retires, the Shen family will only have the position of deputy prime minister, and his position as prime minister will be given to others.

Prime Minister Shen Dacheng and Emperor Yuan Hong both wanted Xie Dongli to take over as Prime Minister, but Xie Dongli's current measures, whether it was the separation order or the collection of military power, angered many family magnates.

Therefore, they formed a group, intending to push one of their own agents out and compete for the position of prime minister.

Vice Prime Minister Cao is from a poor family, and he often opposes Xie Donglian, and he is also very yearning for the powerful of the family and actively getting closer, so under the influence of those people, his courage has also strengthened a lot, and he is eager to try the position of prime minister.

The Xie family's separation was a family matter, and they were watching and did not interfere, but the sister-in-law who went out of the Xie family's family suddenly came to the Prime Minister's Pavilion to tell Xie Dongli's wife Yuan Yingsleeve's domineering and disrespectful, and Vice Minister Cao was keenly aware that this was an incident that could be used well.

Now that the imperial court wants to reduce the power of the family, it must focus on promoting officials from poor families.

Emperor Yuan Hong's order to divide the family made the family in danger of falling apart.

In addition, the military power was taken away from the hands of the three marquis, and it was already clear that the imperial power would be unified, and it was no longer a situation in which the emperor and the three marquis and the five princes ruled the world together.

Those families who were going to be divided were definitely unwilling to take the initiative to withdraw from the circle of elites in the Eastern Yuan Kingdom, and they could not openly come out against the royal family, so Vice Cao stood up quite benevolently.

He thinks that he is not only from a poor family, but also a natural representative of the poor officials, and is favored by the big families, and gets their full help, and Emperor Yuan Hong also wants to promote the poor officials, the right time and place and the three have, except for Xie Dongxi, no one stands in front of his position as the prime minister.

And Xie Dongli is so good, not only Wen Taowu is very proficient, but the superb riding skills he showed that day impressed the generals in the army.

Competing with him, with Vice Minister Cao's conceited mentality, he also felt that he only had a fifty percent chance at most.

Coincidentally, the Xie family was in a mess, and finally gave him a handle that he could use.

If you can't win over Xie Dongli in talent, then you have to overwhelm him in moral reputation.

All in all, those who are more talented than him are not as talented as his reputation, and those who are better than him are not as talented as him.

Vice Prime Minister Cao knew this well, and thought that he had caught Xie Dongli's seven inches.

Talented people generally don't pay much attention to their private morality, and Vice Minister Cao, who climbed up from the bottom, understands this very well.

Seeing Xie Dongli's dark eyes looking over, his eyes were faint and bottomless, Vice Minister Cao took a look, walked to Lu Ruilan's side, and sighed: "Mrs. Liu, this is the Prime Minister's Pavilion, what do you have to do, why don't you go to Dali Temple?" ”

Yingsleeve is the princess of the country and the daughter-in-law of the Xie family, if she is disrespectful to Lu Ruilan, Dali Temple is completely manageable.

Lu Ruilan choked for a moment, stopped choking, looked up at the man, and nodded. "It turned out to be Vice Minister Cao."

"Does Mrs. Liu recognize you?" Vice Minister Cao was surprised and delighted, but he didn't expect Lu Ruilan, who was born in a family, to also recognize him, a person from a poor family. What a surprise.

"Of the five prime ministers, only Lord Cao is from another place, and although the concubine is a woman in the inner house, she has heard of Lord Cao's reputation." Lu Ruilan said politely, but she caught a glimpse of Xie Donglian's expressionless face, and she couldn't tell what he was thinking at all, and her heart tightened. Busy and said: "But I'm here today for family matters, so I don't have to go to Dali Temple so seriously." Only one word from my fifth brother can release my old slave from the lobby of the criminal department. I immediately took her back to Leizhou without delay. ”

Xie Dongli arched his hand at this time, and said more politely: "Sister-in-law, since it has been sent to the lobby of the Criminal Department." Let's see if there will be a trial in the lobby of the Criminal Department. If Uchiko ignores it. The Criminal Department will not be tried, so you can naturally take your person away from the lobby of the Criminal Department immediately without me having to show up. If this matter is your people picking quarrels and provoking trouble, and the Criminal Department accepts the case, then there is nothing I can do. ”

There are no informalities between relatives.

The more strangers you are, the more you need to have all kinds of etiquette.

Xie Dongli and Lu Ruilan were originally very close relatives, but now the two of them are more polite than the other, and they are really similar to strangers.

Lu Ruilan looked at it and felt worried. Wringing the handkerchief in his hand, he said, "...... Fifth brother, are you really not going to help your sister-in-law once? ”

Xie Dongli has not yet spoken. The vice minister Cao had already rushed to say: "Mrs. Liu, many wealthy families oppress people with power, and Cao has seen a lot." Your people were sent to the Ministry of Punishment by the Princess Protector in this way, and they had to shed their skin if they didn't die. In this way, Vice Minister Xie wants to avoid suspicion, no matter what happens, I will be the master, you take my post to the Criminal Department and let them release them, how about it? ”

Vice Minister Cao is bent on doing this matter, and in the future, he will visit Xie Dongli at the time of the Great Dynasty Meeting, and he will not cultivate his inner habits, and as a man, he is too fortunate to be a woman, and he has forgotten the etiquette of respect and humility......

Lu Ruilan was very grateful when she heard this, and said repeatedly: "Thank you, Vice Minister Cao!" Vice Minister Cao is righteous, and there will be good rewards in the future! ”

Vice Minister Cao looked at Xie Dongli and saw that he was noncommittal, so he smiled slightly, stretched out his hand and said, "Bring a pen and paper!" ”

This is Xie Dongli's Xie Xiangge, and the people who serve him are all Xie Dongli's people.

Vice Minister Cao was mainly anti-guest here, and no one paid attention to him, everyone stood still on the side, and no one brought him a pen and paper.

Vice Prime Minister Cao looked around and said embarrassedly: "Yo, is this hating me?" Forget it, I'm also troublesome, but I can't see the rich and big families oppressing the poor people. In this way, Mrs. Liu will go with me to my Cao Xiangge, and I will write you a post to send to the Criminal Department? ”

Lu Ruilan glanced at Xie Dongli again.

Xie Dongli held his hands behind his back, stood beside the rosewood doorpost of Xie Xiangge with a solemn face, and said nothing.

Lu Ruilan was even more disappointed in her heart, and secretly said that she would not let you plant a fight, I don't know how difficult your road will be in the future, relying on your daughter-in-law who will only cause trouble, and you will cry in the future, so Lu Ruilan only nodded to Xie Dongli and said, "Fifth brother, you can help me thank Vice Minister Cao." With that, he turned around and followed Vice Minister Cao out.

Xie Xiangge's people watched a good show, and said to Xie Dongli with a grin: "Vice Minister Xie, this is just a trivial matter, why don't you help your eldest cousin and sister-in-law to intercede?" ”

Xie Dongli smiled, "This matter depends on whether the Criminal Department is tried or not, we are officials of the imperial court, how can we interfere with the independent trial of the Criminal Department?" - Vice Minister Cao is an ancient and enthusiastic person, and his character is indeed good, but he just doesn't know how to abide by the law......"

The people in the Prime Minister's Pavilion who stayed to watch the joke only felt a chill on their bodies, and suddenly they couldn't laugh.

How stupid must they be to push such a stunned young man out of the ring with Xie Dongli?!

It's just that he was played to death and still sang praises to others......

Vice Minister Cao thought that he had a plan, and he could divide the Xie family from within and get the greatest benefit from it, but he didn't know that Vice Minister Xie had already set up the net, and as soon as Vice Minister Cao's post was sent out, the officials from the Criminal Department would immediately come to "lock up Vice Minister Cao".

The crime of obstructing the independent trial of the criminal department is a serious crime!

These regulations drafted by Xie Dongli himself can still allow others to take advantage of loopholes?

The people in the room were different, and some people who had a deep relationship with Vice Minister Cao began to fidget, and they really wanted to go out and send a letter to Vice Minister Cao, asking him not to do much and meddle in the fight between the Xie family's concubines.

Unexpectedly, Xie Dongli looked back at everyone and smiled slightly, so he ordered someone to close the door of Xie Xiangge, and said, "Everyone has just discussed it, now let's start voting." Those who leave without a reason should be treated with abstention. Those who remain cannot leave without voting on these decrees. ”

"What?!"

"More than 20 new laws and regulations have been discussed today, how can there be so much effort to vote one after another?!"

"No! Vice Minister Cao is gone, and we have one less person. It's a loss! ”

Xie Xiangge suddenly exploded.

Xie Dongli still smiled slightly, standing in the middle of the room with his hands in his hands.

The door behind him creaked and was closed by the two little guys, and no one could escape.

Everyone looked at each other, knowing that whether it was fighting wits or bravery, they were not Xie Donglian's opponents at the moment, so they had to endure it. Voting began.

Here, Lu Ruilan followed Deputy Prime Minister Cao to Cao Xiangge, took the post he wrote by himself, and immediately went to the lobby of the Criminal Department. handed it over to the official of the criminal department and asked for her mother-in-law to be released.

Unexpectedly, the official of the Criminal Department went in for a while with the post of Deputy Prime Minister Cao, and when he came out, he took a dozen or so officials with whistle sticks and said to Lu Ruilan: "Is it a post written by Deputy Prime Minister Cao?" ”

"Of course. I saw it with my own eyes. When he writes the post. I was standing right next to it. Lu Ruilan hurriedly said, "Can you release my mother-in-law now?" ”

"Your mother-in-law is the cow mother-in-law, right? She was disrespectful, and she had already recruited her, but she was so scared that she couldn't do it, and now she fainted, you have to take her back, yes, take the money to ransom her. One of the officials pointed to the room on the other side. According to the laws of the Criminal Department, her business. It can be big or small. If it's bigger, you can cut off your head......"

"No way!" Lu Ruilan exclaimed.

"I mean, if it's bigger......" the yacha rolled his eyes, "and if it's smaller, as long as the master she has committed doesn't dig deeper, she can also buy it with money." The princess of the protectorate has made people say that she wants to accumulate blessings for her unborn child, and if she is disrespectful, as long as someone takes money to buy the cow woman, she can go back with you. ”

"Huh?" Lu Ruilan's heart sank, "Princess Protector really said that?" ”

She didn't believe that Yingsleeve would be kind.

If she really had good intentions, she would not have sent Niu Pozi to the Criminal Department for trial.

"Of course it's true. Well, as long as you can afford 5,000 taels of silver, you can bring the cow woman back. The yacha looked at Lu Ruilan with a smile and said, "The princess of the protector is really a good person, she is rich and wealthy, she is not stingy, she is not aggressive, and she can spare and forgive people." You value this slave so much, you will definitely redeem her at all costs, right?! ”

"Nonsense!" Lu Ruilan was shocked and angry, "Five thousand taels of silver? Why didn't she grab it?! Where is a slave worth five thousand taels of silver? ”

"Not worth it? You have brought Deputy Prime Minister Cao's handwritten book, isn't this handwritten book worth 5,000 taels of silver? The yacha glanced at Lu Ruilan strangely, "Forget it, if you want to get out, don't stop me from arresting people." ”

"Who else are you going to arrest?" Lu Ruilan hated Yingsleeve in her heart, how could she come up with such a poisonous and ruthless move, isn't this embarrassing for her?!

"Of course, it is to arrest Vice Minister Cao who tried to obstruct the independent trial of the criminal department!" The yacha snorted, and ran to the prime minister's pavilion with the dozen or so yacha.

Lu Ruilan covered her mouth, her face turned pale, her whole body trembled uncontrollably, and she turned her head to see Mrs. Niu standing with her door frame, looking awake, looking at her with her eyes, and crying: "Big lady, hurry up and redeem the old slave and go out!" It's so pickled here that the old slave can't stay for a moment! ”

But if you want to ransom the cow woman, you will need 5,000 taels of silver, and even if Lu Ruilan can take it, it is impossible to spend it on the cow woman.

She knew that Yingsleeve deliberately made a hindrance and wanted her to be embarrassed in front of the cow woman, but she couldn't open her mouth and say the words of giving money.

After a long time, he said: "In this case, you will stay here for a few more days, and when the fifth brother and sister are gone, I will take you back." With that, he turned and left.

Mrs. Niu was so anxious that she shouted behind her: "Big lady! Big lady! The princess of the protector said that as long as you give money, you can redeem the old slave! The old slave doesn't want to go to jail! ”

"It costs five thousand taels of silver to redeem you, you old man, but ask yourself if it's worth five thousand taels!" Another mother-in-law beside Lu Ruilan took a bite of the cow mother-in-law at this time, took Lu Ruilan's arm, and turned around and got into the car.

They didn't have a good impression of Mrs. Niu, so no one interceded with her, helped Lu Ruilan get into the car, and was about to leave the lobby of the Criminal Department, when they saw a man coming over from the dozen or so yacha.

That man was Vice Prime Minister Cao, who had been stripped of the prime minister's official uniform.

His sideburns were scattered, his eyes were glazed, and his hands were shackled, and he was pushed and shoved.

Lu Ruilan was shocked, lifted the curtain and asked, "What's going on?" Vice Prime Minister Cao is Prime Minister, how can you treat him like this?! ”

"You poisonous woman! It's all you! You're the one who hurt me! You give my handwriting back! You're a decrepit! Whoever meets you is unlucky! When Vice Minister Cao saw Lu Ruilan, he pounced on her like a mad tiger and wanted to beat her.

The yacha behind hurriedly grabbed him and scolded: "Vice Minister Cao, your case has not yet been tried, don't be guilty!" ”

Vice Prime Minister Cao stopped his steps, took a sip of Lu Ruilan hatefully, and turned around and entered the lobby of the Criminal Department.

Lu Ruilan sat in the car, looking at the direction of the lobby of the criminal department in a daze, not understanding why.

She just came to the capital to see if Yingsleeve's pregnancy was true or false, why did she lose a loyal slave maid in the first place, and in the blink of an eye, she sent a deputy minister into the lobby of the criminal department?!

"Fifth brother...... This is the fifth brother's means, and he can always find advantages from disadvantages...... No one who is against him has yet been able to retreat......" Lu Ruilan muttered, lowered the curtain, clenched his fists, and shrank back into the darkness.

Maybe now is really not the time for her to come out, she can only stay in the dark in Leizhou, waiting for the day when Xie Dongli shows his resentment.

……

In the evening, Xie Dongli came home and told Ying Sleeve about Vice Minister Cao, and asked Mrs. Niu what was going on.

Yingsleeve smiled and said, "How could I not give face to my eldest cousin?" Later, I asked people to go to the criminal department to say it, and they said that I didn't dig deeper, as long as the eldest cousin gave 5,000 taels of silver, she could redeem the cow woman. - It's a pity that the eldest cousin-in-law is reluctant to give up 5,000 taels of silver, and her loyal mother-in-law can only go to prison! ”

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This is today's first 5,000 words, reminding the monthly pass and recommended ticket!!

The second watch is 6 p.m. O(∩_∩)O~。

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