Chapter 11: Secrets
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The candles are blazing, and the room is quiet.
On the hot kang, Ah Jiu's body with the fragrance of bathing fell into the brocade satin bedding, and the occasionally exposed micro-pink skin rubbed against the comfortable and soft brocade, like the jade feet of white jade, the five beautiful toes were tightly clasped, and the green silk like a half-dried waterfall spread out at will, ** said: "It's so comfortable." ”
The emperor is colder than Jiangnan, but in the house where the fire dragon is lit, it is like early summer, which is really comfortable.
The jade-carved pagoda incense burner wafts a faint floral fragrance, which is different from the incense pieces burned by ordinary incense burners, this floral fragrance is damp, so that the whole room does not look dry due to the heat.
Ah Jiu's misty eyes stared at the incense burner for a long time, "I'll really enjoy it!" Humidifier? ”
She slowly gathered away her slightly scattered clothes, propped herself up and looked around the furnishings around the bedroom, whether it was a rosewood landscape screen, or a Ru kiln painted gold vase, or a multi-treasure grid, or a footstool, the small chair was really exquisite, a luxurious scene of a rich and noble family.
The Jiang family led Ah Jiu directly into the main courtyard where the hostess of the Mo family could live, Jiuheju.
Aunt Zhou first assigned four pretty maids to serve Ah Jiu, and said that she would fill it up after a while, and the second lady was at the same level, Ah Jiu's second sister only had four big girls, eight second-class maidservants, and the little girl looked at the master's needs, and there were four old mothers including the nurse.
Ah Jiuwan didn't expect the Mo Mansion in the capital to be so magnificent.
How much money Mo Guanjie has and extra income, Ah Jiu knows.
The silver that Mo Guanjie sent to the capital every month alone could not support such a luxurious life in the Mo Mansion.
Then most likely ...... The first is that Aunt Zhou, who was left in the capital by Mo Guanjie to take care of Mo Xinlan's brothers and sisters and take care of the Mo house, is good at business, and the second is to use Zhou's dowry to make a living.
Before the Jiang family entered the door that day, although the Zhou family's dowry was explained very clearly in front of everyone, and the shops in the dowry were also handed over to the Zhou family's maiden brothers to take care of, but after all, the Mo Xinyi brothers and sisters were the blood and blood of the Zhou family, and the Fuguo Gong's family was rich, and the income from the dowry had become the consumption of supporting the Mo Mansion, after all, the owners of the Mo Mansion in the capital had the blood of the Fuguo Prince.
Aunt Zhou is the concubine of Fuguo Gong, and the eighth lady Mo Xinqing born to Fu Guo is also the granddaughter of Fu Guogong.
They can afford it, and if Ah Jiu and Jiang also enjoy it in a grand manner, I wonder if they will be accused of plotting to steal their wives' dowries in the future?
A stepwife is the hardest thing to do.
Ah Jiu could no longer see any admiration on his face, and looking at the extravagant furnishings was similar to looking at the skeleton that ruined people's reputation.
Although it is not easy to start a large construction project in early winter, the furnishings can still be moved. Although her home in Jiangnan is not as luxurious as a quarter of what she is looking at, it is safe, clean and comfortable.
"Jiuheju, Dad's name is good."
Nine is the limit, which is in response to the sentence that everything is precious and expensive, and because it is placed at home, it is also regarded as Mo Guanjie's hope for home and prosperity.
It's just that I don't know if Aunt Zhou wants to fight or bow down to her orders!
She couldn't see that Mo Xinlan, who always seemed to be out of the way and was estranged, had the intention of stirring up trouble, and Ah Jiu was naturally keen in looking at people.
Ah Jiu flipped through the baggage he was carrying, found a thick tome, and leaned on the kang to look through it, "Civil officials commit public crimes...... If an internal or external military or civilian official commits a public crime, the official shall be redeemed and redeemed, and the official shall not be required to attach a rod to the crime of the above and above, and the crime shall be recorded once a year for the crime of being examined once a year, and the number of times of the general examination shall be based on the severity of the ......."
"Civil officials commit private crimes......"
"Ah Jiu?"
Jiang Shi came to her side, touched her hair, saw the scroll in her hand clearly, and said helplessly: "Turning over the law again?" ”
In the past, Ah Jiuda read a lot, but I didn't see her particularly interested in criminal law, but since she went to Beijing, the law has never left her hand.
Seeing Ah Jiu holding the law in a daze, Jiang snatched the scroll directly from her hand, tore off the quilt and covered her, "Don't look at it, go to sleep quickly." ”
"Sentencing is lenient, the law is lax, and it is ...... everywhere There are loopholes everywhere, if I do it...... Even if he has committed a serious crime, I can let him walk out of the yamen innocently. ”
"Smack."
Ah Jiu's little ass was slapped by Jiang, and this slap also woke Ah Jiu up, "Mother, how can you beat me?!" ”
"This law was written by the Pioneer King, and it can be called the first legal code in ancient times." Jiang pointed to the name of the person in the law, "You dare to speak wildly before you are a beautiful lady?" You are in the capital, and you have to speak carefully. Didn't you worship the King of the Mountains and the eldest princess of Zhenguo the most? ”
"I admire their exploits, but it doesn't mean that I also worship the loopholes in the law written by the King of the Founding Mountain."
Ah Jiu's eyes flashed a little stubborn, "I can really do it, if my father is convicted, I also have a way to let him come out safely." ”
"Ah Jiu, there is an emperor above the law."
“……”
Ah Jiu lost his voice, his white and tender fingers flexed, and then he plunged into the soft futon, arched his small body, and said sullenly: "Mother is right, even if I can find a loophole, the emperor said to kill, and King Lu Yan will be ordered to kill." ”
Jiang 'reversed' his daughter, who looked like a little turtle with a stuffy face, Ah Jiu's little face was slightly red, and he stubbornly emphasized, "But...... The Supreme Code of the Western Qin Dynasty - The law should not be like this. ”
"Oh? So what do you think it should look like? Jiang Shi lay on Ah Jiu's side, and the love of her mother was blurred in her cold and calm eyes in the past, and Ah Jiu was one of her qiē, "Tell me about my mother?" ”
"The law reigns supreme."
"Okay, Ah Jiu, stop dreaming, you can't say that the situation is impossible at all."
"If there is no emperor in the world, he can do it......"
"What did you say?"
Jiang didn't hear Ah Jiu's muttering clearly, Ah Jiu squeezed his body into her arms along his mother's arm, "Mother, Aunt Zhou gave you the account books and other things at home, why don't you take it?" ”
"There is no one around my mother, so what can I do if I am the wife of the house? She has been in the house for ten years, and it is inconvenient for me to meddle rashly, not to mention that your father is still in prison, and the most important thing in the family is to be harmonious. Even if she is still in charge of Zhongfang, as long as I am in the capital, I will be the wife of your father Ming Media, and outsiders will only invite me, not give a post to a concubine. ”
Jiang Shi told Ah Jiu in detail about his plan, "When your father's case has a result, I will naturally not let her again." ”
"The family is harmonious, the wife and concubine are harmonious, and the brothers and sisters are friendly, although I will not let my father come out of the edict immediately, but it is better than being provoked by bad people and impeached by the imperial history." Ah Jiu nodded and said, "If you don't sweep a house, why sweep the world?" Even the family is so smoky that he can't be a minister. ”
Even if you pretend, you have to whitewash the peace at this time.
Jiang smiled: "I really don't want to fight with Aunt Zhou, even if I win, so what?" It's better to spend your hard work and good years in vain, it's better to ......"
"Mother cares about my father." Ah Jiu blinked, how could he have a bad feeling?
She agrees with her mother's slightly ruthless words, and the hot love is too hurtful...... It can be painful to be hurt by love.
Ah Jiu was a little out of breath, and there was a faint pain in his eyes: "No matter how strong she is, a strong woman also has softness." ”
"My mother is not strong, my mother just knows when to give up, and it is a business that is destined to lose money when she devotes herself wholeheartedly, so it is better to withdraw early and find another way." Jiang Shi hugged his daughter and promised: "The only person in this world who can't be left behind is Ah Jiu." ”
*****
"Auntie, you have taken care of me and my brother for ten years, and you have always been very good to us. Even if you don't mention the kindness of raising us, you are also my mother's sister and my own aunt. ”
Mo Xinlan put the tea cup in Aunt Zhou's hand, "When my father comes back this time, he won't leave the capital again." ”
"I hope so." Aunt Zhou was a little happy and asked, "Madame is right, credible?" ”
"My father was honest and honest all his life, and his ethics were excellent, and the emperor brought my father back to Beijing, not to judge him, but to ...... The most important witness in the Han Wang's rebellion case...... regarded his father as a teacher, and only his father in the world could tell him the evidence of the Han king's rebellion. I mentioned this to my grandfather, and my grandfather should have severed ties with the King of Han. ”
"So the master is not only not guilty, but has great merit? Where did Lan'er get the news? ”
"The last time I entered the palace to greet the queen, I occasionally heard people in the palace talk about it." Mo Xinlan lowered her eyelids and said lightly, "Because the news is not accurate, I don't dare to talk nonsense, but today in my grandfather's mansion, I heard An Guogong talk about the case of King Han, and I was sure of the emperor's intentions, but I didn't expect the prince of An Guogong...... In the name of his father's master and apprentice. ”
Aunt Zhou was very happy for Mo Xinlan after hearing this, and in the past year, Mo Xinlan has become the most commonly summoned lady of the queen's mother, and her reputation is prominent.
"Your father has only learned people, and it is not strange that he is valued by the prince, back then...... When he crossed the street after high school, many people threw peaches and other objects at him, which was also quite valued by the powerful at the time. ”
Mo Xinlan said softly: "My father married my mother, but I got together less and left more, and because I lost the election of the marriage hall with my grandfather, I had no hope of entering the cabinet for the rest of my life, and I was released from Beijing, and because I was suppressed by my grandfather's political enemies, I could only go to the northwest to be a county prince...... His father's future was delayed by the Fuguo Mansion. ”
"Auntie." Mo Xinyi suddenly raised her head, and her deep eyes made Aunt Zhou's heart a little flustered, "Father wants peace to be valued in the family, do you understand?" ”
Aunt Zhou smiled: "I only guard your brothers and sisters." ”