Chapter 53
53 [self-inflicted] Zhao Shangshu, who was hit in a row, + the white-eyed wolf who was unfamiliar with it
Zhao Fengchun's errand is gone.
The disaster situation in the south is critical, and I don't care whether the top is temporarily managed or replaced, in short, as soon as the new Hubu Shangshu enters the Hubu Yamen, Zhao's desk is cleaned up, and there is no hair left.
The newcomer is also a cadre, and he is bold and unambiguous. The lights of the Yamen of the Household Department have not been extinguished all night since then.
Zhao Fengchun, who was occupied by someone, was still crying in bed at the moment.
This time, it wasn't because of the pain in my body, but because I was shocked and scared, and my heart was about to be torn apart.
The old lady went around the Champion Hou's Mansion, and when she came back, she was paralyzed, half of her body couldn't move, her mouth was crooked, her eyes were slanted, and her speech was slurred. The doctor invited by the family said that he was frightened, so that the wind evil entered the body, the phlegm and heat were blocked, and the qi was blocked. Before the old lady here poured out the dregs, the Zongren Mansion over there sent someone to the door.
The old lady who had just woken up saw the fierce and vicious official standing in front of her, and the official who didn't know what grade was hanging her with a bookbag and a straight face was about to arrest her and put her in prison, and the old lady rolled her eyes and fainted again.
What kind of decoction to extinguish the wind and calm the shock didn't work, this dizziness, the mouth was even more crooked, and the saliva couldn't be controlled and flowed down, it turned out that she could still speak vaguely, but now she couldn't make a sound at all.
Seeing that there were injuries and illnesses in this room, the official was also reasonable, so he sent a few officials to guard it in case the target escaped, and then returned to the yamen to make an errand.
Duan's intestines were about to break when he cried, on one side was his husband, who didn't have a few taels of good meat on his body, and on the other hand, his mother-in-law who couldn't speak or move. Where can she still have the slightest backbone?
Fortunately, Zhao Fengchun has been raising these days, and although his body is still painful, he has become much more sober.
When the old mother became like this, he naturally felt pain and hatred in his heart, but he was more concerned about the reaction of the Pei family. He knew Pei Jin, knew that she was a woman who was particularly able to swallow her own suffering, and she had the same good face as her dead sister. Pei Yi can be so ruthless, what news must he get, is Pei really crazy and wants to make peace with him?
Thinking that Pei, who had always been weak and unassertive, would suddenly one day throw up his sleeves and turn around to not want him, Zhao Fengchun felt a panic in his heart.
It's because he has been too careless over the years, he always thought that he had come over like this for so many years, Pei Shi was pinched by him and would never choke him, but he didn't expect that she would change when she said that she would change.
Zhao Fengchun felt that the Pei family was too ruthless, and he actually ignored the relationship between husband and wife for many years, so he connived at his younger brother to bully his husband's family like this.
It was angry and painful, and there was a faint sense of loss in my heart. For a while, I remembered what happened after I married Pei Hao, the lord of Tai'an County.
As the eldest daughter of Princess Pingyang and General Pei, the lord of Tai'an County has been pampered since she was a child, but she has a very gentle temperament. At first, he and her were also in unison. He had just entered the Jinshi, and his career had just started, and he was a few steps higher than others because of the Yue family. At about the same time as him, he was either sent to a remote prefecture or county, or squatted in the capital and waited for a shortage, only he was transferred to the Qingshui Yamen full of luxury in the Hanlin Academy for the first time. There is no oil and water, but there is a great future.
I don't know when, all kinds of unbearable rumors reached his ears, saying that he was a villain who clinged to the powerful and relied on kneeling to lick women, and his colleagues looked at him with envy and disdain. That kind of gaze made him like a thorn in his back, and while he worked harder and harder, he transferred these grievances and resentment to his wife.
Duan's young and beautiful looks have grown up with him since childhood. Although he has no knowledge and has never seen much of the world, he can puff up his chest and enjoy the pride and hardness of being a man.
His heart gradually deviated, the Duan family had nothing, he could only rely on him, and the Pei family had everything, and he couldn't breathe because he was on top.
Until he was tempted again and again, he grasped Pei's weakness - face.
Because she is the county lord and her parents are the most famous heroes of Daqi, Pei values her face more than anything else. No matter how her husband forced her step by step, no matter how her mother-in-law plundered little by little, for the sake of the Pei family's face, she had to smile to show her happiness to the outside world, showing Zhao Fengchun's talent and thoughtfulness.
Until she suffocated herself to death, she didn't say anything to outsiders that he Zhao Fengchun didn't say a word.
He got the greatest benefit, it turned out that even if a man married a noble family, a woman with a noble status could also live a chic and happy life, Zhao Fengchun knew the marrow, and tried his best to get Pei's sister into his hands.
Because of the example of the previous wife, he is even more handy in teaching this little wife.
He was always aloof, cold and disdainful towards her.
As far as he is concerned, Pei Jin is just a patch that is hidden outside the Zhao family, showing his identity, as long as the outside is shiny, he doesn't care what it looks like inside.
Pei Jin is younger than Duan's and more beautiful than Duan's, but Zhao Fengchun is pressing her, beating her, and wants her to be controlled and possessed by him wholeheartedly. He enjoyed his wife's sad expression with tears after being wronged, and even more enjoyed his wife's frightened round eyes when he was questioned, as well as her trembling petite body.
Never to see again!
As soon as he thought of this, Zhao Fengchun felt as if his heart had been torn apart by something.
How can a woman he carefully trained give up like this?
In the courtyard was the coffin given to him by Pei Yi, a fine golden silk nanmu, worth ten thousand gold.
He had always been afraid of this brother-in-law, who was usually silent, but his eyes were very gloomy and vicious, and those dark eyes seemed to be able to see through all the hidden secrets. When he stood behind King Kang, Zhao Fengchun also laughed at him for being stupid and naΓ―ve, and picked the most unproductive and vulnerable prince to support. For this reason, he even did not allow his wife to return to her parents' house, wanting the Zhao family and the Pei family to become more and more estranged.
didn't expect that the final winner was the least favored King Kang. When he went back to hug the thigh, he clearly saw the coldness and ridicule in the brother-in-law's eyes, which made him angry, but he was cold all over his body.
He has been an official for many years and is not a fool.
He understood what Pei Yi meant.
This is to force him to let go, let him sign the document of releasing his wife, and let him divorce Pei Jinhe!
If he refuses, a coffin awaits him.
Pei Yi let him choose by himself, either let Pei Jin go home, or let Pei Jin be a widow directly.
He was only thirty-seven years old, young and strong, and he was already the head of the household department and a member of the political affairs hall. Power and wealth are almost at his fingertips.
He was reluctant. I can't bear such wealth, I can't give up the power in my hands, and I can't bear to have beautiful and gentle women and luscious wine.
If you die, everything is a shadow.
But let him let go like this, let Pei Jin go freely, and let go of the big tree of the Pei family when he was in his prime, Zhao Fengchun was sincerely reluctant and unwilling.
Now that he is seriously injured and bedridden, and his mother has offended the imperial relatives because of his lack of knowledge, if he agrees to make peace with Pei's family, he can almost foresee the ups and downs of his career in the future.
The emperor's appreciation and the flattery of his subordinates are half because of his talent and status, and the other half is from the Pei family.
In this world, there are many talented men like him, but only he Zhao Fengchun can be the son-in-law of the Pei family.
After making peace with Pei's family, will the emperor continue to reuse him? Will those subordinates still slap him like they do now?
and his money, is it enough for the family to spend, enough for him to spend money outside?
As long as he thought of this, Zhao Fengchun was terrified.
can't leave, he definitely can't let Pei Jin go.
As long as Pei Jin is by his side, Pei Yi still has some scruples, can he really bear to see his sister as a widow and his niece as an orphan?
And the Queen!
If he reconciles with Pei Jin, what face does the queen have?
Zhao Fengchun thought about it for a long time, and felt that compared with the face of the Zhao family, the face of the Pei family and the face of the royal family were greater.
Pei Yi definitely didn't dare to do anything to him.
But it turned out he was wrong.
The next day, an official from the Ministry of Officials brought the appointment and dismissal documents of the government affairs hall and ordered him to hand over the official ribbon letter.
Zhao Fengchun was stunned, he had only been lying down for a few days, why did he want to dismiss his official?
This line of Langguan and Zhao Fengchun are old acquaintances, and their friendship in private is not bad. So he quietly told him about the things in the court, and persuaded him, "I am afraid that this matter will not be good." You know that King Rong Chitose, even the first emperor felt a headache when he was young, and he was the most difficult person. He and Pei Hou have grown up together since childhood. He has rarely seen anyone in the court for many years, and it is clear that he is here to wave the flag for Pei Hou. I said you, it's not like there are no wives and beautiful concubines in the family, what kind of prostitute do you have to compete with such idlers? Now that the whole capital knows about this, you can't escape a loss of virtue. Hurry up and take advantage of the fact that the matter has not yet reached the point of hopelessness, go and ask for Pei Hou's forgiveness, calm his anger, and take Mrs. back. β
Zhao Fengchun's mind was full of the word "righteousness".
Pei Yi is forcing him to a dead end! He was still thinking about harmony and separation in front of him, and the people in the back directly split the word righteousness on his head.
Zhao Fengchun's blood is cold, if he is really righteous, then his career will really come to an end.
Absolutely not, absolutely not!
If he wants to redeem it, he can only beg two people, one is Pei Yi and the other is Zhao Yanrong.
Pei Jin is now in Pei Yi's hands, he doesn't want to say goodbye, even if he wants to buy a person, it is impossible to pass on a message. What's more, Pei Yi is so tough and cold, even if he can convince Pei Jin, Pei Jin may not have the ability to make Pei Yi change his mind.
Only he begged, went in person, put down all his figures, and took out the posture he went to marry Pei Jin back then, no, he begged lower and more earnestly than then. I only hope that Pei Yi can let him go for the sake of him and Pei Jin's husband and wife for many years, and they have two daughters, Yanrong and Wanrong.
As for the queen, with his current condition, I'm afraid that he won't even be able to enter the palace gate.
First of all, his misbehavior caused trouble, and then his mother lied in front of the Hou Mansion, which involved the royal reputation and decency, and it was a blessing for the emperor to be able to endure his anger and not cure their crimes, let alone expect him to meet the queen.
However, Zhao Fengchun still has confidence in his daughter.
No matter what, Yanrong is still closer to him and grandmother.
Once she is sentenced, she will be a person with incomplete parents, and her position will be unstable, it is for her own sake, and the queen will definitely try her best to prevent this from happening.
As long as Pei Yi no longer insists, as long as Pei Jinken returns to Zhao Mansion!
Zhao Fengchun made up his mind, so he asked him to put him on, carry him to the sedan chair, and go straight to the Champion Hou's mansion.
There were still people in the Zongren Mansion who were guarding Zhao's house, and when they saw that Zhao Fengchun was going out, although they didn't stop him, they followed three or four people closely, and they looked like they would never let go.
Zhao Fengchun didn't have the heart to care about these at this time.
When he arrived at the door of the Hou Mansion, he didn't care whether he was a first-class member or whether he was a dignified scholar, so he asked someone to help him take off his hat, and knelt on the ground with his back draped. It is a tradition to come and confess sins.
It's just that Zhao Fengchun still has injuries on his body at this time, there are large pieces of bruises under the skin that have not yet dissolved, and the bruises on his body are purple, red, and yellow, just like opening a dye shop, and the colors are very funny. The head and face are not swollen, the corners of the eyes and lips are swollen, full of bruises, and the facial features are deformed, where can you still see that it is the graceful Zhao Jiayulang with clear eyebrows?
After kneeling like this for more than half an hour, the gate of the Hou Mansion was closed tightly, and not even a crack was exposed.
Zhao Fengchun knew that Pei Yi couldn't be willing to see him so soon, so he could only endure the pain on his body and grit his teeth.
Such a person knelt in front of the door of the Hou Mansion, guarded by several subordinates around him, and four officials watched with raised eyebrows, and soon surrounded a group of people.
They didn't have much chance to meet Master Shangshu, but a few of them had a good memory, and they found that one or two of the few subordinates guarding the man were very familiar. Think about it carefully, isn't it the Zhao family slave who accompanied the old shrew to scold the street that day?
Everyone suddenly realized that it was the Zhao family who came to make amends to the Pei family.
Should! Deserve!
The eyes of countless people pierced his back like thorns, and the whispers of countless people buzzed around his ears like mosquitoes and flies. Zhao Fengchun's hair was already soaked with sweat, and from morning to noon, from afternoon to dusk, the tall Zhu Men never moved. The two huge stone lions standing in front of the Hou Mansion tilted their heads, lowered their heads slightly, and grinned as if they were laughing at him.
Zhao Fengchun's spirit was taken away by sweat little by little, and at the same time, he also took away the little confidence and hope he had.
"Pei Jin! Pei Jin! He straightened up his already aching body, hissed Pei's name, and began to cry.
Tapping his head on the hard bluestone slab floor, a new scar appeared on his already swollen and twisted forehead.
"I'm sorry for you, I'm sorry for you! Pei Jin! Thinking of you and my husband and wife, how can you be so ruthless! Zhao Fengchun cried, pleading, scolding, and remorseful, but until his voice was hoarse, there was no response from it.
Even if someone comes out to scold him twice, even if someone comes out and hits him twice, as long as there is a response, the heart will not die.
But no!
People didn't even bother to look at him, let him cry and scream, and just treat him as a dog on the side of the road, deaf to him.
Zhao Fengchun finally fainted on the ground and was carried home by the descendants of the Zhao family.
When he woke up at home, he saw a man standing in front of the bed.
The crimson chief eunuch suit, with an ordinary appearance, only slightly delicate, no beard under the chin, and a quiet gaze, is the chief eunuch Debao next to the emperor.
Zhao Fengchun was stunned for a long time before he reacted, and he was about to get up and salute him.
Debao waved his hand, although his voice was sharp, but there was a unique sense of gentleness, I don't know if it was because he was the queen's biological father, so Debao seemed to be extra polite to him.
"Our family is at the behest of the emperor and the queen, and we have come to your mansion to visit your lords."
Listening to Debao's voice, a chill swelled up in Zhao Fengchun's spine.
"Father-in-law, are you here to spread something? If you have anything to say, please say it. β
Debao raised his eyebrows and said, "Your Excellency may not know that something happened in the court yesterday. β
Zhao Fengchun sighed in his heart.
"Pei Hou has asked the emperor above the court to let you and your lady, the second lady of the champion Hou family, Pei Shi, be righteous."
Zhao Fengchun trembled, and hurriedly shouted: "No, absolutely not!" β
A smile flashed across the corner of Debao's mouth: "The emperor didn't make a decision at that time, and this matter is really a little tricky." Lord Zhao, let's open the skylight and say something. What about you, it is true that you have a loss in virtue and a loss to your wife, but this is only a small problem, which family has no stumbles, and can they all go to make trouble and leave, and righteousness will never be successful? The main thing is the old lady of your family. insulted the royal prince on the street, derogated the deceased eldest princess and champion marquis, and even scolded the ancestors. Hundreds of people on the long street heard it so well, if it weren't for this, His Royal Highness King Rong could have such a big temper and almost use a knife on your old lady? β
The cold sweat on Zhao Fengchun's body dripped down.
"Father-in-law, the old mother is old and confused, she is old and confused, and she does not mean to offend the royal ......"
"Come on, don't explain this to our family." Debao smiled slightly, raised his hand and waved, "No one is deaf, and no one is stupid. Although your old lady is older, she is not confused, and a discerning person can see it at a glance. You said that if just a few people listened, it would be just a matter of laughter, and it would not reach the sky, but now the problem is that His Royal Highness King Rong happened to be there, and the disrespectful words of your old lady have not entered the ears of his old man. β
"Lord Zhao, as long as this crime is implemented, it will be the end of losing your head and raiding your home." Debao raised his eyes to look at him, his tone and voice were still so gentle and submissive, but it made people shiver when he heard it, "You have thought clearly, the emperor thinks that you are his father-in-law and the queen's biological father, so he can help you pick a thing." If someone else is changed, can the emperor take care of it, can he bother with such a heart? I had already ordered the forbidden army to take people. β
Although it was already summer, Zhao Fengchun still felt chills all over his body, shivering, and his teeth were knocking on each other and making a gurgling sound.
"You can choose, or, you yourself ask for a crime, the Zongren Mansion acted according to the rules of the ancestors, and cut off the head of your old lady, what about you, cut off your job for the people and go back to the countryside to farm. Either you admit your mistake, write a guilty plea, and wait for the righteous letter to come down, and then you will pay back all the things that should be returned to Pei's house in your house. In this case, the verdict of the Zongren Mansion can be lighter, and perhaps the old lady will not be held accountable for her old age and faintness. As for you, you will probably be demoted a few levels, first transferred to a prefecture and county outside Beijing, and after a few years, when things are dusted and no one remembers, you will come back. β
Zhao Fengchun's eyes darkened, and he fainted again.
I was stunned for a long time before I said to Debao with tears: "Thank you to the emperor for your grace, and Weichen is grateful." It's just that after I left, the queen's maiden family had no one, and it was inevitable that she would feel lonely and lonely, and I begged the emperor to think about the love between husband and wife, and not to lose affection to the queen because of the matter of the minister. β
Debao raised his eyebrows and said with a smile: "Who said that the queen's mother has no one at home?" Pei Hou is still in Beijing, Mrs. Pei, ah no, it's Miss Pei who is also in Beijing, and she often goes to the palace. As for the emperor, you don't have to worry. If it weren't for the queen, the emperor wouldn't have been able to let our family run this time, don't you say? β
Zhao Fengchun's heart was cold, he understood what Debao meant, and the queen agreed to Pei Yi's "righteousness"!
She actually agreed!
In her heart, her biological father and grandmother, who have raised her for 18 years, can't match her aunt and uncle who are not close!
Zhao Fengchun secretly gritted his teeth.
He has raised this daughter for eighteen years, but he is a white-eyed wolf who is not familiar with it. It's just that seeing that the Pei family is heavy, she turned away. This daughter ignored her father and grandmother for the sake of power, he wanted to see how long Zhao Yanrong could be stable in the harem without the Zhao family.
For a while, I thought of Zhao Qingrong, who was sent to the palace and had no news again.
Zhao Yanrong is so ruthless to the Zhao family, I am afraid that Qingrong's life in the palace will not be easy.
After he is demoted and leaves Beijing, what will Qingrong do? Zhao Fengchun thought of the second daughter who entered the palace, and his heart hung by a thread, and he was both painful and regretful.
"Ask my father-in-law to return to the palace, and the descendants of Weichen ask the queen, can you allow the minister to meet her? And I also have a daughter in the palace......"
Debao bowed slightly and said: "If you are an adult, our family will definitely bring the emperor and the queen, as for whether you can see each other, it can only be decided by the emperor and the queen." Lord Zhao recuperates well, and our family will go first. β
In the Shoukang Palace, Wei Anlan respectfully sent the imperial doctor out of the palace gate, took the prescription and looked at it carefully for a long time, and sighed sadly.
Concubine Wei has slept extremely restlessly in the past two days, greedy for cold and wind, headache and cough in the past few days, and even after taking medicine for two days, it has not improved at all, but has worsened a little. Today, I changed to a doctor, and the prescription I prescribed looked no different from the last two doses.
Wei Anlan handed the recipe to the palace maids and asked them to get the medicine and decoction, and he was bored in his chest, so he went to the backyard of Shoukang Palace for a walk.
Shoukang Palace is in the northwest of the imperial city, and there is a certain distance from the emperor's Demao Hall and Zhaoyang Palace, and it is also very quiet.
Because there is a concubine living here, the old man likes to be quiet and elegant, so there are no fragrant flowers and trees in the yard, but a lot of tall paulownia trees are planted, a stone path winds in the middle, and the woods are half surrounded by a small pond, but it is also very interesting.
Wei Anlan lowered his head and thought about his thoughts, and walked along the stone path to the edge of the pond unconsciously.
The water of the pond is wrinkled by the breeze, and the sunlight that spills on the water surface is scattered into thousands of broken gold, shining brightly, and the fish in the pool are swimming and playing, looking carefree and leisurely.
Wei Anlan sat on the bank of the fake rock, looking down at his reflection in the pool.
The water was blown by the wind, and the light was reflected, and all she could see was a vague and distorted shadow. Wei Anlan touched his face and sighed softly.
This palace is like a huge cage, with a wide and gorgeous palace room, but it makes people's hearts shrink in a corner and cannot be relaxed. Before coming back with the concubine, she was full of curiosity and yearning for the palace, but she really entered the palace, but in just a few dozen days, she felt that she was out of breath, and she just wanted to be able to fly out early with her wings.
Wei Anlan took a deep breath and turned around to go back to the hall to see how the medicine was decoctioned.
Because suddenly, both of them were startled and patted their hearts at the same time.
She looked at it, the person who came was wearing the costume of the Wupin Palm Palace, it was a female official in the palace that she had never seen before, Wei Anlan opened her mouth and asked, "Who are you?" Which palace did it come from? β
The man saluted her, and said with a smile: "The slave maid is the female official in charge of the palace who has just been assigned to the Shoukang Palace and replaced Aunt Shu Ya who left the palace after the Yulan Festival. The slave's surname is Xiao, you can call me Shen Mo in the future. β
The author has something to say: No, I'm tired and sleepy, cherry is using the rope code word ~~~~ hugging his head ~~~~
I rolled off to sleep in a daze, hoping that I wouldn't forget to set the time in my deposit box again today.
At the thought of only being able to sleep for another three hours, Cherry wanted to be endless, so I won't sell stupid and cute flowers today.
Thank you miranda for sending the mine = 3=