Chapter 192: Convicted
Shi Xiangyuan's wedding dress has been completed, Lu Jiuzhi looked at Shi Xiangyuan who was sitting there with a smile on his face and smiled: "I said that you must have done a good job, now is it time to believe me." ”
Shi Xiangyuan put down his clothes and walked over to give Lu Jiuzhi a firm hug: "Thank you so much, when I get married, I must arrange a seat for you." ”
Lu Jiuzhi pushed her with a smile: "Okay, hurry up and take it back to show your aunt and them, so that they will be happy and happy." ”
Shi Xiangyuan returned to the general's mansion with the wedding dress, and learned from the housekeeper that her mother was in her sister-in-law's room, so she hurriedly ran all the way over, and shouted before she entered the house: "Mother, sister-in-law, I'm back." ”
Shi's mother glanced at her with disgust: "How old is it and reckless, if your sister-in-law is still sleeping at this time, wouldn't it be noisy to her." ”
"I've asked my mother to talk to my sister-in-law here, so I won't make any noise to you!" Shi Xiangyuan walked in with a smile.
Shen Jiahui pulled Shi Xiangyuan to sit down beside him: "Why are you so happy today, what good things have happened?" ”
Shi Xiangyuan took the package from the maid's hand and looked at the two proudly: "My wedding dress has been made, and I specially brought it to you to see." ”
Shen Jiahui took it and unfolded it in front of everyone, the red brocade was full of embroidered patterns, whether it was embroidery or workmanship, it could be regarded as very good, and asked her in surprise: "This is what you did?" ”
"Of course!" Shi Xiangyuan was overjoyed, "How about it, it's good-looking, Jiuzhi praised me for doing a good job, not like a person who just learned to make clothes." ”
Shi's mother also took it and looked at it carefully, and there was indeed no flaw: "It's good, it's worthy of being the daughter of the General's Mansion, what is it like to learn!" ”
Shi Xiangyuan was even more proud, and said with a smile after instructing the maid to put away the wedding dress: "Ming'er, I'll go to see Jiahe, and tell her the good news by the way." ”
She touched Shen Jiahui's belly again: "Ah, it's so big, I don't know when Jiahe will be able to conceive a little doll, speaking of which, the time when you get married is one after the other!" ”
Shen Jiahe's gaze fell on his lower abdomen gently: "I also hope that Jiahe will be faster, and this little guy will be able to have a playmate when he comes out." ”
Shi Xiangyuan couldn't wait for a moment, and went to King Xian's Mansion early the next morning, Shen Jiahe now gets up late every day, and he will still have breakfast.
Knowing that Shi Xiangyuan was coming, Shen Jiahe didn't let people withdraw breakfast, but only asked Bai Ying to bring people to the dining room, Shi Xiangyuan chattered as soon as he entered the door: "Jiahe, my wedding dress is finished, and I showed it to my mother and sister-in-law yesterday, and they all praised me for doing a good job." ”
Bai Ying stood aside and only felt that her eardrums hurt, so she had to gently send a cup of tea to remind: "Miss Shi, there are only a few of us in this room, you whispered that we can all hear it, and it doesn't take a lot of noise to make this loud voice." ”
Shi Xiangyuan took a sip of tea and looked at Bai Ying suspiciously: "I'm not like this on weekdays, why should I be careful today." ”
Shen Jiahe put down the bowl in his hand and said with a smile: "You can do whatever you like, it doesn't matter, they are just too careful!" ”
Shi Xiangyuan felt even more strange, looked at Shen Jiahe again, and saw her smiling happily, a thought flashed in her mind, "You won't have a child, right?" ”
Shen Jiahe nodded, and then instructed: "I don't plan to tell the outside world about this yet, so don't tell me about it." ”
Thinking of the conversation between her and her mother and sister-in-law at home yesterday, Shi Xiangyuan laughed: "When we were at home yesterday, we talked about you, and my sister-in-law said at the time that I hope you can have a child as soon as possible, but I didn't expect this to happen." ”
These people around her know it, and Shen Jiahe knows that it is estimated that she will not be able to hide it for long, but for the time being, no one has told the emperor and the queen, which also allows her to breathe a sigh of relief for the time being, and she does not have to think about how to deal with them.
Shen Jiahe knew that he should thank Pei Shu for this matter, he didn't go to the palace to deliver the message, even if he gave himself good protection.
In the evening, Liuyu took a copy of Pei Yuan's letter: "Princess, the prince's letter has arrived." ”
Shen Jiahe took it and looked at it carefully, and he was also relieved: "Everything is fine with your prince, don't worry." She knew Pei Yuan's ability, and it was not a problem to subdue the Qin clan at the border, and the little rebels were even less concerned.
It had been a while since Pei Yuan left the capital, and the emperor was sitting in the imperial study to review the recitals, and when he saw the recitals about the flood, he suddenly asked, "How long have King Xian and Shi Xiangjie been gone?" ”
"It's been more than a month, Your Majesty." The Grand Supervisor replied.
At this time, the matter on the coastal side should be about to end, and there has been no bad news coming back recently, so it should be that the situation over there has stabilized.
Pei Yuan saw that he was about to return to Beijing, but Shen Ronghua was still sitting firmly in the position of prime minister, and he failed to grasp Shen Ronghua's slightest handle during this time, if he waited for Pei Yuan to return to Beijing, I am afraid that there would be no chance.
"What is the emperor thinking?" The chief manager asked as he studied the ink.
The emperor continued to review the folds in his hand, and sighed lightly: "It's nothing, I'm just thinking about when Pei Yuan will return to Beijing." ”
Now Shi Xiangjie has taken the team to settle not far from the capital, waiting for Pei Yuan to come and meet him, in order not to worry Shi's mother, he sent the news that he had returned to the general's mansion in advance.
And at the same time that the General's Mansion received Shi Xiangjie's news, the emperor also received the news from King Heng, and the chief manager looked at the emperor's expression and asked in a low voice: "But King Xian, they are coming back soon?" ”
"King Heng said that they have already set off on the way back, according to the distance, the days when Pei Yuan will return to the capital are already numbered, it seems that to deal with Shen Ronghua, an old guy, he can't come so slowly." The emperor threw the letterhead on the bookcase and said in a deep voice.
The chief steward bent down and asked, "How is the emperor ready?" ”
"King Xian and Shi Xiangjie have won a complete victory, I naturally want to celebrate for them, go and pass the word for me, tomorrow I will give a banquet in the palace, and I will definitely invite all the officials to be present!" A sneer floated on the emperor's side.
Knowing that the emperor was going to entertain all the ministers in the palace, Shen Xiang immediately felt that there was fraud in it, and even if he wanted to call himself sick, who knew that the little father-in-law who came to deliver the decree immediately said to him: "Lord Shen Xiang, the emperor said that this time no one will arrive, Lord Shen Xiang will also be present, you are the Lord Taishan of the king, how can there be any reason not to go?" ”
Mother Shen looked at the little eunuch who left, and looked at Shen Xiang with some worry: "Do you say that tomorrow will be a Hongmen banquet, what trick does this emperor want to play." ”
Shen Xiang had to comfort his wife: "You don't have to think about it a lot, Junchen has been doing it for many years, I believe he won't do too much, and I will be more careful myself tomorrow." ”
The banquet on the second day began in the confusion of the hundred officials, and before the heroes returned to Beijing, the emperor feasted the ministers, which was really a little strange, but there were also some heart-wrenching smiles: "The last time the king went to fight the Qin clan, wasn't it that the army did not return, and the emperor invited the banquet?" It is estimated that it is just happy in the heart, so let's not speculate too much. ”
Shen Xiang stood next to him and just smiled and didn't answer, and at the banquet, the emperor raised his glass and invited: "I am really happy today, King Xian and Lord Xiao Shi are really my lucky stars, you adults can make some poems on the topic of this battle to help the fun." ”
Everyone raised their glasses and wrote inscriptions, only Shen Xiang's family was drinking silently, Shen Jiachen and Shen Jiajue were told by the emperor when they came, only drinking and eating at the banquet, not to say or do more.
This was a set of the emperor, but the target did not jump into it as expected, and the emperor had to go down in person to drive the prey into the set, "Shen Aiqing, you are the head of the civil officials, how can you not get up to make a poem on behalf of you at this time, wouldn't it make your students look down on it." ”
Shen Xiang arched his hand and said: "'There will be a time when the wind and waves will be long, and the clouds will sail into the sea', the old minister has not made poems for a long time, and he really can't think of any good sentences for a while, and the old minister can only use a poem of the wine fairy to express his heart, and I hope that the emperor will not dislike it." ”
"I don't dislike Li Jiuxian's poems, I just think Shen Xiang is simply bold!" The emperor slapped the table and stood up from his position, "Shen Xiang is really bold, you are the first of the hundred officials, but you are not unwilling, and you use Li Jiuxian's song "Difficult to Walk" to express your dissatisfaction. I think I have never been ashamed of Shen Xiang, but Shen Xiang is still not satisfied, do you want to sit in my position to be willing? ”
"The old minister was terrified, I don't know how the emperor had this association, the old minister just said a sentence at random, and there was no meaning of what the emperor said." Shen Xiang walked out directly from behind the table and knelt on top of the main hall.
For a while, the hall was silent, all quietly watching this scene suddenly happen, and the emperor looked at Shen Xiang coldly: "As we all know, why did Li Jiuxian write this poem, there are thousands of ancient poems, you chose this one, and said that it was not because of dissatisfaction with me, the eunuch who went to pass the decree said that you shirked in every possible way and did not want to participate in this celebration banquet, Shen Xiang looked down on me?" When I came to the banquet, I sat there with a straight face, this was a long time ago to show me, I only thought that Shen Xiang was old, and he had made many contributions to the Pei family, and he didn't want to worry about Shen Xiang, but he didn't expect Shen Xiang to have the intention of changing the country. ”
"Someone!" The emperor flicked his sleeves and ordered, "Take Shen Xiang to Dali Temple, and after finding conclusive evidence, deal with it according to law!" ”
"Your Majesty!" Shen Jiajue saw that his father was about to be arrested, so he had already put his father's advice behind him, and knelt directly in front of the emperor to justify, "Father, he never meant this, the emperor wanted to convict his father, and asked Dali Temple to find evidence, but what crime did he commit to father, and what evidence do you want to find?" ”
The emperor looked at Shen Jiajue impatiently: "Your father has the intention of rebellion, I naturally want to find evidence of his rebellion, if you are messing around here, I will let people seize you together!" ”
Shen Jiachen also knelt down, dragging a few guards who grabbed Shen Xiang to prevent them from doing it: "Your Majesty, my father just said a poem casually, you can't convict your father with a poem, my father has worked hard for the Pei family for many years, wouldn't you do this to chill the hearts of all the old ministers in the court." ”
"Shen Jiachen, you shut up for me, are you threatening me?" The blue tendons on the emperor's forehead burst out, and Shen Jiajue's mind really didn't have much effort to deal with him, but Shen Jiachen was different, as soon as his words came out, they would definitely arouse the objections of the old ministers in the court, "Your father has the intention of rebellion, you two are his sons, and you want to come and participate in it, come here, arrest them together!" ”
The guards poured in a large number and dragged Shen Xiang's family outside, but Pei Shu took the initiative to kneel down and said: "Father, is it unreasonable to lock Shen Xiang's family in Dali Temple before the matter is investigated, if you do this, if you find out afterwards that it was just a misunderstanding, wouldn't it hurt Shen Xiang's heart." ”
The guards who walked to the door stopped when they heard Pei Shu's words, but the emperor yelled at them: "What are you doing cold, hurry up and bring me all down!" People with such wolf ambitions have really trusted them for many years in vain. ”
As for Pei Shu who was kneeling on the side, the emperor didn't look at him directly, and when he saw that Pei Shu was already deflated, Pei Hao and the ministers didn't dare to act rashly for a while, even if they wanted to speak for Shen Xiang.