The palace design of "front and back bed", that is, the pattern of the world, the front court, the back bedroom, Daming Palace is the emperor's bedroom, unless specially summoned, the courtiers can not enter, but the emperor's harem can.

During Emperor Yongle's lunch break, the eunuch of the Internal Affairs Office passed the concubine of Fengzao Palace into the warm pavilion, woke up hazy, and saw Jia Yuanchun sitting on the side of the bed, "What time is it?" ”

Jia Yuanchun looked at the Western self-striking bell in the corner of the wall, and his expression was blank: "Your Majesty, it's already unitary time." ”

"It's late, it's late, I don't want me to be so sleepy today." Emperor Yongle sighed and got up, the eunuch on duty, Liu Zhiyuan bowed down to obey orders, and Emperor Yongle said in a trance: "Are those ministers still waiting for me?" Send them back to rest, and don't miss tomorrow's ministry office. ”

Liu Zhiyuan said yes, but he didn't know what the emperor was going to do with Jia Cong, and he didn't say that he was on duty, nor did he say that he was waiting for an investigation at home, the power of heaven was unpredictable, he just had to obey the order.

"Concubine Ai is still making money for the prince, resentful of me?" Emperor Yongle and Jia Yuanchun ate together.

"How dare the concubines, the monarch is the minister, the monarch's father and the courtiers, it's just between relatives, and I miss it a little." Jia Yuanchun didn't know about Jia Cong's impeachment before, and he came from the West Sixth Palace, only to learn about it from the eunuch, and his heart became more and more unpleasant.

"The harem is not allowed to interfere in politics and pre-levy, this is the ancestral system, the concubine really lives up to the title of virtuous and virtuous, I haven't forgotten you for a day, like your two aunts and cousins Xue Pan, Qiu Bin's daughter Concubine Kang cried to me, Xue Pan killed her brother, and she must be dealt with according to the law. If it weren't for my agreement to behead the marquis of the prison in accordance with the "Great Shun Law", the cousin of the concubine, I would not be able to live to this day. ”

"Your Majesty ......" Jia Yuanchun had no intention of eating, and his jade hand picked up the exquisite Su embroidered handkerchief presented by the Needlework Bureau to wipe his tears, "But my cousin won't survive this autumn." ”

Xue Pan's murder case, Emperor Yongle would not have asked about such a trivial matter, but before the autumn trial, he put a few red checks on the execution list and took a look at the judgment of the three law divisions.

It was because Concubine Kang, the daughter of Qiu Bin, the commander of Jinyiwei, blew the wind on his pillow to him, and Emperor Yongle remembered it.

With the emperor in charge, Xue Pan can be selected in the ranks of extrajudicial grace when he ticks the list, but Yuan Chun did not hear the emperor take over, but said that he would deal with it according to the law, she thought about it, I am afraid that if the uncle and prince fall, the weight of the emperor's heart will be tilted towards Qiu Bin, but His Majesty still summons her, and the days of serving her have not decreased but increased, which really made Yuan Chun feel confused.

"Before the concubine was selected as a talented person, she was familiar with poetry and allusions, and she was also a female historian, and she knew the order in the palace, and all the affairs of her relatives and clans must be concealed on her behalf, so the concubines did not ask His Majesty for extrajudicial mercy."

There is nothing wrong with Yuan Chun's rhetoric, the ancient imperial court, for the clan, there is a strange regulation, if someone from the relatives and clans makes a mistake, not only can not expose it, but must help conceal it.

Back then, Jia Cong dealt with Jia Zhen and did not expose it personally, but made some shady conspiracies behind the scenes, and there was also this reason.

It seems to be a very strange regulation, but in fact it is only to maintain the patriarchal system from top to bottom and consolidate the interests of the landlord class.

"I know, that's why you are virtuous." Emperor Yongle's eyes were warm: "In recent years, I have become more and more exhausted, and the lecture hall and the Shangqin Zheng Hall have been delayed for many years, so I decreed that the practice of ordering women to enter the palace regularly will be abolished, so that the six palaces will be more peaceful." ”

"Not to mention those troubles, King Qin asked for a Taoist priest in Chang'an, the skill is quite high, it is said that it is far better than the people in the Tai Hospital, I am very pleased, I think I can get immortality, and my concubine can also conceive a dragon seed."

"Your Majesty ......" Jia Yuanchun disagreed: "You Fang Taoist, I'm afraid that the medical skills are not proficient, Your Majesty is a country, please think twice." ”

Emperor Yongle was a little displeased and changed the topic: "What is even more rare is that King Yu has made meritorious contributions to the river, and I Ming'er will bring the queen to sacrifice to the Sheji altar and the Taimiao, and the affairs of the six palaces still need to be taken care of by the concubine." ”

Jia Yuanchun also wanted to persuade, but Emperor Yongle took her hand to Shufangzhai to admire the moon, and was very interested, and sent a eunuch to send her back to Fengzao Palace, Jia Yuanchun was really happy and worried, and he couldn't see the situation clearly.

Dai Quan came to see him, and Dai Quan hurriedly entered the palace at night, so he knelt down and cried: "Long live Lord, there are courtiers who slander slaves to make friends with foreign ministers, and want to come to the capital, and when a certain lady dies in a certain year, the slaves will also go to mourn and ask for the master's kindness...... But they said......"

The palm print of the celebrant who is equal to the status of the first assistant of the cabinet, but tonight he is crawling like a dog, grabbing the emperor's boots and crying: "Besides, that Jia Cong, whose name is spread all over the world, is all people who are loyal to the country, such as Sima Bandit of the Household Department, and the third brother (Prince Zhongshun) who indiscriminately collected the treasury and flat silver, all of which are sincere to repay the master...... The slave shares the worries of the master, no matter how big or small, and returns truthfully every year......"

"When I was a child, I squatted on the minions and sprinkled ...... Now that the master is tired and injured, the slave is uncomfortable, so he wants to ask for a few pragmatic people for the master, but as soon as the slave does something, they don't agree......"

"Master, master......" Dai Quan's tears welled up, both kind and respectful, and his eyes were full of pity: "I beg the Lord to send the slaves, or to repair the auspicious soil, or to go to the central capital to guard the imperial mausoleum, so as to calm their hearts......"

Under the moonlight, Emperor Yongle's eyes flickered, and he raised his tone: "What nonsense!" The Manchu Dynasty is civil and military, most of them have their own selfish intentions, I believe in you! ”

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Jiuqing and the officials who participated in the court confrontation were stunned until before the palace ban before they got the will of the eunuch.

Jia Cong also felt helpless, how could it be such a fruitless result, he walked in the direction of Zuo'anmen, and then walked to the bridge, and Niu Jizong, who took the Jinyi guard to change shifts, reminded: "Brother Shi still goes to You'anmen, I saw your lady waiting there, and the sedan chair also turned over." ”

Jia Cong had to go to You'anmen, and when he came out, he saw that on the street, Xue Baochai had been waiting for a long time, there were three sedan chairs, and the other one didn't know whose it was. ”

"Is Mom here too?" Jia Cong guessed that Aunt Xue must have come to visit Xue Pan in the prison of the Criminal Department.

Aunt Xue lifted the curtain from the third sedan chair and looked like she had cried: "It's okay." ”

Jia Cong informed Zou Huaizhong of the Criminal Department, and sent some silver, and it was okay to go in to visit Xue Pan.

The surrounding house slaves were in place, and Xue Baochai said uneasily: "Are you okay?" ”

"It's fine." Jia Cong pretended to be relaxed: "There should be a will in a few days, and at night, you can't come over, what if it's cold." ”

"I'm not afraid of the cold, I'm anxious to wait at home, thinking that the palace is forbidden, you will definitely come out."

Jia Cong sighed, making them worry about it, he is not just a person, his safety is related to a family, or even a family.

At this time, he didn't want to invite Aunt Xue to his home, so he separated in the streets of Xicheng, Aunt Xue saw that they got along well with each other, a little affectionate, and the son-in-law was young, so he was in an official position, and he was generally very satisfied.