Qin came out of the bedroom and wanted to go to the front yard, but her complexion was very bad.

After the news of the incident in Hakata Port in Japan came back, her father-in-law Yao Fengji had not eaten two meals and did not talk much. Qin Shi forcibly suppressed the emotions in his heart and wanted to go to the kitchen to boil some porridge for Yao Fengji.

She walked along a stone path, with the walls of the houses on the left and the fence on the right. As she got around the corner, she suddenly heard someone talking behind the wall.

Vaguely humane: "Won't it be Rickfu?" ”

When the Qin clan heard this, he immediately stood in place.

The person who spoke just now should be Aunt Wang in the kitchen. Soon another woman's voice said, "Don't talk nonsense. "Listening to the voice, it should be a maid in the inner house, of course the Qin family knows, that maid does some laundry, tea and water work on weekdays.

Aunt Wang's voice said, "Who knows, if you don't say?" In my opinion, the young lady should really take the birth date and find a fortune teller to take a look. ”

The maid's voice said, "Who dares to say such a thing? ”

Aunt Wang said: "Sooner or later, someone will say." Li Maocai's family said that every time I see our young lady, the clothes she wears are not heavy, and the jewelry she wears is not the same, and her words are very sour. Yao Gongzi treats the young lady obediently, and now that he ends up like this, can no one say it? And she has been through the door for so long, and her stomach hasn't moved, so it would be good if she left a queen for the Yao family......"

Qin's face turned pale with anger, and his hands trembled. But she still held back, and said in her heart: If you go out to expose them at this time, the house will definitely make a lot of trouble, and those ugly words will not be good when they come to the table. It's better to keep it in mind for the time being, and then find an opportunity to clean up this Aunt Wang in the future!

Qin gritted his teeth, then turned around and walked straight back.

She sat in the bedroom for a while, then suddenly got up and moved quickly, went to the cupboard and found a good silk dress with a blue base, and then changed her clothes. After a while, when the little maid brought from the Qin family came in, the Qin family instructed the maid: "Go and ask the housekeeper to help me prepare a carriage, I will go to the palace." ”

When they were ready, Qin went out in a carriage. The accompanying housekeeper mentioned that he heard that he walked through the Bei'an Gate and went north to the West Gate to enter the palace, which was closer to the harem. So a team of people went to Bei'anmen.

It took a long time for the Qin family to enter the palace, and they had to wait for the eunuch to enter the palace to report and record the register, and after getting permission, the Qin family went through a search and other names, and then was taken into the palace by the eunuch.

When they arrived at the Xianfei Palace, the Qin family saw their sister-in-law Yao Ji, and immediately knelt on the ground and cried sadly.

Yao Ji sighed for a while.

Qin cried: "I heard that the ship was burned in the harbor, and the people on board were also killed. My husband was not on the boat, was he captured by the Japanese? ”

Yao Ji helped her up: "Now no one knows the whereabouts of Yao Fang and the others, so they can only wait for news." Japan and the imperial court have been cut off, and they are thousands of miles apart, so it is useless to be anxious. ”

Qin begged again: "My sister asked me to meet the Holy Lord, and begged the Holy Lord to send someone to save him, he must not have happened to any serious incident." ”

Yao Ji refused without hesitation: "Yao Fang is my brother and my father's only son, and we are all worried about him. But don't bother the Holy One so much. ”

"Why?" Qin choked up.

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Ji's expression was also very sad, but she didn't cry, but still seemed calm. She looked at Qin Shi for a moment and said, "Because it's useless." Japan is not under the control of the imperial court, and the people over there do not listen to the holy decree, otherwise how dare they burn the envoy ship that killed the Ming Dynasty? If we go and force Him, what use will we do except to annoy Him? ”

Qin Shi was stunned and said, "Can't the emperor save a person?" ”

Yao Ji said: "If there is really a way, we don't need to ask for it, the saint will naturally do it if it is based on the credit and affection of the Yao family; If you can't do something at all, no matter what, it still won't help. Besides, the war between the two countries is not child's play, and in the battle of the Yongle Dynasty to conquer the country of Annan, the prince of the country can also die in the middle of his post, and the casualties on the battlefield are even thousands. If you embarrass the saint with such a private matter, it may not end well. ”

Qin's whole body softened, and he said with teary eyes: "Blame me for not knowing the general situation." ”

Yao Ji sighed and said, "I know that for you, it is equivalent to the sky falling, and it doesn't matter if you know the general situation at this time." But we have to know in our hearts that this is not something that can be forced. Sister-in-law, go back and wait, I will find a way, and when the time is right, I will speak in front of the saint. ”

At this moment, a female official hurriedly walked to the door of the hall and said, "Concubine Xian, the Holy Lord has arrived!" ”

"Let's go ahead and meet the driver." Yao Ji glanced at the Qin clan and only said one word, not much.

When the two of them walked to a corridor in the courtyard, Qin saw a burly man wearing a red dragon suit and a black gauze hat, and she knew in her heart that this was the man of her sister-in-law, the current emperor Zhu Gaoxu.

The two of them knelt down on the road together and saluted the emperor.

Zhu Gaoxu walked over, bent down to help Yao Ji up, and turned his head to look at the Qin family again: "Get up." ”

When Qin got up, he looked at Zhu Gaoxu again and found that he was also looking at his face. Only then did Qin realize that his eyes were probably red, so he immediately lowered his head.

"She is the concubine's sister-in-law, Qin." Yao Ji's voice said.

Zhu Gaoxu nodded and spoke briefly: "Let's go into the house first." ”

The group returned to the palace where Yao Ji lived. Zhu Gaoxu sat down on a large chair and beckoned Yao Ji and Qin Shi to say, "Sit down and talk." Mrs. Yao, is it okay to make Weng Pingyi Marquis (Yao Fengji)? ”

Qin said: "Back to the saint, the family has been a little depressed recently, and the meal has decreased, so it should be fine." ”

She remembered Yao Ji's words, and only said Yao Fang's affairs at the right time. The Qin family didn't want to make trouble, so they endured it and didn't cry in front of Zhu Gaoxu.

Zhu Gaoxu looked emotional, and said: "When I raised troops in Yunnan, the most important thing in employing people was to be trustworthy. Now that the country of Hubei in the middle of the court is fair and safe, we have to be grateful to Pingyi Hou, otherwise there would be no place to hide. ”

The Qin clan didn't know why the emperor suddenly talked about Yao Fengji. She hadn't heard of these things before, and suddenly felt that the Yao family was really powerful.

Zhu Gaoxu said again: "Yao Fang also helped me a lot in secret. In those eventful years, I was often in the midst of precariousness, which is really unforgettable. ”

The Qin clan didn't know what to say when he heard this.

Zhu Gaoxu continued: "Yao Fang should not have any worries about his life. Mrs. Yao went back to comfort Pingyi Hou and told him not to be too sad, it was not time to be sad. ”

"Really?" Qin asked hurriedly.

Zhu Gaoxu nodded and said: "At present, Japan is playing a game with the Ming Dynasty, and it is not the first time they have done this, they have won it once during the Hongwu Dynasty. It's best to know as much as possible about the other party's true intentions, bottom line, and so on. Qian Xili and other civil and military officials of the imperial court, of course, can't be killed casually, the Japanese must want to take something useful out of their mouths. ”

Qin asked with concern, "Will you be tortured?" ”

Zhu Gaoxu glanced at her: "I'm afraid that living crimes are inevitable, and now as long as they can come back alive, it's good." ”

Qin Shi hurriedly said: "The Holy Lord said yes. ”

Zhu Gaoxu continued: "For hostages, the imperial court cannot force Japan to submit. Emperor Taizu used the conquest of Japan as a threat, trying to get Japan to ban the Japanese and hand over the criminals suspected of adultery and espionage, but it did not work. So we can only ransom people with money. ”

Unconsciously, the Qin clan felt more and more hopeful.

Zhu Gaoxu's voice said: "We can't ransom people in the name of the imperial court, otherwise it will make the Japanese feel that they are strange and put forward conditions that are more difficult for us to accept." Qian Xili is a jinshi, and Yao Fang's identity is a wealthy businessman, so we can try to pass on the news to the Japanese, and in the name of the Qian family and the Yao family, we propose to redeem a group of people with five million yuan. The money was actually allocated by the Imperial Palace, and it was acceptable if the Japanese disagreed only with the amount.

Qian Xili, Yao Fang and others just went to negotiate and didn't do anything bad. If the Japanese were killed, it would have no effect, and they lacked copper coins to circulate, so it was very likely that they would succeed in exchanging copper coins. ”

The Qin clan hurriedly knelt down in front of the chair, kowtowed and choked: "The saint is very gracious, and the concubine is toothless and unforgettable. ”

Zhu Gaoxu made a gesture of false support, and said kindly: "Hurry up, this is also something I am willing to do, but if there is a way, I will do my best." ”

The Qin family continued to bow: "The concubine bows to the emperor's grace. ”

When she got up, she saw that Yao Ji's eyes were on Zhu Gaoxu's face, and she showed a grateful expression. Zhu Gaoxu nodded slightly.

When the Qin family saw Zhu Gaoxu's expression looking at Yao Ji, he suddenly remembered that Yao Fang treated him, and there was a vague similarity. The Qin family could feel that Yao Ji was still very favored.

After Zhu Gaoxu finished speaking, he said: "Concubine Xian finally talked to the people of her mother's family, and I will come back tomorrow." ”

Qin Shi immediately said: "The hour is not early, and it is inconvenient for the concubine to stay in the palace for a long time, so please say goodbye." ”

Yao Ji said: "When the sister-in-law has to be free, she will come to the palace to meet again." If Yao Fang has any news, I will send a eunuch to my mother's house and tell my sister-in-law. ”

The Qin clan thanked the emperor and Concubine Xian again, and then insisted on leaving. Yao Ji sent someone to send the Qin clan out.

The Qin family walked all the way out of Bei'anmen and got back into the carriage, feeling much better than before for a while, at least there was really hope. Because the emperor did not say the scene, he explained the specific methods of how to rescue him very carefully, and it sounded very reliable; Of course, the Qin clan could tell that the emperor was taking this matter seriously.

With this experience, Qin also found that his reputation is not very good and is purely misinformation, but in fact, he treats people quite gently, and he is not a murderous and violent martial artist at all; As long as you have seen the emperor with your own eyes, you will understand that he is a very calm and decent emperor.

。 Writing Chinese Network M.