As soon as the word "wild seed" came out, followed by another scream, the corners of Xiao De's mouth were dripping with blood, and he looked at Xiao Xun angrily and asked, "You hit me?!" ”

Xiao Xun flicked his sleeves, looked coldly at Xiao De's face that was pulled out by the chopsticks, and said, "What?" ”

"Hahahaha-" Xiao De was silent for a moment, then suddenly raised his head and laughed, tears flowed out of his eyes, and after a long time, he stopped laughing and said, "The imperial brother is the crown prince, I can't do anything to you." ”

"But she," he said, pointing at Lu Nianjin again, and said word by word, "She's a ......."

"Smack!" Xiao Xun picked up the ivory basket in front of Lu Nianjin, shook it again, his eyes were cold, he looked at Dezhuang beside Xiao De, and said, "Your master is drunk, take him back." ”

When Dezhuang heard this, he trembled for a while, he looked at the prince, and then at his master, and he really didn't know who to listen to for a while.

Xiao Ke was twitched twice in a row, his right cheek was in severe pain, and his molars were already shaking.

He gritted his teeth and looked at Xiao Xun with hatred, his eyes burning with madness, "If you don't let me say it, I want to say that the crown princess Lu Nianjin is a ......"

"Don't talk about it, master!" Dezhuang was frightened by the threat and bloodlust in Xiao Xun's eyes, he was afraid that his master would be killed if he continued to talk nonsense, so he hurriedly rushed forward and covered Xiao De's mouth hard.

Xiao De was offended by a minion, but he was so angry that he raised his foot and kicked hard at Dezhuang.

But no matter how hard he tried, the dog slave just wouldn't let him go.

Xiao De's strength was not as good as before, he tossed it all over, and he was tired, he gasped and said in disgust, "Okay, don't talk about this palace, you dog slave stay away from this palace." ”

Dezhuang got the master's letter, so he was willing to let go.

After Xiao De regained his freedom, he glanced at Xiao Xun and Lu Nianjin resentfully, flicked his sleeves, turned around and left the table......

During the feast, no one dared to mention what had just happened.

In the end, Xiao Ke broke the silence, raised his wine glass and said with a smile, "Come, let's raise a glass together, I wish the grandfather of the country a blessing like the East China Sea, a longevity than Nanshan, a pine crane prolonging the year, and a bamboo evergreen!" ”

As soon as the others saw that someone had lifted the siege, they immediately raised their glasses and echoed, "I wish the grandfather of the country a long life and a long life, and the bamboo will be evergreen." ”

Lu Nianjin also raised a glass in the crowd, but his face was not very good.

Under the table, Xiao Xun gently held her hand and said in a deep voice, "Jin'er, don't be afraid, there is this palace." ”

Lu Nianjin looked at him, and between her eyes, she nodded lightly.

With such a farce as Xiao De, the second half of the birthday banquet was actually a little cold and embarrassing, and after the feast, some people left one after another.

Lu Nianjin also wanted to leave earlier, but in this way, he seemed to be a thief, so he simply stayed until the end.

It wasn't until night that she said goodbye to Chengguo Gong and left with the "big gift" prepared for her by Lu Jiayi.

As for the sixty-six thousand taels of silver that the old lady should have given, she would have to wait a few more days.

On the carriage of the National Teacher's Mansion, as soon as Lu Nianjin got into the car, he leaned on the pillow coyly, Xiao Xun sat down opposite her, covered her somewhat cold hands, and said, "Your life experience, this palace has already found out some eyebrows, or it won't be long before it will be revealed." ”

"What did you find?" Lu Nianjin looked at Xiao Xun and asked with a sigh.

"Your mother gave birth to you eight months after entering the Lu family, and eight months ago, for half a year, Lu He was in the northwest. The palace has already sent someone to the northwest, as long as it is proved that he has not returned to the capital in that half a year, there will be no problem with your life experience. ”

Lu Nianjin heard him say, his eyes lit up slightly, "When will the prince's people rush back." ”

"Two or three months!"

Lu Nianjin lowered his eyes, his voice was a little hoarse, "I don't know if it's too late." ”

"No matter what, Hongu will protect you." Xiao Xun held Lu Nianjin's hand tighter and promised.

Lu Nianjin smiled abruptly, "I hope it won't come to that day." ”

Xiao Xun hummed and didn't say anything more.

Chengguo Mansion, as soon as the old lady returned to Nanqiu Courtyard, she locked Lu Jiayi in the Buddhist hall, and then asked someone to invite Xiao Shi over.

For more than a year, Xiao and the old lady have completely torn their faces, and now that they heard Liu's mother's report that the old lady wanted to see her, her heart immediately chuckled, and after a moment's relief, she looked at Liu's mother and asked, "Who is the person who came to report?" ”

Mother Liu said with a complicated face, "It's Mama Kang." ”

That's the way to go! Xiao pursed his lips tightly.

A quarter of an hour later, she took Liu's mother's hand out of the peony courtyard.

Outside, Mama Kang was already waiting a little impatiently.

"Madame, please!" Seeing Xiao Shi come out, she bowed slightly and made an inviting gesture.

Xiao Shi made a gentle expression, stuffed a purse for Mama Kang, and asked tentatively, "Mama knows, what did my mother call me over?" ”

Mama Kang accepted the purse, but refused to reveal any real news, just smiled and said, "The old lady hasn't spoken to the second lady for a long time, so let the old slave take you over to talk." ”

Of course, Xiao Shi didn't believe this reason, but Mama Kang's mouth was tight, and she tried her best to ask, but she couldn't pry her mouth open. I could only walk towards Nanqiu Courtyard with a full stomach full of doubts and walking on thin ice.

When I arrived at Nanqiu Courtyard, Mama Kang went in to report.

It took another quarter of an hour for her to enter.

In the warm pavilion, the old lady was leaning on the big pillow and pretending to sleep, when she heard someone coming in, she opened her eyes, looked at Xiao Shi, who was half-squatting there, waved her hand, and said, "Sit down!" ”

"Thank you, Mother." Xiao Shi agreed, and sat down on the brocade on the side.

As soon as she sat down, a little maid came over with bird's nest.

Xiao wanted to refuse, but was stabbed by the old lady and said, "This thing is not poisonous, eat it!" ”

Xiao Shi smiled, had to hold the bird's nest and eat, after eating, wiped her mouth, and cleaned her hands, she sat upright and asked the old lady, "I don't know what my mother has to ask me to come over today?" ”

The old lady drooped her old eyelids, twisted the Buddha beads in her hand, and said, "It's not that I have something to tell you, it's the crown princess who asked me to bring you a message." ”

"W-What?" Xiao asked cautiously, Lu Nianjin is no longer the little maid in the second room of the Chengguo Mansion who let her exploit and kill, she is only afraid of her now.

The old lady saw the caution and trepidation on Xiao's face clearly, and said, "She asked for the moon silver that she should have given her in the past ten years." ”

Xiao Shi was shocked, "Why did you suddenly mention this stubble?" ”

The old lady didn't answer her question, but said quietly, "A total of 66,000 taels!" ”

Xiao Shi screamed, almost rolled off the brocade and fell to the ground, and said discoloredly, "So much? ”

The old lady snorted, "The prince personally calculated." ”

Xiao's eyes rolled, and he was completely speechless.

"You go back and prepare, and send it to the crown princess in the next few days." The old lady had already explained what she said, so she didn't want to keep Xiao as an eyesore, so she directly issued an eviction order.

Hearing this, Xiao Shi raised his head suddenly, his eyes widened, and he said in disbelief, "Mother means that I will come out alone for these 66,000 taels?" ”

The old lady raised her eyebrows, "Otherwise! Second daughter-in-law, for so many years, you are in charge of the Guogong Mansion. ”

"But the crown princess has had eighty percent of the monthly cases in the past ten years, and I have used it on my sister-in-law Jiayi!" Xiao Shi stared at the old lady and shouted in sadness and despair.

The old lady was indifferent, "Jiayi is your sister-in-law, you love her as a sister-in-law, shouldn't you give her something?" ”

Xiao Shi was slapped angrily by the old lady's shameless words, "Mother, you are so chilling!" ”

The old lady sneered, "I chill your heart? Xiao Fengge, let me tell you, if I really want to chill your heart, Boli has already had a group of wives and concubines around him, and he has married a flat wife! ”

When Xiao Shi heard the old lady say this, his face turned pale.

She couldn't hear it, this was the old lady's threat to her, if she didn't come up with the 66,000 taels of silver this time, she would take advantage of the fact that there was no son in the second room, and she would try her best to add a wife to Lu Boli.

Her lips trembled desperately, but she couldn't say a word.

"Go back and think about it yourself!" The old lady really doesn't want to see Xiao now, and she has issued an eviction order.

Xiao saw the old lady's ruthlessness in his eyes and listened to it.

At this moment, she really understood that this old witch was a jackal, tiger and leopard who only ate people and did not spit out bones.

If she compromises again this time, then in the near future, there will definitely be a second and third time......

She won't stop without squeezing all the scum of her bones dry.

And she is now thirty-five or sixteen years old, not to mention whether she can have a son in the future, if she takes 10,000 steps back, even if she is born, can she still afford to raise a child after being squeezed dry by the old lady?

Not to mention, Shi'er is already sixteen years old and is about to leave the cabinet, so she can't even complete the dowry for her daughter......

Thinking of this, her originally dilated pupils suddenly focused, looked at the old lady and said, "Mother, I will never admit this account!" ”

"The flowers are all on my sister-in-law's body, and it won't be my turn to compensate!"

"If you force me again, I will send all the account books of our Guogong Mansion over the years to the National Teacher's Mansion, so that the crown princess can take a closer look at who is the person who has treated her harshly and drunk her blood all these years! Even if she wants justice, don't find the wrong person! ”

The old lady's face was blue by Xiao's words, she grabbed the incense burner on the table and smashed it at Xiao, Xiao hesitated for a moment when she dodged, and the palm-sized incense burner just smashed on her front door, and blood suddenly flowed out.

"Mother, you are so ruthless," Xiao Shi knelt on the ground, wiped his tears, "For the sake of my sister-in-law and tens of thousands of taels of silver, I actually want to force my daughter-in-law to death!" ”

The old lady's eyes were red with anger, she was panting for breath, and her hands were trembling.

She was just impulsive, where would she have thought that she would really smash Xiao Shi.

Now it's okay, she is reasonable and unreasonable, and Xiao's unreasonable has also become reasonable.

After a long time, she calmed down and said to Xiao Shi, "One and a half, you pay 33,000 taels, and I pay 33,000 taels." ”

Xiao Shi had already pressed the wound on his forehead with a snow-white handkerchief, and sneered, "I only took 20%, and at most only 20%, if it is extraordinary, my mother doesn't even think about it!" ”

Old lady: "......"

She took a deep look at the wound on Xiao's head, and said in her heart, two achievements and two percent are better than nothing.

"Yes," she relieved.

Xiao Shi stood up from the brocade, "Then the daughter-in-law will go back and prepare the silver first." ”

The old lady didn't make a sound, only glanced at Mama Kang coldly.

Mama Kang understood, took two steps forward, and walked towards Xiao Shidao, "The old slave sent the second lady back." ”

Xiao didn't know the old lady's thoughts, wasn't he afraid that she would tell the truth of the matter!

A quarter of an hour later, Mama Kang returned.

The old lady opened her pretend eyes, glanced at her, and said, "What did Xiao Shi say?" ”

Mama Kang bowed down and said, "The second lady is very sensible, Mother Liu smelled it, and only said that she didn't pay attention to her feet, accidentally tripped and fell on the corner of the table." ”

The old lady snorted coldly, "Count her acquaintances." ”

National Teacher's House.

Xiao Xun sent Lu Nianjin back to Luoshen Garden, and was about to leave, before he left, Lu Nianjin pulled his sleeve and asked, "Is the prince going to deal with the eldest brother's affairs?" ”

Xiao inquired and bowed, "I'm going to the Criminal Department." ”

"Then ......" Lu Nianjin looked at his eyes, hesitated a little, and said, "Can the crown prince ask his father for a favor on behalf of his eldest brother and allow him to participate in the spring festival of the coming year with his left hand?" ”

"This palace will mention it to my father when I turn around."

"Thank you, Prince!" Lu Nianjin thanked him in surprise.

Xiao Xun raised his hand and rubbed it vigorously before she felt it, "It's not early, you can rest well." If the main palace comes back late, it will rest directly in the front yard. ”

Lu Nianjin nodded and sent him out.

Xiao Xun left Luoshenyuan, left the National Teacher's Mansion, and went straight to the Criminal Department.

He sent a message to Xiao Ke in advance, yes, he and Yuan Tong were there. Yuan Tong is Xiao Ke's brother-in-law and Yuan Qin's eldest brother.

The three of them went directly to the prison of the Criminal Department.

In the prison, Huang Lun was locked up alone in a clean room, while Su Yan and Wang Ji were locked in the darkest and most damp collective cell.

"Lord Yuan, you go to interrogate Wang Ji alone, and this palace and Xiao Ke interrogate Su Yan!" Xiao Xun commanded coldly.

Yuan Tong agreed, and walked with Xiao Xun to the two opposite torture rooms.

Xiao Xun was here, and it didn't take long for Su Yan to be brought over by the jailer.

"Don't kneel down and salute the crown prince and Xiao Siqing yet!" The jailer is Yuan Tong's henchman, he knows Xiao Xun and Xiao Ke, and when he saw Su Yan looking at him with his head depressed, he directly kicked him in the crook of the leg and kicked him to his knees.

Su Yan lay on the ground in embarrassment, his eyes widening suddenly.

A flash of inspiration crossed his mind, could it be that Huang Lun's backer was the prince?!

Thinking of this, he trembled all over, almost in a trance. If Huang Lun's backer is really the crown prince, then this time not only him, but also his family will not end well.

"Anyway, who instructed you and Wang Ji to deal with Huang Lun?" Xiao Xun sat down on the Taishi chair, looked at Su Yan on the ground, and asked in a cold voice.

Su Yan bit his lip tightly, not knowing whether to admit it or not.

Xiao Ke didn't bother to ask, he looked directly at the various families in the torture room and said, "Why should the prince force it, we can use all the eighteen torture tools in this torture room on him once, and at that time, this Su Gongzi is only afraid that he will cry and beg for a confession!" You don't let him say that he is in a hurry with you! ”

"Then do as you say!"

Xiao Ke was about to come up to the front, but Su Yan, who was kneeling on the ground, saw this and hurriedly shouted, "Don't! The prince, Xiao Siqing, don't move! I'll tell you whatever you ask! ”

"Is that true?"

"Hui, Hui's words to the prince are true, and the villain doesn't dare to deceive the prince!"

"Then tell me everything you know," Xiao Xun said coldly, "Also, there are also people in the execution room next door interrogating Wang Ji, if you say something less or say something wrong, don't blame this palace for being ruthless!" ”

"The villain doesn't dare, the villain doesn't dare ......"

"Get down to business!"

Su Yan lay on the ground and recalled for a while before he spoke, "Back to the prince's words, it was the day before the release of the list, someone stuffed a letter under Xiao He Wang Ji's pillow, and the letter said that Huang Lun had cheated, saying that he was already the internal Xie Yuanlang...... At the end of the letter, he also said that if Xiao He Wang Ji could expose this matter under the list, he would help Xiao He and Wang Ji find a serious errand in the six yamen......"

When Xiao Xun heard this, he didn't know what he thought, his eyes were gloomy, he suddenly stood up and walked straight out.

Xiao Ke didn't know what was going on, so he hurriedly chased after him.

The two walked all the way to the back house of the Criminal Department, Xiao Ke looked at Xiao Xun's solemn face, and asked tentatively, "Does the eldest brother have something on his mind?" ”

Xiao Xun lowered his eyes and remained silent.

Xiao Ke sighed and asked again, "Then what to do with those scholars?" ”

Xiao Xun pondered for a moment and said, "Su Yan and Wang Ji will be punished with finger swinging, fifty rods, and they will not be officials within three generations." Those who are officials in the clan are all degraded. ”

"The remaining candidates will not be allowed to take the examination for twenty or twenty years."

"I see." Xiao Ke agreed, and then, as if remembering something, he asked Xiao Xun again, "Big brother, at today's banquet in the Chengguo Mansion, the three princes ......."

"It's none of your business!" Xiao Xun interrupted him, and then pulled his legs and walked towards the outside of the punishment department.

Xiao Ke touched his nose in embarrassment, sighed, and went back to the prison to find Yuan Tong.

In the execution room on the other side, Yuan Tong also finished interrogating Wang Ji.

What he explained was exactly the same as what Su Yan explained.

"What about the prince?" Seeing Xiao Ke coming alone, Yuan Tonghu asked suspiciously.

"Big brother still has something to do, so I'll leave first."

"And what about these people?" Yuan Tong asked.

Xiao Ke directly said what Xiao Xun meant, and Yuan Tongcai was relieved.

On the other side, Xiao Xun walked out of the yamen of the Criminal Department and walked alone on the street.

In the end, I unconsciously walked to the vicinity of Anlebo House.

With a slight frown in his eyebrows, he suddenly picked up his light skills and swept towards the back house of the Meng family......

When he arrived, Meng Qingting's courtyard was closed with doors and windows, and all the maids and servants were arranged outside the courtyard.

Xiao Xun felt that he might be able to spy on something, so he landed directly on the roof and gently lifted up a piece of glazed tile.

Then, the next moment, he regretted it.

Meng Qingting was actually giving Xiao Ze ......

It's so unsightly!

He was so disgusted that he didn't even have time to put the tiles back in before he flew off the roof......

The next day, at the court meeting, Yushitai explained that Yuanlang was beaten and couldn't take care of himself, and ruthlessly participated in Su Yan and Wang Ji.

When the emperor heard that the future pillars of the country were beaten half to death, the emperor was also furious, and he glanced at the ministers coldly and asked, "What do you think should be done with this matter?" ”

Xiao Ke was the first to come out of the ranks, stepped forward and said, "Emperor Qi, the minister thinks that this matter must be killed and dealt with, otherwise who will dare to take the first place in the future examination!" ”

"Then how does Xiao Siqing think he should be punished?"

Xiao Ke said, "Su Yan and Wang Ji should be punished with fingers, fifty rods, and they must not be officials within three generations." There are officials in the clan, and they are all degraded. ”

"The remaining candidates will not be allowed to take the examination for twenty or twenty years."

What he said was exactly what Xiao Xun told him yesterday.

The emperor still agreed, waved his hand and said, "Just do as you say!" ”

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Yuan Tong stepped forward and gave his hand in response.

The emperor waved his hand, thought about it, and mentioned Huang Lun again, "As for this Huang Sheng, I remember that he is quite talented, but his luck is not good, and he is really pitiful, so he will give him ......" He was about to announce the reward.

At this time, Xiao Xun stepped forward and said, "Father, although Huang Lun's right hand can no longer hold the pen, his left hand is still completely lacking!" ”

"What do you mean?"

"If my father is willing to give Huang Lun a chance, he will not let my father down after half a year."

The emperor pondered for a moment and said, "That's fine, men just have to rely on themselves, I will give him a chance and allow him to use his left hand to answer the questions!" ”

"The son thanked his father on behalf of Huang Lun!" Xiao Xun thanked him.

The emperor heard the unusual relationship between the two, he raised his eyebrows slightly, and asked, "Isn't the prince quite friendly with this Huang Sheng?" ”

Xiao Xun said indifferently, "Huang Lun is the princess's brother-in-law. ”

Then, he told the relationship between Lu Nianjin and the Huang family again, and after the emperor listened to it, he nodded again and again, "I just said, how can this Huang Lun's article be so insightful, it turned out to be the princess's brother-in-law!" ”

Xiao Xun's face was pale and he didn't say anything more.

After the court meeting, he went to the political hall for a turn and returned to the National Teacher's Mansion.

In Luoshen Garden, Lu Nianjin finished breakfast and was taking Ji'er to play on the bed outside the courtyard, teaching him to call Daddy.

When Xiao Xun arrived, he was just in time for Ji'er to call his first father.

At that moment, he looked at his wife and young son in front of him, and only felt that there seemed to be a warm current surging in his heart, and his whole heart was sour and soft.

"Daddy!" Ji'er kicked his feet, looked at the man with a long body not far away, and called out again.

Lu Nianjin followed his gaze, and when she saw that it was Xiao Xun, she smiled slightly and said, "The prince is back." ”

Xiao Xun greeted her smile, stepped forward step by step, and explained to her, "At the court meeting, my father has allowed Huang Lun to participate in the examination with his left hand. ”

"As for Su Yan and Wang Ji, one person will be punished with fifty canes, and since their fathers, three generations are not allowed to be officials."

"Other scholars will be punished with a rod for twenty years, and they will not be allowed to be officials for twenty years."

Lu Nianjin bowed slightly, "This result is okay." ”

"One more thing," Xiao Xun pondered for a moment and then said.

"What?"

"Su Yan and Wang Ji are not the culprits of this matter, someone behind the scenes instructed them to do this."

"Who is it?" Lu Nianjin asked in a deep voice.

"This palace suspects that it is Meng Qingting! Only she can know in advance that Huang Lun is the future Xie Yuan. ”

"That's her!" Lu Nianjin said with a sad mouth.