Chapter 162: Winter Snow

After returning to the post station, Gu Changfeng did not go to see Mu Qianxue, but packed his luggage and left Jinling City before the city gate was closed, and when the news reached King Rui's Mansion, it was already the second day.

"This Lord Gu, if you can't pass on a word, how can you leave without a sound." Xia Yue complained and said to Mu Qianxue, who was painting: "Princess, do you want to send someone to chase him?" ”

A peony took shape under Mu Qianxue's pen and bloomed in this cold winter, "Why chase?" ”

Xia Yue replied without hesitation: "Of course, I asked the princess about the things you entrusted to him before. ”

After finishing the last stroke, Mu Qianxue put down the brush in her hand and said with a smile: "Isn't saying goodbye the best answer?" ”

Xia Yue looked at her blankly, "What kind of answer is this?" ”

A butterfly that flew into the house at some point flapped its gorgeous wings and flew onto the lifelike peony, trying to absorb the scarce nectar of this winter day, but it was just a painting.

"Gu Changfeng is not a person who has no explanation, and he left without leaving a word, there is only one reason, that is, he has persuaded Emperor Zhou." Mu Qianxue took a plum from the amphora that the maid had just picked this morning, and moved it to the butterfly, who smelled the fragrance of the flowers, and immediately flapped her wings and flew to the plum blossoms, sucking the nectar hungryly.

"I see." Suddenly, Xia Yue said happily: "In this way, the princess doesn't have to worry about the queen mother's marriage in the future?" ”

Mu Qianxue breathed a sigh of relief, "As long as it is not exposed, it should be." ”

A cold wind poured in, causing the silver charcoal that was burning in the basin to flash a few times, and Nineteen pushed the door in, and lowered his eyes, "Princess, they have arrived." ”

"It's just the right time." The corners of Mu Qianxue's lips lifted lightly, and her eyes said indifferently: "Let them go to the criminal department together tomorrow to shout grievances, and make as much trouble as it gets; After so many days of excitement, it suddenly became deserted, presumably they were not used to it. ”

Nineteen said hesitantly: "A wave has just leveled and a wave has risen, I am worried that such a frequent rhythm will arouse His Majesty's suspicions, why don't you talk about it later?" ”

"Do you think he doesn't suspect it now?" Mu Qianxue looked at the butterfly that had sucked enough nectar at the moment and fluttered its wings in the room, and said coldly: "I'm afraid he has already sent someone to track it down in secret." ”

Nineteen frowned and said, "Since the princess knows, why do you have to rush forward so quickly, aren't you afraid of backfire?" ”

Mu Qianxue smiled slightly, "In the case of Wei Wenbin, in order to frustrate the spirit of the Wei family, King Rong and King An not only strongly advocated severe punishment in the court, but also secretly wooed the ministers to seek their support; As soon as these two cases come out tomorrow, who do you say Emperor Zhou will suspect first? ”

Nineteen's eyelids jumped slightly, "King Rong and King An?" ”

"Not bad." Mu Qianxue twisted the plum branch with a sharply reduced aroma, put it to the tip of her nose and sniffed it gently, "In addition, people are in a state of anger and anxiety, it is easy to make wrong decisions, Wei Wenbin's case, he has already missed it once, if it is wrong again...... What do you think the people of Jinling will think of him? ”

Nineteen lowered her head and pondered her words, and after a long time, she raised her eyes and said, "I understand, I will do what you want." ”

This night, in the howling cold wind passed, not long after the sky just brightened, the drums of grievances outside the yamen of the criminal department sounded one after another, there were two families complaining about grievances, they did not know each other, and the grievances they complained about were not the same, but they strangely had one thing in common, that is, the people they sued, all surnamed Wei, are distant relatives of the current Queen Mother.

The two cases soon became known to everyone, and every time the trial began, many people would listen outside the hall, and the teahouse tavern was full of discussions.

Dongfang Hui, who had been peaceful for two days, fell into a state of anxiety again because of these two cases, one encircled the land, and the other robbed the people's daughters and beat people to death, all of which were conclusive evidence, but the local government colluded with the Wei clan to deliberately sentence them to lose the lawsuit.

All those involved in this case were sent by the Criminal Department to be detained and interrogated in situ, and it took almost a month before the trial was concluded, and the defendants were convicted in both cases, and according to the laws of the Great Zhou, they should be sentenced to confiscation and capital respectively; However, the final punishment of the Chengde Temple was exile and deportation, both of which were lighter than those of the law.

Such a frank protection of the Chengde Hall undoubtedly makes the people of Jinling more dissatisfied with the emperor of Dongfang Hui, although this dissatisfaction is not a threat to Dongfang Hui for a while, but in the long run, one day it will turn into a prairie fire!

On November 20, the first snow of the year fell, and the white snowflakes drifted down from the low-hanging sky of the lead clouds, and fell as light as goose feathers, densely falling on the bluestone paved ground.

In Ningshou Palace, Yin Qiu took the charcoal basin with good silver charcoal and put it at the feet of the Empress Dowager Wei, the same charcoal basin, there were four in the hall, making it warm like spring here, and the cold dripping water outside the hall was diametrically opposed.

Yin Qiu took a piece of purple velvet carpet woven with ruyi tuanwen patterns from the hands of the palace people and covered it on the knee of the Empress Dowager Wei, and said softly: "Empress Dowager, is it still cold?" ”

"Much better." Empress Dowager Wei stroked the soft and thick velvet blanket, shook her head and said: "It's really not as good as a year, the mourning family remembers that last year was not so afraid of the cold, old man!" ”

Yin Qiu handed the tea to the still cold hands of the Empress Dowager Wei, and said with a smile: "The Empress Dowager is in her prime, and she has nothing to do with the word 'old'. ”

"You, you will make the mourning family happy." Empress Dowager Wei took a sip of tea with a smile, stroked the slightly hot wall and said slowly: "Wei Hu, how are they?" The Wei Hu and others in her mouth are the distant relatives of the Wei family who were punished for enclosing land and robbing people's daughters.

"If you go back to the Queen Mother, I will be escorted out of Jinling by the messenger yesterday." Seeing that Empress Dowager Wei's brows were deeply locked, Yin Qiu comforted: "Don't worry, the Empress Dowager has already taken care of it, and the servants will take good care of them along the way, and they will not be wronged." After a pause, she smiled and said, "By the way, there is a happy event that the slave forgot to tell the Queen Mother." ”

Empress Dowager Wei said in surprise: "What a happy event? ”

"Yesterday, when Imperial Doctor Li checked Concubine Zheng's pulse, he found that Zheng Niangniang had been pregnant for more than a month."

Empress Dowager Wei bowed her head happily, "It's indeed a gratifying thing, the mourning family remembers that the last time the concubine was pregnant, it was before the emperor ascended the throne, right?" ”

Yin Qiu said with a smile: "The Queen Mother has a good memory, the last time was three years ago, Liu Zhaoyi gave birth to Emperor Huairou. ”

"There are already several emperors under the emperor's knees, but the prince only has one, I hope Concubine Zheng can add another prince to the emperor this time." Saying that, she said, "Later, you go to the warehouse and send the pair of Wufu Ruyi to Concubine Zheng to rest on her pillow." ”

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