When Zhao Mingxi woke up, Empress Dowager Pu began to tease the child again.

Not long after, Liu Zhaohou also came.

He just greeted, "Sister Xu,"

Empress Dowager Pu raised her head and smiled, "Monkey, she is your cousin-in-law, don't call it wrong." ”

Liu Zhaohou pouted, "Imperial grandmother, I like to call her sister and listen to her. ”

Because Liu Zhaohou looks a little like Liu Ying, Empress Dowager Pu loves him from childhood to adulthood. smiled, "Okay, good, you can call your sister if you want to, both horizontally and vertically are the same generation." ”

Xu Lanyin thought of the eldest princess of Nanyang and Chai Juma, and said with a smile, "The eldest princess of Nanyang and Chai Juma are my grandmother and grandfather on my mother's side, and Chai Jun is my cousin." From this side, they are the imperial aunt and uncle, Chai Jun is still my nephew, am I not the same generation as my mother? ”

Empress Dowager Pu was happy. said, "The generations of the big family are chaotic, especially the royal family, and the generations are even more unclear, and some grandmothers here have married grandchildren over there." Except for your father and mother, everyone else is called according to the seniority here. She didn't want Nanyang to be called the same generation as her.

While laughing, the sun outside had already set in the west, and the crown princess Zhang came with her grandson Liu Yuanming and daughter Liu Min. The prince has no heirs, he is nearly thirty years old and has only one son and one daughter, Liu Min is five years old, and he was born to the prince Liangyuan.

Xu Lanyin got up and saluted the crown princess, and thanked the prince for his help.

The crown princess wiped her eyes with a handkerchief and said, "That day, I heard His Royal Highness the Crown Prince tell me what happened to the imperial aunt and cousin. The Pu family is too ruthless, how could they bear to force the little imperial aunt to become a monk, and finally killed her......"

Empress Dowager Pu said angrily, "Sending Ying'er to become a monk is still my mother's kindness, otherwise, Ying'er will be killed at that time." Then he said sadly, "I was just better, and you came to cry again." ”

The crown princess hurriedly wiped away her tears with a handkerchief and said with a smile, "The granddaughter-in-law should die, and it made the imperial grandmother sad again." ”

Liu Yuanming smiled at Xu Lanyin and said, "You were my cousin before, and now you are my cousin." ”

Twelve-year-old Liu Yuanming behaved old-fashioned, and it was rare to say a joke like this, which made the Queen Mother smile and squint.

The Queen Mother smiled, "Your imperial grandfather has only one sister, and the two brothers Zhuo Feng and Zhuo An are the closest to your father's blood, so they will be closer in the future." ”

Liu Yuanming responded, "Naturally. ”

Not long after, the emperor and the crown prince came directly from the Huangji Palace and had dinner in Cining Palace.

Xu Lanyin kowtowed to the emperor.

The emperor is nearly fifty years old, and he looks energetic and red, much better than the prince's spiritual head who is as thin as a vine and lacks a left arm.

His attitude was very kind, and he smiled, "Get up." I have heard Zhuo An praise you, saying that you are smart, hearty, beautiful and virtuous......"

Xu Lanyin blushed and said modestly, "Don't dare to be." ”

Empress Dowager Pu said with a smile, "Because the girl is a good child, Zhuo An is blessed, and she can still find such a good daughter-in-law among the people." No matter how capable a man is, he must also have a virtuous daughter-in-law. Look at the Pu family, the elder brother of the mourning family married a ruthless scourge, not only killed Ying'er, but also put the Pu family into it. ”

The emperor nodded thoughtfully, and said to Mother Qian, who was holding the child, "Bring Mingxi over and let me take a look." ”

Mother Qian walked over and knelt down, and the emperor reached out to hug the child.

What kind of grace does his move mean Xu Lanyin doesn't know, but the Queen Mother is very happy. The emperor has only held three children with his own hands, one is the prince when he was a child, one is Liu Yuanming when he was a child, and the third is Liu Mingxi.

The emperor's eyes softened even more, and he smiled, "This kid is also a little like me." ”

The Queen Mother smiled, "Of course it's like that." The emperor and Ying'er look alike, this child is like Ying'er, and he is also like the emperor. ”

The emperor laughed a few more times, took out a piece of dragon jade pendant from his waist, stuffed it in the placket of Liu Mingxi's chest, and then handed the child to Mother Qian.

The emperor and the crown prince said a few words about the Pu family, the Pu family committed the crime of bullying the king, persecuting the royal bloodline, and disregarding human life, and the evidence was conclusive. He was punished for multiple crimes, sentenced to death by the Huang family (Mrs. Pu), confiscated the property of the Pu family, degraded all the clansmen as concubines, and sent them back to their original places. Because the Pu family is the queen mother's family, the emperor's uncle's family, it is impossible to copy all the houses. As for how to punish Uncle Pu and his children and grandchildren, the emperor still has to seek the opinion of the queen mother.

Empress Dowager Pu gritted her teeth and said, "The Huang family is vicious, killing Ying'er, and killing Ying'er's whole family, she must cut off her children and grandchildren." Her own sons and grandsons, none of them remained. My brother and his concubines, who were not involved in this, spare their lives. At the beginning, the mother of the mourning family had good intentions to save Ying'er's life, and the mourning family could not drive out her children and grandchildren. ”

Xu Lan was secretly cool, and the Huang family, Pu Yuanjie and Pu Yuanqing, who had done all the bad things, were all punished as they deserved. Although it is a pity that Uncle Pu Lao Guo saved his life, this is also expected, after all, he is the queen mother's own brother.

As for the Wen family, Wen Yan and his wife must be a capital crime, and Mrs. Wen has the intercession of the Wen brothers, and the emperor will deal with it at his discretion. Wen Guogong's supervision is unfavorable, he will demote the knighthood, and he will also let him pass the title directly to the head of the long house, Sun Wen Zhaofeng. If it weren't for Brother Wen Zhuofeng, he would have been relegated to his title to the end and relegated to his original position.

Empress Dowager Pu said, "The cause of Ying'er's death can surface, mainly because of Zhuo An...... "She generally doesn't interfere in court affairs, and the conversation stops at the point."

The emperor said with a smile, "Don't worry, the queen mother is not only the son of the imperial sister, but also has great ability, he has made great contributions to eradicating those two rebels." I still want to reuse him, and I won't wronged him. ”

The crown prince also said, "Cousin Zhuo'an, who is both civil and military, is a rare talent. ”

They are the most powerful people in the world, and the fate of many people is determined by laughter.

In the evening, Xu Lanyin went to the side hall, and Zhao Mingxi still accompanied the Queen Mother to live in the warm pavilion.

Xu Lanyin and Zhao Mingxi stayed in Cining Palace for three days, and the matter of the Pu and Wen families was also settled.

Huang was sentenced to death, and her two biological sons Pu Yuanjie and Pu Yuanqing and their sons and grandsons, as well as several children and grandchildren of the Pu family who persecuted Liu Ying and Wen Xing, were all executed. Pu Hong (the old uncle) and his concubine who did not participate in this matter degraded the people back to their original places.

Wen Xing and Liu were sentenced to be executed, and their sister-in-law Wen Zhuohua was sentenced to exile. sentenced Mrs. Wen to be righteous and rushed back to her parents' house.

Qingguo Gong, who cooled down the country, was the Marquis of Dongqing, and the hereditary reckless was reduced to three generations. Marquis Wen had already handed over the fold and asked to pass the title to his eldest grandson, Wen Zhuo'an.

In addition, Liu Ying was posthumously crowned as the eldest princess of Changhe, and Ma Wen was given a mansion in Xiqinghou, 20,000 taels of silver, 5,000 acres of fertile land, and a number of brocades, jewelry and ornaments.

Wen Juma was deceased, and the title was inherited by his second son, Wen Zhuo'an, and the mansion and property were inherited by his second son.

This is the debt and compensation of the Queen Mother and the Emperor to Liu Ying and her descendants.