Chapter 81
Yongwang's Mansion
Princess Yong Yu Fei ordered someone to boil a bird's nest, and personally took someone to the main hall where King Yong lived with the bird's nest. It's almost winter, and the capital is already chilling, but these maids are still wearing thin shirts, revealing large areas of delicate skin.
Aunt Li knelt in the hall, and both of them burst into tears. Aunt Li is an aunt and nephew, and Aunt Li gave birth to the second son of King Yong, and the charm still exists; Aunt Li is at a prime age, and she is weak. Now the two of them are kneeling under the hall, but King Yong doesn't even look at it, only closes his eyes and enjoys.
As soon as Princess Yong Yu Fei came in, King Yong didn't open her eyes, and Aunt Li, who was kneeling, and the maids who were waiting in the room didn't look at the mistress of the palace.
Yu Fei adjusted his facial expression, showed a perfect smile, and said in a sweet and greasy voice: "Lord Wang, if things are dry today, I am afraid that Lord Wang's throat will be uncomfortable, so I specially ordered the kitchen to boil bird's nest and send it to moisten the throat of Lord Wang." β
King Yong slowly opened his eyes at this time, and replied unconcernedly: "Well, if you have a heart, let it go." β
Yu Fei stepped forward and unceremoniously repelled a group of beautiful maids, and stood next to King Yong by himself, and fed King Yong a bird's nest intimately. It was as if she saw Aunt Li kneeling under the hall, and said in surprise: "What's the matter?" Why are you crying and wiping your tears? Lord Wang, but they made a mistake? β
Yu Fei put down the exquisite porcelain bowl in his hand, snuggled into King Yong's arms again, and said: "Lord Wang, even if the two Aunt Li are wrong, for the sake of their dedication for many years, the concubine is here to ask for a favor for them, don't be angry, don't be angry, right?" These words are enough to be the head of the housewife's leniency, but it is a pity that she is beside King Yong, and she does not have a sitting face, and she wears heavy makeup, but it is more like a flattering flattery.
King Yong held Yu Fei's boneless soft twing, "Doesn't the princess know what they are doing this for?" King Yong asked with interest.
"I don't know about the concubine." Yu Fei's expression did not move.
"Their father and brother have committed a great crime and have been taken to Beijing to be punished. At this moment, they are pleading with me, wanting me to save their father and brother. Does the princess think this king should be saved? King Yong looked at Yu Fei with interest. Some cloudy eyes were shining shrewdly at this time.
"I don't know about this concubine." Yu Feijiao laughed, looked at the two Aunt Li who were still kneeling, and said: "But the country has national laws, and the family has family rules, and their family members have violated the national law and have their own national laws to deal with them; However, the two aunts are also meritorious in serving, and the father and brother are all in it, and it is pitiful to think about it, it is better for the prince to see that they have been loyal for so many years, and give a reward, which can be regarded as calming the hearts of the aunts. β
Yu Fei's words seem to be a good person on the surface, but unfortunately they fell on the ears of the two Aunt Li, which is tantamount to slapping their faces in public. What did Yu Fei take them for?!
Pugs? When they look happy, they throw a bone, and they want to be grateful to Dade!
"The princess is right, since you say so, presumably if it is your turn, you must think so?" King Yong continued to ask.
"Nature." Yu Fei pursed her lips secretly, her maiden home is the dignified Jingyong Mansion, where can she move the Jingyong Mansion when she is idle.
"You're not here for your cousin?" King Yong looked at Yu Fei with a smile and asked slowly.
"My cousin? What did the prince say? The concubine didn't understand. Yu Fei was stunned for a moment, and he didn't understand how this matter came to himself, and he was very confused.
"The princess doesn't know? Your cousin Yu Wenan has been escorted to the lobby of the Criminal Department for questioning because he is suspected of cheating in the township test. King Yong looked at Yu Fei's expression and said again.
"Yu Wen'an?" Yu Fei was shocked, she was concerned about the imperial examination this time, but her brother Yu Wenda didn't even pass the hospital examination, she felt embarrassed and bored, so she threw away her hand and stopped paying attention. Later, Yu Wen'an also came to report the good news to the Jingyong Mansion, but it was still the same sentence, which card is Yu Wen'an a person on the card? In the past, Yu Fei wouldn't even say a word to him when he was in the house, but now that he has been lifted, he has not benefited Yu Fei at all.
Yu Fei didn't even bother to deal with the scene, so he sent the people from the Jingyong Mansion back. I didn't expect to hear this here at King Yong today.
Yu Wen'an! Yu Fei gritted her teeth and said in her heart, don't go to the exam if you don't have a talent to learn, you know that she will be embarrassed! Yu Fei has never looked down on the third room, and now that Yu Wenan has an accident, he has no idea of both prosperity and loss. Yu Fei's mind turned, her words were said just now, wouldn't it be a self-slap to the mouth if she wanted to talk back at this time, anyway, she didn't care if Yu Wenan was dead or alive, it was better to use it to fulfill her.
"What the prince said, the concubine body really doesn't know, but if it's really as the prince said, cousin Wen'an has committed a big crime, and the concubine body doesn't have the face to intercede with her, everything will be dealt with in accordance with the law of the country." Having said that, Yu Fei is obviously piercing but pretending to be strong.
King Yong took Yu Fei into his arms and patted her on the shoulder. After Yu Fei's face turned clear, he spoke to the two Li family members who were still kneeling in the hall, "You learn from the princess and get the general knowledge." Don't say that the law of the country is intolerable, even if it can be tolerated, the person was personally found out by the prince, and he sent people back to Beijing to punish the crime, and I, who was the old man, went to intercede. This falls in the eyes of others, when what is the Yongwang Mansion? β
What's more, Li Dalin's affairs involve cults and rebellion, and he is absurd, not stupid, and he still pleads for mercy knowing that Li Dalin's affairs are taboo.
The two Aunt Li knelt under the hall and cried like pear blossoms and rain, but unfortunately King Yong was hard-hearted and didn't bother to see such a miserable appearance, so he sent the two Aunt Li out. Only Yu Fei was left by his side, which was another nonsense.
Early the next morning, Mu Qingling asked the old lady for peace and went to Shuangxinzhai. There was a big incident in the house, from the young master and the young lady to the sprinkler mother-in-law, all of them held their breath and condensed, lest the movement be too big and they would be blamed. The distance from Fushoutang to Shuangxinzhai is not close, Mu Qingling walked all the way, and he didn't meet anyone, and the maids and servants who gathered under the corridor to do needlework and chat in the past were not there, so it can be seen that Yu Wen'an was taken away by the Criminal Department really made this famous family feel that the mountain rain was coming.
Entering the courtyard of Shuangxinzhai, Fang Ting, a first-class maid beside Mrs. Liu, greeted her, "Please Miss Mu." Fantine saluted.
"The third aunt is here? I've been back for so long, I should have come to greet me, but I didn't expect it to be delayed until today. Mu Qingling asked.
"This ......" Fang Ting hesitated, because of the matter of Young Master Wen'an, his wife was anxious, and it was inevitable that it would be a little rude to see a guest, but after thinking about it, if someone accompanied him to talk and distract himself, it would be better than being alone in the house and anxious, so he said: "Miss Mu is here, my wife is naturally happy, where will it be inconvenient." After that, he personally opened the curtain and welcomed Mu Qingling into the room.
As soon as I entered the house, I saw Mrs. Liu lying on the small table on the couch, her expression was anxious, her eyes were still a little red and swollen, and she looked like she had cried fiercely. Mrs. Liu pointed to the seat beside her.
Mu Qingling sat next to Mrs. Liu, then stretched out her hand and held Mrs. Liu's hand, "Uncle, are you okay?" Mu Qingling's voice was gentle but firm, mixed with care that did not seem to be fake, and quickly pierced Mrs. Liu's pretense of being strong.
"How is it so good?" Mrs. Liu didn't have the strength to pretend to be anything in front of Mu Qingling anymore, so she smiled bitterly and said in a trembling voice: "Now that Wen An has been taken by the people of the Criminal Department, I can't do anything as a mother, and I don't know how to help." He could only be like a deaf and blind man, waiting for news from outside every day. Mrs. Liu said that tears fell, and she held Mu Qingling's hand tightly with her backhand.
Mu Qingling felt that the palm of Mrs. Liu's hand holding her was cold, and she couldn't bear it in her heart, and persuaded her: "Uncle relax, if Wen'an is wronged, with the Jingyong Mansion here, no one can wronged him." β
"Ling'er, your family is also a Qingliu Guixun, there must be your father's old department of the same year in this capital, you help me to beg them, let them help my Wen'an, Wen'an will never cheat, I will take my life to promise, he won't!" As if she suddenly remembered something, Mrs. Liu took Mu Qingling's hand and said urgently.
It was as if the man who had fallen into the water had grasped the last straw.
Mu Qingling stroked Mrs. Liu's back, helped her smooth out, and then said with some embarrassment: "Uncle, it's not that I don't help, my father does have a friend who was an official in Beijing in the same year, but I am not good at filial piety." And this matter Wenyuan's cousin has asked his maternal grandfather Mrs. Jiang, although Mrs. Jiang has already given his way, but he still holds the title of Zhengyipin Taifu, his eldest son Mr. Jiang is the left deputy envoy of the Inspectorate, and will directly participate in this case, even my father is also the protΓ©gΓ© of Mrs. Jiang, there is no better understanding of this matter than him. Mu Qingling saw that Mrs. Liu was emotionally unstable, and she didn't mention anything else, only attributing the matter to her inability to go out.
Mu Qingling saw that Mrs. Liu had some spirit, so she continued: "I know that my aunt is worried, but now that the case has not been sorted out, we will indiscriminately entrust people, and in the eyes of those who care, it is only Wen An who really cheats." In the future, when the case is settled, Wen'an will continue to take the scientific examination, if we panic now and fall into the truth, won't it ruin Wen'an's future? β
Mrs. Liu was persuaded by Mu Qingling, and she also knew that she was in a panic just now, and she was a little panicked. But she was still a little unwilling, and said, "Do you just let Wen An take it with you in the Criminal Department?" What kind of place is the criminal department, good people go in, and it is not certain whether they can come out. I...... I ......"
Mu Qingling brought the tea to Mrs. Liu's hand, and said, "Third aunt, rest assured, Wen An is only suspected now, and he has not been convicted. He is the young master of the Jingyong Mansion, and the Criminal Department will not embarrass him at this time. β
"Besides, we should believe in Wen An, and we should also believe in Old Lady Jiang. Old lady Jiang is the grandfather of Wen Yuan's cousin, and his old man has gone through two dynasties and a lifetime, since he has accepted this matter, he will not coax us. Fraud in the imperial examination is not a trivial matter, but it is a government policy, since we don't understand it, it is better to understand the people. It's really not good, and the eldest uncle, his uncle and mother also know it, and they attach the most importance to flesh and blood affection, if the matter really reaches the point of no return, he will definitely not ignore it. Rest assured."
Mrs. Liu was much more comfortable by Mu Qing's cold words, picked up the teacup and took a sip, wiped the corners of her eyes with a brocade handkerchief, and said, "My aunt let Ling'er see the joke." β
Mu Qingleng shook his head lightly and said softly: "Uncle is a loving mother. β
Mrs. Liu chattered to her, "Ling'er, you don't know, that kid in Wen'an will never cheat." I'm not afraid of you laughing, I'm a businessman, and his father is not a finished product, relying on the old man's position as a seven-grade Lingtai Lang, this life is like this. I'm just a life now. You are from everyone's background, you should know what a person like Jingyong Mansion from the seventh rank is worth, and when he goes out to socialize, it is not uncommon for people to take care of me. Wen An is a filial person, and since he was a child, he has been holding his breath to earn a life for me. β
These words that would never be said in front of juniors on weekdays, at this time, Mrs. Liu gave Mu Qingling a thought, "Wen'an, that child, has been diligent since childhood, although his father and I also look forward to him being motivated and looking forward to him getting ahead." But I don't want him to push himself too much. To put it mildly, even if he has done nothing in his life, the three-room family property is enough for him to be rich and leisurely. People like us, where do we need him to light the lamp and boil oil to learn? But Wen'an is not, he is devoted to studying, managing himself to death, coming and going in the cold and summer, and there is no day of slacking! β
Mu Qingling comforted Mrs. Liu and said, "Wen An is filial, he wants you and the third uncle to be proud of him." β
"Yes, that kid was afraid that I would not let him work too hard, so he talked to himself and moved to the back of the road. In the summer, the heat was unbearable and it was easy to get sleepy, so he ran to the bamboo forest to learn, the bamboo forest was cool, but there were so many mosquitoes, and his whole body was full of bags when he was bitten, but he comforted me and said that he was much more sober. Speaking of how much Yu Wenan has suffered and suffered in order to study over the years, Mrs. Liu, a mother, couldn't help but shed tears again.
Mu Qingling doesn't have much contact with Yu Wen'an on weekdays, and after listening to Mrs. Liu's words at this time, he also feels that Yu Wen'an's knowledge is not a fraud, but he is still involved in the imperial examination fraud case, is it really as Mrs. Jiang said, someone wants to take advantage of this incident to make waves and make the behemoth mansion of Jingyong Mansion collapse, or is it really related to rebellion?
It's terrible!