Chapter 85: He Shengnan Takes the Charge (Part 2, Chapter 39)

Pei Shengyuan said: "Since this is the case, then retry all of them, a few more times, and there will always be someone who remembers what happened more than ten days ago." and the girls in the flower building, all of them were retried once. ”

General Xue said: "The girls in the flower building have also been tried, they did go to accompany the wine that night, and they haven't seen other girls, they are all girls in their building." ”

Pei Shengyuan asked: "Dali Temple has been checked clearly?" ”

General Xue said: "I have been interrogated several times, but there are no useful clues. ”

Pei Shengyuan said: "Since this is the case, then I will be interrogated again, and I will see how they are censored." ”

General Niu said: "Your Majesty, this case has been put aside for a long time, and then the coffin will be opened for autopsy, I am afraid that it will be inappropriate." It is better to retry He Shengnan and the girl to see if she has any other useful testimony. ”

Pei Shengyuan looked at them, and then at Yang Mubai, I am afraid that the plan just now will not be realized. He thought for a while and said, "Okay, then I will try He Shengnan again." ”

Then Qiu Yue and Zhang Shuo were called to accompany them, and they came to Dali Temple. When He Shengnan saw them, he hurriedly knelt down and saluted, and saw that she was slow and incapacitated, so she should have been tortured again, so Yang Mubai asked, "Has she been tortured again?"

Dali Siqing hurriedly said: "Yes, this punishment has nothing to do with He Ruoxi's girl's case." Her father said that she was disobedient, and according to the circumstances and the law, she was finally sentenced to ten rods. ”

Yang Mubai said angrily: "Understand that it is the day of the coffin and autopsy, and this case is not over yet, you will torture the plaintiff?" Besides, ten rods hurt a weak woman so badly. ”

Dali Siqing said: "Weichen is dealt with according to the law, and the queen is also asked to investigate." ”

Yang Mubai wanted to say something, but He Shengnan hurriedly said: "Queen Mother, my former father broke off relations with me, this is common sense, I can stand it." You've come, but there's a new development in the case? ”

Yang Mubai asked Qiu Yue to invite the husband first. Then he helped He Shengnan up and said, "The two generals want to talk to you again." ”

He Shengnan asked: "After the coffin is opened tomorrow, the answer will be known." ”

General Niu said: "Miss He, we interrogated the five young generals and Sun Liang, and they all said that they did not know about it and did not participate in this matter, how do you explain this?" ”

He Shengnan said: "They colluded and loved Sun Liang so much in vain, but I didn't expect it to be the wolf-hearted man." He accepted my dowry and returned it at some point, but he didn't expect everything to be a trap. ”

General Xue also said: "We interrogated the shopkeeper and his men in the Drunken Immortal Building, as well as the girl in the Flower Building, and they all said that they didn't see Miss He Ruoxi return that night. ”

He Shengnan asked: "What if the coffin is opened for an autopsy and it is confirmed tomorrow that he is not innocent?" ”

General Xue said: "It can only be proved that the girl committed adultery with others unmarried, but it cannot be proved that it was committed by the five major generals." Unless you have other physical evidence that can prove that they did it. ”

He Shengnan said: "The most direct witness is Sun Liang, it was he who picked him up that night, and it was he who told me what happened." He also promised me to marry Ruo and treat her well in the future, but now that he has gone back on his word, the daughter of the people really has no other evidence. ”

General Xue said: "In this case, will the coffin be opened tomorrow for an autopsy?" I'm afraid that it will only increase the stigma of the girl at that time, and I'm afraid that she will not be blind to death. ”

He Shengnan asked: "Now that the whole capital knows about this, if the coffin is not opened for an autopsy, it will also attract criticism." ”

General Niu said: "It's okay to open the coffin for an autopsy, let it prove that if the girl is still innocent, the rumors will be self-defeating, but then the girl will be wronged......"

Yang Mubai said: "General Niu, you are prevaricating in every possible way when you speak like this, but they have already admitted that they did it?" ”

General Niu replied: "Queen Mother, this article is bad. We are doing this because we want to preserve the reputation of the girl, and now there is no direct and strong evidence to prove that they did it, if it is confirmed that she is not innocent, it can only show that she is out of modesty, and what does it have to do with several major generals. ”

Yang Mubai said: "Then ask Dali Temple to re-interrogate the shopkeeper and men of the Drunken Immortal Building, as well as the girls in the Flower Building, several young generals and Sun Liang are also all re-arraigned." The emperor will personally try it, but the palace still doesn't believe it, they dare to bully the king. ”

This is about to be the time for the fish to die and the net will be broken, General Niu said: "Queen Mother, this is a state affair, and you have repeatedly interfered, but it is unreasonable. Do you really want to get involved in politics? ”

Yang Mubai was very angry about his behavior of beating a palladium, she said: "I am in why the girl is upholding justice, as a queen, I see the injustice in the world, and I should be the master for them." The same is true of the emperor......"

Pei Shengyuan said: "Mu Mu, this is a state matter, don't interfere first, they will take care of it." ”

Yang Mubai looked at Pei Shengyuan in disbelief, and just now he had agreed with him that he would use this case to set an example for the people, but he didn't expect that so soon, he would turn back.

Pei Shengyuan continued: "Mu Mu, I know that you are kind, don't be taken advantage of by people with intentions." ”

General Xue also said: "Yes, yes, the queen's mother, some villains love blackmail, they deliberately stop the car to complain, they want to blackmail money." Many officials were afraid of causing trouble, so they gave money, and some who did not give money sued, which also had an impact on their careers. Please also ask the queen to think twice. ”

This is the first time that Yang Mubai has seen the darkness of officialdom, and he really didn't expect that Pei Shengyuan is also such a person. He has always been a good man in her mind, a Ming Jun, but I didn't expect that he could tolerate it to such an extent.

She was so angry that she couldn't speak, could it be that they had already calculated and put all the charges on He Shengnan.

Yang Mubai thought for a while and said, "How can you prove that He Shengnan and the girl are blackmailing?" ”

General Xue said: "She slandered Major General Sun Liang and accepted her dowry, but her dowry is still in her courtyard. Doesn't that tell the story? ”

Yang Mubai: "......"

After a while, Yang Mubai grabbed a loophole and said: "Since the girl is ready to marry Sun Liang, then the coffin should be opened for an autopsy, if she is not innocent, how can Major General Fang Liang be willing to marry her?" ”

General Xue said: "Major General Sun Liang doesn't mind this matter, and there are also things, and the world is unpredictable." ”

Yang Mubai: "......"

Pei Shengyuan said: "Mu Mu, this matter will be tried by the two generals and Dali Siqing, let's go back first." ”

Yang Mubai said angrily: "Is this how you guys protect each other? You forced a girl like a flower to death, don't you think it's enough, do you want to force another girl to death? ”

At this time, Qiu Yue brought her husband over and gave He Shengnan medicine.

Pei Shengyuan comforted: "Mu Mu, let's go back to the palace first!" ”

Yang Mubai opened his mouth and couldn't say anything.

At this time, He Shengnan said: "I can bear these charges, I know that I can't get justice for Ruo Xi now." I just ask them to come to the grave and apologize to Ruoxi, is that okay? ”

Yang Mubai asked: "Why do you want to bear this, I know, that's not true." ”

He Shengnan said: "Queen Mother, we are thinking too simple about this matter, but I am too impulsive, too angry, and I just want to seek justice." But she never thought that if she regretted her reputation after death, the girl she loved very much, if she was to be talked about after death, she would be very painful. ”

Then, she said to the two generals: "Two generals, I have taken all these charges, and I have confessed to all the punishments, I only have one request, and if I regret one innocence, is it okay?" ”

General Niu said, "What do you want?" ”

He Shengnan said: "Tomorrow the coffin will be opened normally, so that it will be a pity to repay it." I also admit that I wanted to blackmail the major generals who deliberately sued them. Everybody is happy, right? ”

General Niu said with satisfaction: "This is even better, the best of both worlds." ”

Yang Mubai was angry, but she had nothing she could do. She asked He Shengnan, "Why did you change so quickly?" ”

He Shengnan said: "Because I have thought about it for a long time, this justice is returned, so if it is a pity, it may not make much sense." In the future, others will talk about her, just to say how she misbehaved before she died. The rumors are terrible, I dreamed last night, and I dreamed that those rumors turned into a pity and unwilling to be lonely, to seduce these young generals, and take the initiative to dedicate herself to them like a girl in a flower building...... Later, I woke up from a dream. I was so scared that these dreams would come true, and that I would not be at peace after death, which was contrary to my original intention, and now I only want her to be at peace. ”

Yang Mubai asked: "You can be braver, as long as Dali Temple is retried, I believe that there will be a day when the truth will be revealed, and there will always be someone who has a conscience and tells the truth." ”

He Shengnan said: "Queen Mother, thank you." I can ignore myself, but I have to take care of it, her father may be right, starvation is a small thing, and a loss of temperance is a big thing. I know Ruo Xi too well, she values honor more than anything else, never does anything out of the ordinary, I am her closest person, I want to preserve her last dignity. ”

Yang Mubai was speechless and said: "She is dead, and she can't get justice for her, can she rest in peace?" For the sake of a so-called honor, everything was thrown away. ”

He Shengnan said: "This case is over, and the farce should end." As long as they go and apologize to Ruoxi, I will confess my guilt. ”

Yang Mubai asked Dali Siqing: "If she pleads guilty, how will she be punished?"

Dali Siqing said: "According to the law, you should be fifty rods, and you will be fined ten taels of silver, and if the situation is serious, you will be exiled for two years." If the person concerned does not pursue it, he can be lightly distributed, and the rod is twenty. ”

Yang Mubai asked, "Do those young generals have anything to pursue?" ”

General Niu said: "Queen Mother, they don't want to pursue it. ”

Thinking that He Shengnan still needed a cane of twenty, Yang Mubai asked, "Miss He, can you still bear it?" ”

He Shengnan said: "Yes, it's a big deal, it's a life, I'm dead, and I just happened to accompany Ruo Xi." ”

Yang Mubai comforted: "Don't say these frustrating words. ”

Dali Siqing said: "Reading that she has been fined ten rods, these twenty rods can be punished again in the future." That's it. In fact, even they are also weak-minded, which after all refers to the matter of deer as horse.

Yang Mubai then asked, "Miss He, what are your plans for today?" ”

He Shengnan replied: "Although my father broke off relations with me, he left me an abandoned house, and I asked someone to clean it up and live in it." If the grave is not in Hejiamound, when I am healed, I will build a small house next to the grave and guard the grave for her. ”

Yang Mubai said: "You are so affectionate and righteous, why should you regret that the girl will be comforted under Jiuquan, but you will be alone in the future?" ”

He Shengnan said: "What's wrong with a person, use the dowry left to me by my mother, put a field, be self-reliant, self-sufficient, and don't have to pay attention to these deceptions." With me, I am satisfied in this life. I am free and not welcomed, so I have learned all the housework and field affairs, I can do everything, not squeamish at all, not worse than men, originally my mother wanted to raise me as a boy, named Ru Nan, and then I changed myself to Katsu Nan. ”

Yang Mubai said: "That's not right. Why don't you want to see you die alone, now you are still young and can be self-reliant, and when you are old and unwell, who will take care of you? ”

He Shengnan replied: "Thank you for the queen's compassion, the dowry left to me by my mother, and some more, when I am old and can't walk, I will ask a maid to wait for my life." ”

Yang Mubai really couldn't bear her like this, and just wanted to say something, Pei Shengyuan said first: "Miss He, otherwise you go to the Yifang to help!" Many of them are people who are unable to make ends meet, and the yamen has a decentralized allowance. When you go, you can take care of others, so why not? ”

I saw He Shengnan shaking his head and said, "I've never liked to be lively, and there are too many people in Yifang." I just want to live in peace, and I don't need anything else. Thank you for your kindness, I understand it, don't worry, I will live well. ”

Seeing her like this, Yang Mubai asked, "Otherwise, you can follow me in and be my palace maid?" ”

Zhang Shuo hurriedly said: "Back to the queen's mother, the palace maids are selected by the household department when they enter the palace, and then they are trained by the female officials before they can enter the palace to wait." ”

Yang Mubai said: "Let He Sheng's male and female go to the household department to record it, and then hand it over to the female official, and when the rules of the palace are familiar, then send it to my palace." ”

Pei Shengyuan said: "Mu Mu, is there a shortage of palace maids in your palace?" I'll send a few more. ”

Yang Mubai replied: "Manpower is a little tight, and it is enough to wait for He Shengnan and the girl to enter the palace to help." Would you like to? After speaking, he asked He Shengnan.

He Shengnan thought for a while and said, "I am a vulgar person, I am only afraid of defiling the palace of the queen mother." Still not going. ”

Where can Yang Mubai let go, and then said: "The work in this palace is relatively trivial, and it is not tiring to do, as long as you are diligent." ”

Pei Shengyuan said: "Mu Mu, there are rules for selecting palace people in this palace, but you can't break the rules." ”

Yang Mubai was upright with Pei Shengyuan, and said in a choked voice: "I don't interfere in politics, you try this case, and I will no longer express my opinion." The harem is under my jurisdiction, can't I recruit a palace maid? ”

Pei Shengyuan: "......"

Qiu Yue said: "Since the queen wants to recruit her into the palace, then just follow the palace regulations." ”

He Shengnan said: "The people's daughter, thank you for the queen's compassion, now I have injuries on my body, wait for me to go back to heal my injuries and then enter the palace." ”

Yang Mubai said: "Okay, don't worry, I will ask your husband to heal your injuries." ”

He Shengnan said gratefully: "Queen Mother, except for Ruo Xi, no one has ever cared so much about helping me. Did you send me for it? ”

Yang Mubai blinked and said, "I think it's a pity that the girl didn't want to see you so lonely, so she sent me to take you into the palace." Don't worry, when you get to the palace, as long as you don't provoke right and wrong, no one will bully you. ”

He Shengnan smiled and said, "Queen Mother, you are so good. ”

Pei Shengyuan said: "Then you can handle this case properly, Mu Mu, let's go back to the palace first." ”

Yang Mubai said: "He Sheng, male girl, you take care of your injuries, and when your injuries are healed, you will take this token to the palace to find the head of the household department, and he will take you to teach the female official the palace rules." After speaking, he took out a token from his body, which was the queen's personal token.

He Shengnan held the token tightly and said with a smile: "I will, thank you Queen Mother." ”

……

Back at Fengyi Palace, Pei Shengyuan asked, "Mu Mu, why do you want He Shengnan to be your palace maid?" ”

Yang Mubai said: "Your Majesty, don't you think she is pitiful? was cut off by his father, and was scolded by the staff of Dali Temple, and now he is helpless and unwilling to go to Yifang. She is willing to be a righteous sister, regardless of her life to seek justice for her, and she is also a woman with deep affection and righteousness, but her personality is a little stubborn, in the palace, I have a lot of enlightenment, I think she can accept others, and she can find a husband to live her life in the future. ”

Pei Shengyuan said: "She is too paranoid, I am only afraid that she will cause you trouble then." ”

Yang Mubai said with a smile: "She is a weak woman, what trouble can she cause?" Her world is closed to the outside, perhaps because she has been cold-eyed since she was a child, and finally met He Ruoxi, who cherished her, but unexpectedly, left her with a tragic ending. With her personality, it is difficult to accept others, so she needs to be enlightened slowly. Her nature is not bad. ”

Pei Shengyuan said: "I hope so. Thinking that Qiu Yue was still staring at her, she couldn't make any waves, so she went with her.

Zhang Shuo saluted and said: "Your Majesty, the queen, dare to ask if there is anything I want to do in the palace now?" ”

Yang Mubai said: "It's okay, you can step down!" ”

Zhang Shuo said: "Thank you, Queen Mother." Then he said to Qiuyue: "Qiuyue, there is nothing to do in the palace now, let's go out to play!" ”

Yang Mubai: "......"

Qiu Yue said: "I don't want to go out, I'm going back to rest." ”

Zhang Shuo said: "It's so early, the street is lively, let's go out for a walk, and take you to a fun place today, you promise to like it." ”

Qiu Yue said: "I'm not going! ”

Zhang Shuo said pitifully: "Didn't you say it last time? If there is nothing in the palace, I will ask you, you can't shirk it. ”

Autumn Moon: "......"

Yang Mubai said: "Qiuyue, you've been busy for so long, let's go out and have fun!" Anyway, there is nothing to do in the palace. ”

Qiu Yue reluctantly followed Zhang Shuo outside the palace.

After they went out, after Pei Shengyuan and Yang Mubai washed, Pei Shengyuan held her in his arms and said, "Mumu, today Imperial Doctor Ye told me that after you are confinement, your body has been well and you can be the same as before......" After saying a deep kiss, his hands began to be restless.

Yang Mubai said: "For this kind of thing, you also ask Imperial Doctor Ye." ”

Pei Shengyuan said aggrievedly: "During this time, you don't know how uncomfortable I endured, but I think about ...... with Mu Mu every day."

Yang Mubai pinched him and said, "Is there too few concubines in the harem?" I won't stop you from going to them, and I can't afford to suffocate you. ”

Pei Shengyuan bit her lip and said, "You little conscienceless, I will clean yourself for you, keep yourself like jade, and you still come to laugh at me." ”

Yang Mubai was broken and said, "Can a man also use a guard like jade?" ”

Pei Shengyuan said: "Of course you can, if Mu Mu doesn't believe it, I'll prove it to you." ”

Yang Mubai, as a party, expressed her regret and regretted it very much. Men really can't hold back, especially a man like Pei Shengyuan, the consequences are very serious. The next day, she was completely demented and very tired. Pei Shengyuan came down, she was still lying on the bed, unwilling to get up, and her eyelids kept fighting.

Pei Shengyuan expressed his satisfaction and said, "Mu Mu doesn't want to go to sleep!" Who asked you to hold me for so long, this is also called a long absence to win the newlywed. Did I prove last night that I had been guarding you like a jade......"

Yang Mubai said in a daze: "If you dare to do this next time, I will never pay attention to you in the future." ”

Pei Shengyuan smiled and kissed her hand and said, "If you threaten me again, I will ......"

Before he finished speaking, Yang Mubai preemptively said: "You go to see the child first, and I'll make up for sleep." ”

Pei Shengyuan helped her cover the quilt and then went to the palace of the prince and princess.

During this time, Qiu Yue didn't want to deal with Zhang Shuo. Every time he invited him out to play, she found various reasons to refuse, most of the reasons were: the queen has something to explain, let's talk about it next time. Then he didn't care about what Zhang Shuo said, and responded: The queen's affairs are important, or it's important to go out with you, so that Zhang Shuo is helpless every time.

This time, Zhang Shuo was smart and invited Qiuyue out directly in front of Yang Mubai. He had been planning for a long time to meet tonight.

Qiu Yue walked in front, and Zhang Shuo followed. Qiu Yue couldn't bear it anymore and asked, "Zhang Shuo, did you invite me out just walking?" ”

Zhang Shuo just stared at Qiu Yue in the back, and forgot the purpose of this trip, damn it.

He hurriedly said: "No, I'll take you to a fun place, let's go!" After speaking, he took Qiu Yue's hand and came to the place where Princess Yongjing and Yang Cheng kissed last time.

He learned that there were many places where lovers met, and there would be fireworks every few days. There was also tonight, and he himself bought some small fireworks, put them underneath, and went to them with Qiuyue later.

Qiu Yue asked him, "Is there anything special here?" "As soon as I finished asking, I saw other little lovers one-on-one, some hugging each other, some sitting together, and some kissing together. This made her very embarrassed, although she had kissed Zhang Shuo quite many times before, it was still embarrassing to see others so close.

She knew Zhang Shuo's intentions, and said with contempt: "Zhang Shuo, don't do anything crooked, my sword is not long-sighted." ”

Zhang Shuo said with a smile: "Qiuyue, you misunderstood me, how dare I have crooked thoughts about you, I want to take you here to watch the fireworks show." When the performance is over, there will be surprises. ”

Qiu Yue sneered and said, "I don't think you're at ease. ”

was discovered by her, Zhang Shuo could only laugh wryly.