After the Dragon Boat Festival, the Jiangnan area entered the rainy season.

This year's rainy season came a little later, and it rained for more than ten days in a row. Bauhinia and Asakusa complained every day that they couldn't dry their clothes, and the bedding curtains in the house were so damp that water could be wrung out.

In this kind of weather, people are also listless, like cucumbers wilted by the rain.

Bai Xiuning is still good, reading, practicing calligraphy, and embroidering every day, but she lives quietly and comfortably. Bai Xiuqing couldn't stand it at all, and she had to run to Meng Qingyun every day to break her thoughts, complaining that God was like a child without a mother, crying all day long.

There is finally some news today, Bai Rongcheng's letter has arrived, and the Xu family summoned everyone to Fukang Hall.

Meng Qingyun's legs were cut and raised, and because it was raining, he and Bai Xiuqing squeezed a small sedan chair together.

When they arrived at Fukang Hall, the old lady sat at the top, and the Xu, Liu, Zhai, and Bai Xiuning had already arrived.

Xu took the letter out and handed it to Bai Xiuning, and Bai Xiuning read it aloud.

Bai Rongcheng wrote in the letter that everything went well for them in Beijing, and that the grand occasion of the Huangshan Sword Literature Society had spread to Bianjing, and many southern officials had rewarded such a literary society, especially after the Bai family said that the cultural society would become a common practice. Li Mu also met them at home, indicating that he would contact his colleagues to protect the Bai family.

Sure enough, from the 10th of May to the 12th of May, the Bai family, with their strong financial resources, joined hands with several other Hui merchants and Zhejiang businessmen to beat the Hu family, and jointly won 20 public certificates to go to sea, and the remaining 16 were contested by wealthy businessmen in Shandong, Henan, Guangdong and other places, and the Hu family finally got only eight.

Giants like the Bai family and the Hu family have many small and medium-sized businessmen who rely on them under their names, which is equivalent to an alliance group, not just their own industry. Therefore, the public certificate of the Bai family and the Hu family, in addition to themselves, also have to take out a part of the profits to the merchants under their command. In other words, the eight cards in the hands of the Hu family did not all belong to them in the end. For the Hu family, this completely failed to achieve the intended goal. As expected in advance, the Hu family wanted to rely on the official relationship and make a wave of actions afterwards, but the Bai family had a southern official headed by Li Zhongcheng as a sponsor to fight against the other party, and finally the Hu family returned with a feather.

In short, the Bai family won a big victory.

The letter finally said that their party would stay in Beijing for a few more days or so, and set off for the south around the summer solstice.

After listening to the family letter, everyone smiled.

Old Madam Bai smiled and instructed Xu: "This is a great event, the whole table, our family celebrates first." ”

Xu Shi responded with a smile, and then took out another letter, and said: "The second brother also has a letter, I read it first, they are all some Beijing scenery, quite interesting, you might as well listen to it." ”

So, Bai Xiuning read the letter again.

Bai Rongxin wrote all the elegance of Bianjing in his family letters, the eight wildernesses contending, Wanguo Xiantong, the city column Zhuji, Huying Luoqi, the carved car competition stationed in Tianjie, and the BMW competing in the royal road. The citizens of Beijing, describe the conversation is also beyond the reach of the local people, the government affairs of the court, the secrets of the interior, the scandals of officials, the party disputes, etc., are all talking points, do not shy away, often point out the country, criticize current affairs, everyone is a supernumerary Zaifu, in the opposition imperial history.

He used playful language, and everyone laughed.

Especially Meng Qingyun found it interesting, throughout the ages, the people of the imperial capital seemed to be a virtue.

In addition, Bai Rongxin also described the prosperity of the Bianjing market, such as the luxury of the Bailu Building, the liveliness of the Zhouqiao Night Market, the trading scene of Xiangguo Temple, and the strange and unique skills of various hook and tile shops.

Everyone was fascinated by it.

Bai Xiuqing couldn't help but exclaim: "It's a pity that I knew that I would follow my uncle and them into Beijing together." ”

Xu said: "They are going to do serious things, what are you going to do." ”

Bai Xiuqing pouted: "I don't see any less eating, drinking and having fun." ”

Xu said: "This is all needed for social interaction, but it's not just for your children to have fun." ”

was pouted twice in a row, Bai Xiuqing stuck out her tongue and didn't dare to say any more.

In the second half of Bai Rongcheng's middle school, he mentioned that the most concerned thing in Beijing recently was the choice of the official family's stepson. This has been a protracted affair and has undergone many changes over the years. Originally, the most popular was Qin Wangfu Liulang, and there was a fraud case in Kaichun, although it was not solved in the end, but it hurt the reputation and connections of Qin Wangfu; Especially when the people of Yizhou were in turmoil, Jiang Yang, the third man of Lu Wangfu, went to the meeting with a single knife and persuaded the rebel army to surrender, and was regarded as the first hero to quell the chaos.

However, the official family has never shown their intentions, and no matter how the officials of the DPRK and China try to persuade them, they have never shown their affection for the children of which clan.

The stepson is the prince, which is the foundation of the country.

From the important ministers of the court to the common people, everyone cares.

But for Meng Qingyun, the more momentum the Lu Wangfu grew, the more worried she became. Last time, she played tricks on the people of Lu Wangfu, and she didn't know how the other party held a grudge, although her father already knew about it and said that she had a plan, but after a few months, there was no movement, and she was always on her back.

In case the prince of the Lu Mansion really becomes the stepson of the official family and the prince of the country......

In short, this letter to the family made Meng Qingyun sullen for the next few days.

Bai Xiuqing, a careless girl, thought that she was the same as herself, because she couldn't go out during the rainy season and was not energetic, so she searched everywhere for some KitKat toys to relieve her boredom with her.

As a result, on the day of the summer solstice, a shocking news came.

Meng Pei, the waiter of the Ministry of Rites, and the two superintendents of the Imperial History Observatory, jointly signed a manuscript to impeach the Lu Wangfu and list five major crimes: first, conniving at the slaves and encroaching on the people's land; second, raising private soldiers and plotting against them; third, bribing courtiers and forming parties for personal gain; fourth, planting slander and framing loyalty; Fifth, inciting civil unrest and plotting rebellion.

As soon as this recital came out, there was an uproar.

The official family was furious, and the three divisions of the Imperial Historical Observatory, the Criminal Department, and the Dali Temple filed a case.

Two days later, it was convicted of plotting rebellion in the Lu Wangfu, and at the same time, more than 30 officials involved in the case in Mizhou and Yizhou were all removed from their posts for investigation, and the division was ordered to escort the prisoners led by King Lu to Beijing for trial.

The newspaper quickly spread throughout the world's states and capitals.

The whole country was shocked.

The day before, everyone was still talking about the fact that the son of the Lu Wangfu was expected to become the prince of the country, but the words were still in their ears, but the earth was turned upside down, and the Lu Wangfu became a rebel sinner.

When the streets and alleys of She County were talking, Meng Qingyun of Baijia Garden was shocked by another highlight of this matter - the initiator of the joint impeachment turned out to be her eldest uncle Meng Pei!

She clearly remembered that the reason why the eldest lady, the Lu family, was in cahoots with the Yongkang Marquis Mansion and conspired to send her to the Lu Mansion as a concubine was to rescue the eldest uncle Mengpei who was involved in the Chunqiu fraud case.

Although she sabotaged the plot, Meng Pei was acquitted afterwards, proving that the Lu family still succeeded in boarding the Lu Wangfu for him.

In this way, Meng Pei should be in the same boat as Lu Wangfu, how could he jump out and impeach Lu Wangfu?

Isn't this cannibalism?