Meng Qingyun is not a person who can be easily squeezed.

"There is one chief officer, two deputy officers, six ministers, and eighteen officials. My father can manipulate black and white with one mouth? Miss He is really lifted. ”

"Guilt or innocence is not based on what others say, but on what they have done. If you don't do it, no one can find fault with you. If you do, you deserve it, and there's nothing to quibble about. ”

He Luo also wanted to provoke two more sentences.

Princess Shouyang spoke: "Duke Wu has a knighthood and no real position, so he is naturally not afraid of the Jingcha examination. Don't be alarmist here. ”

She warned He Luo, and said to the other worried girls: "You are all girls, you shouldn't worry about these things, don't listen to the wind and rain." During this time, everyone keeps to themselves and does not cause trouble, which is the best assistance to your father and brother. ”

These girls are all official dependents in the end, not rural village girls who have never seen the world, and with a little touch, they all calmed down.

Princess Shouyang said to Meng Qingyun again: "There is a miasma of smoke here, let's go outside." ”

She left behind the many girls present, took Meng Qingyun's hand directly, and walked out of the Zen courtyard.

"This He Luo, Su Ri only thinks she is young and pampered at home, why is it becoming more and more disagreeable now, and she has the bearing of the daughter of the Duke of the Country."

Princess Shouyang frowned, and she was very unaccustomed to He Luo's two actions.

Meng Qingyun glanced at her, secretly thinking that your temper is not very good, and you are embarrassed to talk about others.

"Princess."

A palace maid hurriedly greeted her, and after saluting, she said, "Princess, Concubine Min Shu is going back to the palace." ”

Princess Shouyang: "If she wants to go back, she will come back, tell me something." ”

The palace maid said: "The princess should always send a gift, otherwise Concubine Min Shu will have to say in front of the official family that the concubine has no way to teach her son." ”

Princess Shouyang made an irritated expression and said to Meng Qingyun: "See, it's the princess who will be crushed." You go shopping on your own, I'll deal with the woman first. ”

She followed the palace maid, and a bunch of palace maids quickly poured out from the corner and protected her.

Only Asakusa and Bauhinia remained by Meng Qingyun's side.

Zijing said: "Yuan Niang, let's come to Daxiangguo Temple for the first time, let's take a look?" ”

Meng Qingyun didn't want to go back to face He Luo and Sun Man'er's gang, so he nodded, and the three masters and servants began to hang out.

Daxiangguo Temple covers an area quite wide, from south to north along the axis called the layout, in turn is the Tianwang Palace, the Daxiong Palace, the octagonal glazed hall, the Tibetan scripture building, etc., there is a bell tower and drum tower on both sides.

Asakusa said: "I heard that the bell of the bell tower is the official royal gift, when the autumn and winter frost day knocks, the sound is clear, resounding throughout the city, people call the 'Xiangguo frost bell', it is one of the eight views of Bianjing." ”

Zijing hurriedly agreed: "Then let's go and have a look." ”

Meng Qingyun had nothing to do, so the three of them asked the monks in the temple for directions and went to the bell tower.

There is a small forest in front of the bell tower, the pines and cypresses are evergreen, there are many shrubs, several rockeries are dotted, and there is a winding path in the middle, which has the feeling of winding paths and seclusion.

Passing through the woods, you will find the two-storey bell tower.

The clock tower was empty and quiet.

Meng Qingyun and the three of them entered the bell tower and observed the bell for a while, only to feel that it was tall and heavy, but there was nothing unusual about it.

Zijing pointed to it and said, "Go to the second floor and have a look." ”

The staircase to the second floor is narrow enough for one person to climb.

The three masters and servants are lined up, with Bauhinia at the front, followed by Meng Qingyun and Asakusa.

The three of them walked cautiously down the stairs.

Suddenly, a man rushed down from above and collided with Bauhinia at the bend of the stairs.

"Ahh

Zijing screamed in fright, retreated backwards, and hit Meng Qingyun, behind Asakusa helped Meng Qingyun, and the three masters and servants fell down the stairs.

I saw that the other party was a man, with a long figure, wearing a very ordinary cyan round-necked robe, with a thick beard on his face, extremely low eyebrows, and a pair of dark eyes.

He bumped into Zijing and the other three, and without saying a word, he squeezed them over.

When Meng Qingyun raised his head, he happened to meet the other party's gaze.

I felt that the other party's eyes were sharp and dazzling.

When the man saw Meng Qingyun's face, a trace of surprise flashed in his eyes, and then he quickly turned his head and ran down the stairs with a bang.

Zijing said angrily: "Why is this person so rude, and he doesn't apologize when he hits someone." ”

Asakusa cares about Meng Qingyun and asks her if she has a sprain.

Meng Qingyun said no.

The three masters and servants helped each other up, and they were not interested in going up again, the stairs were so narrow, they couldn't turn around and fall again.

He retreated halfway and walked out of the bell tower.

Until he took the carriage home, Meng Qingyun still had the description of the man on the stairs in his mind, and he always felt that the other party's eyes were a little weird.

It looks like I know her.

But she couldn't remember that she had ever seen such a man.

Could it be someone you knew before your dementia ?

But when I asked Asakusa and Bauhinia, they all said they hadn't seen it.

Although my heart is strange, I have to let go.

As a result, when he returned to Longjinqiao's house, Wu Liu said that the official had returned.

Meng Qingyun entered the house, and when he went to the outer study, he saw that his father Meng Jin was really at home.

"Father, why did you come back at this time? Don't you have to be on duty? ”

Meng Jin stood in front of the window with his hands behind his back, looking at the clouds in the sky, his face full of melancholy.

After a long while, he let out a long sigh.

"Early this morning, Han Shizhong led the concert to ask the official family to elect an heir as soon as possible, and the three provinces and six ministries and the Privy Council, the Yushitai, the Hanlin Yuan and other large and small officials all seconded the proposal, the crowd was turbulent, tossed for a long time, the official family finally relented, and ordered the feudal royal clans from all over the country to bring their children to Beijing to celebrate his birthday, and he will choose the outstanding clan sons on the Wanshou Festival to succeed and establish as the heir."

Meng Qingyun was surprised: "So suddenly? ”

Meng Jin said: "It's not sudden, the matter of the succession has been said over and over for many years." It is because of this year's Jingcha examination, the official family intends to purge the court, the inspection intensity is unprecedented, and the civil and military officials have all suffered a major purge. ”

Meng Qingyun nodded, she just saw a living example at the fasting party.

"The party of hundreds of officials has been fighting for a long time, and no one is clean under their buttocks, and it is inevitable that they will injure a thousand enemies and lose eight hundred. Therefore, simply cut through the mess quickly and urge the official family to pass on the heirs, the future will be certain, and the party struggle will naturally die. ”

"The official family didn't expect to give birth to an heir, so they nodded and agreed."

I see.

Meng Qingyun sighed secretly, it seems that Bianjing City is about to usher in a real change.

It didn't take half a day's work, the entire Bianjing City knew the will of the official family, and the discussions inside and outside the government and the opposition suddenly flowed hot into all the streets and alleys like hot porridge that had overturned the pot.

And the grand occasion of the "Six Kings Meeting Beijing" recorded in the history books also kicked off vigorously.

Meng Qingyun foresaw the clouds and rain in Bianjing City, but she did not expect that this event would have a huge impact on her.