Since Diancui took over Angelica Pavilion's shop in the capital, in the blink of an eye, half a year has entered the summer.

"On this day this year, I think it's going to heat people to death." Xin'er sat in front of the cabinet in the shop, fanning the fan constantly, and the little maid with tea on the counter made a bowl of tea with a smile.

"You go and do your business, leave me alone." Xin'er said with a grin.

"I'm not busy, I'm not busy, it's really hot outside today, no one is going out at this time, let's be more idle here." The little maid said, and went to the bottom of the well in the back yard to get a basket of ice. Xin'er got up and worked with her to chisel the ice cubes into pieces the size of eggs, and then divided them into ice basins and placed them in the four corners of the shop, and the remaining two basins were carried into the account house in the inner room.

"She's not afraid of the heat?" Xin'er looked at Qian Yueying, who was squatting under the eaves of the hut outside, after she came to the capital, she stayed honestly in Yuan's mansion for a while, but since Mrs. Da took over Angelica Pavilion, she looked like she was in Hangzhou Mansion again, squatting at the door of the shop every day - watching people and guarding the door.

"Madame has extended the eaves of our shop by ten inches for her, do you know how much money it spent!" Xin'er gestured five fingers at the little maid and sighed, hey, this fool.

The little maid only eats and laughs, and doesn't talk much. Although Miss Xin'er scolded her every time she came because of the eaves of the house, this Qian Yueying girl was really stupid, but the people in their entire Angelica Pavilion knew that they should not treat that person slowly.

"Behold the hour, madame, it's time for them to arrive." Xin'er muttered to herself.

Today, Miaoshouge has made a few pieces of jewelry that look good and have excellent materials, and the number is not much, but the more small the quantity, the more precious and different, which makes people scratch their hearts and livers to get.

Diancui has grasped this point, and will create a few pieces of such jewelry every month, and there is only one piece of jewelry in the whole day, and it will never be done again after it is sold, and it is sold to some women who are not rich or expensive. If there are two identical ones, they must be imitated by the shop next to them, and those who buy such counterfeits are bound to be scolded and despised.

"Sister Xin'er, which ladies and ladies are here today?" The little maid was ready, and sat down next to Xin'er and gossiped with her.

"I heard that this time is unusual, there are the lord of Nanping, the servant of the Ministry of Ministers, Mrs. Li of the family, the grandmother of the third young man of the Xu family, and Mrs. Cui of the Senate Cui family...... Xin'er whispered.

She couldn't figure out how her wife was born so close to the Xu family, the Cui family, and such a family, could she really abandon her past grievances? Although Xin'er couldn't see clearly, she wouldn't think much about it, and when Madame said what to do, she just did it.

In addition to the Cui family of the Xu family, the relationship between the adults and the concubines of Emperor Xu seems to have eased, especially since the noble concubine Aunt Qin in the family is pregnant, the adults are more like a different person, and I can't say where the specific change has been. The main thing is that this adult is so busy that he hardly sees his people. The bandits in the South China Sea were plagued by his ban order, pardoning coastal residents for tax reduction and exemption and being able to resist bandits with weapons, and the troops stationed in the north hoarded horses privately, and the number was too large, resulting in trampling on the people's fields and acres of grain, and he discussed with the Senate all night about the war horse hoarding order, and heard that His Royal Highness the King of Qi also participated in it, and was praised by His Majesty......

In just half a year's work, this young Yuan's skills have been known to the world, and some storytellers have even asserted that in time he will become the first person in the history of our dynasty to pay homage at the age of 30.

Yuan Zhiheng's prestige in the court is getting higher and higher, and several of his righteous brothers are also quietly promoted or in power due to some "coincidences".

Speaking of Angelica Pavilion, they waited until after noon, and they didn't see their wives, so she took the ladies to the store to see the new jewelry.

In the evening, there were more people on the street, and more people came to Angelica Pavilion to see the jewelry.

"Have you heard? Something happened to Daxiangguoji Temple! "The officials and their relatives are gathered together, in addition to looking at jewelry, naturally there is little gossip.

One person whispered, but the ear of the person next to him was a good messenger, just waiting for the following, but the person was not in a hurry to speak.

"Say it! What happened to Daxiangguoji Temple? "Daxiangguo Temple is a royal temple, so it's not unusual for something to happen.

"I heard that the county lord of Nanping fainted there today, and he was scared alive and fainted."

"Oh? Frightened and fainted...... Why? ”

"I heard that a little novice died, and he died of heat, so he died in front of the lord of Nanping!"

"Ahh

"Ahh

This day can really heat people to death, Xin'er and the little maid in the shop looked at each other carefully, Xin'er's heart jumped suddenly, no wonder Mrs. They didn't come today!

The concubine of the lord of Nanping is the champion of this dynasty, the Hanlin Academy, Hanlin Ancient Guangyao, with this relationship, Diancui and her have always been very friendly, and now that she has such a thing, the matter of looking at jewelry will naturally be shelved.

When the lord of Nanping fainted in the Great Xiangguo Temple, it happened that Mrs. Xu and Mrs. Li were present, and these two ladies were also frightened, especially Mrs. Li fell ill and was bedridden when she went back.

When such a thing happened, not only Gu Hanlin, but also Master Li Sang, who was the servant of the Ministry at the time, and Mrs. Li had always had a deep affection for the couple, and immediately handed over the fold and asked for a strict investigation of the matter.

This is not a big deal in the DPRK and China, and there are three or two people who are in favor of the DPRK and China, but there are no opponents. wonderful

"Okay, let's check it out." The weather was hot and hot, and the emperor was a little unbearable in his old age, so he hurriedly waved his hand:

The matter was left to ...... Dali Temple to check, and the Ministry of Rites assisted, remember not to collide with the masters in the temple. ”

The Ministry of Rites is in charge of the world's rituals, ancestral sacrifices, and ceremonial music, from the Lord Shangshu to the ordinary directors, all of whom are the most humble gentlemen in the world who are most familiar with the classics, no more than those in the Criminal Department, who are all fierce and vicious, and it is not abrupt for them to assist in investigating the case in the Great Xiangguo Temple.

The older the emperor gets, the less energy he has to govern the country, but the more sincerity he has to pay homage to the Buddha.

"It's just a dead novice, what's there to check out!" In Wan'an Palace, when Lord Xu came to greet him, Emperor Xu Guifei learned of this time, and immediately frowned:

"Why don't you stop this in the court today."

Lord Xu, who was over fifty years old and the first assistant, was used to being scolded by his sister Xu Huang Guifei, so he had to carefully explain that this matter involved a total of three ladies, one of whom was still from his family. The righteous indignation of the two others in the court for their own wife was deeply touching, and now that the saint is getting older, he is becoming more and more amorous, if he dares to be the "ruthless" wave of cold water at such a time, it will arouse the saint's dissatisfaction even more, so he has to avoid suspicion.

"All these years...... Has all that evidence been destroyed? Emperor Xu Guifei knew that this matter was a foregone conclusion, so she instructed: "Go and inform the temple Zhu, let him pay more attention, check the little novice, check the little novice, and don't let people shake it out!" ”

"Yes, don't worry, this matter is a thankless matter, saying that Dali Temple and the Ministry of Rites are going to investigate, but in fact, no one wants to go close." Lord Xu said proudly.

Although he said this, Emperor Xu always had an ominous premonition.

But Lord Xu, what he said is not bad.

There are so many cases in Dali Temple, and no one wants to go to Daxiangguo Temple, in case something is found that should not be investigated, offending the Buddha, but it is a thankless job. This matter was pushed back and forth, and naturally it was pushed to the head of the head of the returning uncle who would return to Beijing for half a year.

And the Ministry of Rites, that Shangshu is really old, and he has been thinking about Zhishi since the beginning of the year, and he has to put on such a case on such a hot day, isn't it going to kill him.

But if he doesn't preside, who will preside over it, those who only know hairpins and poems every day, when they encounter such a thing, they can hide as far as they want.

"Father, I see that Lord Tang in your division is a good candidate," Lord Shangshu's son is now doing an errand in Taichang Temple, and at this time he is holding a bean paste dessert with ice grains and eating, while not forgetting to give his father ideas: "Look at those waiters next to me, Langzhong, and Wailang, which one is not a lazy child from a big family, who went to the Ministry of Rites but because of his leisure, he got off duty early every day, and made an appointment to go to the competition for a poem and a drink......"

"Shut up!" Lao Shangshu looked at this man who said that others were lazy, but in fact, he himself was the most lazy son, and he was angry: "My ritual department is in charge of the ritual music and ritual shrine sacrifice, where are you so unbearable!" Also, you have to be cautious about eating and drinking, Lord Yuan has been implementing a ban on alcohol recently, be careful of right and wrong! ”

"Yes, yes, Lord Yuan, when the humerus is the most inseparable minister in the world today...... I don't dare to mess with ...... But when it comes to the candidates for this case, since everyone doesn't want to take this hot potato, you can't afford to offend one of the people next to you, Dad, you have to find a soft persimmon for this matter. You are looking at Lord Tang, don't look at him, the Tang family is also very powerful, but he separated the Tang family early, and even threatened to have nothing to do with the Tang family......"

"You say, he's the ......"

"Yes, soft persimmon ......"

Lao Shangshu sighed, if he said that he had a big etiquette department, if he wanted to find a subordinate he liked the most, it would be this soft persimmon Tang Er.

"If this kid does a good job, he will go up and give him a liter as compensation." Lao Shangshu thought in his heart, but he seemed to have forgotten that Lord Tang was already among the officials, and if he was promoted again, he would be the second only Shangshu to be the third rank of the servant!

On the third day of the first month of June, the case of the sudden death of Xiao Shami of Daxiangguo Temple was opened.

At the beginning, the cause of death was found to be heat stroke.

Emperor Xu Guifei breathed a sigh of relief.

It just so happens that the sixth day of the first month of this month is a big day, the emperor took the queen and Emperor Xu and his two sons with his old body, and went to the Tianzhen Hall of Mount Tai to pray for blessings.

In Beijing, the prince of Yu was in charge of the government, and Yuan Zhiheng asked to stay in the capital to assist the government, and by the way he implemented his prohibition of alcohol, and the emperor agreed, but he did not go along.

As soon as the emperor left, the case of this little novice was not closed in time, and it was returned to Shaoqing and Tang Lang Zhongyi brothers - this case still has to be investigated!

Another day, a second autopsy was conducted, and it was found that the heat stroke of the little novice was really heat stroke, but the real cause of death was - starvation!

Hungry to death, if you say starvation, those homeless people are not a few who starve to death, but if it is a monk, or the kind of Daxiangguo Temple that enjoys the treatment of treasury appropriation, and the palace is rewarded countless during the New Year's holidays.

How can people starve to death! Or monks.