Duanmu nodded approvingly.

Duanmu Xian's face showed a look of deep groaning, and he asked again: "Four girls, do you also think that the county lord of Hejing is good?" ”

Duanmu blinked, always feeling that his grandfather was a little strange today, didn't he say that Ji Lanzhou was good?!

Could it be that he is busy and confused?!

Thinking that his grandfather was indeed so busy that he couldn't return home at night, Duanmu Fei looked at Duanmu Xian with some sympathy, thoughtfully poured him tea and water, and asked the maid to prepare bird's nest ginseng supplements for him, which moved Duanmu Xian to a mess.

The four girls in their own family are so filial!

In the outer study, the grandparents and grandchildren are harmonious, and the ancestors are filial piety.

However, this peaceful life was only two days later, and on the fifth day of the sixth month, there was a sudden storm in the court.

On the morning of this day, after the inner servant said "something to play, nothing to do", Wei Yongxin, the commander of the Jingwei battalion, stood up from the queue and impeached Duanmuxian, the first assistant of the cabinet, and righteously reprimanded Duanmuxian for letting his granddaughter collect money and form a party for personal gain in the name of supporting the northern border, and did not hesitate to ruin the reputation of the imperial court in order to boost his personal reputation.

Suddenly, there was an uproar.

The ministers looked at each other with different faces, and their eyes shot towards Duanmu Xian, who was standing below.

The emperor sat on a high golden throne, his face expressionless, unable to tell whether he was happy or angry.

"Duanmuxian."

The emperor called out in a flat tone, and Duanmu Xian, who was standing at the front of the queue on the left, stood up and responded: "The minister is here." ”

The emperor asked lightly, "Duanmu Xian, what can you justify?" ”

There was silence in the Jinluan Palace, and the air was oppressive and solemn.

All the ministers know that this matter can be big or small, and in the final analysis, it depends on what the emperor thinks about Shousuke.

The emperor said yes, and if he said no, he didn't.

Duanmu Xian maintained a posture of arrogance, and said with a straight face: "Your Majesty, you also know the granddaughter of the minister, who was born and raised in the north since she was a child, and did not come to the capital to take refuge in the minister until her parents died. ”

"Since Beiyan came to attack again, the minister's granddaughter has always been concerned about the safety of the north, and she is mobilizing and persuading the ladies in Beijing in the boudoir, intending to do her part for the north."

"Hey, so for the country and the people, how did the little girl's family become ill-intentioned in the mouth of Commander Wei!!"

Duanmu Xian sighed, and deliberately turned his head to look at Wei Yongxin.

It was silent again, and there was no sound.

The corners of Wei Yongxin's eyes twitched, he always knew that this Shoufu had always been good at dancing with long sleeves, and his mouth was very smooth, just like his two granddaughters!

Wei Yongxin immediately said: "Your Majesty, the Duanmu family's silver raising matter has made a lot of noise in Beijing, and no one knows it, Duanmu Shoufu is clearly avoiding the important and trivial, using the name of his granddaughter to seek personal gain!" ”

"Your Majesty, if raising money and grain for the north is forming a party for personal gain, wouldn't it make the people of the world dare not do their part for the country and the people?!" Duanmuxian objected impassionedly, showing no weakness.

In the history of the Central Plains for thousands of years, there is no shortage of family merchants who raised their arms when the country was shaking, and united the families to donate generously.

The ministers present also knew this truth.

You Junji, the official of the Ministry of Shangshu, has always been friendly with Duanmu Xian, and soon stood up and echoed: "Your Majesty, Duanmu Shoufu is reasonable. If Commander Wei has any doubts about Duanmu Girl's move to raise money and food, he can check the account books. Turning a blind eye to it like this, and giving a big hat of forming a party for personal gain, it is inevitably suspected of using the topic to play. ”

A middle-aged military general beside Wei Yongxin said coldly: "Account books?!" Who doesn't know that Duanmu Shousuke is the best at 'making accounts'! ”

The middle-aged general's words reveal a trace of contempt, on the one hand, he is satirizing Duanmuxian is Mr. Bookkeeper, on the other hand, it is also a big truth, Duanmuxian has been the head of the household department for many years, and he is proficient in arithmetic, when it comes to making accounts, there are really few people who can compare to him!

Seeing that Wei Yongxin was messing around there, many ministers secretly exchanged glances.

At this moment, the daughters and granddaughters of many officials in the Jinluan Palace have also followed the wishes of their families to go to Duanmu's house to donate silver, if Wei Yongxin's plan succeeds, then what are they?!

Are you an accomplice who has formed a party with Duanmu Xian for personal gain and is in the same stream?!

An Dinghou stood up and retorted: "Your Majesty, General Tao's words are wrong. The account can be faked, but the grain and grass sent to the north can't be faked, right?! ”

Immediately afterwards, other officials also stood up and condemned Wei Yongxin:

"Not bad. Now that the north is in danger and needs help from all sides, Duanmu girl is dedicated to the country, but such kindness has been misinterpreted, which is really chilling! ”

"yes. Your Majesty, it is easy to destroy people's hearts, but it is difficult to stabilize people's hearts. If according to what Commander Wei said, the county lord of Hejing offered four million taels of silver to the imperial court, could it be that it was just for his own personal name?! ”

“……”

The ministers stood up one after another, you and I condemned Wei Yongxin one by one, and the mood became higher and higher, some people wanted to clear up their own involvement, and some people thought that this was a rare opportunity, and they would definitely be able to make a long face in front of Cen Yin by helping the four girls speak in front of the emperor.

Although Wei Yongxin also has cronies and helpers in the court, but under the general trend, these voices seem so weak and powerless.

Nearly half of the courtiers chose to stand on Duanmuxian's side and support him, and the remaining quarters chose to remain silent, and neither side was offended.

On the Jinluan Palace, the commotion was like a pot of boiling hot water.

Seeing that the situation was one-sided, Wei Yongxin in the queue below maintained a posture of bowing his head and clenching his fists, the corners of his mouth were slightly upturned at an angle that others could not see, and a strange light flashed under his eyes.

He has followed the emperor for so many years, and he knows the emperor's character best.

Even if the emperor didn't believe in Duanmuxian's faction at first, but now, when he saw the people in the courtroom standing on Duanmuxian's side, he was afraid that he was already fidgeting at the moment.

Hmph, what about the two girls of the Duanmu family relying on Cen Yin, Cen Yin's reliance is not the emperor, once the emperor is suspicious, the suspicion will only grow like wildfire, and no one wants to suppress the emperor's suspicion.

People say that Duanmuxian is an old fox, but according to him, that's just it.

He just dug a pit for Duanmu Xian casually, and he was so stupid that he jumped in by himself! After all, after being the first assistant for a few years, he was fluttering, forgetting that his honor was given by the emperor.

What the emperor gave can be taken back at any time.

Wei Yongxin quietly gave General Tao beside him a look, and the other party immediately understood, making an angry and speechless look.

Wei Yongxin raised his head, his face showed a bit of righteous indignation, and his face was even more red, and it took a long time to squeeze out a sentence that did not match the preface: "Your Majesty, the fourth girl of Duanmu is Feng Yan's fiancée." ”

After the words fell, the surroundings fell silent again.

The emperor's face on the throne of Jinluan sank like water, and his right hand subconsciously grasped the armrest on one side.

Although the emperor only made such a subtle move, Wei Yongxin saw it in his eyes, the corners of his lips curled again, and he became more and more proud, and said secretly: It's done.

Duanmu Xian also understood the emperor, and from the subtle changes in the emperor's expression, he saw a little way, and he chuckled in his heart, and almost didn't vomit out a mouthful of old blood.

He is not happy with this marriage, it is not given by the emperor, he has to accept it as a minister.

However, at this time, Duanmu Xian can't take the initiative to mention this stubble, if he talks too much, the emperor may think that the Duanmu family has any opinions on this marriage! Anyway, it's wrong.

The other officials also looked at each other, secretly sighing that it was not easy for ministers.

Some ministers had the audacity to deliberately ask Wei Yongxin what he meant, and Wei Yongxin also looked down on the way to the end and stopped talking.

The emperor was in an irritable mood, and he was not in the mood to discuss court affairs anymore, so he left with a few chamberlains with a few chamberlains.

The civil and military officials in the hall below all bowed their heads and sent the emperor away.

The early day of the day can be described as unhappy.

When the ministers came out of the Jinluan Palace, their expressions were still a little complicated.

Everyone had their own minds and pondered the stakes.

Over the years, the emperor has been uncertain, the court situation is unpredictable, and there are not a few ups and downs in the once prominent noble family.

Some people secretly planned to keep a distance from Duanmu Xian, and some people wanted to take the opportunity to show goodwill to Cen Yin, so they surrounded Duanmu Xian and comforted:

"Lord Duanmu, don't worry too much, it's a great kindness to ask your granddaughter to raise money and food for the north."

"yes. Lord Duanmu, the emperor has a scale in his heart. ”

Duanmuxian always smiled at the corner of his mouth, and said casually: "Don't do bad things, don't be afraid of ghosts knocking on the door." ”

But there was a boulder in his heart: when he was facing up in the morning, he already felt that something was wrong, and now it is even more so.

This Wei Yongxin is really cunning and cunning, and he also understands the emperor, and every word is aimed at the emperor's suspicions, and I am afraid that this time it will not be so easy to be good.

Duanmu Xian stroked his sleeve and went down the steps.

The four girls are their own granddaughters, of course they have to protect them, and they will never allow anyone to hurt them.

At this time, a yin and yang weird male voice came from behind: "What a 'ghost knocking on the door'!" ”

As he spoke, Wei Yongxin strode to Duanmu Xian's side, his eyebrows were tightly locked, and his gloomy gaze shot towards Duanmu Xian like a sharp arrow, and said angrily: "Duanmu Xian, what do you mean by scolding Huai there?!" ”

Duanmu Xian was not afraid of Wei Yongxin, and looked at him without evasion, and where the two of them collided, sparks were shining.

Duanmu Xian said lightly: "Commander Wei, even a little girl who has not reached the end of the year knows to do her best for the country and the people. ”

Wei Yongxin would not shake his belief for a few high-sounding words from Duanmu Xian, and said coldly: "Lord Duanmu, until now, you still want to use your granddaughter as a shield, you are really ashamed!" ”

Wei Yongxin took a step closer to Duanmuxian, leaned into his ear and said: "Duanmuxian, you dare to take advantage of my absence, move my niece, and impeach me, today I am just treating others in the way of others, I will let you also taste this taste." ”

"I'm not going to just forget about it."

After Wei Yongxin dropped the last sentence, he dusted off his robe casually, and left with a brisk stride, leaving only a tall and cold back.

Several of his cronies glanced at Duanmu Xian with disdain, and quickly followed.

Duanmuxian stood in place, quietly looking at Wei Yongxin's back as he left, his eyes flashing slightly.

Beside him, the other officials also came out of the Jinluan Palace, scattered one after another, and left the palace separately.

The events of the early dynasty were attended by so many people, and soon spread among the prefectures in ten, ten, hundred, and hundred, and the dark tide surged.

On the same day, Duanmu Fei also knew about Duanmu Xian's impeachment by Wei Yongxin.

"Four girls, don't care, just do what you want to do."

Duanmu Xian said as he lovingly rubbed the top of Duanmu's soft hair, and his shrewd eyes on weekdays were gentle and kind, and proud.

Duanmuxian is naturally proud of his four granddaughters.

There are many people in Beijing who are the sons and daughters of other people's families, causing trouble outside all day long, and the family is still protecting them, and their granddaughters are for the country and the people, how can people slander and frame them at will!

In the outer study, Duanmu Heng was also there, and when he heard Duanmu Xian say this, he also nodded slightly, and said: "The war in the north is tense, and a few cities have been lost, and the emperor can't allocate money, and my sister is wrong to mobilize the sisters of the boudoir to do their part for the north?!" ”

"At this time, there will be intrigue in the court, waiting for an opportunity to vent private anger, I really don't know what to do!"

The more Duanmu Heng spoke, the more indignant he became, and there was anger on his handsome face, as well as a hint of confusion and powerlessness. Northern crisis, he is obviously a man, but he has no power to restrain the chicken, what can he do for Dasheng and the north border?!

Compared with the indignation of the ancestors and grandchildren, Duanmu Fei smiled instead.

She took a bite of the cool sherbet and felt that it was really sweet and delicious to eat this in the summer, but fortunately, there was enough ice at home!

"Grandfather, I see that you have been working so hard lately, so let's take a long vacation." Duanmu Fei suggested casually.

Duanmu Fei has always been silent and endless, it stands to reason that Duanmu Xian and Duanmu Heng should have been surprised a long time ago, but the moment they heard it, the ancestors and grandchildren were stunned again, and looked at each other in confusion.

What kind of medicine is sold in this girl's gourd!

The same thought came to the mind of the grandfather and grandson.

Duanmuxian stroked his beard, pondered for a moment, and asked, "Four girls, do you want me to retreat as advance?" ”

Facing his grandfather, Duanmu Fei didn't sell it, nodded, and took another sip of the sweet and sour sherbet before continuing: "Since Wei Yongxin wants to target me and my grandfather, as long as we don't move, with his temperament, there will definitely be new actions." ”

"At this time, whoever makes the most trouble, who has the biggest movements, and who has the biggest flaws."

Duanmu squinted his eyes with a smile, very cute.

However, Duanmu Heng felt as if he had seen a little fox holding sherbet slyly wagging its fluffy fox tail and flicking and flicking behind her.

Duanmu Fei felt that it was rare to see a trace of appreciation in Duanmu Heng's eyes, and continued obediently: "Grandfather, if you take a long vacation, it is equivalent to fading out of the emperor's sight, then, what Wei Yongxin did, the emperor can see it more clearly." ”

"The emperor thinks he is wise and martial, and his eyes are like torches, for him, 'seeing is believing, hearing is false', at this time, blindly fighting in front of him, but will fall behind."

Duanmu Xian's movement of brushing his beard stopped at some point, and his eyes flashed thoughtfully.

At this time, it was dusk, the sky was a little cooler, and the evening breeze swayed the bamboo leaves outside, reflecting the verdant room, and the gorgeous sunset was set together, like a brightly colored landscape painting.

Looking at the gorgeous sunset outside the window, Duanmu Heng's expression was solemn, and he was chewing Duanmu Fei's words repeatedly in his heart, and then thinking of the chaos in the early dynasty and many things that had happened over the years, he also had a slight understanding.

The fourth sister is right.

With the temperament of an emperor...... The more my grandfather proved his innocence and argued with reason, maybe the emperor felt that my grandfather had a ghost in his heart.

Hey, the fourth sister's sensitivity in the court situation is still far beyond herself, and she is still older than her...... It seems that he has to work harder, so that he can become the support of his younger brothers and sisters in the house in the future.

Duanmu Xian saw that Duanmu Fei liked this sherbet, the corners of his mouth were slightly upturned, and he called the maid in and asked her to get some more sherbet for Duanmu Fei.

Seeing this, Duanmu Heng wanted to say that his sister was still growing her body, and she wouldn't eat after eating sherbet, but when the words came to her mouth, she felt that the fourth sister had suffered an unjustified disaster, so let her go.

But......

Duanmu Heng secretly shook his head in his heart: Fortunately, the fourth sister was not brought up by her grandfather, and with her grandfather being so used to it, she would be spoiled sooner or later.

Duanmu Heng looked expressionless, but knowing his brother like a sister, Duanmu Scarlet made a loud alarm in his heart, drank the last sip of sherbet in the cup, stood up and said: "Grandfather, big brother, I suddenly thought that I still have an account that I haven't settled......"

Duanmu Fei was afraid of being stopped, so he stayed away like a gust of wind, leaving only the grandparents and grandchildren looking at each other.

Duanmu Xian couldn't help but glared at Duanmu Heng, look at this kid scared the four girls!

The fourth girl is a girl, she has to be pampered, how can she be a big brother like him!

Duanmu Xian also stood up after thinking about it, stroked his sleeves, and glanced at the sunset that had just set, and said, "It should be too late to enter the palace now......"

This should be done quickly.

Duanmu Heng personally sent Duanmu Xian to Yimen, and then went to Zhanqing Courtyard.

Thinking that Duanmu Fei had been busy recently, Duanmu Heng planned to go over and see if there was anything he could do to help.

The sunset gradually drooped, Duanmu Xian rushed to the palace after the palace gate was locked, and after a stick of incense, he came out of the imperial study.

The emperor agreed to Duanmuxian's request, and as a result, after being impeached by Wei Yongxin, the first assistant of the cabinet took a temporary leave to ignore the court in order to show his innocence.

It is like a stone stirring up a thousand waves, and the whole dynasty is in an uproar.

In addition to being shocked, the ministers were a little dazed, and they couldn't figure out whether this was the emperor's intention or Duanmuxian's own meaning.

If it is the emperor's intention, doesn't it show that the emperor believes Wei Yongxin?

As soon as they thought of this, those civil and military ministers didn't dare to act rashly, and waited and watched the changes one by one, and some people were secretly watching Cen Yin, wanting to see what Cen Yin's attitude was.

Duanmu Xian's sudden move made Wei Yongxin a little confused and uneasy, and as a result, the situation he had originally laid out would change.

Duanmu Xian is really cunning! Wei Yongxin greeted Duanmuxian's ancestors for eighteen generations at home, causing Duanmuxian and even Duanmufei to sneeze in the mansion again and again.

Duanmufei did not stop her plans because Duanmu Xian was impeached.

On the seventh day of the sixth month, the first batch of grain and grass raised by Duanmufei in the capital was sent to the north, and the remaining second batch of grain was sent to the north after being purchased by Steward Li in Longzhou.

On the day the grain was delivered, Duanmufei personally visited one by one and gave each donor a small bronze medal.

The bronze medal of Duanmu Fei is made of imitation of the merit card of the imperial court, and the merit card of the imperial court is made of silver, which is divided into five grades, and is awarded to the meritorious minister according to the rank of merit.

Duanmu Fei did not copy it, the bronze medals she designed are not divided into grades, all of them are in the same style, with a claw pattern, one side of the bronze medal is engraved with a vermilion bird pattern, and the other side is engraved with the words how many silver taels these girls donated to the north to buy grain and grass, and engraved the year and month.

Originally, these girls either wanted to contribute to the north because they were friendly with Duanmu Fei, or they wanted to show favor to Duanmu Fei, so they would donate some jewelry that they didn't need and saved monthly examples, but after winning such a bronze medal, they felt that this donation of silver was not only about taking out the silver, but also had some meaning.

They don't expect to receive any awards or gratitude for doing this, but it's not bad to get a "false name", isn't it?!

When Duanmu Fei came out of the princess's mansion in Wuyang, it was noon.

The sun was high and the weather was very hot, and Duanmufei only lifted the curtains slightly, and he could feel a surging heat rushing in, which washed away a lot of the cool air emitted by the ice basin in the carriage.

It's only early June, Duanmu sighed in his heart.

Duanmu Fei only thought about the heat, and didn't notice that there were two red and black horses galloping outside the carriage, one of them glanced in the direction of the carriage, and said hesitantly: "Overseer, this is the carriage of the Duanmu family, right?" It seems that the subordinates saw the four girls in the carriage. ”

Cen Yin on the red horse also looked at the carriage behind him and didn't say anything.

An Qianhu rode a horse parallel to Cen Yin, and asked in a low voice: "Overseer, do you want your subordinates to let Yushi also impeach Wei Yongxin?" ”

Others are afraid of him Wei Yongxin, but they are not afraid of Dongchang, hum, Wei Yongxin has not done such unsightly pickled things, and there are a lot of tricks in their Dongchang.

The corners of Cen Yin's lips curled slightly, and he dropped two words: "No." ”

He clamped the horse's belly, sped up the horse's speed and galloped away, and said in his heart: This little girl is clever, where do you need to make your own move?!

An Qianhu was stunned, and accidentally landed behind, looking at the flying dark cloak on Cen Yin's body in front of him, with a deep groan.

Although the Overseer just said no, but he looked carefully, and there was clearly a touch of pampering in the Overseer's expression, well, by the way, the Overseer must have other plans.

Also, dare to dig a pit for the four girls, Wei Yongxin is waiting to peel off the skin!

Don't measure yourself, can anyone provoke the righteous sister of their overseer?!

"Drive!"

After An Qianhu came back to his senses, he immediately waved his horsewhip and threw it heavily on the horse's buttocks, "pop", the horse neighed and spread the horse's hooves, stepped on the bluestone brick ground, and made a sound.

The two men drove through a few streets and came to Zhongshao Street, where the East Factory is located.

An Qianhu stayed outside, and Cen Yin went down to the dungeon of Dongchang alone.

Although it was a hot summer outside, the humidity was heavy underground, and the dungeon was as gloomy as ever, and the air was filled with a death-like atmosphere.

Cen Yin held a palace lamp in his hand, the palace lamp swayed slightly with his steps, and the candle flame in the lampshade also flickered, illuminating the surrounding corridors and cells in a dim light.

Cen Yin's steps were almost silent, but with the flickering candlelight, they clearly entered Geng Hai's ears in the dungeon.

Step by step, it echoed in his ears like a hammer.

Geng Hai hadn't seen the light of day for a year, his hands and feet had been scrapped day by day, under heavy punishment again and again, his body was paralyzed there like a puddle of mud, and his silver hair was messily draped on the ground.

His whole person was so thin that even his eye sockets were deeply sunken, and there was a heavy shadow in his eye sockets, describing him as embarrassed and weak, as if he was an evil ghost in the eighteenth layer of hell.

When Cen Yin appeared outside the door, he trembled like a frightened bird, and crawled in Cen Yin's direction with difficulty, the light from the lantern making him squint in discomfort.

"Kill me!"

"Xue Zhao, kill me!"

Geng Hai roared hysterically, his voice as rough as sandpaper rubbing iron, and his voice could not hide his despair.

No one can withstand a year of torture in Dongchang, and neither can Geng Hai.