Duanmu Xian looked at Wang Yushi lightly, and did not defend himself, but said: "Yes, it is not as harmonious as the wives and concubines in Lord Wang's family, and they are like sisters." The young and the young. ”

His words made the expressions of the others around him more subtle, and some people laughed without hesitation.

This Wang Yushi is proud of his integrity, not afraid of authority, anyone dares to impeach, and has the name of "Iron Mask Imperial History", and his family is also famous for his restless house, and the wives and concubines in the family are very troublesome, and last year alone, he folded two grandchildren, and once became a joke after tea and dinner in Beijing.

"......" Wang Yushi's face was so angry that his face turned blue, and the green tendons on his forehead twitched one by one.

He persuaded him with good intentions, but Duanmuxian deliberately said something "young and young", clearly talking about the sad things in his family, poking his heart and sprinkling salt on his wounds.

Hateful, really hateful! Wang Yushi's eyes almost burst into flames.

Duanmu Xian didn't bother to pay attention to Wang Yushi at all, and the corners of his mouth hooked with a smile. Hmph, it's just a joke, hasn't he ever been afraid of anyone?!

Wang Yushi really couldn't swallow this breath, and took another half step forward, and wanted to confront Duanmuxian, but at this moment, someone in the back shouted: "Lord Cen Governor." ”

These three words seem to carry a kind of magical power, which makes the whole hall silent, and the needle can be heard.

Everyone couldn't care about Duanmu Xian and Wang Yushi, and everyone's eyes were looking in the same direction.

Outside the Taihe Palace, a figure wearing a dark cloak and a red unicorn robe was walking towards this side unhurriedly, strolling leisurely.

The warm winter sun poured down, coating the young man's fair skin with a faint luster, making his facial features look a little softer than usual, but at the same time there was a contradictory and alienated atmosphere.

Wang Yushi swallowed all the words that had come to his mouth, and he was silent, and a heartburn anger rushed in his chest, burning.

The ministers in the hall quickly stood in two columns, and Cen Yin stepped into the hall leisurely in the eyes of everyone, until he walked to the front and sat down on a high-backed chair.

"Lord Cen Governor."

All the ministers bowed down in unison and saluted Cen Yin, breaking the silence in the hall.

After that, Wang Yushi couldn't wait to walk out of the queue, glanced at Duanmu Xian with cold eyes, and then looked at Cen Yin, and said impassionedly:

"Lord Cen Duanmu, Duanmu Shoufu killed his wife, raised his son-in-law, and imprisoned his steproom. For the sake of the Suppression of the Dynasty and the righteousness of ethics, please order a thorough investigation from the Lord of Governor. Such unhealthy tendencies cannot be encouraged! ”

Wang Yushi has been impeaching Duanmuxian several times since the beginning of the year, and he is pressing step by step, but this is the first time he has asked for his life in front of hundreds of civil and military officials.

However, Duanmu Xian was still calm, and his eyes were bright and transparent.

When he locked up the He family, it was Cen Yin who mentioned it, so what was he afraid of!

Even if Cen Yin wanted to clean himself up, he couldn't use this excuse.

Wang Yushi is conclusive, and at first glance it seems to be like this, and the ministers secretly look at each other with different expressions.

Actually, whether it's true or fake, it's all Duanmu's family affairs, such as the He family's imprisonment, and even Duanmu Guifei didn't care, so why should others meddle in their affairs, to put it mildly, who hasn't seen any unsavory selfishness in their family!

The ministers in the palace were divided into three factions for a while, one group of people such as Jiang Deshen, Liao Yushi and other three princes sat and waited to see the show, and the other group of people temporarily watched from the wall, planning to wait and see first; There is also a group of people who have always befriended Duanmu Xian and argued for him, such as You Junji.

"Lord Wang, you have no evidence and no evidence, and you impeach the head of the court in empty words, I don't know what to do!" You Junji reprimanded Wang Yushi unceremoniously.

The charges mentioned by Wang Yushi sound appalling, but in fact, they are all random speculations from the results, and there is no evidence to support them at all, but they are just alarmists.

Wang Yushi sneered, Cheng Zhu raised his chin on his chest and said: "Who said that there is no evidence, as long as you put ......"

He wanted to say that he would know as long as he summoned the He family to ask, but he was only halfway through his words when he was interrupted by Cen Yin in front of him: This seat doesn't have time to listen to this. If you're too idle, go check this out! ”

Cen Yin casually raised his hand and made a gesture, and the little scorpion on the side took out a fold from his sleeve. He took a few steps forward, and under the curious eyes of everyone, he sent the fold to Duanmu Xian first.

Duanmu Xian immediately opened the fold.

The handwriting that catches your eye is upright and elegant, very muscular, and it looks like it is from a woman's hand.

Duanmu Xian was a little surprised, his eyes moved down, he looked at the inscription and seal under the fold, and found that it was actually on Wuyang, and he was even more shocked.

He froze and looked at the fold intently, at first at a glance at ten lines, then more and more slowly, more and more slowly......

Duanmu Xian's face couldn't help but change.

Of course, the other courtiers around also noticed the change in Duanmu Xian's expression, and they were shocked in their hearts, and said secretly: I don't know what happened again, it alarmed Cen Yin, and even Shoufu changed color for it.

After Duanmuxian read the excerpt, he handed it to You Junji, and the excerpt was passed in the hands of several other cabinet ministers, and finally handed over to a small chamberlain.

The little chamberlain held the fold and read it out in the hall, and his long and sharp voice echoed in the hall.

The others were stunned and dumbfounded.

This excerpt is on Wuyang, and the content of the excerpt is to ask the imperial court to thoroughly investigate the source of the Xie family's huge family assets.

It is mentioned in this excerpt that when the third princess Xie Xiangling got married, the dowry was 256 lifts, which was worth a lot of money. Yesterday, when Wuyang accompanied Xie Xiangwei, the fifth girl of the Xie family, to the Chengen Mansion to retrieve her mother's dowry, she accidentally found that the Xie family's treasury contained countless treasures, gold and silver jewelry, antique jade, and treasures.

As a first-class prince, Cheng'en Gong is a thousand taels of silver a year. The Xie family is considered a scholarly family, but the foundation is very thin, there have only been three jinshi, when the old lady Xie was alive, he was only the official to the third grade of Taichang Siqing, and the first two generations were just the fourth grade, how many Yulu they received over the years can be calculated, and the dowry of the queen when she married as the second princess is also well documented.

With the property in the name of the Xie family, even if the Xie family is hollowed out, it will never be possible to get Xie Xiangling's dowry.

There was an uproar in the hall, and everyone could not hide the surprise on their faces.

Just now they were still talking about the things about the Cheng'en Mansion and the eldest princess yesterday, but they didn't expect that there would be a follow-up to this matter, and today the eldest princess actually made a bigger fuss again.

The eldest princess is clearly going to completely break with the Xie family, and she really dares to do it!

The ministers secretly exchanged glances, in addition to shock, there were sighs, surprises, sighs, and sighs in their hearts, and they couldn't help but guess whether this was the meaning of the eldest princess herself, or the meaning of King Jian Junran?!

Jiang Deshen lowered his eyes slightly, his hands were clenched into fists, and he scolded Cheng Engong in his heart.

Originally, the third prince could get the help of King Jian's Mansion through the eldest princess, but now he is being troubled by the Xie family, but it is completely hopeless, not only that, this time, if it is not done well, even the Xie family is afraid that it will be folded in.

More people were secretly observing Cen Yin's expression, and they were figuring out Cen Yin's attitude towards this matter in their hearts.

The eyes of several ministers were shining, exchanging glances with each other, speculating: If Cen Yin was dissatisfied with this excerpt, there was no need to bring it here, that is to say, ......

The right attendant of the Ministry immediately walked out of the queue and said: "Lord Governor Cen, the lower officials think that Her Royal Highness the eldest princess is reasonable, and this Xie family's Wanguan family wealth is indeed suspected of coming from unknown origins. ”

"According to the lower officials, when the third princess got married, she had ten miles of red makeup, and the dowry was extremely luxurious, with a full two hundred and fifty-six lifts, which even exceeded the regulations of the princess, and the people in Beijing were also obvious to all. The dowry of the three princesses should be thoroughly investigated immediately! ”

The right attendant of the ministry said while looking at Cen Yin's face, seeing Cen Yin drinking tea slowly, without stopping himself, his heart was more determined, and he knew that he had done the right step.

Many ministers also saw his attitude from Cen Yin's expression, and secretly annoyed that he was a step late.

In order to show his face in front of Cen Yin, several officials also couldn't wait to come out and echo the proposal of the right attendant of the ministry:

"Master Cheng is right. The Xie family's huge wealth is unknown, so check it! ”

"Lord Cen Governor, there must be something strange behind this."

"The lower official seconded the proposal."

“……”

Jiang Deshen's head was as big as a fight, and his forehead throbbed for a while.

If there is a problem with the dowry of the three princesses, it will inevitably involve the three princes, and if it is not done well, it will affect the reputation of the three princes.

Jiang Deshen hurriedly objected: "Lord Cen Du, the Xie family is at fault, the dowry of the third princess exceeds the regulations, but the dowry is not a crime, seeing it is not necessarily believing, how can there be a precedent for a thorough investigation of the dowry because of this." "He tried to fool the past.

Jiang Deshen was the maternal grandfather of the third prince, and the other ministers present knew Jiang Deshen's intentions as soon as they heard it, and looked at each other with a smile.

The right attendant of the Ministry of Rites immediately came out of the ranks, and proposed with a smile: "Lord Cent, what Lord Jiang said is, 'Seeing is not necessarily believing', and the lower officials think that it is better to take a look at the dowry list of the three princesses, and you can see it at a glance." ”

Like the people, a woman's dowry list must be backed up, one for her mother's family, one for her husband's family, and one for herself. Xie Xiangling married into the royal family, and the dowry list of the husband's family was left in the Ministry of Rites for the record.

Cen Yin put down the teacup in his hand, bowed slightly, and said, "It's okay." ”

It means yes.

Jiang Deshen wanted to speak and stopped, his heart was even more anxious, he only felt that the Xie family was stupid, what did they want to show off with such a rich dowry! Asking for trouble!

Cen Yin gave an order, and the Ministry of Rites reacted extremely quickly, and as quickly as possible, people took Xie Xiangling's dowry list and presented it to Cen Yin.

The ministers of the Three Princes Party were so anxious that cold sweat was dripping on their foreheads, but Cheng Engong was not here, and no one was in charge of the overall situation.

The others around him were silent, and they all looked at Cen Yin, trying to see some clues from the change in his expression.

Duanmu Xian, who was standing at the front of the queue on the left, also looked at Cen Yin, just looking at it, his mind drifted away, and he accidentally thought of his eldest granddaughter again, and his mood became extremely complicated......

"Duanmu-sama ......"

The little scorpion's call woke Duanmu Xian from his trance, and he noticed that Cen Yin had finished reading the dowry list, and at this moment, the dowry list was presented to him by the little scorpion.

Duanmuxian took the dowry list casually, and said in his heart: The fourth girl once said that it is not good to know too much about everything. Hey, the four girls are really wise, he doesn't know anything! That's right, it's still good to know.

Duanmu Xian settled down, quickly looked at the dowry list in his hand, and the more he looked at it, the more surprised he became.

Not including the silver at the bottom of the box, the richness of this dowry is unique.

Duanmu Xian's mental arithmetic speed was extremely fast, and when he finished reading the dowry list, he also had a rough estimate in his heart, and secretly said: The Xie family's move is really generous......

After Duanmuxian read the dowry list, he handed it to You Junji beside him and continued to circulate it to several other ministers.

"Lord Duanmu," Cen Yin raised his eyes to look at Duanmu Xian and asked lightly, "What do you think?" ”

Duanmuxian emptied his head, didn't think about those who didn't have it, and replied truthfully: "I'm afraid this dowry is nearly 200,000 taels." ”

200,000 taels of dowry in this capital, I am afraid that few families can take it out so easily.

For a while, there was another uproar in the court.

Cen Yin's eyes looked at You Junji again, and then asked, "How much is Xie Hao's money?" ”

Xie Hao is the name of Second Master Xie.

Xie Hao is just a Taichang Temple of the sixth grade, You Junji thought about it for a while, and replied: "Ten stones per month." ”

Just with the second master Xie's ten-stone salary, even if he doesn't eat or drink for a lifetime, he will never be able to save such a dowry.

Jiang Deshen wiped the cold sweat on his forehead with his cuffs, and explained in a loud voice: "Lord Cen, it is impossible to prepare such a dowry just by relying on Lord Xie's wealth, but as far as the lower officials know, Second Mrs. Xie's mother's family is rich, and Second Mrs. Xie is good at management, so she saved this dowry for her daughter. ”

Jiang Deshen's words are not unreasonable, if you really want to calculate it according to the money, I am afraid that most of the people in the court will not be able to save the dowry and dowry for their children, most of them rely on the ancestral business of the family and many years of business, and even some secretly put money in the seal.

Several ministers of the Three Princes' Party hurriedly responded:

"What Lord Jiang said is that this should be calculated according to the fortune, and I am afraid that the hundred officials in the DPRK and China will not be able to marry their daughters."

"Second Mrs. Xie was born in the Huang family in Huizhou, the Huang family is known for its good management, and when Second Mrs. Xie got married, it was also ten miles of red makeup, which was praised."

“……”

Some people believe, some people doubt, and some people don't think so.

This is a full 200,000 taels, and how can a sentence of "good management" be vaguely passed! Many people secretly exchanged glances, and the corners of their mouths hooked a mocking arc.

The most important thing is whether Cen Yin is willing to believe it or not, Cen Yin believes it, and this matter can be confused; Cen Yin didn't believe it, so the Xie family always had to give an explanation.

The right attendant of the ministry glanced at Cen Yin in front of him again, his eyes were surprisingly bright, and he said with a smile: "Since this is the case, it is even more necessary to find out, so as not to wronged the Xie family, trying to provoke speculation, but ruining the reputation of the Xie family." ”

Cen Yin hooked his lips and said, "Lord Cheng is right. It's time to find out. ”

As he spoke, Cen Yin's eyes looked at the Zuodu Yushi in the queue on the left, and ordered: "Lord Li, this matter will be handed over to the Metropolitan Procuratorate." ”

Lord Zuodu Yu Shi Li strode out of the column and gave the order: "Yes, Overseer." ”

Jiang Deshen became more and more irritated in his heart, Cen Yin has always been true to his word, he said that if he wants to investigate, it must be investigated, and it is useless for others to say more.

So far, all he can do is to notify the Xie family as soon as possible, let the Xie family take care of the "accounts", and then find a way to let the queen appease the eldest princess, and let the eldest princess continue to make trouble, it will be even more difficult to clean up.

But in this situation, I can't leave for a while.

Jiang Deshen was in an irritable mood, so that Cen Yin and the ministers discussed something later, he didn't care at all, and only looked forward to dispersing as soon as possible.

Time passed particularly slowly at such a time, and Jiang Deshen looked out of the hall from time to time absentmindedly.

The rising sun slowly rose higher and higher, and when it was close to noon, some elderly officials had begun to lose their stands, but fortunately, political affairs were also discussed, just waiting for Cen Yin's words.

"That's all for today."

Cen Yin stood up as he spoke, and everyone secretly breathed a sigh of relief, but when they saw Cen Yin take a step, he stopped again, looked at Duanmu Xian, and said casually: "Lord Duanmu, since Mrs. Ling is still sick, take care of it." ”

"Lord Rautzen is worried." Duanmu Xian waved his hand at Cen Yin with a smile on his face.

Cen Yin smiled faintly and continued to walk forward, this time, without stopping.

The hall was quiet again, and the atmosphere was strange.

The civil and military officials watched Cen Yin go away with subtle expressions, and they all understood Cen Yin's attitude.

For Cen Yin, it doesn't matter whether Duanmu Xian really spoils his concubine and kills his wife, or kills his wife, and then harms his stepfamily, Cen Yin doesn't plan to investigate, and he doesn't plan to care.

Of course, Wang Yushi also understood, as if he had been slapped in the face, his face was extremely ugly, and his eyes were chaotic.

It wasn't until Cen Yin's back was no longer visible that the other officials reacted, some talked about it one after another, some stepped forward to talk to Duanmu Xian, and some hurriedly left the Taihe Palace, such as Jiang Deshen.

Jiang Deshen was so anxious that he walked faster and faster, and when he reached the gate of the palace, he was already sweating profusely.

He hurriedly ordered his subordinates to go to the Cheng'en Mansion to deliver the message, but after saying half of the words, he felt that it was inappropriate, so he changed his words and said: "Forget it, I'll go there myself...... Hurry, hurry up and go to the Chengen Mansion! ”

After Jiang Deshen got into the carriage, the groom waved his whip and drove the carriage towards the Chengen Mansion.

Jiang Deshen sat alone in the carriage, his thoughts still lingering in what happened in the Taihe Palace, and his mind was in turmoil.

The carriage came all the way to the Chengen Mansion.

When Cheng Engong learned of this, the whole person seemed to have been struck by lightning, his eyes were round, angry, shocked, questioning, resentful, etc.

"What?!" Cheng Engong stood up in a gaffe and lost his voice.

Yesterday, Wuyang instigated Xie Xiangwei and Liu Guangshun to reconcile, causing the Liu family to break with their Xie family, for this reason, he begged her for a long time in a low voice, but Wuyang didn't miss his uncle and nephew's affection at all, ignored it all, and led people to make a mess in the house, and even went to Liu's house to make a fuss, offending General Huaiyuan completely.

I didn't expect it to be even worse today!

She actually stabbed the matter to Cen Yin, and turned the Xie family into a target!

She ...... What the hell is she trying to do?! Cheng Engong's eyes were confused, and he muttered to himself.

What the hell is she thinking, how did she become like this after she got married, so indifferent and ruthless, so insidious and vicious, does she even want to kill her mother and uncle?!

The more Cheng Engong thought about it, the more angry he became, the more annoyed he became, he slapped his palm heavily on the square table beside him, gritted his teeth and scolded: "Only women and villains are difficult to raise!" ”

"The loss-making father has treated her like a daughter since she was a child, a girl with no conscience, she is really a white-eyed wolf who can't be raised!"

"I don't know what to do! I don't want to think that if she doesn't have her brother to help, the new emperor will ascend the throne in the future, and it will not be humiliated! Woman, sure enough, her hair is long and her knowledge is short! ”

Cheng Engong chattered and scolded, and the corners of Jiang Deshen's eyes twitched when he heard it, and said secretly: How can this Chengen Gong not even know the priorities, is it time to say this?!

It's imperative to think about how to remedy it!

Jiang Deshen endured the irritability and impatience in his heart, and patiently reminded Cheng En to be fair: "Grandpa Guo, Cen Yin has just ordered the Metropolitan Procuratorate to check the dowry of the third princess, you still have to prepare early, do the accounts thoroughly, and don't go wrong." ”

"Also, over there in the Metropolitan Procuratorate, you can let Liao Yushi pay attention to the progress of the audit."

Cheng Engong woke up like a dream, temporarily suppressed his dissatisfaction with Wuyang, and hurriedly nodded: "This duke will send someone to inform Liao Yushi." ”

"Come on......" Cheng En was just about to call someone in, but was interrupted by Jiang Deshen.

"Grandpa Guo, for the sake of safety, it's best to try to buy off one or two more people in the Metropolitan Procuratorate, so that you can act cheaply." Jiang De stroked his beard deeply and cautiously proposed. After all, everyone in the court knows that Liao Yushi is a person who is the Duke of Cheng'en, and Lord Zuodu Yushi Li has always been upright, so I am afraid that he will be wary of Liao Yushi, and may not let him participate in this matter.

"Brother Jiang, what you said is true, or are you thoughtful."

Cheng Engong was still in shock, his thoughts were chaotic, and he couldn't think calmly at all, so basically what Jiang Deshen said, he should do.

Looking at Cheng Engong's unassertive look, Jiang Deshen didn't know whether to think he was useless, or to be glad that he could at least listen to his own words.

Outside the hall, the bright sun that had been hanging high in the sky was obscured by the clouds in the sky at some point, and the sky was also much darker, as if dusk had fallen early.

After the sun was blocked by the clouds, the weather suddenly became a lot colder, and the clouds in the sky became thicker and thicker, and it seemed that another heavy snow was coming......

On the same day, the Cheng'en Mansion publicly pawned the family wealth, moved a lot of old things from the mansion to the pawnshop, and the more responsible steward cried to the pawnshop's court, because his six girls were married to the prince, for the sake of the royal face, the whole house tightened his belt to raise money to prepare a dowry for her, and now the life in the house is almost unbearable, so he has to take things out as a pawn.

From yesterday to today, for two consecutive days, first the Xie family and the people in Jingzhao Mansion reconciled, and then the Xie family was impeached for a huge amount of money from unknown sources, and it was all from the hands of the eldest princess, and the Chengen Mansion became the focus of attention in Beijing for a while.

All these things were also penetrated to the queen by "people with hearts".

When the queen heard this, she fainted directly, and for this reason, Fengluan Palace also summoned the imperial doctor.

When Wuyang learned this, he just sighed faintly.

"Someone with a heart" Qingfeng looked at Wuyang with a worried expression, today the eldest princess specially sent her into the palace to greet the queen, and asked her to reveal the affairs of the Xie family to the queen.

Until now, Qingfeng remembered the scene when the queen fainted, and he still felt frightened, and his heart was pounding.

Qingfeng calmed down, and added: "Your Highness, don't worry, the imperial doctor came in time, the queen mother is fine, she woke up after sniffing the salt, but Feng Yan was furious, and the queen mother wanted His Royal Highness to enter the palace." ”

"......" Wuyang didn't speak, neither said to go, nor did he say no.

She turned her head to look in the direction of the palace through the open window beside her, even though she couldn't see anything at all.

Outside, the sky was filled with goose-feather snowflakes, and the cold wind blew flakes into the house from time to time.

Qingfeng hesitated for a moment, and said a little apprehensively: "Your Highness, the queen mother still said...... He also said that you are cold-hearted and ruthless. Qingfeng lowered his head, not daring to look directly at Wuyang.

Wuyang looked into the distance as if he had never heard of it, and his pupils were as deep as an abyss.

She was silent for a moment, and then suddenly spoke: "Scraping bones to cure poison, only by being ruthless, this poison can be pulled out." ”

She couldn't watch her mother sink deeper and deeper into the abyss......

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