Chapter 16: The Culprit
Xiao Xuan slept peacefully for a night, and the high fever finally subsided. Early in the morning, Dan Tang invited the imperial doctor to come back to see, and the imperial doctor carefully checked the pulse, saying that Xiao Xuan was fine, and he only needed to continue to drink a bowl of soothing soup before going to bed these days.
When Xiao Yu came over, Xiao Xuan was sitting on the bed eating Bi Terrier porridge.
"Xuan'er." Xiao Yu looked at Xiao Xuanren's small one sitting on the bed, and her cheeks, which had always been ruddy and full, seemed to be a lot paler.
"Big brother." Xiao Xuan looked at Xiao Yu. "Why is Big Brother here? Don't you have to go to class today, big brother? ”
"I don't have to go for a few days, yesterday's incident, my father asked me and my sixth brother to rest for a few days and then go." Dan Tang brought a chair and placed it beside Xiao Xuan's bed, Xiao Yu sat down and carefully looked at Xiao Xuan's complexion. "What about you, I heard from my mother that you had a sudden high fever in the middle of the night, are you feeling better now?"
"It's better." Xiao Xuan ate a few mouthfuls of porridge, there was no taste in her mouth, let alone the taste of porridge, she raised her hand and wanted to hand the porridge bowl to Lu Lin.
Lu Lin stretched out his hand to take it, but Xiao Yu took the porridge bowl first.
"Since I'm sick, I have to eat something light to get better faster." Xiao Yu looked at the bowl, and only half a bowl was missing. "I can't eat it." Xiao Xuan shook his head again and again and waved his hand.
"Obedient." Xiao Yu looked at her sister like this, smiled softly and persuaded her, and picked up the small spoon in the bowl with her hand. "Big brother, feed you."
Xiao Yu fed Xiao Xuan most of the bowl of porridge, and watched her drink the medicinal juice she was going to take in the morning.
"Big brother, how is his injury?" Xiao Yu did not leave, but accompanied Xiao Xuan to talk and chat, and Xiao Xuan suddenly remembered Duan
Shaolan.
"He woke up last night, too." Xiao Yu said. "The doctor said that he was fine, but it was not appropriate to move for the time being, so
He will also be kept in the palace for a few days. ”
Originally, Xiao Yu was going to accompany Xiao Xuan to talk for a while, but Xiao Jun, who was guarding the Chonghua Palace, suddenly sent someone to send a message, saying yes
There is something important to say to Xiao Yu.
"Big brother, let's go." Xiao Xuan sat on the bed obediently and said.
"Then I'll go." Xiao Yu had no choice but to get up, and when he left, he also told Xiao Xuan to recuperate.
"yes, I see."
Xiao Yu rushed back to a side room where Duan Shaolan was placed in the Chonghua Palace, and found that there was even a waiter and palace in the room at this time
None, only Duan Shaolan sitting on the bed and Xiao Jun standing in front of the window.
"Why isn't there anyone in the room?" Xiao Yu stepped forward and asked.
"Big brother!" Xiao Jun, who was looking out the window and didn't know what he was thinking, heard Xiao Yu's voice and instantly came back to his senses.
"Shaolan thought of something."
Duan Shaolan on the bed was still in a daze because of the sudden accident, and he was vague about everything at the time of the incident, and he could only clearly remember that when he saw the horse of the sixth prince crashing into the eldest prince riding on horseback to the side to watch the battle, the fastest way for him to save the two of them was to block the two of them and unload the power of the startled horse, but he ignored that he had inadvertently seen a scene before.
When I went to get the harness myself, I once saw a man coiling beside the horses of the six princes for a long time, and even the whips of the six princes were received from that man.
"Yesterday, the second son of the Earl of Yongchang Mansion used to hover beside the horses of the six princes, and the whip of the six princes was also received from him." Duan Shaolan looked at Xiao Yu and said.
"yes, I remembered, too." Xiao Jun clapped his hands and said. "I said, that kid from the Liao family obviously followed the second brother around in the past, why couldn't he get away when he talked around me yesterday."
"Earl of Yongchang's Palace?" Xiao Yu frowned and thought. "How many children are studying in the palace in the Yongchang Earl's Mansion now?"
"The Earl of Yongchang's family is famous for its prosperity and decline in the imperial capital, and the current Yongchang Count only has two sons. Today's Countess Yongchang is the stepfamily, and the eldest of his family is the original match, because his biological mother died early due to illness, and his grandfather's family had little power in the early years, so he was not able to enter the palace to study. But two years ago, his grandfather's family was in turmoil, and Yongchangbo invited the boss to ask Yin Feng to stuff people into the household department, and now he should be the head of the warehouse department of Liupin. The second is from the later steproom, and this stepwife is the second daughter of Aunt Changle's family, so the second child was sent to the palace to study. However, he has been following the second brother since he came in, and he hasn't spoken much to the two of us. ”
Earl Yongchang's family affairs were also a well-known public case in Beijing a few years ago, Yongchangbo's original wife passed away quite strangely, and even a hundred days of filial piety did not occur, Yongchangbo removed the white cloth and soul-attracting banner at home, and hurriedly married the second daughter of the eldest princess of Changle as the stepfamily. Then in just eight months, the second child of the Liao family was born.
The external statement of the Yongchang Earl's Mansion about this matter is that the step-family was bumped by the eldest son left by the original partner when she was pregnant in August, so she gave birth to a child early. But among the twists and turns, there have always been speakers in the imperial capital.
Xiao Yu heard him say these things to the truth, and couldn't help but hit him.
"Speaking of these short things in the family, you turn your head and say, why can't you stammer when your father checks your homework." Xiao Yu counted his younger brother. "Can you put your energy into your schoolwork and work harder?"
Xiao Jun was the sixth son of Emperor Chu, and he was always loose in his schoolwork, preferring horseback riding and archery to studying. But Emperor Chu and Emperor Liu's concubine didn't have any requirements for him, anyway, he was a young son, and it was enough to be literate and reasonable, and he would discipline him less.
"What's the matter, even my father and mother don't talk about me." Xiao Jun diverted the topic. "Big brother, I think that nine times out of ten, this time the thing was done by that kid from the Liao family, maybe it was ordered by the second brother to do it! They are all brothers in the family, and he can plot against our brothers with such a ruthless hand! ”
"Shut up." Xiao Yu reprimanded, looking at Duan Shaolan who was sitting on the bed.
After Duan Shaolan said it before, he kept his head down, his nose and his nose and his heart and did not speak, obviously not ready to continue to express his opinions.
"You all know that Liao Yongnian is close to the second brother on weekdays, even if the second brother really wants to attack us, he will not be stupid enough to let him attack directly." Xiao Yu pondered for a moment and said. "The matter is still undecided, you don't have to babble outside and say those things that you just said."
"But ......" Xiao Jun was unwilling.
"What's more, but the people who calculate us are also accurate in your impatience. I saw what happened yesterday, you are obviously in a situation where the defeat is irretrievable and you are still unwilling to admit defeat, otherwise you will not be easy to do. Xiao Yu shouted. If Shaolan hadn't sacrificed his horse to stand between you and me, would you still be able to stand in front of me and talk well?! ”
Xiao Jun was speechless at this time, and sat down with a shameful face.
"Shaolan, I didn't solemnly thank you for yesterday's incident." Xiao Yu looked at Xiao Jun and shook his head helplessly, then turned to look at Duan Shaolan, and said with his fists clenched. "I thank you for saving my two brothers at the risk of your own safety,"
"The Great Prince." Duan Shaolan waved his hand again and again and said. "It happened right in front of my eyes, and it was supposed to be rescued."
Xiao Yu let Duan Shaolan have a good rest, and took the reluctant Xiao Jun to his study with his own hands.
"Big brother, since we already know that Liao Yongnian did this nine times out of ten, we might as well tell our father to go, there must be a way to deal with this matter, right? We can't swallow our anger and suffer a calculation in vain. ”
"No need, I got the news this morning, my father dealt with the horses that had the accident overnight last night and the people who are now in charge of the horse farm and the people who raised them. Liao Yongnian misbehaved and was expelled from the palace, and he was unworthy of being the heir to the title of Earl Yongchang, and pointed out that the eldest son of Yongchang Bo was the next Yongchang Bo. My father also sent Wu Chuan to send a message to me, saying that I would no longer need to go to the study to study after a few days of rest, and let me go directly to my uncle's household department to learn to listen to politics and council members. ”
"What? Father, what does this mean is that we should expose this matter ourselves? ”
"If you understand, why bother asking." Xiao Yu knew that although this matter would not necessarily be instructed by Xiao Jin to Liao Yongnian, if his two brothers were injured, the biggest beneficiary would only be Xiao Jin, the second prince who is now raised under the queen's knees.
But in the end, neither of his brothers was injured, and even Duan Shaolan's injuries were not serious.
On the one hand, Emperor Chu disposed of Liao Yongnian, who was born by the people of the racecourse and the stepwife of Uncle Yongchang, and rejected his idea of inheriting the title of Earl of Yongchang. On the other hand, he also promised to go directly to the household department to follow his uncle and learn to be a director.
The household department is in charge of the treasury, money and grain, which is the foundation of the country, and the eldest brother of Emperor Liu's concubine is now the head of the household department of Zhengerpin.
The mother originally thought that after he got married, she would try to mention to her father that he should go to the Sixth Ministry to study and listen to the political council.
Unexpectedly, this time the crooked fight was correct, and the father took the initiative to mention it in order to appease their mother and son.
"Okay, I got it." Xiao Jun looked a little discouraged, but Rao also knew that it was extremely rare good news for Xiao Yu to be able to enter the household department to learn and listen to the political council. He didn't want to and couldn't bite this matter anymore, but he was still a little unwilling in his heart.
"You, when can you change this problem of putting everything on your face?" Xiao Yu knew that Xiao Jun had made concessions for himself, so he also told Xiao Jun about another thing that Wu Chuan had told him in private. "But maybe you can continue to investigate from Liao Yongnian's body, but you don't have to investigate too deeply, Liao Yongnian and the people behind him are angry with you, as long as you don't make a life lawsuit."
"Really?!" Xiao Jun, who originally had a bitter face, immediately asked with a smile. "Father really allowed me to vent my evil anger?!"
"You know, don't go out and talk about it, don't make too much trouble." Xiao Yu looked at Xiao Jun, who was instantly pregnant, and couldn't help but shake his head and smile. "And it's only for you to work for a few days, just let it out."
"Good!" Xiao Jun responded loudly, smiled and went out.
Duan Shaolan saw Xiao Yu and Xiao Jun go out, so he lay down and closed his eyes to recuperate. When he fell asleep in the palace, he always felt like walking on thin ice, thinking about getting out of the palace as soon as possible.
But he closed his eyes for a moment, and then he heard footsteps coming from far and near.