Three days before Luan returned to Beijing, the inner court announced the news of the emperor's return to Beijing. When many ministers received this Ming Fa, they were obviously a little stunned, when did the emperor leave Beijing? What is the purpose of leaving Beijing?

I didn't have time to take care of these problems, and I was busy with the heavy greeting etiquette and pomp until the nineteenth and second watches of the first month, and I sorted out some eyebrows.

Lord Ge Laoliu was holding a bowl of sesame-stuffed rice balls, and just took a bite, he heard his eldest son say: "Daddy, I heard that the emperor left Beijing this time to find Shi Zhongyuan's daughter. ”

The sesame rice balls were bitten open by Liu Ge Lao, and poured directly into Liu Ge Lao's throat, and the hot sesame soup filling was so hot that Liu Ge Lao directly put the bowl and kept running away in his mouth. The flustered air flow in Liu Ge's mouth, forcing the rice balls to have nowhere to hide, just stuck in his throat.

A freshly cooked rice ball was stuck in his throat, and Liu Ge Lao pierced his heart like a knife, stretching his neck, unable to vomit and swallow. Like a hanged man, rolling his eyes and clutching his neck

"Daddy, are you alright?" The eldest prince saw that Liu Ge was burned by Tang Yuan'er, so he hurriedly came over and slapped the seepage.

If you want to spit it out, you can't do it. Liu Ge Lao endured the heat, hoarded a mouthful of saliva, and used all his strength, squeezing the rice balls and going down.

"Daddy, take a sip of tea and take a shower." Seeing that his father was choked and rolled his eyes, Liu Dagongzi hurriedly took a cup of tea, broke open Liu Ge's mouth, and poured it into it.

The hot sesame rice balls, all the way to the city, like a sharp knife down Liu Ge Lao's esophagus, from the mouth to the stomach, swallowing a rice ball is the same as disemboweling the belly.

Finally swallowed the sesame rice balls into his stomach, Liu Ge Lao finally breathed a sigh of relief, and didn't care about the internal injuries that were scalded by the sesame rice balls, and said in shock: "What did you say?" Shi Zhongyuan's daughter? ”

Grand Prince Liu gently patted the back of Liu Ge's heart and said, "Yes, I heard the news leaked from Master Wang's side that the emperor secretly left Beijing at this time to take Shi Zhongyuan's daughter back to Beijing. ”

"Isn't she dead?"

"I didn't die, and I don't know what happened, but I fled to Fujian and defected to He Youan."

"What? Didn't die? Didn't the Huichang Mountain Palace say that 'the palace accidentally went to the water and burned her to death'? ”

"Daddy, now is not the time to dwell on this, Shi Zhongyuan's daughter is not dead, Daddy think about it, she is the emperor's wife, and the emperor went to Fujian to pick her up, what does this mean?"

Liu Ge Lao was obviously hit hard by this sentence, and his yellow and fat face was white and white, and after being stunned for a long time, he said in shock: "It's okay, we don't have blood on our hands, and this blood debt can't be counted on our heads." ”

Grand Prince Liu disagreed with Liu Ge Lao's self-comfort, and said with a sad face: "Daddy, the twists and turns you wrote to the imperial court before are all false, if it weren't for Daddy to poke this hole, others would not have taken the opportunity to poison him and become Shi Zhongyuan." ”

Elder Liu Ge still couldn't accept the news, and confirmed with his son again: "Is she really alive?" ”

Liu Dagongzi no longer patted Liu Ge Lao's back, picked up a round stool, sat directly opposite Liu Ge Lao, and said in a row: "Daddy, you don't even believe my words? ”

"Anyway, we didn't do anything, even if his daughter takes revenge, it has nothing to do with us."

"Daddy, are you still deceiving yourself? We didn't kill Shi Zhongyuan with our own hands, but Shi Zhongyuan died because of his father's recital, you said that her daughter came back, can you not settle accounts with us? ”

"It is common for courtiers to report and expose each other, if you make a fuss about this reason, who will dare to speak in the future?"

"We are the culprit, I always feel that this time Shi Zhongyuan's daughter comes back, she will definitely trouble us. Wu Anhou himself died cleanly, leaving a pile of bad debts for us to carry. ”

"Why wasn't he burned to death? If she lives, what will happen to the old thing's daughter? ”

"Daddy, I guess the remnants of the old thing will definitely make a move these days. The emperor's wife is not the queen of the middle palace, and it is estimated that the big drama is still to come! ”

"Son, don't follow them blindly, your father and I can stand for decades, just stay neutral all the time."

The so-called 'neutrality' of Liu Ge Lao is, to put it bluntly, a grass on the wall, which side is windy and which way.

"Daddy, don't be blind, no one in the capital knows that you are Wu Anhou's party, and even the black gauze hat on his son's head was approved by Wu Anhou himself. Daddy wants to clear up the relationship at this time, is it possible? ”

"What do you mean? Did someone come over and say something to you? Liu Ge asked sensitively.

"Daddy, I won't tell you, this news was deliberately leaked to me by Master Wang and his gang." What Liu Dagongzi said.

"You talk carefully, there are many things you can't understand, but Daddy can understand it."

"Daddy, what else don't you understand, Master Wang asked me for tea, and I went around for a long time, to put it bluntly, I asked you to take the Qingliu Wenchen of the imperial court to stop the emperor from abolishing the queen."

The more Liu Ge listened, the more anxious he became, and he couldn't help but ask, "What did Master Wang say?" ”

"What else can I say, let's talk about it, or is it that my father took the lead against the Shi family, causing the Shi family to be ruined, and Shi Zhongyuan's daughter will come back, and she will definitely be the first to liquidate us."

"Master Wang really said that?"

"Daddy, can you not believe me? Can my son talk nonsense to you about this? ”

Liu Ge said dejectedly: "Son, it's not that Daddy doesn't believe you, Daddy is afraid that they will treat us as pawns." ”

Liu Dagongzi said disappreciably: "Daddy, being a chess piece is better than being a fish, we have already made a grudge with the Shi family, even if Daddy wants to tie up Shi Zhongyuan's daughter, people may not be able to look down on Daddy, it is better to follow Master Wang and them, and support the current queen desperately, maybe you can pick up a life." ”

Liu Ge Lao thought about it for a long time, and the scalded esophagus gradually began to cool and freeze, and a strong chill and panic swept Liu Ge Lao.

"Son, since Master Wang came to you, he must have thought of a countermeasure, what did he tell you?"

"After saying everything that should be said, he said, 'We and they are now grasshoppers in the same boat, and everyone can work together to find a way out, and he also said that he should let Daddy quickly contact the civil officials in Beijing in the past two days, and if the emperor insists on abolishing it, let the hundred officials jointly write against it.' ”

"Hundreds of officials jointly wrote against it?"

"Yes, that's what Master Wang meant?"

Liu Ge's old eye sockets are deeply sunken, and the wrinkles on the middle of the person are so deep that they seem to be able to hold back the breath that comes out.

After being stunned for a long time, he still shook his head and said: "No, if this is the case, this is the feud, but we don't have blood on our hands, and if we make such a fuss, a hundred mouths can't tell clearly." ”

"Daddy, you don't want to think about it, you said that you didn't have an enemy and people believed it? It is you who say that Master Shi is corrupt, you are also the one who says that Master Shi is in contact with foreign countries, and it is you who says that Master Shi secretly communicates with the rebels, do you think Shi Zhongyuan's daughter can spare you? ”

Liu Ge's eyes suddenly picked up, stared straight at Liu Gongzi, and asked, "Did they give you benefits?" ”

Liu Dagongzi was originally lying on the table, but when Liu Ge asked him like this, he suddenly straightened up, and said in a panic: "Daddy, you, what did you say?" The son is for you, how can you speculate about the son so much, isn't this a stain on the son's filial piety? ”

Liu Dagongzi's panic completely confirmed the speculation in Liu Ge's heart, his ravine-ravine face, suddenly the green muscles were furious, and he bounced up from the chair at 'Teng', pointed at Liu Dagongzi and asked loudly: "Honestly, what did they give you?" This is not a joke, if you don't get it right, you will lose your head! ”

Liu Dagongzi was originally a waste straw bag, and he was questioned by his father pointing his nose, and he knew that he couldn't hide it, so he said hesitantly: "Master Wang helped his son send a few tables of wine money, that's all." ”

The one who knows his son best is still his old son, Liu Ge Lao looked at this uncompetitive son, he was so angry that he was like thunder, and asked viciously: "How much is the cost of wine for a few tables?" ”

Liu Dagongzi trembled and covered up: "It's not much, it's really not much." ”

The more Liu Dagongzi didn't dare to say it, the more suspicious Liu Ge Lao became, "It's not much, you say it, I'll return it to them quickly, let's not interfere with the river water with them, so we don't need to let them lead the nose." Tell me how much silver? ”

"Daddy, what is well water and river water, our bodies are not clean for a long time, and Master Wang is also kind."

Liu Ge was so angry that he grabbed a bowl with his hand, smashed it on Liu Gongzi's body, and shouted angrily: "Hurry up and say how much silver, let's not wade into this troubled water." ”

"Daddy, you dissipate your anger, and your son will explain to you slowly!"

"Do you want to say it? Come to people, heirlooms. Liu Ge Lao shouted at a few small guys.

"Daddy, it's good to say, why are you going to beat your son again." Liu begged for mercy in horror, but still did not dare to say the amount of silver.

"You still don't say it, do you? How much money did they send for you? ”

Liu Ge couldn't wait for the board, so he directly picked up a feather duster in the vase, and whipped it indiscriminately at Liu Gongzi.

"Daddy, don't fight. Stop it. ”

The panic in the main hall stirred up the restlessness of the chickens and dogs in the house, and the old lady of Liu Ge, as well as several aunts, and the aunt and grandmother Bai Liu, who returned to the door with the first month, were all crowded in the room.

The board had already been lifted, and the old man of Liu Ge asked sharply: "How much silver, you can say it quickly!" ”

Mrs. Liu felt sorry for her son, and said coaxing on the side: "Son, hurry up and tell your father, how much money did you spend?" ”

Liu Ge waited for a long time, and when he saw that Liu Gongzi was still silent, he directly grabbed the board, beat him desperately, and shouted: "Do you want to say it?" Say it or not! ”

When he didn't see the coffin, he didn't cry, and it wasn't until he hit the board on his buttocks that Liu Dagongzi whimpered: "Three hundred thousand taels of silver." ”

Liu Ge didn't listen to this number, but it was okay; When I heard about 300,000 taels, I almost choked up! finally turned around, and the anger in his heart turned into the board in his hand, and it fell on the waist of Liu Gongzi's ass at once.

"Three hundred thousand taels of silver, how did you spend it? I have been reading the books of sages all my life, how could I give birth to you, a brute of a ruined family. Liu Ge scolded while beating.

Several aunts couldn't help the pleasure in their hearts, covered their faces with handkerchiefs, and did not come forward to comfort them.