Chapter Ninety-Eight: Desperate Survival
If she forces me to marry me, it will be a big deal if she forces me. β
Sheng Mingzhu really hated it in her heart, and she had tasted the warmth and coldness since the accident in the third room. Others don't say anything, it's not their own family, but the deepest person who stepped on their own family is actually their own grandmother, and at this time let her get married, and I don't know what An's thoughts are.
Sheng Mingzhu only felt that the green tendons in her head kept jumping, and she suddenly hurt.
"Don't be afraid, my mother has thought about it. Change your name, wait for me to ask you where your father is going to be exiled, and the three of us will go in a carriage together. Those things in your father's name will be confiscated in the future, and I still have some private houses here, which can also provide for the life of our family of three in the future. β
Speaking of this, Yun Niang turned her head and looked at her little daughter with some distress, "It's just a pity that Lingzhu is there, but the academy can't be done." β
Lingzhu shook her head, there has been an accident in the family in the past few days, although she is young, she also knows the reason, and she has lost a lot of weight, "I know, the purpose of reading is to be reasonable, my father is now exiled at the border, and as a child, I should take care of him." Distinguishing between black and white, Sheng Lingzhu naturally knew why her father was locked up.
Yun Niang looked at her like a little adult, and she also had mixed feelings in her heart. Holding the spirit bead into his arms, "The spirit bead is much more sensible than before." β
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The evening breeze was cold all the way, and he walked on a mountain road, and Sheng Qian still had shackles on his body.
From here, you need to walk through the mountain road and walk through a long period of dangerous peaks. From the Great Zhou Dynasty to the Great Wei Dynasty, many businessmen accidentally fell into the cliff when they walked by, so this place was named the dangerous peak. The moonlight above was faint, Sheng Qian was a scholar after all, and after walking for a long time, there were a lot of blisters on the soles of his feet, and with more than ten catties of shackles on his body, he walked more and more slowly.
Several escorts urged him many times along the way, but when they arrived here, they were no longer urging.
"Sheng Shilang, rest here."
One of the leading officials stopped first, and the rest of the men also stopped. Sheng Qian thanked the servant, found a stone and sat down, and took off his boots, because he didn't know how long he would have to walkβhe couldn't just ruin a pair of feet, and he had to deal with the blisters on his feet.
"Sheng Shilang, we'll send you here."
The official said this, and Sheng Qian raised his head. The official looks ordinary, holding a knife in his hand, which is the kind worn by ordinary officials, and the knife surface flashes with cold light, "Don't blame a few of us when you go underground, people pay for your life, we don't support our families, we just can't afford to offend people." β
Sheng Qian put on his boots again, and bowed his hand to the servant again, "Little brother, I'm about to go down Huangquan Road left and right, can you tell me who is going to buy my life-"
But the servant did not speak, but raised the sword in his hand. Guan Ping and a group of Dongchang people rushed over, Lao Yuan Qingyi shouted, and galloped over quickly, when he kicked the chest of the officer, he hurriedly went to help Sheng Qian, "Master Sheng, is your body okay?" β
The people in the East Factory have always been above the top, and others say so. Sheng Qian knew a Guan Ping, polite and Confucian style. Now his subordinates shook their heads as rumored. Guan Ping glanced at his future father-in-law, "The carriage has been prepared, and His Majesty has instructed me to take you into the palace." β
Sheng Qian glanced at the dark night, his official career was not long, and he was in the emperor's favor, but for some reason he had a feeling of declining days. In the past few days, the emperor has been fighting with his courtiers and conspiring with his courtiers, so that his original ambition to serve the country has disappeared a lot.
Only sighed.
"Your Excellency forgives your sins, your lords forgive your sins! The villain just does what he is told! The officer who took the lead knelt down and kept kowtowing, and the rest followed him. Guan Ping glanced at Tsing Yi, then raised his hand to help Sheng Qian, and the two of them got into the carriage together, and the direction of the original exit turned again.
Tea had been prepared in the car earlier, Sheng Qian was a little surprised, and he was wearing a brand-new official uniform, but he didn't expect Lord Guan to be so intimate.
Guan Ping poured tea for him, the car was not big, and it was just enough to accommodate two people, Guan Ping looked at him, "Why did you sigh just now?" β
A sip of hot tea eased the melancholy of the past few days. Sheng Qian looked at the hot air that was constantly steaming, "I feel it." I suddenly felt a little tired. β
"Intrigue between the DPRK and China has become the norm. Sheng Da has been involved, like now, if you don't take power, the wife and daughter in the family will only be reduced to being bullied," Guan Ping said lightly, "Besides, Sheng Da is still a loyal person now, and he has nothing to do with you before." β
Sheng Qian smiled and shook his head, "I just sighed and complained, but I didn't expect to lead to such a long remark from the governor of Guandu." It's because I have wives and daughters that I'm afraid of themβ" Halfway through speaking, he sighed again, "It's just that the governor, I see that you are not too young, why don't you plan to get married." β
Guan Ping was drinking tea, and raised his eyes slightly when he heard this, "There is one, I just accepted my ancestral jade pendant a few days ago, but I am still young." β
He didn't say which lady it was, and Sheng Qian didn't continue to ask, and soon the carriage arrived in the palace.
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Wang Encheng, the eldest son of the prime minister, didn't know that the assassination had failed, and he wanted to kill Sheng Qian, just because of the account book in Sheng Qian's hand. Although it is only the account book of the state and the state - but His Majesty is not a fool, and the state is like this, it is difficult to guarantee that it will not touch this and other things, if it is checked out, which family can stand this.
"You waitβ" The gatekeeper walked by on the way, and Wang Enchen stopped him, "Is anyone looking for me today?" β
The porter thought for a while, "It's still the adults from before, didn't the master say that he couldn't see it?" The next person has all been sent away, or let the little one find it again? β
Wang Encheng frowned when he heard this, and said, "No need. "Those people said that they would finish their work and go to the house tonight, and it would be the second half of the night, but they hadn't come yet. At this time, Wang Xiang wore a court dress, as if he was going out, Wang Encheng was a little suspicious, "Father, what are you going to do in court clothes in the middle of the night?" β
"What can you do in court clothes?" Wang Xiang glanced at him, and then arranged his sleeves, "Your Majesty was urgently summoned to the palace, and the prince just passed it through." I couldn't find you at home, so I put on my court clothes and came to look for you. β
"Your Majesty is in a hurry to enter the palace", Wang Encheng turned his head, and sure enough, the housekeeper next to him had already prepared his court clothes, and he asked Wang Xiang while putting it on his body, "Does Father know what is going on?" Why are you usually summoned to the palace in a hurry? β
"I don't know."
looked at Wang Encheng again, "If it's good, hurry up." β
Wang Encheng looked at the door of the house again, he had been waiting for several hours at the gazebo closest to the back door of his house, but no one came to report the news. Now that a thin layer of sweat has appeared on his forehead, he always feels a little unstable in his heart, but he feels that he has thought too much - since Sheng Qian has been sentenced to exile, it means that His Majesty has given up on this person.
Then I am afraid that no one cares about his life or death, so he honestly put his heart in his stomach and got into the carriage to enter the palace.
All the way, Wang Xiang looked at the eldest son a little absent-mindedly, and when he entered the palace, the two of them were waiting at the door to meet Emperor Wei, he asked in a low voice, and before Wang Encheng could respond, a long shadow covered the two, and the gentle and inexplicable familiar voice, "Your Majesty let the two adults enter to talk." β
Wang Xiang raised his head, and even if he had seen too much wind and waves at such an age, he was also a little shocked at this time, "Why are you here?" "Shouldn't he have been exiled at this point? Now it's time to be in prison and ready to go.
And Wang Encheng on the side has been so soft that he is on the ground, and he still doesn't understand anything now. Sheng Qian, a dying person, now appeared in the palace and appeared beside His Majesty - Sheng Qian walked into the two of them again, the moonlight was slightly cold, and the smile on his face was like a spring breeze, but it was also cold to the bottom of Wang Encheng's heart, "Two adults, come on, Your Majesty has been waiting for a long time." β
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The wind turned and turned, and Sheng Qian, who should have been exiled from the customs, was reused by His Majesty, but on the contrary, it was Wang Encheng, the beloved son of Wang Xiang, who was imprisoned - the results of the examination of Dali Temple had not yet come out, but Guan Ping presented the account book that Sheng Qian had given him a long time ago to Emperor Wei in the morning of the next day.
"Not long after the founding of the Great Wei Dynasty, according to reason, all families and generals are all heroes, and they should be rewarded. Maybe I didn't do enough, that's why this happened. β
Emperor Wei held the account book in his hand, and the courtiers below were silent. He raised his eyes to look at the quiet crowd below, and whispered to Wang Fu, "Go get a brazier." β
Wang Fu nodded, and soon walked out of the main hall, but after a few breaths, he led a little eunuch with a brazier behind him, and placed the brazier next to Emperor Wei's dragon chair all the way. The plaque was glowing with golden light, the dragon chair was glowing with golden light, and now the brazier was also glowing with red color, and Emperor Wei threw the scroll of accounts into the brazier.
The fire was not small, and the books were easy to reach, so a big fire was spread out at once. To startle Emperor Wei, Wang Fu hurriedly stepped forward to block the fire, "Your Majesty be careful." β
Emperor Wei watched for a while, and after a while, the fire was smaller, and the account book was reduced to ashes. Looking at the ministers below, some of them are not involved in this matter, but more are relieved - if he had been twenty years earlier, he could not tolerate sand in his eyes, but as he grew older, he also understood that when the water is clear, there are no fish.
"I've burned this thing."
Emperor Wei sighed, "Wang Encheng framed Sheng Shilang, and united with the courtiers to form a party for personal gain, and changed the Dali Temple to prison."
Broke off the arm of the Wang family, and completely damaged the stable ship of the family's iron cables, although it did not meet expectations, Emperor Wei was also satisfied, and ordered Sheng Qian to reinstate his post.
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Sheng Qian came back in a sedan chair in the palace, and Yun Niang had already gone out with her two daughters to pick up people. When Mrs. Song learned that Sheng Qian was not innocent and had won a lot of rewards, the Buddhist beads in his hand were all brokenβnot all surprised, but also a little weird.
Her beloved son has achieved nothing, but what she doesn't want can always survive.