Liu Guogong failed to complain about his grievances, but was beaten down by Emperor Wei.

He didn't know what was going on, and when he was about to return to the public mansion in a sedan chair, he heard the people in the streets and alleys talking, and his face turned pale. Especially when you are close to a few teahouses or restaurants with storytellers - the trouble of Sheng Mingzhu that day is well known to everyone in the whole capital.

Not only is the face of the Liu family gone, but even the emperor's favor may no longer exist.

The folk rumors are the most excessive, especially Aunt Zheng, who has been pampered by Liu Cunzhi and has been domineering for many years. The oppression of the people can be left alone, but there is a court official among them. What is the situation in the court, Liu Guogong is not clear now, but now he knows what the heart of the emperor is.

When I got home, I was already drenched in a cold sweat.

Seeing his demeanor, Mrs. Liu hurriedly asked the maid to sit down with her arms, and then sat down to the side and asked him, "Master, what's wrong, why did you come back with this demeanor?" ”

Liu Cunzhi is also in the hall, he has been reciting the Sutra of Death for Aunt Zheng in the Buddha Hall, and he also knew about it when he came back yesterday.

The beloved woman died because of the Sheng family, and when her son proposed to catch snakes, she did not object. It's not unheard of such a thing before, but it's just a concubine of a big family, and he thinks that he can completely suppress it with his father's reputation as the Duke of the Kingdom, especially Sheng Mingzhu himself has not had an accident.

But I didn't expect things to be so big.

Liu Guogong closed his eyes, leaned on the couch and did not speak. Liu Cunzhi became more and more flustered in his heart, and he was even more worried about his children, "Father, what is going on?" This Sheng Mingzhu didn't say anything about it, but he also came to our house to make trouble, Your Majesty will not be biased against his Sheng family again, right?! ”

When his words fell, Liu Guogong's eyes opened.

Looking at Liu Cunzhi's face, almost for a moment, he jumped up from the couch and slapped it over. Although he is old, but this slap used all his strength, Liu Cunzhi was just a literati, he was thrown on his back, and he couldn't get up for a long time, Liu Feirong and his brother hurriedly went to help him.

Yan and his son stood aside.

Mrs. Liu has always cherished her eldest son, and she also went up to help, not daring to speak angrily to Liu Guogong, so she looked at her daughter-in-law on the side, "Are you blind?" I won't hold a hand. ”

A smile flashed on Yan's face, and he went up to help Liu Cunzhi. was quickly pushed away by him.

Seeing this, Liu Guogong threw the cup next to him directly, and Liu Cunzhi was startled as soon as he got up. The other pair of children are also trembling.

"Yan's", Liu Guogong called.

Yan Shi responded.

"Pack up Liu Feirong's things and send them to Wanshui Village. In the future, you will not be allowed to set foot in my Liuguo Mansion for half a step. ”

Liu Feirong frowned, and said angrily, "Why? Sheng Mingzhu came to my country's mansion to make trouble, grandfather, you actually treated me like this? And Your Majesty, did he order it? Your Majesty is inevitably too unfair-" Before he finished speaking, he was slapped in the face, but this time it was Yan.

"You hit me? Yan's! Liu Feirong's eyes widened, and she looked at the old lady Liu on the stage, and stomped her feet, "Grandmother, you have to be the master with me." ”

The inner house is complicated, and Mrs. Liu is afraid that her daughter-in-law from a famous family will seize power with her. Over the years, she has secretly spoiled Aunt Zheng's room. There are a lot of things today, the old man got angry for no reason, and there was such a mess in the room that he had always been spoiled again, and the old lady was afraid that the Yan family would rebel.

"What are you hitting her for? Now it's time to remember the majesty of the mother? ”

Liu Cun knew that the female protector was anxious, and he also looked at Yan angrily. Liu Zhiran protected his mother behind him, and for a while, a small courtyard seemed to be in conflict.

"Mother-in-law, isn't it my daughter-in-law who is here to show prestige, haven't you heard the rumors outside? Now they all say that my Liu family has raised two heavenly kings? The prince and princess are not as bold as our Feirong? Yan Shi made a sad look on his face, but he couldn't be happy in his heart.

This is what she has been looking forward to for a long time.

Mrs. Liu is not familiar with political affairs, but she also knows from her daughter-in-law's words that this matter is not so easy to solve. He turned his head to look at Liu Guogong again, he didn't speak for a long time, and then he sighed, looking at Liu Feirong with disgust, "Sending you away now is the best I can do." Otherwise, if the Sheng family and the Song family join forces to sue you, I am afraid that you will not even be able to save your little life. ”

Liu Cunzhi said in fear, "How can this be? Sheng Mingzhu is not dead again? ”

Liu Guogong is disgusted with his granddaughter, but he is more sad for his son than he is dead, "If she dies, do you think you can still see her alive here?" Idiot! "If you weren't stupid, how could you raise such a pair of children.

Liu Feirong sat slumped on the ground, she didn't want to go to a place like the countryside at all, and looked at her father pitifully. Liu Cunzhi felt sorry for his daughter, and he was just about to see Liu Guogong but was glared at by him, and he didn't dare to speak out.

"Master, what's going on now?"

"Now what these two little beasts have done, the whole capital has become known. The Son of Heaven broke the law and committed the same crime as the common people, and people all over the world said that I Liu Guogong covered the sky with one hand. Your Majesty has always been suspicious, but now that it is clear that you will investigate it thoroughly, you can't run away from this, and I can't run away. ”

"But there is no concubine in the palace, if she pleads with Your Majesty-", said Mrs. Liu, she always felt that it was not a big deal, but just a commotion between children. Liu Guogong shook his head, he had always known the temperament of the emperor now, and not only the Sheng family, but also the Song family was biting tightly behind the buttocks.

"Tomorrow, I will go to the emperor to ask for a plaque in the Guogong Mansion."

"Father!" Liu Cunzhi never expected things to come to such a high point.

Liu Guogong didn't look at him, and said to Yan, "I don't have to worry about your affairs." Ming'er sent a gift of reparation to both the Song family and the Sheng family, people have already been offended, don't offend people to death. "Especially in the future, there is no plaque to protect the National Mansion.

Yan nodded.

On the side, Liu Cunzhi and a few people couldn't even move. Liu Feirong sat on the ground and covered her face and cried, she never thought that this would happen, first her aunt died, and now even she has to go to the countryside, Sheng Mingzhu is just a little concubine - how could this be?

——

The matter ended with Liuguo Bus going abroad.

Emperor Wei originally wanted to dispose of Liu Feichi and Liu Feirong, but gave up because of the concubine's constant intercession. In addition, two of the original four princes of the country went to the position, which can be regarded as putting down the big trouble in his heart, so he let Liu Guogong resist Liu Feichi's crime with the position of the prince of the country. It's just that his original second-grade official position has been cut.

The Liu family blamed all the folk rumors on Aunt Zheng. People are dead, and the people love to watch the excitement and don't want to make a fuss about the dead. I saw that the plaque of the Liuguo Mansion was taken off and replaced with the Liufu Mansion.

Liu Guogong and his old wife went to the wealthy Bingzhou to retire, and now the Manchu Mansion has been handed over to Liu Cunzhi, the third-grade Shaoqing with the largest official position.

Ruan's got Yan's greeting from the concierge in the morning, and she had already taken it before. Now only others have refused.

Sheng Mingzhu injured his wrist, and in the past few days, he has also received news from Sheng Qian from Liufu. Liuguo Bus went abroad for the public position, which she didn't expect. She originally wanted to let the Liu family lose someone, if things got bigger, the Liu family would never let Liu Feirong go back if they lost their reputation.

"Your Majesty is already jealous of the family in his heart", Sheng Qian said, "The fruit of misfortune." But no one can be blamed. ”

can only blame the Su Riliu family for being too careless.

Sheng Mingzhu hung her head, no matter what happened halfway, she was happy with the result now. She is not a soft-hearted person, others will attack her first, and she will not sympathize with the Liu family no matter how she is.

While stroking the pompom that Meow was screaming incessantly, Sheng Mingzhu asked the golden branch next to her who was sorting out her clothes, "How did Liu Feirong deal with it?" ”

Now that there is such a big disaster, she doesn't know what happened to Liu Feirong.

"It seems that he was sent to the countryside by the eldest lady of the Yan Mansion. Liu Guogong said that she broke off the relationship with the Liu family, and she could never enter the Liu family again. ”

Sheng Mingzhu didn't pay attention to this matter at all when he heard this. It's a pity, Liu Feirong slapped her and she returned it, and she still felt that she hadn't completely made up for the snake release.

However, she couldn't make up for it here, and someone helped her find it back.

Liu Feirong drove all the way from Jane, and was sent by the Yan family to press back a few old mothers. There was already a pair of red eyes on the road, but when she was walking on the road, the carriage suddenly stopped, and she felt that something was wrong, but the coarse cloth curtain of the carriage was suddenly lifted, and a basket of things was thrown in.

She reflexively caught it.

It was a wooden frame, and when I felt that something was wrong, I felt a sticky touch on my hands.

When she looked down, she saw a nest - not one, a nest of small turquoise snakes sticky together, one of them had opened its mouth, the white fangs flashed with a cold light, Liu Feirong's eyes widened, and she fainted directly.

A hundred miles away, the gray-clothed horse came back quickly.

The man in the carriage, dressed in a plain robe, saw that the man had returned, and his eyes were closed, so he turned the horse's head as well.

——

The Liu family's matter passed vigorously, but Sheng Qian's reputation became more and more famous.

Yan's gift was refused, and Mrs. Liu looked at the generous gift she was still holding in her hand, so she only scolded that it was useless, and soon entered the house under the service of the maid. Yan shook his head and smiled, and quickly went to Liu Zhiran's room in the backyard, he was lying on the table, and on the table was the deeds of the Liu family that had been circulating in the streets and alleys recently.

"Why—" looked at his son rather distressed.

Liu Zhiran also looked up at his mother, and then looked at the generous gift in her hand, "Liu Guogong's family...... Doesn't it exist anymore? ”

"It's long gone." Liu Zhiran is different from Liu Feichi, she was carefully raised by the Yan family, and she has no inherent vices of the children of the family, "Mother tried her best to arrange you to the household department, just so that you can have a stable future in the future." The four princes, the rest of the princes, are the Lianjiang family, you think they are full of flowers, but in fact they are all cooking oil. ”

Yan knew that one day, the chaos would calm down again.

"Naturally, now the Liu family has fallen. Mother can't rely on anyone but you. ”

Liu Zhiran raised his head and listened to Yan's words, and the decline finally disappeared.

——

Soon it was late autumn, and the sky was getting cooler.

In order to keep warm and beautiful, Sheng Mingzhu tied a red fox fur collar early. There is a faint red edge outside, and the maple red skirt on her body, which makes her whole person even more colorful.

On this day, Sheng Ruoqiu returned to the door, and Mrs. Song called a few young people in the family to talk. Before Sheng Mingzhu came, the room was in harmony, and when Jin Zhi lifted the curtain of the door that had thickened because it was about to reach early winter, the laughter in it stopped a little.

Sheng Feifei looked over, she wore jewelry of the same color as her clothes on her head, and at a glance, people seemed to have entered the late autumn scene outside, and her eyes moved slightly. Sheng Feifei looked at it and quickly turned her head again, took Mrs. Song's hand and said affectionately, Sheng Mingzhu, what is her ability, and her grandmother doesn't like her?

Sheng Mingzhu came in and saluted a few people slightly. Old Taijun Song only lowered her head and asked her to find a place to sit down, with a cold expression.

Sheng Mingzhu never cared about this, and found a place to sit.

Soon, someone brought tea over, and Sheng Ruoqiu also saw what the grandmother and Sheng Feifei looked like when the third sister entered the door. She had a good impression of Sheng Mingzhu, so she opened her mouth to relieve the embarrassment.

"The third sister looks better and better", Sheng Ruoqiu boasted, but she was sincere. The eighteenth year of the female college has changed, and a girl of this age is becoming more and more beautiful.

"Beauty is like a flower in the mirror." Song Lao Taijun's way, "The family marries the eldest woman, and the word virtuous is virtuous." ”

The meaning in these words is wrong, Sheng Ruoqiu can hear it, and Sheng Mingzhu can naturally hear it.

"Dare to ask grandmother, what is virtuous?" She asked, tilting her head.

"Not stirring up the wind and rain is the most basic." In the final analysis, Mrs. Song has been dissatisfied with the various incidents that have caused her granddaughter recently.

Sheng Mingzhu lowered his head and drank a glass of water, but did not continue to ask Mrs. Song anything. The expression was plain and bland, which made Mrs. Song feel a little unhappy. Fortunately, Sheng Ruoqiu reconciled it, but it didn't look like anything on the surface.

Everyone sat and ate tea for a while, and Mrs. Song said that she had back pain.

Sheng Feifei took a few sour mouthfuls and helped her down.

Only Sheng Ruoqiu and Sheng Mingzhu are left.

"Mingzhu", Sheng Ruoqiu beckoned to her, Mingzhu walked up to her chair and called her big sister sweetly.

"You're making a big fuss now. I know my grandmother is a person, she has rigid rules, and now I am afraid that I don't like you. ”

Sheng Mingzhu wrinkled her nose, "I don't think my grandmother has ever loved me." As if her father was not her own, she looked at Sheng Ruoqiu again, "I always feel that my grandmother doesn't like me, Lingzhu, or my mother—" She paused, a little tentative, "It seems that even my father and grandmother don't love me." ”

Sheng Ruoqiu was stunned, she didn't expect Mingzhu to be so delicate. After thinking about it, there is nothing to hide in the end.

"I just listened to my mother. It seems that because the third uncle was born, his grandmother was assassinated. ”

Sheng Mingzhu knew this, and her father also told her. If it weren't for this, the Song family would not have married into the Sheng Mansion and became her mother-in-law. He pursed his lips, "Can't you think my father is a mother for this?" "That's ridiculous.

Sheng Ruoqiu shook his head, "Time has passed, and it's not something you and my juniors can understand." After a pause, he said, "The third uncle seems to be checking the accounts of the household department these days?" ”

Sheng Mingzhu mentioned it when she heard her father and Yun Niang talk, so she nodded, "How come even the eldest sister knows?" ”