The spring sun in the afternoon is bright and warm, quietly sprinkled on a peach tree in full bloom in the quiet courtyard, attracting colorful butterflies to stumble, charming huā to compete for beauty.

The maids and ladies in the courtyard were in a dense and hurried manner, but they all slowed down, as if they were afraid of waking up the snow cat that was sleeping in the warm afternoon.

The cat belonged to Miss Qin Yi, and she sneaked away to the Jingshi Courtyard at some point, and actually lay comfortably under the vine trellis and squinted her eyes and took a nap.

A scream came from the southeast ear room, finally breaking the silence of the courtyard.

The snow cat was also startled and walked over the wall.

It has been two hours since Dongyu's amniotic water broke, and the contractions made her almost faint in pain.

Under the guidance of Wen Po, she inhaled and exhaled, but still felt unbearable pain.

Mrs. Sheng did not enter the delivery room, but only placed a white jade Guanyin in the western room, lit incense, and knelt on the futon to chant and pray for Dongyi.

The screams made her feel unstable, and her chanting was interrupted several times.

A little maid accompanied him.

Mother Kang and Mother Luo, Orange Hong, Rose, Xun Fang, Biqiu, and Tiantao from Jingshi Hospital were all waiting in the delivery room.

The first birth is very hard, and the situation of Dongyu is already very good.

Wen Po has been saying that the big grandmother is hard and inhales.

Dongyu was sweating profusely, holding Luo's mother's hand tightly, and kept exerting force.

"Sister Yu, don't be afraid, don't be afraid." Luo's mother was even more nervous than Dongyi, for fear that she would panic when she gave birth for the first time, so she kept wiping her sweat and "It's almost down"

"Mommy, Mommy." Dong Yu gasped for air, her voice was hoarse and her consciousness was not as clear as before, "Mom, what if it's a girl?" ”

Luo's mother comforted her: "It must be a son, don't worry, sister." ”

Since she became pregnant, she has never asked the Buddha to burn incense, and she has never shied away from talking about what if she gives birth to a daughter.

She is the stepfamily, and the son of the Sheng family already has a son-in-law and a concubine, so there is no need for Dongyu to be in a hurry to add incense to the Sheng family. Even if she is a daughter, Mrs. Sheng and the son of the Sheng family will not treat her lightly.

Therefore, Luo's mother and Rose, Orange Hong and others did not worry too much about giving birth to a daughter, and they were all very casual.

At this moment, hearing Dongyu ask like this, a few close people were annoyed.

It turned out that she had been worried, but never said.

Mother Kang helped on the side and sighed slightly.

Who doesn't expect the firstborn to be a son?

“… If it were a daughter, she would look like me...... It's another life of suffering for a lifetime" Dong Ying said to Luo's mother in a hoarse voice while exerting her strength, she needed to speak to keep herself awake "My family always says that I am a fox behind my back, I know that mother, you ask the Bodhisattva, bless me not to give birth to a daughter, don't let the girl be reincarnated in me, I have endured a lifetime of hardship......"

Luo's mother remembered that Dongyu was a teenager, it was the good years of a woman's youth and beauty, she never dared to wear brightly colored clothes, lived cautiously and carefully, and in the end she provoked the emperor, and was inexplicably given marriage, Luo's mother's tears fell.

"Sister Yu'er's mother begged for you to be a bodhisattva, and my mother begged for you, it must be a son," Luo's mother choked up and said.

Rose and Orange also reddened their eyes.

Mother Kang's eyes were slightly astringent when she listened.

It's true that everyone has their own hard work. Everyone said that this grandmother was good-looking, but before she got married, even people as kind as Mrs. Sheng were worried about her frivolous personality.

It's too glamorous, and it's also bitter.

This is still the suffering that others can see, maybe the suffering in her heart is even more.

She is lucky, reincarnated in the belly of the original wife, reincarnated in a family like the Zhenxian Marquis Mansion.

If he had been reincarnated in a slightly worse family, or if he was born to an aunt, I am afraid that it would have been a bargaining chip for a father and brother in exchange for a future, and it would have been given to the powerful as a gift.

It's all too common.

Aunt Fan of Jingzhi Courtyard, wasn't it given to the prince by King Xingping?

Mother Kang thought about it and heard Wen Po's happy voice: "It's out, the head is out...... Big grandma, big grandma, you try hard......"

The little maid hurriedly went to tell Mrs. Sheng.

Half an hour later, a crisp baby cry could be heard in the ear room.

In the Jinluan Hall of the Forbidden Palace, hundreds of civil and military officials stood in the hall, rendering the splendid palace a little lively, no longer so cold.

“… The four products of the imperial front with a knife guard Sheng Xiumu, because of the first merit of the king of Qin in the rebellion of the court, the royal gift is the fourth product of the general Feng'en, and the pilgrimage of Mu Enbo, hereditary three generations. The eunuch in charge, Lou Youde's feminine voice slowly sounded in the Jinluan Palace, reading the addition of an official to Sheng Xiumu, the third son of the Sheng family.

Sheng Xiumu, who was waiting for the emperor with a sword, stepped forward slowly, kowtowing respectfully and thanking him.

Hereditary three generations of Mu Enbo, this is a high reward.

When Sheng Changhou listened, he bowed slightly.

He felt that his son deserved the reward, so he was very pleased.

Then Lou Youde read the reward of the Marquis of Shengchang again. He is now the secretary of the military department, and he was arrested because of Xiao Taifu's rebellion, and now the position of the most powerful Taifu among the three princes is free.

So Sheng Shangshu was promoted to Sheng Taifu.

There were people in the hall with envy, some with jealousy, and some with flattery, but Sheng Xiuyi, who had just returned from the northwest, hung his head and said nothing, his gaze became a little obscure.

And Xue Zhenxian, the Taishi who was listed as the head of the hundred officials, found that his eyes were more and more, and he finally had a score for another thing in his heart, so he couldn't help but be happy.

Then, it was Sheng Xiuyi, who had the greatest merit in eliminating Mrs. Xiao's henchmen this time.

Sheng Wenhui was promoted to Taifu, and the secretary of the military department was idle, and the emperor had already thought about letting Qin Boping, the current squire of the military department and the protégé of the old marquis Xue, be appointed.

After Qin Shilang became Qin Shangshu, the position of Shilang in the military department was free, and he could just give Sheng Xiuyi.

So Sheng Xiuyi's reward was the squire of the military department of the third grade.

The Marquis of Sheng Chang was also very satisfied with this reward.

Old Marquis Xue was even more satisfied.

The more the emperor rewards the Sheng family's father and son, the more he will compensate the Xue family who also contributed to the elimination of Xiao Taifu's henchmen this time.

And the Xue family has no sons in the court to add officials, so they will naturally transfer the compensation to the mother and prince of the inner palace.

When the holy decree was given, Sheng Xiuyi took a few steps forward, but did not receive the holy decree, but just knelt and kowtowed to Emperor Yuanchang: "Your Majesty, the junior minister is only shallow in learning, and he is not enough to take on a big responsibility, so I ask Your Majesty to take back his life." ”

The ministers of the full palace and Emperor Yuanchang were slightly stunned.

"The minister does not have the talent to go through the heavens and the earth, nor does he have the ability to support the society. As the squire of the military department, when there is a capable person living in it, the minister is ashamed that he can't bear the heavy responsibility and beg His Majesty to punish him heavily. Sheng Xiuyi's head was pressed against the marble floor in the Jinluan Palace, and the words were clear.

Sheng Changhou's face instantly became ugly.

He really wanted to step forward and scold Sheng Xiuyi.

This is a great opportunity for him to rise to prominence in the court, and he can also become a helper of the Marquis of Shengchang, but he refused.

Next time, if you want to be promoted from the fifth rank of the criminal department to the third rank of the military department, there will be no such a good opportunity to justify it.

Sheng Changhou was so angry that he wanted to kick his son.

But this is the main hall, and he doesn't dare to say anything.

Some of the ministers whispered to each other, and the whole hall suddenly became noisy.

Old Marquis Xue looked at Sheng Xiuyi's back, his expression was a little more profound and cautious, and he was a little satisfied.

It took a long time for Emperor Yuanchang to cough heavily.

The hall was suddenly silent.

"In this case, reward Sheng Lang with 800 taels of gold and 3,000 acres of fertile land." Emperor Yuanchang seemed to be very embarrassed, but there was a bit of brisk in his tone.

With 800 taels of gold and 3,000 acres of fertile land, he exchanged Sheng Xiuyi's three-grade military squire, and Sheng Changhou was so angry that he wanted to vomit blood.

Sheng Xiuyi thanked him and retreated.

Sheng Changhou's face was already pale.

Then discuss how to deal with Mrs. Xiao.

Those who advocated extermination accounted for the majority.

The ministers of the Manchu Dynasty who had never taken refuge in Mrs. Xiao had all been rectified by Mrs. Xiao and hated him to the core; Defecting to Mrs. Xiao and being favored by Emperor Yuanchang in the past, I hate to draw a clear line with Mrs. Xiao.

Therefore, they all advocate the extermination of the nine clans of the Xiao family.

Marquis Sheng Chang also felt that he should destroy the Xiao family, so that he could enter the door without marrying a daughter-in-law of the Xiao family.

In the end, Emperor Yuanchang still asked Xue Zhenxian, the master of Xue who had been silent.

Old Marquis Xue walked calmly, stepped forward and said: "Your Majesty, the Xiao family has been in the government and the opposition for more than ten years, whether it is willing to be attached or forced to take refuge, it always involves all forces in the DPRK and China. The misfortune of a thought is also his personal injustice. And he has worked hard in the court, and he has been in the court. It is better to execute Xiao Yanfei in Ling Chi, take away his knighthood, confiscate his family property, and the five generations of Xiao's heirs are not allowed to enter the court as officials, and they are not allowed to go to school and be expelled from Beijing. has graced Xiao Yanfei and graced his dependents, so don't blame the past. ”

If the nine clans of Taifu Xiao are destroyed, his former henchmen will naturally have to be severely punished in order to serve the public.

Just like the old marquis Xue said, he has been in the government and the opposition for more than ten years, whether it is voluntary or intimidating, there are countless examples. If it is really punished, not to mention the emperor's gaffe, it will also be turbulent in the government and the opposition.

Old Marquis Xue's words hit the minds of many ministers.

It's just that they don't dare to speak, for fear that His Majesty will think that he is interceding for the Xiao family and implicating himself.

Although Emperor Yuanchang was unwilling to deal with this method, he thought that the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty were indeed like what the old Marquis Xue said, and they had something to do with the Xiao family. He couldn't dispose of the people of the Manchu Dynasty.

In this way, the political situation will be unstable.

In the end, the disposal method of Old Marquis Xue was decided.

Xiao Yanfei was executed by Ling Chi, his family property was confiscated, his wife, son-in-law, and daughter-in-law were exiled for thousands of miles, and his concubines and daughters were expelled from Beijing, and the five generations were not allowed to enter the court as officials or go to school.

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

This catastrophe is finally over, right?

After going down, Marquis Sheng Chang glanced at Sheng Xiuyi angrily and walked out quickly.

Sheng Xiuyi and Sheng Xiumu had to follow.

Sheng Xiumu glanced at Sheng Xiuyi with some concern.

"Tianhe ......," Old Marquis Xue shouted Sheng Xiuyi behind him.

Sheng Xiuyi stopped, and when he turned around, he saw the old marquis Xue and the prince of the Xue family, Xue Ziyun, walking over with a smile.

He hurriedly stepped forward to salute, and before he could speak, he saw Lou Youde running out of breath, and called Old Marquis Xue and Xue Ziyu, Sheng Changhou, Sheng Xiumu and Sheng Xiuyi and others, and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, please ask you to speak in the imperial study." ”