During the break in the middle, Su Wenmei carried a cup of barley and almond lotus seed soup, came out of Jinyun Palace, and came all the way to the Qianzheng Palace.

At this time, Cheng Qian was in the main hall, and Xiao Lizi was guarding outside the palace gate.

"Father-in-law Li, can the emperor be inside?" Su Wenmei asked.

"Concubine Wen and the emperor are really inseparable." He smiled: "The emperor is inside, just now he said that he would go to see Niangniang after finishing early, who knew that Niangniang would come." Wait, the minion will go to pass it on. ”

At this time, the hall was extremely quiet, Cheng Qian's ears were sharp, and he heard the sound of conversation outside: "But Concubine Wen is here?" If so, come in. With a movement in his hand, he hid a portrait of a woman in a stacked fold.

Su Wenmei carried the lotus seed soup and entered the Qianzheng Palace: "The concubines see the emperor." ”

"What do you have in your hand to eat? It just so happened that I was hungry too. He looked at the food box in her hand and beckoned her to sit next to him.

When Su Wenmei heard this, she walked up to him: "The emperor has a lot of opportunities, and it is naturally hard. The concubine asked Bing'er to prepare lotus seed soup, and comforted the emperor. As she spoke, she placed the food box on the table and took out the food cup inside.

When Cheng Qian heard this, he picked up the food cup, took a big sip, and instantly blushed.

"Aifei, your soup is too hot......"

Su Wenmei glanced at him, a little distressed and a little funny: "Who made you drink so urgently?" ”

He pretended to be casual, smiled lightly and blew the white fungus soup: "The entire harem, you dare to talk to me like this." ”

"Having said that, I have a headache recently, I wonder if Concubine Ai can solve my problems?"

"If it's a national event, then Su Wenmei doesn't have the courage to participate."

"It's not a big deal. It is nothing more than the full moon building of the largest green building in Kyoto, and it was reported that it had abducted a woman from a good family a month ago. It's just that quite a few officials are involved. If it is managed, it will inevitably hurt my foundation; If it is ignored, the people's resentment will boil. Over time, it is not a good thing for the country and the people. He looked at Su Wenmei: "What good ideas does Concubine Ai have?" ”

Full Moon Tower?! The Full Moon Building, which bought itself and forced it to receive guests? She was a little sweaty bead from Cheng Qian's tightly held hand. She can't forget what that so-called mother and that man did.

She calmed down and said lightly: "Water can carry a boat and capsize a boat, and the emperor is really embarrassed to weigh between the courtiers and the people." However, according to the concubines, it is better to listen to the people's opinions and understand the people's feelings. ”

"But none of those officials are fuel-efficient lamps. If we continue to investigate, many officials will be involved, and the punishment will inevitably shake the foundation of our dynasty. ”

"The law does not blame the public, as long as the evidence of the abduction and trafficking of women from good families in the Full Moon Building is confirmed, as for the officials, they will hold it down and not mention it first. Besides, punishing the Full Moon Tower is also a wake-up call for them. She spoke.

"Concubine Ai said very much, then I will order the people of the Criminal Department to deal with this matter."

After Su Wenmei returned to the palace, Cheng Qian took out the portrait of the woman from the bottom of the pile. The woman in the portrait is dressed in a goose yellow dress, draped in fox fur and shoulders, standing by the window, with clear eyebrows and a bit of ...... Fear.

Love at first sight, my heart is beautiful. Probably Su Wenmei will never know that he fell in love with her at first sight, not in the pear garden outside Chonghua Palace.

......

Full Moon Tower.

At this time, it is night, and the Full Moon Building is a lively time, and the old bustard is wearing heavy makeup and soliciting guests in front of the Full Moon Building. Zhao Yuan led a team of neatly dressed soldiers and stepped into the Full Moon Tower.

"Ouch, this official! What does the official have to do? The old bustard showed a frightened look on his face, but he still greeted him with a smile: "You are like this, I am afraid that you will frighten the girls and guests of our Full Moon Tower." ”

Zhao Yuan did not answer, but held the token in his hand high: "The people of the Full Moon Tower listen, the idle people are waiting, quickly retreat!" The rest waited until the hall to assemble. ”

The guests inside were frightened and left the Full Moon Building in a scattered manner. When the girls of the Full Moon Tower heard this, they also came out of the attic and the room, and stood in a pile in the antechamber.

The officers and soldiers were collecting evidence of the abduction and trafficking of women from good families in the Full Moon Tower, and the old bustard knelt on the ground, his face full of fear. They collected the running account of the Full Moon Building and the woman's deed of sale, etc., and the old bustard and a cadre were all shackled and escorted out of the Full Moon Tower.

"My lord! My lord! The voice of an old man sounded in the crowd, but on April and May days, he was dressed very thinly, revealing his thin and dark arms. He cried sadly, walked up to Zhao Yuan and knelt down: "My lord, please make the decision for Xiaomin's granddaughter, Xiaomin's granddaughter Sun Xiaolin was tricked into the Full Moon Tower by them and forced to death!" ”

"I and Xiaolin depend on each other, it's them, it's they who killed my Xiaolin!"

The old man said, kowtowing heavily to Zhao Yuan, and after just a few strokes, blood oozed from his head: "They force the good to be prostitutes, full of evil, and ask the adults to be the masters of the small people!" ”

The crowd of onlookers listened to his words, and many people knelt down crying and kowtowed to Zhao Yuan to petition. The old bustard and the people of the Full Moon Tower, their faces were extremely ugly, and they knew that a catastrophe was coming.

Zhao Yuan couldn't bear it, bowed down to help the old man up, stretched out his hand and handed him a square handkerchief, and asked him to wipe the blood on his head: "Old man, don't worry, you will get the punishment you deserve if you do all the bad things in the Full Moon Building." ”

Zhao Yuan's brows furrowed, a little guilty. The Full Moon Tower is so rampant and domineering under the nose of the Son of Heaven, it is difficult to guarantee that it is not some officials who benefit from it, so as to shield the Full Moon Tower.

However, the emperor openly and secretly, as long as he thoroughly inspected the Full Moon Tower, he did not give him the ability to punish the officials involved, and made it clear that he would turn a blind eye to some officials. In the end, this is still unfair to the victimized people.

"Put this sinner and all the people involved in prison in prison!" His voice was majestic, and it shocked the old bustard.

A woman in white wearing a hosta sat in the teahouse opposite, she silently watched everything that happened in the Full Moon Building through the window, and calmly put the teacup in her hand on the table.

"Miss." The maidservant girl beside her said: "The old bustard and the master of the Full Moon Building, as well as those thugs who abduct and sell human beings, have all gone to prison. The specific punishment has to wait for Lord Zhao Yuan's interrogation and sentencing. ”

"That's good." Su Wenmei looked through the window at the old man who was still crying. She leaned half of her face against the window, and she couldn't see her expression clearly: "Bing'er, let's go down." ”

"Yes." Bing'er agreed, and followed the young lady to the outside of the teahouse. I think that at the beginning, Bing'er was almost abducted and trafficked to the Full Moon Building, so like Su Wenmei, she hated such a place.

The emperor wants to punish the full moon tower in Chang'an. If the crime of human trafficking is true, the person involved will have to eat 10 or 8 years in prison, even if he is beheaded, there is nothing strange about it.

The old man was holding a square handkerchief, but he couldn't stop the tears in his eyes. He was unusually thin in the crowd, and was soon overwhelmed by the crowd of onlookers.

"Old man." Su Wenmei approached him: "You don't have to worry, the Full Moon Tower has already reaped its own consequences." It's getting late, so go home early. ”

The old man nodded with tears in his eyes, looking at her: "I have an old bone, which is worthless." It's a big girl, so you have to go home early, there are many bad people outside, so don't be deceived by bad people. ”

She nodded, "I see, Grandpa." ”

The old man wiped his tears all the way and walked with great difficulty, until he reached a dilapidated hut not far away. The room was ventilated on all sides, with only a bed and a thin and shabby quilt on top. There wasn't even a decent table in the room.

I can't imagine that there are such poor people at the feet of the Son of Heaven.

Su Wenmei was outside the door, watching the old man sit the bed, and was moved by compassion. She took off her hosta and left all the money on her body at the old man's door, and then left here with Bing'er.

In Jinyun Palace, Cheng Qian came to find Su Wenmei, and when he entered the palace, he found that Su Wenmei was not there.

He looked around the Jinyun Palace for a long time, and walked in front of a maid, his face was a little ugly: "Where is Wen Mei?" ”

"Your Majesty......" The palace maid knelt and refused to say tremblingly.

"Just say it, I won't blame Concubine Wen. If you don't say that Concubine Wen has an accident, then you will be guilty. ”

"Back to the emperor, today Sister Bing'er got an order to go out of the palace to procure, and the mother said that she wanted to go out for a walk, and she also went out of the palace." The daughter of the palace was relieved when she saw the emperor, so she said.

Cheng Qian frowned - she went out of the palace alone? Didn't bring anyone to protect you?

He sat down at the table: "Quickly pass Zhao Xunzhi!" ”

Su Wenmei and Bing'er bought some items outside the palace before getting into the carriage on the way back. Along the way, Su Wenmei thought about the ragged old man in the daytime, so she didn't speak.

When he entered Jinyun Palace, he saw Cheng Qian sitting at the desk, looking at the fold in his hand. He didn't look up, and said lightly: "You're back?" ”

Su Wenmei glanced at her lips and walked towards him: "Your Majesty." The concubine was just bored in the palace and wanted to take a walk. When did the emperor come to Jinyun Palace? ”

Cheng Qian put down the fold and looked at her: "When you leave the palace, can you tell the virtuous concubine?" ”

No. It's just that I heard that the people from the Criminal Department were going to the Full Moon Tower, thinking that they would just go out to see the excitement, and it wouldn't take long, and Jinyun Palace was far away from Fangyi Palace, so they temporarily followed Bing'er out of the palace without reporting to Zhuang Xianren. She was a little weak-hearted and pouted and stood in front of him.

"Your Majesty, the palace is bored, and the concubines occasionally want to go for a walk." She continued: "I didn't show the virtuous concubine Niangniang and the emperor, it's the concubine's or not." Next time, if the concubine wants to leave the palace, she must report to the virtuous concubine first. ”

He frowned: "Wen Mei, I'm worried about you." What if you, a woman, meet a wicked person outside? ”

Su Wenmei's heart warmed, and she looked at Cheng Qian and didn't speak again.