Twenty-five-zero, frost sword
Tong Ying only felt that something choked her throat and finally squeezed out her voice: "What is Amma talking about?" Do you want me to take the charge of forcing people to die on behalf of the prince? Does Amma know what's going on? If I really bear it, how will I see people after I bear it?! ”
Yarjiang, who was on the side, hurriedly said: "That's not the case. Amma and the eldest brother just want you to come forward to prove that the prince did not force people to die. The kid who died under any excuse is not a character, we have already checked, but the parents of the poor man are gone, and the family is also withered. No one in the eyes of the young man was rude to the prince, the prince was just teaching him a lesson, he actually committed suicide like this, causing the prince to be accused of being self-contained, and the incense in his family was broken, which was really disloyal and unfilial. Even if he has some heart, this is too much, it can be seen that he is a foolish person. Do you want to make the emperor and the crown prince lose face for such a person......"
Tong Ying couldn't listen anymore, and stood up suddenly, and the chair under him shook and fell to the ground with a "bang". Prince Jane frowned: "What are you doing here?" Sit down and talk! ”
Tong Ying took two deep breaths before saying in a deep voice: "Big brother Ama is younger than my brother, he is a good boy. He is completely innocent in this matter, and the prince has done it wrong! Is that kind of filthy thing also what a prince of a country should do?! I can't help him with the fact that I have suffered such a great sin, and I want me to pour dirty water on the deceased again...... I...... I can't do it! ”
Prince Jane's face sank: "Confused! You're not a kid anymore. Have you forgotten your identity after running errands for a few years? What bro?! But a minion! He was already guilty of disrespecting the crown prince. ”
Tongying looked at her father speechless, and her heart was wrenched, and she didn't know what it was like.
Yaerjiang hurriedly persuaded: "Second brother, I know that you are wronged, but you should calm down for the time being." Listen to me. The crown prince is the prince of the country, and he has always been taught by the emperor since he was a child, and he has always been outstanding, even if it is sometimes absurd, it is harmless. This time it was actually the villain around the prince who made his own claims, instigated the master to do the wrong thing. The prince had already repented of punishing them. He also sent someone to find the kid's family to make amends, but he couldn't find anyone. In fact, there are many wealthy people in Beijing who are mixed with Xianggong Youling and the like. It's just that it can't be put on the table...... I know that kid isn't that kind of person, don't worry. ”
He pressed down vigorously and got up excitedly, and Tongying continued: "Who hasn't been ridiculous young people? Even if it's the second brother, haven't you ever run out and walked around Mongolia for more than half a year without saying hello? But you're not fooling around like that anymore. The crown prince made a small mistake. You can't just bury your whole life because of this, right? He's a prince. Moreover, all men are dead. Even if the prince pleaded guilty. He can't survive, so it's better to erase this matter and let the prince avoid this catastrophe. In the future, I will know that I will be a good ruler. ”
Tong Ying's expression was a little numb, and she asked softly, "Did Big Brother Ama and Prince send someone here?" What benefits did you get from it? ”
Yarjiang's face froze, and Prince Jian opened his mouth to reprimand: "What nonsense?!" Who do you think Amma is?! Does the prince's dignity need to sell his son for glory?! ”
Tong Ying lowered her head, and Yarjianga persuaded her with good words when she saw this: "Second brother, in fact, this matter would not have made a big fuss, you know it in your heart." After the funeral, you gave the lad's servants money to help them go back to their hometowns. Without suffering, the mainstream has subsided again, and it has been turned out again, and it can be seen that someone is making trouble behind it. As for who it is, I won't say it, you know. Since listening to your words, my eldest brother hasn't been involved in this kind of thing for a few days. But now it is not only the prince who has lost face, but also the emperor and the court, and our family has been attacked by the emperor, and this prince's title should be shared for the emperor. ”
Prince Jian nodded and said, "Yes, it's exactly this reason. We are not helping the crown prince, but sharing the emperor's worries. The second emperor has always treated you well, and it is also appropriate to contribute something to him. At most, you have lost your errands and are idle at home for a few years, and the emperor will still reuse you. ”
Tongying raised her head after a while, listened to her father's and brother's urging, and replied with difficulty: "I know, ......" and didn't say anything more, so he confessed and left, and Yarjianga sent him out, but reminded him more: "Write the fold today, hand it over tomorrow, so as not to have a long night and many dreams." Don't forget to push things on that kid, don't be stupid. Tongying didn't even have a good amount of courtesy, and walked away.
On the way home, Tongying did not ride a horse, but sat in the car with Shuning. Shuning saw that he didn't look good, and for some reason, she asked him what was wrong. But Tongying didn't say anything, just said that she was tired, and then she was thinking about something.
As soon as he returned to Beizi Mansion, Tongying went into the study. Shuning finished taking care of the housework, and it was not early, but Tongying hadn't returned to the house yet, and was busy going to the study to find him. I saw him sitting alone in front of the desk, with a few pieces of paper in front of him, a pen in his hand, but stuck there, and the ground around the bookcase was already covered with waste paper.
Shuning walked over, picked up a ball of paper, opened it, looked at it, and rushed to Tongying in surprise, looking at the two lines of words that had been written on the paper, before she was sure that she was not dazzled. She asked Tongying incomprehensibly, "Why are you writing this?" It's not your fault?! After a pause, he thought of Tongying's strange behavior on the way home, and his heart was clear: "Did the prince and the prince ask you to do this?" …… It's too much, they are your biological father, your biological brother! How can you be made to bear the sins of others? Don't they know what the consequences will be?! ”
Tongying shook her head painfully: "Don't talk about it......"
Shuning couldn't accept this kind of thing, and she was furious in her heart, and immediately walked out: "No, I'm going to make it clear to them, even if I want to tie up with the prince, I can't sacrifice you!" ”
But before she could reach the door, Tongying took the first step to grab her. "Don't go...... The uselessness of the land has already been decided. On the way back, I thought very clearly, and only when I came out of the top could I suppress the matter. ”
Shuning stared at him with wide eyes: "Are you crazy? This kind of thing...... This kind of thing...... It's not your fault, why do you want to admit it? ”
Tong Ying closed her eyes and opened them after a while, "Ama and eldest brother are right...... The three people involved in it are the prince. The emperor has always valued that it is impossible for him to bear this charge; But the fourth elder brother was innocently implicated; Only I am less than my subordinate, I failed to show his grievances in time, and after his death, I suppressed the truth, and I am wrongly confessed now...... It's a crime that deserves it......"
Shu Ning burst into tears in her heart: "You are really crazy...... What does that have to do with you? He himself did not want people to know. You're also thinking about his reputation. But if you take this sin upon you, what will you do in the future? ”
Tong Ying shook her head painfully and said, "It doesn't matter if the errand is gone, the emperor has always been generous to me. Just think it's for him...... I was just...... I just can't stand to put the blame on less...... But Ama and Big Brother ...... But I have to do it...... So I had to ...... I had to ......," he said, turning back to his desk and sitting down, looking at the handwriting on the paper, burying his face in his palm.
Shuning walked up to him in a daze and looked at the words. Can't help but hug him. Tearfully said: "I feel sad." Just cry out, it's good to vent it......" Obviously, Prince Jian and Yarjiang, who originally supported Tongying. has betrayed this son, Tong Ying values the relationship between his father and brother so much, and has worked so hard for his family, it must be painful at this moment.
Kiyoung shook her head in her arms, but after a while, there was a low choked sound. Shuning hugged him tighter, gently caressed his back with her left hand, and comforted him silently. By the time she felt the wetness on her clothes, Tongying had gradually calmed down. She sniffed, looked at the pen and paper on the desk, and her mind spun around quickly, wondering if there was a better way.
I don't know how long it took, the sun outside the window had gradually dimmed, turning to dusk. Tong Ying wiped the tears on her face with a handkerchief and smiled faintly: "It's so embarrassing, I'm like a child." Shuning smiled reluctantly: "What's that?" We are husband and wife, and it doesn't matter if you are childish in front of me. ”
Tong Ying laughed twice and looked at the case again: "I can't wait any longer, I'm going to go to the fold tomorrow." Otherwise, I don't know what will change. ”
Shuning thought about it and bit her lip: "I have an idea...... grabbed Tongying's hand and said: "You don't want to pour dirty water on your body, but I can't tolerate you being infamy...... As...... Let's just say that your royal majesty scolded him a few words so that he couldn't stand it and committed suicide? ”
Tong Ying was stunned for a moment, and Shuning continued: "I once heard Tianyang mention that you once scolded him very harshly because he missed an errand. Although it was a long time before he died, outsiders would not know. That way, the guilt of not being ridiculed will not be too heavy......"
Tong Ying smiled bitterly and shook her head: "Everyone knows what's going on, it's just self-deception to do this." ”
"But the emperor also wants you to deceive yourself like this, right?" Shuning said: "If this kind of unsightly thing is really said publicly, it will be embarrassing, right?" The emperor naturally knows what is going on, and now he just wants to find someone to take responsibility and calm things down. It's best to let this matter not have a trace of dirty taste, otherwise whether it is the crown prince, the prince or the clan, it will also make the emperor disgraceful. Therefore, it must not be mentioned that the damage caused by the ground cannot be related to the royal family. After a pause, she looked at her: "By the way, I also want to point out those people who spread rumors with ill intentions and intentions to shake the country's foundation." ”
Tongying hesitated for a moment but agreed. For a whole night, he wrote the memora in the company of his wife. I went through it word by word, and only after confirming that there would be no problems did I copy it again and frame it.
The next morning, Chao Tongying publicly made a recital in the court, explaining that he scolded and punished his subordinates too much, making them unbearable, and after committing suicide, he did not dare to come out and bear the responsibility for the crime because he was afraid of being punished, which caused rumors to spread and damaged the royal reputation.
But he later added that this matter has nothing to do with the royal family, and it is all his fault for dereliction of duty, those who create rumors to slander the royal family, and the court must be strictly investigated. Bring those villains to justice.
The ministers of other places listened to his words, and most of the people knew it in their hearts and did not express their opinions, but some people questioned him for bullying the king, and among them, they thought that he was shielding the real murderer with the imperial history of the Metropolitan Procuratorate. Tong Ying refuted them one by one, knowing that the other party could not have real evidence, not to mention that no one could prove that the prince had indeed done this. The body of the younger one has also been sent back to the hometown for burial, and even if the coffin is opened, there will be no traces of the autopsy, so it is impossible to find out the truth if it is really investigated.
The emperor didn't say anything, just drove a certain angry imperial history out of the palace. After the next court, Tongying heard someone secretly urging him, sighed secretly, and went to the outside of the Qianqing Palace to ask for a meeting.
But when he knelt in the courtyard and begged to see him. But unexpectedly met the prince who passed by. With a regretful face, the prince advised him to be tolerant in the future and not to make the same mistake again. Tongying clenched her fists as she listened, and finally gritted her teeth. There are no disrespectful words.
The emperor did not see him, but told him to go home first. He then went to Luan Yiwei, and in the face of his subordinates' questions, he silently packed up his belongings. Then he went back to Beizi Mansion. Tongying and Shuning stayed in the mansion like this. Not going anywhere. Quietly waiting for the Divine Decree to come. Sure enough, two days later, the emperor issued an order. On the grounds that Tongying's imperial majesty was too strict, causing his subordinates to commit suicide and delaying the plea, he removed the position of Luan Yi envoy, and his title was reduced to no eighty-eight points, and the auxiliary state was fined for one year.
When she heard the news, Shuning breathed a sigh of relief, but Tongying was a little indifferent. Prince Jian's Mansion has sent someone to rebuke him for his "woman's kindness" since he got on the fold, but he didn't say anything except to explain that Shige would no longer come to Beizi's Mansion to play.
But after the decree came down, it was the people in the government who changed first. Because the knighthood is not eight, many people have to leave. First is Grandpa Luo and Xiao Lanzi. The former still said with a straight face: "Master and Mrs. rest assured, the old slave is not an ungrateful person. Although he was frustrated for a while, there will always be a day when he will raise his eyebrows again. The old slave only went back to the Internal Affairs Office temporarily, and after two years of retirement, he still came back to serve the master, and hoped that the master and his wife would not dislike the old slave. ”
Shu Ning smiled, took a burden, handed it to him, and said: "It's good, don't shirk the host, accept our land, and you will not have a good time after returning to the Internal Affairs Mansion, these are a little careful for our husband and wife, and I will accept it." ”
Father-in-law Luo took the burden and knew that there were silver, clothes, medicines and other things inside, and the medicinal fragrance emitted was exactly the kind he used on weekdays, and the portion was very large. His expression changed a little, and he saluted solemnly.
Xiao Lanzi kept crying with a sad face, he was so young that he didn't know which house he would be transferred to. Shuning comforted: "It's okay, your family is still on my village, isn't it?" If you want to say anything, just tell the house. Xiao Lanzi wiped her tears and nodded, hugged her head with Ju Xiang and cried for a while, before leaving with Grandpa Luo. When the latter passed by the front yard, he also specially told a few children to take care of the affairs: "Good students look at those little cubs, don't let them climb the tree anymore, and fall carefully." One by one, everyone else said goodbye to them.
Next to leave was Mr. Shi. He didn't know the truth, and listened to some rumors outside, thinking that Tongying had done something immoral, so he was about to quit the museum. Tong Ying's expression was gloomy, and she was going to agree, but Shuning persuaded Mr. Shi: "Sir, there is another place to go, our husband and wife will not stop it, but the fifth brother's homework is important, if Mr. is willing, our couple is willing to recommend Mr. to teach in the palace." Several of his younger brothers are all of the age of their studies. The gentleman's erudition and integrity allowed them to listen to their teachings. ”
Mr. Shi thought about it and agreed. After all, it's better to be raw than cooked, but it's a pity that I can't teach Guo Xiaobao diligently and sensibly from now on.
Feng Guards and Sun Guards also left one after another, but the former did not dare to have more contact with Tong Ying because he had to take care of his wife, children and clansmen, and was afraid of causing trouble, but the latter despised this kind of behavior. He knew the inside story very well, and Tongying hugged and said: "Hengzhu, my old house is about to collapse, so I simply buy a good yard by the water nearby, and come to see the little grandfather when I have time." Don't bother me. ”
Tong Ying smiled dumbly and patted him on the shoulder, feeling a little moved in her heart. Shu Ning thought silently beside him: "Sun Guard, you are a good person, I will definitely repay you." ”
Without errands, Tongying is still free, reading calligraphy and painting every day, or running horses outside the city, only occasionally drinking a little wine, but gradually drinking more. Shuning was worried and persuaded him to say a few words, so he said: "It's okay, it's just to relieve boredom, only one or two bottles a day." Shuning sighed and said no more.
It's just that when they returned to Prince Jane's mansion to ask for peace, they encountered a very sad incident. Ji Fujin didn't know if he knew the truth, but he kept talking with thorns, and Ilgen Jue Luo also helped speak. What's even more sad is that Tongying's younger brothers, except for Shige, listened to the rumors in Zongxue, but they didn't know which ones were reliable, so they laughed at Tongying because he was degraded.
Tong Ying's face was expressionless, and when Shuning couldn't help but want to teach them a lesson, the sixth Jingshun said, "Who do you think you are?" Can you scold me if you are my sister-in-law? Do you know who I am? ”
Shuning was furious, but was stopped by Tong Ying: "Forget it, what do children know?" It's just spoiled. Shu Ning said: "You don't want to stop me, since the prince and the prince asked you to do it, they shouldn't sit back and watch you suffer such grievances." If even your family members do this to you, won't others bully us even more? ”
She went straight to find Prince Jian and the prince, and repeated the words of the brothers such as Fujin, Ilgenjue, Luo and Jingshun, and said: "The prince and the prince both know the truth of the matter, and Tongying is obedient and obedient to do it. But even if you can't tell your family the ins and outs of the matter, at least you can't sit back and watch Ji Fujin talk to his younger brothers, and Tongying will talk nonsense. The conscience of the prince and the world, how can you be worthy of your son and brother in doing this? Later, she was already a little choked, but she couldn't show weakness in front of these two people.
Prince Jane and the prince each had their own reactions. The former immediately called several younger sons to scold him, and blamed Jifujin for not being strict with his godson. But the latter looked at his side Fu Jin coldly, and said lightly: "It's okay to take care of the children more, what are you running around?" Ilgen felt that Roche's face flushed, and he lowered his head and stopped talking.
But Tongying later reduced the number of times she returned to the palace, and the number of drinks increased. Shuning was worried about this, but at this time she received a message from her mother's family.
Zhang Bao was transferred to Huguang Xuezheng and will set off soon.
(Continuing the little tricks...... Actually, it's too late to write more today...... Do you want to add a change on New Year's Day? )