Chapter 217: Confession (II)

Rong Hua waited for Xue Mingrui to come back, and he couldn't read the book in his hand, so he simply helped Chunyao tie the bow.

Xue Yishuang came to see the knots that Chunyao tied yesterday, and Chunyao promised to tie a few more knots and send them to Xue Yishuang's house.

Rong Hua asked casually, "There seems to be a shortage of needlework in Yishuang's room." ”

Chunyao said: "Pingzhen's hands and feet are a little slower, but fortunately, there is not much work in the fifth lady's house now." ”

It's not much now, but Yishuang has already reached the age of talking about marriage, just like she and Xue Mingrui have just decided to get married.

Last time, the old lady wanted to invite the Chen family to come to the house to be a "guest", it seemed interesting to see the son of the Chen family, and then Xue Yishuang's boudoir caught fire, and this matter was put down, and now Prince An's mansion has the meaning of marriage, although now the Xue family is not good to get too close to Prince An, but Prince An's children are extremely smart and governors.

Prince An's son is good, but it's a pity that he is in such a family...... Rong Hua sighed softly, there is nothing in this world that is the best of both worlds.

The key is to see what Yishuang thinks. Even if marriage is the words of the matchmaker at the behest of her parents, she still hopes that Xue Yishuang will have some opinions of her own, so that she will not hate Bi Tao Tao in the future.

Chunyao remembered something, and felt surprised as he spoke, "Today, the third wife's mother's family came and took a lot of medicinal materials used by the fourth master. ”

Rong Hua's eyes were raised.

Sanfang always sees the benefits before they will make the cost.

Long Zhengping, who was saved by the fourth uncle, is also a well-known businessman in the Jiangnan area, and has also made some business in Gyeonggi over the years, and the third wife is so attentive to the fourth room, obviously wanting to borrow the hand of the fourth uncle to get some benefits from Long Zhengping.

"Don't underestimate Long Zhengping." The first time she saw Long Zhengping, she found that Long Zhengping was not like other businessmen who wore gold and silver, and opened his mouth full of copper smell, so she knew that this person was not simple, "The real businessmen are all talented and learned." ”

That's why she took a fancy to Long Zhengping and bought rice and grain from Long Zhengping. Later, because of the serious shortage of rice in the capital, rumors that the price of rice grain had risen tenfold made outside merchants wantonly ship rice to Gyeonggi. A large amount of rice grain entered Beijing, and the price of rice suddenly plummeted. It was because she had found out such news from Long Zhengping's mouth early on that she became a winner.

In this matter, the third wife failed to get the money, and now she is trying to get money from the fourth room.

Speaking of Long Zhengping, Rong Hua suddenly remembered, "Chunyao, you can ask Long Zhengping to help you check your life experience." "There are too many things around me these days, I didn't even think about it, the Long family is in the Jiangnan area, and the handkerchief that Chunyao wore when he was a child is also from the special embroidery method of Jiangnan.

Chunyao was slightly stunned when he heard this, he didn't know what kind of complicated look his face was, he was happy and a little afraid that his hopes would be disappointed.

Rong Hua said: "Some hopes are always good. ”

Chun Yao's eyes were red and he nodded vigorously.

When it came to the second watch, Rong Hua asked Chunyao to go down to rest, and Chunyao said that he was not sleepy, and still sat on the small pestle to accompany Rong Hua.

At the end of the second watch, there was finally news.

Feng Lichang's family came: "Master Hou asked people to come back and report that the person had been caught, and let the young lady rest." ”

Rong Hua's whole person suddenly breathed a sigh of relief.

Although it was just one sentence, it proved that Xue Mingrui was safe.

Rong Hua moved his crossed legs and looked at Chunyao with a smile, "Drop the bolt and sleep." "No wonder I heard people say that no official is light. Although the case has eyebrows, Xue Mingrui will be busy until dawn.

……

Xue Mingbai got the exact news and hurriedly went to the old lady's house.

Li's mother didn't go out of the house, and was about to be on duty in the old lady's house, when she heard the mother-in-law outside say that the uncle was coming, and hurriedly went into the inner room to see the old lady.

The old lady slept for a while and was getting up to ask for tea, Xue Yu waited for some flower tea, and Mother Li also came into the house.

The old lady didn't raise her head, and asked directly, "Is there any news from Mingbai?" ”

Mother Li said, "Yes, the uncle is waiting outside." ”

The old lady pointed to the coat, Xue Yu hurriedly took it over and waited to put it on, and the old lady said: "It's all her own children, don't stick to this, let him come in." ”

Mother Li hurriedly invited Xue Mingbai into the house.

Xue Yu brought the tea and brought the brocade to let Xue Mingbai sit down, and then withdrew with Mother Li.

Xue Mingbai sat down and said, "Noisy grandmother is resting." ”

The old lady shook her head, "It has nothing to do with you, I woke up by myself," and said after a pause, "I am also thinking about this in my heart." ”

Xue Mingbai said: "When my grandson gets the letter, he goes back and forth to his grandmother, just because he is afraid that his grandmother will worry about it." Speaking of what he heard outside, "The people of the Beijing camp arrested the two officers of the Criminal Department and the Ministry of Industry, and the officers and soldiers surrounding Prince An's Zhuangzi also withdrew. ”

The old lady nodded.

Xue Mingbai said: "Mingrui went to the Criminal Department, and he should have interrogated two officials overnight. ”

The arrest in the middle of the night also alarmed the Beijing camp, and it must have been investigated. With the emperor in charge, Mingrui's errand is much easier.

The old lady smiled kindly, "You also ran all night, go back and rest"

Xue Mingbai also breathed a sigh of relief, "Grandmother should also be settled earlier." ”

The old lady said: "Brother Run is sleeping on my side, you go and take a look, go back and talk to your daughter-in-law, save her from worrying." ”

Xue Mingbai responded, went inside to see Brother Run, and then went out, and when he went out, he met the Qian family who came to answer.

Qian knew that the old lady hadn't slept, so she came to ask for peace again, and then followed Xue Mingbai away.

Mother Li served the old lady to lie down.

The old lady said: "Mingbai has become more and more active over the years, and he is much more stable. ”

Mother Li said with a smile: "The big * milk person is also good, I came to ask before, will the little young master affect ......the old lady's rest, I heard that the old lady and the little young master are sleeping peacefully before leaving, and now I will follow the old lady over again."

The old lady nodded, "It's hard for her all these years, there was an accident in the family the day before she got married, and the master of the in-laws was dismissed and sick at home, but her family is not a big family, and no one can take care of it." ”

Li's mother said: "No, the medicine taken by the in-laws is very expensive, and the in-laws are not in Beijing, so it is rare for the big * grandmother to go home a few times." ”

The old lady said: "The mother's family is not worrying, Chu Fang, this child is not like Rong Hua, he has a weak temperament, and everything depends on the meaning of the old second daughter-in-law." ”

The big * grandmother's house was originally a bit beautiful, and the lord of the in-laws followed Prince Ying to Xining to suppress bandits, but after coming back, there was no reward, but he lost his official position because of drinking and misconduct.

Mother Li said with a smile: "The big * milk is also blessed to meet an elder like you, and the New Year and the festival always let people go to the big * grandmother's house to give gifts, these years have spent a lot of money, the in-laws are very grateful, if there is no you, the medicine of the in-laws would have been cut off long ago." ”

The old lady said: "I just married into our family and gave birth to the eldest grandson, I have always been honest and responsible, no matter what others say, I don't say anything, which makes people feel distressed to look at." ”

Mother Li said: "Yes"

The old lady talked to Mother Li for a while, and fell asleep after a while, and Mother Li came out with the lamp and went out for the night.

……

The lights in the Xue Mansion Garden were slowly extinguished, and the Qianqing Palace was still brightly lit, and Li Chen, the second-class guard car captain on duty, stepped forward and said: "I have found it clear, a large part of it is official silver, and the source cannot be determined yet." Wu Muhou is still in the Criminal Department, maybe there will be news in a while. ”

The emperor stood motionless under the shadow of the lamp with his hands behind his back, and only said after a while: "Shi exhorts to collect money, and hands it over to the following magistrates to manage, and the magistrates blame others at critical moments, this kind of mind is indeed worthy of the plaque I gave him, a good minister." ”

Li Chen's whole person couldn't help but tremble slightly.

The emperor said: "Go and check again, since it is greedy for ink, what is this bit of silver, dig three feet into the ground and find it out with me, and when the case is clear, tell Xue Mingrui that he will encourage several main criminals to be beheaded, and they don't have to wait for a few days, and they will be dealt with when the trial is over." ”

Li Chen retreated.

The Emperor laughed coldly.

How did he give birth to such an idiot? Zhuangzi was put in the silver and didn't know it, it can be seen that Prince An's style of governing the family, I heard that the Zhuangzi also built a big stage, Prince An knows how to enjoy happiness, if the prince didn't enter the palace to tell him, probably until the criminal department copied out the silver, Prince An will come to shout injustice.

Just like this, you still want to fight for the storage position? Not to mention the crown prince, he is not qualified to be a prince.

It's a pity that such a good child as Zhou Yongsheng was born in his family. The emperor groaned, "Let Prince An go back, you don't have to kneel with Prince An." ”

The lieutenant hurriedly walked out from the side and said, "Yes." ”

As soon as the lieutenant went down, he reported again: "Prince Zhuang is still outside the palace gate." ”

The emperor said: "Since he is willing to come to intercede with Prince An, let him wait outside, and I don't want to see any of them now." ”

The lieutenant slowly stepped back.

This is the beginning, he wants to see what means his sons will use to compete for the throne.

What is the difference between the means used to compete for the throne now and the pro-government government in the future?

Since he can't see the latter, he has to look at the former clearly.

……

The next day, Rong Hua got up a little late, went to ask the old lady for peace, and went to Mrs. Xue's house to discuss with Mrs. Xue about adding people to Yishuang's room.

"The newly selected maid is useless, so it's better to choose a proper one from the mother's room."

Mrs. Xue nodded, and chose Baojuan from the second-class maid, Baojuan had often talked to Yishuang, and now she was happy to follow Yishuang.

Rong Hua, Yishuang, and Yiwan wrote in the room for a while, and finally waited for Xue Mingrui to come back in the afternoon.

Rong Hua followed Xue Mingrui to the suite to change clothes.

Xue Mingrui said: "Shi Mian has all confessed, and the silver was sent to Prince Zhuang by an official of the Ministry of Industry. ”

It's as simple as that?

"That's all you can find out." Xue Mingrui paused as he spoke, "Your father's affairs must be done quickly, when the emperor goes to accompany the capital, some things will come to the fore, and there will not be such a good ending at that time." ”

There was a power outage yesterday, so the next few paragraphs were written in a hurry, and today I revised it and resent it, so you can still take a look. Thank you, dear friends.