Chapter Ninety-Three: In and out of the play, who is the master of ups and downs

When a play was coming to an end, Yijing racked her brains and finally thought of a helpless way, she decided to entrust it to Du Yuniang, first check the whereabouts of the jade seal, and then inquire about what happened in Qianrao Pavilion that day, and then make plans.

And Liuniang, who listened to the play with relish, only then did she find that Yijing was nowhere to be found, and after looking around, she saw that her usually cheerful fifth sister was sitting alone on one side and sighed, frowned and thought for a moment, and explained to Yichen, walked beside Yijing, and asked very suspiciously: "This play is not a fashionable talent and beauty, it is very novel, why does the fifth sister look like a happy person?" ”

"It's a bit of a bad spirit." Yijing said perfunctorily, seeing that Liuniang was full of doubts, she quickly changed the topic: "I was in a trance for a while, but I didn't pay attention to what this play said, it is better for the sixth sister to talk to me once, so I can go to sleepiness." ”

Liu Niang pressed her doubts and talked about today's play.

It turned out that it was a woman named Yingluo, who was born in a family of cultivation and reading, with good land at home, both parents and brothers, brothers and sisters in harmony, when Yingluo and Xuan, at the order of her parents, through the words of the matchmaker, she tied the knot with Qiao Lang, who was also a family of cultivation and reading, and the husband and wife were harmonious after marriage, and they should have been happy all their lives; Unwilling to cause disaster from the sky, the local Haoqiang took a fancy to the homestead where Yingluo's mother's family lived, colluded with the magistrate, fabricated charges, arrested Yingluo's family in prison, tortured him to extract confessions, made him sign a crime, confiscated his family property, and punished him as an official slave.

Yingluo has a strong temperament, is unconvinced, and wants to sue the state government. But her husband's family was afraid of offending the government and getting angry, so instead of helping her in-laws, she forced her son to divorce his wife.

Qiao Lang and Yingluo husband and wife are in love, kneeling down on the knees of the high hall, interceding for Yingluo, Qiao's in-laws are helpless, and promised that if Yingluo does not have any more trouble, she can be given a place to stay, Yingluo can't bear to see her parents and brother wronged, so she actually invited herself to go to the court, alone, begging along the road to the state capital, beating drums and singing grievances.

Helplessly, the officials protected each other, and sued the officials with the people, but they were punished, punished with a cane, and dying.

There are many secret visits to the imperial history to rescue, when it is found out that Yingluo does have grievances, under the anger, the book has to be played, and it is heard by the sky.

Of course, the ending is happy, the Son of Heaven loves the people like a son, and the corrupt officials are wiped out, not only innocent civilians, but also their family property, but also praises Yingluo "to the fierce to filial piety", and builds a filial piety archway for it in recognition of it.

"Fifth sister, today's Mid-Autumn Festival, both are there, and this drama ordered by the saint seems to have a deep meaning." Seeing that others were either sighing or gossiping, Liu Niang lowered her voice and said to Yijing.

The two sisters invariably looked at the Son of Heaven in dragon robes, because they sat back, but they could only see a majestic back.

This play, who is it sung to, the two boudoir women know it, not to mention the courtiers who have been up and down in the sea for half their lives.

Compared with the subtle and thoughtful expressions of the clansmen, and the neutral nobles such as Wei Guogong and Jianning Hou, who are immovable, the expressions of the left and right ministers and the officials are obviously a little more solemn.

And several princes, the princes, held tea cups in their hands, and they were still relishing; The second prince smiled at the corner of his lips, very happy, but his eyes seemed to be a little empty, obviously not focused on the stage; The third prince seems to only pay attention to the gorgeous makeup of "Yingluo", and his slender figure, and he is also shaking his head and full of interest; The four princes frowned slightly, glanced at the golden phase, and exchanged a meaningful look with the concubine from afar; The fifth prince played with a jade finger, his face expressionless; The eyes of the six princes frequently swept towards the female dependents, and they didn't know which shadow they saw, and they were stunned for a while.

Yijing hurriedly took a look, but noticed that the corners of Yu Feng's lips were slightly curled, and under the brilliant lights, his usual indifferent gaze seemed to have a fierce meaning.

Following his gaze, he saw Jin Xiang frowning, and there seemed to be lightning and thunder hidden in the three deep vertical lines in the center of his eyebrows.

At this time, the play has come to an end.

A group of servants dispersed, and another group of servants appeared, but it was the repertoire ordered by the Queen Mother, but I saw a woman in green clothes, stepping on the strings and raising up, flicking the jade white water sleeves, and turning the slender waist, it seemed that Gu Ying was self-pitying, and the cherry lips opened slightly: "Dreaming back to the warbler, the chaos is all over the ......"

The Son of Heaven suddenly sent an edict to the sect priest Fengluan on the side: "I haven't heard of that play earlier, but are you waiting for a new edit?" ”

"Returning to the saint, it is not a new compilation by the villain, but it is a new drama that has been fashionable in the southern Zhejiang region recently, and the villain is just a slight adaptation."

The Son of Heaven raised his eyebrows: "The play is full of twists and turns, fresh and interesting." Then he said that there was a reward.

At this time, Qin Xiang suddenly stepped forward and wrapped his hands: "Qi Shengshang, Weichen has also heard this play in the workshop, and it was really introduced to the capital from Southern Zhejiang, and the people have some discussions, which seems to be adapted from real things." ”

These words made Jin Xiang and the Ministry of Shangshu all look different.

The Son of Heaven was meaningful: "Oh? ”

"Enlighten the Holy One! Weichen thought that today's Mid-Autumn Festival was originally a festive banquet, but the Jiaofang Division sang and performed the folk opera satirizing the government and government, which was really disrespectful and should be punished. Jin Xiang stepped forward one step later, although he was respectful, but his words were sonorous and ruthless.

He only thought that Qin Xiang was going to use this scene to overturn the case and hit himself for the imperial history who was beheaded by the raider, so he immediately fought back, and as soon as he came up, he wanted to convict Fengluan, who was suspected of being Qin Xiang's henchman.

Naturally, it scared the soul from Jiupin Fengluan to disperse.

The Son of Heaven raised his eyebrows slightly: "Jin Qingjia, you said that this drama is a satire of the government?" ”

"Returning to the saint's words, the play says that the imperial history of loyalty and straightforward advice is undoubtedly an allusion to Liang Chutong, who was convicted and punished, this person was corrupt, because he failed to ask for bribes in Nanzhejiang, and fabricated charges to frame Zhongliang, which is actually conclusive evidence of the crime, and the saint gave the crime, which was originally impartial and straightforward, but now there are people with ill intentions, distorting the facts, and using opera to confuse people's hearts, which is actually a crime of great rebellion and disloyalty, therefore, Weichen thinks that not only should the department be severely punished, but also the person who spreads the rumors should be thoroughly investigated and punished with a felony." Jin Rongzhong stood respectfully, but his gaze slanted to the corner of his eye, and glanced at Qin Huaiyu, there was a frost sword and snow sword.

Of course, Qin Huaiyu would not let Jin Rongzhong dominate, so he smiled: "Qi Yu Sheng, Jin Xiang's words are really biased, according to Weichen's inquiry, although this play also has a royal history, it has nothing to do with Liang Chutong." ”

The Son of Heaven raised his eyebrows again.

"The girl in the play, there was originally a person, she was originally a native of Yunying County under the rule of Jiangzhou, she was wronged, there was no way to declare, but she was beaten, it is also a fact, but since Zheng Zhizhou took office, I heard that there was such a martyr, and the case was investigated, and she was given justice, so the people made up such a play, in order to praise the grace of the saint, the people heard that Zheng Zhizhou was originally the son of heaven and the minister, and they praised and thanked the saint for his compassion for the people, so he sent such a Qingtian lord to Jiangzhou, but it is a pity that Zheng Zhizhou arrived not long ago, and was murdered...... When Weichen heard this, the people were grief-stricken, and the people were angry, and they wanted to cut the murderer with a thousand knives. Qin Huaiyu came one by one, and when he saw Jin Rongzhong glaring angrily, he smiled faintly.

"Holy Lord, what Qin Xiang said is just one-sided......"

"That's it!" The Son of Heaven seemed impatient: "It's just an opera, why should the Jin Qing family be alarmist, in my opinion, Qin Qing's words are well-founded, and then Liang Chutong, all the family wealth has been copied out, and the subjects know everything, who would think that he died unjustly?" Liang Chutong didn't redress the grievances of the people's daughter, it can be seen that it is just the shadow of the Jin Qing family. ”

As soon as these words came out, although Jin Xiangxin was unwilling, he had no choice but to stop fighting, thinking that although he didn't let Qin Huaiyu hit the wall, he didn't suffer a loss, and he could still be calm.

The Son of Heaven suddenly asked again: "Qin Qing's family, I don't know how the people of Jiangzhou reacted when they heard that Zheng Naining was murdered by his wife?" ”

"Back to the saint, the people of Jiangzhou call Mrs. Zheng a model of a virtuous woman, although she has not been in Jiangzhou for a long time, she is willing to give alms, and she has a good reputation, and the people do not believe that Mrs. Zheng is a ruthless person."

"Humph! How can the words of the ignorant people be taken seriously? Jin Rongzhong scoffed.

"The so-called justice is in the hearts of the people, Kim Sang-yuan is in Kyoto, and he doesn't know the nature of Zheng's wife, how can he be sure that she is really a vicious woman who murdered her husband?"

"In this case, Dali Temple and the Criminal Department have already made a clear decision, is it better than a group of ignorant people?"

"Although there is a decision, it may not be a clear decision, Zheng's wife is dead, and there is no evidence for her death, saying that she bought a murderer, but the killer is nowhere to be found, and there is no human and material evidence, how can it be regarded as a clear judgment!"

"You!" Jin Rongzhong's pair of King Kong eyes were round, eager to turn Qin Huai's foolish bones into ashes.

Qin Huaiyu ignored him, and only held on again: "Shengshang, Zheng Naining has a very high prestige in the eyes of the people of Jiangzhou, and now he is dying unclear, so that there are many discussions, therefore, in the opinion of Weichen, the Shengshang should appoint the imperial historian to go to Jiangzhou to investigate the case thoroughly." ”

"What does Qin Xiang mean, does he mean that Dali Temple and the Criminal Department have perfunctory holy orders?"

"Prince, what do you think?" The Son of Heaven interrupted the dispute between the two phases in time, and suddenly asked the prince who was standing on one side, some of whom did not know why.

The dispute between the two phases naturally attracted a lot of attention, most of the female dependents were still far away, and they couldn't tell the details of the dispute, some were full of curiosity, and some looked cautious, but the queen mother, the queen and the crown princess, because they were not far from the seat of the Son of Heaven, listened to this matter clearly and carefully.

The queen and the crown princess were in a state of distress at that time.

Today's events are definitely not a coincidence, it seems that the saint is really angry because of Zheng Naining's death, and he is actually going to clean up the golden phase.

The intention of the saint seems to be to hand over the matter to the prince......

If the crown prince can find out the cause of Zheng Naining's death, it will undoubtedly comfort Long Xin, and the prince's position will be further strengthened.

The queen and the crown princess held their breath and watched the crown prince expectantly.

Unexpectedly, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince hadn't turned a corner, just thinking about not offending the prime minister of a country for the sake of just a governor, he hesitated, and said: "Father, the son thinks that since Dali Temple is ......"

It's really the rhythm of dropping the chain.

The crown princess didn't even hide the deep disappointment on her face.

At this time, the Queen Mother spoke in time: "Saint, today's Mid-Autumn Festival, this is a reunion festival, the mourning family is very interested, and I want to listen to a few more plays, if the saint wants to discuss political affairs, it is better to avoid us women and children." ”

So, a dispute came to an abrupt end, and the Son of Heaven led his courtiers not to look elsewhere for discussions, and in front of the Miaoyin Pavilion, the original joy and harmony were restored.