The fact that Lu Guogong was raided shocked the powerful people, because in addition to the traces of official silver, there were also many court tributes copied out of his mansion. Many of the jewels and gems are even better than the tributes in the palace. The same famous painting of the former dynasty appeared in the palace and the Guogong Mansion at the same time, not to mention, under careful inspection, the palace collection turned out to be only a fake.

The emperor was so angry that he bluntly said that he would dig three feet into the ground to see how many things were still hidden in the Guogong Mansion.

The fire that burned the Fang family dragged the Shangshu Mansion next door into the fire pit. The house that didn't want to rely on the Fang family turned out to be the warehouse of Liu Shangshu's family, and the whole family ran out in the middle of the night screaming and screaming for rescue. The fire was finally extinguished, and nothing was burned in the Liu family, but the next day, Liu Shangshu asked people to participate in a book, saying that the Liu family also hid a lot of tributes.

This is undoubtedly adding fuel to the fire for the emperor, not to mention letting people lead troops into Liu's house to investigate the truth. As a result, he was shocked by the facts, if it weren't for Liu Shangshu's small achievements not long ago, he was afraid that he would be like Lu Guogong, and the whole family would be imprisoned. In the end, after confiscating the family property, Liu Shangshu was fined to stay at home for three months and was not allowed to go out.

Not only did some people sigh that Fang Youxin's power was so powerful that after he left the capital, he could still pull a few officials off the horse.

In fact, Liu Shangshu was a little aggrieved, and it was common for Beijing officials to accept filial piety from foreign officials, not necessarily tribute. It's just that some of them choose some things that are about to be tributed, and some of them take the trouble to do what they like, but it is not excluded that some people intercept or steal the tribute halfway. As long as the relationship between the upper and lower places is good, in fact, it is not difficult to steal the dragon and turn the phoenix, anyway, the emperor does not know what the local tribute is.

Liu Shangshu is just the first type of person, and it is understandable that he is misunderstood as a tribute to the imperial court.

It is no wonder that in recent years, the palace always feels that there are fewer and fewer things to pay tribute, and I think that it is because of the drought for many years, and the local government cannot make ends meet. The emperor was also merciful, and he was not too strict, and even some serious disasters were tax-exempt. But what he didn't expect was that the tribute still entered Beijing, but it was looted at the feet of the Son of Heaven.

There was Lu Guogong's case first, and now there is more Liu Shangshu, and suddenly the people of the powerful people in Beijing are panicked. When you go out, you have to change to a more shabby set, for fear of being bumped into by the imperial history, and the next one will be your turn.

In this case, the most reassuring are none other than those officials of the Qingshui Yamen, who used to see others making a lot of money, and they could only tighten their belts to live. Now those people who are stained with flesh are all holding their tails, not daring to go out, let alone arrogant. can be regarded as making them breathe a bad breath, and they all speak a lot louder, all of them take Fang Youxin as the object of worship, and blow his merits and political achievements to the gods.

However, because of this, the auspicious day of the zodiac, which was originally rumored to be a rare occurrence in 30 years, was extremely cold. Even when the two princes moved into the house, they simply set up a few tables of banquets, not to mention the weddings of other families in Beijing.

Although Li Xunzhuo was framed, because Suifenglou has caused trouble many times, for the sake of Li Xunzhuo's share of suffering a lot in prison, he does not praise or depreciate, and passes it off. Li Xunzhuo suffered a dumb loss, so naturally he wouldn't say anything, but Li Ge Lao thought that this was already the best.

"A-Niang, what about Suifeng Tower?" Shaohua saw that the emperor's list had been lowered, but he didn't mention Suifeng Tower, and couldn't help but be curious.

Ling Shi glared at her angrily, "What are you still doing with bad luck, I want to buy it, but now it is in the wind, and no one dares to ask for it." "Li Ge Lao didn't say anything about Suifeng Tower, but Liu complained in Xuyuan. I went to Taihe Garden and came back, and my face was obviously not very good-looking, and it is said that I returned to Xuyuan and made a lot of trouble.

In fact, there is no need for the maid to spread the word, and the Ling family also knows what the Liu family is complaining about, which is nothing more than saying that she has a private newspaper. It's just a matter of finding a way to take back the power of the family, but Li Gelao's attitude says everything, at least this family can still flourish in the hands of the Ling family. Liu wanted to instigate her daughter-in-law to fight for it, but unfortunately she had an unpleasant quarrel with Xin Zixuan recently, and she couldn't pull her face, and what the maid said was pushed back by Xin Zixuan lightly.

Shaohua nodded, she also agreed with the transfer of Suifeng Lou, she must have not found Mr. Feng Shui at the beginning, how could she open the door to do business and cause jail time. Anyway, the business in Liangcheng has also improved slightly, so it is better to go outside, if Si Mo is admitted to the Jinshi in the future, it is another matter if he becomes an official. Otherwise, there is Li Sijin's brother in the big house, and there is a Li Sinian in the third room, Li Xunzhuo and his family will live with them for a long time, sooner or later they will be annoyed, it is better to find some retreat for themselves as soon as possible.

The three brothers of Li Xunzhuo were filial piety and adhered to the principle of "parents are here, not separated", and Li Zhuoyue died early, leaving orphans and widows, so the family lived together lively. In case Li Ge is a hundred years later, and his grandchildren also grow up, this family will have to be divided sooner or later.

Instead of worrying about it then, it is better to prepare yourself for a retreat earlier. Shaohua was thinking about discussing this separation with the Ling family, and Wanhua suddenly shouted angrily: "A-Niang, is that it?" I don't know who the mastermind behind this is, you didn't see what my father was tortured into, I felt distressed when I looked at it. ”

looked at Li Xunzhuo when he first came back, his beard was scruffy, and his cloudy eyes were bloodshot. The originally full cheeks were deflated, the smooth forehead was also covered with mud, the hair was even more messy like a bird's nest, and a brocade dress had already been torn to tatters. He looked haggard and depressed, and was worse than the old beggar on the side of the road.

If this was on the road, Wanhua would never believe that this embarrassed person would be his father, thinking like this, he couldn't help but hate the person who framed Li Xunzhuo in prison.

"Who said it wasn't distressing!" Ling immediately raised his voice to retort, and when he continued the next sentence, his eyes were already red. "A good man, he has been haggard like this in just a few days, and when I rubbed his back, his arm was full of weight." After speaking, he and Wanhua's mother and daughter chatted.

Shaohua pursed his lips and silently watched the two mother and daughter hug each other and cry, muttering in his heart: It's just that people who are used to eating delicacies from the mountains and seas are hungry for a few days. They hadn't seen the really embarrassed people, those who could even eat weeds and roots, and they were called haggard and inhuman.

Wanhua collected her tears and scolded angrily: "This Fang Zhongxin is really a villain!" Knowing that Daddy was framed by someone, he still treated Daddy like this! No wonder someone wants to set fire to his house, I think he must have offended too many people, I really don't know why Lord Banzai loves him so much. ”

Shaohua couldn't help but feel sorry for Fang Zhongxin: "The third sister misunderstood Lord Fang, my father was not injured, he was just hungry." ”

Wanhua glanced back at her and grinded her teeth, "That's not the same, it must be deliberately not to eat!" ”

Hearing Wanhua's vexatious words, Shaohua shook his head helplessly, not knowing how to explain to her, but who could come out of the prison in good clothes. It's just a few days of hunger, just thinking about the hard-won food.

I think that when she was young and ignorant, she was not less imprisoned in a special "prison", and she was stubborn at that time, and it was common for her to skip meals for two or three days. Not to mention her younger brother, who was even more stubborn than her, who made trouble at the end of the day and threw him into the cell decisively. Later, he got into trouble and didn't dare to go home, so he automatically and consciously ran to the cell boss and begged to be locked in, which made the cell boss cry and laugh.

Thinking about the past, Shaohua's thoughts couldn't help but go out of the clouds, until Wanhua exclaimed and pulled her back into her thoughts. Seeing that the Ling family was a little dissatisfied, he glanced at Wanhua, and muttered unnaturally: "You can't talk nonsense about this matter, the eldest prince is the eldest son of the Long Live Lord, the only son of Empress Duanming, and his status is more noble than the second prince, how can he be involved in this matter." This is in our courtyard, in front of my aunt and sister, and when I go out later, I will swallow it all. ”

"A-Niang, does it have anything to do with the eldest prince?" Shaohua asked stupidly, and was immediately met with two pairs of white eyes.

"Listen to you, sisters, this is the end of the matter, and no one is allowed to mention it again. Your father should suffer a loss this time, let's just pay attention to ourselves in the future, don't get into trouble. The Ling clan suddenly felt that it was a very wise decision for Li Ge Lao not to pursue it. Even if he knew that the eldest prince Hongwen was behind the Mansion of Lu Guogong, since there was Lu Guogong who came down to confess the crime, it proved that the emperor did not want to pursue it.

As for whether it has anything to do with the eldest prince, it is not for them to know, even if it is really done by the eldest prince, the emperor is unwilling to pursue it, and they have no choice but to accept their fate. It can only be said that Fang Zhongxin is a knife in the emperor's hand, where he needs to cut it, after cutting the wound, he will quickly pack up his burden and run away, and the rest of the emperors will naturally come out to be a good man.

The two sisters looked at each other, each with their own thoughts, but neither dared to mention anything again. Seeing this, Ling's face also eased, there will be blessings in the future if you don't die in a big disaster, and she is optimistic that Li Xunzhuo will have good luck next. As soon as he was in a good mood, he began to talk about other things, and was talking energetically, when he suddenly heard a chaotic footstep outside.

"Second lady, is the fifth lady in the house?" Hongling's voice sounded in the courtyard, and the mother and daughter's words came to an abrupt end.

When Shaohua heard this, he hurriedly ran out and looked at Hongling with a smile: "I'm here, what's wrong, is my sister-in-law looking for me?" ”

Seeing Shaohua's impatience, Hongling couldn't help but cover her mouth and smile and nodded, "Exactly." Hongling walked in, blessed the Ling family, and smiled, "Say hello to the second lady, please say hello to the third lady." The young lady of my family said that the palace invited her over, and the post also mentioned the five ladies. Send me over to ask, it's inconvenient for the fifth lady to accompany her. ”

When Shaohua heard this, his eyes suddenly lit up, he turned his face, and looked at Ling Shi with a wink.

"How can this be born well, the palace invited your young lady." Ling was a little surprised.

Hongling replied with a smile: "I heard that there is also a lady in the palace who learns pipa, but it is not as skilled as the fifth lady, so I especially ask the fifth lady to go over and give advice." Second lady, don't worry, it's just that it will be a while, and it won't stay for long. ”

Shaohua begged, "Ah Niang, since it was said by the palace, we can't shirk it." ”

Ling looked at her angrily, "Then you are not allowed to run around, you have to follow your sister-in-law closely, this is the palace." ”

As soon as he heard Ling's relent, Shaohua immediately frowned, "I know." After hurriedly blessing the Ling family, he pulled Hongling and left in a hurry.

Wanhua was a little unhappy, "How can A-Niang let Wu Niang go to the palace, I'm afraid that no one will have an accident with her temperament." In fact, Wanhua was not happy that Shaohua and Xin Zixuan were too close, she always felt that Shaohua's feelings for Xin Zixuan were closer than her own sister.

Ling pursed her lips and was silent, she didn't know if the rumors outside were true or not, but maybe Shaohua was really as the Taoist said, this big eight characters were inevitably a rich life.