A dispute that broke out before Xiao's death spread among the people of Kyoto, coupled with Chu Junyi's disagreement with the Xiao family's reconciliation before, which led to a series of rumors of Princess Zhaohua's unfilial piety, and some people believed the authenticity of the rumors, and only felt that Shen Ninghua and Chu Junyi were unfilial people who abandoned their families when they were developed.

However, there are also many people who are silent, after all, they are talking about the princess and the concubine of the royal family, and this private discussion of royal affairs will be severely punished. Besides, they all know what happened to the Shen family and the Xiao family before, and it is really impossible to say which is right and which is wrong.

If it weren't for the two families going too far, as princesses and colts, in order to cherish their reputation, they wouldn't easily do such a thing as severing their relationship. Who doesn't want a good name, doesn't? The most important thing is that Shen Ninghua and Chu Junyi have indeed done a lot of practical things for the people, and such people cannot be unfilial people.

Soon, what happened next proved how right they were.

On the day of Xiao's funeral, it was reported that Shen Dong and outsiders persecuted his own daughter, causing Princess Zhaohua to almost miscarry. Then the emperor intervened in the matter and took all the descendants of the Shen family away, if it weren't for the fact that Xiao's funeral was not completed, I am afraid that Shen Dong would also be arrested.

Soon after, the Jing Guards sent people to various teahouses and taverns to arrest many people who were talking about Princess Zhaohua and the horses.

For a while, all the people were silent, and they didn't dare to make a sound at will.

Shen Ninghua was wearing a light palace dress, sitting in the south study and looking at the folds in his hands, for a while, he showed a self-deprecating smile: "Father, these adults are really alarmist enough, they all say that my grandmother was killed by me...... No matter how ignorant I am, I still know how to do such a thing. ”

Baili Qingcang nodded: "Well, you know how to be. Ning Hua, this time is obviously unusual, what do you have in mind? ”

Shen Ninghua groaned in her heart, she entered the palace this time to test Baili Qingcang's thoughts, but she didn't expect that before she could speak, Baili Qingcang had already thought of it.

"Father, I won't tell you that Erchen and the Xiao family have a lot of trouble because of Xiao Huanxi, and now they are already undying enemies, but the Xiao family has the grace of nurturing Chu Junyi, and Erchen doesn't want to get into trouble because of the Xiao family and the concubine, so if the Xiao family doesn't come to provoke me, I will definitely not have anything to do with them."

"This time, the old master Xiao personally came to ask for peace, saying that it was reconciliation, but what he did was to discredit me and Chu Junyi. Before it subsided, my grandmother had a series of accidents that finally pushed me into a dilemma. How is it possible to say that there are no ideas? ”

Regarding Shen Ninghua's confession, Baili Qingcang was very useful in his heart: "Ninghua, you and Chu Junyi are both extremely smart people, I think there should be someone who is suspicious, right?" ”

Shen Ninghua's heart moved, and he got up and knelt on the ground: "Father, the son has a guess in his heart, but this guess is too disrespectful. ”

Baili Qingcang didn't call out immediately, his face looked extremely calm, and he couldn't see the slightest joy and anger: "Since I asked, then you just say it." ”

Shen Ninghua raised her eyes, and a pair of calm black eyes were clear and translucent: "Erchen suspects that it is the hand of the queen mother and the Zhao family." ”

As soon as her voice fell, Baili Qingcang's face changed suddenly, and sharp eyes suddenly shot out from her eyes, and she stared straight at Shen Ninghua: "Ninghua, do you know what you mean by this?" ”

Shen Ninghua knelt straight on the ground, looked at Baili Qingcang, and did not retreat in the slightest: "Father, it is already disrespectful for the sons to say this, but the sons will not be untargeted." After learning the news that the Xiao family could not reconcile and released rumors, Erchen was already on guard and sent someone to the Shen Mansion to protect his grandmother and biological father, but in the end, something happened. ”

"The people sent by the sons to protect are all skilled and extraordinary in martial arts, but when something happened to my grandmother, they didn't notice it at all. can drive such a person to use it for his own use, except for his father and the emperor, your sons and daughters can only think of the queen's mother. You won't be unfavorable to your sons, so you can only make a move against the queen who has always been prejudiced against your sons. ”

Baili Qingcang was silent for a moment, got up and walked to Shen Ninghua's side, bent down and helped her up: "Get up, you girl, you are really bold and reckless, and you dare to say such disrespectful words in front of your father." ”

Shen Ninghua said with a smile: "The father trusts the son, and the son naturally trusts the father, if he is wrong, it is a big deal to be escorted by the father to make amends to the queen, if he is not wrong, the queen has such a big power, it is also a threat to the father, there is no harm in taking precautions earlier, and it is good to be able to remind the father." ”

Baili Qingcang nodded, his eyes with a sigh and nostalgia: "Ninghua, you are very similar to your mother." The queen hates you, probably because of this. ”

Shen Ninghua raised her eyes, with a look of yearning: "Erchen has heard that his father has mentioned his mother more than once, and he thinks that his mother must be extremely good, and it is a great blessing for Erchen to be like his mother." ”

Baili Qing smiled, but her eyes were desolate: "Your mother is straightforward, and you dare to act boldly, when I offended her, she dared to ride on a horse and wave a leather whip to chase me two streets, she is also extremely affectionate, and she has lived and died several times for the Xia family...... It's my father who is sorry for her......"

This was the first time Shen Ninghua had seen him show such a look, even when he learned that several princes had ghosts in their hearts, he was only extremely angry, but he never revealed a sad taste.

Shen Ninghua didn't know how to answer, so she could only stand aside silently. She had a lot of doubts to ask, but she knew that Baili Qingcang would not reveal it, so she could only suppress all her thoughts in her heart.

Baili Qingcang's gaffe was only for a moment, and after a while, he came back to his senses, and he could no longer see the slightest inappropriateness on his face: "Ning Hua, I will give you some manpower, you can secretly check it." ”

Father agreed with her suspicions, Shen Ninghua nodded and agreed, and after a slight pause, he hesitated: "Yes, thank you father." There is another thing that Erchen accidentally learned. ”

"Huh? Seeing how embarrassed you look, what is it? ”

"You also know that some time ago, Erchen and the concubine investigated the Department of Internal Affairs, and the current head of the Department of Internal Affairs, Xiao Qi, is also a person in charge, and he remembers the usefulness of every thing in the Department of Internal Affairs very carefully. Some time ago, he suddenly found that a new batch of rosewood furniture had been purchased in the prince's mansion, and he checked the records of the Department of Internal Affairs and found that there was no record of the source, so he asked people to leave some wood from the inconspicuous place of the furniture and asked the retainers to help check it. ”

"Questions?"

"Yes, the wood seems to be fine, it is a high-quality huanghuali, but in fact, the inside of the wood has been concocted with safflower juice, which is very damaging to the woman."

Baili Qingcang nodded: "I know, I will let people check it, and you don't have to worry about this matter." ”

"Yes, Father."

Shen Ninghua withdrew from the south study, only then did he feel a slight chill on his back, and he unconsciously broke out in a cold sweat. However, this cold sweat is worth it.

As soon as Shen Ninghua returned to the princess's mansion, Hongling hurriedly ran over: "Miss, you let me pay attention to the prince's mansion, and now there is news coming." ”

Such a coincidence?

"What's the news?"

"There is a concubine in the prince's mansion who is pregnant, and she has been eight months old, and she suddenly lost her pregnancy, and it was a boy, and she was formed."

Shen Ninghua's eyebrows furrowed, and Bai Wei immediately glared at Hongling: "I'm shocked, what should I do if I disturb Miss?" ”

Hongling covered her mouth violently, Miss is pregnant, and it is naturally uncomfortable to hear this kind of topic at this time: "The slave forgot for a while, Miss don't blame me." ”

Shen Ninghua smiled absently: "It's okay, I still don't know your temperament?" Do you know what's going on? ”

"The prince quickly blocked the news, and now our people don't know much. However, the slave and maid were kept by the people, and as soon as there was news, they came. ”

Shen Ninghua nodded: "Okay, you can send someone to watch it at all times." ”

The next day, Shen Ninghua finished breakfast, Chu Junyi came back from the court, he walked into the room quickly, his face was full of joy, and he was covered with the glow outside, like a god descending from the sky: "Ninghua, something very interesting happened in the court today, do you want to hear it?" ”

Shen Ninghua's eyebrows moved: "The prince's affairs in Jiangnan have been exposed?" ”

Chu Junyi had a smile on his face: "Well, Jiangnan Yanzheng is very involved, and the prince's people have eaten a lot of kickbacks in it, and the people of Jiangnan took all the people to sign the handprint paper, and evaded the pursuit all the way into the capital to sue the governor of Jiangnan." ”

Shen Ninghua curled the corners of her lips: "This governor of Jiangnan is the prince's person." ”

"Well, so this morning, someone played the prince, saying that the prince was involved with the governor of Jiangnan, and he lost a large amount of silver taels from the middle, which forced the people of Jiangnan to be desperate, so that they went to Kyoto to sue the emperor."

"Then the father should be extremely angry, right?"

"Naturally, although the emperor didn't get angry on the spot, his expression was really terrifying, and in a few days, the prince should be grounded for reflection."

Shen Ninghua smiled, and looked at Chu Junyi intently: "The governor of Jiangnan is superb, and his control over Jiangnan is also extremely strict, it is extremely difficult for someone to enter Beijing to sue the emperor, have you contributed to it?" ”

Chu Junyi curled the corners of his lips: "I didn't do anything, I just helped them escape the pursuers when a few people ran to Huajun Pharmacy for help, and then funded them a lot of silver taels, and sent people to escort them all the way." ”

Hearing him say this, Shen Ninghua couldn't help but raise his eyebrows: This is equivalent to sending the people who sued the emperor directly to Kyoto, isn't this still called nothing?

Chu Junyi stepped forward and grabbed Shen Ninghua's shoulder: "The people are forgetful, they have forgotten what we have helped them do, and they have easily believed our unfilial words, so we can only remind them what we have helped them do, Huajun Pharmaceutical Store now basically controls the herbal medicine industry in Jiangnan, and at this time, we don't have to scruple so much about doing things." ”