Chapter 240: The Queen's Might
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Ling Chaofeng quietly listened to Xiaowan's words, he knew that good and evil were clearly divided in his wife's heart.
If she had a choice, Xiaowan would not have pushed Sanniang, if she could, she hoped that Sanniang would live, but she still didn't want her to feed her child.
These sins, if you have to find a cause and effect, maybe it should be counted from the fact that Sanniang was sold as a child bride when she was a child, and a good person was forced to be stunned, and with a thought, he ended a painful life.
Xiaowan scattered all the paper money into the Baisha River and told Ling Chaofeng that she would put this matter down, because she had done nothing wrong, no matter what happened, no matter who she faced, she would do her best to protect her children.
Ling Chaofeng guarded silently, and his heart was already stable.
When the incense was gone, they went home.
On the other side, Pei'er was wrestling with Daqing, and Xiao Wanlang called him: "Pei'er, we're going home." ”
Daqing came over with Pei'er and said with a smile: "This little guy is getting more and more energetic." ”
Xiaowan invited Daqing to the inn for lunch, and the family walked back, on the Baisha River, the snow-white paper money gradually sank to the bottom of the river, with Xiaowan's blessings and prayers for Sanniang in the next life.
This matter, after a few days of transmission in Baisha Town, gradually no one cared about it, but this case was sent to the capital along with the ransom paid by the Lingxiao Inn, and the one hundred taels of gold Liang Governor and the county did not dare to embezzle, and all of them were handed over to the national treasury.
In the Qingming Pavilion, the emperor looked at the folds sent from all over the country, turned to this one, his heart sank, called the chamberlain, and ordered them to send the folds to the Hanyuan Hall for the queen to read.
At that time, the queen was playing with her daughter, and the mother and daughter rolled together on the ground covered with a velvet blanket.
I saw that the palace people of Qingming Pavilion held the fold and handed it to her, took it and walked to the bright place to read it, the queen couldn't help frowning, the dead were pitiful, Xiaowan was even more innocent, and the most hateful thing was those who bought and sold babies.
"What does the emperor mean?" Ruyan asked solemnly.
"The emperor only asked the servants to send it to the mother, and he didn't ask for it." It was rare for the palace people to see the queen's cold face, and they couldn't help but panic.
Like smoke picked up the shawl on the crook of his arm, pinched the fold in his hand, and said coldly: "Immediately order the people from the Household Department and the Criminal Department to come to the palace to see me." ”
Everyone was taken aback, did the queen want to meddle in government affairs, but they didn't dare to disobey the queen's will in person, but they first went to the Qingming Pavilion to ask the emperor's meaning, but they didn't want to be reprimanded by the emperor for doing too much, and asked them if they didn't take the queen in their eyes.
In this way, the officials of the Criminal Department and the Household Department were summoned to the palace, and they did not expect that it would be the queen who would see them in person, and in the main hall of the Hanyuan Palace, they would circulate a letter from the Lizhou Mansion to them.
"Ladies and gentlemen, what do you think of this?" The queen was very polite, and she held a tone of discussion.
The men who were immersed in officialdom all felt that this was a woman's family of the queen, and their whim of compassion looked at each other, wanting to be perfunctory, and the people in the household department didn't understand what the queen had brought them to do.
Seeing that these people wanted to fool her, she was not polite, and said straight to the point, she asked the household department to issue the will of the imperial court to local officials from today onwards, and improve the household registration system in Daqi to every town and village. From now on, if there is any matter of buying and selling children at will, the criminal department will hold them accountable and sentence, and will not tolerate them.
The people in the household department felt that the queen was whimsical, such a big country, so many people, it was impossible to count the population, and it was impossible to prevent the people from buying and selling their children privately.
The secretary of the criminal department asked the queen: "Niangniang, if there is a family that is poor and cannot afford to raise it, and has to be sent to the child for adoption and sale in order to keep the child alive, how should this be calculated." ”
Ruyan smiled coldly: "Isn't this what adults should do?" How to convey the emperor's will to all parts of the country, how to establish a perfect punishment system, and how to prevent similar tragedies from happening again, is it not the responsibility of your lords? Instead, you came to me and asked, what should I do? ”
Everyone couldn't refute it for a while, but some of them were bolder and said sincerely: "Niangniang, the laws of Daqi have long been perfected, and the law does not tolerate the sale of women who buy and sell babies. However, the whip is beyond the reach of the whip, the people in various places are different, and there are more township parties united to do their own thing, the scene you expect, even if the ministers are broken and work hard, they can't achieve it for you, this is the truth of the ministers. ”
Like a smoke: "The second princess married the Jin Kingdom far away and saved the Jin woman from fire and water, she once said to the emperor that even if she can only save one woman, everything she has paid is worth it." Even if the vision I am looking forward to today cannot be realized, as long as one less child can be bought and sold, and one less woman will be forced to die, it will be the merit of all of you in this world. ”
The scene in the Hanyuan Hall was transmitted to the Qingming Pavilion, and the emperor raised his head from the mountain of folds, rubbed his eyebrows, and smiled faintly: "They will inevitably come to see me in the future, and whatever the queen says, it is all my meaning, and tell them to do it." ”
The palace people received the order and waited in front of the Qingming Pavilion, and sure enough, those adults dispersed from the Hanyuan Palace, and went straight to the emperor, but they were stopped by the father-in-law in front of the door, and they were advised to do so: "Ladies and gentlemen, if this matter is discussed by the emperor and you, I am afraid that it will be thunderous and angry, and the mother is easy to talk about, isn't it?" ”
Among them, only Ling Chu did not follow, he was still in the Hanyuan Palace, and was left by the queen to speak alone.
Ershan, who is a waiter in the Criminal Department, is not allowed to give up this matter, not to mention that his sister-in-law is involved, but at this moment, what the queen is discussing with him is not a state affair, but a happy private matter.
The emperor has already decreed that the marriage of the two families of Bi Shen will be granted, and August 15 will be the wedding date.
"The county lord is the heart and soul of the elders of the royal family, and the empress dowager is very happy to be able to combine with two people who are in love." Ruyan said, "But Bi Zhenye is now on his own, living in such a narrow courtyard, and he can't even accommodate a few servants and maids, which makes the old grandmother very uneasy." ”
Ershan responded: "Please show me." ”
Ruyan said: "In fact, the palace has long prepared a private house for her daughter, and Princess Shen also intends to let her daughter start her married life in that mansion, but in this way, it seems that she looks down on Bi Zhenye." However, they didn't have this heart, and they didn't want to cause misunderstanding, they happened to see you here today, and I asked you to discuss this matter with Bi Zhenye to see if he was willing. ”
Ershan smiled, thinking that his brother was tired by his parents, and he was not happy with the queen mother, it turned out to be this little thing, and the people in the palace were too attentive, it can be seen that people have accepted Bi Zhenye.
"Niangniang, this matter will be done according to the princess's wishes, and the minister agreed for Bi Zhenye." Ershan said without hesitation, "Bi Zhenye is ecstatic every day now, and it is easy for him to do anything." ”
Ruyan smiled: "Ecstatic? Isn't that an exaggeration? It's a pity that August 15 is in a hurry, my brother can't go back to Beijing with Hanxi, this cup of wine Hanxi can't drink, there will always be a family reunion in the coming day, and at that time, it will be lively again. ”
When Ershan went to Bi Zhenye with this word, Bi Zhenye also agreed, and went to Shen Wangfu in person, showing that he was willing to accept the arrangement of the palace, and he was unwilling to wronged Qing'er and let her be confined to the small mansion, and even after that, together with Qing'er, he went to see the mansion where they would live in the future.
The happy event of Bi Shen's marriage and the emperor's strict prohibition of trafficking in women, girls and children all spread to Baisha County.
The notice posted in front of the Yamen Inn, Xiaowan stood outside the door, looked at the words on the notice, and listened to Pei'er read it to her one by one, which made her heart warm.
And Ershan's family letter mentioned that it was the queen mother who proposed the strict purge, and the mother immediately moved this idea after seeing Xiaowan's excerpt of killing Sanniang by mistake.
A few days later, the people from the yamen came to interrogate the family, and Pei'er took his mother's hand and registered his own name, Ling Pei, along with his younger brother Ling Ji and sister Ling Fei.
Xiaowan complained softly to Xianggong: "Why do you name the children and have so many strokes?" ”
Ling Chaofeng said angrily: "Follow Pei'er to learn to write, in the future, when the children are older, are you embarrassed not to read?" ”
Xiao Wan glared at him: "You hate me now, do you?" ”
On this side, Aunt Zhang wrapped a few large boxes of cloud leg mooncakes made by Uncle Biao and gave them to the poor masters, and said happily: "Year after year, this is going to be the Mid-Autumn Festival again, this year's Mid-Autumn Festival, there are lively things in the town?" ”
The servants smiled and said: "It's still the old rule, the Mid-Autumn Festival night lantern festival, but the relatives of the county lord's family are in the fireworks business, and they have brought a lot of big guys this year, so you can bring your children to see it when the time comes." ”
Pei'er was very happy, jumping up and down Xiaowan, asking his mother to take him to see the fireworks, and said that he personally held his younger brother and did not let his mother be affected.
Xiaowan was afraid that Ji'er and Fei'er were afraid of the rumbling of fireworks, but Ling Chaofeng said: "Just plug their ears with cotton, our children are not squeamish." ”
This night, Xiao Wan finally lulled the verbose and excited little guy to sleep, but as soon as Pei'er fell asleep, she was summoned by Heaven and flew away as a golden dragon.
When Xiaowan walked to the door, she felt a gust of wind, she looked at her son on the bed, and saw that he was sleeping soundly, so she closed the door.
When Pei'er came to the heavenly court, he saw his grandmother standing in front of the heavenly mirror, and he stepped forward and asked, "Grandma, what are you looking for me?" ”
Ling Chaofeng quietly listened to Xiaowan's words, he knew that good and evil were clearly divided in his wife's heart.
If she had a choice, Xiaowan would not have pushed Sanniang, if she could, she hoped that Sanniang would live, but she still didn't want her to feed her child.
These sins, if you have to find a cause and effect, maybe it should be counted from the fact that Sanniang was sold as a child bride when she was a child, and a good person was forced to be stunned, and with a thought, he ended a painful life.
Xiaowan scattered all the paper money into the Baisha River and told Ling Chaofeng that she would put this matter down, because she had done nothing wrong, no matter what happened, no matter who she faced, she would do her best to protect her children.
Ling Chaofeng guarded silently, and his heart was already stable.
When the incense was gone, they went home.
On the other side, Pei'er was wrestling with Daqing, and Xiao Wanlang called him: "Pei'er, we're going home." ”
Daqing came over with Pei'er and said with a smile: "This little guy is getting more and more energetic." ”
Xiaowan invited Daqing to the inn for lunch, and the family walked back, on the Baisha River, the snow-white paper money gradually sank to the bottom of the river, with Xiaowan's blessings and prayers for Sanniang in the next life.
This matter, after a few days of transmission in Baisha Town, gradually no one cared about it, but this case was sent to the capital along with the ransom paid by the Lingxiao Inn, and the one hundred taels of gold Liang Governor and the county did not dare to embezzle, and all of them were handed over to the national treasury.
In the Qingming Pavilion, the emperor looked at the folds sent from all over the country, turned to this one, his heart sank, called the chamberlain, and ordered them to send the folds to the Hanyuan Hall for the queen to read.
At that time, the queen was playing with her daughter, and the mother and daughter rolled together on the ground covered with a velvet blanket.
I saw that the palace people of Qingming Pavilion held the fold and handed it to her, took it and walked to the bright place to read it, the queen couldn't help frowning, the dead were pitiful, Xiaowan was even more innocent, and the most hateful thing was those who bought and sold babies.
"What does the emperor mean?" Ruyan asked solemnly.
"The emperor only asked the servants to send it to the mother, and he didn't ask for it." It was rare for the palace people to see the queen's cold face, and they couldn't help but panic.
Like smoke picked up the shawl on the crook of his arm, pinched the fold in his hand, and said coldly: "Immediately order the people from the Household Department and the Criminal Department to come to the palace to see me." ”
Everyone was taken aback, did the queen want to meddle in government affairs, but they didn't dare to disobey the queen's will in person, but they first went to the Qingming Pavilion to ask the emperor's meaning, but they didn't want to be reprimanded by the emperor for doing too much, and asked them if they didn't take the queen in their eyes.
In this way, the officials of the Criminal Department and the Household Department were summoned to the palace, and they did not expect that it would be the queen who would see them in person, and in the main hall of the Hanyuan Palace, they would circulate a letter from the Lizhou Mansion to them.
"Ladies and gentlemen, what do you think of this?" The queen was very polite, and she held a tone of discussion.
The men who were immersed in officialdom all felt that this was a woman's family of the queen, and their whim of compassion looked at each other, wanting to be perfunctory, and the people in the household department didn't understand what the queen had brought them to do.
Seeing that these people wanted to fool her, she was not polite, and said straight to the point, she asked the household department to issue the will of the imperial court to local officials from today onwards, and improve the household registration system in Daqi to every town and village. From now on, if there is any matter of buying and selling children at will, the criminal department will hold them accountable and sentence, and will not tolerate them.
The people in the household department felt that the queen was whimsical, such a big country, so many people, it was impossible to count the population, and it was impossible to prevent the people from buying and selling their children privately.
The secretary of the criminal department asked the queen: "Niangniang, if there is a family that is poor and cannot afford to raise it, and has to be sent to the child for adoption and sale in order to keep the child alive, how should this be calculated." ”
Ruyan smiled coldly: "Isn't this what adults should do?" How to convey the emperor's will to all parts of the country, how to establish a perfect punishment system, and how to prevent similar tragedies from happening again, is it not the responsibility of your lords? Instead, you came to me and asked, what should I do? ”
Everyone couldn't refute it for a while, but some of them were bolder and said sincerely: "Niangniang, the laws of Daqi have long been perfected, and the law does not tolerate the sale of women who buy and sell babies. However, the whip is beyond the reach of the whip, the people in various places are different, and there are more township parties united to do their own thing, the scene you expect, even if the ministers are broken and work hard, they can't achieve it for you, this is the truth of the ministers. ”
Like a smoke: "The second princess married the Jin Kingdom far away and saved the Jin woman from fire and water, she once said to the emperor that even if she can only save one woman, everything she has paid is worth it." Even if the vision I am looking forward to today cannot be realized, as long as one less child can be bought and sold, and one less woman will be forced to die, it will be the merit of all of you in this world. ”
The scene in the Hanyuan Hall was transmitted to the Qingming Pavilion, and the emperor raised his head from the mountain of folds, rubbed his eyebrows, and smiled faintly: "They will inevitably come to see me in the future, and whatever the queen says, it is all my meaning, and tell them to do it." ”
The palace people received the order and waited in front of the Qingming Pavilion, and sure enough, those adults dispersed from the Hanyuan Palace, and went straight to the emperor, but they were stopped by the father-in-law in front of the door, and they were advised to do so: "Ladies and gentlemen, if this matter is discussed by the emperor and you, I am afraid that it will be thunderous and angry, and the mother is easy to talk about, isn't it?" ”
Among them, only Ling Chu did not follow, he was still in the Hanyuan Palace, and was left by the queen to speak alone.
Ershan, who is a waiter in the Criminal Department, is not allowed to give up this matter, not to mention that his sister-in-law is involved, but at this moment, what the queen is discussing with him is not a state affair, but a happy private matter.
The emperor has already decreed that the marriage of the two families of Bi Shen will be granted, and August 15 will be the wedding date.
"The county lord is the heart and soul of the elders of the royal family, and the empress dowager is very happy to be able to combine with two people who are in love." Ruyan said, "But Bi Zhenye is now on his own, living in such a narrow courtyard, and he can't even accommodate a few servants and maids, which makes the old grandmother very uneasy." ”
Ershan responded: "Please show me." ”
Ruyan said: "In fact, the palace has long prepared a private house for her daughter, and Princess Shen also intends to let her daughter start her married life in that mansion, but in this way, it seems that she looks down on Bi Zhenye." However, they didn't have this heart, and they didn't want to cause misunderstanding, they happened to see you here today, and I asked you to discuss this matter with Bi Zhenye to see if he was willing. ”
Ershan smiled, thinking that his brother was tired by his parents, and he was not happy with the queen mother, it turned out to be this little thing, and the people in the palace were too attentive, it can be seen that people have accepted Bi Zhenye.
"Niangniang, this matter will be done according to the princess's wishes, and the minister agreed for Bi Zhenye." Ershan said without hesitation, "Bi Zhenye is ecstatic every day now, and it is easy for him to do anything." ”
Ruyan smiled: "Ecstatic? Isn't that an exaggeration? It's a pity that August 15 is in a hurry, my brother can't go back to Beijing with Hanxi, this cup of wine Hanxi can't drink, there will always be a family reunion in the coming day, and at that time, it will be lively again. ”
When Ershan went to Bi Zhenye with this word, Bi Zhenye also agreed, and went to Shen Wangfu in person, showing that he was willing to accept the arrangement of the palace, and he was unwilling to wronged Qing'er and let her be confined to the small mansion, and even after that, together with Qing'er, he went to see the mansion where they would live in the future.
The happy event of Bi Shen's marriage and the emperor's strict prohibition of trafficking in women, girls and children all spread to Baisha County.
The notice posted in front of the Yamen Inn, Xiaowan stood outside the door, looked at the words on the notice, and listened to Pei'er read it to her one by one, which made her heart warm.
And Ershan's family letter mentioned that it was the queen mother who proposed the strict purge, and the mother immediately moved this idea after seeing Xiaowan's excerpt of killing Sanniang by mistake.
A few days later, the people from the yamen came to interrogate the family, and Pei'er took his mother's hand and registered his own name, Ling Pei, along with his younger brother Ling Ji and sister Ling Fei.
Xiaowan complained softly to Xianggong: "Why do you name the children and have so many strokes?" ”
Ling Chaofeng said angrily: "Follow Pei'er to learn to write, in the future, when the children are older, are you embarrassed not to read?" ”
Xiao Wan glared at him: "You hate me now, do you?" ”
On this side, Aunt Zhang wrapped a few large boxes of cloud leg mooncakes made by Uncle Biao and gave them to the poor masters, and said happily: "Year after year, this is going to be the Mid-Autumn Festival again, this year's Mid-Autumn Festival, there are lively things in the town?" ”
The servants smiled and said: "It's still the old rule, the Mid-Autumn Festival night lantern festival, but the relatives of the county lord's family are in the fireworks business, and they have brought a lot of big guys this year, so you can bring your children to see it when the time comes." ”
Pei'er was very happy, jumping up and down Xiaowan, asking his mother to take him to see the fireworks, and said that he personally held his younger brother and did not let his mother be affected.
Xiaowan was afraid that Ji'er and Fei'er were afraid of the rumbling of fireworks, but Ling Chaofeng said: "Just plug their ears with cotton, our children are not squeamish." ”
This night, Xiao Wan finally lulled the verbose and excited little guy to sleep, but as soon as Pei'er fell asleep, she was summoned by Heaven and flew away as a golden dragon.
When Xiaowan walked to the door, she felt a gust of wind, she looked at her son on the bed, and saw that he was sleeping soundly, so she closed the door.
When Pei'er came to the heavenly court, he saw his grandmother standing in front of the heavenly mirror, and he stepped forward and asked, "Grandma, what are you looking for me?" ”