Chapter 287: Chen Lan's Determination!

At noon, the shadows cast on the ground by the countless palaces in the Forbidden City were also much smaller. The palace maids and eunuchs in the forbidden palace have always gotten up early, and they are ordered by their masters to send things to each other or walk around the palaces early in the morning, and there are not many people who show their heads at this time. The occasional appearance is not only the lord with a head and a face, only the chin is raised high, and when they see each other, they only glance at each other, or they bow their heads quietly, and the sound of greeting is rare. The handymen guarding the palace gate are not as alert as they are in the morning, and often have time to chat.

At this moment, the two small firefighters at the gate of Xianyang Palace were idling around.

"Hey, there hasn't been an imperial concubine in this palace for many years, and that was the situation in the morning...... Tsk, it's a golden book again, it's a golden treasure, don't you see, what kind of eyes do those ladies from all the palaces who came to visit. This is the queen again, and I don't know if our mother has that blessing. ”

"Instead of looking forward to this, it is better to hope that our mother is also the same as the Duchess of Weiguo, the lord of Yixing County, and the old Beng Hanzhu will get a prince. Speaking of which, with the emperor's extra grace, the county lord of Haining will also enter the palace to meet his mother today, which is an extremely rare thing. ”

While the two were talking, one of them suddenly saw two small firefighters running over from the end of the long street in the east, and the clothes were the clothes of the Qianqing Palace. He quickly pulled his companion, and the two of them immediately stood up straight, and their faces showed nervousness.

"Quickly inform Concubine De Niangniang, the emperor will come and sit before lunch"

The news was so electric that the two little firefighters almost jumped. One walked in like a smoke, and the other quickly tidied up his clothes and hats, feeling that there was no mistake at all, so he thought about finding someone who had just come over to inquire about one or two. Who knew that in just a flash, the person had already passed by. But after a while, the Xianyang Palace, which was still a little dull just now, suddenly became extremely lively, and even the two beauties who had fallen out of favor for a long time in the backyard also sent someone out to inquire about the news.

However, before the main master arrived, Qu Yong, the celebrant and eunuch, led Chen Lan to arrive first. The palace maids and eunuchs up and down also knew a little about what happened in the previous dynasty, and felt that the Yang family was not in the limelight now, and some people inevitably had the idea of being alienated and sluggish, but they never thought that it was the eunuch who personally sent people over, and they personally sent people to the East Warm Pavilion of the main hall, and they accompanied them to say a few words before leaving. As soon as he left, he inevitably aroused a burst of discussion, so everyone said their own things and guessed everything.

In the warm pavilion, the imperial concubine who had just been canonized was in good spirits. Unlike when the Zhu family took Chen Lan into the palace in the past, her hesitation and coldness, now she is much more cordial and enthusiastic to this cousin and niece who is separated by several floors, and Chen Lan is not restrained, but both of them tacitly do not mention the reason for entering the palace this time. When Chen Lan talked and laughed about the great usefulness of the bag of gold and silver coins that were rewarded at that time when they were given a meeting gift in Runingbo's Mansion, the imperial concubine immediately laughed.

"I was thinking, compared to any gold and jade jewelry, it is still convenient for these things to become cash, and it is good to press the bottom of the box, who knows that it will solve such a situation for you. It's no wonder that the Runing Bo Mansion is a river and the sun is falling, and even this idea of a meeting gift has some people who want to be greedy, and all kinds of messy children are brought to that occasion, and the head of this clan doesn't know how to be......"

The imperial concubine's voice was not small, as if she had the intention to say it to others, but she quickly diverted the topic. Chen Lan asked the imperial concubine how her body was now, what medicine she was taking, and how to maintain it, and she didn't know how long she had been idle on the messy topic, and finally a eunuch's respectful voice came from outside the door.

"Niangniang, the emperor has already left the Rijing Gate."

"Got it." The imperial concubine nodded in response, and saw a eunuch in the house tiptoeing out of the house, she waved her hand at the two palace people, and saw that they were standing opposite each other by the door, so she motioned for Chen Lan to get up and come over, and then took her hand and said, "The emperor took Ru Ningbo to prison to check the family property, and sent your family out again, and then took you into the palace, what is going on?" ”

"Mother, I won't tell you, I don't know what's going on." Chen Lan saw that the imperial concubine showed an expression of disbelief, so she had to whisper, "Mother is now giving birth in another courtyard, and I don't dare to say these troubles in front of her." And the various lawlessness of the impeachment of Ru Ningbo by the imperial history is not a rumor of going out of our house. Moreover, Niangniang, he has only been in Beijing for more than a year, and he has never made any friends, how can he be so capable? ”

"But someone said......" The imperial concubine hesitated for a moment, and finally said the remaining half, "Yang Jinzhou was a disciple of Du Ge Lao when he was in Xuanfu, as long as there is this relationship, mobilize a few imperial historians to participate in Ru Ningbo, is it not hand-to-hand?" ”

Previously, Chen Lan was only vaguely guessing, but at this time, the imperial concubine's words cleared the last layer of fog, and the doubts that had been unable to figure out before have now been completely clear. Seeing the imperial concubine looking at her with blazing eyes, she took a deep breath, and then said sincerely: "Niangniang, with all due respect, although the Wuling Bozhu family has been demoted by one rank, it is still an earl after all, but now among the dignitaries and dignitaries in the Beijing Division, can it still be ranked first?" ”

This question was extremely direct, the imperial concubine's face sank at first, and then she remembered the words that the Zhu family had always brought to her, her expression eased, and she shook her head helplessly: "Naturally, it can't be ranked, the Wuling Bo Zhu family was someone who bought face when the Empress Dowager was there, and now the situation is worse than that of Runing Bo's Mansion." ”

"What does the lady think is the reason for this situation in the final analysis?"

The imperial concubine was stunned by Chen Lan's question. She can neither say that the Empress Dowager is too strong because she is the biological mother of the Son of Heaven, nor can she say that her brother is incompetent and only knows how to hold money, let alone that the emperor is now straightening his waist and wants to eliminate all the influence of the past. She was thinking about it, but she only heard a long live from the outside world to the left gate of Shunde. At this moment, she immediately put those thoughts behind, immediately got up and straightened her clothes, nodded at Chen Lan and walked out of the door.

Seeing that almost everyone and others were greeted out, and only one palace maid was still left to accompany him, Chen Lan couldn't help but relax a little. It's not the first time she's seen the Son of Heaven, and the old sincerity and fear are still there, but it's more about deep thinking. For example, what she just said to the imperial concubine, the wealthy family has survived to this day, and the foundation of whether it can have the right to speak is only in four words - there are successors. Even if a family can't produce talents from generation to generation, there will always be a hero every few generations.

After waiting for Ben for a long time, she finally heard the sound of talking and footsteps coming from outside, but the sound was obviously not in this direction, and it was quiet again. The waiting time was unusually long, and she sat there calmly, not touching the teacup, and having no one to speak, and waited for about two quarters of an hour, only to hear the meal outside. It should be dinner time when the time is calculated, she secretly smiled bitterly in her heart, only there was such a palace maid guarding behind her, and she had to sit steadily.

In a few moments, she heard the thick curtain behind her seem to be beaten, and a warm wind rushed in along the gap. A little eunuch holding a plate came up obediently and saluted, she was about to speak, but the other party rushed ahead: "County Lord, Cheng's father-in-law said that the removed dinner plate was rewarded to several ladies of the East Sixth Palace, this is the yam and jujube mud cake in the imperial dining room, as well as crystal dumplings, you use some first." ”

It is an honor for others to enjoy food, but Chen Lan naturally preferred to use these dry-looking snacks than to use what others have eaten, so he got up and thanked him at this time. After using most of the two things, she felt that her empty stomach finally had a real feeling, and when she was wiping her hands with the soft towel left by the little eunuch just now, an unusually abrupt voice came from behind her

"County Lord, the emperor has sent you to the main hall in your backyard to meet you."

It's finally here

The imperial concubine has always lived in the front yard of Xianyang Palace, and the main hall in the backyard has been empty. At this time, as soon as Chen Lan entered the main hall, he saw the former Kunning Palace steward's brand, and now the Cheng eunuch, who has been transferred to the Qianqing Palace steward's brand, came forward to lead the way. As he walked around the large screen in the bright room to the back room, she saw the emperor standing under a plaque with the inscription "Decheng Roushun", and hurriedly bowed.

"Flatten. Everyone else stepped back. ”

Chen Lan got up as he said, and saw that the eunuch Cheng had retreated cleanly with a group of people, leaving only himself and the emperor, and he became more and more obsessive. After standing silent for a moment, she saw that the emperor asked without looking back: "If the charges against Ru Ningbo and Yang Qi who were impeached are confirmed one by one, what do you think I should do?"

Such a straightforward question, but he shouldn't ask her, but at this moment, Chen Lan replied almost without thinking: "Back to the emperor, according to the law, if the first few articles on the bullet seal are true, you should be knighted." But if the last article on the bullet is also true, the coupon should be destroyed. ”

"Oh?" The emperor turned around all of a sudden, and when he saw Chen Lan standing with his head bowed and his hands down, he couldn't help but smile slightly, "If you win the title, you will borrow the old example, and your uncle will be the son of the long house, and you will be the earl of Runing." If the coupon is destroyed, the Ru Ningbo lineage, which has been inherited for more than 100 years, will end up with Yang Jue, don't you feel sorry for Shuquan? ”

"If there are no outstanding talents in the noble family, only relying on the shadow of the ancestors, even if they don't win the title, there will be a day of defeat. If the family education is proper and strives for progress, there are outstanding people from generation to generation, even if there is no hereditary title, it is not necessarily impossible to pass on the family in both civil and military affairs. It's just a title, and if Uncle Quan is here, he will inevitably say that it is not worth remembering. ”

Thinking of the situation when Yang Jinzhou was summoned a few days ago, the smile on the emperor's lips suddenly deepened. This time, the bullet chapter didn't come sooner or later, but when Yang Jinzhou had just married Yan'er, not to mention others, even he couldn't help muttering, did this young favorite expect double happiness.

Fortunately, when he summoned people at that time, the young man he held up with one hand was also so outspoken.

"At the beginning, my grandfather was able to sit back and relax because of the title, so he didn't do his job all day long, and even did something about expelling his son, and after his grandfather died, the uncles made the family more and more ruined because of the attack. By now, Runing Bo is almost useless in business, so the clan has fallen here. Without the title, the people in the clan have no support, maybe they can cheer up a little, and it is a good thing to win the title and destroy the coupons. As for the matter of the attack, with all due respect, the minister is young and in a high position, and it is not appropriate to attack the lord again. ”

Thinking of this, the emperor looked at Chen Lan and said word by word: "I didn't see the wrong person. ”