Chapter 41 The death penalty
At this time, in the Scarlet Palace, Concubine Shen Shufei heard what happened in the Taimiao Temple today, and immediately collapsed to the ground in fright, no wonder the saint refused to see her after returning to the palace.
"Master, your mother's sister is here, crying and crying that she wants to see you."
Concubine Shen Shu was suddenly terrified, and hurriedly said: "Let's just say that I was so scared that I couldn't afford to be sick today and refused to see guests." Go ahead! ”
The maid ran out in a panic to return, but Shen Zimei was willing to give up and cried vigorously outside.
"Sister, you have to save your nephew, he is my only son, I can't live without him."
"Shen Niangzi, please go back, our master is so sick that he can't get up now, even if he wants to help Qu Langjun, he can't do anything."
Shen Zimei cried outside the Scarlet Palace for a while and couldn't enter the palace gate, it seemed that Concubine Shen Shufei was planning to sit idly by. She hurriedly got up and ran outside the palace, and Taiwei Shen would not sit idly by.
But when she arrived at the Taiwei Mansion, Shen Shaorong was also indifferent when he saw her.
She cried: "Father, Yu'er has always been obedient, today is just a moment of indecency, he is your own grandson, please save him." ”
"What Kang Yu committed was the crime of plotting a great rebellion, the Holy Dragon Yan was furious, there is no room for turning around this matter, if you are still the daughter of my Shen family, you should only have never given birth to that rebel." Shen Shaorong made it clear that when he was in Taimiao today, he knew that Qu Kangyu would never survive, and what he was most afraid of was that the saint would anger the Shen family.
"Father." Shen Zimei still wanted to plead, but she didn't come up in one breath and fainted directly.
"Come on, send Mrs. Shen back to Qu's mansion, and let Qu Shilang take a good look at her!" Shen Shaorong sighed, the holy will is not clear at the moment, but he can't do anything, this is the most difficult thing to do.
However, it was different in the palace Jiaofang, although the queen was frightened, she was still happy in her heart.
Gan Tang lit benzoin and ordered someone to add a stove. She slowly walked up to the queen and pinched her shoulders for her.
"Your Highness, you are frightened today, smell this fragrance and rest early."
The queen closed her eyes and breathed a long sigh of relief, "It's okay, I can't sleep for a while." ”
"There is something unclear in the minister's heart, today's events are too strange, the temple is heavily guarded, how can a drunk man break in? The emperor didn't even punish General Mu. ”
The queen said slowly: "Can't you see it, the saint doesn't want to punish Mu Cangyuan at all, the wolf ambition of the Shen family is not unaware of the saint, he is just still thinking about the Shen family's kindness back then." Qu Kangyu disrupted the ritual, it seemed that the Qu family was in trouble, but in fact, the Shen family could not get rid of it. ”
"So, the Shen clan is going to fall?"
"The outcome of this game has not yet been decided, it depends on whether the saint goes to the Scarlet Palace or the Jiaofang Palace first." The queen slowly opened her eyes and looked at the open palace door and fell into deep thought.
About a stick of incense passed, a small yellow door came to report, "Your Highness, the Holy One is coming to the Jiaofang Palace." ”
"Got it." The queen took a deep breath, it seemed that the Shen family was going to lose this game.
After a while, Emperor Shun walked in, and the queen hurriedly got up and saluted, but Emperor Shun held her.
"Zitong, no need to be polite."
"Why did the Holy Lord come here so late?" The queen untied Emperor Shun's big hat and handed it to Gan Tang.
"Didn't Zitong sleep so late? Is that the composer scared you? Emperor Shun took the queen's hand and sat down together.
"The concubine was taken aback, but the concubine didn't stop because she was worried about the saint."
Emperor Shun glanced at her with relief, "I am really troubled, Qu Kangyu has to die, but he pointed the finger at the Shen family in public, and this matter is not easy to solve." ”
"The saint is a person who knows how to repay the kindness, when the saint was not yet on the throne, he was seriously wounded in a desperate battle with the general of the previous dynasty, and the enemy pursued him all the way, and it was Captain Shen who took in the saint. But at that time, the previous dynasty was turbulent, and the country was about to collapse, and Shen's move was just a move to judge the situation and assess the situation. The saint has been thinking about this kindness for more than 20 years, and the Shen family has enjoyed all the wealth and power of the sky, isn't it enough to repay the favor like this? ”
The queen clenched Emperor Shun's hand tightly, and the benzoin in the room did not calm the minds of the two.
Many people couldn't sleep this night, Qu Kangyu's affairs were shocked from the government and the opposition to the people, Lou Yunxiao knew that the time had come, so she went to inform Jiang Wenling and asked her to quickly reconcile with the Qu family before the holy will was issued.
After two months of recuperation, Jiang Wenling's complexion has improved a lot, and she is also in good spirits. She stood in front of the Qufu Gate, took a deep breath and walked in with Linglong.
Shen Zimei was very surprised when she saw her, and thought that she had come back to live and die with the Qu family.
"Qu Gong, Shen Niangzi, I am here to reconcile with Qu Kangyu." Jiang Wenling trembled her hands, plucked up the courage to say this, and her eyes were no longer as cowardly as before, but more firm.
"What do you say? Yu'er is still in prison, and you are going to come and leave him? You conscienceless! The composer hasn't fallen yet! I'm telling you, even if Yu'er dies, I'll take you to the funeral with me! Shen Zimei said and rushed up to tear up the book.
Jiang Wenling choked up and said: "Even if the Qu family doesn't fall, I will reconcile with Qu Kangyu!" What your mother and son have done to me over the years, you know best in your hearts! You want me to die for him, you dream! ”
Shen Zimei went up in anger and slapped Jiang Wenling, "Little slut! Now that you're hardened, I can't take care of you, can I? ”
Qu Zhentong shouted, "Enough! Aren't you messy enough? The composer is here today because of you! ”
The air suddenly quieted down, and Qu Zhentong turned to Jiang Wenling and said, "I agree to the matter of harmony." ”
Jiang Wenling looked at Qu Zhentong with a little gratitude, and asked Linglong to take out another book of reconciliation from her baggage. As soon as the handprint was stamped, the two families had nothing to do with each other since then, and Qu Zhentong took up a copy of it.
One for each family, and thereafter the marriage of men and women is irrelevant.
It's been five years, and she has finally gotten rid of this demon cave, but the damage left by this place will never be erased.
She stepped out of the door of Qufu with her front foot, and a group of armoured troops poured into Qufu in front of her. Looking back, she was finally relieved, and two lines of tears slipped from her eyes.
"Wen Ling."
A call drew her gaze back, it was Jiang Hong and his wife Wu.
Jiang Hong and his wife have been afraid of the Shen family for many years, so they have not dared to stand up for their daughter, and now that the Qu family has fallen, and the Shen family has also been hit, they finally dare to come and pick up their daughter.
Three days later, Qu Kangyu was sentenced to beheading for the following crimes of great disrespect and the crime of destroying the Taimiao ritual and conspiracy. And Qu Zhentong was also demoted to a commoner and was not allowed to enter the capital for life. Shen Zimei also went crazy and stupid after Qu Kangyu's death, and left the capital with Qu Zhentong.
However, although the Shen family was not convicted, it was also devastated because of this incident, and the Nine Emperors lost the trust of Emperor Shun, and the real power in their hands was withdrawn one by one, and his reputation among the people plummeted.
Inside the palace, a servant walked up to the Nine Emperor Princes, whispered a few words in his ear and withdrew.
After hearing this, the Nine Emperors clenched their fists fiercely and hung down on the table.
"Mu Lingci, you are ruthless enough!"
The twilight was boundless, and Jun's business was getting better and better, Mu Lingci sat quietly in the pavilion and looked out the window at the flowery street.
Suddenly, the door was opened, and in an instant, the whole room was full of fragrance, and Zhan Qing'er walked in gracefully and elegantly, and sat directly opposite Mu Lingci.
"Jun never accepts male guests again, but General Mu is the first one. However, General Mu never takes the initiative to come here on weekdays, is it the sun coming out of the west today? Zhan Qing'er quipped softly.
"I'm just here to remind you that you'd better not use those hallucinogenic drinks that Qu Kangyu is taking to do things you shouldn't do, otherwise the goal you want to achieve will be farther and farther away from you." Mu Lingci said coldly.
"General Mu specially came to kindly remind him, I don't know if it's for the concubine, or for the third lady of Lou? After all, she had developed these hallucinogenic wines. Zhan Qing'er raised her eyebrows and asked.
Mu Lingci frowned, "How do you know?" ”
"Don't hide it from the general, Lou Sanniang and her sister-in-law are Jiang Wenling who I saw here, she is very smart and a medical saint, I asked people to see the prescription she prescribed to Jiang Wenling, it is really a miracle medicine."
"She's not someone you can approach, stay away from her." Mu Lingci's fierce eyes threatened Zhan Qing'er.
"Well, I know she's your sweetheart." Zhan Qing'er looked at him meaningfully, "I just don't move her." ”
Mu Lingci didn't stay long before leaving Jun again, in his eyes, Zhan Qing'er was a poisonous snake, it was better to stay away if it was not necessary.