Chapter Twenty-Eight: Like a lightning strike
"Your Majesty?" Fu Yao saw that Emperor Nanming had not spoken for a long time, and couldn't help but remind him.
Emperor Nanming woke up like a dream, retracted his thoughts, and sighed: "You go down first, I will make an order later." ”
Fu Yao didn't say anything more, and bowed and retired.
Over there, Tang Siru's family was harmonious, Tang Cheng, the waiter of the Ministry of Works, was acquitted, and Tang Siru's family was reunited.
"Daddy!" As soon as Tang Cheng came out, Tang Siru greeted him.
Tang Cheng's face was tired but full of joy, he touched Tang Siru's hair with trembling hands, and comforted: "Siru, don't worry, isn't Daddy okay?" ”
The case was tried by Fu Yao, Fu Yao was fair, and the people under him were not embarrassed for him, but he was inevitably worried in his heart, so he looked a little haggard, and now that the case has been investigated, he has naturally proved his innocence.
"Ouch, what are you two talking about here, let's go back to the house and gather slowly," Fang Shi twisted the handkerchief and pretended to wipe his tears from the corners of his eyes.
She looked at Tang Siru and scolded angrily: "You girl is too ignorant, your father has just suffered, how can you let your father talk to you here, I have prepared good wine and food in the house, and Xue Ling's child is still looking forward to her father going back." ”
Tang Siru pursed her lips, don't think that she didn't know that this Fang clan was reluctant before going out, for fear that she would be discouraged when she came to such a prison place.
Tang Cheng didn't think much about it, and immediately hugged Tang Siru and said in a good voice: "Yes, yes, Siru is also tired, I have heard about it these days, you have suffered a lot for your father, I heard that you went to a difficult place like Lizhou to help investigate the case by yourself, but your father is distressed." ”
As soon as Fang Shi heard this, his silver teeth were crushed, and he said angrily: "Just like Xue Ling and I are not worried, you have your Siru in your eyes, and our mother and daughter are miserable!" ”
Tang Cheng was most afraid that she would have nothing to do, so he hurriedly compromised: "Okay, okay, we have all suffered, let's go home and talk about it." ”
So Tang Siru followed his father back to the Tang Mansion with joy.
And over there, Emperor Nanming was very big-headed, and sure enough, he issued an order to depose the will of the Ministry of Works, and the queen wiped her tears and asked to see her outside the study.
Emperor Nanming had no choice but to allow her to see her.
As soon as the queen came in, she knelt on the ground and cried: "Your Majesty, the concubine has followed Your Majesty for so many years, is in charge of the affairs of the Six Palaces, and has a prince under her knees. The concubine is just such a brother-in-law, and the prince is such a brother-in-law, Your Majesty does this, where is the face of the concubine and the prince, and how will the concubine see her mother's family in the future. ”
Emperor Nanming coughed twice and comforted: "Empress, you are the mother of a country, Fan Dang made a big mistake, he took bribes, and the people of fish and meat, if he is not severely punished, how can I face the people of the world." ”
The queen burst into tears, "But Your Majesty, the concubine is just such a younger brother......"
Emperor Nanming no longer said more, "I have made up my mind, and it is useless for the queen to say more." ”
Hearing this, the queen could only hate and retire.
Jingyi Palace.
"Queen Mother...... What did the Father say? When the crown prince Liu Cheng saw the queen coming back, he hurriedly greeted him.
"Humph!" The queen sat down with a gloomy face and pressed the maid's hand, her beautiful eyes full of coldness.
"Your father has made up his mind, and this matter will not be resolved." The queen pressed her forehead and said, "It's okay, fortunately, it is temporarily deposed, and after the rumors have passed, find another opportunity to move your uncle back." ”
The crown prince Liu Cheng's face was not good, "Uncle used to be the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, and the power that the sons and daughters relied on also depended on the uncle, but now that the uncle is so degraded, the status of the sons and daughters is also in jeopardy, and it is difficult to ensure that the king of the sect does not have any crooked thoughts." ”
The queen comforted: "Although our Fan family has been hit hard this time, we have only broken one of your uncles, and other forces are still there." Although the queen said this, she had no bottom in her heart, after all, Fan Dang was the pillar of the Fan family, and this time, the Fan family was also greatly injured, and the queen said this just to comfort her son.
The mother and son knew that Fan Dang had fallen this time, and they had an inseparable relationship with Fu Yao, the left minister, but Fu Yao was ostensibly acting on orders, and he couldn't catch any mistakes, which was really annoying.
Besides, the Fan Dang family was even more like being struck by lightning.
Emperor Nanming ordered Fan Dang to be demoted to a Zhongshu Sheren, just to make him look good, but he had no real power in his hands. What made the Fan family even more desperate was that the emperor ordered the confiscation of Fan's family property.
Fan Jingqiao was so hateful that she almost crushed the handkerchief in her hand and confiscated her family property? To put it nicely, what is the difference between the emperor's intention and copying the family.
Seeing that all the valuable furnishings and furniture in the house were carried away, and the antiques that my father loved were also confiscated, he jumped to his feet in a hurry.
"Wait! Father-in-law Lin, everything in my family has been taken almost completely, why do you still want to seal the house? Fan Jingqiao saw Gonggong Lin who came to announce the decree and led people to put a seal on the door, and hurriedly stepped forward to stop it.
"I said Miss Fan, the emperor ordered the confiscation of the family property, Lord Fan is now just a scholar who is idle at home, and such a house is really Lord Fan's current identity...... It's not worthy, we're just doing things as ordered, and we ask Miss Fan to make it convenient, don't let our family miss the errand. Father-in-law Lin waved the dust in his hand, "What are you doing in a daze, go on!" ”
Gonggong Lin reminded again: "Miss Fan, our family has left a decent face for Lord Fan's female dependents, and these clothes and hairpin rings have not moved much, but Miss Fan will pay attention to some identities in the future, and these things should not be worn." As he spoke, his eyes glanced at Fan Jingqiao's head and body.
Fan Jingqiao's face was ugly, but she could only reluctantly say, "Thank you father-in-law for the reminder." ”
The Fan family's house was sealed, and all the family wealth was taken away, so Fan Dang and his family could only pawn some of his wife's jewelry and dowry and buy a new house for the family to live in.
Fan Jingqiao looked at the cramped and simple new house in front of her, and compared with the previous food and clothing, she only felt empty in her heart.
"Daughter, you will save money in the future, our family is different now." Mrs. Fan persuaded.
Fan Jingqiao silently took off the jade earrings wrapped in gold wire and put them away, and said abruptly: "Yes...... Mother. ”
After a few days, this life was simply unsatisfactory, and the reputation of the Fan family also plummeted. Not to mention that Fan Jingqiao had to be pointed at when she went out, even the queen and the prince in the palace clamped their tails and behaved.
Fan Jingqiao's heart became more and more uncomfortable, thinking of the enemies who had caused the Fan family to fall to such a point-Fu Yao and Tang Siru, the hatred in her heart quietly grew.