Chapter 250: Remutation
On the last 10th day of May, it happened that Shi Niang was on duty in the palace again, although she was a little reluctant - just because once she entered the forbidden place, she seemed to be close to the center of power, but in fact, she didn't dare to inquire about the news at all, but she had to listen to it more than outside the palace, but there was no way to do it. The situation is already like this, it is only a matter of time before Feng Bozhang and Xue Qian are punished, but whether the Queen Mother will implicate the Xue family, no one dares to conclude at this time, if people are outside the palace, through He Zhan and Mrs. Tai's mother and son, they can still listen to some wind and grass, although what can be done is limited, basically just waiting for the verdict, but it is always a little more down-to-earth than being in the forbidden.
But what Eleven Niang didn't expect was that as soon as she entered the palace this time, when she met the Queen Mother on the first day of duty, she actually got a big unexpected order-
"After this period of time, you led ten attendants to serve and discipline, Tong'an has also adapted to listening to learning, the day is the main class, you are just supervising on the side, the next day is just teaching music and calligraphy and painting, just let Xie Fei supervise, you will stay in the Hanxiang Palace."
So for three days in a row, Eleven Niang almost did not leave the queen mother's side for half a day, of course, she was different from the palace people, not responsible for standing and waiting to listen to orders, serving tea and water, most of the time was sitting by and hearing the queen mother deal with harem affairs; Either it is to recite a book to relieve the boredom of the Queen Mother, and when the Queen Mother asks about her opinions, she will elaborate according to the order; or to appraise paintings; Sometimes the Queen Mother is whimsical, and she will directly let Eleven Niang paint, and the Queen Mother will watch from the side; Of course, there is no shortage of opportunities to accompany the Queen Mother to meet guests - during this period of time, many foreign women have been invited to see them for various purposes, and the Queen Mother almost does not refuse to come.
But on this day, when I saw the lunch at noon, Wei Yuanping and Mao Wei invited to meet, the Queen Mother ordered the temporary postponement of the meal, obviously there was an important matter to discuss, and Eleven Niang was about to withdraw from the palace with those palace people, but she was suddenly asked by the Queen Mother to stay on the spot, and she couldn't help but be surprised.
Although Shi Niang thought that she had performed very well since she got the qualification to study, she really didn't expect that she would be so valued by the Queen Mother so soon, and she would be allowed to sit in on state politics - she didn't think that at this juncture, Wei Yuanping and Mao Wei were invited to meet each other just to say hello and flatter for the sake of provincial security.
But since the Queen Mother is so profound, of course Eleven Niang will not shirk, and only appropriately shows that she is almost flattered by a sweep, so she calmly and calmly took up the "decoration", and in addition to her, there was only a Dou Fu'an at this time, the eunuch lowered his face slightly, and his extremely complicated gaze swept to Eleven Niang's face at a glance, and Eleven Niang naturally felt it, but she didn't notice it.
When Wei Yuanping and Mao Wei entered the room to greet the salute, Shi Niang didn't even look at the two big arms, but she just sat on the side, whether she was old or treated, she was obviously not from the palace, but Wei Yuanping and Mao Wei obviously witnessed such a strange existence as Shi Niang, but they turned a blind eye, not even surprised and hesitated, and when the Queen Mother asked, they responded as usual.
It seems that the Queen Mother's behavior is very consistent with her consistent style, and the two henchmen worthy of the name are accustomed to it.
The Queen Mother was far from believing in the Liu family at this time, but she allowed Shi Niang to witness her interfering in court politics, on the one hand, out of extreme self-confidence, thinking that it was not too early for her to completely subdue Shi Niang for her use, on the other hand, of course, because she was involved in politics without any need to cover up, she was not afraid of publicity, and even expected publicity.
But according to Eleven Niang's character, she should still be in the observation and examination period of the Queen Mother, and she only needs to be conscientious with Tong'an to study some time ago, so she must undoubtedly be more cautious at this time.
But this is a good thing, at least it shows that the Queen Mother attaches great importance to her, and her actions have been very effective these days.
Therefore, Shi Niang was fortunate to witness the Queen Mother's decisiveness and steadfastness in handling national politics today.
"At this point, the saint is still bent on shielding Feng Xue and the two parties for treachery? Liu Du caused the chaos, not to mention, after all, four years have passed, whether the disaster or the civil unrest, it has been pacified by Xie Qing and Junyi, but the accumulation of fleeing households has led to insufficient taxes, resulting in the emptiness of the treasury. But Feng Bozhang supervised the investigation of the hidden land and escaped, and the result was that there was a lot of slander, and the original intention of the search order was to crack down on the corrupt tyrants, return the land to the people, and benefit the people to the monarchy, he can be good, and regard the evil behavior of the party subordinates to forcibly occupy the people's land and force good labor through the search and inclusion order, and promise to be greedy and long-term, and persuade the capital to make up for the arrears to deal with the monarch's order, which has become a credit to Feng Bozhang! β
The Queen Mother's eyebrows were upside down: "Not to mention that someone reported it, Feng Dang's extortion of the nobles to make up the payment is much higher than the amount paid to the imperial court, and now the void in the inner treasury has not been alleviated, and even the construction of the saint's mausoleum can only be demolished to make up for the west, and even the May 5th Palace Ceremony has to be suspended!" β
"Feng Bozhang pretended to be public and private, and bribed the country's wealth, this crime alone is enough to die! What's more, if he bullies the people and damages his reputation, he still has a monarchy and loyalty in his eyes? β
"The two countries insisted on admonishing and urging the saint to severely punish this treacherous and corrupt! As I expected, once the property of the officials involved in the case is confiscated, it will be known that everyone is rich and rivals the country! In just a few years, why did you make so much money? If you can't explain what you get, you will definitely be a greedy bully! β
"The two of them are both pillars and loyal, so they should be directly admonished, and they must not allow the treacherous people to confuse the king, so that the saints will lose their trust in the temple and society!"
These words almost smashed Wei Yuanping and Mao Wei to flee, and hurriedly went to Zichen Hall to be loyal again.
Of course, Wei Mao and the others are just pioneers, and their respective party members have also spared no effort to write books one after another, and even many scholars who have passed the trial but have not been released have also echoed the public opinion, and even the vast majority of Guozijian and Tai students have been involved in this incident.
Finally, two days later, the Son of Heaven could no longer stand the excitement of this group of emotions, and ordered Feng Bozhang and Xue Qian to be suspended, Feng Bozhang was forbidden to stay in the house for observation, and the family servants were not allowed to leave the forbidden house without permission.
Seeing that Feng Bozhang seemed to be more culpable, Xue Qian was relatively safe, and Eleven Niang's heart had only dropped a few inches after hanging for more than half a month, and she didn't want to be on the last day of her duty this time, just after the next day, she accompanied the Queen Mother to the Penglai Pond for a walk and came back, and things turned out to change again.
The Son of Heaven came in a hurry, and even went straight to the Queen Mother's bedroom without waiting for the palace people to enter the house, not to mention that the eleventh mother had no time to retreat, and even the palace maids did not have time to avoid it, and the anxious Son of Heaven asked a frightening sentence in front of everyone: "Mother, Wei and Mao Erxiang actually admonished, saying that Xue and Feng Erxiang colluded with Pan Rebellion, which was actually Pei Zheng Yu's sin, and insisted on treating the two of them for the crime of rebellion, mother, I have ordered a strict investigation of the two of them for harboring Liu Du and embezzlement and bribery, is this not enough, Wei Mao and the second prime minister must be implicated in the old case, and they have to kill all people! β
Even though Eleven Niang has always been steady, she couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat after listening to He Yan's questioning.
How could he be connected with Pei Zheng's reverse case, if it is really as He Yan said, Xue Shifu sits in the name of Pei Zhengyu's sins, it will definitely lead to heavy punishment, that is, clan punishment!
Could it be that the Queen Mother wants to take advantage of this opportunity to completely cut down the grass and eradicate the roots, regardless of internal and external troubles?
She was in a state of confusion for a while, and she didn't even react to avoid it, but fortunately, when the people in the first palace retreated because of this sudden tense scene, they accidentally knocked over a pendulum bottle, and the porcelain shattered, which woke up Eleven Niang.
"Drag it down, blame!" The Queen Mother gave an order.
Dou Fu'an immediately stepped forward to drag it in person, although Eleven Niang was unwilling, she also knew that it was inappropriate to stay at the scene, and she was about to avoid it with the palace people, but the Queen Mother suddenly said: "Yiyi, serve tea, let the saint calm down first." β
The tea soup was boiled earlier, but it was not evenly divided, and now in the huge hall in addition to the Queen Mother and the Son of Heaven, there are only Eleven Niang, who is allowed to stay in the palace, although she wishes, but Eleven Niang still pinched her palm with her nails, and took a deep breath, so she couldn't hold back the trembling of her wrists, and even out two bowls of tea to present.
But the Son of Heaven obviously didn't want to be "calm", and he didn't pay attention to the eleven niang who lowered his face and raised his arms to "present tea".
It's good now, there is no need to worry about whether to avoid it - Eleven Niang secretly thought.
As soon as her thoughts turned, she heard the Queen Mother still respond unhurriedly: "I know that the saint has always trusted Xue Qian and Feng Bozhang and regarded them as loyal, but when I learned that these two people were suspicious, I was inevitably angry, but the saint is the king of a country, how can he lose his sense of proportion?" Feng Bozhang was dismissed from office and placed under house arrest, and there was a person in his house who tried to abscond, and after being arrested, he was tortured by Dali Temple and confessed to being Pan Rebel's tenant, although he had recently infiltrated, but only because his predecessor was ordered to return to China! It shows that Feng Bozhang and Pan Wei have long been in collusion, and Feng Bozhang vigorously protects Xue Qian, not to mention that the Xue family is in-law with Pei Cheng for generations, just say that Feng Bozhang was also Pei Wei's protΓ©gΓ© in the past! β
Eleven Niang only felt that her heart was suddenly poured with a pot of boiling oil, and she could hardly hold back her anger, she could only grit her teeth tightly in order to maintain the posture of raising her arms and supporting the lamp, without the slightest trembling.
Calm, must be calm, and can only be calm.
Since the new birth, the resentment in her heart is like a magma gushing, and she feels the most intense at this time, she has even felt the burning pain in the corners of her eyes almost burning her eyes, God knows how much she wants to smash this bowl of tea directly on Wei Haichi's face, and rush forward to bite the woman's throat with her teeth, Pei Yi! Who do you say is Pei Yi! The Pei clan is loyal and can learn from the sun and the moon, but they ended up being punished by the clan, because of Wei Haichi's bloody mouth, the clan was wiped out, and it will be humiliated in the history books!
Of course, the Jing Zhao Pei family also has mediocrity, but because of the strict family rules, at most they are not on the right path and are not in the right way, and they have never even bullied others, she even remembers her eldest brother, and her uncle's cousin, the two once talked about current affairs, and the cousin threw a glass of wine, and called him a handsome son, as long as he can stifle the revival of the new and restore the prestige of the prosperous Zhou Dynasty, what is the fear of the horse leather shroud? The eldest brother also followed the cup, saying that even if he could not fight in the future, he would inevitably suppress the nobles, achieve a tax system reform, and help his cousin pacify Di Yi - the rejuvenation of the army is inseparable from the use of money, and to rejuvenate the country, it is necessary to clean up the official system and let the people and the monarch work together.
Although some teenagers are righteous and unaware of risks, they are never selfish.
Who would have thought, but because of a woman's desire to get involved in politics, she finally died on the guillotine.
Even the name and surname are generally covered - Pei is reverse, Zheng is just rebellious.
I don't have such lofty ambitions, my elders, my siblings, please don't be disappointed, Wu Dan's only wish is to remove the word "rebellious", in the annals of Danshu, there is still a name for Pei Zhengqing, maybe it's just a sentence - for Wei's woman to be rebellious!
Biting the tip of her tongue to let the tears in her eyes retreat, Eleven Niang only focused on one point: even if Feng Bozhang is greedy, it is impossible for him to collude with Pan Yi, and the tenant who appeared inexplicably must be installed by the Queen Mother.
Yes, it must be.
In fact, it is useless to think about the actual effect of these things, but it is just to calm the resentment.
However, Eleven Niang heard He Yan say again-