Trimester.

Three months alone in the empty room, without Xiangxiang's soft little body in his arms, let alone any ventriloquism, everything can only be done without asking for help.

The husband and wife have not been reunited for three months, and all they think about all day long is that the husband and wife return home.

But when it came to the mouth of the dog emperor, he became a little camellia who was reluctant to let him and the queen live, and wanted to live in the palace for a longer time.

Xia Yuan really wanted to grab Emperor Hongzhi's collar and shouted: Can you step on the horse and make your face?

Well, be calm, this dog is the emperor, and you have to respect such a person.

Taking a deep breath and suppressing the resentment in his heart, Xia Yuan was about to continue to make noise, but Emperor Hongzhi seemed to see his plan and said:

"Juzheng, I have something I want to tell you, there are still two subordinate officials in your Economic Bureau, and there are recommended candidates for this Economic Bureau?"

“.”

Xia Yuan was silent, this topic turned so bluntly, what should I do, do you want to poke his face?

Is there a lack of subordinate officials in the Economic and Economic Bureau?

That's not a subordinate officer at all.

Even washing the horse by yourself is superfluous.

Except for the first two days of work, I didn't have anything to do to go to the library of the Department of Economic Affairs, and I haven't been there at all, but no one has come to my leader to deal with the problem.

As a member of the redundant officials of the Ming Dynasty, Xia Yuan was still a little ashamed in his heart. But not completely ashamed.

Because the salary given by Yulu is too low, the monthly salary is four taels of silver, and there are three stones of rice.

To be honest, it's really stingy.

He was appointed by the court official from the fifth grade, and he actually gave such a fortune.

That's it, and often deduct the wages of workers.

Not only is it deducted, but it is also in arrears, and the twelve taels of the first three months, plus nine stones of rice, have not been given yet.

I'll have to go to the household department to ask for it later.

The official master's salary is in arrears, is there still a royal law?

After making up his mind for a while to go to the door to ask for salary, Xia Yuan spoke: "If Your Majesty asks the minister to recommend the subordinate officials of the Department of Economic Affairs, then the ministers recommend people who are familiar with the ministers. ”

"Hmm." Emperor Hongzhi hummed faintly, and then looked at him quietly, as if waiting for him to speak.

"The minister recommended Wang Shouren, who was Chen's student, and there was another one, who was the same year that the minister met when he participated in the imperial examination, and he was the Tanhua of Jinke, Li Tingxiang."

"Just these two?"

"If Your Majesty thinks it's inappropriate, then Your Majesty will make a decision, and there are not many people you know."

"I don't think it's wrong." Emperor Hongzhi recalled for a while and had some impressions of these two people.

"What are these two capable of?"

"It's okay, let's make use of it."

“.……….”

The air was a little silent, and Xia Yuan changed his words again: "Chen just said wrong, although these two people don't look like normal people, and the other is too young, as long as they are trained, they are still young and handsome." ”

Hearing him say this, Emperor Hongzhi felt a lot more comfortable, "Then these two people, in the past two days, I have issued an order, and the two of them will go to the Economic Bureau on duty." ”

"The ministers and the bureau wash the horses and obey the order."

Xia Yuan bowed, then straightened up, finished talking about business, now it's time to talk about private matters,

"Your Majesty, it's not a matter for the minister's wife to always live in the palace like this, how can there be a married woman who lives in her mother's house all day long, the minister has a proposal: take ten days as a file, live at home for seven days, live in the palace for three days, and so on, does Your Majesty think it's okay?"

Seeing that he started to talk about this again, Zhu Youzhu instinctively wanted him to stop making noise, and also planned to let him leave mellowly, but when he heard this proposal from behind, he hesitated again,

"That's nine days in the palace a month?"

Xia Yuan nodded again and again, and praised: "Yes, yes, Your Majesty's arithmetic is really good, and it really makes the ministers admire." ”

Emperor Hongzhi was not corrupted by such sugar-coated shells at all, pondered for a moment, and sighed: "That's it, then according to what you said, I will let Xiurong out of the palace tomorrow, but you are always your mother's family, I think of something." ”

Speaking of this, Zhu Youzhang's face turned heavy, "Then the Zhao family is still locked up in the edict prison." ”

In the Ming Dynasty, regardless of the provincial capital, state or county, except for the scale, the regulation of the cells was the same, the passages, iron fences, thick blue brick walls, and there were all duty rooms at the exit of the passage into the cells, and there were people guarding inside.

Of course, this is just the specification of an ordinary cell, and the edict is different.

The prison cell is still built on the ground, and the edict is built semi-underground, but anyone who knows something about the history of the Ming Dynasty knows the horror and horror of the edict.

It was a place directly under the control of the Fusi of Beizhen, and basically no one who entered it could come out alive, even if it was not punished, it was difficult to live, because this edict was built in the semi-underground, damp and cold all year round, and there were no cold protection facilities, and it was full of rats.

Even history records that rats ate people in the imperial prisons of the Ming Dynasty also occurred.

And now that it has been closed for more than two months, it is unknown whether the family of three is still alive.

Xia Yuan is not a righteous gentleman, even when he was deceived into marriage, he still has a weak position, even if he goes to make trouble, what substantial harm can he cause to the Zhao family?

The final victim can only be the girl who was forced to marry on her behalf.

It's better to wait for the development one day, and then it's not too late to retaliate, and then you can retaliate as much as you want.

But with the rise of his status, this kind of thinking is gone, and it can be said that the anger of the past has gradually dissipated over time, and it can also be said that it cannot be done.

But no matter which one it was, he didn't think about killing this family, and now, this family might really be dead.

It's really fate, this Puzhou land collapse is so big, the dog prince also ran over, and the emperor is in charge of everything, how can this kind of thing be remembered all day long.

When Xia Yuan came out of the palace and rushed all the way to the edict, he didn't know the news he got.

Even these people in charge of the edict didn't know if they were still alive, and even when he asked about the Zhao family's family of three, these people were still at a loss.

It can be seen that these people didn't know that there was such a family in the edict prison, maybe they knew it at first, but they forgot about it after being locked up for so long.

However, this kind of thing is not unusual, the edict is too big, and I don't know how many forgotten prisoners finally died silently in prison.

And such news made Xia Yuan have a little less hope for the life and death of that family.

Now I can only go to the edict to find out.

When I passed through the walls and corridors, I saw that the door of the prison was full of guards, and there were more than a dozen prison guards carrying a few wooden barrels and baskets of chopsticks.

It's noon, and it's time to put yourself in jail for dinner.

One meal a day.

Seeing Xia Yuan wearing a unicorn suit, he was followed by several brocade guards and hundreds of households, and those hundred households all bowed slightly, half a step behind.

Many guards and prison guards knew that this was a great person, and hurriedly saluted and paid their respects.

Xia Yuan was about to enter the dungeon, and glanced at the wooden barrel again, "This is the meal for the prisoners?" ”

"If you go back to your words, that's right."

"Lift the lid and let the officer take a look."

"This"

More than a dozen prison guards looked at each other, very embarrassed, and finally one of the prison guards said: "My lord, this prison meal is unsightly, and the lowly ones are afraid of smoking the noble body of the adult." ”

"This official is not a noble body, uncovered."

The guards struggled for a while, and then carefully lifted the lid, but it was also half-covered and half-closed.

And after just one glance, Xia Yuan's heart sank, and it was estimated that he was dead.

(End of chapter)