The emperor lowered his eyes, obviously thinking about the eldest princess's words.

"Just now, the four ministers requested a strict investigation of Lao Qi, and the first one is to seize all the family properties of the Zhenbei Wangfu, including your shops. I didn't agree, but I felt I should look it up. As he spoke, the emperor glanced at Liu Yunxiang.

Liu Yunxiang's heart couldn't help but tighten after hearing this, and confiscated all the family properties of Zhenbei Wangfu, which also cut off her way.

"Raid the palace of the king of Zhenbei to fill the treasury, and then all parts of the country will ask for military salaries, and the emperor has to distribute them to them, and when they are strong and strong, Shengjing will not be surrounded by wolves." Liu Yunxiang said.

What she didn't say was that as soon as Yan Duan fell, the emperor could only appoint the fourth waste as the prince, and under the attack of Qin Fei and Lu Changan, it was difficult for him to protect himself, let alone protect the throne.

The emperor pondered for a moment, then looked up at Liu Yunxiang, "What case did you just say you want to re-investigate?" ”

Liu Yunxiang thought for a moment and said: "In the case of the murder of the five girls of the Marquis Mansion of Jing'an by the third lady of the Yangguo Mansion, the third lady changed her confession and said that the real murderer of the five girls was Xue Hefeng, and she confessed under the pressure of Xue Hefeng. ”

"This case can be tried by the Three Law Divisions?"

Liu Yunxiang pursed his lips, "It's been tried." ”

"Can the case be closed?"

"It's over."

The emperor frowned, "In this case, there is no way to overturn the case, you come to beg me, don't you ignore the law?" ”

Liu Yunxiang hurriedly lowered his head and said: "The emperor is wise, and he will not let the dead die blindly, innocent people will be guilty, and the murderers will go unpunished." ”

The emperor snorted coldly, pondered for a while, and said: "When the first emperor was in power, there was such a precedent, and when it came time to execute the sentence, new doubts appeared in the case. At that time, the reason for the special retrial was because the relatives of the deceased beat the drums and went up to the holy hearing, and according to the law, the first emperor must listen to his grievances and order a retrial. ”

"But Jing'an Hou is stationed outside, and when the news reaches him, he will rush back, and the Feng family has already been beheaded."

The emperor snorted, "I gave you an idea, you can figure it out yourself." ”

The emperor said that he was tired, and no longer kept the eldest princess and Liu Yunxiang, so the two came out of the upper study first. On the way out of the palace, Liu Yunxiang thanked the eldest princess.

"You don't have to thank this palace, this palace only entered the palace after weighing the pros and cons. In the past, the palace didn't want to participate in the party struggle, because there was Murong Tuo behind him, he had military power in his hands, and whoever ascended the throne as the new emperor would be afraid of our eldest princess's mansion. It's just that now, I have reconciled with Murong Tuo, and without this dependence, this palace has to plan for the long term. Whether it is the fourth child, Qin Feishi or Lu Changan, none of them can guarantee the honor of the palace, it is better to hope for the seventh child, at least he has a good heart. ”

The eldest princess analyzed it very well and did make the best choice.

"I still want to thank you for choosing to stand on Yan Dusk's side at this juncture."

The eldest princess was silent for a moment, and then turned to look at Liu Yunxiang, "One more thing, this palace is also to thank you." ”

"Thank me?"

"Yes, thank you for taking care of the ink dye for so long."

Back in the palace, Liu Yunxiang was also worried.

Jing'an Hou Ding couldn't count on it, and the rest of the Hou Mansion were Xie Lincheng and Xie Linyu, and the two of them seemed to have followed Jing'an Hou to garrison in other places.

"Apart from these three people, there is no one else in the Jing'an Hou Mansion." Liu Yunxiang said helplessly.

When she came in with refreshments, she heard this, and asked, "What is the girl worried about?" ”

Liu Yunxiang sighed and told Jinyan about Xiao Wu.

Jin Yan thought for a while and said, "There are still people in the Jing'an Hou Mansion in the capital!" ”

Liu Yunxiang hurriedly sat up straight, "Who?" ”

"Big girl!"

"Big girl?" Liu Yunxiangmo, there is indeed a big girl in the big house, but whether it is in the previous life or this life, she has never seen this one. When she first got married, she would have been curious, but when she mentioned this, the eldest lady's face was extremely bad, and she wished that she had never given birth to this daughter.

The slave maid asked the grandmother in the house, and they secretly told the slave maid that the eldest girl was married to a wealthy family, but within two years of marriage, the eldest aunt committed an accident, and was not only cut off but also raided. The eldest girl's mother-in-law declined, and food and housing became a problem, so the eldest girl went home to ask for help, first the eldest lady also helped, and then after many times, she began to give the eldest girl a face, scolded her, beat her, and even did not allow her to enter the house again. Slowly, the eldest girl broke off her relationship with the house. But the grandmother said that the eldest girl's family had bought a house in the west of the city and settled there. ”

After listening to this, Liu Yunxiang frowned, the old lady and the eldest lady in the previous life died one after another, the eldest girl did not show up, and in the following decades, the Hou Mansion was declining or prosperous, and she did not come to the door again, and the relationship was simply broken.

Is it possible to let her help Xiao Wu beat the Dengwen drum?

Besides, this Dengwen drum is not beaten in vain, no matter who beats it, whatever it is told, it must first be beaten by thirty boards.

Liu Yunxiang sighed, in the current situation, she had to try this big girl.

Early the next morning, Liu Yunxiang took Zijin to Xicheng. I inquired all the way and went around several alleys before I found Xie Wenying's house.

The yard is an ordinary farmhouse yard, the courtyard door is open, looking in from the outside, you can see three main houses, there are wings on both sides, the yard is not big, but it is very tidy.

Liu Yunxiang was about to ask Zijin to come forward and knock on the door, when he saw a woman in a brown cotton skirt carrying a burden from the main room.

"Yingniang, take a slow step."

At this time, the tall and thin man chased out, this man was wearing a plain long shirt with patches on the cuffs, and he looked gentle, but his face was a little pale. He was lame on one leg and walked deep and shallow, chased out and stuffed a few scrolls into the basket.

"You take these calligraphy and paintings to the market and sell them, and sell them to buy yourself two spring shirts." The man looked at the woman and said softly.

"I know, you don't have to worry about it, go back and lie down, and I'll wait for me to come back and do the work at home."

"You come back early, let's eat what we can't sell."

"Okay, got it."

Seeing the woman walking out, Liu Yunxiang pulled Zijin and took a few steps back to the side.

The woman came out with her burden, sighed for some reason, and then walked towards the mouth of the alley.

Liu Yunxiang looked into the courtyard and saw that the man came out soon after entering the house, limping and sweeping the floor with a broom.

"Dad, my mother told you to go back to the house and lie down."

At this time, a boy ran out, he was tall, estimated to be in his teens, snatched the broom from the man's hand, "I'll sweep, you go back and lie down, otherwise your leg will hurt again at night." ”

The man smiled, "Then you sweep quickly, and when the sweep is done, Dad will teach you to read." ”

"What's the use of reading so many books."

"Of course it's useful, you can take the imperial examination."

"You need a letter of recommendation from the academy to take the imperial examination, and our family can't even afford it."

"Don't say that, my father and mother will raise money, you just have to study hard."

The boy nodded helplessly, "Okay, you go back to the house to rest first, and I'll read to you after I'm done." ”

Liu Yunxiang took Zijin to the market and saw Xie Wenying, who was selling steamed buns, with a few calligraphy and paintings hanging next to her, but no one cared about her.

It was getting dark, and it seemed like it was going to rain. Pedestrians hurried home, and fewer and fewer people bought steamed buns, Xie Wenying's face showed a worried face. Liu Yunxiang went to the restaurant on the side, and she asked Zijin to go over to find Xie Wenying and ask her to come over to see her.