Cao Yang solemnly nodded: "I would like to accept the order." ”

……

The June sky is really hot, and the sound of cicadas resounds throughout the summer.

Ying Zheng was bored in the Taiji Palace, so he drove to the West Pavilion.

When the palace attendants saw the honor guard of the Son of Heaven from afar, they bowed their heads respectfully and obediently, and expressed their respect for the supreme power of the present day in the most humble and obedient manner.

The people in the palace are all grass on the wall, and they are the best at observing the direction of the wind.

In the past, when the Son of Heaven first ascended to the throne, the palace was a situation where the two palaces were respected together, and the Xingqing Palace, where the Empress Dowager lived, steadily suppressed the Taiji Palace.

But now......

In the entire palace, there is only one person's voice.

That is the Son of Heaven.

As for Xingqing Palace, it has long been neglected.

At the same time as the Empress Dowager was left home, the purge of the remnants of the inner palace of the former emperor and the empress dowager officially began.

In the past, the servants or palace people who served the first emperor and were still serving in the palace at this time, the suspicious details found in the inventory archives, the details of the queen mother and even the rest of the concubines placed everywhere in these years, and the female officials of the Shanggong Bureau who have controlled all matters in the harem for decades......

The Empress Dowager's Xingqing Palace was thoroughly plowed over, Wu Jieyu took the lead, Xue Meiren cooperated, and all the palace rooms in the Xingqing Palace were checked, and all the utensils in the treasury were counted, and all the documents were carefully read through and not a single piece of paper could be left behind.

All the attendants who had served the Empress Dowager were killed with rods, and a few other honest and sensible people were selected to serve in the small Buddha hall of Xingqing Palace.

With this purge, the rumors in the harem changed greatly, and Concubine Feng Shu, who used to be the head of the concubines and the people in the inner palace rushed to flatter, suddenly became a thing of the past.

The empress dowager's loneliness is a foregone conclusion, and as the concubine of the Feng family, she will be lonely with it.

Wu Jieyu and Xue Meiren stayed awake all night, and at noon on the second day, they brought the list of statistics to Yingzheng and replied: "There is no difference from the account book of Xingqing Palace, but a large number of rewards recorded in the private treasury of the first emperor are missing." ”

Ying Zheng had already understood this, and did not find it strange, and after a few words of encouragement, he motioned for them to retreat.

Zhu Yuanzhang laughed in the space: "Come on, the Queen Mother is cold, and she can finally sleep with her eyes closed in the palace." ”

Li Yuanda was thinking outside the palace: "What do you say, what is Feng Mingda thinking now?" Will he continue with his previous plans? ”

Li Shimin shook his head and said: "So far, I still have a plan, I can't help it, wait for death, and say goodbye!" ”

……

The Feng family was gloomy at this time.

Today, the Feng family entered the palace to witness history, watch the death of the Son of Heaven, and celebrate the birthday of the Queen Mother.

Mrs. Feng died on the spot, Concubine Zhang suddenly attacked, and the empress dowager was forced to leave home to avoid trouble.

Several thunderbolts in succession, one louder than the other.

Mrs. Feng went in vertically and came out horizontally, and the Son of Heaven and the two clans and prime ministers of the Acting King and King Cheng agreed on the final result, and the other side hurriedly found a few chamberlains to remove Mrs. Feng's body from the palace.

Come on, this is the palace!

Ordinary people feel bad luck when an outsider dies in their home, let alone the heavenly family?!

If the Empress Dowager was still the Empress Dowager at that time, then that would be it, Mrs. Feng, as her biological mother, could be regarded as her own relative, but now that the Empress Dowager has left home, why do you put the body in our house as an old woman who has no relatives and no reason with the royal family?!

Pull it out!

With a wooden face, Feng Mingda, together with several attendants, carried the body of Mrs. Feng to the carriage of the Feng family, and after politely thanking several people, he silently turned over on his horse and returned home.

Mrs. Feng was poisoned to death, her eyes were violent, her face was blue, and the blood foam overflowing from the corners of her lips faintly exuded a stench.

Her two daughters-in-law, Mrs. Feng and Mrs. Feng Si, sat next to each other, looking at the corpse of their mother-in-law, who had been honored for most of their lives, and no one made a sound or shed tears.

Mrs. Feng Si felt a little sentimental in her heart, but not much.

Mrs. Feng was not very lenient with her concubine, and she was even more indifferent to her as a concubine and daughter-in-law -- of course, in the past, Mrs. Feng did have this ability, and she was inferior to others, so there was nothing to say.

Naturally, in this way, don't expect Mrs. Feng Si to respect Mrs. Feng and break her heart after her death.

That slight sentimentality is just a sigh for the sudden death of a person who has been seen for a long time, and even a feeling of impermanence in the world.

As for Mrs. Feng, she was completely in despair, and she couldn't even shed tears.

The Empress Dowager was sent out of the house, and Mrs. Feng died unexpectedly, is the matter over?

No!

Although the Son of Heaven did not make a sound, the clan did not make a sound, and the prime ministers did not make a sound, but Mrs. Feng clearly knew that at this moment, the same doubt must have appeared in their hearts-

If the Feng family didn't have a weak heart as a thief, why did they have to do this?!

The Empress Dowager was forced to leave home, and she didn't dare to pursue her biological mother's death, and even took the initiative to resign from the Duke of Cheng'en - what kind of heinous crime did the Feng family commit to cover it up?!

The reason why they have not made a fuss at the moment is because they have not found evidence for the time being, but after today, the Feng family's plan has already come to light, and it is only a matter of time before the bottom of the matter is revealed.

There is also the death of Mrs. Feng......

This is not just the mourning of one person, but the death knell of the entire Feng family!

The highest-ranking person in the Feng family passed away, from Feng Mingda, the right servant of the Shangshu and the prime minister of the dynasty, down to all the sons and heirs of the Feng family who were officials outside the country, all of whom resigned from the official position and returned to Beijing to guard filial piety.

For the first time, Mrs. Feng forgot her manners, and she didn't even care about Mrs. Feng Si, who was also in the carriage, and leaned weakly on the crypt in a posture that was almost rude.

Her only daughter, Zhu Niang, her sons, her babbling grandchildren and newborn granddaughters, and even her mother's family......

Where the power of heaven is there, and the thunder falls, how many people can be saved?

Mrs. Feng smiled miserably, her face as white as paper.

So silently all the way, he finally returned to Feng's mansion.

The servants of the Feng family carried the body of Mrs. Feng into the main courtyard with a panicked expression, and wanted to ask the master mother how to handle the funeral, but when they touched the expressions of Feng Mingda and Mrs. Feng, they stopped and cautiously retreated.

The husband and wife sat opposite each other, silent for a long time, and finally Feng Mingda got up and went to the bookcase, wrote a letter of resignation, and handed it to Mrs. Feng: "The matter has not yet happened, you take Zhu Niang and go back to your mother's house." ”

Mrs. Feng looked at the familiar handwriting on the letter of resignation, and finally shed a tear.

She burst into tears.

It's just that soon, she became a dignified and dignified Feng family's housewife again, wiped away the tears on her face with a handkerchief, and tore up the letter of resignation in three or two strokes.

"If the Son of Heaven wants to ask for sin, how can a letter of resignation escape? With such a fluke, he took refuge in his life, although the disaster has not come, it has already been despised first. ”

Mrs. Feng said: "Since the Son of Heaven has not yet made trouble, there is no need to rush into chaos, let me treat my mother's funeral first, and let her go to a decent old family if you can." ”

Feng Mingda held his wife's shoulder, and after a long time, he said, "Thank you." ”

Mrs. Feng hugged him and choked up: "I have been the daughter of the Chen family for 17 years, the wife of the Feng family for 32 years, I have been favored by my parents at home, my uncle and aunt have treated me very well after I got married, and the husband and wife have no children for more than 30 years. ”

Feng Mingda's heart was touched, and tears rained down for a while.

The husband and wife were relatively sad for a long time, and they cheered up to take care of the funeral for Mrs. Feng.

Mrs. Feng went to the inner room to change the clothes used in the funeral, and methodically instructed the people below to prepare for the funeral.

Fourth Master Feng and Mrs. Feng were in a state of confusion about today's events, when they suddenly heard that someone was coming to say that the eldest master was visiting, and their expressions could not help but change in unison, and they hesitated to invite someone in.

Feng Mingda got straight to the point and said: "Fourth brother, if you still think that you are a member of the Feng family, then listen to the eldest brother, let's split up." ”

As soon as Feng Siye finished listening to the first half of the paragraph, he subconsciously wanted to frown -- he thought that Feng Mingda was repeating the same old tune, and he was going to use the arguments of the same Feng family to morally kidnap him.

Therefore, after listening to the last sentence, Fourth Master Feng was really frightened.

Feng Mingda had no time to take care of what he was thinking, and his expression was sad: "I was greedy for a while, and I was in a bad situation, destroying my family and destroying my family, and it was close at hand. You have not been involved in it, you have drawn a clear line with us early, and your daughter is the current concubine, if the Feng family can survive a breath of blood, it must be from your heir. ”

Fourth Master Feng's face changed a few times, and he didn't even care that the two brothers had already broken the wall: "Big brother, why is this happen?!" ”

Feng Mingda smiled bitterly: "You don't have to ask more, even if you know, it's just adding to the trouble." ”

He said: "The acres of land, manors, gold and silver accumulated by the Feng family over the past generations are only afraid that they will be copied back to the treasury in the end. You don't want to take these things outside your body, but you have a collection of thousands of books at home, except for those unique and unique books, you can take them all away! ”

As if he had seen him for the first time, Fourth Master Feng's lips pursed a few times and called out again: "Big brother." ”

He wanted to say something more, but Feng Mingda waved his hand, signaling that he didn't need to say more.

Finally, he smiled and said: "I think that the ancestor of my Feng family, Wen Xianggong, is a weak scholar, who is not proficient in riding and shooting, and only relies on his full stomach to help Emperor Taizu take over the world and be crowned a prince. ”

Feng Mingda sighed: "Fourth brother, after I die, you will resign from the office, even if you are out of the filial piety period, don't go out again." As you said before, go and open a academy and become a teacher. ”

Fourth Master Feng didn't say anything anymore, just looked at him with a sad expression.

Feng Mingda smiled again: "Teach your children and grandchildren well, the future of the Feng family is all on you." ”

After speaking, he stood up: "Fourth brother, I'll go." You don't have to send each other. ”

Chapter 26

Old Madam Feng already had the Spring and Autumn Period, and the longevity materials and funeral materials had been prepared a long time ago, and there was Madam Feng in charge of everything.

Not long after, Mrs. Feng changed into her filial piety clothes and went to the main room to help.

When Mrs. Feng saw this concubine who had only made a fuss a few days ago, she really had all kinds of emotions in her heart, and finally she sighed with all kinds of emotion.

She saluted Mrs. Feng Si: "My brother and sister are here." ”

Mrs. Feng returned the salute: "Sister-in-law." ”

……

Because of the death of Mrs. Feng, Feng Mingda and the children of the Feng family in Beijing all resigned, and the Son of Heaven obviously had no intention of taking affection, so he agreed to it.

Feng Mingda was not surprised by this, and ordered the servants in charge to spread obituaries throughout the capital.

Fourth Master Feng was beside him and stopped talking.

Feng Mingda knelt in front of Mrs. Feng's spirit, and said with a light expression: "It's our business whether to send it or not, and it's their business whether to come or not." ”

The obituary was issued, and there were very few people who came to pay their respects.

Feng Siye also saw his father's funeral with his own eyes - at that time, the first emperor sent an envoy to pay tribute, the empress dowager returned to Ning's mother's house, the Chang'an clan, the honors and nobles were complete, the door was like a city, the high friends were full, and the officials below the fifth grade were only worthy of leaving a name in the gatehouse......

Compared with the cold reception of Mrs. Feng after her death today, even if he has a weak relationship with his mother-in-law, he can't help but feel a little sad and sad.

The trees fell and scattered, and for the first time, he felt so deeply that the Feng family of the hairpin clan had indeed ushered in its end.

At this moment, there are even fewer people in Chang'an who are discussing this matter.