Chapter 337: The Second Abolition of the Prince
It was only at this time that Cui Pu saw a little more red mark on his daughter's little face, and his heart suddenly ached, and he immediately became angry.
"Wu Lixin!" he immediately turned around and shouted angrily, "Look at what your son has done!
Wu Lixin hurriedly came to his son's side with an arrow step, lowered his face and shouted, "What did you do to Little Lady Cui?"
"I didn't! She asked me if I liked her, and I said...... I said yes. She also asked me if I wanted to touch her, and I said yes, and then she asked me to touch her face, and I did. As a result, who knows, as soon as I met her, she cried, saying that I was bullying her! She also arrested me, and she caught me on my face!" Wu Xiaolangjun's eyes were red with grievance, and he desperately showed Daddy the mark on his face that was caught by the eldest lady.
The eldest lady immediately cried loudly again: "It hurts, Daddy, he pinched me! I hurt! Woo woo woo ......"
"My poor daughter, come and show Daddy. Cui Pu hurriedly picked up his daughter's little face, and immediately felt distressed, "Why is he so ruthless, pinching your face red! Look, it's almost broken here! Don't he know that the most important thing for his daughter's family is face, if she breaks her face, how can you marry someone in the future? surnamed Wu, your heart is too poisonous!"
screaming and scolding loudly, he didn't stop with both hands, and immediately took out the ointment that Mu Jiaojiao had prepared from his purse and smeared it on his daughter's little face.
When the other magistrates heard this, they looked at Wu Lixin's father and son with a little jealousy in their eyes. Especially Huang Zhixian, he and Cui Pu are now on the same front, and now they naturally want to help Cui Pu's father and daughter speak. He stood at the head of the crowd and said in a whispering voice that was audible to all: "If there is a father, there must be a son." It's just that Cui Xiaoniang is just like that, and she is a delicate female doll, how can she do it? Do you really want to ruin the little lady's life? This intention is really vicious!"
The others didn't speak, but half of them nodded in agreement.
Wu Xiaolangjun felt that he had been wronged, so he raised his head and shouted: "You are talking nonsense! I didn't! I really only touched her face lightly, and my nails didn't touch her! What kind of broken skin, it's just their nonsense, I don't believe you all go and see if her face is broken!"
"Wu Xianzun, is this the good son you raised?" Cui Pu sneered when he heard this, "Let everyone see the scars on my eldest lady's face, and then everyone can testify that my daughter was disfigured and disfigured by your son? Doesn't this mean that the whole Yangzhou Mansion already knows about it? In this way, my eldest lady's reputation will be completely ruined, will she still be able to go out to meet people in the future? Why don't you just force her to jump into the lake now?"
The eldest lady lay in Cui Pu's arms, crying so sadly. Although I couldn't see her little face, but seeing the small body curled up in Cui Pu's arms, shaking and shaking as if they were going to pull over at any time, these men couldn't help but soften no matter how hard-hearted they were.
As a result, more and more people joined the camp of condemning Cui Pu's father and son.
Wu Lixin's face became very ugly. Wu Xiaolangjun was so aggrieved that he began to shed tears.
"You are talking nonsense! You are not good for father and daughter, you bully my father, and now you are still bullying me! I am not finished with you!"
Syllable!
Wu Lixin immediately slapped him. "Shut up!"
Wu Xiaolangjun was stunned, and immediately raised his head: "Daddy, if you don't help me, forget it, you still beat me?"
"It's clear what the facts are now. You hurry over and admit your mistake to Little Lady Cui!" Wu Lixin scolded in a deep voice.
"I'm not going!" Wu Xiaolangjun proudly said goodbye.
"You go for me!" Wu Lixin desperately pushed his son.
He made a mistake, refused to bow his head and admit his mistake, and now he is asking his son like this. And Wu Xiaolangjun is his biological son, and the father and son have the same temper, how can he be willing to bow his head and give in? The final result is that the father and son are twisted together.
Seeing this, Cui Pu couldn't help but sigh: "Forget it, don't pretend either." We don't ask your little Langjun to admit his mistake, anyway, he is not sincere. ”
After saying that, he shouted: "Hurry up and stop the boat! It seems that our Cui family has made a collision with this slender West Lake, and we will never dare to come to this place in the future." ”
When the boatman saw that the situation was not right, he slowly rowed the boat to the shore. Now that Cui Pu has it, he will speed up even more and soon bring the ship to the shore.
Cui Pu walked down with his daughter in his arms, Wu Lixin pushed his son to no avail, and raised his hand to beat him again. Wu Xiaolangjun was so angry that he yelled at the eldest lady: "Why do you want to frame me?
"Daddy, I'm afraid!" The eldest lady immediately plunged into Cui Pu's arms. The small body trembled like something, and it looked more and more pitiful and cute.
Cui Pu hurriedly touched his daughter's head and comforted: "Don't be afraid, big lady, let's leave now, and we will never see the surname Wu again!"
The eldest lady nodded hurriedly.
The father and daughter hurriedly disembarked from the boat, mounted their horses and galloped away.
It wasn't until he reached a distance from Slender West Lake that Cui Pu stopped his horse and patted the eldest lady who was still sobbing in his arms: "Okay, don't pretend." ”
The eldest lady immediately raised her head, and tears could be seen in her eyes.
"Daddy, he bullied me. She still complained.
Cui Pu couldn't help but poke her little brain: "The silver needle in your hand has not been sacrificed, this is called being bullied? If he really dares to bully you, where is it as simple as being slapped by his own father now?"
The eldest lady laughed stupidly.
"Daddy!" she hurriedly shouted, then hugged Cui Pu's neck, straightened her small body, put her forehead against his forehead, rubbed gently, and hummed and chirped in her small mouth.
This kind of intimacy is really unbearable.
Cui Pu reluctantly raised his hands in surrender: "Okay, okay, I won't tell you about this, A-Niang, let's just act as if nothing happened, okay?"
"Daddy is so good!" the eldest lady was instantly overjoyed, and then imprinted a big kiss on his cheek.
Cui Pu immediately smiled with satisfaction.
After the father and daughter discussed, they went to the most prosperous street in Yangzhou Mansion by the way, ate a lot of snacks, and then went to Wei's house leisurely.
When they returned to Hailing County, the father and daughter did not say a word about the events on the Slender West Lake. Seeing this, Mu Jiaojiao just smiled and didn't ask more.
This year is destined to be a stormy year.
In the blink of an eye, the fifteenth day of the first lunar month passed, and the yamen was sealed, and the letters sealed in the post station were also delivered one after another. Cui Pu learned that at the end of last year, Zhang Jiuling was jointly squeezed out by Li Linfu and Concubine Wu Hui, and the sage was also confused by the slanderous rumors of these two, demoted him to the right prime minister of Shangshu, and removed him from the post of governor.
Li Linfu took his place with the support of Concubine Wu Hui.
Hearing this news, Cui Pu was depressed for several days.
"This Chao Gang is about to mess up. In less than a year, there will inevitably be major events in Chang'an City!" Lying on Mu Jiaojiao's knees, he had a weak voice.
Mu Jiaojiao only gently kneaded his temples: "When the water is full, it overflows, and when the moon is full, it loses, and the so-called extremes of things must be reversed." Now that the ambitions of the martial arts family are rapidly expanding, and now that they have killed Zhang Zhongshu, the most powerful prince of the prince, they will definitely become more and more proud and complacent. But this pride has reached a certain level, and God will not be able to look at it. When the time comes, it's time for the slut to reap the harvest. ”
"Is that really the case?" Cui Pu didn't believe her words.
"I made it up. Mu Jiaojiao said with a smile.
Cui Pu was stunned, and burst out laughing. "Even if it's made up. At the very least, you can make me happy for a while. ”
Mu Jiaojiao stopped talking, and only pressed the acupoint with his heart at once.
Sure enough, in April, the princess of Xianyi, Yang Xun, once again framed the crown prince and the two princes to Concubine Hui, saying that they were conspiring with Xue Rust, the brother of the crown princess Xue. Concubine Hui then sent someone to pretend to be an angel to invite the three kings into the palace, falsely claiming that there were thieves in the palace, and the saint asked them to help. The three of them have been suppressed by Concubine Wu Hui and her family in recent days, and after hearing about this, they thought that they had got the opportunity to show their merits in front of the saint, so they readily agreed, and rushed into the palace as quickly as possible.
Unexpectedly, Concubine Hui turned her head and went to complain to the sage again--the crown prince and the second king were going to rebel! They have now entered the palace wearing iron armor!
The sage was in a hurry, but he sent people to inspect it, and when he found that this was the case, he was immediately furious. It's just that he still has some sense, so he summoned Li Linfu to discuss. After Li Linfu said a bunch of words that seemed fair, but actually sow discord, he pretended to say: "This is Your Majesty's family matter, not for ministers to interfere in." Then he was silent.
After Li Linfu retreated, the more the sage thought about it, the more he thought about it, the more angry he became, and finally made up his mind - to abolish the crown prince and the two kings as concubines, and give Xue Xiu death.
The three princes tried their best to defend themselves. However, with Concubine Wu Hui and Li Linfu joining forces to block them, they couldn't even see the face of the saint at all.
Soon after, these three people were killed, and the report to the saint was naturally that these people could not accept this disposition and committed suicide.
Concubine Wu Hui and her family won a big victory.
When the news reached Yangzhou, the entire Yangzhou officialdom was shaken. Huang Zhixian also quietly wrote several letters to Cui Pu, asking him what to do now. Cui Pu only told him to stay still and do things safely.
But in private, he also tossed and turned night and couldn't sleep. In the dead of night, Mu Jiaojiao could still hear his weak sigh.
Mu Jiaojiao didn't persuade him, and only talked to him about his son and daughter. The little lady is about to turn three years old, and she is becoming more and more eccentric. The son is also four or five months old, but he has been quiet, he doesn't cry when he pees and is hungry, just uh-huh, like a ragdoll, but the nurse with the little lady is red and dies with his nurse.
Speaking of these children, Cui Pu's expression is better-looking. He hugged Mu Jiaojiao and said: "Fortunately, we are in Yangzhou now, far away from Chang'an, so the impact of that incident is not deep." Now, Daddy and Brother are all in the center, but I am afraid that they have become a thorn in the side of Concubine Wu Hui. They're going to have a hard time!"
"Yes, we can still avoid the limelight here. Mu Jiaojiao said.
"It's just, God knows how long we can avoid it?" Cui Pu sighed in frustration.
Unexpectedly, it became a prophecy.
Not long after learning of the death of the prince and others, an urgent letter came from Chang'an - Mrs. Cui was seriously ill and asked Mu Jiaojiao to hurry back to Chang'an!
Filial piety for the elders, this is a matter of course for the children and grandchildren, Mu Jiaojiao can't shirk it. And from the first time she met Mrs. Cui, this old lady was very generous and loving to her, and Mu Jiaojiao also respected her very much. So when she heard the news, she immediately ordered someone to prepare horses.
"If you don't want a carriage, you want a horse. Then bring my medical box, send a few martial arts rangers to protect Da Lang, we will go by land, we must rush back to Chang'an as soon as possible!" Mu Jiaojiao ordered in a deep voice.
Cui Pu couldn't help but feel secretly distressed when he heard this. It's just that it's about the elders in the family, and he doesn't dare to delay, so he only whispers: "Da Lang doesn't need to bring it! ”
"The old lady is old, the last time I checked her pulse, I found that the function of her viscera began to deteriorate sharply, this time it is very likely to ......" Mu Jiaojiao paused, "At least let her take a look at her great-grandson before she dies! ”
Mu Jiaojiao had told him about this matter a long time ago, but the old lady's situation had been good for more than a year, so he put this matter behind him. Listening to her now, Cui Pu's heart can't help but sink - in this eventful season, if the Cui family has such an incident again, it will definitely be a worse blow to the Cui family!
Once Mrs. Cui dies, the Cui family will have to worry about it. According to the general situation, the saint will definitely win the love, after all, the position occupied by the Cui family is too important to be easily pushed away. But now, the warriors are hoping that they will all get out of the way, right? There are still many people under their command who come to occupy the magpie's nest.
Seeing his melancholy look, Mu Jiaojiao held his hand: "Believe me, it's okay." Soon, everything will be fine. ”
"I hope so!" Cui Pu sighed, but he was still worried.