Chapter Twenty-Eight: Glory to the Ancestors

"Today, Lord Xu took his servants to inquire about the list of people entering and leaving the imperial pharmacy......"

The little father-in-law spoke eloquently, telling step by step according to the list, Emperor Yuan Jing was silent, his eyes were heavy, and he didn't know whether he was listening carefully or thinking of something else.

"The last one on the list is Jingxiu Palace, the big palace maid next to the noble concubine, Lord Xu took the slave to ask questions, and ate a closed door. ”

Hearing this, Emperor Yuan Jingdi's frozen eyes moved, and he seemed to be pulled back a little attention.

"Lord Xu was helpless, so he went to Shaoyin Palace and asked His Royal Highness Lin'an for help......."

The little father-in-law's words came to his mind, and he naturally said: "After inquiring about Lang'er in Jingxiu Palace, Lord Xu's face became extremely ugly, and he didn't seem to want to stay any longer, so he didn't even drink tea, so he left in a hurry with his servants....."

But before leaving Jingxiu Palace, Lang'er turned back and said that the concubine Niangniang invited Lord Xu to enter the hospital to thank him for solving the Fu Concubine case, Lord Xu was originally reluctant to see him, but Lang'er forcibly kept him. The little eunuch paused and continued:

"Then, the concubine retreated from everyone, and the servants couldn't enter the house, so they could only stay in the courtyard and wait......"

"Slow!"

Emperor Yuan Jing's eyes completely regained their agility, he interrupted the little eunuch, stared at him, muttered for a few seconds, and said slowly: "Drop everyone?"

"Back to Your Majesty, yes. ”

"What did they say in the courtyard?"

The little eunuch said: "It's too far away, and the slave can't hear clearly, so he can only watch Lord Xu and the concubine talk in the house from a distance." ”

Emperor Yuan Jing put his right hand against his lips, made a contemplative gesture, and suddenly said: "You just said that after Xu Qi'an inquired about Lang'er, his face became extremely ugly?"

Without waiting for the little eunuch to reply, the old eunuch's face changed slightly, and he reprimanded: "Dog, how do you usually teach you?"

When reporting, don't mix subjective emotions, don't think about misleading Your Majesty, and be fair and objective.

Emperor Yuan Jing raised his hand and interrupted the angry old eunuch.

Seeing this, the little father-in-law had a little confidence: "It's really ugly." ”

Emperor Yuanjing bowed his head, pondered for a moment, and said, "Xu Qi'an wanted to leave, but Lang'er forcibly stayed?"

“....... Yes. ”

The little eunuch noticed that Emperor Yuan Jing's attitude had changed, and said cautiously: "Lord Xu said that he was ordered to investigate the case, and his duty is to be done, so Niangniang doesn't need to thank him."

Lang'er said that if Lord Xu didn't go to see Niangniang, he wouldn't be able to leave Jingxiu Palace. ”

Hearing this, Emperor Yuan Jingdi's eyes seemed to burst out, this time, he thought for a long time, the quiet in the palace was terrifying, the two eunuchs, an old man and a young eunuch, held their breath, for fear of disturbing the unfathomable emperor.

Finally, Emperor Yuan Jing slowly spoke: "When Xu Qi'an leaves...... How's the mood?"

Xu Qi'an explained this sentence before leaving, but the little eunuch did not answer immediately, but pretended to think about it, and then said:

"Lord Xu went out of the palace with a heavy heart. ”

In order to add credibility, he added: "In the past, when leaving the palace, Lord Xu would chat with the minions for a few words, and his eyebrows danced, but today is very different, and he didn't say a word. ”

Emperor Yuan Jing waved his hand.

"Stand down. The old eunuch said at once.

After the little eunuch withdrew from the dormitory, Emperor Yuan Jing sat without saying a word for a long time and said, "Go, bring Lang'er from Jingxiu Palace to me." ”

The old eunuch replied and slowly withdrew from the dormitory.

.........

The old eunuch took a team of guards, and in the afterglow of the setting sun, through the layers of palace walls, arrived at Jingxiu Palace.

The eunuch guarding the door recognized it from a distance as His Majesty's companion, greeted him, and said, "Father-in-law, wait a minute, the slave will go and inform the concubine Niangniang......."

"We're in a hurry. The old eunuch slapped him away, led the guards into the courtyard, and passed through the front yard, when he heard a burst of crying coming from the inner courtyard.

The old eunuch stood in the inner courtyard and said in a loud voice: "Guifei Niangniang, the old slave asks to see." ”

In Chen Guifei's room, a palace maid with reddish eyes came out, and said softly: "Niangniang, please come in." ”

The old eunuch followed the palace maid into the house, and saw Chen Guifei sitting on a big chair, holding a brocade handkerchief in her hand, wiping her eyes from time to time, and her face was full of sadness.

"Niangniang, what's the matter?" said the old eunuch in surprise.

"A subordinate next to the palace just had a sudden illness, and he said that it was gone, and the imperial doctor didn't save him. Chen Guifei said sadly.

"This ....." the old eunuch comforted: "Niangniang's Day mourning, what is the name of the palace maid?"

"Lang'er. ”

"!!" The old eunuch's expression froze.

"My companion came to my Jingxiu Palace, why did you come to it?" said Chen Guifei softly.

The old eunuch pulled a smile, "Your Majesty sent the old slave to comfort Niangniang, Your Majesty knows that this time, Niangniang is frightened." ”

Chen Guifei turned her head away and said in a mournful voice: "Your Majesty can't even see the concubine." ”

The old eunuch laughed dryly, and did not comment on the concubine's complaints.

He chatted with the concubine for a few words, and said casually: "That Lang'er is not very old." ”

Although Lang'er is the old man of Jingxiu Palace, Emperor Yuan Jing has not been fortunate to be a concubine for more than ten or twenty years, and the old eunuch has no impression of this personal palace maid who unfortunately died early.

"A poor child. Chen Guifei looked sad.

The old eunuch took advantage of the situation and said, "Let's go and have a look." ”

He also has an identity, that is, the head of internal affairs, commanding the eunuchs and palace maids of the palace, but this identity is his own false title as the companion of Emperor Yuanjing.

The deputy governor is the real person in charge.

After all, the head of internal affairs is busy, and it is impossible to serve the emperor at all times.

Bidding farewell to Concubine Chen, the old eunuch entered the south chamber under the leadership of the palace maid and saw Lang'er lying on the bed with a pale face.

"Have you asked the doctor to see it?"

"Back to my father-in-law, after reading it, the doctor said that it was encephalopathy, and there was no cure. ”

The old eunuch stared at Lang'er for a long time, and ordered, "Let the people be handed over to our family." ”

He ordered the guards to take Lang'er's body and hurried back to his life.

Returning to Emperor Yuanjing's bedroom, the old emperor was still sitting behind the big case of laying bright yellow silk, looking at the direction of the gate with an expressionless face.

When he saw the old eunuch cross the threshold and enter the house, he didn't react.

"Your Majesty, Lang'er is dead......," the old eunuch said in a low voice.

After a long, long time, Emperor Yuan Jing said "um", the emperor who overlooked half of Jiazi at the top of power, had no joy or sorrow.

...........

The next day, Emperor Yuan Jing convened a court meeting again, and the civil and military officials entered the noon gate in an orderly manner in the hazy sky, some stayed in the square outside the Jinluan Palace, and some stood on the white marble steps outside the Jinluan Palace.

Only a very small part of them entered the main hall, and this part of the people, in the mouth of the storyteller, was uniformly called: above the temple, the princes of the gods.

After the ministers entered the palace, Emperor Yuan Jing came out of the back of the palace a quarter of an hour late and sat on the dragon chair that belonged to him.

After the monarch and the ministers played it normally, the Shangshu of the Criminal Department came out and said loudly: "Your Majesty, the three law divisions have been verified, and the queen is indeed the mastermind of the Fu Concubine case.

"Shangguan's virtue is not worthy, he murdered the concubine and framed the prince, please punish your majesty severely. ”

Dali Siqing immediately stepped forward to second.

In the hall, the military generals and some nobles seconded the proposal, and the voices were connected.

This means that they have already discussed it yesterday, and the abolition of the crown prince is not as good as the abolition of the prince, which is a major matter related to the country. After the abolition is just the emperor's family matter, as long as it is justified and evidence-based, it is proved that the queen is indeed immoral, not that the emperor likes the new and hates the old, then the ministers have no reason and no need to stop it.

The only relationship after the abolition is the identity of the four princes, you must know that the four princes are the only concubines of Emperor Yuan Jing, and many people put the treasure on him.

The part that was not seconded was the four princes and one party.

Without waiting for Emperor Yuan Jing to express his position, Wei Yuan came out, and the hall immediately fell silent.

"Your Majesty, there is another hidden story in the Fu Concubine case, the queen is not the mastermind, the real mastermind is Huang Xiaorou, she killed the Fu Concubine, and tricked the prince into going to Qingfeng Palace to forge this case. ”

As soon as Wei Yuan finished speaking, the professional troll jumped out in the middle of the matter and retorted:

"It's nonsense, how can a mere palace maid do such a shocking case? Besides, why did Huang Xiaorou frame the prince. Wei Yuan, what do you think of Your Majesty, what do you think of the princes of the temple. ”

After speaking, I added: Please Your Majesty behead this fang.

The rest of the ministers scolded Wei Yuan one after another, and the hall was in turmoil for a while.

The old eunuch held the whip in his hand and pumped it hard, and the ground made a crisp "pop" sound, and he scolded: "Silence!"

The hall fell silent.

Shangshu of the Criminal Department and Dali Siqing looked at Wei Yuan with a sneer, and the officials also looked at Wei Yuan, with sneers and ridicule, as well as puzzlement and helplessness. The latter comes from the party of the Four Princes.

Wei Yuan ignored the eyes around him and the scolding in the matter, and said: "Yesterday, Xu Qi'an, the gong who hosted the Fu Concubine case, found out that Huang Xiaorou was pregnant.......

Before he finished speaking, there was another uproar in the hall.

Palace maid Huang Xiaorou was pregnant?!

In addition to the guards in the palace, the only one who can really make a woman pregnant is Emperor Yuan Jing. Of course, the guards can't do it, and those who can guard the harem are all elites who are loyal to the royal family and are selected by a thousand.

And it is often a team of several people, supervising each other, and there is no possibility of cheating with the palace maid.

Then there is only one possibility......

For a while, the eyes of the princes of the temple looked at Emperor Yuan Jing, and they couldn't help but connotate.

Emperor Yuan Jing's majestic face twitched slightly, and he coldly saw Wei Yuan, who deliberately paused and did not speak, and said in a deep voice:

"Wei Yuan, go on!"

Wei Yuan said slowly: "After investigation, it was found that the person who instructed Huang Xiaorou to lose her pregnancy was the uncle of the dynasty, Shangguan Ming......."

Next, Wei Yuan told a story to the courtiers, which he polished:

The palace maid Huang Xiaorou was humiliated by her uncle, unfortunately pregnant, and secretly miscarried afterwards, so she held a grudge and endured it for many years, and finally hatched a conspiracy.

Taking advantage of the convenience of Concubine Fu's personal palace maid, she quietly destroyed the guardrail of the lookout, and took advantage of Concubine Fu's drunkenness to trick the prince into going to Qingfeng Palace, laying down the most appalling situation in the harem for more than ten years.

After Uncle Guo heard about Concubine Fu's case, he found that Huang Xiaorou was implicated, and for fear that his animal trip would be exposed, he begged Fengqi Palace.

Only then did the queen know that Uncle Guo had done such a thing that lost her conscience, and thinking of her flesh and blood, she tearfully took the sin for her uncle.

Finally, Wei Yuan summarized the case: "That's how it happened, Uncle Guo has pleaded guilty. His Majesty may be arraigned at any time

"Ridiculous. Dali Siqing snorted coldly and said: "Your Majesty, as far as Weichen knows, Huang Xiaorou was killed, if everything was planned by her, what about the murderer?"

The ministers chimed in.

Wei Yuan's face did not change and explained: "Huang Xiaorou also has a fellow party to help her lay out, in the name of framing the prince, alluding to the queen." ”

Hearing this, many ministers' hearts moved, and they started to make associations.

If it weren't for Uncle Guo's defilement of Huang Xiaorou, anyone would think that the queen confessed because of the conclusive evidence.

But after having Uncle Guo's confession, the case took a turn for the worse.

Putting aside whether the queen is innocent or not, with the confession of the uncle, there is room for the matter.

The party of the four princes swept away the decline of the party, and stood up one after another to speak, make a stand, support Wei Yuan, and denounce Uncle Guo.

Gradually, there were only two voices left in the hall, and the princelings and the four princes were fighting each other. The princelings were headed by the Imperial Governor of the Imperial Palace, and the princelings were composed of various messy small parties.

Among the big parties, there may be those who secretly support the prince, but they will never jump out of the table, and the big king will always hide under the water.

After a fierce tussle, Wei Yuan said loudly: "Please make a decision to Your Majesty." ”

The quarrel stopped, and the ministers chimed in: "Please make a decision, Your Majesty." ”

Wei Yuan's excerpt was submitted to the palace as early as yesterday, and usually for court meetings, the excerpt would be handed into the palace one day in advance, so Emperor Yuan Jing's confession had already been read.

Today's court meeting, if Emperor Yuan Jing wants to end the Fu Concubine case, he can close the coffin at this time, and if he doesn't want to, he will order another investigation.

Seeing that the ministers stopped arguing, Emperor Yuan Jing spoke and said slowly: "Shangguan Ming caused trouble in the harem, and sentenced him to be executed!" The queen knew that she did not report it, and she was guilty of the same crime, but her thoughts of blood and blood were excusable, and she ordered the queen to think about it behind closed doors for three months. ”

The ministers thought that this was the end, but as a result, Emperor Yuan Jing paused and continued: "The prince broke into the Qingfeng Hall drunk, did not know the inspection, and ordered him to think about it behind closed doors for half a year. Chen Guifei instigated the prince to get drunk, which caused a catastrophe and was demoted to Concubine Chen. ”

There was silence in the hall.

The ministers looked around blankly, unable to figure out why the queen involved in the case had thought for three months, and the prince had thought for half a year. And Chen Guifei, who had nothing to do with the whole process, fell from Guifei to Chen Fei, and was demoted two levels in a row.

Could it be that this case is related to Chen Guifei....... The old fritters thought to themselves.

..........

As soon as the court meeting here ended, it didn't take long for the old eunuch to go to Fengqi Palace and Jingxiu Palace respectively to deliver the decree.

When the queen learned about it, she cried bitterly.

Chen Guifei accepted the order with a stiff face, and as soon as the old eunuch left, she swept all the decorations on the table and the holy decree to the ground.

In the sound of ping-pong, Chen Guifei's towering chest rose and fell violently, and her dignified goose egg face turned blue.

She gritted her teeth and spit out: "Wei Yuan....."

Then, he shook his fist and said word by word: "Xu Qi'an!"

At this time, she has already realized that His Majesty's attitude has changed greatly, and it is definitely related to yesterday.

Yesterday, the old eunuch came over for no reason, on the grounds of condolences, this is no problem, but thinking of the changes in the court today, it is not difficult to guess the mystery.

His Majesty was suspicious of her.......

And she was only exposed to Xu Qi'an, so it is speculated that the bastard boy must have secretly used some tricks.

worked hard to plan, but it was planted in the hands of a small gong.

A few minutes later, the sound of ping-pong came from the house again, and the palace maids and errands in the courtyard were silent.

.......

The day after the end of Concubine Fu's case, Xu Qi'an finally found his beloved little mare.

This is a horse with a bad fate, it just picked up a small life that day, and after being chased away by its owner, it ran and ran, and was met by the sword guard who patrolled the city.

When the guard looked at the mark on his horse's hip, he said, "Isn't this our horse?"

This horse is indeed a special military horse for the Imperial Sword Guard, and the second uncle got it at a low price through his own connections. I didn't ride it for many years after I bought it, so I gave it to my nephew to ride.

Subsequently, the watchman Yamen learned that he had indeed "picked up" a horse through the mouth of the royal sword guard who was on duty in the area that day, and he followed the vine to find the little mare that Xu Qi's love for.

That morning, Xu Qi'an accompanied his family to eat in the hall.

Xiaodouding is resting today, she is very happy without going to school, and she eats breakfast very fragrantly.

"Take a day off, it's like picking up a treasure, I have never given birth to a stupid daughter like you in my life. The aunt said disgustedly.

"You only have two daughters in total. Second Uncle Xu complained about the young daughter, but he didn't dare to fight with his aunt openly, so he could only secretly raise the bar.

"There is also a face that says, Suzune is so stupid, just follow you. ”

Sure enough, the aunt played the same old tune again, and pushed the responsibility for why Xu Lingyin didn't open up to the second uncle.

"But I just don't want to study. Xu Lingyin said aggrievedly.

"Lingyin, you're not stupid, don't listen to your mother's nonsense. Xu Qi'an touched her head and remembered a method taught by her teacher in her previous life.

"In the future, when you don't want to study, you imagine that you have two people in your head......."

"Ahh Xu Lingyin was taken aback, and covered her head with two chubby hands.

“....... Imagination, big brother is talking about imagination. Xu Qi'an took a deep breath and said with a pleasant face: "If a villain doesn't want to read, then another villain will say: I like to read, I like to read."

"In the long run, you'll love to read. ”

"Autosuggestion!" Xu Xinnian bowed slightly, commenting: "The effect is good, I used to study hard with the lamp, and when I was really sleepy, I would imply that I didn't want to sleep, and the effect was good." ”

When the aunt heard this, she had her own son's endorsement, and immediately looked forward to her nephew's method, and said, "Lingyin, you try?"

The stupid Xu Lingyin tilted his head and thought for a long time, then nodded slowly.

"How. The aunt hurriedly asked, in fact, she cared most about this young girl.

"A little guy in my head said, I don't want to read, I don't want to read. The other villain said, yes, yes. ”

"......" Aunt held her forehead with her hand.

"Maybe she's really not fit to study, and auntie shouldn't force it. Xu Qi'an comforted.

"The day after tomorrow is spring. The second uncle said suddenly.

"Hmm!" Xu Xinnian nodded calmly.

The aunt immediately peeled a boiled egg for her son and said, "With our Erlang's knowledge, it is not a problem to be admitted to the Jinshi." Master, the time has come for the Xu family to glorify their ancestors. ”

Although Xu Qi'an is now appreciated by Wei Yuan and has hooked up with the princess, he is a martial artist after all.

In this era when everything is inferior and only reading is high, the title of the gold list is a matter of glory to the ancestors.

In this regard, even Xu Lingyue, who is biased towards the eldest brother, agrees with her mother's opinion, thinking that if the Xu family wants to glorify their ancestors, it depends on the performance of the second brother in the spring.

"Second brother, it's up to you whether our Xu family can join the scholar class. Xu Lingyue smiled and served vegetables to Erlang.

Xu Xinnian raised his chin proudly.

Shaking and cold, when will Takeo stand up, can this world be better, there is discrimination against Takefu everywhere....... Xu Qi'an sighed in his heart.

Thinking of the conversation with Wei Yuan the day before yesterday, the improvement and inheritance of the martial arts system from generation to generation has led to today's Jiupin. But to this day, the martial arts system has not come to an end.

The road beyond the grade has not yet been explored.

Therefore, the martial arts system does not have the existence of martial gods.

"It stands to reason that it shouldn't be, there are the most people who follow the martial arts system, and under the huge base, there will always be geniuses who will come out enthusiastically, accumulated from generation to generation, and it is impossible not to produce martial gods. Forget it, it's too early to think about this problem, and I'm happy to be able to reach the fourth grade in my life. ”

After dinner, the second uncle hugged his helmet and put on his saber, and was about to go out.

"Wait, second uncle, you are the elder in the family, and you have to stay at home today. Xu Qi'an shouted to stop him.

Second Uncle Xu looked back blankly, "Is it a holiday today?"

Auntie shook her head.

Xu Lingyue and Xu Xinnian looked at Xu Qi'an blankly.

Xu Qi'an looked at his aunt and raised his chin of pride, "Today is not a holiday, but it is the day when the Xu family is glorious and proud." ”

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PS: Today's state is not right, the number of words is less. The next plot starts tomorrow, well, it's not a case.

Change first, then change.