Chapter 105 Behind the Scenes

The fact that Duke Lv was raided shocked the powerful, because in addition to the traces of official silver, there were many court tributes copied in his house. Many pearls and gemstones are better than the tributes in the palace. The same famous painting of the former dynasty appeared in the palace and the state mansion at the same time. After careful investigation, the collection in the palace was only a fore.

The emperor was furious and said frankly that he would dig three feet to see how many things the duchy had hidden.

The fire that burned Fang's family also dragged the Shangshu Mansion next door into the fire pit. Unexpectedly, the room near the Fang family turned out to be Liu Shangshu's warehouse. In the middle of the night, the whole family ran out shouting for rescue. The fire was finally extinguished and nothing was burned by the Liu family, but the next day Liu Shangshu made people participate in a book, saying that the Liu family also hid a lot of tributes.

For the emperor, this is undoubtedly a fuel to the fire, and without saying a word, he will lead troops into the Liu family to investigate the truth. As a result, the facts shocked him. If it hadn't been for Liu Shangshu's small achievements not long ago, he would have been imprisoned like Duke Lu. Finally, after confiscation of his family property, he punished Liu Shangshu for being idle at home for three months and not allowed to go out.

Not only did some people sigh that Fang Youxin was so powerful that he could pull several officials off the horse after he left the capital.

In fact, Liu Shangshu was a little wronged. It is common for Beijing officials to receive filial piety from foreign officials, not all of which are tributes. However, some of them are selected from the things that are about to be paid tribute, and some have taken painstakingly to choose what they like, but it is not ruled out that some people have intercepted or secretly exchanged tributes halfway. As long as the relationship between the upper and lower places is good, in fact, it is not difficult to steal from dragons to phoenixes. Anyway, the emperor does not know what to pay tribute to the place.

Liu Shangshu is just a first-class person, and it is understandable that he is misunderstood as a tribute to the imperial court.

No wonder that in recent years, the palace always feels that there are fewer and fewer tributes. I think that it is because of the years of drought, and the place can't make ends meet. The emperor was also kind, not too strict, and even some disasters were serious, and he was exempted from tax. But what he didn't expect was that the tribute still went to Beijing, but it was scraped at the feet of the emperor.

There was the case of Duke Lv, and now there is more Liu Shangshu, and suddenly the powerful and powerful people in Beijing are panicked. You have to change to a more shabby set when you go out, for fear of being bumped into by the imperial historian, and the next one will be your turn.

In this case, the most comfortable thing is that the officials of the Qingshui government office used to see others fishing full of oil and water, and they could only tighten their belts to live. Nowadays, those who are stained with meat all pick up their tails and dare not go out, let alone be arrogant. But they breathed a bad breath and spoke much louder. All of them took Fang Youxin as the object of worship and blew his merits and achievements to the gods.

However, as a result, the auspicious day, which was rumored to have been rare in 30 years, has been extremely deserted. Even the two princes moved into the house and simply set up a few banquets, let alone the wedding of other families in Beijing.

Although Li Xunzhuo was framed, because Suifenglou has caused trouble many times, he has also suffered a lot in prison. Li Xunzhuo suffered a dumb loss and naturally won't say anything. Li Ge Lao thought this was the best.

"Mom, what about Suifeng Tower?" Shaohua saw that the imperial list had fallen, but he didn't mention Suifenglou and couldn't help but be curious.

Ling stared at her angrily, "What else are you doing? I want to buy it, but now it's in the wind, and no one dares to take it." Li Gelao did not say anything about Suifenglou, but Liu complained in Xuyuan. After a trip to Taihe Garden and came back, his face was obviously not very good. It is said that he returned to Xuyuan and had a bad time.

In fact, there is no need for the maid to spread the word. Ling also knows what Liu is complaining about, which is nothing more than that she published a private bag. Just find a way to take back the power of the family, but Li Ge's attitude explains everything, at least this family can still be popular in the hands of the Ling family. Liu wanted to promote her daughter-in-law to fight for it, but unfortunately, she had been unhappy with Xin Zixuan recently and couldn't pull her face down. What the maid said was gently pushed back by Xin Zixuan.

Shaohua nodded, and she also agreed to transfer Suifenglou out. She must not have looked for Mr. Fengshui at the beginning. How could she open the door to do business and cause imprisonment. Anyway, the business in Liangcheng has also improved a little. It's better to go outside for a walk. If Simo is admitted as a scholar in the future, becoming an official is still a different matter. Otherwise, there are Li Sijin brothers in the big house and Li Sinian in the third room. Li Xunzhuo and his family will be annoyed sooner or later. It's better to find some way out for themselves earlier.

Because of filial piety, the three brothers adhered to the principle of "parents are there, no separation", and Li Zhuoyue died young, leaving orphans and widows, so the family lived together lively. In case that after a hundred years of Li Ge and his grandchildren grow up, this family will be separated sooner or later.

Instead of worrying about this, it's better to prepare yourself for a way out earlier. Shaohua was considering discussing this division with Ling when Wanhua suddenly shouted angrily, "Mother, is that it? No one knows the mastermind behind this scene. I'm heartbroken when you don't see how your father was tortured.

Looking at Li Xunzhuo when he just came back, his beard was scum, and his turbid eyes were still bleeding. The original full cheeks were plump, the smooth forehead was covered with dirt, the hair was as messy as a bird's nest, and the brocade suit had long been torn to pieces. A haggard and depressed face is simply worse than the old beggar on the roadside.

If this is on the road, Wanhua absolutely can't believe that this embarrassed person will be his father. Thinking so, he can't help hating the person who framed Li Xunzhuo to prison.

"Who says it doesn't hurt!" Ling immediately raised her tone to refute, and when she came to the next sentence, her eyes were red. A good person was haggard like this in just a few days. When I rubbed his back, his arm was full of weight. After saying that, he chat with Wanhua's mother and daughter.

Shaohua squeezed his mouth and silently watched the mother and daughter hugging and crying, muttering in his heart: It's just that people who are used to eating delicacies are hungry for a few days. They haven't seen those who are really embarrassed, and those who can even eat the roots of weed trees can be eaten, so they are haggard.

Wanhua closed his tears and scolded anly, "This CITIC is really a villain! Knowing that my father was framed, I still treat my father like this! No wonder someone wants to set fire to his house. I think he usually offends too many people. I really don't know why Long Live Lord loves him so much.

Shaohua couldn't help but complain for Fang Zhongxin: "The third sister misunderstood Lord Fang. Dad is not injured, he is just hungry."

Wanhua looked back at her and grinded her teeth. "That's different. It must be deliberately not for food!"

Hearing Wanhua's unreasonable words, Shaohua shook his head helplessly and didn't know how to explain it to her, but anyone who entered the prison could come out well-dressed. It's just that I've been hungry for a few days, just thinking about how hard it is to get.

I think that when she was young and ignorant, she was often imprisoned in a special "prison". In addition, she was stubborn at that time, and it was common not to eat for two or three days. Let alone her younger brother, who is more stubborn than her, was decisively thrown into the cell after making trouble in three days. Later, he got into trouble and dared not go home. He automatically consciously ran to the prison head's request to lock himself up, making the prison head cry and laugh.

Thinking about the past, Shaohua's thoughts couldn't help going out of the sky until Wanhua exclaimed and pulled her back to her thoughts. Seeing that Ling was a little dissatisfied, he glanced at Wanhua and muttered unnaturally: "You can't talk nonsense about this. The eldest prince is the eldest son of the long-year-old master and the only son of Queen Duanming. His status is more noble than the second prince. How can he get involved in this matter? This is in our yard, in front of my mother and sister. When I go out, they all swallowed my stomach.

"Mother, does it have anything to do with the eldest prince?" Shaohua asked stupidly and immediately received two pairs of white eyes.

"Listen to your sisters. That's all for this matter. No one is allowed to mention it again. Your father will suffer a loss this time. Let's pay attention to it ourselves in the future. Don't get into trouble. Ling suddenly felt that it was a very wise decision not to pursue it. Even if he knew that behind the Duke of Lu was the eldest prince Hongwen, but since the Duke of Lu came down to stand up, it proved that the emperor did not want to pursue it.

As for whether it has anything to do with the eldest prince or not, they can't know. Even if it was really done by the eldest prince, the emperor did not want to investigate, and they had no choice but to accept their fate. It can only be said that Fang Zhongxin is a knife in the emperor's hand. Wherever he needs to be cut, he will quickly pack up his bags and run away after cutting the wound. The rest of the emperor will naturally come out to be good people.

The two sisters looked at each other and thought about each other, but they didn't dare to mention anything again. Seeing this, Ling's face also eased. If she dies in a disaster, she will be blessed. She is optimistic that Li Xunzhuo will continue to have good luck. As soon as he was in a good mood, he began to gossip about other things and talked enthusiasticly. Suddenly, he heard that his footsteps outside were messy.

"Second lady, is the fifth lady in the house?" Hongling's voice sounded in the yard, and the mother and daughter's words stopped abruptly.

When Shaohua heard this, he hurried out and looked at Hongling with a smile: "I'm here. What's wrong? Is my sister-in-law looking for me?"

Seeing Shaohua's impatient appearance, Hongling couldn't help covering her mouth and nodded with a smile, "That's right." Hongling came in, blessed Ling Shi, and smiled, "Speaking to the second lady, and the third lady. My young lady said that the royal palace invited her to go there, and the fifth lady was also mentioned in the post. I came to ask if it was not convenient for the Fifth Lady to go with her.

When Shaohua heard the words, his eyes suddenly lit up, turned his face and blinked at Ling Shi.

"How can this be born? The royal family invited your young lady." Ling was a little surprised.

Hongling replied with a smile: "I heard that there is also a lady in the royal palace who learns the pipa, but she is not as skilled as the five ladies. In particular, I especially ask the five ladies to give me some advice. Second lady, don't worry, it's just that you won't stay for a long time.

Shaohua pleaded, "Mother, since it was said by the royal palace, we can't refuse."

Ling looked at her angrily, "Then you don't run around. You have to follow your sister-in-law. That's the royal palace."

As soon as he heard Ling's loosening, Shaohua immediately raised his eyebrows, "I know." He hurriedly blessed Ling Shi and pulled Hongling away in a hurry.

Wanhua was a little unhappy, "How can A Niang let Wu Niang go to the palace? I'm afraid that no one is going to have an accident." In fact, Wanhua is not happy that Shaohua and Xin Zixuan are too close. She always feels that Shaohua's feelings for Xin Zixuan are closer than her own sister.

Ling squeezed her lips and said nothing. She didn't know whether the rumors outside were true or not, but perhaps Shaohua, as the Taoist said, this big eight characters are inevitably a rich and noble life.